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  1. Re: I'm committed to clean air and water on Air Pollution Harm To Unborn Babies May Be Global Health Catastrophe, Warn Doctors (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    3. Full human rights begin on the 18th birthday. 75th trimester abortions are legalized for either parent. 'Abortion' right comes with the child support payment, and optionally, ends the payments.

  2. Re: Brain scan? on Why Some People Can Hear Silent GIF (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Underwater?

    Underwater != below sea level.

    The fact is that 'swamp Germans' live in a swamp. Not much bedrock accessible.

  3. Re: I'm committed to clean air and water on Air Pollution Harm To Unborn Babies May Be Global Health Catastrophe, Warn Doctors (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You're only encouraging him. Don't do that.

  4. Most of the studio cords are instrument cords. Because they take the vast majority of the abuse and carry signal to the recording equipment, where it _really_ matters.

    Most musicians coil their cords in a way that's almost guaranteed to shorten their lives. Coil them into rounds, then just grab the ends and pull to uncoil, putting twists on the wire with every coil/uncoil cycle.

    The main market for 'monster' anything is morons. Good quality speaks/amps don't use 'push' to connect wiring anyhow.

  5. First off, Bose? 901s are good mid drivers, but the rest of their product line is just _incredibly_overpriced_ junk. (901s are overpriced too)

    Bose does not recommend 'lamp cord' generically for all wattages and cable lengths. You're just making that up. They will discuss watts carried and distance to get to a recommended cable size, because they have actual electrical engineering degrees.

    What gauge equivalent is coat hanger wire? About 10?

  6. Re:Lucky Ireland! on Apple To Start Paying Ireland the Billions It Owes In Back Taxes (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you know how many 'drunk and disorderly' fines Ireland owes to the 'World Night Court'? It's a staggering figure.

  7. Re:Go to work, drink their coffee. on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have a soda vending machine in the office, they are doing the same thing, just more discreetly.

  8. Wouldn't speaking Quebicie be better? Speaking correct frog isn't going to get you any votes there.

  9. Hackaday did an investigation of Asian street coffee. Specifically in Vietnam.

    Some of it is 0% coffee.

  10. Never drink 'Pumpkin Ale'. It's almost as bad as can Bud.

  11. Enough. If it wasn't enough they'd quit their shit jobs.

  12. You're memory is going. There were a few years were that wasn't true.

  13. Re: Wholeheartedly agree on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not the OP, that nails Starbucks.

  14. Re: Wholeheartedly agree on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was 14, a co-worker cut the tip of a finger off. Using an electric slicer to cut cucumbers into a big old bowl of salad.

    After the chaos, getting him to the ER for stitches etc. We realized we couldn't find the fingertip and didn't have anymore lettice. Not much blood though...

    I just hope the fingertip ended up in a vegan's salad.

  15. Real coffee snobs will tell you it's bad 3 days after roasting. (While riding fixies and listening to vinyl records).

  16. You can get a really crappy hand operated 'burr grinder' in that ballpark. But you'll be grinding for a few minutes to get enough to make a decent strong cup, and it's chinesium crap that will break in a week.

    That said, whirring blades work fine with a frog press.

  17. It's normal to hate on audiophiles.

    It's stupid to think that the existence of $100/foot speaker cable means you should use 18 gauge wire instead.

    Same is true for tea snobs.

  18. FAA still to speak on Drone Pilot Arrested After Flying Over Two Stadiums, Dropping Leaflets (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're not supposed to fly directly over crowds.

    I always maintain a horizontal offset while trolling crowds of paranoids with my model predator drone. Protip: Put a plant into the crowd to 'spot the drone' or 90% of flights are wasted.

  19. Re:POTUS non-incumbents will _all_ be wiretapped! on House Panel Advances Bill on Key Surveillance Measure (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Coincidently: All non-incumbent presidential candidates in future will be 'crooks and lying douchebags' under law enforcement investigation.

    That is unless someone goes to prison for wire tapping Trump.

  20. Re:POTUS non-incumbents will _all_ be wiretapped! on House Panel Advances Bill on Key Surveillance Measure (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    They're predictably saying: 'privilege, privilege, privilege.' Which will last until the shysters are shown to have been acting criminally themselves. Then they will throw whoever they have to under the bus.

  21. Re:Everything has a socialist component. on House Panel Advances Bill on Key Surveillance Measure (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Adam Smith was a time traveller. Capitalism rests on arguments put forward 100 years later! You read it here first!

  22. Re:Bugatti? Eat your heart out. on SpaceX Plans To Blast a Tesla Roadster Into Orbit Around Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    We'll see. The lunar rovers might retain the title.

  23. Re:It's a free launch on SpaceX Plans To Blast a Tesla Roadster Into Orbit Around Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    An O2 tank the 'size' of a Tesla roadster 1 would weigh many many tons.

  24. Re:It's a free launch on SpaceX Plans To Blast a Tesla Roadster Into Orbit Around Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Gravity sling(s). Mar's moons have little mass, but Mars itself can do the heavy lifting. Orbital adjustments can be done with tiny burns. Good tests in any case.

  25. Re:People say cocaine is on SpaceX Plans To Blast a Tesla Roadster Into Orbit Around Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Elon has seen 'Heavy Metal' one time too many. He's not going to be able to land the car on Mars and drive it around. (Cosmic rays are sure to have fucked the electronics by then.)