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  1. That's a lot of effort to open the garage door... when my neighbor's house was on fire I didn't see exactly what the policeman did with the flat bar of steel he slipped in their garage door seam when he was helping the firemen verify the home was cleared, but he got it opened in about 10 seconds. Better to use a vulnerability like this in a public setting since there's no guarantee a specific person will have these enabled anyhow. Even then it would probably only be useful in accessing an undiscovered security hole deeper in the system.

  2. I know they don't send bills first class mail but even discounting postage and a machine probably stuffs the mailer, but that is a hilarious expense in envelopes and billing forms for one cent.

  3. Re:Useless in vaccuum of information on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh I dunno... I'd actually be concerned if it made it far enough into your body that the lymphatic system got involved at all...

  4. Just because the fibers are ubiquitous doesn't mean that Morgellon's isn't delusional. Wifi is everywhere, but it doesn't mean the people that are allergic to wifi when the activity light is on aren't delusional.

  5. Re:yes but still... on Huawei Surpasses Apple As the World's Second Largest Smartphone Brand (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah I only have a few Apple products and loathe all their proprietary connectors and accessories which would make it seem weird I went with an iPhone but I just haven't seen the continuing security patches in other brands. Perhaps with Google doing their own phone now that will change. If Windows phone hadn't tanked it would've been nice to see what sort of lifecycle those would have had, if phone OSs were generally supported as long as desktops I'd be much more comfortable trying whatever brand.

  6. They have had something like this for a while on Verizon Up Offers Rewards in Exchange For Customers' Personal Information (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The name was different but they had something like this for a while... the advert talked up the points being able to pay for new phones and so on but the terms were the same as the creepy ones above. They can probably already do all sorts of squicky things with your phone data legally, giving them further permissions seemed unwise.

  7. Re:It's about wavelength, not brightness on Amazon Sold Eclipse Glasses That Cause 'Permanent Blindness,' Alleges Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not very experienced in blacksmithing, but when reading up on safety I recall one reason to wear the welding glasses explicitly designed for IR is to protect your retinas from the black body IR, which can cause damage even when the metal cools such that it isn't glowing anymore. Apparently cataracts were a long term occupational hazard for historical smiths. I don't know about the physics for which wavelengths come out of that sort of thing versus a camp fire, but part of the danger was certainly that if the glasses are dark enough to make your iris open but not protective enough for the IR you'd get more damage than looking into a bright flame naked.

  8. They don't use robots in textile factories because they are safer, but because they are cheaper. If robots were cheaper to mine with, they'd already be down there.

  9. Re:Musk reportedly went BALISTIC! on Cummins Unveils Electric Semi Truck Before Tesla (autoblog.com) · · Score: 1

    That and infrastructure to support Cummins will also support Tesla by necessity.

  10. Re:What does it offer? on Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Lots of ads for the local strip clubs, gold buyers, and paycheck advance shops!

  11. Re:Just wait.. on FDA Approves First Cell-Based Therapy For Cancer (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it'll never go away just because of how cancer works, but the sorts that "aren't a big deal'" will get more broad.

  12. Re:don't know how "disease" or drug works,try it! on FDA Designates MDMA As 'Breakthrough Therapy' For PTSD (futurism.com) · · Score: 2

    It can still be science if part of the process is black boxed. If anything, science shines a harder light on what the boundaries of the black box are.

  13. Re:Slump in restaurants on To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That's kind of a bonus, though. At a fancy place you're not looking for all you can eat fish and chips, you want to try a few dishes and still have room for a fancy dessert.

  14. Re:I wonder... on Scientists Finally Unlock the Recipe For Magic Mushrooms (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have honestly been surprised that cloning the genes into E. coli or yeast for various illicit substances hasn't become widespread already. Whenever I see those articles about people "biohacking" in their garage to figure out whatever genetic illness their kid has I keep waiting to see a followup where they fund the treatment for their kid with a big fermenter full of THC.

  15. Re:Problematic as a precedent on No Cash For Hate, Say Mainstream Crowdfunding Firms (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, what does that have to do with crowdfunding?

  16. Re:what about places like Hollywood Blvd that have on Netflix Co-Founder's Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the production company gets the lion's share of the opening ticket prices, and the theatre's cut goes up over time. So requiring a concession purchase increases the margin they keep more than increasing the ticket price.

  17. Re:Show the evidence on Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize pyrethrin came from chrysanthemums. I think they may actually be the active ingredient in the spray I've been using, I'll have to check. I've tried the milk before, it works well on tomatoes but less so on the pumpkins unless you apply nearly daily. They must be more susceptible.

  18. Re:Protecting the welfare of farm animals??? on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There'll be artisanal hand raised meat at handsome prices.

  19. Re:meat is not only meat on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    True! I imagine they'll be able to do a fake hamburger more easily than a steak for these reasons.

  20. Re:Animals have a functioning immune system on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd be interested in trying synthetic meat, too, but sterility would be very difficult to accomplish while also making something edible. Cell culture can be tricky and many things that you use to keep your cell cultures clean would not work for food. It might be easier perhaps to make a synthetic fermented meat to begin with so you would have some microbes in there to keep the spoilage organisms in check.

  21. Re:The market can handle this on Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Do you have a citation for worker bees leaving one colony to try to join another? That goes against my admittedly sub-hobby level of knowledge about bees, but I can't imagine why sterile workers that normally attack non-related bees would behave in such a manner and why they wouldn't be instantly killed by the 'new' hive.

  22. Re:Show the evidence on Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You'd think so about the native plants, but it is interesting that when my vegetable garden gets powdery mildew (Which then requires me to treat my pumpkins) the domesticated crops are resistant, but the native weeds also get the mildew and suffer and die. Similar with insect pests, only a few susceptible domesticated species but all the local weeds are on the menu. When you walk through the woods there is a mix of native wildlife with plants that are living and others that are dying. This works well for the woods but less well for a home where I'd like to have some plants to control drainage, erosion, and shade the house to improve energy use versus setting up a complete ecosystem with lots of detritus. Otherwise I do agree that avoiding treatment is best. I had some spots where the grass consistently has trouble to the extent that I've given up and let the clover and wild grass take over, just pulling out the dandelions and thistles. It doesn't even look any different than the monocultured parts of the lawn if it is mowed regularly.

  23. Re:And before anyone starts on GoDaddy Expels Neo-Nazi Site Over Article On Charlottesville Victim (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Only in the most strict of terms. In pragmatic terms, 'protected class' type designations force everyone to 'play nice' about letting others participate in society. The classes are generally innate traits, not chosen behaviors. If the grocers could decide not to sell food to people that were left handed, say, then it'd be functionally starving them out. That isn't conducive to a practicing, free society, so you can't do things like that. The police also tend to abridge your freedom in preference to functional society, as well, at times.

  24. Re:No it is a censorship issue on GoDaddy Expels Neo-Nazi Site Over Article On Charlottesville Victim (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is an interesting dilemma, but it is 'solving' the problem with market forces instead of laws, which is an interesting phenomena. Before the internet it would probably have taken more effort to organize enough people to even figure out who owned the printing presses used to print [objectionable material] let alone organize enough people to form a worrisome boycott thereof. Extra legal mob rule can have its own issues, of course, but this all seems like a new level of organization compared to what could've been accomplished a scant 20 years ago.

  25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... I was a child when I first saw this movie and the Nazis seemed like a surreal element to me at the time, why would there be Nazis here in America when we had a big ol' war to defeat them? It seemed even sillier than the guys with rebel flags painted on their barn roof here above the Mason Dixon line.