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Comment Re: How stupid do you have to be? (Score 1) 135

Better late than never and all, but the testing protocol enabled that cheat. I think that was his point.

That is because it was not designed by security people. Engineers are often easily scammed, because most of them assume people are honest. And, to be fair, that is usually the case on engineering, because a lot of engineering designs get tested harshly in actual use. But not all and when you test for one of those you need the security engineering mind-set. If they even had one competent, say, IT security expert or general fraud expert in there, the fraud would have been discovered pretty much immediately and would likely never have happened. Opportunity creates criminals.

Comment Re:Lies and False Narrative again from BBC (Score 1) 75

That is BS. It assumes a level of insight and control that is not there. Not even very strict regimes like the 3rd Reich or North Korea manage to "design" most things. At best, they can install some guardrails.

But thanks for using an Ad Hominem. It nicely shows you do not even believe your statement yourself.

Comment Re: Faulty reasoning that turned ADHD into a disea (Score 1) 75

Indeed. Many of these people struggle hard. Reducing struggle to reasonable levels is commonly regarded as a good thing (unless you are a fascist or follower of some other inhumane ideology). Since it can only be managed, the potentially problematic question of a "cure" that does change personality characteristics (think lobotomy or other non-reversible atrocities) does not apply.

Comment Re:...with ADHD (Score 1) 75

I disagree. The question is stupid. What you actually need to do is _read_ the paper, because they will have explained their approach. Examining diagnosed people comes with some caveats, and requires an estimate and insight into non-diagnosed people. But there is nothing wrong with the approach. And there is the problem that you cannot actually do this on non-diagnosed ADHD people, as they a) are hard to identify and b) are not taking drugs for ADHD.

So, no, not a scientist. Just a FUD pusher. Caveat: I am actually a scientist.

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