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"Note that evolutionary psychology, which theorizes that human behavior is genetic and controlled by largely genetic forces, is highly controversial in of itself" If 'human behavio…

"The activist siphoned more than a million documents as they traveled across the internet through Tor" What was the name of this activist and why should we believe anything in that…

Doesn't anyone feel insulted that the hacker is depicted as a drug addicted dysfunctional social outcast with an invisible friend.

I wonder, is it wise running NSA scripts on my computer, but then again, most probably the NSA has already backdoored it.

What's it cost to run Healthcare.gov on AWS, how many people-hours were spent in designing, configuring and deploying the website as compared to a non-cloud solution?

"Ernst Mach had a mystical experience", It's interesting to put that quote in context: "I have always felt it as a stroke of good fortune that early in life, at about the age of fi…

"Exposed: White Helmets stage rescue videos" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rOL7fYyRQo

"Microsoft & Linux & Patents & Tweets" https://meshedinsights.com/2016/11/22/microsoft-linux-patent...

"HDDCryptor not only targets resources in network shares such as drives, folders, files, printers, and serial ports via Server Message Block (SMB), but also locks the drive. Such a…

"Initially only Windows users are being attacked, but infected macOS and Linux computers can be attacked and abused in the future:" illogical Captain :) "In the past web browsers i…

The problem isn't the Internet, where the problem lies is with the devices connected at either end.

"You don’t have to be a benighted creationist, nor even a believer in divine providence, to argue that Darwin’s astonishing theory doesn’t fully explain why nature is so marvelousl…

Yahoo finance says they're doing well. If this is a sign of decline then most companies would be happy getting such results. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AAPL?ltr=1

Given the nature of shortwave propagation, I would suspect the delivered service will be less than promised. According to this document it utilizes a form of peer-to-peer cell netw…

I'm not knowledgeable enough to say, but there are problems with these kind of batteries overheating, especially on recharging. Pumping electricity through a material produces heat…

'Dendrites and Pits: Untangling the Complex Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes through Operando Video Microscopy' http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscentsci.6b00260

My understanding is that the problem is trying to speed up the charging cycle and the battery not being able to dump the excessive temperature. For normal use I assume the phone is…

"ADHD and Other Sins of Our Children" http://simonsobo.com/adhd-and-other-sins-of-our-children

They would first have to define what exactly they mean by 'mental illness' and children getting diagnosed with ADHD has more to do with the pharmaceutical industry selling more dru…

Do these bugs still work on non x86 hardware? http://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Kernel_Self_Protection_Pro...

"The distributed network was originally designed to nudge the US ahead of the Soviets, allowing scientists’ and government leaders’ computers to communicate even in the event of a …

Down voting should be disabled as it's too open to abuse.

I wonder what was wrong in this post? "Being exposed to djbdns I was never tempted at all to try c-ares. Not sure what I missed. It must have some other redeeming qualities besides…

Is cloud computing another name for a render farm that's available for rent.