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Thanks for the heads-up. Wow, that's really ratty of them.

It wasn't always like that here in the US. When I was young, I walked to school by myself, rode my bike for miles around the surrounding town and area, and had a lot of time to mys…

I completely disagree. The east coast states are a complete mess, because the state borders don't reflect population groups or metro areas at all. NYC's metro area spans 4 states, …

No, if we redraw all the state borders, it should actually benefit the ruralites on average. The problem is, right now, the ruralites are lumped in with urbanites they don't agree …

You're exactly right, and that's why I've been advocating redrawing the state boundaries for years now. There was a project decades ago called "The 38 States" (google it) where a c…

Why couldn't CRISPR or some more-advanced technique not yet discovered be used to insert the relevant genes into your cells? (Obviously, IANAG (geneticist))

Bottled water tastes better than tap water; that's why people buy it. Tap water tastes terrible in most localities. A cheaper alternative is RO water which you can buy from dispens…

Or, you could simply stop chasing after shallow, selfish women who demand these things. Trust me, you'll be a lot happier if you avoid them and look instead for a woman you can res…

Why would anyone want this? If you just want cheap service, you can already get that with a full-fledged smartphone with data. I pay less than $20/month with Ting, and I'm sure you…

A way of using nuclear power to directly generate electricity, without going through a thermal cycle first. Similar to how photovoltaics work: instead of capturing heat from sunlig…

I'm not sacrificing anything. My two big monitors and my IBM Model M keyboard work just great with my laptop, thanks to a docking station.

That last part isn't regeneration, it's scarring. If it were regeneration, the skin would grow back just like new. The reason we scar instead of regenerating is to reduce the chanc…

This isn't accurate at all. The Virginia side of DC was held back by stupid laws preventing any kind of development while it was part of DC; this led to it being ceded back to VA. …

That's really not necessary. "Immortal" people aren't going to live forever; something is eventually going to kill them, like a speeding bus, or a skydiving accident, etc. Also, it…

Perhaps it could be turned on and off as needed: lose a finger in an accident, and take a drug to turn regeneration on. Grow your finger back in a week, and then take another drug …

Bullshit. Notepad is a pathetic excuse for a text editor. It can't even handle different line endings. Wordpad isn't much better. And yes, someone who tries to leech off of society…

I don't know of any languages that don't have a Latinized written form: Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, etc. all have Latinized forms.

I wonder if part of the deal was house-arrest for the surgeon. Lots of (usually lesser) crimes these days are being punished with house arrest to save money because prisons are so …

That's the same thing. There is no OS I'm aware of that has separate versions for "laptops" and "desktops"; a laptop IS a "desktop" these days, as opposed to a "mobile device" runn…

>That's not a negative, especially for anyone who makes their living selling software. So you think free things should be banned so that leaches who want to make money selling thin…

So are dildos, but that doesn't mean they need to be made safe for children. These toys were clearly advertised as being for adults only.

When I get into a conversation about Free software being better than proprietary software, I focus on real problems with modern proprietary software that average users have these d…

What your dad got is an IOL: intraocular lens. These things are pretty amazing these days; they can correct myopia and astigmatism, eliminate cataracts, and eliminate the need for …

Those risk numbers aren't really valid for everyone, for all activities. The steps thing, for instance, is BS for most people; steps are a serious danger, of course, to elderly peo…