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Comment Surveillance state incoming (Score 5, Interesting) 323

First, wearables don't do shit unless the person acts on the readings. How many decades have people been told about the dangers of obesity yet America keeps getting fatter?

Second, we've already seen attempts by Republicans to have girls submit a record of their periods to the government. So far, all have failed, but imagine the bonanza of data which could be gleaned to penalize women for one excuse or another if they wore a wearable.

Third, it will be interesting to see what, if any, mental machinations supporters of this quack perform to justify daily tracking of Americans for "health" reasons.

Fourth, who's going to pay for it? Does he expect everyone to shell out money for these along with the monthly subscription fees? Many people are struggling just to get by, but now he wants to burden people even further?

That worm definitely did damage to his brain.

Comment Analog is better (Score 1) 147

Unlike with digital, when you turn a knob or push a button the reaction is instantaneous. Whatever you are adjusting adjusts AND you get instant feedback. With digital there is always a delay and unless you are looking at the screen, can't be sure you touched the right places to get the desired effect.

Think of a light switch. You flip it up or down and the light goes on or off. Instant feedback. Not so with a digitally controlled light where, excluding voice commands*, youo have to root through a menu system to turn lights off or on, hoping you're hitting the right spot.

Buttons and knobs are and will continue to be superior for a long time. People need to stop overcomplicating things. Push a button, turn a knob, you're done.

* Even with voice commands there will be a delay and you have to hope it understands what you want to do.

Comment How would this even work? (Score 3, Interesting) 28

Someone needs cancer treatment. They spend weeks training to go into space, are launched, then spend a few days undergoing treatment then come back down? Who would even pay for this? No way insurance would cover it.

Even if they use the zero-g plane, that only gives 25 seconds of zero g conditions for every minute of flight.

While this is an interesting discovery, someone needs to figure out how to make it workable.

Comment Re:Complete confusion (Score 1) 72

The idea does seem to have some downsides. By the way are you an historical fantasy author? I cannot think of many reasons for wanting to know how much blood would be required to make an iron sword.

I pulled the sword one from thin air based on reading about it elsewhere. I wasn't intentionally looking for it when I came across it. However, everything else is true. And no, not an author (yet).

Comment Complete confusion (Score 5, Informative) 72

One moment I'm looking up how to kill various weeds in my lawn, the next I'm searching for how many people I'd have to kill to extract enough iron from their blood to make a sword, followed by what disasters happened in a certain year, onto finding the name of a song I heard once in my lifetime thirty years ago, and wrapping it up by searching for stories on the Christian pedophile who was arrested.

I don't think I want to match with someone based on browser history.

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