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  1. "Based on a true story" on Trump Administration Prohibits CDC Policy Analysts From Using the Words 'Science-Based' (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Ever see that line before a movie? Lots of people will think that what follows actually happened. No, it didn't. It was cherry-picked for a few details to make it seem real but it's mostly B.S. Ergo, science-based should be treated the same way. People have gotten into the habit of using the word "science" as a trump card, no pun intended, when the reality is that a) they don't know what they're talking about and b) whomever they are quoting is probably full of crap but expects to be taken as gospel because, you know, they are scientists.

  2. Allow me to translate that headline on Ajit Pai Taunts Net Neutrality Critics. Mark Hamill Taunts Ajit Pai (mashable.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    83% of Americans want free sh*t. Why do people listen to celebrities anyway? Mark Hamill doesn't know squat about technology or business. He's been milking his residual checks for 40 years.

  3. Who says he trusted anyone? Distrust a foreign power particularly one run by a Soviet-era intelligence operative. But they weren't Trump's agencies by any stretch of the imagination. They were the last administration's agencies. Pretty much everyone in there came on board before he took office. They all have a vested interest in their own power, influence, and careers. I wouldn't trust them either.

  4. Correlation != causation on Solar Power and Batteries Are Encroaching On Natural Gas In Energy Production (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    GE expanded rapidly into the gas turbine market because of the high demand to replace coal-fired power quickly due to regulation. Now that that business is functioning efficiently, the workforce doesn't need to be as big.

  5. But no cutting-edge Mac on Apple Is Reportedly Buying Shazam For Nearly Half a Billion Dollars (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    Coulda spent the money on a new Mac with the latest in RAM, bus design, and GPU, but noooooOOOOOOOoooooo...

  6. How many government jobs were added? on November Jobs Report: Economy Adds 228,000 Jobs; Unemployment Steady (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is the number we should be looking at. Did the number of government jobs grow or shrink? You can't fire these people easily and they get a pension for life Public sector jobs will always be a net drain on the economy because they produce nothing of value that can be exported.

  7. None of these people are foodies on 'Watershed' Medical Trial Proves Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I've come to the conclusion that nobody in the diet (and exercise) industry is a true foodie. They all see food as nothing more than fuel. The rest of the sane people actually enjoy what we eat.

  8. Then they should pay for it on 'We Could Fund a Universal Basic Income With the Data We Give Away To Facebook and Google' (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Send Google and Facebook the bill, NOT the taxpayers.

  9. But they get a pass on emissions limits on The World's Astonishing Dependence On Fossil Fuels Hasn't Changed In 40 Years (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If greenhouse gas emissions are indeed a global problem, why do developing countries get a pass on emission limits? Because they're poor? Gotta do better than that.

  10. Re:New Pricing Structure on NYTimes Editorial Board: The FCC Wants To Let Telecoms Cash In on the Internet (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    All of this stuff existed before net neutrality. So why haven''t the ISPs been charging for it all along?

  11. No, it's STILL unthinkable on How Converting A C++ Game to JavaScript Gave Us WebAssembly (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    The word you should have used was "impossible" but even today it's unthinkable. I mean, key-rist, why the hell would anyone want to work in JavaScript? Blech.

  12. Re:Wait till you have to replace the battery on Electric Cars Are Already Cheaper To Own and Run Than Petrol Or Diesel, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Anecdotal observations are not a preponderance of evidence. By contrast, while Tesla is claiming great performance over tens of thousands of miles, they qualify that by saying it's "simulated" miles.

  13. Could have supported 3DR and open-source on Homeland Security Claims DJI Drones Are Spying For China (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    But noooOOOOOoooooooo. You HAD to buy into a Chinese company with a closed-source system that HAS to phone home every time you launch the app.

  14. Wait till you have to replace the battery on Electric Cars Are Already Cheaper To Own and Run Than Petrol Or Diesel, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    People are gonna be pissed when they discover how much it's going to cost them to replace the battery in about 3 years.

  15. Criminals always ignore authority on Russia Says It Will Ignore Any UN Ban of Killer Robots (ibtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    This is no different that a bunch of legislators passing yet another gun control measure.

  16. Photoshop 2018 is amazing!!! on CNN Visualizes Climate Change-Driven Arctic Melt With 360-Degree VR Video (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It's really an impressive piece of software. In skilled hands it can fool just about anyone.

  17. Basic Lipo battery question on Samsung Develops 'Graphene Ball' Battery With 5x Faster Charging Speed (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Serious question: What's the shelf-life of a Lipo cell? I've looked at a bunch of datasheets and I can't find any specs on this. I'm not talking about the self-discharge rate but rather if I get a cell from the manufacturer, which is usually at 50% charge, and let it sit for several years without ever cycling it, what happens to the cell's performance? Does it lose the ability to hold charge? Does it lose the ability to deliver the rated current output? If it degrades over time, what's that degradation rate? If you know the answer, can you point me to a datasheet or research paper that spells this out?

  18. Can I sue Facebook for bunchteen million dollars if they report a false positive?

  19. Still have to restart it once a day on Firefox Quantum Is 'Better, Faster, Smarter than Chrome', Says Wired (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    For some reason, video stops playing and I have to restart it at least once a day.

  20. Who cares what he thinks? on Justin Trudeau Is 'Very Concerned' With FCC's Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Allow me to paraphrase Ferris Bueller. "I'm not Canadian. I don't plan on being Canadian. So, who cares if they're socialists or not? They could be fascist anarchists for all I care. It still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car."

    This is the same feeling that pro-gun people have when anti-gun types bloviate about Canadian or Australian gun laws. They don't care what goes on in other countries. They really don't. Point being, that the supremely unqualified Trudeau can have net neutrality all he wants within his own borders. He simply doesn't understand how the internet works.

    I find it interesting that supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren cheered when she spouted off about companies using the roads that "the rest of US paid for" are also the same people who don't want companies to have to pay for their excessive use of bandwidth.

  21. I find it interesting that the non-technical proponents of net neutrality, that would be people who have no technical understanding of the issue, are the same people who cheer Senator Elizabeth Warren when she spouts off about companies using the roads that "the rest of us pay for."

  22. Google is the new Microsoft on CNBC: Google's New 'Pixel Buds' Suck (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    In other words, they copy everything Apple does and poorly at that.

  23. Boom! There go your insurance premiums on 46% of Americans Now Have High Blood Pressure (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is nothing more than a scam to get you to cough up more money in insurance premiums. It's about as useful as having non-engineers decide on CAFE standards.

  24. Obviously never been to a gas station on Tesla Is Rethinking the Rest Stop For California Road Trips (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    30 minutes? Puhleeeze! People are willing to jockey their cars into the smallest spaces and enter the gas station the wrong way when one-way is clearly marked so they can fuel up and be gone as fast as possible. This needs to be done in 5 minutes max.

  25. The trend seems to be towards more cloud-based apps than platform-specific, local apps. It illustrates a huge disconnect between developers living in Silicon Valley or other major urban centers where blazing fast and totally reliable internet access is practically guaranteed and the rest of the world. Take, for example, mapping apps. Sure, they work great and you can get satellite imagery as long as your internet connection doesn't suck. But when you need to use it for matters of public safety e.g. search & rescue, being able to work offline is crucial. Of course, you'll get a cadre of urban dwellers who will scoff at anyone who live where they don't and believe that nobody should be allowed to live or even roam around outside their precious urban environment. Here's the reality: not everybody thinks like urbanites do and nothing gives them the right to dictate how everyone else should live.