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  1. Re:Oldest trick in the book on WeWork's CEO Makes Millions as Landlord To WeWork (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, no. He has a duty to all shareholders, not just himself. If he owned 100%, it would be different. He's fleecing the other shareholders. Greedy capitalist.

  2. Re:Oldest trick in the book on WeWork's CEO Makes Millions as Landlord To WeWork (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Works for old companies going bankrupt, too. Look at Sears.

  3. That's why shirts have pockets.

  4. Re:So...I can be cancer-free but on Method For Fooling Cancer Cells Into Fat Cells Can Stop Cancer's Spread (technologynetworks.com) · · Score: 1

    You just get "skinny" fat cells.
    Fat cells can be large or small depending on how much fat they have to store.

  5. Re:So...I can be cancer-free but on Method For Fooling Cancer Cells Into Fat Cells Can Stop Cancer's Spread (technologynetworks.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    The "fit and fat" hypothesis has been disproved.
    Fat is not healthy (BMI should be 25)
    Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer rates all higher in fat people.

  6. Re:Tanned people are better mates? on There's No Such Thing as a Safe Tan (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    A tan being attractive is just a short term cultural preference of recent origin. For a much longer time, a tan was associated with lower class people who worked outdoors and pale white skin was preferred among the rich and powerful.

  7. No, these are obviously "big photons being a little bigger than a single photon".
    I, for one, would like to know where they get these big photons... I could use a few of them around the house. They might be slower than the standard photons and might hang around longer.

  8. 2018 is the Hottest Year on Record on Ocean Warming is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    https://thinkprogress.org/stud... ... From TFA:
    Climate change from human activities mainly results from the energy imbalance in Earth's climate system caused by rising concentrations of heat-trapping gases. About 93% of the energy imbalance accumulates in the ocean as increased ocean heat content (OHC). The ocean record of this imbalance is much less affected by internal variability and is thus better suited for detecting and attributing human influences (1) than more commonly used surface temperature records. Recent observation-based estimates show rapid warming of Earth's oceans over the past few decades (see the figure) (1, 2). This warming has contributed to increases in rainfall intensity, rising sea levels, the destruction of coral reefs, declining ocean oxygen levels, and declines in ice sheets; glaciers; and ice caps in the polar regions (3, 4). Recent estimates of observed warming resemble those seen in models, indicating that models reliably project changes in OHC.
    Last year was very likely the hottest year on record, according to the authors of a new study in the journal Science.

    The study examined “multiple lines of evidence from four independent groups” measuring ocean heat and concluded “ocean warming is accelerating.” Researchers found the rate of warming for the upper 2,000 meters of ocean has increased by more than 50 percent since 1991.

    As a result, “2018 is shaping up to be the hottest for the oceans as a whole, and therefore for the Earth,” a press release accompanying the study explains.

  9. Re:Can every US citizen say... on Natural Gas is Now Getting in the Way; US Carbon Emissions Increase by 3.4% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    China is cleaning up their fossil fuel use at an astounding rate and this is a great stimulus to their economy. (They're world leader in electric cars, solar panels and nuclear power). The US, OTOH, is pushing for more coal, oil and NG which is a dead end (literally, as it is killing people) and at the same time turns the economy into a dead end. Investments in renewable energy, cleaner air and water and combating climate change are a boon to the economy. China realizes this but our government is corrupted by fossil fuel companies whose greed is destroying our country.
    China is already far along the way to dominate the US. The US is becoming a backwater. China is leading in the technologies which will dominate this century.

  10. Re: I don't live in NYC on Seattle City Council Members Visit New York To Warn About Amazon HQ2 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon and the homeless: a tale of two Long Island cities

    https://www.theguardian.com/ci...

  11. NYC is already in the "stupid" line.

  12. I used DuckDuckGo to search for that term. No NSFW results and the first result was, as expected, Home Depot Elephant Trunk.
    Maybe you should switch search engines to one that doesn't spy on you. If you got NSFW results, Google may have been using some prior knowledge of your desires to tailor its results to your wishes.

  13. Re:Follow the Money on DuckDuckGo Denies Using Fingerprinting To Track Its Users (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    DDG sells ads. The difference is that Google sells ads based on their deep knowledge of your innermost thoughts since they've been watching you for years. DDG just tailors the ad to what you entered in the search box.
    I doubt that advertisers appreciate the difference.

  14. Re:Silly name on DuckDuckGo Denies Using Fingerprinting To Track Its Users (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using DDG exclusively for several years. I always find what I need. I've never felt that I needed to use a different search engine to get "better" results.
    YMMV

  15. Re:Just have them towed. - Tesla wins here on Anti-Tesla Pickup Truck Drivers Take Over a Supercharger Station -- Again (electrek.co) · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Just have them towed. - Already been done on Anti-Tesla Pickup Truck Drivers Take Over a Supercharger Station -- Again (electrek.co) · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Why is open access a radical idea? on Will the World Embrace Plan S, the Radical Proposal To Mandate Open Access To Science Papers? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Because it challenges the capitalist scientific paper publishing model.
    It's actually a socialist idea.

  18. Re:You fail at linking on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I know it's hard for facts to pierce your bubble but that article has some hard facts that you might want to consider.
    I operate on facts, not beliefs.

  19. Re: Yes, less is decline on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, official numbers released today show 364% growth in 2018. (But don't let facts get in the way of your narrative)

    https://cleantechnica.com/

  20. Re: That's Unpossible on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Shorts gotta do what shorts do.

  21. Re: Not even close to enough on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Newspeak. 93% growth is actually a decline in growth?

  22. Re: That's Unpossible on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You sound convinced. Please don't buy the stock.

  23. Re:That's Unpossible on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When they have 35% growth in 2017 and 93% growth in 2018, that doesn't seem like it's slowing.
    https://www.fool.com/investing...

  24. Re:That's Unpossible on Tesla Will Cut Prices To Combat Tax Credit Phase Out (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Tesla growth for 2018 is up 93% and is accelerating... is that enough?

  25. Re:Do the arithmetic on A Flexible Way To Convert Waste Heat To Electricity (asianscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    I think we have reached "peak ICE". New ICE car sales have been flat for two years. EV sales are accelerating rapidly. Hopefully the transition will happen quickly.