It's actually based on this report from a Forbes "contributor," which is incredibly bad and dumb. I'm fairly certain anybody can post anything directly to Forbes.com these days; it's like Kinja that people actually use.

Eh, it sounds a bit stupid at first glance, but if it disencourages companies to use pseudo-science to try to sell things, this can only be good.

I don't know. She did this just last year.

When I was 8 (ish), I won tickets to go and see The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers live in Birmingham, here in the UK. It was, and pretty much remains, the most impressive thing I've ever won. When the day finally came for me and the family to take the 100 mile trip down there, the BBC weather service warned that a…

That the problem with all this Less than Lethal/Non-lethal stuff. It's like Better helmets in the NFL. The illusion of safety just encourages progressively more unsafe behavior. I don't get this philosophy of policing that just get more tools to escalate every situation.

love how everything in his office is blurred out.

There is exactly zero difference between a CD and a FLAC file. That's the whole point. FLAC is lossless compression for LPCM data, while CD is lossless uncompressed LPCM data. FLAC is like a zip file for your original audio source.

but still quite useful, I can't imagine having a laptop without touchscreen anymore, is more like secondary (or rather third) input that enhances mouse/keyboard experience, scroll something here, drag something there...

Not all cruise ship poop is making it into the ocean. Constant norovirus outbreaks tell me that plenty is being left on door handles too.

a side by side image would make seeing the difference a bit easier.

Anywhere But Where I Live 2024!

I don't find slippery slope fallacies to be convincing. "Today, macadamia nuts, tomorrow you're RyanAir" is absurd bullshit.

But on the other hand, you also have to applaud Korean Air for not allowing their service standards to slip, even the tiniest bit.

Maybe because the word is ambiguously applied here so you've essentially created a new definition for it. That's fine, language is fluid, but until your new definition is adopted at large, you're going to have to keep explaining it.

You so completely over-exaggerate devery aspect of this article that it's hard to take you seriously. Did you get paid to write this? Was it a sponsored story?

Slow news day means regurgitating press releases

Nice try, but most smart locks fit existing templates and are no harder than a standard lock to install. You can also incorporate them into an existing smart home network such as Z-wave.

1. Do placebo work on animals?

I don't know man, I cut way higher above the limb I was hanging on. He was real close to that soft rope with that hard chainsaw.