I am tempted to go through all the techie and sci-fi uses of the term "Aurora" and make a single record of them all. From spaceship names to project codenames, it seems to be everywhere.
And the female name Kira, Qi'ra, etc.
Aurora is the goddess of Dawn. So, in any techie or sci fi context, it suggests fresh beginnings, a wonderful start to a new era.
Basically, 'Sunrise' from Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Censorship shouldn't be needed. We should be able to control our little masturbatory emotions
Yes, well by that argument we shouldn't need any laws of any description, then everyone could just voluntarily be nice to each other all the time, and we oculd all live in the best of all possible worlds.
Welcome to the USA...
I live in Armenia.
It's spelled AMERICA, pal.
Correlation is not causation/curative treatment.
Well if you want to split hairs, you can never 100% prove causation anyway, at least in something as complex as a human being.
There are (probably) people who take no exercise, sleep four hours a night, drink two bottles of whisky, and smoke 60 cigarettes a day, yet die peacefully in their beds from nothing more than old age at the age of 95.
But on average, you're better off doing at least some moderate exercise, sleeping for 6-8 hours a day, drinking moderately and not smoking.
I think part of it is just that in maybe 7 out of 10 cases advice like "get more exercise" or "get some bed rest" appears to work because the person doesn't come back with the same complaint.
That's why there now has to be a rule that if someone comes in with chest t pain they MUST be checked for heart problems, because too many doctors were fobbing them off and then thinking they had done well when in fact they didn't come back because they were dead or had a severe stroke.
There aren't many people who wouldn't benefit from some moderate exercise and a regular good night's sleep.
If a doctor recommends these, a sensible diet, and not too much booze/drugs, they are only going to do some good in the vast majority of cases.
But, yes, they do have to diagnose actual illnesses too.
Practical flying taxis already exist - they just aren't large enough to carry humans yet.
Then they aren't very fucking practical, are they?
Standard slashdot response: it works in theory, so the implementation is just an engineering problem.
My daughter was doing ratios (I think in 5th grade?), and I couldn't understand the method she was taught. I taught her to cross multiply and solve the really basic algebra equation. She completed the assignment, I double-checked the answers and they were correct. Turns it in, zero for a grade because "she didn't follow the correct procedure." Teacher didn't even believe she did it, so had her do several problems on the board, which she did. "Well, sorry that's not the right way to do it."
I'm all for easier or just different ways to do things, but arriving algorithmic-ally at a correct answer should NEVER be "wrong."
If I was a teacher and my 10 year old pupil turned in homework using a different method than the one I'd taught, the options are (a) they're a child prodigy or (b) someone did their homework for them. I know which I'd assume first.
Just look at the New Green Deal. It's ostensibly about climate, but almost entirely about social justice, communism, and the destruction of America as a world power.
Yes, but surely it has SOME downside?
*rimshot*
When attendance is mandatory, it guarantees a portion of those will have no interest in learning.
If attendance were not mandatory, it would guarantee that a far larger portion of the population won't learn anything at all.
To be honest I don't understand why they wouldn't want their ads on NSFW pages. How many consumers would avoid a product because they saw it on a porn site? Obviously they themselves don't object to porn, or else they wouldn't be on that site in the first place.
Unfortunately, it's the association, mainstream media publishing stories about how Mrs X was horrified to hear that Brand Y was advertising on a porn site which her husband accidentally tumbled across...
you will reverse ageing until your a baby and get sucked up by a vagina.
So as long as the average slashdotter can just find a way to live until nine months before the end of the universe, he won't die a virgin.
There's hope for everyone.
Liberal pseudo-science: You rig studies in favor of coming out with your chosen outcome. If it doesn't you simply do not publish that study.
No, sorry, you need to explain again why this isn't a paranoid conspiracy theory.
Part of living in a free god damn society is having the freedom to do questionable, potentially stupid things. The individual learns from their mistakes, and is better for it.
There is a big difference between stupid things that hurt you, and stupid things that hurt other people.
I "spray salt" almost daily and it just leaves me short of breath and one more sock to wash.
Look at the flash git with his fancy sock. Just wipe it on the curtains like everyone else.
Happiness is a hard disk.
