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  1. An explosion is a usual part of creating an EMP pulse.

  2. Good to See Tech Helping People on Implanted Device Helps Two People With Paralysis Walk Again (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On the other hand, we have Boston Dynamics, consumed with making tech that will kill us all.

  3. Not Going to Happen on Massive Undersea Walls Could Stop Glaciers From Melting, Scientists Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Any measure to correct a global problem would be just as cost prohibitive as the measures that might have helped prevent global warming in the first place.

  4. Don't Agree on Humans Simply 'Hardwired' For Laziness, Study Says (studyfinds.org) · · Score: 1

    I've read before that humans are busier than beavers.
    Humans like most creatures need rest.

  5. We Need a Federal Opt-Out Law on Facebook Wanted Banks To Fork Over Customer Data Passing Through Messenger (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No one signs up for anything by default.

  6. Fukishima Cleanup Cost 180 Billlion on US Congress Passes Bill To Help Advanced Nuclear Power (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Is that really worth it. That, and if the wind weren't going out to sea, thousands, now would be dead.

  7. Daylight Savings Time is Stupid on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Set the clocks to optimize for winter, and just be done with it.

  8. Maybe We Don't Need Styled Information on Vulnerability in WebKit Crashes and Restarts iPhones and iPads (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I would rather have the user determine the look of a webpage. We want text, images, videos, and audio, and menu, and a search box that we don't need to use a find function to find.

  9. Techworkers Contributed to the Problem on 58% of Silicon Valley Tech Workers Delayed Having Kids Because of Housing Costs (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 0

    Techworks, in general make more money than most people.

  10. Not In My Living Room! on Some Northern California Cities Are Blocking Deployment of 5G Towers (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps there's a reason why a cellphone tower can't be somewhere.

  11. Enforce Do Not Call on Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will Be Scams By Next Year, Says Report (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's time to end this. People need to find other work.

  12. Keep the Peace, Respect, Honor, and Nod on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Enough Said.

  13. First Real War: GPS Satellites Down on Auto, Tech Industries Urge Congress To Pass Self-Driving Legislation (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    We don't need driverless cars.

  14. Idiots Design Web Pages that Render 15 FPS on Mozilla Enables WebRender By Default On Firefox Nightly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not your computer.

  15. Safe, Scared, and Incremental on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Technology creeps forward.

  16. FDA Cigarette Agents Are Scared on FDA Chief Considers Ban of All Flavored E-Cigarettes (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    The FDA kept cigarettes legal and plentiful, and now ecigs are some kind of emergency?

  17. Why didn't you make the meeting?
    Didn't you think that meeting was important?
    Do you value your job here?
    Did you ever consider that your job should have come before wearing a gadget?
    Is this box big enough for you things?
    Can you close the door on your way out?

  18. No Human Fututure Without Net Neutrality on Net Neutrality Gives 'Free' Internet To Netflix and Google, ISP Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    One of humanity's greatest inventions should not be sold to the highest bidder.

  19. Iceberg is Not Hydrodynamically Sound on Engineering Firm Plans To Tow Icebergs From Antarctica To Parched Dubai (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    Why would a rational person drag something rough and round through all of that water?

  20. A Robotic Cheered on An Autonomous Sailboat Successfully Crosses Atlantic Ocean (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Meh.

  21. What does a VMWare Have to Do With Open Source? on Despite 'Painful' Spectre Response, Linus Torvalds Says He Still Loves Speculative Execution (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    Didn't the VMWare people see their hypervisor as the king of OS's--just a few years back?

  22. Failings in Windows 10 on Windows 7 Will Get Updates for Four More Years -- If You Pay (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 is still a mixed bag. The Bluetooth file transfer is crippled. The Power schemes have been hobbled since Windows XP. Window 10 spies on people. Printer settings are buried deep in the menus, as if people with business don't need to print things.

    The only solid advantages that Windows 10 brought: A black quick-launch bar, and mounted drive disk checks. Did I mention that the quicklaunch bar is black?

  23. Make Carefule Choices With Your Money on Vizio May Soon Inform Customers When Its Smart TVs Are Spying On Them (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You choose which companies go forward and which ones do not.
    If you make a spying bed, you will have to sleep in it.

  24. Perhaps some of AT&T's buildings will burn to the ground.

  25. Short Story: We Need Smaller Cars on Why Is American Mass Transit So Bad? It's a Long Story. (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    Smaller, more efficient cars make more sense for America.

    No one was born with a 4800 pound SUV strapped to their ass.