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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Over the last 25 years or so, there have been at least a dozen announcements of the latest miracle cure that works to repair spinal cord injury in mice. To date, none of them have translated to human efficacy. It's almost a meme at thi
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Isn't it strange that the people who claim they don't want to have children for fear of economic hardship or climate change never take the time to criticize their parents for not doing the same?
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Honest question to those who find themselves vehemently disagreeing with one or more parts of this article. Would you still agree that totalitarianism is objectively bad for society? Regardless of which team you play for, surely there is gr
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Surely the CBC, a state-run news outlet and beneficiary of over $1B of annual tax dollars, can be trusted to provide a balanced, impartial view of who should be taxed, how much, and where those dollars should be spent.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
We need more tax revenue to fund our largess says bloated, inefficient government. More news at 11.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
To be fair, there's nothing "new" here. This story has been well documented in previous works over the past few decades.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
What do you get when you mix science and politics? You get politics. What do you get when you mix journalism and politics? You get politics.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
There is plenty of evidence that he at least new that TEL was extremely toxic - Midgley himself was poisoned by it. Despite this knowledge, he went on to insist it was safe for the public. As for CFC's, the evidence would suggest he di
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Fun fact, the inventor of leaded gasoline, Thomas Midgley Jr., also invented chloroflourocarbons (CFC's). See: https://interestingengineering.com/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man...
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Completely unrelated - an inexpensive Software Define Radio (SDR) and GPS simulator code ( https://github.com/osqzss/gps-sdr-sim ) can quickly and reliably spoof cell phone GPS to any location you desire.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
s/noticed/cared/
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
The most mature (4G/5G) project would probably be https://github.com/srsran Couple it with a LimeSDR and you'd have a fully open HW/SW stack.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Wouldn't this be the default scientific position? Or to take some of the hyperbole out of the statement, rephrase as: "is it time to assume that health research hypotheses are incorrect until a preponderance of data and reproducib
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Those who would trade freedom for security will inevitably lose both... and deserve neither.
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
I wonder how you would react if you discovered that your information diet was being curated to ensure you were not exposed to information contradictory to what someone else believes is in your best interest. If it's not okay to impose
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
Thank you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
>In the brick and mortar stores that wouldn't have closed if Amazon wasn't there. This seems unlikely, online shopping is far too convenient and provides far too much value for brick and mortar stores to compete. However, that&
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by 0xbadc0de5 5y ago
I find it interesting how many individuals appear to both love and hate FAAANG companies. They love the products but seemingly hate the fact that the companies exist. Would it not be equally fair to claim that both consumers and laborers al
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by 0xbadc0de5 6y ago
SciAm posting such obvious click-bait really only seems to confirm that they've joined the likes of PopSci in terms of chasing sensationalism. If you're whining into the ether about how humanity is doomed, I have good news for you
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by 0xbadc0de5 6y ago
Who's John Galt?
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by 0xbadc0de5 6y ago
It's a special kind of authoritarian who believes that everyone except them are incapable of making an informed assessment of the risks and exercising their freedom to participate or not in the activity. Many of history's greatest
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by 0xbadc0de5 6y ago
The HN hug of death strikes again.
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by 0xbadc0de5 8y ago
Good to see they fixed the remote code execution exploit identified by: https://github.com/jtang613/dcq2018_www