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  1. Re: Companies shouldn't have political power on New Study Shows Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Bernie called for the immediate removal of pot from the Controlled Substances Act, which would effectively legalize pot at a federal level.

    The DNC platform language calls for a "pathway toward legalization", which is, of course, vague enough to be fairly meaningless and unenforceable against HRC once in office. And it barely passed, 81-80.

  2. Bot manufacturer's press release here: on Parents Upset After Their Boy Was 'Knocked Down and Run Over' By A Security Robot (abc7news.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
  3. Cast iron exhaust manifolds can crack when.... on Tesla Model S Floats Well Enough To Act As a Boat, According To Elon Musk · · Score: 1

    suddenly hit with cold water, but the engine block doesn't get that hot during operation, being internally water cooled and all..

  4. Mopar smallblocks had the distributor at the rear. on Tesla Model S Floats Well Enough To Act As a Boat, According To Elon Musk · · Score: 1

    Only the big block motors had it at the front, installed at a strange looking angle....

  5. A use for all those unwanted CRT sets! on LG Sells Mosquito-Repelling TV In India (technobuffalo.com) · · Score: 1

    Loosen up the flyback so you get that 15.75 kHz squeal going, and use the CRT high voltage as a bug zapper...

  6. Shillary will be "pivoting" back toward TPP on Google Announces Support of the Controversial TPP (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    right on schedule in late July, as soon as the convention is over, and the threat that Bernie represents has been defused. Same for fracking, minimum wage increase, and the other issues that the Sanders campaign was able to force her to tilt leftward on in the primary.

    Hopefully, enough "Bernie or Busters" will head over to Jill Stein that enough threat will remain to keep her from COMPLETELY selling the progressive wing of the party out, at least until she actually wins the presidency. At which point, prepare for 4/8 more years of Corporatocracy...

  7. Re:No suprise on Google Announces Support of the Controversial TPP (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Many of the "never Trump" repugs will end up voting for Gary Johnson on the Libertarian ticket. Far more than would ever cross over and vote for Bernie if he ran with the Greens or similar left-wing 3rd party.

    Bernie and Jill Stein represent a fundamental critique of the capitalist system that it would be very hard for most Republicans to get behind.

  8. Re:Way tinier than silicon transisters, wow. on Future Phones May Use Vacuum Tube Chips As Silicon Hits Moore's Law Extremes (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    Time for new filter caps?

  9. Re:I expect this study to be "debunked" soon on Cellphones Do Not Cause Brain Cancer, Says 29-Year Study (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    It is quite possible the X-rays do not penetrate the skin like those used to look at bones and teeth but even so the skin is still exposed since the whole point of these machines is their ability to penetrate clothing. Their skin is still being exposed.

    The body is constantly SHEDDING the outer layers of skin, so if the soft X-rays are doing any damage, the damaged cells are being sloughed off before they can develop into cancer?

  10. So I guess we all know where this guy comes down on In Search Of A Healthy Gut, One Man Turned To An Extreme DIY Fecal Transplant (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    on the issue of Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich...

  11. That's EXACTLY what Trump wants.

    Much as it pains me to say it, the only way Sanders should mount an independent run is if Trump ends up running as an independent due to GOP finding a way to deny him the nomination.

    Jane Sanders gave an interview where she discussed Trump's campaign advice...

    http://www.salon.com/2016/04/2...

  12. Plutonium was the PRODUCT here. on Up To 35,000 Gallons of Nuclear Waste Leak At Washington State Storage Site (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    The amounts of Pu in the waste tanks should be relatively small, as most of it was extracted (the whole point of the Hanford site was to manufacture Pu, afterall, and they wouldn't willingly throw product out in the waste stream).

    The waste tanks contain stuff that is far more radioactive than Pu, basically all the fission products (Cs-137, Sr-90, and other wonderful stuff), suspended in an alkaline (pH ~12) mixture of various salts and solvents. The stuff is quite hot both radioactively and thermally (due to decay heat), as well as chemically reactive. It consists of a supernatant liquid over a thick layer of sludge. About the worst possible stuff to be dealing with in terms of long-term management.

  13. Dymec is back? And they're making laptops??? on HP's New Logo Is the Awesome One It Never Used (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    At one point, HP had a division called Dymec, which manufactured custom test gear, early digital data acquisition systems, and similar niche market stuff. Their logo was simply the HP logo of the day, turned upside down so it became "DY"...

    http://hpmemoryproject.org/new...

    http://www.hpmuseum.net/divisi...

    https://www.hpplotter.co.uk/wo...

  14. We're talking some pretty high power electronics.. on Camless Internal Combustion and the Digital Age (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    The forces involved in a valvetrain, coupled with the speed of operation needed are going to call for some chunky power electronics driving the valve actuator solenoids. Given that the typical failure mode for power MOSFETs is to go short circuit, this would drive the affected valve wide open and hold it there. The open valve then gets bent over and possibly driven through the top of the piston.

    I can't ever see this kind of high power (multiple kW), high speed electronic switching system being as reliable as a timing belt that typically runs 100k miles before recommended replacement.

  15. Hey, "Narc on your Parents" worked great for DARE on K-12 CS Framework Draft: Kids Taught To 'Protect Original Ideas' In Early Grades · · Score: 1
  16. Too late for Warren to jump in... on US Gov't Confirms Clinton Emails Contained Top-Secret Information (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    unless she wanted to run as an independent ala Ralph Nader.

    She has to be at or near the top of the list of potential VP choices for Sanders, however....

  17. Stop Cock was good, but on German Carpenter's Testicluar Valve Could Mean An On/Off Switch For Sperm · · Score: 1

    wouldn't "Ball Valve" be a more accurate plumbing pun?

  18. What? And contaminate the weed supply? on DOE Launches Nuclear Waste Disposal Initiative (energy.gov) · · Score: 1

    Enough problems with pesticides as it is...

  19. Re:This is going to be as well adhered to as the F on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Individuals are not required to get a license to operate CB radios.

    You missed the part where I said "Back in the 1970s".

    CB once required an FCC-issued station callsign and a license that was more or less automatically issued upon application (no test required like Amateur Radio). The license application came in the box with every CB rig sold, but I would be amazed if even 10% of them were ever mailed in. In addition to the license, there were (and still are) rules against all manner of activity which is common on the 27 MHz band, such as playing music, profanity/obscenity, hobby operations (that what Ham Radio was made for--CB was intended primarily for business and traffic safety purposes), running RF power amplifiers, and working DX stations (more than 100 miles distance, IIRC.

    The CB craze of the '70s completely overwhelmed the FCC, who essentially abandoned any enforcement of their regs on that whole area of spectrum. About the only time you see a CBer subjected to FCC enforcement is if their rig is interfering with another licensed service, such as broadcast or amateur. 27 MHz is still a swamp today because of it...

  20. FRS has no operator or station license requirement on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe you are thinking of GMRS? Many of the cheap handhelds cover both frequency bands, but only use on the GMRS frequencies needs a license....

  21. Re:No requirement to "register" a model rocket.... on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Correct. Current HPR flyer here....

  22. This is going to be as well adhered to as the FCC on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    licensing requirements for CB radios were back in the 1970s.

    And just like the FCC, the FAA isn't going to have the resources to go after every kid with an RC quadcopter.

  23. No requirement to "register" a model rocket.... on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The larger ones (High Power Model Rockets) require flight clearance and/or airspace waiver from FAA prior to launch, but there is no registration of individual rockets required.

  24. Black Powder IS a regulated explosive... on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    But the gun lobby has seen to it that you can have up to 50 pounds (a shitload) of the stuff with no secure storage or permit requirements, as long as it is claimed to be for firearms use.

  25. What exactly is the point of that? on Pursuit of Slenderness May Mean No More Headphone Jack In iPhone 7 (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    It isn't forward OR backward compatible with the standard 3.5mm plug or jack, so why try to copy the physical appearance of one?

    If Apple is really stupid/evil enough to discard the only industry standard connector their phones actually use, then why not design something entirely new, like they did with the lightning connector?