>Do you believe rehabilitation is impossible or do you want revenge?

I don't believe that someone who commits mass murder can be rehabilitated, no. It isn't about revenge; it's about public safety.

Someone once pointed out that hoping a rapist gets raped in prison isn't a victory for his victim(s), because it somehow gives him what he had coming to him, but it's actually a victory for rape and violence. I wish I could remember who said that, because they are right. The score doesn't go Rapist: 1 World: 1. It goes Rape: 2.

What this man did is unspeakable, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. If he needs to be kept away from other prisoners as a safety issue, there are ways to do that without keeping him in solitary confinement, which has been shown conclusively to be profoundly cruel and harmful.

Putting him in solitary confinement, as a punitive measure, is not a victory for the good people in the world. It's a victory for inhumane treatment of human beings. This ruling is, in my opinion, very good and very strong for human rights, *precisely* because it was brought by such a despicable and horrible person. It affirms that all of us have basic human rights, even the absolute worst of us on this planet.

This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.

And FutureAdvisor provides robo-analysis for free. Sure, you can pay them 0.5% a year to manage your portfolio for you, but they tell you everything you should do.

Of course, they go heavy on international funds and REITs, and you can't have it tilt funds in the direction you want. But they encourage extremely low-cost index funds and seem to be a good option.

I think they're all done by time travelers.

Water into wine? Kool-aid.

Elijah vs. Baal prophets trying to start wood on fire? Bazooka.

Why don't they just call it the Encyclopedia Galactica like Asimov?

Engineering is the prostitution of mathematics.

Chicago is larger than Toronto - 2.7m compared to 2.5m.

What if you drop the glass plate? You're sure to crack it then.

I doubt you're really an American if you use the word "petrol."

This weird trick also boosts my testosterone.

Getting an honorary doctorate doesn't mean that people should call him Dr. Jobs.

You mean like autonomously driving cars?

Well, at least now he'll be able to move out of his parents' basement.

... unless you have another class right afterwards, or you forget one of the 10 points he outlined in class. Helping memory recall is a secondary reason to take notes. The primary is to have a complete reference for when you forget.