<quote>Right. I don't understand how gene editing works. I do understand how programming works, though. And I understand what happens when some jackass who doesn't understand about programming starts cutting and pasting code around and finds that he's occasionally somewhat successful at getting something to do sort of what he wants it to.</quote>

You've just described how we got Facebook

Who at /. comes up with... I mean thinks up... those things? I have great, ongoing appreciation for them.

Is there suddenly a world wide shortage of human sperm? This seems the height of waste.

I read the first two sentences of the story excerpt aloud to my husband. Our kitchen-table-top Echo Dot then cheerily announced through its external speakers: "Shuffling songs by Rick Astley!" So thanks to Amazon Prime I now know that Astley recorded more than just THE song...

They were looking for rocks that could be a hazard to life on earth. Nothing to see here. Move along and quit being stupid.

I completely agree. I just can't get all that outraged when I know I'm the product, that someone wants to make money from it. It's good that its been found and the information published. Frankly, their "explanation" (read: excuse) doesn't ring true to me at all.

I agree. It's a legitimate beef. The outrage is useful, but I also believe that we as consumers of the product should not expect that it will always be created without our best interest in mind.

I demand the Firefox people refund all the money I've paid for their product, and do so immediately! Oh, wait...

I'm not sure if I should be alarmed that this is now available for use outside the already damned places it was before.

Remember, Microsoft browsers are the number one browsers used to download other browsers.

An official diagnosis (which I got 23 years ago at age 46) can provide the excuses you mention - but it doesn't have to. An individual's awareness of their own profile of cognitive strengths and weaknesses can lead them to seek workarounds for, or make extra effort in, problem areas. Other people's informed awareness can lead them to try meeting an autistic individual halfway in reaching understanding; a useful strategy in general. Neither of those sound anything like a retreat...

Ironic that this directive comes from someone posting as an AC...

Amazon just recreated the Automat! Anyone else remember them from New York City?

One supposes he plans to do something with his hyperloop idea.

The "FE" refers to the onboard Fire Extinguisher.

It was run in a TI portable terminal with a 300-baud acoustic coupler, dialed into the PDP-11. Caused considerable loss of productivity...