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  1. Boxing fans - I guess we're the new deplorables.

  2. Re:Eating the world, right? on Node.js Forked Again Over Complaints of Unresponsive Leadership (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    NodeSJW.

  3. Re:Competition and Gender on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the infamous female battle cry... "let's you and him fight!"

  4. Re:IRB? Ethics statement? Informed consent? on New Study Finds How Much Sleep Fitbit Users Really Get · · Score: 1

    Waiver of consent is permitted in certain instances under 45 CFR 46 (though the waiver must be approved by an IRB). See section (d) from Cornell's helpful guidance here --> https://www.law.cornell.edu/cf...

    -Your friendly neighborhood former IRB admin

  5. Re:uhuh, long way to go on Volvo's Driverless Cars 'Confused' by Kangaroos (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "How does it determine if it's a snake or a cable or rope?"

    Or a cop's spike strip...

  6. Re:Bloomberg, our grocery retail expert - NOT! on Amazon Robots Poised To Revamp How Whole Foods Runs Warehouses (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Who says the robots need to roam the aisles where people walk? An RFID scanner on a track that runs up and down the center of the shelf could see what (RFID-tagged) items are on the shelves on either side of it. The shelves themselves could be smart enough to know when an item is placed on them or removed from them without need of RFID (though possibly with frikkin' laser beams or other light emitting/sensing tech). Or the robots could be embedded in the carts, that, you know, roam the aisles all day.

    That said, even I would suffer the patchouli overload experience that is Whole Foods to see human-sized robots roaming the aisles.

  7. It doesn't even say whether female developers use tabs or spaces more often. This important contributing factor to the gender pay gap must be investigated and corrected!

  8. "why do we need drug companies?"

    Without the wonderful drug companies how would I ever have become aware of such severe threats as restless leg syndrome, or hereditary chin-fat disorder? How would I botox away my excessively productive sweat glands?

  9. One weird trick to secure your teen! on Facebook Lets Advertisers Target Insecure Teens, Says Report (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Disable broadcast of your teen's SSID. Removing wifi access to your teen altogether provides even stronger security.

  10. Re:Why tip some workers and not others? on New York Plans To Force Uber To Add Tipping Option (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "When did you last tip the cashier in Walmart?"

    Good luck with that. Those things wobble but they don't fall down.

  11. Re: NY Government at Work on Student Loan Debt Has Nearly Tripled (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    My trailer sits on concrete piers you insensitive clod!

  12. Re:They should have seen this coming... on ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They're Not Really Into It (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    "My university (which I played football at)"

    You were an English major there, weren't you?

  13. Re:No more crap please on Women Still Underrepresented in Information Security (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    "Are women underrpresented in garbage disposal."

    Affirmatively not! I can honestly say that the *only* person I've ever seen in a garbage disposal was Lily Tomlin in "The Incredible Shrinking Woman."

  14. I don't encrypt mine, but I obfuscate. How is Big Dairy going to learn about my coffee-drinking preferences when I list "half and half" as "1"?

  15. Re:So what's next? on Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60 (people.com) · · Score: 1

    et tu, Buttercup?

    http://princessbride.wikia.com...

    A decade later, plus or minus, but also most definitely a princess of our own making.

  16. Re:Why wait??? on Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60 (people.com) · · Score: 2

    Help us Baby New Year. You're our only hope.

  17. "prosecution for criminal acts" - is sending an animation a criminal act? TFA provides little in the way of detail regarding the animation. Is it something intentionally crafted to induce seizures in epilepsy sufferers? Is it something intentionally crafted for another purpose that has the peculiar side effect of inducing seizures in epilepsy sufferers? If the latter, does the fact that it was sent via Twitter (and apparently targeted) matter? Would it be better or worse for the epilepsy sufferer if the animation was displayed on a giant screen in Times Square?

  18. planet earth is blue on John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95 (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    ...

  19. Re:Some, not all Trump supporters on Fake News Prompts Gunman To 'Self-Investigate' Pizza Parlor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Washington DC is not a state, and it is most certainly not open carry friendly. The pizza joint is in DC. The wacko who open-carried into it is from NC (and yes, we're open carry friendly).

  20. Re:Polls were wrong everywhere on Russian Hacker Conspiracy Theory is Weak, But the Case For Paper Ballots is Strong (facebook.com) · · Score: 1

    The explanation for "local stuff" is simple. People were led to believe that the democrats' planned coronation would happen without pesky vote tabulations or anything getting in the way (kind of like in the primaries with the extremely unlikely coin tosses, etc.), so they voted for the opposition in every other race hoping to hold her majesty to account once she was installed.

  21. Why can't we just remove kids from the internet? on Online Bullying Counselling on Increase, Says Childline (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    This would all be so much better if we didn't have to always hear Helen Lovejoy worrying "who will think of the children?".

  22. Google 'misophonia'. Mouth noises are among the more common rage-inducing sounds. Gum-popping might be a tad worse.

  23. Re:Not sure Pokémon Go is a good example on Apple CEO Tim Cook On Virtual Reality: There's No Substitute For Human Contact (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There was a period of a couple of weeks in late August during which I would have *loved* to be able to go after the campus-crowding pokemon go players with an AR, or better yet a flamethrower.

  24. Sure, but it could eventually be worth its weight in precious hamburgers.

  25. Re:"Meddling with nature"? Yes, please. on We Risk Programming Inequality into Our DNA (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I want to know more about this "domesticated fire" of which you speak. I've raised and extinguished many, many fires over the years, and not one has ever allowed me to pet it without painful consequences.