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This year I've heard 3 people I know say in passing "so much for global warming" because of the abnormally cold weather we're getting this season. Can someone offer a short and simple explanation for why abnormally cold weather doesn't mean "global warming is a myth"?

Some people can turn a lemon into lemonade. Some can leave the lemon alone. Others turn a lemon into a rotting, worm-infested lemon, like it seems this guy has.

There are tons of inequities in the justice system. People who steal money without hurting anyone get 20 years and people who murder get 5. It's always been stupid.

I wonder how many homes are on one 'collector': bchydro

With all the activity around compiling C++ code to JavaScript, isn't a plugin-free implementation of DRM inevitable?

That's not true: Some protocols are very "chatty" and may require, say, 1 round trip acknowledgement per file transferred. This is where rsync's streaming protocol shines.

Even at home I noticed that copying large files over wireless via SMB is much slower than copying them over an SSHFS mount (getting previously unseen transfer rates, actually). However, the SMB mount is more responsive when exploring files.

In my experience, protocol can matter a lot.

If you're just using Amazon for compute power then perhaps, but then you've got no geographic redundancy with that single data center. Whether it's worth rolling your own solution really depends on your needs (lead time, uptime requirements, budget, IT skill/availability, etc).

One good thing about the US is it's big enough to stand firm against opposing interests. Good as long as the interests they are protecting are in the Internet's best interests.

People are using bitcoin because of the unique properties it has versus a regular currency. If the anti-bitcoin side can eliminate those special properties (eg. by making it illegal to do X with bitcoins) that will make it less attractive. I expect there are people who will try and do just that.

Right now I think it's a big speculation game. There's a big risk in investing lots of money into bitcoin but with a potentially huge payoff.

I'm interested in knowing more about the long term health effects of wearing Google Glass. Apparently binocular rivalry may be of concern.

With all the public firings that have gone on, remind me, what's the benefit of having a twitter account again?

Pros: being able to tell millions of people what you're doing.

Cons: saying something stupid to millions of people and suffering the consequences.

Provocative comments should elicit provocative debates, and people should be allowed to change how they feel about a subject. It's not as if he godwin'd his twitter feed. As tweet-related firings ripple through the media, I can see people gravitating towards more watered-down statements and PR-speak, which is kind of unfortunate.

Over time, have you seen the effects of the world's dwindling shark population?

So if I get my DNA sequenced and it matches their so-called patent, I can sue for damages. I'll just bide my time until it's worthwhile to do so.