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I haven't tested as sufficiently as the OP, but I discovered firsthand that the Everdrive GB x7 consumes more power than a standard cart. If I had to guess, I'd guess almost as much as the EZ-FLASH Junior.

My modded GB Pocket wasn't able to use either cart until I replaced the batteries with lithiums that boasted 1.5v output.

> It seems more likely that Facebook, with its noted conservative lean[0],

Do you agree with the assertion that not censoring conservatives is the same thing as supporting the right? In my mind, those are two very different things. It used to be the case that most people believed in the statement, “I don’t agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

The article you posted asserts that because conservative posts are popular on Facebook, it must support conservatives. In spite of the fact that it also says FB took down 276 fake accounts that were promoting conservative positions. I didn't see any evidence of FB promoting conservative content, but more likely that conservatives tend to like promoting content through FB. Those are two different things.

> dinged Babylon Bee to avoid repeated embarrassments for President Trump,

This appears to be the conjecture you mentioned.

> who quoted from another Babylon Bee story without realizing it is a satire site[1].

Any evidence that President Trump didn't know it was satire? The dude loves to troll people. Also, the article doesn't try to make a conclusion to the affirmative. It says "Unclear".

Thank you for your suggestions.

All I know at this point is that they've had a younger guy build an app for them in Java and it doesn't work as well as they'd like it to. They said something about it outputting to Excel, and that right now they can watch it putting the data on the spreadsheet in real-time, which isn't desirable. Also, there was something about it being manual rather than automatic.

My work colleague has sold me to them as a Java guru, which might've been true 6 or more years ago, but I haven't used it in a while. They still have the original developer, but they think I might be able to teach him a thing or two. My Java experience was mostly web applications, so it's hard for me to say whether I'll have much value to add or not before looking at it.

I do well enough right now that I don't plan on chasing side gigs, but I'm not afraid of giving this a trial run.

When I Bing Jeff Bezo's net worth, it gives me $155 Billion.

I don't know what number should be used to say "this amount will fundamentally change someone's life", but I'm going to arbitrarily pick $50,000.

$155 Billion / 50,000 = 3.1 million.

That's approximately the population of Arkansas.

I've received a "we know better" answer before, in 2014 regarding Net Neutrality from Roy Blunt.

Thank you for contacting me regarding net neutrality.

As you know, in 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established rules to regulate the Internet. The FCC claimed it could regulate the Internet under the authority of its traditional telephone regulations developed during the monopoly-era. A DC Circuit Court recently struck down certain parts of these rules and decided the FCC does not have jurisdiction over broadband providers to implement regulations in this manner.

The Internet should certainly be free and open to those who legally provide content to consumers. This principle does not necessitate additional government regulation, particularly given the innovative and highly competitive broadband marketplace. Attempts to preemptively implement industry-wide regulations may inadvertently harm consumers by stifling competition and innovation. As a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, I intend to remain fully engaged on this issue to ensure the rules governing broadband service providers maintain the flexibility needed to evolve as rapidly as the technology they provide.

Again, thank you for contacting me. I look forward to continuing our conversation on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SenatorBlunt) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/RoyBlunt) about the important issues facing Missouri and the country. I also encourage you to visit my website (blunt.senate.gov) to learn more about where I stand on the issues and sign-up for my e-newsletter.

Sincere regards,

Roy Blunt United States Senator

>> I'd like to see these things in every Hospital asap

>Yes sir, right away sir.

If I seem a bit emotionally invested in the topic, it's because I am. My dad died from a heart attack a little under two years ago. One of the side-effects for me has been noticing articles about advancements in the field and caring about them more than I used to. If he had died from it before anyone could potentially do anything, that'd be one thing. But that's not what happened. Medical staff was on-site within minutes. They even claimed he was still alive by the time they arrived at the hospital. But still, he died. He was a month shy of 60.

Of course if he had improved his diet and shed some pounds, he might not have found himself in that situation to begin with so early, but given that heart failure is the number one killer in the US, I don't think that answer is good enough by itself. We need to get to the point that we can save people more consistently.

Heart disease killed more than 10 times as many people in 2016 as any sort of gun death in the US. We should be a lot more concerned with solving this problem as a society.

It's not just big guys like my dad who are at risk. My six year old niece has a small heart defect that could be a problem at some point. You'd think that's pretty rare, but according to some studies, that makes her 1 out of 100 kids.

This stuff needs to be fixed.

How can we get something like this pushed further along, assuming you're not a scientist working on it directly?

With heart failure the number one killer in the United States, I'd like to see these things in every Hospital asap.

One thing I'd be interested to learn is, how much of what makes the difference between an above average chess player and a Master or a Grandmaster can be tied to better decision making after looking 3 or 5 moves ahead, and how much is the Master/Grandmaster's ability to look 10+ moves ahead?

I completely disagree. Keep insurance prices and taxes low, and I believe that generous people will pick up the slack in disasters and in non-disasters people will be able to help themselves. Make it a priority to praise generosity and the ones interested in receiving praise will compete to out-do each other.

I like that standard. You think, "Would I care if someone revealed personal info and wrote about one of my parents?" The answer is probably yes. "Would I care if someone wrote something about my grandpa?" The answer is probably still yes. "Would I care if someone wrote something bad about my great-grandpa?" The answer becomes more likely to be "eh, who cares"

Okay, I didn't want to say it, but I personally think snopes is biased. I'm going to use a few made-up examples because I don't want take the time to hunt down real examples, but I used to see this occasionally and stopped using them.

Myth: Donald Trump said he loves women.

Verdict: Mostly false

Facts: He said he loves women. He's also said mean things about Rosie O'Donnell.

Myth: Bill Clinton said he loves Mexicans.

Verdict: Mostly True

Facts: He said he loves women. Some women are Mexicans

And yes, sometimes it's that absurdly blatant.

I think this has huge potential for abuse. Let's say politifact or snopes or both happen to be biased. Let's say they both lean left or both lean right. Now an entire side of the aisle will always be presented by Google as false. I know that's how most people perceive it anyway, but how's it going to look for Google when they're taking a side? Also, I have to wonder whether this will flag things as false until one of those other sites confirms it, or does it default to neutral?

My anecdote matches yours. In highschool I was one of the higher-ranked people in my class, but I got along better with guys on the lower-end of the scale. Despite getting terrible grades, they often had a surprisingly quick wit that made them a pleasure to be around. Probably because they cared more about being funny than getting good grades. I sometimes wonder if it was motivation more than actual capacity that made the difference.

It could be argued that 100 people living in 3 counties have a greater diversity of concerns and opinions than 100 people sharing an apartment complex.

Watch the documentary called Idiocracy by Mike Judge for a good idea of where it's going.

Hillary getting a child rapist out of serving a very long sentence in prison was a big one, in my own opinion. The fact that she had a taped interview where she laughed it off as no big deal and said she did it 'as a favor' made it indefensible to anyone except an apologist.

I was going to say the same thing. There are very large parts of the population that will never even have this option, no matter what they make. I live 8 miles outside of town. No uber driver is going to come pick me up. You might argue that it's a luxury to live in the country, except that 19% of the US population is rural. It doesn't make economic sense and it's not feasible for everyone to live in a city. Housing is cheaper out in the boonies, which is a necessity for some. I personally just don't mind the trade-off of convenience and like the benefits.

One example I can think of off the top of my head would be automotive repair. If I can afford to let someone else do it, I will. That's not to say I don't think I could learn it if I needed to, but I don't ever need to. So, I'm happy to let someone "less educated" who knows more about engines do it. There are teenagers who know twice as much about how to fix a car issue. They don't know what the inside of a computer looks like, but they don't need to. Now, take that example and extrapolate it to several other facets of life, and you can say there's a big gap in an educated person's world and that of his less-educated neighbor. Yeah, I know math and physics and how write computer code, but who cares?

"because when your beliefs are wrong, they won't be constructively challenged."

Does this ever happen? It seems to me like every time someone says something unpopular, the world goes on a witch hunt to destroy that person's life. That's not what I call "constructively challenged". I call it "just short of hanging them, which is what people really want to do."

I'd love to see a world where I could debate a matter with someone without everyone getting so emotionally charged that logic gets thrown out the window, and ideas that are incorrect can be pointed out to a person without everyone hating one another.

Are you not working at all anymore, or not working a programming job? If you're not working at all, may I ask how you eat/sleep? I don't mean to be too personal, but I'm curious.

Pro tip for Final Fantasy that I still remember: One of the easiest parties to play through the game with is 3 Fighters and 1 Red Mage. You can get through most of the fights with minimal damage, and the Red Mage has what you need for boss fights and the occasional enemy that is strong against physical damage but weak against certain magic. You'll find yourself never needing to buy 99 potions.

Right now everyone's collecting and fighting in "gyms" with the assumption that fighting each other comes later.

I think that highly depends on what they do. In its current form, you're probably right. If they add the right features, I think it could be big. What are those features? I'd speculate that the big one is letting people battle each other with the pokemon they've collected. Also, let them trade pokemon with one another and get them building teams. Give people a reason to interact with one another using the app, and they'll start talking to each other in these strange places they keep congregating.

Eminem did.

Two months ago, my dad died of a heart attack. One thing I've been wondering, and I'm hoping one of you can tell me, is why they couldn't have put him on some sort of machine until a replacement was found. This seems like as good a place as any to ask.

They said he was still alive when he got to the hospital, just barely, but the heart had too much damage to recover. My suspicions have been that either he died before he got there, and they didn't want to tell us that, or that they chose not to save him for some reason relating to insurance not being good enough. Neither is a rosey picture.

Can anyone explain to me the danger of how open source routers are going to mess with airports? Are we assuming they're sneaking in to airport buildings and getting access to the router, or a remote attack that's somehow less likely than with closed-source firmware?

"should they essentially be punished for those choices"

Certain jobs are worth less than other jobs. Can we agree on this? I think it's reasonable that college education and experience allow me to earn more than someone working a job which requires neither.