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But our gov't is right on top of banning even more harmless plants... (Kratom this time).

If bananas reflected yellow light, but we saw them as blue instead by some purely neuropsychological phenomenon, would this cause any significant problems?

Am I the only one that actually did learn this in school?

The most terrifying thing about prions is that they are infectious but not alive : they can't be "killed" in the normal sense by sterilization. The proteins must literally be disso…

I don't think anybody ever meant to imply that pure functions can be composed in any order. That's the confusion here. "Pure functions can be run in any order" only means that they…

Are you sure we are talking about the same "functional programming"? Consider a function that parses a number from a string, and a function that doubles a number. How could anybody…

When reading anything on The Guardian it's important to ask what they aren't telling you, because it's almost certain that they are omitting many very salient details out in order …

When reading anything on The Guardian it's important to ask what they aren't telling you, because it's almost certain that they are omitting many very salient details out in order …

People in third world nations don't have any empathy super powers for people who are ethnically, religiously, or socio-economically from themselves either.

I remember that thread. I actually think they took my advice to heart.

They moved a 2-ton car... on wheels, on sealed concrete, with winches...

So, how does it turn out for people who shoot at the police? I'm sorry but you are living in libertarian cowboy fantasy.

And part of the reason why cops are armed to the teeth is because the citizens are. It would require real total mutual disarmament of citizens and police to change anything in the …

And until the people employed by the systems that police, prosecute, and incarcerate other people have a sufficient safety net, they will be motivated to prop up those systems. Uni…

> those of us who are non-white, older than 40, disabled, trans, not neurotypical, queer, from low-income backgrounds, and/or a host of other identities will continue to be locked …

Trans people have contributed some crucial developments in tech. The ARM processor was invented by a trans woman. If trans people were barred from the industry we might not have al…

How about a "blind" hiring process? For software engineers, it's easy to imagine tools that could help evaluate skills without revealing that person's race or gender.

If I want to see someone's work, and they provide a URL, I'm interested in the content, not the identity of the service it's hosted on. Gee, this sounds familiar...

You say "adapt" but you mean "capitulate."

How many more years before all of these orgs finally come to the realization that making hiring decisions based on skin color or genitals isn't a winning strategy?

Unless my 2013 Nexus 7 has a hardware problem I don't see any reason to replace it. It's really hard to imagine a compelling reason to upgrade from today's crop of tablets.

This is a fantastic illustration of geological processes. Sometimes I look at hillsides and geological layers and wonder how they could ever be built up so much. How could hundreds…

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-domestic-violen...

Police officers abuse their romantic partners at about twice the average rate. Domestic violence occurs in about 40% of households with police officers.

It seems that microcephaly is associated with onset of Zika during the first trimester of pregnancy. Considering the mild nature of the illness, couldn't the virus be its own vacci…