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Comment Context is key (Score 3, Insightful) 136

A good percentage of slashdot reader grew up when there were no smartphones, so a smartphone is more likely a tool to look up stuff, email, etc. For the generation that grew up with smartphones, they were not taught to use it as a tool, but as an entertainment device. Walking around with a TV stuck in your face all the time is a huge distraction. So I can see the appeal of ditching the smartphone to break habits.

Submission + - Researchers find abundance of Helium in Baffin Island in Canada (nature.com)

thepacketmaster writes: Documented in a recent Nature journal, researchers have found an abundance of both helium-4 and helium-3 trapped in the volcanic rocks on Baffin Island.

As the Earth formed, it is thought that helium-4 and helium-3 flowing on the solar wind became trapped in the minerals of the cooling planet. With heavier elements and minerals sinking to the bottom, this trapped helium was transported to the core, where it would have remained locked in its original forms.

Earth isn't massive enough to hold on to helium in any significant quantities, though. Any that did not get trapped, or that was subsequently released when the minerals melted in the mantle or due to massive impacts, would have eventually seeped up to the surface and floated off into space. So, helium is relatively rare on Earth, and helium-3 is even more so.

Comment Re: Artificial problem (Score 1) 117

You bring up a good point. One of the reasons cited for the housing crunch is lack of labour. Why? Not as many people that were born in Canada see trade skills as a good career, AND we keep asking for high tech immigrants, not trade skills. So we've created our own housing shortage in some ways.

Comment Audits are months in the making (Score 1) 103

This is a good example of clickbait. An audit of a large bank is not something done in just a few days. It was likely months in the making, so the audit would only cover a point in time of a few months, and the audit likely finished a few months ago too. It would give the timeframe of the audit in the report. It was just finalized and made public a couple of weeks ago.

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