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  1. I think the idea is that an analyst usually presents technical data to experts of a different domain, whereas a counselor could present technical data to the laity. Probably also rooted in the early days of the field when instead of "here's what kind of cancer you ought to be on the lookout for" it was "this is the horrible and slow way your loved one is going to die, and here's how you can mitigate that while going bankrupt"

  2. Re:complete and total waste of time and money... on Scientists Have Laid Out a Plan To Search For Life in the Universe (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh they aren't spending billions on this, I didn't look up what this project would cost, but NASA's whole budget was 20. DoD was 700, by comparison. We'll probably spend more money making M16s than this project will run.

  3. Re:complete and total waste of time and money... on Scientists Have Laid Out a Plan To Search For Life in the Universe (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, they could have all sorts of interesting and useful biochemistry. Something living on a nearly barren barely hospitable hellscape could also make a great Step 1 in terraforming someplace useful for humans.

  4. Re:I'm sure this won't be abused on New App Lets You 'Sue Anyone By Pressing a Button' (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suppose the pay version of the app will let you respond to dismiss the suit with prejudice. Or multiple tiers of payment level that get you access to better written boilerplate so you can beat the app users on the lower tiers... I guess that's basically how the legal system works anyhow.

  5. Yeah this definitely seems like a product that keeps this guy's VC funded salary rolling a little longer before the tap runs dry.

  6. Insiders though? on Pentagon's New Next-Gen Weapons Systems Are Laughably Easy To Hack (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not that they shouldn't do better, but, say, if someone can only hack a Phalanx system from inside the aircraft carrier from a secure access terminal then it is probably not going to end up exploited, since if you can get a mole in that deep they can probably do more damage throwing a wrench into the right place.

  7. Re:Isn't this a common practice? on Secret Amazon Brands Are Quietly Taking Over Amazon.com (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah more or less every retailer and grocery store does this.

  8. Re:Just a handy reminder on Police Use Fitbit Data To Charge 90-Year-Old Man In Stepdaughter's Killing (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Didn't they pull this data from Fitbit's cloud? Surely they know what time the data came in to high accuracy, regardless of what time the fitbit and client PC thought it was.

  9. Re:HPV is not the only cause of cervical cancer on Australia Set To 'Eliminate' Cervical Cancer By 2028 (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Many viruses break the cell's replication controls so they can produce more virus. This turns the cells into "almost cancer". Then you're a hop skip and a jump from real cancer, should any of the remaining mechanisms break in the cell. Of course, any tissue can become cancerous via random mutation, but the viruses definitely get the ball rolling when they smash the regulatory pathways. Different viruses mutate at different rates, and different families are built very differently. Go look up the size difference between smallpox and flu (physical and genome) and see if you can figure out why vaccinating against the former is easier.

  10. Re:Just a handy reminder on Police Use Fitbit Data To Charge 90-Year-Old Man In Stepdaughter's Killing (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is sort of weird to consider these gadgets like an airplane's blackbox...its impressive and horrifying at the same time

  11. Re:Somebody is going to be embarrassed. on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah I don't see the tort here. I mean, even if you loath Trump, you can bet he'd use the hell out of this thing to crow about launching ICBMs at Iran before the silo doors were open, so it'll be useful.

  12. Re:So no real change then? on Toys R Us Cancels Bankruptcy Auction, Plans To Revive Brand (theglobeandmail.com) · · Score: 1

    I would expect a concept change, they were already trying to have more community event type stuff, birthday celebrations, etc. Probably something with a smaller footprint, or at least less inventory, and places to play around with the new items, and a web order pickup, like what Best Buy has become. I still think Sears missed an opportunity to become something like that, but the last time I was in there the employees were quite literally surprised someone was trying to buy something instead of passing through to the mall. I had come in because they've been emailing generous coupons with no minimum purchase; from what the staff were up to when I tracked them down I think they're just trying to organize everything for liquidation.

  13. Re:"Directed" evolution? on Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Trio of Evolutionary Scientists (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If you code by banging out random changes until it compiles and then delete the branches that compiled but didn't execute properly and repeat over and over...

  14. Re:Nobody reads the manual on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Almost Nothing Come With a Proper Printed Manual Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Oh no, they'll be using that equipment long after the manufacturer has been bought four times and the electronic manuals are lost to the depths of time. Stick the paper one in the validation binder, print an electronic one if they didn't include it.

  15. Re:"Refuse to comply"? on New Zealand Travelers Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    I think there could be a market for burner social media accounts and some innocuous cruft to put on your storage device.

  16. Re:The question is it Genuine Leather? on HP Unveils Spectre Folio, a Convertible Laptop 'Made of Leather' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Looks like there is still lots of aluminum in it; I have a spectre x2 and it has some vents at the top of the display and will have fans actively cool when needed, I'd guess this does something similar.

  17. Re:The question is it Genuine Leather? on HP Unveils Spectre Folio, a Convertible Laptop 'Made of Leather' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    The lone comment so far in TFA's page has a commenter criticizing them for using real leather because it isn't green. Anyhow, I'm with you, if this is real leather that's pretty cool from both a durability and a biodegradability stance.

  18. If he had fessed up about drinking too much in his youth, he'd be fine. It is fibbing about it in official testimony that gets the security clearance guys nervous. You can have done a lot and still get cleared if you're honest about it and it wasn't very recent.

  19. Re:This topic reminds me of Repair Cafe's on A 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right To Repair Advocate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I think sometimes it is because they design the products to be as cheap and quick as possible to assemble, not to make them hard to repair. Epoxy -> smush together is quicker than dropping tiny screws and not stripping out the heads when installing them. If you've ever taken apart part of the trim of a car, you can tell pretty quickly that even on something nominally designed to be repairable, lots of things simply snap in place and you cannot disassemble some of it without breaking the fasteners and replacing them.

  20. Re: What if the devices are literally "unrepairabl on A 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right To Repair Advocate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The easy spin is that it is green, and that they will refurbish your iPhone XS when the XLST comes out next year and donate a percentage of them to a women's charity or schoolchildren in India or whatever.

  21. Re:Would regulated opiates be as bad as alcohol? on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There are resorts where monkeys steal booze from humans that leave their 'all inclusively free' drinks unattended. Apparently the rates of abuse, moderation and teatotalling mirror human populations. Preventing childhood abuse might help, or it could just be variation between individuals. I suppose it wouldn't be that shocking if monkeys were complex enough to suffer psychological abuse at each other's hands, though.

  22. Re:Would regulated opiates be as bad as alcohol? on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think your point here illustrates well that some humans will abuse whatever they can get their hands on. Since banning various substances just seems to create black markets and support the funding of the prisons, do you suppose we ought to increase public support for mental health treatment?

  23. Re:Apple watch is professional suicide on Slashdot Asks: Anyone Considering an Apple Watch 4? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    A dumb watch would also be a sign for someone that works in secure areas. You can't bring your phone or smart watch in, but a regular ol' watch is fine and very handy.

  24. Re:why octopi? on What Ecstasy Does To Octopuses (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    oh no, they new they had serotonin receptors, not that they played a similar role in their cognition. That was the whole point of the experiment.

  25. Re: It's actually kind of a big deal on What Ecstasy Does To Octopuses (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Hmm... if you could induce sapience so easily, might it not be your duty to do so rather than thinking leaving them comparatively crippled is humane? Unfortunately, octopuses do not live long and die shortly after mating, although we could probably give them a hand with that and the right CRSPR edits.