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  1. Re:and the TSA exists because... on Confessions Of an Ex-TSA Agent: Secrets Of the I.O. Room · · Score: 1

    Ouch! I thought your said your dog doesn't bite?

  2. Re:and the TSA exists because... on Confessions Of an Ex-TSA Agent: Secrets Of the I.O. Room · · Score: 4, Funny

    Traveling is stressful. If you opt out you get a free message. What's not to like?

  3. Re:Inability to digest milk on How Farming Reshaped Our Genomes · · Score: 1

    This doesn't necessarily mean humans didn't drink milk. If you leave milk out for any period of time it naturally ferments into yogurt (or something similar). This process the bacteria converts the lactose into lactic acid. This acid then denatures the proteins which is why yogurt is more of a gel. Many people that can't drink milk have no problem eating fully fermented milk products.

  4. Re:Absolute B$ on World's First Multi-Color, Multi-Polymer 3D Printer Unveiled · · Score: 1

    This is actually just a modification of the existing Objet printer. We have one at work and it mixes 2 resins. This gives it a great capability. You can load a soft rubber like resin and a hard resin. Then you can program it to create any hardness in between and it will do it by mixing them. So what this new machine does is just add another (or more) resins to the mix so you can control color as well.

  5. Re:Lack of milk digestion seems dubious on How Farming Reshaped Our Genomes · · Score: 1

    This would make sense though since only a baby typically would drink fresh milk unless you refrigerate it. If you leave fresh milk out the bacteria and enzymes in the milk and environment quickly digest the sugars (on the order of hours) and ferment the milk which also helps preserve it.

  6. Re:Dont do anyone any favors on Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support · · Score: -1, Troll

    Right. The moms were just trying to take from other people.

  7. Someone is going to pay one way or another. on Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support · · Score: -1

    Might as well be the kids father.

  8. Re:False equivalence much? on Nobel Prize Winning Economist: Legalize Sale of Human Organs · · Score: 1

    Here is how I think it would play out if there was an unrestricted market. Life insurance companies would be able to write life insurance policies that give them ownership of a particular organ. Now depending on your age and health condition you would receive some sort of discount on your premiums. Let's say I have a $500k policy but my organs would go for $200k. They can offer a premium on the difference. This puts incentives in the proper place. They don't want you to die because they have to still pay out a claim. But if you do die they will try to sell the organs as fast as possible. The insurance companies may even try to develope technology to make the organs last longer.

  9. Re:Change food stamps... on Doctors Say Food Stamp Cuts Could Cause Higher Healthcare Costs · · Score: 1

    Back in the 80s for some reason my Grandmoyher got Givernment cheese and butter. I think the cheese was in 5 or 10 lb blocks and the butter in 1 lb blocks. She didn't like dairy so she gave them to us. I loved that cheese.
    Do they still have that?

  10. Re:Cant be worse on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    The dollar worked for a long time because it was or was backed by an ounce of silver. Since that ended it's had been the legal tender laws and the guns that back it that makes the US dollar work.

  11. Re:Cant be worse on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    The whole reson most people are in the stock market in the first place is because the tax code and regulations make it nearly impossible to just put your savings in a bank. It's almost as if the financial companies tried to get laws passed that would make you put all of your money under their control in the stock market. Probrably just a coincidence.

  12. Re:If you're concerned... on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    The big thing you are missing is that it's not like the money is magically given out to everyone. It is given to the politically connected who get to spend it first. This is mostly financail companies and the military industry. So the new money acts like a giant wealth transfer to these areas. This is why Wall St is doing so well while the rest of the country is stuck in a depression.

  13. Re: Quality? on Tesla Sending New Wall-Charger Adapters After Garage Fire · · Score: 2

    My problem is I've had more bad experiences with contractors than good. My first house (brand new) with a circuit in the kitchen where the GFI would constantly trip. I opened all of the outlets and switches to check the wires and everything was fine. I finally had enough and pulled off the fuse panel cover. Glad I did. The hot wire was just leaning against contacts. The set screw wasn't even close to being tight. Not only was this a professional but it also passed inspection. The wire had lots of arcing damage and needed to be replaced.

  14. My experience with prescription medical devices. on The First Prescription-Only App · · Score: 1

    My kid has asthma so need a nebulizer. This is just a oiless air pump with a cup to hold the medicine. You can get them online for $50-$100.

    I got a prescription for one and I called my insurance company to see how to get it filled. They used some medical device company which I called an ordered it. I had to pay a $20 or $30 copay. Then next month I got a bill for another $20. I didn't realize it at the time but this was a rental. My fault I should have read the documents better. The insurance company was paying them about $50/mo for the rental. I sent it back and just bought the same exact one online for $100. This was 8 years ago and it still works.

  15. Re: Really? on Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheel Damage 'Accelerated' · · Score: 1

    Yep and a lot of wire. Nice cut though.

  16. Re: Really? on Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheel Damage 'Accelerated' · · Score: 1

    If I were building them I'd CNC cut the outside on a 5-axis mill. There is plenty of support material with no deflection. Then wire EDM the inside out. No cutting forces.

  17. Re: Really? on Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheel Damage 'Accelerated' · · Score: 1

    It looks like those wheels have a Type III Anodizing. That's pretty wear resistant. You are talking about TiN coating on steel or carbide cutters. There is a bid difference. This doesn't look like wear but puncture damage. A coating isn't going to protect against that.

  18. Not a protest, kidnapping. on Protesters Block Apple and Google Buses In California · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Restricting someones freedom to travel is kidnapping not a protest.

  19. Re:Price not value. on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    The offering price at the time of the trade is the only objective measruement. Someone can say they value their grandmothers antique more than anything because of it's sentimental value. But you don't know that for sure until someone actually offeres them cash for it.

  20. Re:Price not value. on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    Of course. But we are talking about at the time of the exchange.

  21. Re:Price not value. on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    Not a bad way to look at it but the volume most HFT deal with will affect the price. The HFT (when it works) should tend to filter out spikes.

  22. Re:Price not value. on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    All value is subjective anyway which is why often it doesn't make sense. I don't understand why people get tattooed. You would have to pay me quite a bit of money to get one.
    And yet some people spend fortunes on them.
    To me it makes no sense.

  23. Re:Price not value. on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    Speculators still value the prospect of future gains over the cash they give in the trade.

  24. Price not value. on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Both parties in a trade value what they are getting more than what they give. The person selling the item values the cash higher than the item. The person buying values the item higher than the cash. The price is where the exchange takes place where both parties value what they get more.

  25. Re:Slimy yes but how is it illegal? on California Man Arrested for Running 'Revenge Porn' Website · · Score: 1

    If I was in a bathroom you have the pressumption of privacy which is why you went in there in the first place. If I was taking a leak on the 5th green at the local golf course and you took a picture obviously not. If you were a friend and I posed for a picture taking a leak I also don't have a pressumption of privacy. That is why I asked were the pictures taken legally or not.