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  1. In other words, we have some therories on We May Finally Know What Causes Alzheimer's -- and How To Stop It (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    But, given that, theories need to be proven, and clinical trials fail all the time.

    I remember this one trial that cause brain cells to leak. Not a good side effect.

  2. Google: "First, Do Evil" on Google Urged the US To Limit Protection for Activist Workers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I see they have sold their souls and now expect recompense from their masters in the heap

  3. Which part of Privacy does he not GET? on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Says Biometrics May Defeat Bots (duo.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, biometrics are very very easy to defeat.

  4. Re:I use a new service on Slashdot Asks: Which Mobile Payment Service Is Best For You? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm glad you find satisfaction holding your own cash, while it diminishes in value with each bit of inflation, but you can actually make money with the help of a bank.

    You spelled Credit Union wrong.

  5. I use a new service on Slashdot Asks: Which Mobile Payment Service Is Best For You? (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    I first heard of this when I was living up in Vancouver, BC.

    It's called Cash.

    You take these things called "dollars" (some of which are coins, called "Loonies" and "Toonies") and you give them to money to pay for things.

    They're really expensive, I think you have to pay nothing to get them.

  6. Yahoo will enjoy this on Google Considering Pulling News Service From Europe (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    All your .eu are belong to yahoo now!

  7. Real robots have three arms on Berkeley's Two-Armed Robot Hints at a New Future For Warehouses (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    And they know how to use them in warehouses.

    Only slacker bots use two arms.

  8. You're not supposed to talk about this on The Government's Secret UFO Program Funded Research on Wormholes and Extra Dimensions (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Seriously.

    Now China will realize why we're not worried about their Moon Base.

  9. Coming to take their dark angel home on Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Before he's indicted.

    What, you thought he was human?

  10. Re:Thanks Jack. on Jack Bogle, the Man Who Revolutionized Investing, Dies At 89 (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the problems with the Dark Market is that so much money goes into hedge funds which try to exploit data transmission delays, and game the system, since index funds tend to order in large blocks, so they basically steal the arbitrage between the block orders, making the index purchases and sales just a bit more expensive for the index fund investors.

    So you have a point. That said, if you don't trade out of fear, you'll usually be fine, since the bulk of your holdings aren't trading almost all of the time, and thus are not exposed.

  11. Re: Why the fuck would I thank steve jobs for that on Jack Bogle, the Man Who Revolutionized Investing, Dies At 89 (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    I used to work at a smelter which still had original Edison carbon filament bulbs, and they still do. Quality is far better than flawed products

  12. What could possibly go wrong? on Adding New DNA Letters Make Novel Proteins Possible (economist.com) · · Score: 0

    Seems like some people fail to remember that basic alterations created misfolded proteins that affect mammalian brains, and reactivated otherwise extinct diseases.

    Oh well, it was nice to have humans around for a while.

  13. They probably treat distant areas as if they are in Seattle. It's like calling Palo Alto as SF, or Isla Vista as Santa Barbara. Not even close to the same.

  14. Lol, you are so not from here. Even our townhouses go for around $800k, a long time ago there was only one district, but it's pretty much most of the city now.

  15. What if they enable compression?

    No, that would require resetting the zoning from 1990s SFH to 1930s 6 story MFH that used to exist in all areas of Seattle.

    Mind you, if you also turned off the parking requirement and the design review for standard buildings requirement, you could probably get 2500 houses for that price, but they'd be townhouses and apartment buildings like Boston and the Bronx and we all know those are hellholes.

  16. Caloric restriction causes your cells to go into a self-cleaning mode. A lot of stuff gets built up to handle the vagaries of life, and things that aren't working well are normally left alone. When the pathways respond to caloric restriction (NOT dieting, that is bad), they scavenge all the stuff they don't need right now.

    Basically, just drink broth and take vitamin pills (the normal kind), not "empty" calories, for around 10-14 days. Longer won't help.

    You also need to continue exercising at a normal level. This forces your fat reserves to send the signal indicating depeletion, and the exercise keeps everything running.

    I did this a few years ago, during the summer, when I tend not to get that hungry. Vegetarian broth, some miso, salads (skip the dressings), vitamins, lots and lots of iced tea with a dash of lemon juice. Got lots of exercise. It was fun! Hardest part was no bubble tea, no ice cream, other desserts. Berries, nuts and veggies were ok. Skip alcohol.

  17. We have about 250,000 people, and $500 million is about 500 houses here.

    Um.

    That's not a lot.

  18. There are many ways to cloak them on New Satellite Network Will Make It Impossible For a Commercial Airplane To Vanish (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2

    For one thing, the GPS satellites include error correction code, and can even be programmed to exclude certain events. They are military satellites, and we don't tell you about certain things, because it's none of your business.

    But, other than flights or areas we don't want you to know about, and if they actually have functional GPS transponders, yes, you can now follow them.

    If we want you to.

    Fun experiment: watch how your GPS gets more inaccurate and stops working in certain areas when there are certain international incidents. You'll even see your location suddenly jump way far away.

  19. Re:Clean out your FB Ad Preferences on Most Facebook Users Don't Know That it Records a List of Their Interests, New Study Finds (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Which is why you do it over time

  20. No, seriously, it really is.

  21. Re:Which ones were fired on World's First Robot Hotel Fires Half of Its Robot Staff (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They were all outsourced to the White House, where they now work making hamberders and freedom fries

  22. Re:Maybe they should've let an AI do the planing on World's First Robot Hotel Fires Half of Its Robot Staff (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I always plane my hotel trips.

    And I always call my robots "Hamish", using a Scottish brogue.

  23. Re:Clean out your FB Ad Preferences on Most Facebook Users Don't Know That it Records a List of Their Interests, New Study Finds (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Actually, you need to trick it, to flush the cache.

    Edit your Interests, Change them or delete them.

    Edit your Bio data. Change it or delete them.

    Then use the /ads/preferences AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS

    If you want to fool it, alter them to things that don't help them.

  24. Until when? on Sprint To Stop Selling Location Data To Third Parties (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    They will restart the monetization as soon as you get distracted by the next shiny thing

  25. Because FB is p3rVy and only olds use it on WhatsApp Now Has More Monthly Active Users Than Facebook App (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, it's not because WA is any good, it's because FB is so bad and only old people use it anymore.