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Comment August 16th API charges (Score 0) 128

by deanojo on Friday June 22, 2018 @10:56AM (#56828474) Attached to: How Twitter Made the Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback

August 16th. That's when the new Twitter API changes roll out, along with the fees they're going to charge third party developers. Twitter wants to charge $399 for up to 25 users, $629 for up to 50, $1199 for up to 100 and $2899 for up to 250 user "subscriptions". That'll be the death of the third party apps, which I'm guessing is how most people access Twitter, at least on mobile. Could put quite a crimp in Twitter's user base, if everyone doesn't switch over to the official Twitter app.

Submission + - Tesla Sues Employee Alleged To Have Stolen Gigabytes of Data (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @04:25PM

An anonymous reader writes: On Wednesday, Tesla sued a former employee who worked in its Gigafactory in Nevada, accusing him of stealing trade secrets. The lawsuit appears to be what CEO Elon Musk was referring to recently when he said that production of the Model 3 had been sabotaged. Musk said that there are "more" alleged saboteurs.

According to the civil complaint that was filed in federal court in Nevada, Tesla accused Martin Tripp, who began working in Sparks as a "process technician" in October 2017, of exporting company data: "Tesla has only begun to understand the full scope of Tripp’s illegal activity, but he has thus far admitted to writing software that hacked Tesla’s manufacturing operating system ("MOS") and to transferring several gigabytes of Tesla data to outside entities. This includes dozens of confidential photographs and a video of Tesla’s manufacturing systems."

Comment Re:Uh, that's a hooker (Score 0) 102

by deanojo on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:51AM (#56699128) Attached to: People Are Using Venmo To Spy On Cheating Spouses

A stalker watching a hooker

Comment This is kinda stupid (Score 0) 396

by deanojo on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @03:20PM (#56661042) Attached to: President Trump Can't Block People On Twitter, Court Rules

This is all kinda stupid. Why is this even a first amendment issue? Twitter is a private company. No one is making him read replies, and they're easily ignored. This sounds more like an issue for Twitter, which it appears how has to implement something to prevent politicians from blocking Tweets. The First Amendment is the right to free speech, not making other people listen to what you say. Finally, this may be great now, but it'll prevent future presidents from doing that too. I think this thing is going to be struck down.

Religion Is Good For Your Brain 529

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 15, 2014 @08:26AM from the still-looking-for-a-nice-atheist-church dept.

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Sheila M. Elred writes in Discovery Magazine that a recent study has found that people at risk of depression were much less vulnerable if they identified as religious. Brain MRIs revealed that religious participants had thicker brain cortices than those who weren't as religious. 'One of the worst killers of brain cells is stress,' says Dr. Majid Fotuhi. 'Stress causes high levels of cortisol, and cortisol is toxic to the hippocampus. One way to reduce stress is through prayer. When you're praying and in the zone you feel a peace of mind and tranquility.' The reports concluded that a thicker cortex associated with a high importance of religion or spirituality may confer resilience to the development of depressive illness in individuals at high familial risk for major depression. The social element of attending religious services has also been linked to healthy brains. 'There's something magical about socializing,' says Fotuhi. 'It releases endorphins in the brain. It's hard to know whether it's through religion or a gathering of friends, but it improves brain health in the long term.'" (Read more, below.)

Comment Re:Ulcers (Score 1) 497

by deanojo on Friday March 07, 2014 @06:25PM (#46431451) Attached to: Can Science Ever Be "Settled?"

The scientists who ridiculed him called it "settled science", and even drove him out of scientific journals because of it. I think you're grossly underestimating the way the scientific community pressures scientists when they think things are "settled".

Comment Ulcers (Score 1) 497

by deanojo on Friday March 07, 2014 @04:52PM (#46430667) Attached to: Can Science Ever Be "Settled?"

The best story about "settled science" I've ever heard was about ulcers. Barry Marshall was ridiculed for this hypothesis that peptic ulcers and gastric cancer could be related to bacteria, because other scientists didn't believe that bacteria could live in the stomach with all that acid. So what did he do? He DRANK A PETRI DISH containing the bacteria he suspected of causing the problem and.... he was proven right Got a Nobel prize in Medicine in 2005 because of it too. And that's just one of the reasons when I hear someone screaming "the science is settled", I just laugh.

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