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Comment Re:The real risk is not technology... (Score 1) 779

I would amend that human beings simply don't want to think and make up their own minds about something. As an example, when I ask my wife what she wants for dinner, she will immediately turn the question back to me. Being immature (and not wanting to decide on what to eat), I give her the same treatment.

I have a theory that if a person had the option to let someone else make up their minds for them on every aspect of their lives (with the promise that their best interest and well being were in mind), they would give up their freedom.

Comment Re:Most secure (Score 1) 414

I haven't counted the number of passwords I've dedicated to memory in a while. I'm better off typing the username and letting muscle memory kick in for the password. This method works pretty well unless I'm trying to consciously think of the password.

Comment I grew up with the space program, but... (Score 1) 206

Frankly, it's gotten dumb and narrow. There's nothing on the moon that *matters.*
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How about making long-term livable space environments (i.e. containing viable organic ecologies) and not some dimwitted ground-dependent space station? How about making economically viable solar power in near earth orbit and selling it at a profit? How about setting up a few thousand square miles of adjustable mirrors to reversibly control global temperature?
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Uses for space like these *matter*. F*** the moon. F*** all that grandstanding political BS.

Comment Re:Flushed down the toilet? (Score 1) 97

A study in LA in 2005 (sorry don't have the source) showed small amounts progesterone in the drinking water. Whether from people flushing or simply urinating the hormone away, I don't know. But such studies explain why my wife is only drinking filtered water during her pregnancy.

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