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  1. Address the root cause. on Dozens Of Drones Surveil Houston For Damage After Hurricane Harvey (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I hereby propose to build a Ship Canal from Texan floods to the Californian wildfires It's just water in the wrong place. Forms a second "liquid wall" to complement the first one, for which it can it provide the large quantity of rock for the Mexican wall. Improves the transport infrastructure, Handy income from the shipping to pay for it. Mulitple birds, one stone. I hereby claim my free T-shirt.

  2. by Clearasil.

  3. Re:If they keep eating at KFC... on 'Pay With Your Face' Technology Tested in a KFC Store In China (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    But as the number of spots increases, so does the number of distances and angles between the spots on their face, thus increasing the system's accuracy

  4. The ROADROLLER was one powered by actual steam. on Terry Pratchett's Hard Drive Destroyed By Steamroller (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    "the steamroller was one powered by actual steam." They always are. The clue is in the name.

  5. If only we could do this already on Entrepreneurs Fight Air Pollution With CO2-Reducing 'CityTrees' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    We could call it nature. Or bogs, or peat moorlands. We've already got them so no need for installation, autonomous or otheriwse, Still needs very little maintenance, doesn't need your solar panels, rainwater is collected into an inherent reservoir so doesn't need pumping into the soil. And a lot cheaper than $25,000 a pop.

  6. Adjusting the environment to what ideal value? on Can Geoengineering Drones Fight Global Warming? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Even if you could manipulate the environment, the optimum value isn't necessarily current. What environmental variables do you adjust to what values to allow for the maximum population (assuming that's a good thing)?

  7. Hamsters into Cannibals? on All-Corn Diet Turns Hamsters Into Cannibals · · Score: 1

    ..and hipsters into vegans. Thus the equilibrium is maintained.

  8. Film at 11.

  9. Never mind the self-driving Uber car, just wait till you see what the self-riding bicycle gets up to.

  10. Seems like a lot of hassle when you can just nip down to your local Apple Store and buy a genuine i-Hole.

  11. Re:The Uber of Online Videos on YouTube Is Looking for Volunteers To Improve Its Site (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    More of an internship than a "position" though. We don't want those pesky employee rights getting in the way, do we?

  12. Re:This is going to be abused on YouTube Is Looking for Volunteers To Improve Its Site (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    More of an internship than a "position" though. We don't want those pesky employee rights getting in the way, do we?

  13. Re:Of course you can get more intelligent. on You Can't Get Smarter, But You Can Slow How Fast You Get Dumber (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The clue for me is the opening paragraph referencing dementia, where there is a degraded cognitive function but feelings and sensory abilities are unaffected. (inherent bias on a "news for nerds" site acknowledged)

  14. Re:Wait, is this drawing conclusions on You Can't Get Smarter, But You Can Slow How Fast You Get Dumber (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Social interactions help, yes. Adjust the four factors, roughly stated as physical environment, physical health, personal life, and other people. Consider it as a physical disabilty, after all the brain is damaged (protein build-up, strokes) and apply a physical model of disability. Communication is a two-way thing, and the attitude of other person is a major part of the problem. The view of the world of a person with dementia is just as valid as anyone else's. What we need to fix is people's attitudes to disability, not promote this ethically dubious "normal" or "average" person concept.

  15. Re:This doesn't agree with the research I've seen. on You Can't Get Smarter, But You Can Slow How Fast You Get Dumber (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The article refers to dementia, but the references you provide relate to healthy cognitive funtions, ADHD, and substance abuse. There is a role for a role for medicines in the very last stages of demnentia, but until then adopting a social/phsyical model of disability is as effective, more ethical, and a whole lot cheaper.

  16. After more testing.... on Detecting Nudity With AI and OpenCV · · Score: 1

    It's breed specific: http://www.darnknitanyway.com/... is nudity, but both "before" and "after" of http://neath.fyinetwork.co.uk/... are not nude.

  17. Might work with humans on Detecting Nudity With AI and OpenCV · · Score: 1

    But doesn't work with photos of sheep before and after shearing. Both are not nude according to the site.

  18. Save office costs on Let's Take This Open Floor Plan To the Next Level · · Score: 1

    Work outside.

  19. Misplaced source of risk on Asteroid Risk Greatly Overestimated By Almost Everyone · · Score: 1

    Asteroids? More people are going to get hit by hemorrhoids.

  20. Elsewhere in fairy tale land on The Pioneer Who Invented the Weather Forecast · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, I think I'll have an apple...

  21. Re:Patent Trolls... on The Pioneer Who Invented the Weather Forecast · · Score: 1

    The old country bumpkin yokels will be out waving their seaweed around no doubt. And the horoscope nutters.

  22. Humans In 2020: Lending a Helping Hand To Humans on Robots In 2020: Lending a Helping Hand To Humans (And Each Other) · · Score: 1

    er...not doing too well.

  23. Comparing them with what? on Scotland Yard Chief: Put CCTV In Every Home To Help Solve Crimes · · Score: 1

    To match against their 12 million images of suspects and offenders? So they've filtered out all the innocent people then? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/tech...

  24. Nah... on TripAdvisor Fined In Italy For Fake Reviews · · Score: 1

    It's North Korea making all the fake posts.

  25. Re:I hear... on How To Anesthetize an Octopus · · Score: 1

    ...or British tourists in Greece who get "calamari" and "kalimera" confused.