jmiwhite's comments

Okay, that was a bad example. I've never carried comprehensive/collision insurance, so I mistakenly thought there was coverage for mechanical failures. As you stated, this is not common.

True, but that's still not preventative any more than a tooth filling is (Sorry, switched industries, but I think it still makes sense).

Health insurance is different from most other forms of insurance, though - auto insurance, for example, doesn't pay for oil changes to mitigate the risk of expense of future liability claims.

I'm not sure I'd rather have the FBI in possession of their signing key either :)

> There’s nothing preventing the FBI from writing that hacked software itself, aside from budget and manpower issues.

My understanding is that this isn't correct, and is in fact the focal point of the order:

> This signature check is why the FBI cannot load new software onto an iPhone on their own — the FBI does not have the secret keys that Apple uses to sign firmware.

http://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/02/17/apple-can-comply-with...

Is it possible for anyone to load a modified firmware without Apple's signing keys?

Confusing title - to add some clarification from the article:

> He's a federal police officer at the Marine Corps Air Station-Miramar in San Diego.

Ronnie, the male passenger is employed as a Federal police officer, but his wife (driving) does not have her employment specified, nor are they driving an official vehicle or on Federal business. He also sounds more worried about losing his job than having his employer go to bat for him:

> "It makes me angry that someone would attack my character because not only do they attack my character, but that could cost me my job," Ronnie said.

See: Assumptions http://js-zero.com/spec/#type-annotation-syntax

Further context:

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/business/e-commerce-report...

"American Greetings said Thursday that it has acquired Blue Mountain Arts, the struggling online greeting division of Excite@Home, for $35 million in cash"

http://www.cnet.com/news/american-greetings-buys-excite-unit...

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10814124

Is there any proof to the value of questions relating abstracts like the following:

1. I like to ask about other people's well-being

OR

2. I let the past stay in the past

Choosing Statement 1 would give subjects a greater other-regarding score, whereas choosing Statement 2 predicts a subject to be self-regarding

More information here: http://www.prutchi.com/pdf/implantable/nuclear_pacemakers.pd...

Yes, for example: http://www.amazon.com/Car-Charger-PowerIQ-Technology-Motorol...

This guide is slightly old (Last updated May 2014) but seems fairly comprehensive: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/recording-phone-calls-and-co...

Smell what?

It seems that _how_ this works is still unclear, if it works at all. Once validated, it seems plausible that a device/trained animal could replicate the results, assuming its not like this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(blood_donor)

For example, this should link to the project itself: https://github.com/jaws-framework/JAWS

The Road Round Robin-ed?

At every turn the GEBN scientists seem to acknowledge the role of excessive caloric intake and a sedentary lifestyle, then briefly handwave the former as overhyped - a large excerpt from one of the linked GEBN "Portfolio Items" containing a bald-faced example[0]:

>Most of the focus in the popular media and in the scientific press is that they’re [...]blaming sugary drinks and so on. And there’s really virtually no compelling evidence that that in fact is the cause. [...]

The big problem is we don’t really know the cause other than, well, too many people are eating more calories than they burn on too many days. But maybe the reason they’re eating more calories than they need is because they’re not burning many."

So - he does know the cause. A combination of inactivity and overconsumptiom, both of which are remediated with lifestyle changes that invert their prefixes. Why abandon the latter, simply because each is well reported?

[0]:http://www.sharewik.com/portfolio-items/the-global-energy-ba...

This is addressed in the study[0] on the third page (4429):

"The pitch videos showed images related to the ventures, but they did not show the entrepreneurs themselves. Participants heard the entrepreneur’s voice-over narration while they watched each video. This video pitch format allowed us to dub in a male voice and a female voice (randomly assigned), holding the narration script constant. After watching the videos, participants chose which company to fund."

[0]: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4427.full.pdf

Yep! I haven't found a nicer spiral-bound type notebook, the paper is heavy and smooth and the size is comfortably constrained.

I use a different notebook, a Black n' Red wirebound hardcover, 8-1/4 x 5-7/8 Inches.

I usually use a Pilot Hi-Tec-C (0.3mm) pen and a Pentel Sharp (0.9mm) mechanical pencil with a polymer block eraser.