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  1. Few Nobel Prizes Winners did similar things on A Biohacker Regrets Publicly Injecting Himself With CRISPR (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If these Biohackers are successful, we will hail them as risk takers and pioneers. Nobel Prizes Winners who experimented on themselves

  2. $29 for battery replacement is a good deal on Apple Is Seeing 'Strong Demand' For Replacement iPhone Batteries (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    no wonder there is strong demand for it.

  3. Make requirement for Tablets and Phones on Airlines Restrict 'Smart Luggage' Over Fire Hazards Posed By Batteries (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can they make same requirement for Tablets and Phones so that manufacturers bring back removable batteries?

  4. People waiting for Iphone X on Apple's Latest Products Get Rare Mixed-Bag Reviews, Muted Reception (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    People who want the latest and greatest Iphone will go for Iphone X. Cant see any compelling reason to move from Iphone 7 to Iphone 8.

  5. Wow. People use outlook.com for email? on Microsoft Confirms Outlook Issues (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's news to me.

  6. Javascript is the new Emacs on New Ransomware Written Entirely In JavaScript (scmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    Will turn browser into an OS and Windows as a poorly debugged set of device drivers.

  7. it was just too long on Now We Know Why the Hobbit Movies Were So Awful (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    3 movies for such a short story was what killed it. I mean did it have to take 1 whole movie just reach the damn mountain?

  8. Throwing a puppy in front of the car on Researcher Hacks Self-Driving Car Sensors · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Throwing a puppy in front of the car will also achieve the same result.

  9. Size does matter on Study: Smartphones Just As Good As Fitness Trackers For Counting Steps · · Score: 1

    Its much convenient to have small fitness tracker on your wrist or pocket. Phones barely fit in pockets now-a-days. Added bonus almost all fitness tracker now-a-days come with HR monitors.

  10. Collaboration on China Eager To Send Its Own Mission To Mars In the Wake of Mangalyaan · · Score: 1

    Rather than competing, the 2 Asian giants (India and China) should collaborate in space exploration; after all progress in this field is not just better for the individual countries but for humanity as a whole.

  11. Re:I lost the password on Mass. Supreme Court Says Defendant Can Be Compelled To Decrypt Data · · Score: 1

    ... the hard drive was recycled.

    and then my dog ate the recycled hard disk.

  12. If it is based on Quantum theory on How an Astronaut Falling Into a Black Hole Would Die Part 2 · · Score: 1

    he might be frozen, burned, alive and dead all at same time.

  13. Sleep: Why We Need It and What Happens Without It on Sleep Is the Ultimate Brainwasher · · Score: 1

    Scishow video about Sleep
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwNMvUXTgDY

  14. This is because ..... on How Science Goes Wrong · · Score: 2

    People just cant accept that the fact that an experiment (which in they have invested time and money) can produce no conclusion even though from the point of view of science this is completely valid result. In today's goal oriented world, people want every experiment to mean something; to prove/disprove some hypothesis. And so they seem to find patterns in things which dont have any.

  15. Good riddance on Middle-Click Paste? Not For Long · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You hardly have 3 button mouse these days and clicking on the scroll wheel button was rather inconvenient.
    They should include option of enabling this but as long as its not the default most people will not use it.

  16. Ameglian Major Cow - Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy on $375,000 Lab-Grown Beef Burger To Debut On Monday · · Score: 1

    What we need is a Ameglian Major Cow

  17. Anyway, the solution is simple: Better education, not better 'communication'.

    Not really. The more science you know, the less worried you are about climate

  18. Hooray for Russia on Snowden Granted One-Year Asylum In Russia · · Score: 5, Informative

    Guess that gives him 1 year to plan and execute his trip to South America.

  19. Vitamin supplement may be needed when dieting on The Man Who Convinced Us We Needed Vitamin Supplements · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I am on Atkins diet. Basically I am eating only meat. (Almost) No vegetable, no fruits, no bread, no rice, no sweets. YES YES I know this diet will horrify some people and yes I know it is not very healthy. But it is effective and I will come off it slowly and start eating vegetables and fruits. But so long as I am on such a diet, I think I need to take Vitamin (and Fiber) supplements.

  20. Re:Um excuse me ... on Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: a Programmer's Comparison · · Score: 1

    Real Programmers: http://xkcd.com/378/

  21. Re:Abide by the law? on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meanwhile, a helpful Government spokeman is making hand gestures and saying:

    I think the hand gestures you are referring to is the one with closed fist and extended middle finger.

  22. Re:Not well thought out on Hospital Resorts To Cameras To Ensure Employees Wash Hands · · Score: 1

    Actually it doesn't matter if anyone is watching the feed or not.
    Just knowing that people are watching will make people tend to wash their hands more.
    Just like having a speed camera sign makes people slow down their cars.

  23. Armageddon on New Best Way To Nuke a Short-Notice Asteroid · · Score: 0

    Or we could have Bruce Willis and his team dig a hole to put the nuke in.

  24. Energy a bit more important than Beer on German Brewers Warn Fracking Could Hurt Beer · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Cheaper Energy would give a boost to German industry which is especially needed at a time when Europe is middle of a recession just like it has given a boost to the US industry.

  25. Why cant governments understand on Why French Govt's Attempt to Censor Wikipedia Matters · · Score: 1

    that internet cannot be controlled. It is probably the last bastion of freedom (away ahead of Scandinavian democracies).