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Hunger should be correlated with calories expended, our metabolic system is homeostatic. the unnatural consumption of refined carbohydrates, and in such large quantities, is what is causing the Diabetes II epidemic and widespread obesity, both likely symptoms of the same disorder.
Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS on Sunday April 24, 2016 @06:57PM (#11561743)
The database is given to parties so they can audit if people live where they are voting, or even if they live for that matter. Not giving them access is not an option, if you want the continue having a voting system that does not require trust, as the mexican voting system was designed to allow.

I agree that the database should be made public for all citizens, as it currently stands, only parties registered for elections get a copy, and no doubt use it for their campaigns. This puts people outside of the party system in a disadvantage against the parties, particularly relevant for things like citizen initiatives.

Re:The Plan to Give Every Cellphone User Free Data on Sunday February 28, 2016 @06:49PM (#11192960)
I would love to see the numbers on this. It's not clear the plan would incur costs for operators unless there is no room left to optimize their use of the allocated spectrum. The article also lays out the argument for a value increase in the whole network (granted not limited to each operator) that could offset any costs. Even with inescapable costs that would be factored into the spectrum bids, why would it no be preferable for that value to be transferred directly to the public, in the form of free internet access, than to have it flow into governments for indirect redistribution?
Re:The Plan to Give Every Cellphone User Free Data on Sunday February 28, 2016 @04:54PM (#11192555)
A lot of people here are saying that asking for a plan like this is like asking for the proverbial free lunch. Cellphone companies operate over a public good. Regulatory requisites for spectrum allocation, as something like this could become, should not be thought of as a free lunch. A free lunch (for operators) is to manage the spectrum in a way that does not maximize public interest.
Re:David Cameron cracks down on online pornography on Monday July 22, 2013 @12:46AM (#6081818)
Submited title was: "Every household in England obliged to declare whether they want to access porn".
Re:A CP Solution for XKCD NP Complete Restaurant Order on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @11:13AM (#5780488)
Some time ago I wrote a wrapper for PyGLPK and used the same problem as example:

https://github.com/mariorz/pytorovich/blob/master/examples/x...

Re:Fear, senseless violence, and shitty drugs on Sunday November 11, 2012 @02:45PM (#4770363)
> "mostly I wanted to score some bragging rights with you Scarface-obsessed gringos"

I think that is one sincere line to keep in mind when reading this post. The part about municipal cops in Monterrey taking anyone caught with "non-zeta drugs" to "las zetas" (sic) for killing would stand out as pretty a ridiculous fabrication for most people there.

Re:Facebook acquires Instagram on Monday April 09, 2012 @02:20PM (#3818412)
path seems to be experimenting with in-app purchases for additional photo filters.

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