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Raising budgets don't intrinsically guarantee better results. Would a larger staff of physicists etc. lead to more breakthroughs or quicker results? Or would it just be piddled awa…

What happens if the expansion port itself becomes damaged? Would you need to change out the motherboard?

Yes, and weirdly, hyenas didn't get the sharp, retractable claws that all true cats possess. I wonder what advantage this adaptation gave them.

Eat well, sleep well, stay or become physically active, and try something new every day. Don't compare yourself to others. Rather, set goals for yourself that work best for you. Bu…

Aliexpress is a terrible outlet for consumers. The buyer pays the return shipping which is often too expensive to be worth the trouble. At least Amazon/Ebay respect the consumer pr…

Is 150,000 downloads enough to attain "hit" status in the iOS world? On Android, anything less than half a million or so is somewhat niche. 150K is a respectable number, but just s…

So, create your own platform, like Parler tried to do?

Their algorithms seem to be looking for the words "black" and "white". I posted a comment to a YT video just today describing my daughter's experiences in high school, the school's…

If network latency is a significant factor, and server storage and processing resources are sufficient, then the author's example of an 800 column table needs redesign. Break that …

I don't see the privacy issue here. They're just measuring physical activity per quadrant. They can use it to study which products and product areas seem to be attracting the most …

According to the article, this particular system doesn't monitor the shopper, but rather the movements of products as they are picked up and examined. They specifically say they do…

As I understand it, our immune systems are pretty busy even under today's sanitary conditions. We're constantly fighting off bacterial and viral invaders, 24x7. But, I guess we're …

There are numerous accounts on the internet of medical tourists trekking to Southeast Asia or Mexico to acquire helminths or similar parasitical organisms reputed to calm down the …

Not mentioned in the article or in the comments thus far, is that massage therapy has an alleviative effect on clinical depression in some people.[1][2] It's not fully understood w…

He shot at the police. They discovered narcotics needles in the house. This guy was likely on drugs, definitely armed and dangerous. How exactly were they supposed to de-escalate? …

> I presume that an officer doing their job would have been able to let the shoplifter run off and, because they'd identified him and the stolen car, they could issue a warrant and…

"It is always good to keep yourself up to date with the hottest tech stacks." It’s good to be aware of new stuff, but it’s also a good practice to have a firm command of some well …

You make a couple of good points such as Google's about-face with regard to China, and you bemoan doxxing. Yet, you bitterly criticize Trump supporters. Trump supporters are the on…

Is political activism such a widespread phenomenon in S.I. companies? I work in a more traditional company and never see this kind of thing, so I'm curious what it's like, how the …

I'd be interested to hear what Googlers have to say about recent deals with the Chinese government. Any qualms about that, or is there more of a feeling of relief or "glad we're ba…

He's getting 80% of the gross = 48,000/month. That's impressive income, half a million a year for what amounts to a good idea implemented at the right time. I love reading stories …

The secret to a good social network is reputation. Upvoted content floats to the top, while downvoted content is pushed out of sight. It's not always fair, and certainly does not a…

Artificial voices must have improved a lot in the past 2-3 years. None of the ones I've ever heard would pass muster. Something weird in their intonation, a kind of sameness or mon…

A reasonable compromise might be one of the high efficiency shower heads that have been around for decades, e.g. the Delta. These gadgets have been around since at least the 1980s,…

Smart speakers are superfluous? Only if you don't find them useful. My wife comes downstairs every morning and says "okay Google what's the weather?" My daughter says "Alexa, play …