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Comment Re:Everyone should donate blood! (Score 2) 165

Personally, the only effect I have noticed is that I'm significantly out of shape for 2-4 weeks after each donation, until my hgb levels are back up,

Me too - but every time I've asked about it the nurses tell me everything should be normal within three days. What sort of sports do you do? I'm a regular (non-competitive) swimmer, and my lap times and endurance dip significantly for about two weeks after I give...

Comment They already had & abandoned p2p chat... (Score 1) 40

Does anyone remember Firefox Hello? It was a very functional WebRTC video conference functionality builtin to Firefox; it was my preferred way of doing video meetings, until they abandoned because nobody was using it, Google Hangouts and Skype were already too entrenched...

Comment They're not printing the filters (Score 5, Informative) 52

Reading the summary I was instantly confused about how they could 3d print an N95 filter. Had to RTFA to realise that the model is a plastic mask with a replaceable filter. The filter comes from cutting up full-sized disposable masks into smaller parts, getting six filters from each mask. Decided to post this so others can be lazy and not click through.

Submission + - Sidewalk Labs cancels plan to build high-tech neighbourhood in Toronto (www.cbc.ca)

Bradmont writes: From the CBC:

Sidewalk Labs, a Google-affiliated company, is abandoning its plan to build a high-tech neighbourhood on Toronto's waterfront, citing what it calls unprecedented economic uncertainty. The project, dubbed Quayside, still didn't have all of the government approvals it needed to go ahead. Many had raised concerns about the privacy implications of the project and how much of the city's developing waterfront Sidewalk Labs wanted to control. The so-called "smart city" was set to feature a range of cutting edge technology, from residential towers made of timber to the use of autonomous cars and heated sidewalks. "As unprecedented economic uncertainty has set in around the world and in the Toronto real estate market, it has become too difficult to make the 12-acre project financially viable without sacrificing core parts of the plan we had developed," the company said in a statement.


Comment Public sector only? (Score 1) 48

It is a breakthrough for a Microsoft spokesperson because it appears to be doing something, while, like every single regulation that gets passed about the use of facial recognition tech, it is limited to the public sector? I am at least as worried about companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook using this technology than I am about governments using it...

Comment Re:Don't waste your time ... (Score 1) 123

To be fair, there were much darker characters than Sisko in DS9, though maybe not in the main cast -- take Dukat for example. Enterprise also dealt with substance abuse, when T'Pol got hooked on that weird rock that shielded the ship from weird gravity fields. Thouhgh I haven't seen Picard, so I don't really know how it compares.

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