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No because they would be point to point. Many parts of the phone network were connected via microwave links before fibre optic cables replaced them, as fibre carry much higher amou…

I take it you are talking about anabolic steroids. Most people don't understand that a person will not simply gain huge amounts of muscle by taking them. It does allow more lean ma…

The is a lack of curiosity because there is no evidence. Microwave energy has been found many times to be directed at embassies (such as the Moscow signal), but it wouldn't be any …

It was a great choice; as most people in Britain would find it bloody funny!

Women will hate finding out that it can guess their age and weight! It can even guess their socioeconomic group, and if they dye their hair.

Yes it can guess body weight and age!

It's not hard to find groups of society where expose to HIV is very high, which are the ideal groups to study. Many people in these groups see contracting HIV as inevitable and do …

Have you ever heard about the Royal Mail Underground which used to move mail across London? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Post_Office_Railway A small light railway between l…

Smoke alarms in a domestic setting might, but not systems installed in large buildings.

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You don't need drugs to grown muscle, just an active lifestyle; which is also highly beneficial to mental health. Many of peoples physical and mental problems are a result of their…

As someone who has take MDMA many times in the past I very sceptical about it's therapeutic value in treating PTSD. The high is incredible, but that comes with a comedown of the op…

I'm really sceptical about the idea of treating people with mental heal issues with MDMA, as the "comedown" from it can be horrendous and causes a period low mood, depression, fati…

That's how insurance underwriting works anyway, as gender, age, car model ect are all used to calculate a premium based on risk. In the UK you can have a "black box" fitted to your…

It's not really about equality, as no one is complaining about men doing the most dangerous and laborious jobs, as mining, forestry, saturation diving etc. According to most report…

Bias exists in training data generally because it reflects reality. Considering the example give the article, the average CEO is a white male; so surely you would expect that unles…

I work for a big UK supermarket as a developer working on their self checkout software. The tills have better specs than you would expect, as they are running 30 or so containers u…

This is more a issue with the current legislation rather than a technical one.

That's your opinion, but right now he law doesn't cover training AI models. Do you think that content created people is truly original?

Container ships use in the region of 150 to 250 metric tons of fuel per day, so $75,000 to $125,000 in fuel alone.

You can own guns in the UK, but few people do as there is no need. There is a shooting range no far from me, but it's simply not poplar here. I guess that why the US has approximat…

Aircraft are very expensive to operate, so it's unlikely that aircraft are being flown without good reason. It also depends on what the definition of "empty", as an aircraft is nev…

There is nothing wrong with peaceful protests, but blocking traffic and people glueing themselves to roads and trains are not passive acts. The police have been escorting just stop…

Motorways are 70mph or in Germany 80mph, although some sections of the autobahn are unrestricted!?

People often cite bias in facial recognition systems, but I would argue that the average human is worse. Many people struggle to distinguish between people of ethnicities that are …