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  1. Re: Pratchett and Baxter already predicted this on Cesarean Births Could Be Affecting Human Evolution, Study Says (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    She didn't take any medication to reduce the pain, pressure points usage is the only thing she asked for (and I obliged rather easily) in order to 'stay in her bubble'. I do not know what would be an emergency birth for you (not having a returned baby and discovering it too late, perhaps? It seems like a medical inattention or error in that case -- so perhaps more of a medical issue with the baby about to die ? In this case that's why there's a need for cesarean birth..) so please send more details if you want to discuss.

  2. Re:Pratchett and Baxter already predicted this on Cesarean Births Could Be Affecting Human Evolution, Study Says (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It`s not easy because there are worst things, but I see enough women that have more than 1 kid, and she would never want to have either more kidney stones or another appendicitis.

  3. Re:Pratchett and Baxter already predicted this on Cesarean Births Could Be Affecting Human Evolution, Study Says (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    My wife says that childbirth (4 kids, so it`s a relatively good sample) is nothing compared to either kidney stones or appendicitis. There, stop propagating that myth, it`s not that bad.

  4. Re:Mostly yes on YouTube Pays Music Industry $1 Billion From Ads (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I was also winking at the latest slashdot news about vinyls generating more $$$ than downloads (in the UK) =)

    Lets say that I start making music, I can just publish it, and no one will have a penny out of it, beside apple and me. If they've signed their rights off, then all bets are off too. (I do not mean I would be successful in anyway doing that though!)

  5. Re:Mostly yes on YouTube Pays Music Industry $1 Billion From Ads (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That`s over 10 years ago.. And I don`t expect an artist to still need a record producer if they aren`t making records anymore ;)

  6. Re:Mostly yes on YouTube Pays Music Industry $1 Billion From Ads (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Who's still selling CDs ? They would get 70c per song sale on itunes, no ? I have no idea what are the numbers for streaming like, but the CDs low revenue should not really be looked at that much in those time I believe..

  7. Re:I'm confused on Interns At Tech Companies Are Better Paid Than Most American Workers (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, that`s great then. In my area the average starting salary is amongst the lowest in Canada, and when I've seen tech worker in that range of salary, not getting much of an increase, that was either because they weren't valued employee at all (should perhaps have chosen another domain), or they were getting ripped off and didn't know about it - which is why I suggested thinking about it.

    If your area allows to live comfortably on that salary then I guess it`s possible it isn`t that bad =)

  8. Re:I'm confused on Interns At Tech Companies Are Better Paid Than Most American Workers (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    In the US / Canada ? You might want to rethink your carreer choices.

  9. Re:Why should this be surprising? on Interns At Tech Companies Are Better Paid Than Most American Workers (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    That's so sad, getting the most out of them is what keeps the good one coming back, and telling their friends about your place, plus that's the best you can do for your business too. Oh well, to each its own!

  10. Re:amplifier on Security Researchers Can Turn Headphones Into Microphones (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, it depends on your amplifier.. But a good rule of thumb is that you would be safe. This 'hack' on PCs date back to when voice chats appeared .. since no one had dedicated pc microphone, everyone I knew was using cheap headphones.. And doing this without the user knowledge has been possible for quite a while --- since the input/ouput could be reaffected, which is also too long ago to remember. News, anyone ?

  11. Sundials work relatively well based on a few assumptions =)

  12. Yearly pay for everyone? I'll only work in the winter though! ;)

  13. Humm, it would be nice to have 6am be the sun rise time, 12 noon, 6pm the sun set time. Lets make it so that the seconds compress and strech based on your GPS coordinates. If you work from 8 to 5, you always get '2 hours' of sunset in the morning, and 1 in the afternoon. You just get to work a long ass shift if you are in the polar circle .. (but then you also get 6 months off)

  14. humm, but now rather than coming back home while there's still light, they are coming back in the dark. And there's much more cars on the road later at day than at the time they leave in the morning... No perfect solution!

  15. I did went to dig more information on both gallons measure, wondering why here (using almost exclusively litres, but imperial gallons if talking about gallons) and it appears to simply be because we were using imperial gallons in Canada before moving to the litre.

  16. Well, if you are talking about a US gallon, then it's 15.7725 cups, which is 3.78541 litres.
    If you are talking about gallons, then it's indeed 16 cups but 160 fluid ounces, which is 4.54609 litres.

    A US cup is 240 ml, while a cup is 284.131 ml.

  17. Re: Are linux adverts still bad adverts? on MacBook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalists To Ubuntu Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And I always though it was ExpertSexChange and didn't care to look at those ads..

  18. Re:When did "The Matrix" become a religion? on Tech Billionaires Are Asking Scientists For Help To Break Humans Out of Computer Simulation (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually ...

    Gnosticism as a unique and recognizable belief system is considered to be a second century (or later) development.

  19. Re:Consumers on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    This. No iTunes on my PC means I'm not buying anything there. If they had a fully fledged web site (and app install from that website) they could gain some of my money.

  20. Re:So a guy that runs a ride sharing company. on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Edge case for slashdot, I guess you are right. So many other nice examples keeps coming up, and a lot are also among my friends & family (ie, not just me ;) ). A single outlier is enough to prevent the envisionned death. I have a hard time trying to evaluate the current car ownership rate for people who really need it. Perhaps 5% ?

  21. Re:So a guy that runs a ride sharing company. on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    To kill ownership would mean that 100% of owners got rid of their cars. It only takes one to prevent that. While you think that there aren't many families in the city, you are very wrong. A lot of my coworkers had 2, 3 and even some others had 4 kids too. I was living near the bay bridge (Baele st) in SF, was going to work with my bicycle. My wife and kids would go to the beach (Pacifica was one of their favorite destination), to happy hollow park in San Jose and multiple others, to the Zoo, aquarium, in some nice montains nearby (Mount diablo trails were a win) or on the North side of the golden gate, then once I would know at which time I'd be done working we'd set ourself a rendez-vous point and I'd cycle there when she was driving back. Spending the evening in some nice place, getting the bike back on the rack, and driving home.

    On the weekends we would just use the car and drive away to Santa Cruz, or Monterey and the nice aquarium, or Big Sur for some camping, or Lake Tahoe for a long weekend, or Point Reyes, or spend some time in Napa / Sonoma. And much more! I don't think anyone would say that SF is not a major US city, and this lifestyle of mine was also relatively common with my coworkers. I discovered many nice places with them & other friends on the weekends, and even if I'm no longer living there, they do and keep sharing their experiences.

    So, I am sorry that you can't envision this lifestyle, but I quite enjoy it.

  22. Re:So a guy that runs a ride sharing company. on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    "An urban area is the region surrounding a city. Most inhabitants of urban areas have nonagricultural jobs. Urban areas are very developed, meaning there is a density of human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways. "Urban area" can refer to towns, cities, and suburbs."

    I am living in what you would call 'suburb' area. While I'm no longer in a major US city, I lived in San Francisco for a while, and there's no way we would have done what we did if we had relied only on public transportation / lyft / uber or such. I do rent cars sometimes but that do cost much more to provide the benefits that owning one does.

    I was mostly pointing out that even in major us cities his point was invalid since his proposal would not solve major use cases of cars. From the summary : " Zimmer, who has long been a vocal proponent of ending car ownership, set a date for the death of the personally owned car in major U.S. cities: 2025. "

  23. Re:So a guy that runs a ride sharing company. on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Reason #1 it won't happen; families.

    Here I have 4 kids, each requiring different car seats size / adjustments. We are bringing and keeping different stuff for the kids (Stroller, diapers, their favorite movies) which stay with us without needing to grab it at our Xth destination. Keeping our previous purchases safe while we go for our next stop, and the items we don't need at that stop (no stroller at the grocery store) is a major win that lyft rides won't provide.

    It might definitely help reduce the percentage of ownership, but it certainly can't sign the death certificate.

  24. Re:Why is an eight year old using a phone? on iOS 10 Is Surfacing Hardcore Porn GIFs in iMessage (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    there are no law requiring you to be 13 to use the internet, in either the USA or Canada. What are you taking that from ? I'm not sure for 18 for a cell service contract either, but that doesn't matter that much if she's using it on wifi, does it ? Does all phone contract say that you can't lend it to someone under 18 ?

  25. I used to feed fish@stream.net when I don't care about the email which I provide. Sadly, I can't confirm that email if that's required in the process..