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  1. Even back in 1988 we had game with multiple save, case in point ultima 5. In fact at some point consolisation of the game market partially made us go backward by removing multiple save and adding checkpoint late 90ies early 00ies. But yes we are not spoiled with modern game if anything we are going back to where we were on pc market back early 1990. To go back to the state you are speaking of we have to go back late 70ies or early 80ies. If you remove the pink glasses you will realize that actualy the system you describe were more inconvenience than fun.

  2. There was not a *prefilm* review... on Rotten Tomatoes Bans User Reviews and Comments Before a Film's Theatrical Release To Counter Online Trolls (rottentomatoes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Last time I went on that page to see what the fuss was about, there was no review. In fact the only thing which was there was a percentage of people which announced whether they would want to see the film or not, and that was what was down very low, and a MISNAMED tab "audience review" which tells whether people want to see it in future or not. Case in point i jsut replaced the not interrested / will view picture with words : :

    "(not interrested)
    Never cared for Captain Marvel. Where's the Black Widow movie?

    (not interrested)
    Nate J February 25, 2019 looks kind of boring honestly

    (want to see it)
    Chris E February 25, 2019 Not a top tier character, but interested in the big picture "

    . Where are those invisible review bomb which everybody speak of ? Those are not review but hyped/not hyped feedback from potential cinema goer.

  3. Human conscious are a set of cyclic looping process played on neuron pathways, those process are a combo of neuro transmitter , hormonal and differential response, but in the VERY end , those set of process are not magical, "soul"ish stuff, they are simply physical process. They might not easy or possible to unroll (at least at our technological level) but we have had ZERO hint that those process could not be reproduced or even made better by artificial process. In other word your provocative response is jsut algorithm in the very end.

  4. is because the market for video calling is nearly nill, whereas the airline simply buy component in bulk. As long as the component are within spec there is no need to requalify them (air worthyness can be a lengthy process), so it does not surprise me they got component with camera for which they simply do not use the camera, it is far cheaper than ordering the same component without camera.

  5. I am aware of that on Hundreds Still Live In The 'Exclusion Zone' Around Chernobyl (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    But due to Q factor and other effect it is much easier to use mSv, Bq is nigh useless for example as 10 Bq of gamma or 10 Bq of alpha have vastly different effect from outside the organism or inside, but aside that you are speaking of *activity* which is not what the OP is about but absorbed dose. So if you want to go Rem or Gray feel free to do it, but environmental average exposure will mostly be cited in Sv again due to the fact we are more interested in equivalent absorbed dose, than what activity there is. And As you see above *the op cited in Sv therefore it makes sense to continue in Sv*. Furthermore I cited again the average and mentioned there are vast difference between where you are (my example was limoge due to the known radon problem there - but there are other known). Again none of your explanation pertain to the op which pretended that 17 micro Sv per day is average for environmental radiation in the US without cite (this is 6 mSv per year), and this run contrary to all cite I provided (which use absorbed dose Sv too). Not too be too snarky, but none of your explanation explain the OP nor do they offer cite for the OP. As for curie... It has been an eternity I had anybody speak to me in that unit when speaking of exposure or absorbed dose. Is that an US holdover ?

  6. again cite required on Hundreds Still Live In The 'Exclusion Zone' Around Chernobyl (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    the environmental exposure is 2.4 to 3 mSv. A quick search on EPA for "17 micro Sv per day" reveal nothing, and all source I cited have that 3mSv. The only way I can get to 6 mSv per year is if you count *medical* exposure in addition to environmental.

  7. Some murder go unreported, or at least are reported as disappearance and not necessarily in the area they happened ! If somebody get ride of the body, and has 40% chance to get out of it some murder will necessarily never know where they happened) Furthermore many burglary are not reported due to various factor, fear from the person itself (maybe what was stolen was illegal, maybe the person was threatened, maybe the person is illegal, maybe the person don't trust the police, maybe what was stolen is low value etc....). Not all crime are reported or detected, not even murder (I won't even go into the resolve rate which is around 60% in average in the US). So yes even for burglary or murder, detection is a problem.

  8. I don't think so on Hundreds Still Live In The 'Exclusion Zone' Around Chernobyl (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.nap.edu/read/13263... average exposure from environment is half what you cite (3 mSv per year average, and if you live in city building on the coast it is probably more around 1mSv per year - thorium radon exposure is less conversly if you live in a granite ground e.g. limoge your basement will be full of radon making a higher average, then there are some other local stuff, e.g. how far you live from a coal plant - you are safer around a nuclear plant). That's at least half what you cite. The radiation exposure I can find is either identical to that background or higher http://www.chernobylgallery.co... (that was 2008 and I did not check the source, but most exposure are around 0.7 uSv per hour so around 17 uSv per day or 6 mSv per year which is at least *double* of the average of 2.4 to 3 mSv globally.

    So again, citation needed on your number.

  9. Your own body need glutamate and produce it in quantity which are nearly 100 times higher than what is in food: there is a few hundred mg free glutamate in food (the rest is bounded in protein) and your body produce about the order of magnitude of 10s grams per day during the protein processing. Basically the few hundred mg are not doing anything much (well or you should stop eating fresh tomatoe !). The only few study I know of, which showed an effect, had to inject huge quantity of glutamate at nerve termination, but then again you may as well do the same study and inject any stuff the body does not expect at nerve termination in huge quantity and see an effect. All other studies showed exactly zilch.

  10. a generic is not a supplement on FDA Warns Supplement Makers To Stop Touting Cures For Diseases and Cancer · · Score: 1

    So far as I read it correctly the product with the same content are normally *generic* version of a trademarked one. What the summary is about are real crap supplement which have a lot of misleading claim. Not generic. Not the same thing. Supplement/homeopathy are a plague and should be heavily regulated as in "make clear and explicit they do nothing" rather than the skewed language they are using now.

  11. depend on WHAT is advertised on FDA Warns Supplement Makers To Stop Touting Cures For Diseases and Cancer · · Score: 1
    A lot of the claim about benefice of theanine are just that : claim. Not really well grounded scientifically. That is why while the FDA only recognize it as *generally safe* the EU do not allow any health claim and addition of theanine as supplement.

    A Natural Standard monograph that reviews current research on theanine reports that it is likely safe in doses of 200â"250 mg up to a maximum daily dose of 1,200 mg. Though some people use theanine for these purposes, Natural Standard rates the evidence to support the usage for anxiety reduction, blood pressure control, and mood improvement as "unclear or conflicting scientific evidence" and the evidence for improved cognition as "fair negative scientific evidence". Many of the studies of theanine were done in combination with caffeine as found in tea. While the studies found that the combination had some effect on mood, the studies found that theanine alone had little effect.[37] A review by other researchers of a small set of trials concluded that there are benefits of L-theanine in reducing acute stress and anxiety in people with stressful conditions

    I won't bother with nature or JAMA, frankly so far it looks like the usual schtick : none or negative evidence, and people stating "it works for me".

  12. Do they define mature content ? (do not mod) on Young People Who Play Video Games Have Higher Moral Reasoning Skills (inews.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I am trying to read https://www.frontiersin.org/ar... but for some reason I am not getting anything but a blank page. Do they define mature content as opposed to violent content ?

  13. tehre is a simpler explanation on How Hackers and Scammers Break Into iCloud-Locked iPhones (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I am not saying that your kid lied to you.... But consider that if he "gave" the phone to bullies, then all is very simply explained.

  14. It works BOTH way on YouTube Struggles To Fight Mobs Weaponizing Their 'Dislike' Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Between the marketer or interest groups it work both way : they sometimes want to push the dislike to make something go away.... And push the like to promote something. Ask yourself why only the "dislike" stuffing are spoken about, but not the "like" stuffing.

  15. That's called tax , something all society even the US accepted a long time ago, and in many case societal communal program are a great success. Education, fire protection, police etc.... But I guess you are one of those childless person which get an hissy fit when they hear THEIR money is getting spent on school stuff ?

  16. That is not how it works NOW on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Firstly "you need a job to live" is actually a cultural thingy mostly made up by rich people to fight the laziness of their serf/slave/peon. There is NO REASON whatsoever if there is enough wealth to force people working. None. The question you should ask yourself, is , if automation rise a lot more, does the cultural shitty "you need to work" still make sense ? IMO it does not. Furthermore I am betting that by forcing people to work for a living, we are undercutting ourselves culturally and intellectually. Let me explain : I know a few of people which (like me) would prefer to concentrate on a better pursuit intellectually be it writing, painting and in my case coding and QM research. But by the time the day job is ended, people are SPENT and thus cannot really concentrate on their hobbit without deleterious effect. How many games, open source software, great painting, great music and so forth are lost like tears in the rain because the of the stupid "you gotta workkkkkK ! Not working is not allowed !!!!! economy MUST be capitalist with rich getting richer and poor getting crushed eleventy !" ? Maybe not that many.... Or maybe a lot. Who knows. Such a scheme on the long term would show it. And if there is enough automation, frankly then we will HAVE to have such a scheme, or live in a dystopian future of a few mega rich with robot dropping a few crumbs to the poor living in ruins outside.

  17. always the same denier trick why 2004 ? on Global Warming Could Exceed 1.5C Within Five Years, Report Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I mean, why so old when other sources show that by 2007 mcintre et al was disputed as being flawed, AND in the itnerim time many more models confirmed the hockey stick shape ? Why indeed show only something from 15 years ago ? The reader may decide if this was intentional. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  18. The crux is people don't respect speed limit on NYPD To Google: Stop Revealing the Location of Police Checkpoints (nypost.com) · · Score: 0

    If people respected stops, red lights (slow down & stops at orange), and speed limits speed trap would NEVER be a problem. The crux is people want to speed and don't care about other or respecting laws. That is why i am waiting impatiently for self driving car and them be mandatory : robot can be enforced on speed limit. Human are simply idiot fucker. And if you wonder about the tone, i respect the goddamn limit stops and light everywhere but regularly one of those "sunday driver" which think they have a right to ignore street law and speed limit nearly hit me. To all those thinking they are above speed law, red light, or stops : fuck you all.

  19. Basically the US hide all war crime the japanese did at unit 731 in exchange of the results exclusively. Now THAT is unethical and immoral (the russian did something similar they gave slap of the hand prison penalty). As for prisoner... If you are doing death penalty , and there is no incentive to push for it solely for organ donation, then frankly I see as more ethical to enforce organ donation so that the condemned at least repay its debt to society, rather than let the organ rot just "because" some feel it more ethical. As if letting people on a list die is more ethical. That remind me of people wanting to stop donation of anancephallic baby organ to baby on organ transplant waiting list.

  20. Avats fault of doing MITM on Mozilla Halts Rollout of Firefox 65 on Windows Platform After Antivirus Issue (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Basically avast and co are doing a MITM attack to scan the content of https traffic :
    https://blog.avast.com/2015/05/25/explaining-avasts-https-scanning-feature/
    Why anybody would think that allowing an AV provider to scan all their traffic including bank traffic by extension, is more "secure" - is beyond me.

  21. You are testing wrong on Rich Kids Are Cheating in School With Apple Watches (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    A good test is not for rote knowledge, it will test your understanding of the material. In fact in the uni we were left all physic books we wanted, we were asked to form a reasoning over the question given, formulate an answer, and apply what we could to form a conclusion based on the presented points - you would be surprised on how many people fell through and could not answer porperly. Basically asking you if you remember what equation X,Y,Z looks like and spit out the correct response, is stupid, rote knowledge does not help. And this is not solely related to STEM, in history/geo/philo/art there is a lot which can be done on understanding material rather than rote knowledge. Rote knowledge anyway is best replaced/fulfilled by by computer system. What is better is to show you can make research, understand the material, and explain it back. And as such an apple watch should NOT help - if you were testing for the correct thing. If you are testing for rote knowledge, then a well trained monkey can help.

  22. Melting point is unimportant on Elon Musk Explains Why He's Building 'Starship' Out of Stainless Steel (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 2

    And if any engineering let themselves convinced by that, fire them. What is important is the tensile strength of steel versus temperature. e.g. in a fire steel beam get weakened at far lower temperature than melting point. At about 600-700 degree celsius your steel lost half its strength. You can see that at warehouse fire among others, steel beam get weakened and it crumples long before meeting melting point. Now the question is, what do carbon fiber at those temp, and is that important versus steel weakening. I can't answer that. I was just indicating melting temperature is not what you look at in most applications.

  23. Oh and people don't care about olypimcs on Julian Assange Launches Legal Challenge Against Trump Administration (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    (most) People on the other hand DO care about getting a gender identical to the sex for dating. Are you trying to tell they are wrong and their taste in sex and dating is wrong ? Funnily that's what conservative says about homosexual - that their sexual preference are disgusting and counter nature. Personally I say as long as it is legal and consenting adult nobody has a right to tell other their belief on who they want to date is wrong. Apparently you think differently ? What do you want to do ? Conversion therapy for all those who see trans-sexual or trans-gender as not their taste ? Because ultimately this is what it boils to. No matter the railing and mockery that some do about not wanting to date a trans person, it all boil down to imposing a sexual preference on others.

  24. Again I mentionned intersex on Julian Assange Launches Legal Challenge Against Trump Administration (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    People born with *malformation* do not form a *third* sex. They have either neither, both, or a malformation of both or one. e.g. P.A.I.S. can have part teste. But those do not form a new *sex* by definition. It is very binary. They are malformation. Just like having a condition of having surnumerary leg do not make you a different quadrupedal form of human, it makes you a malformed human. THAT is the difference that people which keep bringing up birth malformation don't get. As for red head being a mutation and a mutation of normal hair color, in a way they are. Just like blue eye is a mutation which make the pigment inactive. There is a difference though everybody won't care they are mutation. (well except some : too many urban legend about red head being evil , for some reason I don't get some people hate/fear red head go figure).

  25. Gender vs sex on Julian Assange Launches Legal Challenge Against Trump Administration (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nature is a bitch. *normal* people are either of two sex : female or male. There is none other. And you cannot change. You can try to surgically "make it look" like you are the other , but this is a make believe, and from what I can see reported, not quite there technologically for a perfect, or even good make believe. That is the unfortunate plain truth for those seeking to switch sex. The other unfortunate truth is that most people do not view intersex as valid dating partner. e.g. if you are male, switch to female, you will msotly not be viewed as female as plain as truth. Most people will be willing to view you as woman , for social purpose, but most would feel attacked in their intimacy if they found out they were cheated on what they expect as sex of their partner (both male and female - male are just more likely to resort to violence). ALl the condition people pretend to bring up as non binary sex are screw up no normal condition. I don't count losing a leg and being one legged as being unipedial new species or unipedial new "Genre" of locomotion. Do you ? Zwitter and other condition are not a third sex, they are malformation. CAIS is OTOH much different. When the Y is deactivated or cells do not respond to testosterone due to receptor being too mutated, the embryo only "sees" the X and thus take the default route of growing a female body. But as meiosis does not work that well for ovaries for a X and Y the ovaries are not only inactive but also in risk of cancer (thus we remove them). But the bottom line is that the thus created female are non differentiable from other female they are basically of the female sex and there is no "photo finish" on that : they are not intersex.

    Gender OTOH is much more fluid and not-so-binary, and gender dysphoria is quite well recognized. It is just that for most people they want to date a female woman or a male man.


    TLR;DR : CAIS are female because the embryo does not see the Y , they are as female as a Xx (broken x), there is only 2 sex in homo sapiens specie but a variety of malformation, gender is fluid but the majority people want to date people with the same sex as their gender.