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Comment Re:It's tinfoil time! (Score 4, Insightful) 232

I know of several people who were dismissed as tinfoil hatters prior to the Snowden revelations.

just saying.

Facial recognition programs on 300 and umpteen million folks(Your Metrics May Vary), to rightfully monitor 10,000 with legitimate probable cause? I'd rather be free than that safe.

Comment Re:P vs. NP (Score 1) 161

I think our meatbrains are finely tuned to circumstance, mood, tone, innuendo, and sometimes expression to formulate responses calculated to produce the desired effect.

Much of it is likely subconsciously derived from thousands of prior interactions with our fellow organic computers.

I think the complexity of social interaction is imitatible by AI in theory, but we're talking a few tech advances away from Wolf! Right here and now!

Comment From endangered to extinct (Score 3, Funny) 127

From now on, if somebody-somewhere-for some reason, keeps records of my comings, goings, and preferences, I will be under the assumption some governmental 3 letter acronym has instant access to this information.

Articles such as this will henceforth only be of interest to me if they include examples where my data is not collected.

Whirrr...click. Adjustment Bureau confirms your new filter parameters.

Comment Re:We already have something functionally similar (Score 3, Insightful) 111

The article claims the metal does a better job of blocking 100% of the blood flow supplying sustenance to the tumor than other available options, and is less likely to wash away.

The researchers further posit that since the injected substance is metal, it is an ideal conductor for use as a method of delivery for electrical current to heat up and destroy the unwanted tissue.

Are these plausibly benefits not afforded by existing techniques? I know we get a cancer cure story every fortnight or so, but I, for one, welcome the continued research even if it rarely pans out.

Comment Sigh! (Score 3, Interesting) 120

Although it seems like they've recognized and are addressing a minor engineering issue before it becomes a problem, it seems like this will be portrayed as another in a continuing series of black eyes for the nuclear alternative to our energy needs.

There is no present, perfect way to deliver the electricity those of us on the grid have come to appreciate. When you're talking about the mainstays of the grid's backbone (coal, crude, gas, hydroelectric, nuclear), none are generated without environmental consequence.

Continue to develop the renewables, but for fuck's sake, don't take nuclear off the table based on the performance of aging plants.

Comment Spoiler Alert: FTA (Score 5, Informative) 99

Red Tide, which happens in other coastal areas as well, is a phenomenon that's been occurring for centuries.

Undoubtedly, there are anthropogenic influences on this and every facet of the environment. Rightfully so, restrictions on fertilizer use are already in place, or pending in, affected areas.

Though it is inconvenient and unprofitable in the short term, the collective conscience of the governed requires the governors to care about and remedy shit like this.

Comment Re:Urgently needed for /. --- An 'un-friend' featu (Score 2) 306

Jelly's comments suffer in quality when his Ritalin prescription is used up only half way through the month.

There's a comment threshold feature that effectively eliminates your ability to see low rated comments, which these ravings are rendered to with a quickness thanks to a rather decent moderation scheme.

Caveat: two or three of the smartest things I've ever read on here were, at least at one point, low threshold.

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