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robotron··on Brain food: a nutrient vegans lack
Anecdotally, most people who eat meat-based diets really downplay the role of vegetables in their diet. Eating meat is more masculine and the only food worthy of focusing on. Vegetables are relegated to dressing up meats or acting as half-forgotten side dishes.

Disclaimer: I am not vegetarian/vegan but eat one or two meatless meals per day.

robotron··on How AMD Gave China the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’
Yeah I can't decouple articles like this from the market.
robotron··on San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass an E-Cigarette Ban
I would love to see reaction vids of kids trying lambics. Pretty far stretch to compare those to candy-flavored anything.
robotron··on Botanical Sexism Cultivates Home-Grown Allergies
I think you missed the point of the article.
robotron··on Beyond Meat S-1
Is that how people's diet decisions work, generally? Do you think about the longterm health effects of everything you eat? Maybe but most probably don't or just latch onto the latest thing to eat/not-eat.
robotron··on Mozilla WebThings
Are there docs for setting this up on a pi without flashing it? I want to run this alongside a few other things on my pi.
robotron··on Mozilla WebThings
You also asked a question with a lot of editorializing in it. I wouldn't call downvotes censorship.
robotron··on Show HN: Simple but Powerful IDE for Databases
One of the team members is on this post stating cross-platform is coming via Electron.
robotron··on Ripcord – A desktop chat client for Discord and Slack
At first, I thought "what's the point?" Then I saw:

"It's not built on top of web browser technology: it responds quickly to input, sips gently from computer resources, and gets out of your way."

robotron··on Meet Q, a Genderless Voice
I agree, perception probably plays a lot into this. It seemed mostly feminine to me but wavered a lot between what I perceive feminine and masculine voices are. This doesn't seem like the answer but I agree with whoever created this in that it would be nice to have non-gendered computer voices. My reasoning is just that I don't want to give machines a fake gender - it's something that's always bothered me. That thing is not a him nor a her.
robotron··on IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Millennial Corps: lawsuit
Did you actually read that? It's not saying that was any generation's slogan but a bunch of reporters...
robotron··on Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?
Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

This helped me understand the duality of the logical/mechanical and the creative/artistic. Then merging the two.

robotron··on America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches
Thanks for assuming but I do not worship anything.
robotron··on People who refuse to drink water, no matter what
Yeah, I just downed my entire bottle.
robotron··on What Comes After the Roomba?
I had three cats and an older refurb Roomba and it worked fine. One was a longhair and they all shed quite a bit.
robotron··on Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism?
"hostile" - Again, with the attempt to paint atheists as ignorant and violent simply by insisting that they themselves know their own beliefs or lack of belief in a higher power.
robotron··on Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism?
Are you saying that the most reviled, despised, and shamed group in America "picks fights" against the juggernaut of believers? The mere act of stating we're a non-believer is considered militant. Attending a gathering of other non-believers is considered aggressive and obnoxious. Why would that be?

Treat others with respect? Do atheists get any respect from the religious? From our own government? Is it respectful to get religion (theistic or not) and god shoved down my throat everywhere I turn?

robotron··on Firefox 62.0 Released
I have Slack open all day in Firefox and it's fine. Much better than the desktop app for me.
robotron··on A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die
What's wrong with knowing how to read before using devices?
robotron··on A map of publicly available fruit trees, mostly in Slovakia
And I just left Slovakia....
robotron··on New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers
Yes, it's good for us. The more sources of journalism the better.
robotron··on Ask HN: What Social Media are you using outside HN?
MeWe, Reddit, G+
robotron··on Show HN: Coding Interview Practice
Look beyond SF.
robotron··on Why The 'Reasons to Ban Handheld Devices Article" is Wrong, Stupid
So, you sell apps for children or something?
robotron··on The Food Porn Index
I was wondering the same thing. Is it just Twitter? The only thing mentioned is "the Internet".
robotron··on SXSW Interactive is Not a Tech Conference Anymore
I went to the first SxSW Interactive. It was not a tech conference then, so I never went back.
robotron··on Cosmos: debuts tonight 9/8c on Fox
...and someone's own biases are showing. You're obviously right-leaning (nothing wrong with that) in your "non-politicized" opinion.

Unclench and just be happy that scientific wonder is getting some time in the media spotlight for once. It would even be okay if George Bush had an opportunity to do this during his presidency. Unfortunately, the show wasn't airing at the time.

robotron··on Pandora no longer allows access outside the US
Kindle is NOT region-locked. I can confirm this since I've moved out of the US and just purchased some books.
robotron··on Android fans accuse Apple of copying Samsung first
And Apple fans retaliate. What's the point?
robotron··on Google Holds Out Against ‘Do Not Track’ Flag
From the article itself: "Even if Google adopts it, right now the tool is in some ways toothless."

So, kind of a baiting headline.

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