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  1. What's the p-value for this trial?

    Pentium?

  2. Re:Looking at calendar. on US Is Slipping Toward Measles Being Endemic Once Again, Says Study (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't worry about Peak Stupidity, the government is busily working on renewable sources of Stupid.

  3. Re:So Google is now working on: on Google Enters Race For Nuclear Fusion Technology (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Not in the lifetime of most people alive now.

    Depends on how well that life extension research goes. If their goal is "fusion in our lifetime" they'd probably be better off researching life extension first.

  4. Re:Who isn't using paint.net? on Microsoft Confirms It's Not Killing Off Paint After Outpouring of Support (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Glad to help.

  5. Re:Who isn't using paint.net? on Microsoft Confirms It's Not Killing Off Paint After Outpouring of Support (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Paint is invaluable to me when I am asking someone at a remote Point of Sale to take a screenshot and e-mail it to me.

    You can paste a screenshot directly into an e-mail using Thunderbird or Gmail, tested on Win7. Might work with other e-mail too.

  6. Has there ever been a US press secretary so ill informed and/or prone to lying?

    Not yet. I'm guessing whomever they get to replace Spinny Spice will make him seem wise and reputable by comparison.

  7. Re:Let's not make AIs too human... on Artificial Intelligence Has Race, Gender Biases (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The purpose of a race is to see who is faster.

    Soon the purpose will be who finishes at the accepted time with the most weight.

  8. Of course they use Delaware for comparisons... on Iceberg the Size of Delaware, Among Biggest Ever Recorded, Snaps Off Antarctica (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why use Delaware? It's less taxing than other states!

    (add your own rimshot noise)

  9. Re:What Apple can do on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    It's actually easy to see what Apple can do in a phone for $1200- just look at what Samsung/HTC/LG/etc. can do in a phone for $600.

  10. Technology clearly to blame for this. on State Prison Officials Blame An Escape On Drones And Cellphones (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Jimmy Causey, 46, fled the Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, S.C., on the evening of July 4th after leaving a paper mache doll in his bed to fool guards into thinking he was asleep. He was not discovered missing until Wednesday afternoon.

    Recent advances in paper mache technology have moved beyond the limits where society can control them, and are clearly to blame for this escape. Paper mache obviously must be banned from all prisons and areas near them, as well as public parks, schools, and tattoo parlors. Paper mache has no legitimate uses that I can imagine, therefore only criminals use paper mache.

  11. Channel the gullability for the greater good on Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop $120 'Bio-Frequency Healing' Sticker Packs Get Shot Down by NASA (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Combine two markets we already know are gullible and fact-averse. Re-market these as an anti-autism patch to use with vaccines.

  12. Re:Time for a $20 minimum wage. on McDonald's Hits All-Time High As Wall Street Cheers Replacement of Cashiers With Kiosks (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but in many places if you do earn money your welfare is reduced. This produces perverse and counterproductive incentives. It seems that the system works well enough as is for the politicians, so little is being done to fix it for those on welfare.

  13. Re:Courts require evidence... on 'Coal King' Is Suing John Oliver, Time Warner, and HBO (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    ".... Those are kinds of evidence. "

    Do you mean they're "alternative evidence"?

  14. They heard cord-cutting is a thing now on Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Cutting Competitor's Wires To Put It Out of Business (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe they were just trying to stay hip?

    Seems like a lot of trouble for 229 customers, I would think the Comcast loses more customers than that every day. From what I've observed of Comcast this could as easily be incompetence as malice, but likely it's a combination of the two. They should pay either way. Did Comcast raise rates after Telecom went out of business?

  15. Re:Ban all cars on Congressman Steve Scalise Among 5 Shot at Baseball Field (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    4. This was no accident. If you (mi) can't resist a car analogy, compare with the number of people murdered using cars. Or compare accidental gun related deaths to fatalities from car accidents. You weaken your argument when you make ridiculous comparisons.

  16. Re:Thoughts and prayers on Congressman Steve Scalise Among 5 Shot at Baseball Field (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Speedy recovery for the injured.

    Indeed. They sure are lucky they have healthcare.

  17. Must have missed something... on FCC Can't Cap the Cost of Cross-State Prison Phone Calls, Court Rules (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So what's the argument in favor of letting them gouge prisoners and their families on phone calls? This seems counterproductive to the stated purpose of a prison, reform. Their punishment if supposed to be time behind bars, not high phone bills.

  18. Is that the limitation of this technology? on Facebook Wants To Spy On People Using Their Phone's Camera and Analyze Facial Emotions (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would it be able to read hand gestures too? Because I know which one they'll get from my camera...

  19. Re:"Higgs' Bosom" on Astronomers Prove To Einstein That Stars Can Warp Light (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Like I said to Schroedinger, "What happens in the cat box, stays in the cat box"

    That's the exact same thing my kids say when I tell them it's their turn to scoop the cat box. Wouldn't be surprised to find a dead cat in there from the smell.

  20. Then just wait until next year... on Apple To Phase Out 32-Bit Mac Apps Starting In January 2018 (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait until next year, when Apple rolls out their new 65-bit OS and accompanying product line...

  21. Might actually be a bit quieter than usual, most of the trolls and asshats will be off enjoying their new discount.

  22. This is not the perfect tomato. on Scientists Are Using Gene Editing To Create the Perfect Tomato For Your Salad (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    The perfect tomato would be one that would actually grow well in a planter on my deck and would slug any squirrels that come near it. If it can get past those requirements, it should also taste great.

  23. Re:China needs to go on China Censored Google's AlphaGo Match Against World's Best Go Player (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually archeologists and historians attribute the longevity of the Chinese culture to their early building skills, especially bridges and fences. While mostly known for great walls and fantastic bridges, the early culture especially relished their fence building technology. This started, they theorize, about 6000 years ago when an unknown builder in what would become central China one day went out to a field on his farm, and with primitive tools created the same fence pieces we still use today. Proudly pounding the initial piece into the ground, he stood back and declared: "First post!"

  24. Re:Counterexample on Could Giant Alien Structures Be Dimming a Far Away Star? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the words "NASA" and "alien" appear in the same sentence, the answer is "no".

    Counterexample:
    "Trump's budget proposal cuts funding of NASA climate missions and eliminates tax credits to illegal aliens "

    When the word "Trump" also appears in the sentence, the "no" should be preceded by an "oh ".

  25. Re:Beginning of shield technology? on Humans Accidentally Made a Space Cocoon For Ourselves Out of Radio Waves (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps if we can emit VLF radiation at very high frequency

    If we emit Very Low Frequency radiation at very high frequency it won't be very low frequency any more.

    Hmmm... Ok. So we can't increase the frequency, but what if we just took this Very Low Frequency radiation and shortened the wavelength?

    Or you could change the Lambda instead.

    That only works infrequently at best.