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woofyman··on EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
It's more of an urban verses rural than a red verses blue states issue.
woofyman··on Deep learning algorithm diagnoses skin cancer as well as seasoned dermatologists
The test results list what the normal ranges are.
woofyman··on Deep learning algorithm diagnoses skin cancer as well as seasoned dermatologists
You can get most blood tests yourself. No doctor is needed.

http://www.healthtestingcenters.com/lab-locations/georgia/bl...

woofyman··on Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich
>How exactly would we lose the electric grid?

Coronal mass ejection

>Also, (nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines|jet aircraft engines) can be (very|relatively) quickly brought into duty producing electricity locally in every city, way before any pandemics and mass starvation.

That doesn't scale.

>Longer term, converting from the refrigerated fresh food system of today, to a system based on pickling/curing/canning/iceboxes/etc. is hardly black magic.

>In the short term hundreds of millions would starve or die from heat or cold. Cities only keep on hand weeks worth of food.

woofyman··on Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich
The loss of the electric grid would throw us back to the 19th century but without 19th century technology. There would be mass starvation and disease.
woofyman··on Head of Investigations at Kaspersky Lab Arrested for Treason
I wonder if he knows something that would be embarrassing for the Kremlin and criminal for the POTUS.
woofyman··on Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich
>It tends to be the dense, liminal, downtown areas that are set ablaze. Being well off certainly does help you get away from the fires.

That's only at first. Once all the food is gone, they'll go after the rich in their compounds.

woofyman··on [dead]
Luckily for her, her glasses have virgin detection so she leaves after the first drink.
woofyman··on Uber's self-driving cars are coming back to San Francisco
"These cars are being used for Uber's mapping purposes only. They are being driven manually at all times and their self-driving systems are disabled," Uber said in a statement.
woofyman··on Elon Musk Will Start Digging a Tunnel Under Los Angeles
Isn't this a Boston Big Dig scale project? How will the exhaust fumes be vented? What about earth quakes? Seems to me this requires a year of planning and out just don't start digging next month as he tweeted.
woofyman··on Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates
The president can't issue unconstitutional executive orders but has great powers over the executive branch which this falls under.
woofyman··on USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
If you're an LGBT person, it makes a huge difference. Or if you're a women who has to make the agonizing decision to abort a pregnancy it makes a big difference. You'll see what will happen with Republicans in charge now.
woofyman··on USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
Because he's the head of the executive branch.
woofyman··on [dead]
Seriously, rt.com?

Lew Rockwell published Ron Pauls racist, anti Semitic, and homophobic news letters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_newsletters

woofyman··on Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost from the Young
Half of the USA will reject anything but free market, pull your self up by your bootstraps, capitalism as "Socialism".
woofyman··on Hawaiians call Mark Zuckerberg 'the face of neocolonialism' over land lawsuits
Colonialism killed hundreds of millions.

https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COMM.7.1.03.HTM

Edit: Their land stolen and plundered.

woofyman··on Trump Will Advance the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines by Exec. Order
No one should be the least surprised.
woofyman··on USA: January 20 Is Officially “National Day of Patriotic Devotion”
We're turning into North Korea.
woofyman··on Sony and LG stop making 3D TV sets
>I think one of the first to do it well was Prometheus

Too bad they didn't put as much thought into the script.

woofyman··on Supreme Court Should Block Printer Company’s Ploy to Undermine Consumer Rights
Why? The AARP foundation is involved in all areas of consumer protection since many retired people have limited funds.

http://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/our-work/legal-advocacy/...

Your comment comes across as ageist.

Edit: surprising rather than funny would have been a better adjective.

woofyman··on Toyota's Gill Pratt on Self-Driving Cars and the Reality of Full Autonomy
I fear that myself. Stake holders in the autonomous car business should lobby against that because in the end it's in they're own best interests.
woofyman··on Toyota's Gill Pratt on Self-Driving Cars and the Reality of Full Autonomy
People accept that humans are imperfect and cause accidents. Accepting that computers will make mistakes and kill people is another story. Especially if the owner of the car is a 1 percenter or a mega corporation and it kills an innocent bystander.
woofyman··on Toyota's Gill Pratt on Self-Driving Cars and the Reality of Full Autonomy
Wow morons, I don't mind them killing themselves, but I do mind them killing someone else.
woofyman··on Toyota's Gill Pratt on Self-Driving Cars and the Reality of Full Autonomy
If NHSTA does its job, this shouldn't be an issue in the USA at least.
woofyman··on Ask HN: What are ways you feel healthcare can be improved?
Single payer.
woofyman··on Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC
>it's incidental to the main issues of how non-white populations are perceived/treated in this country.

I totally agree.

woofyman··on Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC
I'm a second generation Jew.

>To pretend otherwise is to feign ignorance.

I wasn't pretending otherwise. You're making a big assumption about my intent.

Edit: Trumps comments about the judge were overt racism.

woofyman··on Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC
I don't know about the others, but Mr Pai was born in Buffalo NY.

Edit: Nikki Haley isn't an immigrant either.

woofyman··on Why are people from the future not time traveling to our period? (2012)
Good points, this is getting complicated.

Aren't you also increasing the mass of the Universe? You could add enough mass to halt the expansion.

woofyman··on Cervical cancer is more deadly than previously thought
From the CDC

>However, some healthcare providers do offer anal Pap tests to men who may be at increased risk for anal cancer, including men with HIV or men who receive anal sex.

>I don't know if you can pay for it out of pocket if you're too old.

Yes you absolutely can. You can also get the shingles vaccine even if you're too young.

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