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  1. This already exists, and is used in pig farming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . It works equally well for humans.

  2. Re:Frist! on Bjarne Stroustrup Announces the C++ Core Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Safer than you could possibly imagine.

  3. Re:Security Clearance on John McAfee Pondering Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    Of course they do - they love it. If you admit to using them, that gives the government the exclusive ability to blackmail you, through judicious discretion in the application of the law.

  4. Re:Different how? on Finland Considers Minimum Income To Reform Welfare System · · Score: 1

    It frankly astonishes me how many people here clearly have never been poor.

    Being poor is *shit*. I had next to no money as a student, and the experience strongly motivated me to never be poor again. Anyone who is satisfied with such a pale imitation of life is deserving of nothing but _pity_.

    We have welfare, yet people still take jobs, and it's not like those of us with jobs aren't already paying for welfare anyway. All this does is chop out the bullshit middlemen.

  5. Wuh? on The LibreOffice Story · · Score: 1

    "Sure, LibreOffice does not provide the same level of features and finesse Microsoft's suite may boast"

    But MS Office hasn't really had any substantial functionality changes since 1999, only frivolous window dressing. How the hell has LibreOffice not caught up in the intervening *15* years?!

  6. Re:And how do we make hydrogen? on Fuel Cells Promise To Reduce Carbon Emissions of Mobile Base Stations · · Score: 1

    It's because they're lying about the reasoning. Diesel is easy to steal and then resell or use. It'd take serious organisation and equipment to nick hydrogen.

  7. Re:I don't get it,... five a day? on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    Whereas everyone else who does this just buys protein shakes...

  8. Re:Not your bank balance, available credit on Apple Patents Bank Account Balance Snooping Tech · · Score: 1

    So not much use for the under 25 demographic that doesn't use their phone as a phone.

    I've got unlimited data, why the hell would I care about the rest of the package?

  9. Re:Other technologies to try on Facebook Finally Ends XMPP Support For 3rd Party Chat · · Score: 1

    Cool story, Grandad!

    Meanwhile, everyone under the age of 50 secretly resents you for wasting their time with a voice call.

  10. Re:Hmm... on ISRO Launches Record 5 UK Satellites, Part of a Long String of Successes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You seem to be under the mistaken impression that aid is charity. It's not. It's leverage.

  11. Re:Linux port on Retro City Rampage Getting a DOS Version · · Score: 1

    "make menuconfig" already has the Linux gaming world sewn up, no need for any other games.

  12. Re:Phase out fossil-fueled power plants by midcent on The Presidential Candidate With a Plan To Run the US On 100% Clean Energy · · Score: 3, Interesting
  13. Re:What I don't understand on Feds Order Amtrak To Turn On System That Would've Prevented Crash · · Score: 1

    Dead reckoning.

  14. Re:No self driving trains? on Feds Order Amtrak To Turn On System That Would've Prevented Crash · · Score: 1

    I love getting intoxicated to the point I can't drive. If my car could do it for me, that'd be great.

  15. Re:Mac/Linux support removed... mildly surprised on Oculus Rift Hardware Requirements Revealed, Linux and OS X Development Halted · · Score: 1

    Because who'd want to sell a product to a market segment know for spending lavishly on superfluous hardware?!

  16. As opposed to a Weapon of Vaginal Destruction.

  17. Re:Seen something similar before on The Best Way To Protect Real Passwords: Create Fake Ones · · Score: 1

    Audio plugins - open source ones are mostly gash, and they all tend to have unique sonic characteristics anyway. Cost big money, and often demos are crippled to the point you can't effectively evaluate them.

  18. Re:Use a cat on MIT Developing AI To Better Diagnose Cancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cats are aresholes though - they'll indicate cancer out of spite just because someone petted them the wrong way. Their written reports are also entirely indecipherable.

  19. Re:"...no reason to think it couldn’t..." on Yellowstone Supervolcano Even Bigger Than We Realized · · Score: 1

    Yeah yeah, whatever.

  20. Re:Old Idea on New Sampling Device Promises To Make Blood Tests Needle-Free · · Score: 2

    People actually use them medicinally? I always assumed it was BDSM masquerading under semi-legitimacy.

  21. Re:How far back, perhaps on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 1

    That's OK, because they won't need your trust. They'll just shoot you in the face repeatedly with their cached weapons until they've got the tech working again, and then use it to conquer by force.

  22. Re:We have already figured most of this out. on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 1

    Surely you only need enough to get it to melt?

  23. Re:These licensing deals on UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness · · Score: 1

    It would seem the fix for that is to address the flaws in tax law, rather than screw up research for the benefit of humanity.

  24. Re:These licensing deals on UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness · · Score: 2

    Surely when they spin off a company, that will happen automatically through corporation tax?

  25. Re:The colorful packaging is a valid concern on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 2

    A dishwasher isn't about cleaning the dishes. It's about one less source of arguments over who has to do them. From that perspective, they're invaluable for improving domestic relations.