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Here's a good demonstration of the kind of tech we're talking about here from Greg LeMond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgJ_Uhwfno

1) If you put all of your money in exactly 17 years ago, then, yes. You would be at the same place. 2) It still would've been paying you dividends that entire time 3) If you, rathe…

Ehhh gonna have to nitpick again > there's no resource to allow the citizen to drill down into the actual argument as deeply as they'd like, so they can try to understand it to the…

>most politicians have private meetings where they talk about what they actually think is going on, and then translate it into brain-deadening messaging for the public Yes, sort of…

This has been national news all day. It's been the top news story in Ohio all day. National news has moved on.

As a professional liberal, it pains me to have to do this. But since nobody else is, here's the conservative take. Because, seriously, there are real debates about this stuff. Imag…

For those of you who, like me, didn't know that autonomous mining trucks existed, here's a video of them in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtMNFZLMWE

It's an interesting philosophical question, but intent is something that judges are much better at deciding than computer programs. And laws are generally written to be executed by…

That's where the Kiss Trust's attorney is located, according to the posted letter.

I always base my opinions on complicated policies and legal proceedings based on one second hand anecdote about "this guy I know"

I use duck duck go as my default in my search bar, but I rarely actually use it to search the web directly. Instead, I use the !bang features to get where I need to go faster witho…

You're suggesting there are groups where I don't support targeting such a culture? Edit: Yes, I support targeting a culture of violence, period. Areas of disproportionate violence,…

Of course violence has to be targeted and stopped, regardless of the reason. But cultural change is important. Lynchings were bad because of the violence, but just as bad was the c…

> Stop treating everything like its holy ground, and learn to laugh at a joke, whether or not it targets your minority or majority class. The main reason people get upset about tra…

I used to work around the Hamptons, and dealt with Dan's Papers a bit. This is definitely a joke. EDIT: Yeah, I checked in. This is a hoax to draw attention to the government bring…

I'm only getting the problem on https... http://www.bing.com/ works for me.

From his HN bio: >I'm the head of the webspam team at Google.

If you're putting it on a toddler, why not simply have it activate when it detects water?

No helmet can stop concussions. If they could, the NFL would redesign football helmets and save themselves a lot of trouble. G-forces are G-forces, whether you're in a helmet or no…

Here's a document outlining safety standards for bicycle helmets sold in the United States: http://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/86318/10mr98r.pdf As you can see, it's fairly rigorous. T…

I generally consider myself a part of the more libertarian wing of the Democratic Party. But as a thought experiment, lets say that one airline was given clearance by the FAA to ex…

Yes. The signers will be Republicans whose districts also went for Obama in 2012. Pete King in NY-2 would be an example. Boehner has already defied the Hastert rule to pass the Vio…

Speaking as someone who writes campaign slogans: no. On the shutdown: The house can and will pass a clean CR (clean as in it won't defund the ACA) with Democratic votes. This will …

Sorry, but the idea that a failure to raise the debt ceiling "is most certainly going to happen" is laughable. It might happen. It's highly unlikely, but not impossible. If you're …