Comment Re:We can already feed the world just fine (Score 1) 204
Bravo!
Comment Norton Snap QR code reader (Score 3, Informative) 89
It'll check out the site before connecting you, and is one of the few free code readers that doesn't require location permissions.
Comment Re:Automation and Unemployment (Score 1, Informative) 602
The way you worded your dad's social security made me wonder if you are aware that current old folks are getting much more than they put in. I've read they hit parity after only 4 years. I looked for a reference and instead found this one saying they average triple what they paid in.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256212/medicare-and-social-security-what-you-pay-vs-what-you-will-get-maybe-veronique-de-rugy
The comparison to people living like kings are a comparison not to present day rich, but to the rich back in the days before automation. Central heat, hot and cold indoor potable water, autos, etc.
Comment The list of nice could've-hads besides the wars (Score 1) 327
Fiber to every home, Bridges and roads in good repair, A national water grid, A balanced budget, And that's just getting the list started...
Comment are you sure about that? (Score 1) 340
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NAAzBArYdw
bird strikes are on youtube.
Comment Sprayers making a comeback, too (Score 1) 279
Comment Re:you signed off with a cheap shot (Score 1) 567
You're just mad we got Shatner.
Comment you signed off with a cheap shot (Score 1) 567
on a country with a diversity immigrant visa lottery program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa
Comment Re:How is AI on the list? (Score 1) 274
That's exactly what a sneaky AI would post...
Comment catch-22 (Score 4, Insightful) 129
What will finance companies do when one government's laws make it illegal to do business with some entities, while another government's laws mandate it?
Submission + - The hidden truths about calories (scientificamerican.com)
Raindance writes: "Scientific American recently explored how the traditional way of calculating calories has failed to keep up with science: "When the calorie was originally conceived it was in the context of human work ... chemical fire with which to get the job done, coal in the human stove. Fat, it has been estimated, has nine calories per gram, whereas carbohydrates and proteins have just four; fiber is sometimes counted separately and gets awarded a piddling two. Every box of every food you have ever bought is labeled based on these estimates; too bad then that they are so often wrong."
The NYT has some suggestions to improve and broaden our current labeling system, while others seem to feel the task of defining a healthy diet should be taken away from nutritionists and given to gut flora microbiologists. What's Slashdot's dream label?"
The NYT has some suggestions to improve and broaden our current labeling system, while others seem to feel the task of defining a healthy diet should be taken away from nutritionists and given to gut flora microbiologists. What's Slashdot's dream label?"
Comment Precrime where? (Score 1) 212
Gabon in West Africa?
Comment Bad Summary (Score 4, Informative) 330
Summary should have summarized it's the law. "According to California's sales tax collection agency, the Board of Equalization, sales tax should be collected when a seller "makes a combined charge for 'shipping and handling' or 'postage and handling,' " if the invoice does not show the actual cost of the individual delivery."
Comment One thing to love about slashdot... (Score 1) 126
you get the followup story, too.
Comment Re:If it's not already legal to disregard automate (Score 1) 192
I've heard this complaint before and I don't understand it. The way slashdot shows threads this is the most efficient use of screen space, often showing a short message entirely without having to expand it.
