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A study has been done, and the surprising result is that parachutes are no more effective than a backpack in preventing injuries when jumping out of an airplane.
It's "common sense" that parachutes work, so it has been a neglected field of science. This surprising and counter-intuitive result is an excellent example of the importance of doing science.
... or maybe it's a perfect example of how top-line study headlines can be mis-representative, especially when portrayed by the mass-media, and how understanding study scope and methodology is important.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @05:02PM (1 child)
Salty Spice! You pop up in the funniest places. How's the job search going? Maybe you can see if the UN's Department of Mimes is looking for a coder. They don't ask too many questions.
Salt on, Salty Spice!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @05:27PM
How is open source slavery working out for you? Convinced any tech companies to hire you based on your github profile yet? How many of your free open source projects have you found on the credits page of a proprietary black box IoT device manufactured by a billion dollar corporation? Is it not wonderful how billion dollar corporations give credit when the GPL does not require credit to be given?
Keep slaving at that free code! Remember the full employment economy entitles every coder to a six figure income for existing.
Fuck MDC