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  1. Re:Its not pesticides, its climate change. on Insects Could Vanish Within a Century At Current Rate of Decline, Says Global Review (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
    Check my earlier comment:

    > intensive agriculture is the main driver of the declines, particularly the heavy use of pesticides.

    This ! Agriculture is destructive on the environment, leading to loss of top soil, destruction of local plants and animals. Check what happened to Limberlost Swamp.

  2. > intensive agriculture is the main driver of the declines, particularly the heavy use of pesticides.

    This ! Agriculture is destructive on the environment, leading to loss of top soil, destruction of local plants and animals. Check what happened to Limberlost Swamp.

  3. Re:It is surprising that there is any outrage. on Facebook Retracted Zuckerberg's Messages From Recipients' Inboxes (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    But the animals treated better according to their natural surroundings taste better.

  4. Re:Low Carb on Matching DNA To a Diet Doesn't Work (statnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You are right. But we live in a bizarre world, where suggesting people to eat LCHF gets you in to trouble. Case in point: Tim Noakes in trouble with Health Professions Council of SA.

  5. Dragon/dragonfly on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Useful Voice-Activated PC? (dailycaring.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can train your PC to do that. I use dragon naturally speaking with dragonfly python scripting. There are many python libraries which are built on dragonfly, which do the job.

    Caster is a good one. Check these tutorials.

    You will need to spend some time to understand how things work and train your mother-in-law to use the customized voice commands.

    Search for "dragon naturally speaking demo" on YouTube to see what others do.

  6. Wikileaks docs about Russia in 2015 on In a 'Plot Twist', Wikileaks Releases Documents It Claims Detail Russia Mass Surveillance Apparatus (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    WL had documents about Russia before. Here is an article regarding it.

  7. Re:Bit.ly on Indian ISPs Appear To Be Blocking Access To Internet Archive (bit.ly) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the proper link : http://gadgets.ndtv.com/intern.... Reason for the block : https://thewire.in/162841/amit.... (deleted pages are accessible through the archive).

  8. Re:Implementing "right" to forget on Indian ISPs Appear To Be Blocking Access To Internet Archive (bit.ly) · · Score: 5, Informative
  9. Implementing "right" to forget on Indian ISPs Appear To Be Blocking Access To Internet Archive (bit.ly) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Looks like, its because of some deleted articles about politicians in power are accessible through the internet archive. May be related to this issue: As BJP Explains Amit Shah’s Asset Increase, Questions on Deleted News Reports Remain.

  10. Re: And then Google says... on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Makes you wonder: how was he hired in the first place ?

  11. The natural food for cats and dogs is meat, when you replace it with mostly grains, they become fat just like their human owners.

  12. Re: People really need to educate themselves... on Popular Belief That Saturated Fat Clogs Up Arteries Is a Myth, Experts Say (independent.ie) · · Score: 1
  13. Re:People really need to educate themselves... on Popular Belief That Saturated Fat Clogs Up Arteries Is a Myth, Experts Say (independent.ie) · · Score: 1

    Am in a similar path. I have lost 10 lbs in 2 months, planning to loose 15-20 lbs more. Paleo is good. Does your dad have Type 2 diabetes ? My dad has T-2 and has stents put in too. Am trying to get him to eat less carbs and switch to Paleo as much as possible. But is not easy.

  14. Re:Which is why bars serve peanuts pretzels and ch on Salt Makes You Hungry, Not Thirsty, Study Says (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1
  15. Cheaper with RepublicWireless on WSJ: Americans' Phone Bills Are Going Up · · Score: 1

    Moved from ATT to RepublicWireless, another Sprint MVNO, has plans from $5 to $40. Right now, Moto X is the only phone.

  16. Old news on Bing Censoring Chinese Language Search Results For Users In the US · · Score: 1

    Microsoft search always did this, and this has been reported before. This blog post is from 2009.

  17. Re:Ridiculous border restrictions on Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records · · Score: 1

    Regarding wearing suit, I was in India to renew my visa in Chennai in April. I was the only one in jeans & t-shirt, and everyone else was in suit or something similar in the scorching heat & humidity. Its just that, people are scared and do not want to take any chances.

  18. Re:I don't get it.. on Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Against Apple, Google and Others Given the Green Light · · Score: 1

    It was more involved than that. If a google employee applied to work for Apple, Apple notified google and vice versa.

  19. Re:Twisted "Justice" on Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read this speech by Chomsky, it is very informative and depressing.

  20. Re:Clever strategy on Google Chromecast Reviewed; Google Nixes Netflix Discount · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you have HDMI 1.4+, the power adapter is not needed.

  21. Re:Penalties on HBO Asks Google To Take Down "Infringing" VLC Media Player · · Score: 2

    Before megaupload was raided, they were fighting a false DMCA claim against Universal. Now, because of the raid the case is over.

  22. Re:Flooding on Ask Slashdot: How To Bypass Gov't Spying On Cellphones? · · Score: 1

    The NSA needs to be flooded with false positives. They need to have so many false positives generated that their illegal, unconstitutional spying is rendered moot.

    This video recommends false positives in a funny way.

  23. Re:My Kindle 3G still works on 10 Internet Connections At Same Time · · Score: 1
    From the article:

    The free Internet ride is over though: Amazon is now capping use of the browser over 3G at 50 megabytes per month.

    However, it’s more likely that Amazon is limiting the 3G connection because of hacks that allow the device to be used as 3G mobile hotspot for free.

  24. Recorded video feed from outside the embassy on UK Authorities Threaten To Storm Ecuadorian Embassy To Arrest Julian Assange · · Score: 2