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  1. for those who care about the 1800s on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    Emma Morano who died last year was the last person who was born in the 1800s to die . ( 29 November 1899 â" 15 April 2017)

  2. Re:Nefarious Plot on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    Whatever it is it seems to have a preference for males, who are usually targeted decades earlier for elimination.

  3. Re:Nefarious Plot on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    those plant farts will be the end of us all.

  4. Re:One word: Glass on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    no, if the glaciers didn't scrub them away to be left as bits in the terminal moraines the plate tectonics would crush them

  5. Re:It was an interesting thought... up to this poi on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    no, you spew in ignorance.

    any metal tools or walls would be pushed into the earth and crushed over the timescales mentioned. that's how plate tectonics work.

    fossils are rare and hard to find, including any kind of tools even for less than one million years.

    all the objections people make here are done without even reading the paper, they are addressed

  6. Re:Reasons... on What Happens When Restaurants Go Cashless (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    no setup fees, you can buy a $25 gift credit card for $25 cash. I've done it.

    losing cash has the same problem as no theft protection. no loss for the poor, quit making up things to whine about, there are none. Twitter SWJ retard mentality doesn't stand up to logic.

  7. Re:Inconceivable? on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    nonsense, we know the earth had only single cell life for most of its history. Only 600 million years ago did multicellular life appear. And in 300 million years the earth will be too hot for multicellular life due to expansion of the sun. So, in the universe life might be rare, multicellular life might be rare, and maybe most planets that even had life get roasted before anything interesting evolves. conclusion: we could well be alone

  8. Re:Hey Miss Mash... on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    No, the birthday is only celebrated on Dec 25. The meaning of the latin for A.D. is containing the year of Jesus' birth, by definition. If he was born on Dec 25, it would be the year Dec 25, 1 A.D. by definition.

  9. Re: Hey Miss Mash... on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    nothing dumb about it, the year before 1 A.D. was 1 B.C., by definition

  10. Re:Hey Miss Mash... on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    sorry pal, but the year before 1 AD was 1 BC. thanks for making up shit

  11. Re:Paleoclimatologists would have found it by now on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    oh the 2.7 million year ice cores were found at the end of last year, but were they analyzed yet for civilization's traces? I think not

  12. Re:Depend on their tech level on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    No, that mining evidence would have been crushed away too. We don't mine that deeply, 2.5 miles is a limit we've never crossed

  13. Re:Hey Miss Mash... on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wrong, mr. russian goat hole. 1900 was the last year of the 19th century. The first century went from 1 to 100 A.D., and so the 19th goes from 1801 to 1900.

  14. Re: Because they are stupid? on Intel Is Giving Up On Its Smart Glasses (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Take video of people with your cell phone the next time you're on a major USA city's transit system. They will beat the shit out of you for being creepy; those glasses are the same.

  15. Re:Reasons... on What Happens When Restaurants Go Cashless (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    nope, you only need cash. I've bought them for coworkers for gifts which is their main use. what purpose does ID serve when the buyer isn't the user?

    really, you're making stuff up that isn't true. let's stick with facts

  16. Re:Reasons... on What Happens When Restaurants Go Cashless (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    oh, "regular" people get their credit cards easier? having to have proof of income, etc.

    you have no point

  17. Re:Reasons... on What Happens When Restaurants Go Cashless (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're making up sound bites. reality is that you can buy a major credit card companies gift card for $5 and up and it works like a credit card. oh look, poor people can go cashless too. guess you'll have to go back to twitter for more ideas on something to whine about

  18. Re:My question is how do we overcome opposition on Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    people hate to support parasites when the family they are responsible for has needs, yes.

    starvation for the useless is fine.

  19. scam on Lyft Announces It Will Make All Rides Carbon Neutral (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    billions of euros in carbon trading scams in europe, those were major news items. carbon trading is the ideal scam system. unless they're going to run their cars on biofuel, or as electric vehicles from a nuke plant or solar or wind or hydro...forget it, it's just stupidity

  20. Re:What could possibly go wrong??? on FDA Wants Medical Devices To Have Mandatory Built-In Update Mechanisms (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    medical device manufacturers have some incentive to do actual engineering unlike Microsoft's clusterfuck of a QA system

  21. Re: Duh? on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Not for your poor mom, that's still being a parasite if you don't pay her rent

  22. Re: Duh? on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    We don't pay them their employers do. Can you do what they do, then you could make their salary. But the truth is no one values what you can do, much. So shut up and get more valuable skills

  23. Re:workers are begging to join on Robots Ride To the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    that's a lie in 80% the cases, the much smaller number of total females in refugee camps prove it

  24. I see vacuous words on 'Increasingly, People in Silicon Valley Are Losing Touch With Reality' (500ish.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    This "article" or "summary" blathers on about nothing in particular with no examples or substantial points to make.

    Is slashdot twitter now, with a bunch of outraged SJW mouthing off about things of which they have no ability to form an coherent opinion or logical train of thoughts?

  25. Re: Rip VanWinkle called on MIT Discovers Way To Mass-Produce Graphene In Large Sheets (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can call either the ceramic AION(tm) which is used for bullet and blast resistant windows transparent aluminum, or clear synthetic sapphire which is even stronger than the AION if made by certain processes ( not the artificial gem processes though, they have high internal strain). That sapphire can be 17% stronger than the AION though I haven't seen windows of the stuff only huge balls