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While the statistics are updated, the definition of "extreme poverty" just fails to keep up. The moment people have food, they want lots of food, then they want delicious food, then they want more exclusive food, and so on. There'd be no problem if the supply of food (resources) can keep up with human's greed, which never happens.
Re:Sexbots development: Ethical? on Monday September 21, 2015 @09:28PM (#10256164)
Where there's demand, there's supply. On the bright side, sexbots may force women in sex industries to study and pursue other careers.

If there is an online platform that

If there is an online platform that allows you to a) crowdsource all knowledge that supports or dismisses an insight/conclusion/hypothesis to see how many percent true it is, and b) weigh between two (or more) opposing opinions/theories of different experts/parties/camps of thought in relation to each other, would you use it?

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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @10:36PM (#10083418)
Ashley Madison Database (not parsed): http://pastebin.com/9t6DLKm3
Re:If you sit 8h+/day and your back hurts, get a SmartDesk on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @12:11PM (#10079982)
Funny product...
Delving in the specifics of individual human languages would be a colossal waste of productive time to otherwise pursue "harder" science and technology.

The only possible "language universal" will be machine language when humans merge with machines.

The physical makeup of the biological brain which is subject to random biochemical reactions just can't maintain something as consistent as how a "language universal" should be.