The unimportant news thread

[Karl Henning]

The Belgians refuse to recognize Mexican food?!

[Todd]

The enemy of my enemy of my enemy is my friend? 

(Ol' Bashar might be wary, lest he be the next Gaddafi.  At least Libya has turned out well.)

[Ken B]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/08/29/war-in-europe-is-not-a-hysterical-idea/

[Todd]

For supposedly not having a strategy, it sure seems like the US is deploying force and weapons here, there, and everywhere.

[Ken B]

I don't play video games. But this caught my eye ...
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart

[ibanezmonster]

I don't play video games. But this caught my eye ...
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart

I don't even know what this article is talking about after reading it, but I noticed in the comments a chart with a list of "actual females in game development." Like a rare species. 

But I guess that's to be expected, considering my programming classes always having been a 90% sausage fest...

[Ken B]

I know should hate Hitler or Stalin or Ted Bundy more than Joni Mitchell. But I really hate Joni Mitchell. http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2014/09/01/the-secret-torment-of-joni-mitchell/

[Karl Henning]

The others are just historical figures.  Joni Mitchell delivers anguish which you feel.

[North Star]

Wild thing: The Animal Orchestra Symphony

[Todd]

Progress!  Wait . . .

[Ken B]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11077882/Lesbians-arent-lesbians-because-they-couldnt-get-a-man.-When-will-the-myths-about-gay-people-finally-die-a-death.html

What amuses me is imagining her reaction if they had failed to this study!

[ibanezmonster]

Does anyone really find a hugely underweight model with a miserable expression on her face alluring?

Definitely not, and I don't understand this at all.

[Karl Henning]

"Stop pouting, and have a bowl of oatmeal."

[bwv 1080]

A real AI would likely be the last invention we ever make
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/opinion/bostrom-machine-superintelligence/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

[mn dave]

Neat.

http://www.wncn.com/story/23270346/did-you-catch-that

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Neat.

http://www.wncn.com/story/23270346/did-you-catch-that

[Ken B]

American public schools, and talented kids
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-dc-a-12-year-old-piano-prodigy-is-treated-as-a-truant-instead-of-a-star-student/2014/09/08/58962746-3727-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html

[Todd]

How green the green?

[Cato]

So, I am reading about the latest research on NutraSweet, Splenda, saccharin, etc. and how they might be just as bad as sugar in causing diabetes.

Because I have read such research in other areas before (Drinking Water Causes Cancer!!! (If you drink 5 gallons a day, or something)), I keep waiting to discover the dosage involved to come to this conclusion.

Near the end I read this incredible statement concerning the saccharin dosage:

...saccharin doses given the volunteers were within federal dietary guidelines but still much higher than what a typical person would consume - the equivalent of 42 12-once (Sic!) sodas a day for a person weighing 150 pounds. 

(My emphasis)

Kafka would have loved our increasingly benighted era!

[Karl Henning]

Oof!

Love that 12-once, too.