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Agreed - documentation lacks in frustrating ways at times. For example the docs [1] for migrating to their new python client are still lacking despite cornering developers into upg…

If any change is going to be made it's going to come through revolution (a la France) or through someone in the top 1% changing things from the top down (a la slavery). The fact th…

When all the answers are found, science will stop. As a scientist you cannot accept that what you know is the final answer. Our knowledge of the world around us should be constantl…

Any reason the authentication mechanism doesn't work? Unable to log in / use forgotten password. If we want to update our tag line, skill set on offer there doesn't seem to be any …

Kudos to you. My recommendation - https://supporters.eff.org/donate - they seem to be the only organization fighting to keep the internet open and accessible allowing technologies …

okay, I will bare this in mind for future submissions

It's been known since around ~2010 that browsing the web with javascript enabled allows third parties to track you across the internet irrespective of whether you have DNT/cookies …

Given twitters track record upholding user privacy in the face of lawsuits and the like [0] I'm somewhat skeptical that they'd play ball with United in this way. I'd suspect it's m…

I recently read Dan Brown's Inferno - not a great reference work by any stretch, but some compelling arguments are made along the lines you suggest. I suspect there is a lot more t…

It's likely to have been run through an author obfuscation tool which mangles the language to avoid stylometry detection.

I love the sound of a dive computer HUD - though I'd be curious to see how it would be affected if your mask leaks. I guess the 'watch' would still be present - probably a good ide…

This popped up on product hunt for me today. It's not clear to me how this is different to straight up RN with other libraries e.g. https://nativebase.io/ or https://github.com/jon…

The 6 second thing is a little bit of a mistake that sensationalizes the story. He actually ran off course for 2 miles and missed some of the checkpoints - full text from the race …

I'd love for this to be true, though I remain skeptical as "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" For example, the chap who claimed he had built bird-like wings suit…

I also have javascript disabled, and selectively enable it for websites as required. For me it's less about security and more about disabling annoyances e.g. assisted scrolling and…

accurate ˈakjʊrət/ adjective 1. (especially of information, measurements, or predictions) correct in all details; exact. "accurate information about the illness is essential" synon…

Typos happen all the time - I was going to suggest that it was a bit of an unfair comment. Then I opened up their website [0] and their strapline is "In fraud prevention Accuracy M…

I don't know for certain but I suspect it may be more due to the calorific density of meat. Grazing on vegetation is a full time activity leaving zero time for other activities. Wh…

I think the Global Priorities Project [1] has that covered - at least to first order. "Definition: Global Catastrophic Risk – risk of events or processes that would lead to the dea…

There is plenty in the world that needs fixing. But as is the case with startups - if you try work on everything nothing works. Focused* effort brings about the greatest likelihood…

First I laughed, then I thought. Perhaps one could build something akin to Google Page Speed, but instead it provides a measure of green-friendliness? It detects expensive animatio…

Kind of like the star rating system from Black Mirror?

People are quick to forget though? I can't think of a film or book that brought some ethical misstep to the fore and changed human behavior en-mass over the long term? Edit: I gues…

I was vegetarian for about 6 years but didn't have quite the same experience as you (in the early 2000's). By and large I was met with incredulity or confusion. Top Gear using the …

Votes only count if the people you vote for can be counted on. Those people are often very thin on the ground, hard to identify (it could be a political masquerade) or are unelecta…