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glomph··on A new study urges trials of MDMA to treat anxiety in autistic adults
I don't know much about this and found your links interesting. Do you know if there have been any surveys of preference?
glomph··on A new study urges trials of MDMA to treat anxiety in autistic adults
The intention is to stop neurological conditions being adjectives. 'look that car has a sunroof' for example is much more natural than 'look at that sunroofed car'.
glomph··on Let Oracle own API's, Justice Dept tells top court in surprise filing
Thanks.
glomph··on Let Oracle own API's, Justice Dept tells top court in surprise filing
Can someone give the background of why Google did what they did? Did they want to block Java compatibility or was that a side effect of some other objective?
glomph··on Show HN: Pubmail.io
This isn't anywhere. I am in the UK and the internet is international.
glomph··on Show HN: Pubmail.io
Are there not legal ramifications for automatically sharing what is presumed to be private correspondence?

For example a politician might well reply with information that is not intended for general circulation (private information etc).

glomph··on Offer HN: I will build your MVP for $2,500 in two weeks
Most valuable poet on the M I C
glomph··on Anatomy of Error: A surgeon remembers his mistakes
I don't know how widespread this is, but when I went to get surgery on my foot (NHS in the UK) they literally drew an arrow on my leg with a marker pen to avoid operating on the wrong foot haha.
glomph··on When You Lose Weight, Where Does It Go?
Any chemical reaction?
glomph··on Game of Thrones leak and watermark: a stupid tracking system
This is quite widely done for anime. The opening credits are actually different episode to episode for Game of Thrones both in people and the animation.
glomph··on Game of Thrones leak and watermark: a stupid tracking system
I think they watermark a corner to clue the person receiving it in on the fact that it is watermarked.
glomph··on Phone Cameras and Apps Help Speed Calls for Police Reform
Uploading that much video / audio via tor wouldn't really be feasible with the current infrastructure.
glomph··on Germanwings Tragedy: How to protect against mentally ill pilots?
I think this statement from Mind is pretty relevant:

"The terrible loss of life in the Germanwings plane crash is tragic, and we send our deepest sympathies to the families. Whilst the full facts are still emerging, there has been widespread media reporting speculating about the link with the pilot’s history of depression, which has been overly simplistic.

Clearly assessment of all pilots’ physical and mental health is entirely appropriate - but assumptions about risk shouldn't be made across the board for people with depression, or any other illness. There will be pilots with experience of depression who have flown safely for decades, and assessments should be made on a case by case basis.

Today’s headlines risk adding to the stigma surrounding mental health problems, which millions of people experience each year, and we would encourage the media to report this issue responsibly."

Sue Baker, Director, Time to Change Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness"

glomph··on The knowledge argument
:( don't talk as if your whole audience is men.
glomph··on YouTube puts the final nail in the loudness wars' coffin
Is this to do with multi channel audio?
glomph··on CSS Sans – A pure CSS font
They could just make a map of the class attributes. It would be easy.
glomph··on Could Bitcoin ease the pain of Africa's migrant workforce?
Are you serious?
glomph··on Show HN: SendGlide – Beautiful email marketing for small businesses
They cache them before the email is even read. They also cache images across gmail accounts.
glomph··on Attention Grabbing Headlines Are Hurting Journalism
Old man shakes first at cloud.
glomph··on Show HN: SendGlide – Beautiful email marketing for small businesses
Google caches those images though. So it isn't accurate for gmail.
glomph··on Reddit User confirms Siri/Cortana transactions are recorded
Not only does Google keep the recordings they will let you listen to them if you go on search history. https://history.google.com/history/audio?
glomph··on The Center of Sidra: The Culture and Custom of Spanish Cider
Cider has always been pretty big in the UK.
glomph··on Modern C [pdf]
That just means link to his website and don't rehost / share by email etc. He says you can share the link.
glomph··on Fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal
Headline news: Climate change deniers have blogs!
glomph··on Fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal
This is literally a journalist reporting on one blogger who thinks that the whole scientific community is wrong.

Of course the GHCN and Giss are not going to reply to every climate change denying blog...

Edit: I said journalist. I now consider that misleadingly generous. This is a man who says that Darwinists "rest their case on nothing more than blind faith and unexamined a priori assumptions” and more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2011/ma...

glomph··on Fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal
The telegraph should not be considered a reputable newspaper.
glomph··on I Visit Libraries to Sell Bitcoins to Random People from the Internet
Sure but your average bitcoin trader doesn't have the equipment to pick up on those features.
glomph··on I Visit Libraries to Sell Bitcoins to Random People from the Internet
Yeah but you still have $3000 in cash.
glomph··on Wikipedia in unseen UI
Seems like a relevant time to post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unsolicited_redesigns
glomph··on Imagining an America Without Sports
If that is true why not let women try out for it?
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