Comment: Rogoff & Reinhart != Excel error (Score 1) 476
I would call this error a "Rogoff & Reinhart", as they were the ones that fat-fingered in the first place.
Comment: Why, indeed! (Score 1) 130
That's just sad.
Did Steve Ballmer have a stroke?
+ - Salt linked to autoimmune diseases-> 1
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ananyo writes "The incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes, has spiked in developed countries in recent decades. In three studies published today, researchers describe the molecular pathways that can lead to autoimmune disease and identify one possible culprit that has been right under our noses — and on our tables — the entire time: salt.
Some forms of autoimmunity have been linked to overproduction of TH17 cells, a type of helper T cell that produces an inflammatory protein called interleukin-17. Now scientists have found sodium chloride turns on the production of these cells. They also showed that in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, a high-salt diet accelerated the disease’s progression."
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Comment: not just tech (Score 1) 130
And you think this is limited to tech companies?
Comment: Hooray! Now, about the Windows 8 problem... (Score 4, Insightful) 130
Maybe more rational thinking is returning to the Big M.
Now, if only they would rethink the Windows 8 mess on desktops.
Comment: Oh, please! (Score 1) 815
Elvis is dead.
Microsoft is not the reason why Linux has problems.
Mr. Rogers was not a Navy Seal.
+ - The Obama Administration Will Not Rule Out Using Drone Strikes on American Soil->
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pigrabbitbear writes "Yesterday the FBI got all kinds of worked up about a drone sighting near JFK, even if it was careful to avoid the use of that rather-loaded noun. But while rising civilian drone use is becoming a rather convoluted legal topic, it's clear that the government has no problems using its favorite aerial surveillance technology with little legal oversight.
Now, a big question raised during the Christopher Dorner manhunt was whether or not a lethal drone strike on a US citizen on US soil would be legal. Attorney General Eric Holder has just commented on that matter, and while it would allegedly require war-like circumstances, he certainly didn't rule it out."
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Now, a big question raised during the Christopher Dorner manhunt was whether or not a lethal drone strike on a US citizen on US soil would be legal. Attorney General Eric Holder has just commented on that matter, and while it would allegedly require war-like circumstances, he certainly didn't rule it out."
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+ - Is Defense Distributed friend or foe?-> 1
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An anonymous reader writes "The Daily Dot profiles Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed—the group that wants to make 3D-printed guns accessible to all.
"Cody Wilson is a 25-year-old student at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Law. He's well-read, polite, and versed in literature and cinema, particularly the films canonized in the Criterion Collection.
According to Wired's Danger Room, he's also one of the 15 most dangerous people in the world, joining the ranks of notorious figures like Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. ...
Wilson's reasons for launching Defense Distributed are complex, to say the least.
"[I] think armed men are free men," he stated in a Slashdot video.
In conversation, however, Wilson admitted that he's "not overly fascinated by firearms."
"I own a couple, but it's not like I collect them," he told me during a nearly two-hour-long meeting. "It's its own culture, and I'm not a joiner."""
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"Cody Wilson is a 25-year-old student at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Law. He's well-read, polite, and versed in literature and cinema, particularly the films canonized in the Criterion Collection.
According to Wired's Danger Room, he's also one of the 15 most dangerous people in the world, joining the ranks of notorious figures like Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
Wilson's reasons for launching Defense Distributed are complex, to say the least.
"[I] think armed men are free men," he stated in a Slashdot video.
In conversation, however, Wilson admitted that he's "not overly fascinated by firearms."
"I own a couple, but it's not like I collect them," he told me during a nearly two-hour-long meeting. "It's its own culture, and I'm not a joiner."""
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+ - Boeing 787s to create half a terabyte of data per flight-> 1
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Qedward writes "Virgin Atlantic is preparing for a significant increase in data as it embraces the Internet of Things, with a new fleet of highly connected planes each expected to create over half a terabyte of data per flight.
IT director David Bulman said: "The latest planes we are getting, the Boeing 787s, are incredibly connected. Literally every piece of that plane has an internet connection, from the engines, to the flaps, to the landing gear.
"If there is a problem with one of the engines we will know before it lands to make sure that we have the parts there. It is getting to the point where each different part of the plane is telling us what it is doing as the flight is going on.
"We can get upwards of half a terabyte of data from a single flight from all of the different devices which are internet connected.""
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IT director David Bulman said: "The latest planes we are getting, the Boeing 787s, are incredibly connected. Literally every piece of that plane has an internet connection, from the engines, to the flaps, to the landing gear.
"If there is a problem with one of the engines we will know before it lands to make sure that we have the parts there. It is getting to the point where each different part of the plane is telling us what it is doing as the flight is going on.
"We can get upwards of half a terabyte of data from a single flight from all of the different devices which are internet connected.""
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+ - UK's Scilly Isles Get Broadband With Recycled Cables->
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judgecorp writes "BT is recycling some undersea cables that were not being used, to bring fast fibre broadband to the Isles of Scilly, in the Atlantic off the coast of Cornwall. The fibres had been used to link England, Ireleand and Spain, but have not been used for three years. A cable ship will find them, cut them and move them to connect to the Isles. Although the Isles are only 28 miles from the mainland, the project would not have been possible without the use of second-hand cable, BT says."
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Comment: Re:It's a drone dammit (Score 1) 339
Why isn't it a UFO? I guess Project Bluebook isn't under DHS's umbrella?
Comment: bad documentation is not the only problem... (Score 1) 418
Bad documentation is not the only problem. I keep noticing LAZY developers and developers that could not write a "hello world" example without the aid of Experts Exchange.
Comment: Or... (Score 1) 317
Or a way to show the Board and stockholders that they are making "significant changes".
Comment: whatever they do... (Score 1) 317
Whatever they actually do, I guess the will actually be doing it in their office.
Comment: Blow to Microsoft? Because he switched from Linux? (Score 1) 815
How the frack is this a blow to Microsoft? I thought he switched from Linux to MacOS (and by extension Mac hardware).
I guess that's why he was amazed by having a laptop that had a working sleep/wake and WiFi. Many Linux distros are still terrible to this day on many laptops.