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For some reason, the linked article claims the Netherlands has a Gini coefficient of 0.902 but the linked source claims a Gini coefficient of 0.281, significantly lower. I can find…

From what a pilot told me, I believe the A320 he flies can take off, fly, and land totally on its own. I'm sure the same is true for other planes. Also, if I recall correctly, he s…

I've thought of this but am too worried a floating point number error or a problem with division could cause an automated fatal dose of insulin to actually do it.

I also have a bad Diet Coke habit. Drink cans and cans a day. I hear Elon Musk and Bill Gates also drink copious amounts. I wonder what it is about Diet Coke that's so addictive.

They didn't just enter an unlocked door. They're smashing GitHub's windows, kicking GitHub's dog and flipping over furniture.

How are death camps, the specific targeting of civilians, medical experimentation on detainees, burying prisoners alive and even cannibalism covered under "war of conquest". When d…

What an incredible example of Olympic quality mental gymnastics.

This is amazing news! Really glad render textures are now available.

Google is buying the TLD, not all the subdomains under it. They will then have control over the namespacing for the TLD and be able to distribute subdomains as they see fit. This i…

I'd love to take you up on this, but I'm afraid I'm thousands of "Miles" away. Sorry I had to. Nice Rick and Morty site on your portfolio!

Because we wanted flying cars and all we got was online payments.

Awesome, happy to find I have a 5/5 too!

There was also this news article from just before reports of the plane crashing arose. I noticed it this morning right away because they were in the same area at the same time on t…

Could it have been anti-Google SF gentrification protests? Or was it specifically about Google's power?

Any travel reimbursements available?

That is hilarious.

I definitely don't propose we ban research. Genetic modification is the future in many areas. But patenting the genes and being allowed to restrict the use of organisms containing …

I think this is bad, not because I don't like open source other things, but the patenting and commercialization of genes is something that we cannot permit. Establishing the differ…