Comment Physician, heal thyself? (Score 1) 125
Wikipediocracy, the Internet’s foremost Wikipedia criticism community, has embarked on....
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Men And Women Think Women Are Bad At Basic Math 384
sciencehabit writes "Think women can't do math? You're wrong — but new research (paywalled) shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary. A study of how both men and women perceive each other's mathematical ability finds that an unconscious bias against women — by both men and women — could be skewing hiring decisions, widening the gender gap in mathematical professions like engineering."
Comment Calling yourself a 'scientist' w/out a doctorate? (Score 1) 139
I'd think that'd be a red flag on a resume. (Sorry autodidacts.)
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Comment Re:Computer Scientists in lab coats (Score 1) 139
Although there's noting like a good serious apron if you're working working on stuff. Lab work? Painting? Engine rebuild? Cleaning the basement? Grilling up a mess of bacon? Wear an apron.
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Comment Is this theft in the eyes of the law? (Score 1) 704
Say one were to actually track down the sumbitches who did it, had undeniable proof they did it, and they were arrested and prosecuted. Sure you could charge them with computer fraud, illegal wire interception, and the like, but would or could the government prosecute them for actual theft, or try to compel them to return the coins as part of a plea?
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Scientists Revive a Giant 30,000 Year Old Virus From Ice 121
bmahersciwriter writes "It might be terrifying if we were amoebae. Instead, it's just fascinating. The virus, found in a hunk of Siberian ice, is huge, but also loosely packaged, which is strange says evolutionary biologist Jean-Michel Claverie: 'We thought it was a property of viruses that they pack DNA extremely tightly into the smallest particle possible, but this guy is 150 times less compacted than any bacteriophage [viruses that infect bacteria]. We don't understand anything anymore!'"
Comment Secondhand smoke? (Score 1) 156
I was actually wondering earlier, if suddenly anarchy reigned supreme and smoking in bars was no longer illegal, what's the most minimally intrusive headgear bar staff could use to protect themselves against secondhand smoke? (Not just assuming the bar would have air purification systems installed out the ying-yang anyway.)
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Quebec Language Police Target Store Owner's Facebook Page 506
New submitter wassomeyob writes "In Canada, the province of Quebec has their Official Language Act of 1974 (aka Bill 22) which makes French their sole official language. It has famously been used to force business owners to modify signage to give French pre-eminance over other languages. Now, the Quebec language police seem to be extending their reach to Facebook. Eva Cooper owns Delilah in the Parc — a shop in Chelsea, Quebec near the Quebec/Ontario border. She received a letter from the language office telling her to translate everything posted on her store's Facebook page into French."
Comment Re:Ban the USD (Score 1) 240
Notably cash is anonymous in legal transactions, but only up to a point:
http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/...
I wonder if the IRS considers this applicable to *coin equivalent transactions as well.
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http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/...
I wonder if the IRS considers this applicable to *coin equivalent transactions as well.
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Comment Can't help but remember this (Score 4, Insightful) 30
'How you doing, Dixie?'
'I'm dead, Case. Got enough time in on this Hosaka to
figure that one.'
'How's it feel?'
'It doesn't.'
'Bother you?'
'What bothers me is, nothin' does.'
'How's that?'
'Had me this buddy in the Russian camp, Siberia, his thumb
was frostbit. Medics came by and they cut it off. Month later
he's tossin' all night. Elroy, I said, what's eatin' you? Goddam
thumb's itchin', he says. So I told him, scratch it. McCoy, he
says, it's the other goddam thumb.' When the construct laughed,
it came through as something else, not laughter, but a stab of
cold down Case's spine. 'Do me a favor, boy.'
'What's that, Dix?'
'This scam of yours, when it's over, you erase this goddam
thing.'
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'I'm dead, Case. Got enough time in on this Hosaka to
figure that one.'
'How's it feel?'
'It doesn't.'
'Bother you?'
'What bothers me is, nothin' does.'
'How's that?'
'Had me this buddy in the Russian camp, Siberia, his thumb
was frostbit. Medics came by and they cut it off. Month later
he's tossin' all night. Elroy, I said, what's eatin' you? Goddam
thumb's itchin', he says. So I told him, scratch it. McCoy, he
says, it's the other goddam thumb.' When the construct laughed,
it came through as something else, not laughter, but a stab of
cold down Case's spine. 'Do me a favor, boy.'
'What's that, Dix?'
'This scam of yours, when it's over, you erase this goddam
thing.'
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Comment And IE is the standard in the banking industry (Score 2) 93
It's the one most banking and investment houses use and develop their sites to work with. So there's that.
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Comment Umm, Facebook, before you signed the check... (Score 1) 280
You diid text all 450M users and confirmed they all texted back, right? Right?
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Comment Did anyone else read that title and think... (Score 5, Funny) 664
..."We'll I'm sure somebody on there could!"
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Comment Developing for it? Sure. Wearing it about? No. (Score 1) 421
n/m
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