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Can I show you how to read the news? It goes like this... - A drug from a car part??? What's in a catalytic converter? - Google says: platinum (Pt), along with palladium (Pd), and …

OP was trying to be unkind so I wanted to keep the theme going. But, yes, your explanation is more likely

Imagine another possibility. The person that named their project Elf looked at the other projects named Elf and thought, "my project is more deserving of the name". Don't attribute…

> “too” Got him

4. Don’t talk about “frontend” like “more cowbell”

I think your attitude allows Facebooks

What if we just want to break up Facebook for our enjoyment? It's legal to do so and we can do it. I can't remember where I heard that argument. I think it was some tech CEO (or ma…

> if you can put a hand or even just a few fingers on a stationary object. The propellers offer similar benefits. As do gyros

The article talked about the brain because the researchers talked about the brain and they aren't modest about what they say they discovered. Blame the scien(ce/tists) not the jour…

It is the same. The propellers take the same role as gyros. It just uses atmosphere to create lift to become buoyant to make up for the fact that it is not very powerful. Once it i…

I checked, "Get WebGPU as an alternate backend (help wanted)" > We need this [WebGPU] in GPU.js, possibly as a sub-project: https://github.com/maierfelix/webgpu Once it becomes sta…

Do these folks study speech and know what to control for at all? Seems there are more critical confounding factors a study is likely to observe before psycho-active drug use is a s…

How many years until a solo hobbyist launches a rocket that crosses the Karman line? I bet as soon as three years and not longer than five years. Ground-based research isn't your o…

Their nimbyism is silly. Nothing is going to hold back this next period. The entire planet will be connected soon and that's when the internet moves out of alpha and into beta. Com…

Maybe. It's always possible that as a civilization we are saddled with too many never-going-to-progress-until-we-stop-doing-x technologies. Maybe it's not a distraction, but using …

It is literally regulations that keep unproven aircraft grounded, yes

> Homeless shelters can also help by making it hard for them to continue their drug addictions Many homeless choose the street over the shelter for this reason

> Targeted drone strikes, in terms of the ratio of unintended death to intended death are honestly better for everyone involved (except the target :P) :(

I’m Anthony Bourdain’s ghost and I like your comment

Have you tried Spero sunflower cream cheese? I would say it is less like a cream cheese exactly and more like a new food on its own (like hummus or guacamole, but neutral and pair-…