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Re:Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @06:30PM (#8327484)
Interesting, but assortative mating is not a new phenomenon in the history of mankind. If anything, its impact has probably decreased significantly over the past centuries and decades. This makes it more difficult to take such explanations for growing income inequality at face value.
Re:Impossible Cookware and Other Triumphs of the Penrose Tile on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @06:26PM (#8327471)
In general, I think that the connection between Penrose and cookware is romanticised just for the sake of a pop-sci narrative.
Re:Pipes and Filters on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @06:23PM (#8327454)
I have been using Factor for some time. It has some drawbacks related to readability, but it is a real-time saver.
To be fair, very few email providers required SSL before Snowden.