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You'd think that. The ongoing elephanting debacle a bunch of sunshines have created in Flint Michigan says otherwise.
Flint water crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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H2O != Water.
Water has different mineral content wherever you are; no 2 water taste the same; sometimes it is easy to smell and taste, and sometimes it is is hard to tell.
I'd rather be phishing!
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The chemist has overlooked a huge factor about people who are brewing coffee.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I totally agree with that...the water is even more important than the coffee. Try brewing a pot of coffee with your favourite bottled water.
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I'm so happy that a postdoctoral in chemistry can be achieved by 'researching' such a dumb thing... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Why? Coffee, Bacon, Chocolate, and Pizza are the staples of existence for many developers! 
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Maybe, but this is about water!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yes, and water is 99% (internet statistic - i.e. total guess) of a cup of coffee, 25% in supermarket bacon (less than 10% for home dry cure), some of chocolate (gets iffy because water and chocolate are difficult partners), and you can't make a pizza without water (the dough, tomatoes, and cheese all contain it). It does make sense that the water is going to have a significant effect on the taste, and it's interesting that water hardness is a prime factor.
I'll admit that when I worked in London, I took a thermos of cold tap water from home every day to make my coffee with - because the local stuff smelled and tasted funny.
Now we are here and a quick check says old house == hard water area, current == very, very soft water area and it is true that the "strength of flavour" of the coffee is a lot lower here. Maybe I can get some Magnesium ions to dissolve in the kettle?
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Why not.
Maybe it looks futile, but when you are a chemist at a big coffee corporation (nesspresso, lavazza...) , you want your product to work with different type of water (hard/soft water), so you must test and validate and adapt your product.
Imagine all the chemist in the world who work in big food companies, they test simple trivial things that have huge impact on the end product that can lead to either big financial losses or gains.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: Imagine all the chemist in the world who work in big food companies,
Imagine they won't work there... maybe then fast food was a bit more food and less chemicals 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Maybe yes, maybe no.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maybe yes, maybe no.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I have a good quality water filter, and always use the water from that in my coffee machine. Not only does it give a good, consistent coffee, but the machine does not suffer from a build-up of scale. I use it for the water in my CPAP's humidifier also, for the same reason.
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From an unresponsive application, to a critical outage, to disaster recovery, if IT drama strikes and you're on-call, it's your problem. Yay, DevOps
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I agree 
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Just hope that when metering devs, they will include time to fix code in the time to make code when measuring efficiency.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Rarely code review really is code review lolx 
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Facial and fingerprint recognition technologies are expected to see accelerated growth over the next five years as security applications emerge in the government, enterprise, finance, consumer and other markets. We're going to trust people that use 123456 as a password to use the correct finger?
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Needs some work! At Changi they have the thumb print scanner, works for me, the dammed things can't read the wife's thumb print 80% of the time and she needs to get a human to beat on the machine!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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If you can hack the password database you can hack the facial reconition and fingerprint database.
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Kim K would have trouble logging in to check her email without her standard 2 inches of makeup 
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Won't be happening.
PIN and password are tokens that are more versatile than a fingerprint. I could give access to anyone by sharing a key - I don't like the idea of sharing fingers.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I don't think passwords will go away. Facial/Iris/Fingerprinting will be used as part of a two-factor security system: something you have (Face/Eyes/Fingers) and something you know (Password).
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Codes of Conduct have often been pushed to create "safer" environments, while opponents sometimes find such codes repressive and suffocating. "Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy."
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The anonymous poster makes some good points.
At least one "Politically Correct" group appears to have set itself up as vigilantes, and have asserted the right to run down and punish anyone, anywhere, without benefit of trial, to say nothing of defence. They also appear to apply their code of conduct in a biased manner - members of "privileged" groups (whatever that means) can do no right, while members of "unprivileged" groups can do no wrong.
IMAO, the "cure" is much worse than the disease.
Yes, there are some assholes out there, but the proper solution is to filter out any messages from them; let them spew their venom into the bit bucket.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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