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  1. Correlation != Causation on Low-Carb Diets Could Shorten Life, Study Suggests (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There are so many possible explanations for this result, you can't draw these conclusions from this.
    E.g. people who eat ~50% carbs might be the normal ones, living a relaxed life, not having the need for any diets. People who make diets, such as low carbs, might be more fat. Also, replacing carbs with nuts is pretty expensive. These are people with money, it is no surprise they live longer.

  2. I remember my first time with Visual Studio on 'The Problem With Programming and How To Fix It' (alarmingdevelopment.org) · · Score: 1

    I opened Visual Studio 6.0, had no idea what to do in the IDE. So I opened the help, clicked on Getting Started. I got to a page that told me how great Visual Studio is. I clicked links to other pages, and other links there. And I just came to pages that told me how great it all is, and I did not get started at all. It was just a large loop between such pages.
    And I already knew how to program, in Delphi, Pascal and Basic. I got along with Delphi without any outside help. But this Visual Studio was just impossible to get along with if on your own, without literature.

  3. It happens too easily that someone else publishes the same thing first. Maybe someone who someone discussed an early idea with, or someone who saw an earlier presentation which goes to the same direction. Also often the whole field of research is just ripe to make that step, because the bits and pieces are already there in form of small steps, or because similar tests are discussed. And there is also the possibility of outright spying.

  4. Well, if what they did really works no one will talk about some errors later on. In that case it is most important to be first, to be faster than the competition who might work on the same thing.

  5. It FIRST detects if something is dangerous, with 99% accuracy, and THEN detects if it is metal or liquid? Don't you all see that this is mumbo jumbo? It makes no sense at all.

  6. The media botched it on Will the Food Industry Botch the Introduction Of Gene-Edited Foods? (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    The media has spread the great on gene editing, without informing themselves first.
    But can we change them? Fear binds the readers, it brings them money.

  7. I have seen an effect replicated 10 times in my fi on Plan To Replicate 50 High-Impact Cancer Papers Shrinks To Just 18 (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    And I am still convinced that it doesn't exist. Simulations show that the effect is actually very small. And looking into the details of the experiments shows that it can only be shown by making samples of materials with a different composition. These different compositions can always cause other effects though, which change what is measured. For some papers I can even find other sources that show that the other differences in the materials cause the measured effect. So people are always comparing apples and oranges.
    Yet it is 10 peer reviewed papers that show the same effect, which is not even measurable in theory. It was also an area with lots of funding and possibly high effect. This makes me really worry about these cancer studies.

  8. Re: Follow the lead of the USA on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Australia? They are pretty similar and they always follow your example. Looks a bit like your colony to us. Am I missing one?

  9. Re:Socialize it. on The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt that this actually has much value. If this one is taxed companies can just use slightly less pure sand and clean it. I don't think the additional cleaning costs much. Achieving the extreme purity needed in the end is expensive, but the additional effort needed to clean less pure initial sand can't be that extreme.
    I think this sand is only used so much because it's as cheap as any other, but saves a bit of cost.

  10. Re: Follow the lead of the USA on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No I'm honestly asking which one

  11. Re:Follow the lead of the USA on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Any idea why Europe went up? I think it was a cold winter in 2016. You should rather look at the larger trend instead of picking out one year that fits what you like.

  12. Re: Follow the lead of the USA on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Which of these nations with higher emissions per capita is relevant on a global scale?

  13. Re: While I understand the clear benefit of a stan on EU Regulators To Study Need For Action on Common Mobile Phone Charger (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They already had great success with this, with most phones using micro usb. I am not sure why they want more now.

  14. Re: too late on EU Regulators To Study Need For Action on Common Mobile Phone Charger (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The micro USB connector on most phones already the result of this EU initiative. I am not sure where they see need for more success of their initiative, maybe for laptops or they really mean iPhones.

  15. What comes after Z? on Google Begins Rolling Out Android Pie To Select Handsets (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    This version naming scheme seems quite finite.
    But I bet people at Google discussed that already.

  16. Re: "... exclusive to Verizon..." on Motorola Launches Verizon-Exclusive Moto Z3 Smartphone, 5G Moto Mod (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what this is about, I already see it unlocked on Google shopping and Amazon

  17. This must be at the top of many search requests, but does it actually make sense?

  18. Yeah maybe this is more about side channel attacks such as this one:
    https://www.theregister.co.uk/...

  19. Not my field, but as far as I know speculative execution is the first step, the second step is a side channel attack to get the results of the speculative execution from the cache. And hyperthreading seems perfect for side channel attacks.

  20. What do you mean by inflatable 'pod'? The submarine seems to be solid metal.

  21. Re: Why encrypt LOLcats? on In Encryption Push, Chrome Flags HTTP Sites as 'Not Secure' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The NSA still sees which server you connect to. And I think they also see the URL when you send it to the DNS server

  22. Re: What if.. on EU Regulators Fine Google Record $5 Billion in Android Case (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Trump just complains about the pipeline because he wants to sell American gas in Europe. With that pipeline the price is too low for that.
    And this pipeline is an old project, from a time where the US was also in good terms with Russia. And I am not aware of Russia meddling much with German affairs.
    Also Russian has was already exported to Germany during the cold war, it's nothing new. That income is also something that Russia needs, stopping it from too much aggression. Trade relations to ensure peace were also a US strategy until short ago.

  23. Re:Some comments about the origin of Relativity on Telescope Offers 'Clearest View Yet' of Milky Way - Including Plasma Filaments (ska.ac.za) · · Score: 1

    Sounds all quite intresting, although I don't have the nerves for a deeper analysis of this.
    Just one thing. As far as know Einstein's theory of relativity refers to non-accelerating frames of reference which are moving in linear motion. You can't just apply relativity to a rotating frame of reference, such as our planet.

  24. You can buy Xiaomi phones all over the world, e.g. on ebay or Amazon. It says they just design a phone that is compatible to the US market. What is gonna stop them from offering it?
    This thought really baffles me, but I guess with the American networks incompatible to the global GSM standard you have a quite limited number of phone suppliers.
    Well, here in Europe many people get their phone with the contract, and they also have a limited supply from only a few companies. I mostly bought my phones separately because of more choices and less cost traps in prepaid tariffs, which make it cheaper in the end. My smartphones were all dual-sim phones, which you don't get with a contract. You can get dual-sim versions of nearly all phones on the market, which many people are not aware of. They are sold officially in certain countries, e.g. Brasil, and get bought and sold elsewhere by small vendors.

  25. Re: And ... if they hadn't? on Tesla Meets Self-Imposed Deadline For Model 3, Rolls Out 7,000 Cars In a Week (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I also don't think that they fail. But to justify the stock price Tesla has to grow a lot larger without needing much more capital. This is what short sellers bet against. They might be right, but the hype can kill them anyway.