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  1. Re:Full Moon is ~0.1 Lux on Sleeping In Rooms With Even a Little Light Can Increase Risk of Depression, Study Finds (iflscience.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That means dim status LEDs are probably okay

    They're not OK. Really, it's worth the effort to try to cover them up as much as possible. Cultivate the best sleep you can and darkness is really good for sleep.

  2. Re:Youtube is a tool on YouTube, the Great Radicalizer (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Suck my nuts, douchebag! I will eat your children, PopeRatzo.

    Look at what supporting Donald Trump has done to you, man. You've become little more than an incoherent bundle of violent impulses. You're going to need a lot of help when all this is over. Good news is it won't be much longer.

  3. Re: Not going to mention on Trump Issues Order To Block Broadcom's Takeover of Qualcomm (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    *We pretend that Bill Clinton never happened.*

    I don't think you fully understood what I said. Because of the criminal activity around Richard Nixon's Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) there were sixty-nine indictments and forty-eight convictions. People went to the federal penitentiary for years. Nixon resigned from the presidency and had to be pardoned by his (second) vice-president. And it all started with a burglary and a cover up. There were actually seventy-six indictments and fifty-five convictions during the Nixon Administration, but only 48 of those convictions were directly connected to crimes committed in relationship to Watergate break-in.

    This is what you said in your previous comment:

    "Please cite electoral criminal activity by national level republicans running for office.

    Oh wait... you can't. Because it's never happened."

    Now, do you want to apologize to the class?

    *We pretend that Bill Clinton never happened.*

    Clinton got a blowjob and lied about it. Nobody went to prison. Nobody was indicted. Nobody was convicted.

    During the Obama administration, there were zero indictments, zero convictions, even though the House GOP conducted investigations that went on twice as long as the current House Intelligence Committee's. The came up with nothing. There have been already been 22 indictments during the Trump investigation and five convictions. That's convictions. Not allegations. Not accusations. Convictions. As in "guilty". As in felony. And we're not anywhere near the end. Mueller hasn't even gotten to interview Trump or his failsons or Ivanka yet. There are lots and lots of witnesses left to talk to.

  4. Easier said than done. I have a Motorola cable modem, as do a large swath of the American population, and while I have electrical tape over the front panel the back of the panel itself is not isolated from the rest of the casing, which is full of holes for ventilation. So even with the lights "covered" there is a cascade of light that comes through the back of the device, onto the walls and ceiling, from those same LEDs. I can't very well cover the whole modem up and block all the ventilation (and yes, I do have things that use the internet at night when I sleep so just unplugging it every night is also not an option).

    I know, I had the same problem. Taped over the LEDs, but as you say, you can still see the flashing lights from the inside. So, what I did was run the cables a little differently so the modem is now under the bed. It has helped a lot because that modem would cast an orange light on the wall.

  5. Listen you guys, I'm telling you this because I love you all:

    If you have a computer or router or modem in your bedroom, cover the LEDs. It makes a huge difference. Get it nice and dark in there and you'll get the best sleep of your life. Turn the computer off, and if you've got one of those goofy gaming mice where the LED lights don't turn off when the computer goes down, cover it with a dark cloth.

    Also, get yourself the dimmest possible night light and put it in your bathroom (and in the hallway to the bathroom if necessary). When you get up to whiz, don't turn on the bright bathroom light. You want to stay as close to sleeping as you can without peeing in your pajamas.

    Those circadian rhythms don't play. If you mess with them, you will start to feel like shit. If you become in harmony with the cycles of light and dark, you will find happiness, or at least you'll feel good.

    Seriously. I'm not fucking around. I even want the haters and losers to take this advice. Cultivate your sleep. Sleep is your friend.

  6. Re: Not going to mention on Trump Issues Order To Block Broadcom's Takeover of Qualcomm (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Please cite electoral criminal activity by national level republicans running for office.

    Are you serious? Have you ever heard the name, "Richard M. Nixon"? He was the previous Republican president who resigned in shame after having illegal activity exposed by a special prosecutor. It was kind of a big news story. There were 69 indictments and 48 convictions. A whole bunch of Republicans went to prison.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  7. .... which is why spare parts are sold at high markup.

    I've gone to a local junkyard and got a perfectly good fuel pump for approximately $5,

  8. Re:Not going to mention on Trump Issues Order To Block Broadcom's Takeover of Qualcomm (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    but completely ignore the news that broke today that the whole "Russian hacked the election" and "Russia colluded with Trump" turned out to be entirely false?

    Yeah, that's what happened today. Right. House Republicans issue a report that other Republicans did absolutely nothing wrong and they're shocked...SHOCKED, I tell you, that anyone would even suggest that other Republicans did anything improper to win an election. It's not like there have ever been any other examples of Republicans doing anything criminal to win a presidential election, so how dare you even suggest such a thing is possible. In fact, we demand an immediate apology. Stop laughing. There's nothing funny about this.

  9. spare parts usually have quite high markup

    Yeah, but there's a difference. Anyone who has repaired electronics like an iPhone knows that the parts inside are incredibly inexpensive. The last thing that Apple wants you to know is that all the parts of an iPhone cost like $15. It might make some people less willing to pay $1000.

  10. Re: One worldwisw time zone on Are The Alternatives Even Worse Than Daylight Saving Time? (chron.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that one's good too.

  11. Re:LOL on MIT Plans To Build Nuclear Fusion Plant By 2033 · · Score: 1

    How was attendance at your inauguration?

    Tremendous.

  12. Re: Just likely lovely Venezuela! on California Bullet Train Costs Soar To $77.3 Billion, Will Take 5 Years Longer To Complete · · Score: 1

    California's already the most populous state. Also, the population has continued to grow. That's why all the "people are leaving California" articles are in the opinion section and not news.

  13. Re:LOL on MIT Plans To Build Nuclear Fusion Plant By 2033 · · Score: 1

    . But then, I observe that you are already very unpopular on here, which can only be a good thing.

    I am extremely popular here. I have the highest ratings. It's just some losers and haters (ACs) who complain because I've single-handedly stopped them from turning Slashdot into 4chan.

  14. desensitization on YouTube, the Great Radicalizer (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    PornHub does the same thing. I have a friend who watches Pornhub. He started out getting recommendations for cute girls in bikinis and maybe dancing and touching themselves once in a while. After only about 10 months in office, I mean...watching PornHub, he started getting recommended extreme pegging videos and incredibly fat women and midgets urinating on each other and interracial bukkake parties where blonde milfs with giant breasts get treated poorly. Please help my friend, I think he's gotten into some pretty dark stuff and I'm afraid gay porn is next and his soul will be lost forever.

    Sincerely,

    Franklin Graham

  15. Re:Youtube is a tool on YouTube, the Great Radicalizer (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Youtube is garage

    YouTube is NOT garage, comrade. YouTube is video sharing site. No place to park in YouTube.

    Sincerely,
    Your totally American pal, Brad. #Veteran #JesusIsLord #2ndAmendment #NRA #MAGA

  16. Re: As Hollywood has taken over? on SXSW: No 'Hot Apps' Anymore But Still a Launchpad For Some Startups (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    "The kids are all right.' If your quoting lyrics from The Who then your obviously an old geezer yourself. Busted....

    I already admitted to being an old geezer. And I'm happy to see a new under-20 generation taking care of business (TCB). They're better in every way than the generations before them.

  17. Re: As Hollywood has taken over? on SXSW: No 'Hot Apps' Anymore But Still a Launchpad For Some Startups (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Your generation has ruined enough..

    I agree entirely. Considering a bunch of high school kids in Florida have been able to accomplish in a few weeks something the four generations before them have not been able to, I'd say that anyone over 19 needs to get out the fucking way. The kids are all right.

    http://www.orlandosentinel.com...

  18. Re:As Hollywood has taken over? on SXSW: No 'Hot Apps' Anymore But Still a Launchpad For Some Startups (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    It used to be a music festival. Someone *else* took over first.

    It hasn't been just a music festival for nearly 30 years. I drove down in 1989, and there was already computer graphics/movies/cultural flotsam presence.

    I mean, even the fucking name of the festival is taken from a Hitchcock movie.

  19. Re:"short flights" on Elon Musk: SpaceX's Mars Rocket Could Fly Short Flights By Next Year · · Score: 0

    Was the descent stage of the LM not a descent stage because it stayed in lunar orbit during Apollo 8?

    Is my '77 Toyota pickup not a world-class racing vehicle just because it's not running at the moment and is up on blocks in my driveway?

  20. Re:"short flights" on Elon Musk: SpaceX's Mars Rocket Could Fly Short Flights By Next Year · · Score: 0

    You crawl, walk and THEN run.

    If you really want to be fair, you can say in this case Musk's approach is to crawl, announce that you've won a marathon, walk and then run.

  21. "short flights" on Elon Musk: SpaceX's Mars Rocket Could Fly Short Flights By Next Year · · Score: 1, Troll

    How the fuck is it a "Mars rocket" if it's only doing short flights? It's like calling my '77 Toyota pick-up a "Formula One car" because I can drive it in an oval in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

    Musk might as well go all out and call it an "Alpha Centauri rocket".

    On the other hand, I saw one of those new Tesla roadsters on Hwy 101 outside of Pismo Beach the other day and it's a very nice-looking little ride. It looks like it would be fun to drive.

  22. Get over it on EPA's Science Advisory Board Has Not Met in 6 Months (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Trump won and Science lost, so get over it, snowflakes.

  23. Re:Lets hope this gets more funding for Transatomi on Report Says Radioactive Monitors Failed at Nuclear Plant (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the Transatomic design just converts the waste to energy that can solve many scenario's.

    The Transatomic design doesn't do anything yet, and clean nuclear energy is always 10 years away. Also, Leslie Dewan is mostly famous for being famous at this point. She's the engineering equivalent of a Kardashian until she actually gets one of her products to market.

  24. Re: One worldwisw time zone on Are The Alternatives Even Worse Than Daylight Saving Time? (chron.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't live in Lapland, but I live in Sweden, and the seasonal variations in daylight do mess with people's heads.

    But you have hot blondes and meatballs, so don't complain. Also, those skinny pancake things with dingleberry butter. Them things are fucking delicious.

  25. Re:Florida doesn't take action? on Kansas 'Swat' Perpetrator Is Now Also Wanted in Florida (kansas.com) · · Score: 0

    How many other red-flags are they ignoring?

    With regard to the recent tragic high-school shooting in Florida, the police ignored the biggest red flag of all: the Instagram photo of Ncolas Cruz in a MAGA hat.

    And yes, it's really him.

    https://goo.gl/images/Bsw9Hy

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...