The number of shows worth watching has remained consistent though they're spread over far more sources and paywalls.

Slashdot, much like alligators and sharks, is well-adapted to its environs and requires no modifications.

Or not.

Like the log in the swamp that suddenly opens its eyes, I've just discovered nerdcore and am content.

Hasn't actually changed that much. The RKoP private schools still open a lot more doors than the cake-eater schools. Another thing that hasn't changed is that some kids will get pushed through without actually learning anything. That's how it was in the 70s when I graduated and all the standardized testing hasn't changed that (IMHO). Not gonna pull percentages out of my ass, but I doubt the numbers are all that different.

Can confirm. I don't have a smart phone, and work on a computer 8 to 10 hours a day, but I spend most of my free time staring at the television.

Googled the phrase, "Caffeine is a nootropic" and the first link was 'Why Caffeine Isn’t a “Smart Drug.”' Not trying to be contrary or argumentative, I just thought it was funny. Until today, I had no awareness of the word nootropic.

make it illegal to try patent cases in Texas.

I read the book when I was ten. With a ten year old's memory, the main character was the awesome armor the troopers wore. There was no armor in the movie, therefore the movie sucked.

did you just conflate the words of two different people, or did you just strawman yourself? something's not parsing.

I'm wondering how they would secure against altered video that implicates the innocent or exonerates the guilty if they are not pulling the video directly from the source. It would break the chain of custody for the evidence. Even if only used in the investigation, the ease with which that investigation could be led off track makes me leery. That and the company proposing it.

you seem confused.

I like being called a lib.

forgot the c. Must have been sitting on it.

Trust me...then alcoholism is going to be the least of your problems.

You have knowledge that taking 250 mgs of LSD will so devastate the average person's life that alcoholism will be a comparatively insubstantial problem?

Go on...I'm fascinated.

Demonstrably so. Well proven to be less addictive than no-doz and lollipops. All whose comments or arguments cite LSD addiction get a zero on this subject and should do a bit of further reading.

(Funny you should ask. Why no, I am not promoting the use of LSD.)

The study also found a 47% increase in believing they could fly and 39% increase in the belief that they were covered in spiders over that of the placebo group.

The study included Really bad cop shows from the 70s?