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> that doesn't answer the question of why didn't they go public with the information? Because Apple wants to maintain the facade that you can trust them with your data.

If GNU decided tomorrow that all utilities need to have a --json output argument then that would make me a very happy person.

When perl came along it killed the 'Unix one tool philosophy' dead as a doornail. And since then and people have just kinda ignored the smell coming off the rotting corpse. I don't…

There is no need for laws for this stupidity. Unless you want to consider the laws of economics. Namely: Create a shitty business model that depends on treating your customers like…

Check out endless-sphere.com. There are people there doin home-built motors and designing controllers. 99% of the content is just people messing around with their bicycles or argui…

I'm a lay person somewhat familiar with the terminology. I am going to be wrong on several details. What they were talking about is phase weakening. Think of voltage as 'electrical…

The penicillin moment happened because penicillin actually came into existence and became widely available pretty rapidly. Research and speculation is awesome stuff, but the hard p…

Well it's rare to see something that masturbatory outside of a porno. The real different between a amateur and professional is that the amateur pays to do something while a profess…

The actual code names used for the for USA jets during development are: 'The F-35 Boondoggle' and 'The F-22 Rape the tax payer' Not quite the same ring to it as 'Raptor', so I unde…

No. Not a F-22 or F-35 are unlikely to actually be invisible. A B-2 bomber has a better chance. The talking heads from the military may talk about 'invisibility', but they are full…

I really don't think that this is a accurate statement at all. There are a few dangers to vaping. The biggest one is having a vaporizer that is malfunctioning and is burning things…

Sure. If you are willing to torpedo the economy you could accomplish a lot. At least until people start showing up with pitchforks and torches. And by 'torpedo the economy' I mean …

Scale and time matters. How many of those cities have lost over 60% of their population since their peak? The general decay in France is going to be at a much slower rate then some…

This is just a microcosm of problems governments are going to face with shrinking populations. Another, related problem, is the issue of maintaining state pensions and other entitl…

You would just shift the costs away from maintaining pipes to treating massive amounts of water that would never get used by anybody. And you will still have to maintain the pipes.…

> Most of the problem I have it is with the imperialistic culture that came with it and with the serious security bugs that they keep sweeping under the rug. The 'Imperialistic Cul…

Propane makes a good substitute for R12 with very little modifications. I wouldn't use it inside a home or anything like that, but I have used it to make older vehicles blow cold. …

You may be wrong or may be right, but all I can say that after looking at the demo the text became significantly more difficult to read after the CSS coloring was applied to it. Un…

What everybody needs to learn is the concept of 'derivative works'. When you combine MIT code with GPL code you are creating a derivative work of involving at least 3 sets of copyr…

I doubt anybody really writes 'POSIX' anymore, if that helps. What they do, more typically, is 'Write Linux software'. If they care about POSIX they will try to ignore features the…

Just remember this crap next time anybody spouts bullshit about democracy. It's hard to convince people that the Federal government in the USA is not really democratic in nature be…

In terms of geologic history the CO2 levels now are lower then they have been. It's not surprising that plants respond very positively to higher rates of CO2. And it's been proven …

The question really isn't whether or not it's broken. It's more of a question of 'for whom it is broken'. Or, more accurately; what is the true purpose to the state and how well do…

Contracts are power stuff that overrides most things. If you agree to something then people, and courts, will hold you to it. I expect it is in the agreement they require you to us…

Uhh... The ENTIRE POINT of Title II is common carrier. Common carrier means they get to regulate peering costs. They don't regulate the costs ISP charge you personally. They regula…