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Comment Re:Stupid article, stupid author (Score 1) 399

by GoCrazy (#45769465) Attached to: Justine Sacco, Internet Justice, and the Dangers of a Righteous Mob
I think you missed the point of the article that, instead of defending or marginalizing her actions, talk about celebrity-gossipesque world-wide pile ons for people who aren't at celebrity status. The paparazzi and readers of celebrity gossip feel justified to talk about how people they don't personally know did this or deserves that, because they're public figures and their personal lives are on display. Now this extends to anyone who sends a public message. You talk about kids getting bullied into suicide which, incidentally, parallels the mob-mentality here where strangers feel personally justified to contribute to the downfall of a person for doing "something stupid". Here, like high school bullying, why do arm chair activists do it? It's hardly for justice. It's because it's entertaining.

Submission + - Obamacare Unites Americans: Majority Say Delay It. (nationalreview.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: National Review reports, "Yesterday the Obama administration suddenly moved to allow hundreds of thousands of people who’ve lost their insurance due to Obamacare to sign up for bare-bone “catastrophic” plans. It’s at least the 14th unilateral change to Obamacare that’s been made without consulting Congress. “It shows that the Obamacare insurance products aren’t selling so, at the last minute, the administration is holding a fire sale on a failed launch,” says Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute ...“Just think how you must feel if you were one of the people who spent the last two months fighting their way through HealthCare.gov to buy a policy that will be thousands of dollars more expensive than this catastrophic insurance!” ... the latest fix is supposed to last only a year, raising the prospect that people will be kicked off their catastrophic coverage as soon as the 2014 election is safely in the political rear-view mirror. ... This week’s Fox News poll found Obamacare to still be a polarizing issue with 53 percent of respondents wanting it repealed and 41 percent wanting to keep it. But then this question was asked: “Setting aside how you feel about the law, do you think implementation of it should be delayed for a year until more details are ironed out, or not?” It wasn’t even close. By 67 percent to 28 percent people now want the law delayed. And every demographic group agrees: 57 percent of liberals, 65 percent of women, 67 percent of those under age 35, and 60 percent of lower-income voters...."

Submission + - Betaray Solar Energy Collector Concentrates Sunlight 10,000 Times (facebook.com) 1

Submitted by formaggio
formaggio writes: Rawlemon just unveiled a giant glass ball called the Betaray that it claims can concentrate sunlight (and moonlight) up to 10,000 times — making it 35 percent more efficient than traditional dual-axis photovoltaic designs. The sphere can be fully integrated into the walls or ceilings of a building and it suffers no weather impact. And, because it's basically just a big crystal ball, it guarantees at least 99 percent transparency.

Comment Track what you eat (Score 1) 554

Multivitamins tend to prey on people who don't track what they eat, or don't know what they're supposed to be getting, and are convinced they need to supplement their fast paced and deficient lifestyle. Now when a study comes out that isn't try to sell you something, it's worth taking a look at.

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