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Daily Mail lies about Facebook

greenrd [S] 1 point2 points 1 day ago* [-]

This is a bit like saying "Oh, no-one's heard of Joseph Fritzl - let's do a find and replace with David Beckham. When David complains we can just print a correction."

I think the "because it's computers we can say anything we like and claim OH ITS THAT COMPUTERY STUFF SILLY ME NO-ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT GEEKY NERDY STUFF DO THEY?" rule applies here.

xkcd: Single Ladies - Can someone please explain?

greenrd 0 points1 point 2 days ago[-]

should appear on explainxkcd.com shortly

Labour and Tories tied in key marginals according to a new poll which shows a hung parliament is increasingly likely...

greenrd 2 points3 points 3 days ago[-]

Isn't the definition of "marginal" that it's close to a tie?

Fat epidemic linked to "Obesogens," chemicals that disrupt the function of hormonal systems

greenrd 2 points3 points 3 days ago[-]

It's stupid to do animal experiments, for delivery vectors of these chemicals that involve eating. People are already voluntarily ingesting these chemicals via food, so I'd say it's not unethical to ask them to continue to do so / start doing so, and skip the animal trials completely. I'd say it's more ethical, because animal experiments can be highly misleading.

Perpetual Motion Machine plant to employ 3,000 in Odessa, Missouri

greenrd -5 points-4 points 4 days ago[-]

Precisely. However, the possibility is there. Without seeing the evidence, we can't say for sure.

Perpetual Motion Machine plant to employ 3,000 in Odessa, Missouri

greenrd -3 points-2 points 4 days ago[-]

a generator can't produce more energy than you put into it.

That's either a tautology, and hence useless, or falsifiable. Which is it?

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