jmiwhite

Okay, that was a bad example. I've never carried comprehensive/collision insurance, so I mistakenly thought there was coverage for mechanical failures. As you stated, this is not common.

True, but that's still not preventative any more than a tooth filling is (Sorry, switched industries, but I think it still makes sense).

Health insurance is different from most other forms of insurance, though - auto insurance, for example, doesn't pay for oil changes to mitigate the risk of expense of future liability claims.

I'm not sure I'd rather have the FBI in possession of their signing key either :)

> There’s nothing preventing the FBI from writing that hacked software itself, aside from budget and manpower issues.

My understanding is that this isn't correct, and is in fact the focal point of the order:

> This signature check is why the FBI cannot load new software onto an iPhone on their own — the FBI does not have the secret keys that Apple uses to sign firmware.

http://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/02/17/apple-can-comply-with...

Is it possible for anyone to load a modified firmware without Apple's signing keys?

Confusing title - to add some clarification from the article:

> He's a federal police officer at the Marine Corps Air Station-Miramar in San Diego.

Ronnie, the male passenger is employed as a Federal police officer, but his wife (driving) does not have her employment specified, nor are they driving an official vehicle or on Federal business. He also sounds more worried about losing his job than having his employer go to bat for him:

> "It makes me angry that someone would attack my character because not only do they attack my character, but that could cost me my job," Ronnie said.

See: Assumptions http://js-zero.com/spec/#type-annotation-syntax

Further context:

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/business/e-commerce-report...

"American Greetings said Thursday that it has acquired Blue Mountain Arts, the struggling online greeting division of Excite@Home, for $35 million in cash"

http://www.cnet.com/news/american-greetings-buys-excite-unit...

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10814124

Is there any proof to the value of questions relating abstracts like the following:

1. I like to ask about other people's well-being

OR

2. I let the past stay in the past

Choosing Statement 1 would give subjects a greater other-regarding score, whereas choosing Statement 2 predicts a subject to be self-regarding

More information here: http://www.prutchi.com/pdf/implantable/nuclear_pacemakers.pd...

Yes, for example: http://www.amazon.com/Car-Charger-PowerIQ-Technology-Motorol...

This guide is slightly old (Last updated May 2014) but seems fairly comprehensive: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/recording-phone-calls-and-co...

Smell what?

It seems that _how_ this works is still unclear, if it works at all. Once validated, it seems plausible that a device/trained animal could replicate the results, assuming its not like this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(blood_donor)

For example, this should link to the project itself: https://github.com/jaws-framework/JAWS

The Road Round Robin-ed?

At every turn the GEBN scientists seem to acknowledge the role of excessive caloric intake and a sedentary lifestyle, then briefly handwave the former as overhyped - a large excerpt from one of the linked GEBN "Portfolio Items" containing a bald-faced example[0]:

>Most of the focus in the popular media and in the scientific press is that they’re [...]blaming sugary drinks and so on. And there’s really virtually no compelling evidence that that in fact is the cause. [...]

The big problem is we don’t really know the cause other than, well, too many people are eating more calories than they burn on too many days. But maybe the reason they’re eating more calories than they need is because they’re not burning many."

So - he does know the cause. A combination of inactivity and overconsumptiom, both of which are remediated with lifestyle changes that invert their prefixes. Why abandon the latter, simply because each is well reported?

[0]:http://www.sharewik.com/portfolio-items/the-global-energy-ba...

This is addressed in the study[0] on the third page (4429):

"The pitch videos showed images related to the ventures, but they did not show the entrepreneurs themselves. Participants heard the entrepreneur’s voice-over narration while they watched each video. This video pitch format allowed us to dub in a male voice and a female voice (randomly assigned), holding the narration script constant. After watching the videos, participants chose which company to fund."

[0]: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4427.full.pdf

Yep! I haven't found a nicer spiral-bound type notebook, the paper is heavy and smooth and the size is comfortably constrained.

I use a different notebook, a Black n' Red wirebound hardcover, 8-1/4 x 5-7/8 Inches.

I usually use a Pilot Hi-Tec-C (0.3mm) pen and a Pentel Sharp (0.9mm) mechanical pencil with a polymer block eraser.

For this setup, yes - a VPN is necessary to use Steam's inbuilt streaming feature.

Sometimes, individuals aren't that hungry.

I'd guess that it serves as a useful filter: Candidtes who find this sort of copy off-putting

> NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

will immediately turn away, and a candidate who is wholeheartedly excited by it will feel encouraged to apply. I can't imagine a lot of middle ground.

'Real Biologist', as requested by the parent.

This is explained in the Xen security policy, from the 'Embargo and disclosure schedule' heading.

http://www.xenproject.org/security-policy.html

That was clear enough, and it was kind of sad; this is for many users a non-issue, so parodying the response to a surprise act of war seems a bit grandiose.

As a user, I'm not terribly concerned about whether you (et al.) can build an application against some other site more easily, and your argument

> only works if that platform is open and your data portable

is undermined by your own link to their article on exporting data. ("Full name, email address, current employer, and position are exported") Can you help me understand why this is such a problem?

How so? Fads generally involve some lowest common denominator form of a thing lots of people enjoy. Once the novelty wears off, reinventions (candied bacon, anyone?) become part of the fad's empire until it fizzles or reaches a background-level steady state.

There are a number of things you can spend a small amount of money on with ultimately nothing to show for it but some brief enjoyment. It seems the author is encouraging his (non-addict, non-destitute) audience to reframe their thinking about what the lottery provides as entertainment value rather than simply being 'a tax on people who are bad at math' - even if you don't ultimately play, you don't have to view those who do in a negative light.

That's certainly how I used to feel, but once I started thinking of it as a lark rather than a blight, it just didn't seem like that big of a deal.

$10000*100000 employeees - I had to think about it too.

I was in the same position as you (upgraded iOS several times on a 4S) and experienced the same issues, but I found a clean install dramatically improved performance, though not to the same snappiness of iOS 6.

I love the feel of the hardware, but for >95% of the phone's life it's been wrapped in a waterproof case, so I don't really benefit from it much.