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Well, I didn't say that anything nature-related is ought to be good and desirable. What I meant is that 'conventional food' yet has to be proven to be equally safe as food that was not genetically tampered with, grown without using pesticides, etc. pp.

And quite honestly, I doubt that Moore had genetic engineering and todays massive (ab)use of pesticides in mind when he first stated that law. He might even have added an exception ...

And organically-grown food have been eating it for EONS with no major, obvious consequences. 'Conventionally-grown food' have just been thrown on the market a few decades ago without knowing any long-term effects to humans eating them or to the environment they are grown in. I don't care about proof for equivalence or difference, I only care about safety. And any food should be proven to be safe BEFORE being released, not decades later.
Ha, yeah sure, we need to proof that natures goods are fine the way they are supposed to be, but highly manipulated goods don't. That kind of thinking is one of the reasons why so many people fear TTIP. Please stay on your side of the Atlantic.
> I'm still not convinced that organic is nutritionally superior or has levels of pesticides that prove harmful to humans.

I'm curious what convinced you that they are equally healthy in the first place?

Naming alternative services in a news about some other service being bought/shutdown isn't really advertising. It's care.
Re:Poll: What database does your company/you use? on Sunday May 11, 2014 @05:04PM (#7729992)
Ask HN: Has anyone ever considered "MS Access a viable option"?
Re:A LaTeX Resume Template that fits everything AND looks good on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @10:13AM (#7673398)
Nice template indeed, used it for my resume as well. Had to alter it to fit German application standards, though (e.g. added a portrait in the side bar, different fonts, etc).
Re:A LaTeX Resume Template that fits everything AND looks good on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @10:08AM (#7673367)
That's a rather weird use case, tbh. I doubt many people edit their resume on a daily/weekly basis. Everyone I know update theirs rarely and they take their time to make it properly to not have any errors in it. So setting up LaTeX is part of the process, while keeping the actual CV code in a repo.
Re:A LaTeX Resume Template that fits everything AND looks good on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @10:03AM (#7673329)
Who would want to work at a company that can't open a PDF file?
I can't use postman easily. I don't have a Google account. What do I do?
> There is a lot of truth in the idea that doing something like colonizing mars could do more good for humanity than giving people enough money to eat for a day or a week.

How about doing neither and instead use the money to solve some of the problems the earth suffers from today? Colonizing Mars, seriously, wtf ...

Re:Gmail was down on Friday January 24, 2014 @04:29PM (#7118192)
Also, backing up Emails is super simple, just fire up any mail client ...
Re:FFmpeg and a thousand fixes on Friday January 10, 2014 @09:04PM (#7041108)
> What should FFmpeg have been written in?

There'll be a HN topic A FFmpeg reimplementation in JavaScript soon enough ...

Re:Ask HN: Where are the interesting jobs? on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:19AM (#7021849)
"Bad news: Unicorn jobs don't exist, at least not for long." - Philip Guo http://pgbovine.net/unicorn-jobs.htm
Re:Scaling Mercurial at Facebook on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:16AM (#7021835)
> They're not exactly as supported, because they're not on by default

I really don't get this. In almost any software there are features that are not 'on by default', but it's still implemented and supported (except explicitly stated otherwise). How can this be a reason to not use the functionality when you need it?

Re:Scaling Mercurial at Facebook on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:09AM (#7021814)
There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things. - Phil Karlton
Re:Scaling Mercurial at Facebook on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:06AM (#7021806)
And there is also https://rhodecode.com/
Re:Scaling Mercurial at Facebook on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:02AM (#7021793)
Don't believe the hype. hg will be around for some time.
Re:Bzr is dying; Emacs needs to move on Thursday January 02, 2014 @04:37PM (#7002484)
Or use TortoiseHg or SourceTree, if you're not comfortable with the CLI. They both work great. Also, if you need to host 'your own github', try RhodeCode.
Re:30C3 Recordings on Monday December 30, 2013 @09:37AM (#6984739)
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @09:46PM (#6965072)
More like: they want to enforce the use of their own delivery service, because they don't trust FedEx.
Re: Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke on Monday December 23, 2013 @10:21AM (#6954656)
Now it's on us to bring them down ...
Re:8BitBoy – A Flash-based Amiga Modplayer on Sunday December 22, 2013 @06:08PM (#6952197)
god, it is really getting old ...
Re:UK Porn filters block sex education websites on Thursday December 19, 2013 @09:25AM (#6934759)
> 1) No I am not "abdicating" my responsibilities as a parent.

Then be responsible and setup some filter at home yourself. Problem solved. Now leave the rest of the world alone.

Great read, thanks for sharing!
Re:Doom released 20 years ago today on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @10:25PM (#6885698)
Ha, and I though I've seen everything about Carmack ... great footage, thanks!
Re:The Criminalization of Everyday Life on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @04:12PM (#6883745)
Crimes are escalating because bagatelles are being treated as crime. Besides that, overpolicing will not save you from terrorism, it will only lead to people being more afraid of the police and thus creating terror itself.
Re:Filter HN - Exclude All Bitcoin Articles. Made with AngularJS on Saturday December 07, 2013 @10:25AM (#6866576)
Indeed, many extension could be implemented as simple userscripts and as such could reach a much wider audience.
Re:People Don’t Actually Like Creativity on Friday December 06, 2013 @12:59PM (#6862448)
Absolutely amazing talk!
Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:22AM (#6854791)
And your point is? The website is based on Flash and there is an iPhone app available. Now, how is this related to browser standards?

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