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I think you're fundamentally misunderstanding the problem. We do have a problem with nomenclature being fractured, even within fields, never mind between them. But that's not the p…

I felt that the second season greatly improved from the first. I'd say the studio segments were still pretty subpar compared to the Top Gear days, but they seemed to get a better h…

I don't see much in there that is relevant to vaping in general being unsafe. The main concerns seem to be related to non-nicotine contents of the liquids being used. While that is…

I think you're ignoring some very basic aspects of the ISP business and taking entirely the wrong lessons away from Google Fiber. There is no cheap way to enter many/most/all of th…

You misunderstand me. I agree Cotton is almost certainly dead. I was responding to the statement that questioning the doctor was essentially useless when looking into the possiblit…

I'm not sure why you think the only option here is that the doctor was in on it. He could have treated a man with fake papers identifying him as Mr. Cotten. By asking the doctor to…

While true, the upgrade situation for Android is way better than for most IoT devices, which is saying something. And this is the sort of thing you may well keep for a decade. Whil…

For Google, I'm not sure how option 2 is supposed to be acceptable either. It is perfectly reasonable to be concerned about introducing an internet-connected microphone into your h…

I don't see how this tracks. Particularly in relation to many of the jobs going away, productivity isn't inversely related to hours worked. People working 6 hours instead of 8 will…

I'm not sure what you mean. Ada hasn't ever undergone any breaking changes I'm aware of, so even Ada 83 would be valid Ada 2012. I'm not sure how a compiler could lose support of o…

Nah, mostly it's just (IMO) the result of AdaCore being needlessly confusing. AdaCore also maintains the GNU compiler, which is what their Pro offering is based on. I'm not really …

AdaCore maintains the GNU compiler as well. As a result, the GNU and AdaCore compiler (Community and Commercial) are essentially the same. The Ada community in fact just calls them…

I don't see how it's a call to humanity. "Think if it was your kid vs two strangers" isn't calling on humanity. It's calling on familial tribalism and selfishness if anything. And …

The answer to "what" is implied above. Evolution.

And what about the family of those two people? I don't understand the insistence of bringing everything back to "what if it was your child." Pretty much everybody has family, and f…

Outside of Netflix? Netflix is absolutely included in having those problems. They are actually the worst in some ways. Their UI is pretty awful and only ever gets worse. They even …

Absolutely. I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I don't expect companies to be able to stand up to dedicated attention from a nation-state. What I was trying to say was that that doe…

Mm. Perhaps I should have been a little more explicit. I never meant to imply any business should be able to handle a nation-state attack. That's not feasible. It doesn't mean they…

Sure, maybe this was something beyond what could be reasonably prevented by a non-state. I don't think we know yet. But they have a duty after the fact as well, to ensure the damag…

This is an absurd appeal to the whole victim-blaming awareness trend. That's about an individual going about their life and having a crime perpetrated on them, which primarily nega…

> If you are an adult and you see an example of people of all backgrounds working together to do science, including people that look and behave like you do, and your take away from…

> When this topic does come up -- and it does -- it's done specifically with the notion of normalizing the idea that people of all backgrounds can, should and will be scientists an…

You're jumping the gun here. A number of mental illnesses are highly correlated with heavy smoking. It's a legal coping mechanism that people can easily obtain entirely on their ow…

The difference is some people are talking about DST year-round (again). Arizona is never on DST.