I whitelist some sites, if their ads aren't too overwhelming or intrusive. Wired.com isn't one of those.

Well, the GOP candidates do seem intent on eating each other.

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

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An i7 laptop with NVIDIA Quadro and the rest of the specs on that machine would indeed be awesome at $300. That seems unlikely any time soon, though.

Five weird tricks in Turing tests that you just won't believe could be real.

A wonderfully articulate AC froths:

An easy (simplistic, and not entirely satisfactory) explanation of increased sea ice in the Antarctic: Increased collapse of land-based ice into the sea contributes both to increased area of sea ice and rising sea level. There are other factors; scientists are indeed working on that.

Weather extremes and unusual seasons are precisely what can be expected in the coming years. Even small regional changes in temperature can lead to considerably increased instability in weather patterns. That can include increased sea ice in Antarctica, as well as a "fucking cold" winter in the US (or at least parts of it).

Regarding your tone, and the rest: it's not even worth going into; you're doing just fine expressing your level of thoughtfulness and social responsibility, and representing the contrarian climatology "science".

There's sometimes highlighting, though on investigation it usually appears to be entirely random.

The good news is that you've been offered an intern position at a major healthcare provider, providing critical support for elderly patients...

Which means you may be able to deduct the cost as a medical expense.

Possibly, but probably more likely is the burglars tell him not to move, and he sits quietly while they take his stuff, then they leave and he calls the police and his insurance company.

The vague "respond to detection" in the patent application is intended to cover all possible responses, including a remote kick to the dick. So, you'd have to license Mr. Bill's patent.

Assaulting someone with a video recording device pointed at you might increase the chance of conviction.

That's right. "Chemtrails" are for climate engineering, apparently. And mind control. Don't forget the mind control. Oh, and poisoning the populace, though maybe that's just accidental side effects from the climate engineering. And the mind control.

In fact, if you meet someone in Silicon Valley who doesn't know pi, and you're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, you may have sufficient evidence that it's a zombie ...and there you are with a shotgun!

Yeah, that's a big ol' red flag. Don't work there. Don't put your money/bitcoins there. Don't do business with them. Make sure they never owe you money for any reason.