Comment: Well, who better to... (Score 1) 98
...maintain an AI system of "waiting on better materials" projects while keeping abreast of materials research? Seems like they'd then know which startups to fund/acquire.
Comment: One strike and you're out! (Score 5, Insightful) 518
You're forgetting the non-zero cost to the economy of people who would ordinarily be stripped from the gene pool by their own idiocy, by standing behind a car, below the sight line of the driver, while the car is reversing.
So you'd strip toddlers from the gene pool? Yeah, that's the ticket...
Comment: That's a bit simplistic... (Score 4, Insightful) 558
There is much, much more to the process of professional evaluation and diagnosis than what you describe. The process is a whole lot more rigorous than idle speculation.
Comment: Well, if it's "size of the mp3"... (Score 1) 100
This song might be shorter.
Comment: Re:Android is all maximized all the time (Score 1) 194
Let me know when Android can even put two windows on the screen
My Galaxy Note II can do that.
Comment: Is that a feature or a bug? (Score 2) 101
Fan noise would mask any user panting...
Comment: "Refusal" being...? (Score 1) 1043
That's just an invitation to sweep with a narrower broom. Feel free to refuse it.
Comment: Supporting material, read it. (Score 3, Informative) 1043
From the linked PDF:
"Thus, diabetes costs alone could nearly equal CBO’s estimate of $20 billion in savings over 10 years from implementing proposed SNAP changes in H.R.1947, in addition to any costs associated with other diseases."
Comment: The Tao of Pooh (Score 1) 796
Benjamin Hoff. Cause for optimism, unlike his later "The Te of Piglet".
Comment: Re:Extraordinary Popular Delusions (Score 1) 796
Absolutely. The parallels to more-recent events are striking/depressing...
Comment: Re: "technically true, [but] also largely irreleva (Score 1) 400
Finally, a graph showing volume rather than area!
Comment: It'd be interesting to see the testing expanded (Score 4, Interesting) 151
I wonder how us folks on the autism spectrum would measure,.. and how an individual's reading changes under different circumstances.
Comment: Re:Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky (Score 1) 140
This would be a good one - students could see the further changes which have happened in the five years since it was written.
Comment: Department names! (Score 1) 157
Lots of interesting/useful stories as well, but the department names are a treasure.
Comment: Another gold-medal contender (Score 1) 38
If only "Jumping to Conclusions" was an Olympic event!