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  1. Re:Legal activities should not be blocked on GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaccine Campaigns (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, now you're going to attack me because to you a Christian cannot be objective nor a scientist.

    Nah, I know plenty of Christians who believe in a round earth, a universe billions of years old, evolution, and contraceptive rights.
    They are able to separate faith from evidence-based knowledge (ie science) too.

    My faith is completely objective and scientific.

    That is a contradiction in terms. If you are unable to separate faith from fact, you must be both a bad scientist, and a bad christian.

  2. Re:Legal activities should not be blocked on GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaccine Campaigns (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    gamete -> zygote -> embryo -> foetus -> baby -> child -> adult -> corpse .

  3. Re:Sir ... on Fermi Satellite Clocks Pulsar Going 2.5 Million Miles Per Hour (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Cop: you were doing exactly 112.604 km/hr
    Physicist: now I'm lost!

  4. Re:Linear algebra in the 8th grade? on Windows 10 Calculator Will Soon Be Able To Graph Math Equations (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    When learning algebra, you start with simple linear equations, like y = 2x + 3. I guess that's what they mean.

  5. Re: Only demonstrates their own systemic problems. on Tesla Sues Former Employees For Allegedly Stealing Data, Autopilot Source Code (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because in the US he could sue them for discrimination AND WIN.

    I see. Google tells me that "national origin" is a protected class in US federal employment discrimination law. Also citizenship status.
    This seems foolish.
    Is there really no exception for bona fide security concerns outside military contractors?

    You can be quite sure the Chinese would not allow westerners anywhere near their corporate secrets.

  6. Re:Only demonstrates their own systemic problems. on Tesla Sues Former Employees For Allegedly Stealing Data, Autopilot Source Code (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    The company could still learn a huge amount without actually directly using the source code.

    Why on earth would Tesla have ever allowed a Chinese national near their trade secrets?
    I hope the US military is not so careless.

  7. Re:Sexist comment on Humans Might Be Able To Sense Earth's Magnetic Field (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Women navigate by landmarks, men by a mental map. Both require a sense of direction.

  8. Re:sense of direction on Humans Might Be Able To Sense Earth's Magnetic Field (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    this skill/ability must come from somewhere,

    People rely on lots of cues for direction.
    When I first visited the Northern hemisphere, there was a certain disorientation I later realised was from the sun moving the wrong way across the sky. (when it was visible at all!)
    Of course I'd always used shadows as a directional cue, but had never consciously thought about it before.

  9. Re:Science Disagrees... on Jury Finds Bayer's Roundup Weedkiller Caused Man's Cancer (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why the system set up as the United States has lasted over 200 years.

    So, early days. :-)

    The constitution was a contract between the states and the new federal government.

    If the states had known how little power they would retain by the end of the 20th century, would they ever have joined?
    It is the same in other countries though. People no longer interact just locally, and are more mobile.
      So many more things are naturally run at a national level than 200 years ago, and so power concentrates.
    States will soon be primarily concerned with garbage collection and local transport.

  10. What advice?

    I ran the article through a supercomputer and the advice is: avoid eating three or more eggs a week.

    Sounds more like what the average scientifically-illiterate AC would read. Which it is not actually saying, but understandable.

  11. Re: Finally a board with some RAM on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It should be clear from the context that I'm referring to a full Linux/GNU desktop OS with X-windows.

    Why do dumb people almost always post as AC?

  12. Re:Deep Dreaming Ultrasound Images of Your Fetus on Bill Gates Talked With Google Employees About Using AI To Analyze Ultrasound Images of Unborn Children (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Your mom drank, it's why you can't learn apostrophes.

    apostrophe's.

  13. Sounds dangerous on Facebook To Overhaul Ad Targeting To Prevent Discrimination (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Non-discriminatory lending & housing ads?

    Isn't that reminiscent of how the 2007/8 global financial crisis was caused?

  14. Re: Finally a board with some RAM on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a native build of Chrome on ARM - see the Acer Chromebook 13,

    Yes, but that is not real Linux, as you discovered. It is closer than Android, which also uses the Linux kernel and has Chrome.

  15. Re:Each half egg increases risk by 1.1%? on Three or More Eggs a Week Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease and Early Death, Study Says (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    per day you illiterate AC.
    So an extra 2 eggs per day (700/yr) would mean a 4% increase of cardiovascular disease.

    Did he study egg whites vs egg yolks?

    It is in the fscking summary, you idiot!

    That would mean I am over 100% likely to die of egg, I suppose.

    Even with your bad maths, that would mean twice as likely as not much.
    In your case, you will probably die from misreading the instructions on a bottle of medicine, or a chainsaw.

  16. In my 43 years ... dietary advice has gone from.

    1. Fat is good for you! Drink whole milk!
    2. Fat is the devil! Eat rice cakes.
    3. Actually, forget that last part. Carbs are the real problem.

    You are too young to remember when protein was evil!.
    JH Kellog invented Corn Flakes as a healthier alternative to high-protein meat-based American breakfasts of the time, which he believed led to masturbation.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/p...

  17. Wait a week, there will be new advice.

    What advice? There is no advice here, just an observation of a small correlation. And even that has been very badly reported.

    Our modern diet, with plenty of meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables is a huge improvement over what out peasant ancestors ate.
    We are stronger, healthier and more intelligent from improved childhood nutrition, and living decades longer.

    Sure, get some exercise, and avoid food that makes you fat.

  18. Re:Finally a board with some RAM on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why that was modded funny.

    The items sold as "kodi" boxes make good cheap general-purpose ARM PCs.
    The Kodi thing means mass-market and cheap.
    If you do actually want to run Kodi on them, it is best to wipe the supplied software, and install LibreElec.

    Obviously this lacks the AI power of the above NVidia, but thread-starter was looking for a general-purpose ARM box with 4GB.

  19. Re:Finally a board with some RAM on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try searching for "4gb kodi box". Then narrow down to those with an SoC that has decent drivers for your OS of choice.
    Are they any good for you?

  20. Re:Finally a board with some RAM on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Any idea which are worth a crap?

    For what purpose? If you are just buying one for personal use, save yourself effort by spending a bit more for Atom instead of ARM.
    The software will be easier.

  21. Re:Conclusion: on Meteor Blast Over Bering Sea Was 10 Times Size of Hiroshima (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    When a sizeable meteor hit populated areas, will we strike back MADly?

    Yes. Buenos Aires will be avenged.

  22. Re:Conclusion: on Meteor Blast Over Bering Sea Was 10 Times Size of Hiroshima (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Between Tunguska, Chelyabinsk, and now this,/p>

    But given they only come twice a century, it is good to know we are safe for the next 81 years.

  23. Re:Finally a board with some RAM on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you mean "finally"?
    Ebay, Amazon etc have a plethora of ARM-based mini-PCs with 4GB under $99. Well under.
    Typically sold with Android as set-top boxes, they can be used for web browsing, office PCs, etc.
    Some will work with Linux, but remember there is no Linux/ARM version of full Chrome.

  24. Re:"Edge of the Universe" on Astronomers Discover 83 Supermassive Black Holes at the Edge of the Universe (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I think they mean, edge of the observable universe.

    Isn't that edge the Cosmic microwave background ?

    And wouldn't "near the beginning" of the universe be a better way to describe it than "edge"?

  25. I think there is a bit of misunderstanding there regarding word arrest.

    Arrest is a big deal. It means a record. It means being forced, rather than requested, to "accompany the police to the station". It means walking away would be a crime.
        A photo and fingerprints can be given voluntarily, without arrest. Even suspected murderers are given that benefit if police do not believe they have evidence to charge them yet.