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Comment Re:Is Computer Science Education Racist and Sexist (Score 4, Insightful) 612

Unless there are roaming gangs of white nerdy kids beating up anyone with the wrong color that I haven't heard of.

Wrong race. In my experience, whites are one of several minorities in Computer Science. Both in my B.S. and M.S., more than half of my classmates were Hindu males.

Comment Re:Love this quote (Score 4, Insightful) 256

If you consider the recent stories that a A woman was denied entry to the US based on confidential medical records that the US shouldn't have had; and recent revelations that '5-Eye' countries give information on their citizens to other 5-Eye countries to get around local privacy laws:

You could infer

11 - The NSA didn't have to collect the data at all because Telecom companies gave them the data "freely".

Comment Re:Linux is just hosting the Android environment (Score 1) 109

... we are way past the year of Linux in your pocket.

A Linux that Android users neither see nor use, a Linux that most Android developers neither see nor use. Linux is just hosting the Android environment.

Sort of like the Linux on my desktop. Linux is not a GUI, it is a kernel. The last time I "saw Linux" was a kernel panic about a year ago.

Comment Re:BSD-bad, MIT-good (Score 1) 47

The GPL works in servers because the money isn't in the software, its in hosting and hardware. it works in embedded because Google is able to make money from ads (and they refuse to go near GPL V3 as they lock down more and more of Android) but just as you will NEVER in a million years see a triple A video game that is GPL so too will Linux go nowhere on the desktop thanks to GPL.

I'll just leave this here..
https://github.com/id-Software/Quake-III-Arena

That game was open sourced after id Software made millions of dollars from it, and after their next game was released. I do believe the discussion is about releasing a new AAA game using the GPL.

Comment Re:Or, maybe (Score 1) 151

Foods you pick off of the vine contain these things. The fact that something on the shelf might also contain them doesn't make it inherently bad.

Processed foods not only tend to contain high levels of bad stuff, they have the double whammy of also containing less good stuff. All those vitamins and minerals that appear in natural foods? Processed out of processed foods.

Look up the history of "fortified" foods. Manufacturers spend time and energy removing nutrients from foods, then more time and energy adding them back in.

Comment Re:Not the only state with this law (Score 2) 670

So long as it's unloaded and the ammo is somewhere you can't readily get to (ie. the trunk), they couldn't bust you for a gun in your car. They might get you for the hidden compartment though.

Depends on the state. In Ohio, where I live and where the article is about, the law is quite clear. If you have a concealed carry license you can carry it loaded and concealed (or open) in the driver's seat. If you do not have a CCW, the gun must be unloaded and in the trunk or other locked compartment outside the cabin (e.g. truck lock box). The ammunition can be anywhere except where the gun is. So you put the gun in a bag in the trunk, and the ammunition in a bag up front.

Comment Re:Not the only state with this law (Score 1) 670

Seriously, if I had a secret compartment in my car, I would keep a copy of the King James Bible, a copy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and a registered handgun in there.

Not in Ohio, where this arrest took place: while there is a law about secret car compartments, it is illegal for any government, state or local, to establish a gun registry per the Ohio Revised Code. So there would be no place to register your handgun.

This law is stupid, but the gun laws in Ohio are overall above average in my opinion.

Comment Re:Fuck these government pricks (Score 1) 371

January 2013 I wound up in the ER due to a probable allergic reaction to Amoxicillin. I was suffering anaphylaxis...

I forgot to mention this in my original post, but my wife gave me the best diagnosis that day as she drove me to the ER in blizzard conditions: "Wreck-It Ralph hands." They almost had to cut my wedding ring off my hand.

Comment Re:Fuck these government pricks (Score 2) 371

I am a 23andme member and my genetic test showed that I am sensitive to warfarin. That's something I never knew before. If I ever get into a situation where that drug is used, having informed the doctor of this potential problem just might have saved my life. There is no possibility that this information could result in any harm, because if the doctor gives a lower than normal dose and it's not effective, he can simply give more.

What if the test is incorrect? You claim that there's no risk because the doctor can just titrate the dosage up, but if you have a time sensitive condition then the extra time required to adjust the dosage up could result in irreparable harm to your health. E.g. you get a stroke or thrombosis while the dosage is being adjusted.

If I were going to use a test like this, I would use the test, then go talk to my primary care physician with the results along with my known, diagnosed family history and my own medical history before I need urgent care. That way we can look it over and decide what the best course of action is. Maybe this is saying "thanks captain obvious, two people in my family died from this, it was a known risk at birth." Maybe the answer is "this is plausible, it requires further testing using more accurate methods." Maybe the answer is "this is batshit insane, forget about it." Regardless, this is not taking the results at face value, but reviewing them carefully, one by one, with a trained physician along with my family and personal history.

That being said, half the time medicine is a crapshoot anyway. January 2013 I wound up in the ER due to a probable allergic reaction to Amoxicillin. I was suffering anaphylaxis, stopping short of the most severe symptom (throat closure) due to quick reaction and prompt administration of drugs. This could have been a one time occurrence, or it could have been a drug allergy that I developed all of a sudden. I spoke with a specialist who basically said "I can test you but it will cost money, is not very accurate, and in the end you're best off just not taking Amoxicillin and assuming you are allergic." So, meh. Even the "real" medical tests are not 100% accurate and worthwhile.

Comment Re:Why would he be arrested? (Score 3, Informative) 399

He wouldn't be arrested, they don't have to do that in America anymore - they "detain" you.

Citation needed. Never heard of a single instance of such thing happening in my 40 years of living in the USA.

Ever hear of this guy who spent years in jail being tortured before facing charges? He is even a U.S. citizen -- Julian Assange is not.

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