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I'm pretty certain fair use doesn't apply when you're making money off the trademark you're using in "fair use".

Mansplaining is much more specific than men showing off; it's men assuming women are clueless and talking over them (e.g. the prototypical case where a man explained a woman's book…

"And two out of seven people given the drug, have later died from the disease." Sounds like they're already doing precisely that.

Your arithmetic is being optimized out by the compiler; https://ideone.com/KmTSUB crashes for example.

Isn't "quantum computers are proven to be more powerful than classical" proof that BQP != P, which would imply P != PSPACE, which hasn't yet been proven?

From what I recall this is actually against the code of conduct that Sony makes all their suppliers sign (which includes a prohibition on forced labor), so it's probably a breach o…

If only they localize Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem ...

The 3DS has only been out for a couple years, and sales are still rising -- I don't feel like you can really compare it to a console whose entire lifespan has already passed. It mi…

Nintendo's been mainly working off their portables for years, really. The N64 didn't sell that great either, and the Gamecube did pretty awfully, ending up selling what few units i…

A 3.4Ghz i5 is only about $200, and should be able to achieve around 326 GFLOPS peak (3 IPC * 8 floats per register * 4 cores * 3.4ghz).

One thing these calculators seem to be missing is side-money: like, let's say I'm earning some recurring income outside of my job (from a website or app or something), and quitting…

It's been really depressing to see so many reactions to the shooting phrased in that way -- that the problem is mental illness or bad care of the mentally ill. Mentally ill people …

Transportation CO2 emissions make up a tiny fraction of total greenhouse gases. Water vapour is by FAR the biggest greenhouse gas. Water vapor is the largest greenhouse gas, but it…

If you're speaking to a randomly selected adult American audience, on average, roughly 1 in 12 people in that audience have been raped . You're probably going to make a good portio…