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Okay, that was a bad example. I've never carried comprehensive/collision insurance, so I mistakenly thought there was coverage for mechanical failures. As you stated, this is not c…

True, but that's still not preventative any more than a tooth filling is (Sorry, switched industries, but I think it still makes sense).

Health insurance is different from most other forms of insurance, though - auto insurance, for example, doesn't pay for oil changes to mitigate the risk of expense of future liabil…

I'm not sure I'd rather have the FBI in possession of their signing key either :)

> There’s nothing preventing the FBI from writing that hacked software itself, aside from budget and manpower issues. My understanding is that this isn't correct, and is in fact th…

Confusing title - to add some clarification from the article: > He's a federal police officer at the Marine Corps Air Station-Miramar in San Diego. Ronnie, the male passenger is em…

See: Assumptions http://js-zero.com/spec/#type-annotation-syntax

Further context: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/business/e-commerce-report... "American Greetings said Thursday that it has acquired Blue Mountain Arts, the struggling online gr…

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10814124

Is there any proof to the value of questions relating abstracts like the following: 1. I like to ask about other people's well-being OR 2. I let the past stay in the past Choosing …

More information here: http://www.prutchi.com/pdf/implantable/nuclear_pacemakers.pd...

Yes, for example: http://www.amazon.com/Car-Charger-PowerIQ-Technology-Motorol...

This guide is slightly old (Last updated May 2014) but seems fairly comprehensive: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/recording-phone-calls-and-co...

Smell what? It seems that _how_ this works is still unclear, if it works at all. Once validated, it seems plausible that a device/trained animal could replicate the results, assumi…

For example, this should link to the project itself: https://github.com/jaws-framework/JAWS

The Road Round Robin-ed?

At every turn the GEBN scientists seem to acknowledge the role of excessive caloric intake and a sedentary lifestyle, then briefly handwave the former as overhyped - a large excerp…