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StrongBad

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Saudi women 'given right to drive'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41408195

Such fools, those Saudi men had it all set and now they've gone and ruined it!

(sarcasm)

Sarcasm, not sarcasm

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/if-youre-stabbed-or-shot-hailing-a-lyft-may-be-better-than-calling-911/

Johns Hopkins suggests that Uber, not an ambulance, is the best way to survive these kinds of injuries.

mlnews

NYPD goes on "strike", crime drops. Study suggests that heavy policing, at least in NYC, may contribute to crime, rather than reduce it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/after-15-yrs-in-vegetative-state-patient-becomes-minimally-conscious/

dafyre

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/after-15-yrs-in-vegetative-state-patient-becomes-minimally-conscious/

That's exciting to hear! Even if he's not dancing the jig yet, at least they're giving the Reaper a good run for his money.

coliver

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

NYPD goes on "strike", crime drops. Study suggests that heavy policing, at least in NYC, may contribute to crime, rather than reduce it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/

Hasn't this been observed in other nations as well. I think the Nordic countries had some pretty good research into this.

scottalanmiller

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

NYPD goes on "strike", crime drops. Study suggests that heavy policing, at least in NYC, may contribute to crime, rather than reduce it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/

Hasn't this been observed in other nations as well. I think the Nordic countries had some pretty good research into this.

Their study was more general - the fewer Americans on the streets, the safer things got

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/justice-department-goes-nuclear-on-google-in-search-warrant-fight/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/twitter-testing-shift-from-140-to-280-characters/

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

NYPD goes on "strike", crime drops. Study suggests that heavy policing, at least in NYC, may contribute to crime, rather than reduce it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/

Hasn't this been observed in other nations as well. I think the Nordic countries had some pretty good research into this.

Their study was more general - the fewer Americans on the streets, the safer things got

I'm not sure what you mean by this? are you accusing Americans of being something? if so, what?

scottalanmiller

@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

NYPD goes on "strike", crime drops. Study suggests that heavy policing, at least in NYC, may contribute to crime, rather than reduce it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/

Hasn't this been observed in other nations as well. I think the Nordic countries had some pretty good research into this.

Their study was more general - the fewer Americans on the streets, the safer things got

I'm not sure what you mean by this? are you accusing Americans of being something? if so, what?