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[00:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:46] <exec> 08└─Explain why Worst Buy [bestbuy.com] is still in business.
[00:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:47] <exec> 08└─"We want everybody to feel comfortable shopping at Walmart." So dump, the fish tanks, the rifles, the condoms, non-US made products, high processed foods, meat with hormones (hell, cut the meat altogether!), eggs, milk, and copies of the Constitution! Constitution only counts blacks as 3/5 of person...
[00:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:49] <exec> 08└─PS: I am on both sides based on my mother's side of family.
[00:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:50] <exec> 08└─> Constitution only counts blacks as 3/5 of person > the Confederates were actually supporting the Constitution as written. Yeah, the confederate states seceded in order to uphold the three-fifths compromise. That is all they were doing, they are the real patriots! > PS: I am on both sides based on...
[00:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Requirement for manual spellcheck indicated - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:52] <exec> 08└─flyto You might want to have another party read it back to you before hitting Send. -- gewg_
[00:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Requirement for manual spellcheck indicated - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:54] <exec> 08└─I was going for flythe, but thought halfway through that flytwo would be 100% better business. My fingers just had their own opinion.
[00:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:57] <exec> 08└─Oh, I get why he thinks it is an appropriate name for himself. You seem to be suffering from the same missing sense of irony. I guess the ability to "think careful, think smart" precludes cultural literacy. I'll give you a clue. [wikipedia.org]
[00:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:59] <exec> 08└─> why teaching history is important and censorship is bad I'm really close to earn a Godwin point to illustrate how teaching history is not incompatible with not flying the symbols of hatred in the face of the minority that was oppressed in their name.
[00:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:01] <exec> 08└─And you're just ignoring the fact that the Confederate States existed for political and economic reasons that had nothing to do with your precious little obsession with slavery.
[00:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 2235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:02] <exec> 08└─Not to mention I thought the USA was a country that valued free speech? I can go onto those same sites and buy models that have Nazi imagery on them and there is no way in hell you can argue the old confederacy caused anywhere near the insane loss of life the NSDAP did. Then there is the rotting ele...
[00:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nonsense... - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:05] <exec> 08└─I tried to log in to post the OP (also this.) Apparently there is a problem with logins just now...
[00:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nonsense... - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:07] <exec> 08└─> Let's welcome diversity by banning a symbol of our national shame. Because that makes sense. (1) FTFY (2) It isn't banned. Only some sort of collectivist would argue that a business shouldn't be able to pick and choose what products it wants to deal in.
[00:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02De-Facto Censorship - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 1219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:09] <exec> 08└─And I bet the government asked them to do it. Walmart I could understand but not Amazon, where I can still get a copy of Mein Kampf. This is part of a push to make "racists" the next big government bogeyman, because "terrorist" is now meaningless from overuse. This way, the government and other comp...
[00:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:10] <exec> 08└─So when someone kills a bunch of people and they find video of that person wrapping themselves in an American flag and marching to Souza and carrying a sign saying 'Don't do hard drugs', will America ban the sales of American flags and marching music and promote the sale of cocaine to minors????? So...
[00:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:12] <exec> 08└─> will America ban the sales of American flags It ought to be painfully obvious that the confederate flag does not have anything like the same social context as the American flag. I am curious why you are unable to recognize context. Is it a willful choice because you are racist? Are you development...
[00:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:13] <exec> 08└─(I wish you would have stopped at the first phrase)
[00:42:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:15] <exec> 08└─> (I wish you would have stopped at the first phrase) The first phrase is so self-evident that it did not even need to be said. The only thing of value that can come from his post is the examination of his motives. What kind of thought process leads to someone denying such a glaringly obvious truth?
[00:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Big Business Wins - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:17] <exec> 08└─Interesting -- there is this story about the Confederate flag appearing everywhere the last couple days, and at the same time, Congress has been getting fast track for TPP back on the rails. This flag story is directly above the TPP story on Soylent News, and despite the objectively greater importan...
[00:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:25] <exec> 08└─omni-lateral. Pan is Greek, lateral Latin.
[00:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:28] <exec> 08└─Or as long as Tyrone Crackhouse can get his cheap American Malt Liquor and watch BET, there is no problem.
[00:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Viva Democracy - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:31] <exec> 08└─Laws against theft infringe upon my right to expected future profit. Governments everywhere need to pay me to make up for this!
[00:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:32] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile the media is dutifully distracting us with the "issue" of the Confederate flags. TPP protests are so last week.
[00:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03RobotMonster [130] (Score:3, Interesting) 02greed always wins - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:34] <exec> 08└─yay for corruption. fucking yay. can't say i'm surprised, but I still managed to delude myself that there would be some hope of sanity prevailing, but no... greed always wins.
[00:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:ISTR an RFC.. - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:31] <exec> 08└─I think that if full encryption was attempted today, various governments would shut it down.
[00:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Global corporate rampage - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:44:01] <exec> 08└─The shaft root is the USA.. (I guess) But for a deal to make it. Both parties must agree..
[00:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Git-govm't - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:44:09] <exec> 08└─That's why there needs to be a constitutional amendment. Mere bills can't override the highest law of the land.
[00:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Can we just de-fund these agencies? - 06NSA & GCHQ Attempted to Subvert Popular Security Software Tools - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:47:56] <exec> 08└─A world without mass surveillance or out-of-control spying isn't a utopia, either; it would still have numerous other issues. We'll likely never get rid of all corruption, but we can most likely reduce the amount of corruption to a great extent.
[00:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2, Disagree) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:39] <exec> 08└─For anyone broadcasting using public airwaves, the people can add whichever speech restriction they feel to the license agreement. Take it or leave it.
[00:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:40] <exec> 08└─Just curious, but do you think it would be legitimate to ban religion on public airwaves? What if we banned pro-republican speech but not pro-democrat speech, or vice versa? Maybe we could even ban people from talking about atheist or agnosticism on the public airwaves, if that's your thing. Relying...
[00:48:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 1624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:42] <exec> 08└─> Who gets access to public airwaves should be on a first-come-first-serve basis, regardless of content. That's patently absurd. The People have the right to demand the best use of our assets. That's why we get frequency auctions between bidders, and carve out what's necessary for public services (s...
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[01:41:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03toygeek [28] (Score:2) 02Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:33] <exec> 08└─Twitter, Facebook, etc. Let everyone have warnings. This goes beyond making someone buy one. It could be argued that not making the information available to others would be unethical. "When the ground actually started swirling underneath his feet in what would be a 7.2 quake, Meira and his wife were...
[01:41:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:41:34] <exec> 08└─Seems very sad. Why was he not yelling in the streets "Earthquake coming!"
[01:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:41:36] <exec> 08└─Twitter, Facebook, etc. Let everyone have warnings. This goes beyond making someone buy one
[01:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Not an earthquake detector - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:38] <exec> 08└─a man who decided that there was a business opportunity producing earthquake detectors:
[01:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:41:52] <exec> 08└─Ignorance. That's the only way to explain all the people that misunderstand the 3/5ths compromise. News flash: It was the SOUTH that wanted slaves counted, the North did not want them to be counted as persons at all. The compromise was 3/5ths.
[01:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Retail - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:41:53] <exec> 08└─>>Retailers have always been relatively liberal, because the owners recognize that customers >>come in all races, religions, ethnic backgrounds, ages, with or without disabilities, etc. Hollywood has always been a retail industry, selling entertainment. In the old days, they not only made the films,...
[01:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''States Rights'' - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:04] <exec> 08└─The red herring that is generally offered as the reason for succession was "States Rights". In reality, this is how it worked: Plantation owners liked to get away from the beastly heat and humidity of The South and experience some culture. To do this, they would take a vacation in The North. The thi...
[01:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''States Rights'' - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:05] <exec> 08└─The States Rights argument was bunkum. It was always about slavery. I disagree. It was about both. It was two sides talking past each other. One telling the other what to do. The other saying 'nuh uh we can sell people'. To this day people still do not get that. It was both. You dont get a few thous...
[01:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:07] <exec> 08└─And you're just ignoring the fact that the Confederate States existed for political and economic reasons that had nothing to do with your precious little obsession with slavery.
[01:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Confederate Defenders statue - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:10] <exec> 08└─Sunday, somebody took a can of red spray paint to the pedestal. Black lives matter [nydailynews.com] More states seeing Confederate statues defaced [wtsp.com] Confederate statues in South Carolina, Maryland, and Texas were discovered defaced this week with the words "Black Lives Matter". The discov...
[01:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Most We Can Do - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:12] <exec> 08└─#2 is wrong. It is so popular with politicians because 2016 presidential campaigning is under way.
[01:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:21] <exec> 08└─The only thing of value that can come from his post is the examination of his motives ... What kind of thought process leads to someone denying such a glaringly obvious truth?
[01:42:23] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Gorb [5542] 02Southern States - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 1174 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:23] <exec> 08└─Outside the USA, the Confederate Flag represents the South. That's it. Here's a Wiki of the current flag in question: "...was rejected as the national flag in 1861. It was instead adopted as a battle flag by the Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee.[30] Despite never having historically repre...
[01:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Translation from the NewSpeak - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:25] <exec> 08└─"We want everybody to feel comfortable shopping at Walmart."
[01:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:38] <exec> 08└─If I won the lottery I wouldn't give a fuck about TPP -- I better go buy a ticket, winning the lottery is way more likely than Congress doing something for the good of the people.
[01:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:39] <exec> 08└─There are many reasons to not pass a bill. If you can't attach your pork or pet issues to a bill with amendments... It looks like the TPP will pass though, especially if Trade Adjustment passes.
[01:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:42] <exec> 08└─Good thing - no, not even close. Despite the whole thing trying to pass itself off a way to reduce barriers to international trade, the GDP increases expected are so tiny you wouldn't even notice them once they've been rounded to whatever is easily human readable.
[01:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:48] <exec> 08└─Holy cow, I just pointed this out in the other thread. It really struck me as odd that overnight almost all media sources were going off on this Confederate flag thing. Then I read about TPP fast track passage and it clicked. I don't think it is exactly collusion between all mainstream press, but if...
[01:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03subs [4485] (Score:2) 02And you know the worst part? - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:50] <exec> 08└─You can't do anything about it. Your primary democratic tool, your vote, is worthless. Both parties are wholly-owned subsidiaries of industry and no amount of voting, whether third party or not, will get you any change.
[01:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03GoonDu [2623] (Score:2) 02Re:No, or no? - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:43:46] <exec> 08└─I bet he makes a lot of silly puns as well. "I kNOw that the senate will never listen, so I built a datacenter to collectively harvest everybody's private data so I can blackmail eveybody after decades of data mining. Remember, kNOwledge is power and NO means NOthing to Dr. NO!"
[01:44:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02How is that hope and change working out? - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 732 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:50] <exec> 08└─This is why voting in the current system is completely worthless, your "choice" is between corporate ass kissing douchebag A or B, that's it. Its not even Coke VS Pepsi, its Coke in a bottle VS coke in a slightly different shaped bottle. As the late great Bill Hicks put it "I think the puppet on the...
[01:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:49:02] <exec> 08└─The People have the right to demand the best use of our assets.
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[02:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:36] <exec> 08└─Historically, hemp has been far easier to grow than tobacco. It is less demanding than tobacco in many ways. For instance, hemp actually helps to build healthier soil, whereas tobacco depletes the soil Farmers benefit from growing hemp. Processing those cultivars which are good for smoking is no mor...
[02:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:37] <exec> 08└─I doubt it'll ever be legalised. Too many people stand to lose far too much - the cartels lose their money, the various US security agencies will lose funding, and the prisons will lose inmates.
[02:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:39] <exec> 08└─I had always assumed that places that properly legalized pot, like Colorado, would tax the crap out of it, as it's a luxury and people can do without it. That's what happens with cigarettes and booze where I live, and the taxes go into the general fund for schools and roads and whatnot.
[02:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:40] <exec> 08└─Last year, when I was still smoking, here in Sherbrooke, Quebec I was buying at a price between 100 and 120$/oz.
[02:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:42] <exec> 08└─Holy crap - you could have been buying gold instead, and depositing it in a safe deposit box at your local bank!
[02:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:44] <exec> 08└─Your off by a factor of 10. However, cost were part of the reasons why I stopped...
[02:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:53] <exec> 08└─From what I've read - yes, people in Mexico City are hooked on all of the modern contrivances that US citizens love so much. The Mexicans I work with all have their smart phones and gadgets. Why do you think Mexico is drastically different from the US in this respect? The richest man in Mexico made...
[02:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Does it send cause auto nuking? - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:56] <exec> 08└─Set it up to automatically NUKE the city. We don't need anymore wetbacks coming to the US!
[02:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:07] <exec> 08└─Magic? Sacrifices to dark and bloody god......? Front for the CIA/FBI/NSA.....? Nobody knows....
[02:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:11] <exec> 08└─I've noticed elsewhere that the flag defenders have a disproportionate number of spelling-impaired writers compared to the leftists.
[02:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:14] <exec> 08└─Yes they wanted them counted as non-voters. I don't see how any of that is relevant to this debate. Since I am clearly "ignorance" perhaps you can explain your news flash.
[02:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''States Rights'' - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:28] <exec> 08└─> You dont get a few thousand hicks to fight over the rights of a black man. Yeah, they would rather just murder the black men. The fact that the "state's rights" argument was only of interest to the south with respect to their 'right' to keep slaves makes it completely subordinate to slavery.
[02:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:30] <exec> 08└─And, your view is the one that most closely matches my own. At any time, congress could have passed a simple law, a compromise on slavery, which specified that any black person born in the US after some specific date was a FREE CITIZEN of the United States who could not be deprived of his liberty. A...
[02:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:31] <exec> 08└─> And, your view is the one that most closely matches my own. You didn't even have to post for everyone to know that. You are the clarence thomas to his antonin scalia.
[02:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 1492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:33] <exec> 08└─Both ends of the states rights argument had been played multiple times in various issues involving tension between regional interests and national interests. It's politics, no one is ever intellectually consistent, they just fool themselves into thinking they are. Leading up to the war, slavery was...
[02:42:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 2235 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:35] <exec> 08└─Not to mention I thought the USA was a country that valued free speech? I can go onto those same sites and buy models that have Nazi imagery on them and there is no way in hell you can argue the old confederacy caused anywhere near the insane loss of life the NSDAP did. Then there is the rotting ele...
[02:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Most We Can Do - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:39] <exec> 08└─> It is so popular with politicians because 2016 presidential campaigning is under way. Because... they can talk about this instead of any issues of substance. Doh!
[02:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nonsense... - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:43] <exec> 08└─Absolutely it is banned from the establishments listed. That was the point of the article. And if you are going to spin it as a symbol of our shame, it is worth pointing out that the flag we still fly is every bit as much a symbol of that shame.
[02:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:50] <exec> 08└─Considering his bitching about celine dion, I'm going to go with he is a resident of north america if not the USA. He is free to explain himself, you don't need to make up excuses for him.
[02:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:52] <exec> 08└─He is free to explain himself, you don't need to make up excuses for him.
[02:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03jrmcferren [5500] (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:53] <exec> 08└─They is already a push to ban that one too: http://www.breitbart.com [breitbart.com] Rush Limbaugh said this would happen.
[02:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Big Business Wins - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:55] <exec> 08└─Bingo. I clicked the link to ask "How is it a good thing that Corporate America can flex it's muscles, and impose it's will on the American people?" And, here you are, basically asking the same thing. This WILL come back to bite us all in the ass. Of course, there are those sheeple who actually want...
[02:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Big Business Wins - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:56] <exec> 08└─> I clicked the link to ask "How is it a good thing that Corporate America can flex it's muscles, and impose it's will on the American people?" Really? Do you hear yourself? Choosing to not sell a symbol of haterd and genocide is a corporate conspiracy? Guys like you really live down to the worst st...
[02:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Big Business Wins - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:58] <exec> 08└─> and despite the objectively greater importance of TPP, that TPP story has half the comments. Well, I'd wager that no one here has read the TPP, not even one of the leaked drafts. So... it is no surprise we don't have much to say about it.
[02:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:13] <exec> 08└─Joe Trailerpark should really go for an expensive German piss-bear. Cheap American piss-bears are known for having watered-down piss, which isn't nearly as effective at driving unwanted intruders away from your house or trailer. Only German piss-bears are pungent enough to do the job right, and Joe...
[02:43:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02Re:Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 653 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:19] <exec> 08└─Holy cow, I just pointed this out in the other thread. It really struck me as odd that overnight almost all media sources were going off on this Confederate flag thing. Then I read about TPP fast track passage and it clicked. I don't think it is exactly collusion between all mainstream press, but if...
[02:44:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:It's better than it used to be - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:44:37] <exec> 08└─it was 10 years after the Great Worm. Remember that the MTM worm was so devestating because it used a few security holes in a large enough fraction of Unix machines that made up the majority of internet infrastructure. 10 years out from that, I could imagine that someone might have another list of s...
[02:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''with barely 10% of the elected people voting'' - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:44:57] <exec> 08└─It's typical for a body that takes votes to have a requirement for a quorum. [google.com] What you claim does sound extremely undemocratic. I wonder if the photos you referenced aren't taken during *debate* or some such. I know that some USA congresscritters take to the floor of a nearly-empty chamb...
[02:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:The Declining Congress - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:45:12] <exec> 08└─There's a pretty major problem with using any large character set with amiguous glyphs in an application where you are using the characters to make identifiers which are intended to be unambiguously readable by both humans and machines. Honestly, it seems like the real solution is to break unicode i...
[02:45:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kadal [4731] 02sham democracy (c)(tm) - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 81 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:45:15] <exec> 08└─TPP should be rejected just because it's secret. There isn't anything to discuss.
[02:45:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:How is that hope and change working out? - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 1070 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:45:26] <exec> 08└─All true, but I'm glad the country at least HAD hope for change. It shows that the citizens want improvement, even if we are all being played for fools. The bad thing for goons is that they're sinking themselves further into a hole where people won't forgive or trust them again. I am worried that it...
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[03:41:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 894 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:36] <exec> 08└─Historically, hemp has been far easier to grow than tobacco. It is less demanding than tobacco in many ways. For instance, hemp actually helps to build healthier soil, whereas tobacco depletes the soil Farmers benefit from growing hemp. Processing those cultivars which are good for smoking is no mor...
[03:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:38] <exec> 08└─> I doubt it'll ever be legalised. Too many people stand to lose far too much Runaway fully knows that all the SJWs will overcome that.
[03:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:39] <exec> 08└─"I doubt it'll ever be legalised." I give it 5 years until legalization at the national level, no more than 10. After all, they legalized it in the nations capitol, so senators can now get high, but their constituents can't. It's already too late to roll it back, states get addicted to new revenue s...
[03:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:4, Informative) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:42] <exec> 08└─They did here in WA, 25% without voter approval. Guess what the voters did? Guess who's pissed. Sometimes the voting box does produce results. They're still making a crap ton of tax money, just not as much as they wanted to extort, and 25% is extortion. It also prevents legal from competing with the...
[03:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:46] <exec> 08└─Gold is sell at 1100$ to 1200$/oz I, if you have a contact for gold at 120 to 200 /oz let us know
[03:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:48] <exec> 08└─Here in Spokane, Washington, Recreational is averaging $180 an oz and medical around $160. $6 and $8 grams are common for sale items with the average about $12 a gram. $25 eighths at Satorie's last week. It is now cheaper in the legal shops than the street, with better quality and variety. Just brou...
[03:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I remember when... - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:49] <exec> 08└─A dime bag was $10 and 2 fingers wide, a quarter was $25 (0.25oz), and zig-zags were on the checkout counter at 7/11.
[03:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:I remember when... - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:51] <exec> 08└─Last Thanksgiving I cooked a turkey. I was talking to a friend, we were going to meet at the Parade of Lights (San Diego boat show), she mentioned she missed having turkey. I offered to bring her some. Long story short, we ended up in an obscure parking lot at the bay (she was in a sailing club), in...
[03:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Towelie - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:52] <exec> 08└─Don't forget to bring a towel!
[03:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Almost makes me wish - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:54] <exec> 08└─I hadn't quit smoking pot some 30 (jeez, closer to 35) years ago. Maybe they should look into legalizing apartment rentals, maybe then the rising price spiral would reverse itself.
[03:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:03] <exec> 08└─From what I've read - yes, people in Mexico City are hooked on all of the modern contrivances that US citizens love so much.
[03:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:21] <exec> 08└─> I've noticed elsewhere that the flag defenders have a disproportionate number of spelling-impaired writers compared to the leftists. http://www.livescience.com [livescience.com]
[03:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 1828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:43] <exec> 08└─Not quite that easy but probably not much more complicated either. Just passing a law saying nobody is born a slave would have a huge unintended consequence that everybody at the time would have seen and it would have scuttled the idea. Slaves were both an asset and a responsibility, owners had obli...
[03:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:46] <exec> 08└─> Not to mention I thought the USA was a country that valued free speech? Is it not freedom of speech for Amazon to decide what products they will sell? Invoking freedom of speech to force somebody to do business they do not want to is really messed up. To the point where I can't help but think you...
[03:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 1645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:47] <exec> 08└─The fact that you feel comfortable talking about whether the sum total of the atrocities of one group is worse than another means that there are some oversimplifications in your worldview. There are some atrocities that are worse than others. There are some pairs of atrocities where I'm not sure whi...
[03:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:49] <exec> 08└─> I think you're oversimplifying a problem with much deeper structure than you'll ever know in order to bring false clarity to your own life. Not clarity, rationalization of pre-existing bias. If you've read many of hairy's posts, you would have no difficulty predicting how he would come out on this...
[03:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:De-Facto Censorship - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:00] <exec> 08└─> using a media event as a pole-vault into demonizing racists Oh those poor misunderstood racists!
[03:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:08] <exec> 08└─> He doesn't need to explain himself, especially to a flaming AC. Oooh. Standing up for an asshole! Yay! You know, simply framing your words mildly doesn't make the ideas expressed in them any less evil. > please don't make me sorry I did. You are free to feel as sorry as you want.
[03:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh? - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:10] <exec> 08└─> Rush Limbaugh said this would happen. Limbaugh predicted Farrakhan would say something over the top and nobody but the extreme right would pay attention? You know Limbaugh is a comedian right? Maybe you haven't listened to him enough to figure that out yet. His schtick is to get apoplectic over so...
[03:43:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] 02Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 121 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:33] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile the media is dutifully distracting us with the "issue" of the Confederate flags. TPP protests are so last week.
[03:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And you know the worst part? - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:37] <exec> 08└─What is really sad about that is how many educated people believe votes matter. It is like those sorry SOBs that go into the military thinking their service and death means something. If only people read their history and listen to the generations that already figured this out.
[03:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:I remember - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 918 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:44:27] <exec> 08└─Rebuilding on a faulty foundation just leads to further disasters. With how many hours get wasted on stupid web services, etc. I don't see how your comment is relevant. Your logic could be applied to car safety, why did they waste precious resources on better seatbelts, airbags, and anti-lock brakes...
[03:44:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:ISTR an RFC.. - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:44:40] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the 90's when real encryption was made illegal to export!
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[04:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:41:35] <exec> 08└─Once again, I see we're ignoring the elephant in the room: competition from the developing world and automation. Sure, it's fine if you want to work less hours, but you do need to provide some sort of value to potential employers. There are substantial fixed costs to employing people which are being...
[04:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:36] <exec> 08└─Another elephant: Hughpickens.com is the kind of crap you'd expect to see on Slashdot, and we're all here because we got fed up with the antics over there, so why use their worst sources?
[04:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gorb [5542] (Score:1) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:49] <exec> 08└─a metric shit-ton of money
[04:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:57] <exec> 08└─Should set up a munchies stand next door.
[04:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:37] <exec> 08└─The South wanted to eat their cake and have it too. They wanted slaves counted towards their population totals in order to weight their influence in the House of Representatives. So they wanted them included as full citizens when apportioning representation, but did not want to let them have full ri...
[04:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:43:01] <exec> 08└─Not selling the Confederate Flag Won't Change the way people act or feel.
[04:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score:1) 02Re:The Most We Can Do - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:43:07] <exec> 08└─#2 is wrong. It is so popular with politicians because 2016 presidential campaigning is under way.
[04:43:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:40] <exec> 08└─Or as long as Tyrone Crackhouse can get his cheap American Malt Liquor and watch BET, there is no problem.
[04:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:48] <exec> 08└─Well, not much collusion is needed when most outlets are owned by the same corporation... However it is also the good old ratings effect. What would get more readers, complicated international trade agreements, or an emotionally charged american flag issue. Its evident right here as someone pointed...
[04:43:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RobotMonster [130] 02greed always wins - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:50] <exec> 08└─yay for corruption. fucking yay. can't say i'm surprised, but I still managed to delude myself that there would be some hope of sanity prevailing, but no... greed always wins.
[04:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:And you know the worst part? - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:54] <exec> 08└─I was about to post something similar. Votes only matter on some specific issues, mostly local, and even then its a crap shoot against corporate lobbying. I've been chuckling (sadly) to myself for a while now when people get all upset over non-voters.
[04:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Squirrel! - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:55] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, the media is distracting everyone with a Confederate flag.
[04:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Raced - 06US State Department Computer Problems Cause Major Travel Headaches - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:04] <exec> 08└─The article says 100 people raced to fix the problem. 100 seems like a LOT of people to bring up a new server. Maybe they were hand-typing in all the lost db records?
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[05:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:38] <exec> 08└─but you do need to provide some sort of value to someone willing to pay
[05:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:39] <exec> 08└─If the employers actually cared, they would realize there are significant diminishing returns involved here. Workers who work less can actually be more productive, to a certain extent.
[05:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02It has always been this way in the US - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:40] <exec> 08└─For some reason, salaried people in the US were just about always expected to contribute extra hours in exchange for vague promises of promotion. Its clear, just by looking at the numbers, you know there is not enough brown to cover all the available noses. Given this (forced) bargain, its clear tha...
[05:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Back when I was a working stiff - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:42] <exec> 08└─My workweek was 44 hours. 9 hours mon-thu, 8 on friday. That was the baseline when nothing was happening. When a chip came in it wasn't unusual to put in 70 hours a week, including going home at 4, kicking back, then getting a call at 9 PM a chip had shown up and I needed to start testing it Right N...
[05:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Back when I was a working stiff - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 1205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:44] <exec> 08└─I was salaried working for HP. They put me as the on-site liason for one of their larger customers. I was paid salary, but they billed me out for $300/hr. I worked 50+ hours a week and exceeded their contract maximum with the client. I asked my boss for a couple of weeks off until the start of the n...
[05:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:57] <exec> 08└─As long as a bottled water costs multiple dollars per half liter bottle, pot won't cost 10 cents a joint.
[05:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score:2) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:02] <exec> 08└─For what? Reggies? Here (near Detroit), reggies (aka compressed brick weed that was low quality to begin with) are from 60-100 an ounce if you can even find them, high quality stuff is 200-350, and the "medical" stuff is 25-50% more expensive than comparable street weed.
[05:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:21] <exec> 08└─> The richest man in Mexico made his money off of cell phones. Not really. Carlos Slim made his money by exploiting a telco monopoly.
[05:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:45] <exec> 08└─But do not forget the shipping triangle with slaves: 1) South and Caribbean sell slaves and pick-up goods for North, like sugar and cotton. 2) North drop goods and pickup goods for Africa, like alcohol made from the sugar, or cloth form the cotton. 3) Africa drop goods and pickup slaves. Oh those sh...
[05:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nonsense... - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:21] <exec> 08└─> Absolutely it is banned from the establishments listed. Which is such weak tea that only the most dedicated racist would consider it a ban. > it is worth pointing out that the flag we still fly is every bit as much a symbol of that shame. The US was flag was not created specifically to represent a...
[05:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 021(866)220-0044 - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 897 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:53] <exec> 08└─Know what gets a politician's attention? A flood of telephone calls to his office. (DO NOT email.) The Capitol switchboard is 1(866)220-0044 toll-free. In DC it's (202)224-3121. If you don't know your guy's name, just give your zip code and you'll be put through to his office. Tell his folks what yo...
[05:45:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:The Declining Charset - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 1617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:45:50] <exec> 08└─Good points, but some of this has been addressed. A novel solution I've experimented with is to render the Unicode string then run it through an OCR program that favors output of the "expected" characters, typically due to multi-character recognition which is sort of like on the fly language detecti...
[05:48:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Re:Be more White, Yellow demons! - 06Eateries in Chinese Town Hold Dog Meat Festival Amid Outcry - 437 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:48:22] <exec> 08└─That's not really the standard though. Westerners will eat lambs [tumblr.com], goats [parade.com], and calves [imgur.com], all of which can be reasonably cute animals, and not go "eww". I think it has a lot more to do with the fact that a lot more westerners own dogs than own sheep, so when they thi...
[05:48:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Re:As a vegetarian... - 06Eateries in Chinese Town Hold Dog Meat Festival Amid Outcry - 74 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:48:44] <exec> 08└─Oh, I know the reason why - only the animals HE finds cute deserve rights!
[05:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Retroactive security, like anti-virus software - 06NSA & GCHQ Attempted to Subvert Popular Security Software Tools - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:39] <exec> 08└─literally means you will always be behind the curve...
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[06:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02From a business blog - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:48] <exec> 08└─Perspective from a business blog that I like. [coyoteblog.com] In a nutshell, the guy says that this basically eliminated the concept of junior managers, i.e., someone who takes responsibility and organizes their own time, rather than just punching a clock. Moreover, if those junior managers are wor...
[06:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I was offered free weed a few days ago - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:16] <exec> 08└─I was offered free weed a few days ago. I don't smoke, so I didn't ask what was going on; but if I had to guess I'd say it was a 215 holder who had surplus and didn't know what to do with it. She was an older woman, walking with a cane.
[06:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I was offered free weed a few days ago - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:42:17] <exec> 08└─Smoking is old school. We vape now.
[06:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:18] <exec> 08└─Is it not freedom of speech for Amazon to decide what products they will sell?
[06:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:45] <exec> 08└─Maybe it will remind big people where the return on their investment comes from...
[06:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:50] <exec> 08└─That ain't gonna happen. This vote basically pre-approved a treaty they have never seen.
[06:44:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03subs [4485] 02And you know the worst part? - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 219 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:02] <exec> 08└─You can't do anything about it. Your primary democratic tool, your vote, is worthless. Both parties are wholly-owned subsidiaries of industry and no amount of voting, whether third party or not, will get you any change.
[06:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanity checks - 06US State Department Computer Problems Cause Major Travel Headaches - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:44:18] <exec> 08└─Yes, but it is government software: if the data is sane, then it is incompatible with the application layer!
[06:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:I remember - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:45:00] <exec> 08└─So multiple wives, and then start banging out kids? You never know how many you will lose along the way...
[06:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Missed opportunity? - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:45:17] <exec> 08└─A fucking suit is a fucking suit is a fucking suit.
[06:45:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:No, it's NOT any better than it used to be! - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:45:29] <exec> 08└─Look for tetris ^ up there ^. ["]
[06:45:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:''with barely 10% of the elected people voting' - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:45:52] <exec> 08└─Nope, some assemblies indeed have no quorum, or have rules allowing one guy to vote for half his party-mates. I am saddened by the fact that I grew up in a place which allows politicians to be paid while not actually bothering to sit in session.
[06:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:To be fair... - 06Famous Doomsayer Paul Ehrlich Says "This Time We Really Are All Doomed" - 2487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:47:22] <exec> 08└─The unprecedented part is our intelligence and technology far beyond anything ever seen before on the Earth. Another intelligent species could have evolved millions of years ago, screwed up, and killed themselves off, or could have had the bad luck to appear just before a mass extinction event. Ther...
[06:47:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stupid or Liar - 06Famous Doomsayer Paul Ehrlich Says "This Time We Really Are All Doomed" - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:47:39] <exec> 08└─That's insightful, not flamebait. Think about it for a second, a charlatan like this harms you eco-tards' cause.
[06:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:50:34] <exec> 08└─> I see you're an authoritarian, as only an authoritarian would usually use a phrase like "Proper Behavior" (and capitalize it, no less). Would you have preferred quotes, to help you grasp advanced speech concepts? > The FCC has no such authority to censor speech. Please volunteer your best explanat...
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[07:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Popeidol [35] (Score:4, Informative) 02customer here - 06Australian Telco Caught Passing Users' Mobile Numbers to Websites Without Consent - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:41:37] <exec> 08└─I'm an Optus customer. At my office we pay them about $10k/month and just signed on for another two years. I'll be sending our account manager to request they explain the practice, and ask them to disable it to avoid potentially violating the privacy of our employees without consent. If they reply w...
[07:41:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:49] <exec> 08└─And everyone is ignoring yet another elephant, although not really in the room: khallow! Well known elephant, as in GOP, or Gigantic Opulent Persons Party, where things like wages, hours, and fairness and justice are so many illusions of the working class.
[07:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I was offered free weed a few days ago - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:23] <exec> 08└─Top level AC here. Is the "we" 215 holders (That's California medical card holder for those who don't know) or somebody else? I doubt every last 215 holder vapes.
[07:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 697 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:41] <exec> 08└─Why should it require a smartphone? The telcos could send a text message to all phones in the predicted areas, warning them of a potential disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] I'm pretty sure at least 50% of people in Mexico City that have phones that can receive su...
[07:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02cell broadcast - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:43] <exec> 08└─Then it could be argued that it's unethical for the Government to not force the Telcos to provide such warnings and make such devices mostly redundant in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] http://www.one2many.eu
[07:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 3242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:43:29] <exec> 08└─I think you're a little too generous to the Confederacy here, and a little too harsh on the North. Lincoln said the following after being elected in 1861, repeating an earlier speech: "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exis...
[07:45:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:No, it's NOT any better than it used to be! - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:45:45] <exec> 08└─Whoops, I submitted that to the wrong tab instead of my testing server. Don't worry, there's no .js file to pull in at that URL, and your browser won't pull it in anyway as it's a HTTP not a HTTPS asset. This page is HTTPS which doesn't allow for mixed security active content. My test server is HTTP...
[07:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Bigger How? - 06Solar System's Small Worlds get Bigger this Week - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:50:22] <exec> 08└─No, the politicians are still here.
[07:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Church-run Brothels - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:51:24] <exec> 08└─Did you bother to read the links? Rome as well as Avignon housed brothels. The following is an extract about Rome under Pope Alexander VI, written by the Pope's own master of ceremonies in 1501: There is no longer any crime or shameful act that does not take place in public in Rome and in the house...
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[08:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03SlimmPickens [1056] (Score:2) 02Singaporean - 06Australian Telco Caught Passing Users' Mobile Numbers to Websites Without Consent - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:41] <exec> 08└─Optus operates in Australia but is owned by Singtel
[08:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Article Headline - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:42:28] <exec> 08└─"This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado" vs "Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado" Dear editors, why put the "this" there? It makes the article look like the kind of sensationalistic garbage you'd expect from tabloids
[08:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:00] <exec> 08└─It's not like everyone's going to suddenly do all their grocery shopping online
[08:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - YEAH RIGHT - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:11] <exec> 08└─Well, sort of. The slaves themselves didn't get to vote, their owners did. The people in the north (who mostly didn't own slaves) thought that people who weren't allowed to vote shouldn't count when calculating representation in Congress. The people in the south thought that if you owned 100 slaves...
[08:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:38] <exec> 08└─So let me get this straight...are you REALLY supporting the oppression olympics [knowyourmeme.com]....is that REALLY your position? Get ready to have your little worldview blown away friend, because there is absolutely no difference between that position and "Blacks and Indians are 3/5ths of a perso...
[08:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ISTR an RFC.. - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:45:27] <exec> 08└─Looking at the huge complex mess IPSEC is, I wonder if someone intentionally made it so difficult to use in practice.
[08:45:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] 02No, it's NOT any better than it used to be! - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 1731 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:45:42] <exec> 08└─Oh, fuck it, I wasn't going to put this one out there, but then TFA popped up and made it relevant. Let's demonstrate TFA via a script injection exploit I discovered in less than 30 minutes while playing with the "malicious URL detector" here. [soylentnews.org] Copy and paste this into your post, th...
[08:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:The Declining Charset - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 944 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:46:24] <exec> 08└─More than a decade ago I proposed an HTML tag that will disable active/fancy stuff (the opening and closing tags need a matching random string). That way even if the browser makers or HTML bunch come up with new features, the new stuff would still be disabled. It's ridiculous to have a car with only...
[08:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How is that hope and change working out? - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 1726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:46:39] <exec> 08└─Voting is not worthless, the system is getting voters what they say they want. That voters are easily influenced or tricked is their problem and responsibility as voters to fix. 1) There are more than 2 parties. And when > 95% of the voters who bother voting keep voting for either Twiddledee or Twid...
[08:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bootsy [3440] (Score:2) 02Never upgrade until it is proven stable - 06mod_perl Now Working on Apache 2.4.x - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:22] <exec> 08└─This is too bleeding edge. Let others upgrade and iron out any bugs before you take a new verison of mod_perl. It's never good practice to jump straight to a new version of a library unless there is a critical bug fix or security patch. Take your time and let it bed in. The work to make the site run...
[08:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:To be fair... - 06Famous Doomsayer Paul Ehrlich Says "This Time We Really Are All Doomed" - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:47:41] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure there are many people who think mankind has zero effect on the environment. That sounds like a strawman, those seem very popular these days. Personally, I think that no one has yet demonstrated enough predictive skill to indicate they have any idea what the consequences of a given actio...
[08:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Be more White, Yellow demons! - 06Eateries in Chinese Town Hold Dog Meat Festival Amid Outcry - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:48:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah my objection is to the theft and the health aspect (eating stray dogs might be bad for health - ever see the crap dogs eat?). Other than that, let people eat dogs as much as people eat pigs, cows, etc.
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[09:42:08] <exec> 08└─How do we know that the threshold is doubling? There's no link in the submission or TFA to that info for good reason: the expected revisions have only been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review. What's happening later this month is the proposed changes will be published in the...
[09:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:26] <exec> 08└─> So yeah...not gonna happen south of the Mason/Dixon line, So what you're saying is, it's time for American Civil War II! You guys love wars, right? This will be cool! All the southerners can have their flag back for a while, the North can try out all their drones and stuff, if the air force splits...
[09:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 1302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:37] <exec> 08└─Dude don't smoke blunts, the amount of toxin particulates you are sucking into your lungs is just nuts and once the damage is done? It can never be undone. Even though my dad quit smoking 30 years ago COPD claimed his life last month and despite the fact I've been smoke free for 3 years I have zero...
[09:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 1448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:41] <exec> 08└─I don't think that there's much debate over the fact that the south wanted slavery. The debate is over the degree to which the north was opposed. A lot of people in the north were at least as racist as those in the south, but the poorer ones didn't want slaves lowering wages (and thought that it was...
[09:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:50] <exec> 08└─Of course, during the Civil War, he just went for it because, well, why not?
[09:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Welp - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:18] <exec> 08└─I guess you haven't been paying attention to how important the economy is in recent elections. A 0.6% GDP growth is something to shout about in an election. Everyone stopping work for two days would likely cause around a 1% dip in GDP, which is enough to topple governments at the moment.
[09:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rats - 06Eateries in Chinese Town Hold Dog Meat Festival Amid Outcry - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:49:54] <exec> 08└─Hmm that reminds me when was the last time PETA did a nude calendar or nude campaign? Perhaps we should start eating more meat. Or even start wearing fur ;).
[09:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:51:14] <exec> 08└─I always thought it's the electromagnetic waves that are restricted. Airwaves (aka sound) are to be used by anyone however he pleases, as long as he keeps the volume in a tolerable range.
[09:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Jugend...horde? - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:51:19] <exec> 08└─The measure isn't meaningful because it's puritan nonsense.
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[10:41:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:3, Insightful) 02post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:50] <exec> 08└─TFA seems to ignore the fact that there is a difference between being impoverished by unemployment, and empowered by post-scarcity. Whether post-scarcity is achievable, and whether it will play out the way we hope it will is a valid question, but saying it's just another form of getting laid off mak...
[10:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:51] <exec> 08└─Oh looky it's another idiot posting Manna. You must absolutely love the NSA today, because the mandatory Vertebrane implant will be so much worse for your privacy.
[10:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:52] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the Manna story has its drawbacks, the utopian spine-chip being one, and the ham-fisted romance being another. Strip those unnecessary details away and look at the two different economic & societal routes taken in the wake of mass-automation, and you have the two basic extreme possibilities th...
[10:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02We used to call these places GHOST TOWNS. - 06A World Without Work - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:54] <exec> 08└─Because the PEOPLE LEFT in search of OTHER WORK.
[10:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02obligatory coment about Basic Income.............. - 06A World Without Work - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:55] <exec> 08└─Basic income! it gonna be grate! allz ya goots to do is covincne duh votas to pay mo taxez bro! but dey don wanna becuz FUKK U I GOTZ MINE!!!!!!!
[10:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02A dramatization - 06A World Without Work - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:57] <exec> 08└─Heart of Steel (1983) [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [imdb.com] A memorable TV movie 4 years before Oliver Stone's "Wall Street". Strong cast. The story resembles Youngstown right down to the point that what they make is pipe. One of my favorite weekly broadcasts|webcasts is done by Professor of Eco...
[10:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 1102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:59] <exec> 08└─The thing that people forget is that SOMEONE has to: * grow our food * provide our utilities (electricity, plumbing, etc) * fix our roads ...and so on. Work is a fundamental part of the human condition. As societies become more complex, of course, additional jobs are required, so we have doctors, la...
[10:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:4, Insightful) 02this is why one should not use paypal - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:05] <exec> 08└─paypal wont let me add money because they think im laundering money. fuck them i just wont use paypal.
[10:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marneus68 [3572] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Get in line or get wrecked. - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:07] <exec> 08└─How can you title a blog post "This is what happens when you create an online community without any rules" without talking about SRS is beyond me. This isn't about political correctness or the lack of thereof anymore, it's about the non-compliance to a certain agenda.
[10:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:47] <exec> 08└─Dealing is how we teach the metric system in America....every dealer can compute metric to imperial, at least up to a kilo. After that it's a 'metric shit ton.'
[10:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:50] <exec> 08└─I thought Florida was the 'Deep North' anyway? Been in the Bible Belt many a time,* but never say never, it just might take another decade after the Fed legalizes it. That IMO will occur at about the 40% mark for states legalizing it. It's still a win, never thought I would see it in my lifetime, (j...
[10:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:59] <exec> 08└─Note to self: When visiting Michigan, bring my own weed. I haven't seen brick weed in at least 15 years.
[10:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 1199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:04] <exec> 08└─Hahaha, actually I rarely smoke a true 'blunt.' They are quite harsh, I just never see the word 'joint' anymore (don't really do those much either, same reason) and just used it as a poor substitute since I always seem to be behind the times terminology wise. Some mother nature in a pipe or oil in a...
[10:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Uh, Duh? - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:13] <exec> 08└─"Even with the declining prices, sales are still exceeding those of last year for recreational marijuana." And this is a surprise? Wait until (like WA state) the price actually begins to compete with the street. Why go to a black market dealer, when a legitimate dealer has a clean store, large varie...
[10:43:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 1036 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:27] <exec> 08└─Keeping into account that: the device is a Specific Area Message Encoding [wikipedia.org] receiver for the SASMEX - the Mexican early warning system SASMEX operates from 1991 [iitk.ac.in] (warning - PDF, lightweight one)SASMEX do have already a Twitter account [twitter.com] and Facebook account [fac...
[10:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Attach that to Social Media - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:28] <exec> 08└─Here's [cires.mx] the one I saw: 4.3 at epicentre, 3.2 at the closest sensors.
[10:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:44:29] <exec> 08└─I have no earthly idea how this is upposed to relate to my post.
[10:44:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:The Most We Can Do - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:44:36] <exec> 08└─Aha, that's what is meant by substance abuse .. :P
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[11:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:41:56] <exec> 08└─the reality will probably fall somewhere between the extremes cracks.
[11:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:41:57] <exec> 08└─and the ham-fisted romance being another.
[11:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:02] <exec> 08└─The thing that people forget is that SOMEONE has to: * grow our food
[11:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Whay will happen? - 06A World Without Work - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:04] <exec> 08└─Well, not much in the beginning: depression, spousal abuse, and suicide. A brief boost in mental health care and incarceration industries. This until if becomes harder to pay for them. Then... it's war, baby... the only way to raise the top marginal taxes in the 81-94% [wikipedia.org] range and to c...
[11:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Idle Hands - 06A World Without Work - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:06] <exec> 08└─For most people, work is a necessity, not just for earning a living but for having something to do with their lives. Busy-work is an insult. The notion that you do something without meaning is unbearable. Even being just a tiny, instantly replaceable cog in a big machine is better than doing somethi...
[11:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Idle Hands - 06A World Without Work - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:07] <exec> 08└─You could always work in stuff like WoW or EVE Online- seems like half of what "players" do is similar to work :).
[11:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Kurt Vonnegut "Player Piano" - 06A World Without Work - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:09] <exec> 08└─everyone is bitterly unhappy because they have nothing to do, even during wartime the machines do all the fighting. Someone's car breaks down. Particularly poignant is that someone, but for a moment, has a job while he fashions a gasket from his leather belt.
[11:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Nothing to do, and couldn't be happier! - 06A World Without Work - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:11] <exec> 08└─Having nothing to do doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'm always keeping busy, and I can pick up hobbies until my time is filled. What bothers me is being told by other people that what I do doesn't matter because I don't get paid to do it. Other people bother me, so much so that I just don't bot...
[11:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:12] <exec> 08└─We will like in the 1700s have a few feudal overlord that has grabbed the natural resources like mines, forests, good soil, natural formations that allow for easy ship ports and wind generators etc. They will then use automated means to make use of those resources and trade among others in an equal...
[11:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:19] <exec> 08└─What does SRS stand for? Seems almost like a compliance fascism. With the money and connection supply being cut whenever there's a defection.
[11:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Having "a" server is the problem - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:21] <exec> 08└─Whenever you have a point of failure that is such narrow that any adversaries have the ability to screw you. Be it by denying money, connectivity or sending bad 1s and 0s. There's going to be trouble keeping it up. So learn and make it distributed!
[11:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:customer here - 06Australian Telco Caught Passing Users' Mobile Numbers to Websites Without Consent - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:29] <exec> 08└─I'll be sending our account manager to request they explain the practice, and ask them to disable it to avoid potentially violating the privacy of our employees without consent.
[11:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Singaporean - 06Australian Telco Caught Passing Users' Mobile Numbers to Websites Without Consent - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:31] <exec> 08└─Considering that Singtel is from Singapore which monitors their inhabitants extensively. This move by Optus doesn't come as big surprise. Time for some corporate bashing.
[11:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Not an earthquake detector - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:43:51] <exec> 08└─So what he has produced is a SASMEX generated warnings receiver ..? How are these sent out btw? (subcarrier FSK?) and is there any live page? And how come the competition is at 1300 US$ when his unit only cost 52 US$ ?
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[12:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Brilliant company - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:44] <exec> 08└─> company called 24M Apparently, these guys are at least eight times as good as 3M [wikipedia.org].
[12:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03infodragon [3509] (Score:2) 02New battery technology... - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 1508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:45] <exec> 08└─Should be taken with a grain of salt... Not poo-pooing what is being said but there are a few things that need to be understood before this is "real" 1. What type of lithium cathode? for instance Polymer (LiCoO2) Lithium Iron (LiFePO4) or something new? This will dictate per cell voltage, LiPo is 3....
[12:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03infodragon [3509] (Score:2) 02Re:New battery technology... - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:41:47] <exec> 08└─I forgot to include some basic information... http://batteryuniversity.com [batteryuniversity.com]
[12:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:00] <exec> 08└─Where Manna misses the mark is in the terrafoam.... I find it improbable that the US political system would back such a massive welfare program. In many ways, this seeming cruelty is actually a good thing long term, because if we did provide terrafoam remote warehousing for the poor, it would likely...
[12:42:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:05] <exec> 08└─The thing that people forget is that SOMEONE has to: * grow our food
[12:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:06] <exec> 08└─People will take up 'hobbies' that look suspiciously like the things we do for employment now
[12:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02TFS - 06A World Without Work - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:14] <exec> 08└─The future will tell us whether or not this pans out as he envisions.
[12:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02pfft. - 06A World Without Work - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:15] <exec> 08└─And what about the Protestants? In a world with no work, protestants wont be able to get into heaven, y'know. This thing.... with NOT looking at the historical social factors and trends, and only looking at the coming of the self-maintaining machines from an economical standpoint. So what that rich...
[12:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Defending child porn? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:27] <exec> 08└─So the linked post says paypal cut voat off for carrying child porn. That seems to be entirely consistent with paypal's long standing policies and completely unremarkable.
[12:42:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Popeidol [35] 02customer here - 06Australian Telco Caught Passing Users' Mobile Numbers to Websites Without Consent - 673 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:34] <exec> 08└─I'm an Optus customer. At my office we pay them about $10k/month and just signed on for another two years. I'll be sending our account manager to request they explain the practice, and ask them to disable it to avoid potentially violating the privacy of our employees without consent. If they reply w...
[12:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrNemesis [1582] (Score:2) 02"raising the salary threshold for overtime" - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 1080 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:55] <exec> 08└─Non-USian here, can anyone explain what this means or how overtime is meant to work in the states...? Does this mean you have to earn a certain minimum amount before you're eligible to claim for paid overtime? Or if you fall under the threshold you don't get paid for any overtime that you do work? :...
[12:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re: - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:56] <exec> 08└─This is for salaried people. They are paid the same whether they work 30 or 80 hours a week and are not subject to overtime unless they make less than the threshold. Normally if you work more than 40 hours a week you get overtime which is time and a half and I think at 60 you get double. That's norm...
[12:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrNemesis [1582] (Score:2) 02Re: - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:57] <exec> 08└─That's the thing, I'm a salaried employee (i.e. full time contract), but by overtime is paid on top of my base salary/contracted hours. Do such an arrangements not happen in the states? Does "not subject to overtime" mean that people earning more $23,660 don't get paid any?!
[12:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Not an earthquake detector - 06A New Earthquake Early-Warning System for Mexico City - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:43:56] <exec> 08└─How are these sent out btw? (subcarrier FSK?)
[12:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score:2) 02Re:Retail - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:44:13] <exec> 08└─Agreed, all my food shopping is done online and delivered at a time I choose (usually every Sunday morning 11:00 - 12:00) If I am not happy with a particular item, they will either take it back and refund me the price, or let me keep it and refund me the price. I have not done a full weekly shop mys...
[12:44:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:44:38] <exec> 08└─> The debate is over the degree to which the north was opposed. Yeah, we are debating whether or not the north were hypocrites! That is what's going on - a great big tu quoque.
[12:44:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:44:52] <exec> 08└─Is it not freedom of speech for Amazon to decide what products they will sell?
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[13:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02PHP prone to exploits - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:42] <exec> 08└─Neat, will it be faster to exploit now? :P
[13:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What happened to PHP6? - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:43] <exec> 08└─I heard it was supported native-ly by Windows 9.
[13:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"I'm not really bad, I'm just drawn that way." - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:45] <exec> 08└─It's not that I regard PHP as a bad language. Rather it gets that reputation because it is favored by clueless newbies.
[13:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Brilliant company - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:55] <exec> 08└─Only if you can tell me what MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM stands for.
[13:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Brilliant company - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:56] <exec> 08└─In porn terms that would be a big gay orgy. NTTAWWT.
[13:41:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03infodragon [3509] 02Re:New battery technology... - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 133 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:58] <exec> 08└─I forgot to include some basic information... http://batteryuniversity.com [batteryuniversity.com]
[13:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:New battery technology... - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:59] <exec> 08└─Yes of course Bring Your Own Salt article, but it does allow for speculation as to what it would mean. Tesla's at prices close to gas powered vehicles? Sign me up for that pipe dream. We are due for a significant advance in battery technology, it's been a while.
[13:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:New battery technology... - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:01] <exec> 08└─Wayhay - real science - thanks! My comparative knowledge of the field can be demonstrated by the depth of my question: They claim greater energy density - can I have some figures, please?
[13:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Already doing assembly line production? - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:03] <exec> 08└─Considering this statement: The company has so far made about 10,000 batteries on its prototype assembly lines
[13:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Already doing assembly line production? - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:04] <exec> 08└─But mobile phone manufacturers won't be interested unless they can have millions of units. Laptop manufacturers might be interested in slightly smaller quantities (all the battery packs may be different between different models, but the cells inside are often identical), but still, the guys with the...
[13:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Already doing assembly line production? - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:06] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the RC and electronics community can make direct use of these batteries?
[13:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Already doing assembly line production? - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:07] <exec> 08└─Please if they can really make this happen Elon Musk will buy the whole process for Gigafactory.
[13:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I believe academia exists to serve humanity - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:09] <exec> 08└─Tim Berners-Lee convinced CERN to put the web in the public domain. Universities should not patent inventions, nor form spinoff companies.
[13:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:19] <exec> 08└─Actually, that's not really off base. In the 1970s when I was in my 20s contraception was cheap and easy, abortion had been legalized and there were no incurable STDs, women would come up to me and ask "wanna fuck?" as casually as "wanna smoke a doob?" It all changed when AIDS came around.
[13:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:A dramatization - 06A World Without Work - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:24] <exec> 08└─His experience of seeing his hometown crumble because of the serious deficiencies of Capitalism has him constantly seeking a better model of production.
[13:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:28] <exec> 08└─Poster above already said robots For your first few examples. What's worse is that since the pace of change (and emphasis on ease-of-use) in these areas is so great, the role of the 'expert' is decreasing--any buffoon with some time can figure out how MongoDB works, and all of a sudden, your Oracle...
[13:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:29] <exec> 08└─Accountants? Already happening: Turbotax.
[13:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 2603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:31] <exec> 08└─What some people fail to realize is the economy of scale in today's world, and the ever-declining ratios of people required to do _anything_ to support life. Somebody has to grow/gather the food, if you do this like Homo sapiens did 10,000 years ago, it's about a 1:2 ratio of food workers to food co...
[13:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:32] <exec> 08└─Roads are big, they actually take more work than homes, especially in the US where everything is so spread out and everybody drives so far every day.
[13:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillAdams [1424] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:35] <exec> 08└─Here's a question I've asked in the past: What does homesteading look like in the 21st century? If one had a home which was: - covered in solar panels - had an automated greenhouse to grow food - had an automated aquarium to raise fish and shrimp for protein - a rainwater collection sys...
[13:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Idle Hands - 06A World Without Work - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:38] <exec> 08└─For most people, work is a necessity, not just for earning a living but for having something to do with their lives.
[13:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:40] <exec> 08└─Feudal overlords keep forgetting that property is a construct which falls apart when society falls apart. Their complete disregard for keeping society going eventually causes their own demise. Every time.
[13:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:52] <exec> 08└─It stands for "Shit Reddit Says", I have never visited it, and I am embarrassed I even know this. Basically take the anarchy, doxing, and the worst elements of /b/ and add social justice and outrage and raids against anyone that might disagree with them. I can only imagine that they are completely b...
[13:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:53] <exec> 08└─So rededit owners/admins getting bashed by their own forum? seems like shooting oneself in the foot somehow.
[13:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03snick [1408] (Score:2) 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:19] <exec> 08└─Among other things, this manifests as a need for employers to get more work out of each employee rather than merely hire more employees.
[13:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:From a business blog - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:25] <exec> 08└─> basically eliminated the concept of junior managers, Did junior managers not exist before inflation made a joke of the limit? > all this means is that they will be restricted to their official working time, because he doesn't have the margin to pay them more anyway. Because he doesn't have the mar...
[13:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re: - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:29] <exec> 08└─See, the problem is you are looking at this from a perspective of a first world nation with reasonable labor laws. In the US, the goal is to suck workers dry at every opportunity. In exchange for a established predictable salary every paycheck, US worker are expected to be wholy-owned subsidiaries o...
[13:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrNemesis [1582] (Score:2) 02Re: - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:31] <exec> 08└─Wow, OK, in that light the headline and summary make a bit more sense. But is this something that's legally mandated in your contract or is it something that workers do voluntarily? And if the latter, why voluntarily work extra time for no financial reward?
[13:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:2) 02Re: misery versus ego - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:33] <exec> 08└─See, the problem is, you are so into saving the world and protecting people here in europe, that they do not have the time and energy left to fight for themselves. They keep downmodding every dengratory comment I post as troll, but for some fucking reason they can't see their own misery. Astonishing...
[13:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:49] <exec> 08└─You drive OVER the road? Man, you ARE high! Try driving ON the road! :-!
[13:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:50] <exec> 08└─Yep, lots less traffic! (the phraseology always struck me as a little odd as well.)
[13:45:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:45:33] <exec> 08└─...where by just removing the name of which group is to be persecuted, you can't tell the difference between the SJW and a neo-nazi.
[13:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:05] <exec> 08└─Maybe the white guy who shot up a black church after telling his buddies he wanted to start a race war, and posted pix of himself waving a Confederate flag, might've had something to do with the media attention? Nah, there has to be more to it than that. Keep digging, theorists.
[13:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tech only is boring - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:48:11] <exec> 08└─Yes, round the straight edges, not the corners, that should be enough to side step that crap
[13:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Have your pet spade or neutered - 06Eateries in Chinese Town Hold Dog Meat Festival Amid Outcry - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:51:13] <exec> 08└─I had a soup in Korea which came with chopsticks (the extremely thin shiny korean kind, not bamboo ones with some friction) and nothing else. Worse, it contained noodles that were so slippery it was impossible to bite them with my teeth (and consider again the chopstick friction issues I mentioned a...
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[14:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:41:37] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that the case with Java and C++ at some point?
[14:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:1) 02Re: - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:41:38] <exec> 08└─I mostly agree. It's not hard to write well-structured lucid php. There are some really infuriating language features, mostly surrounding inconsistencies in the handling of NULLs and Boolean values, but there are worse things. Mostly I find it flexible, performant, with enough standard libraries tha...
[14:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Baffled - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:39] <exec> 08└─All right. I am ignorant. What the hell is the idea of version 6 being lost?
[14:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02¨use a screwdriver - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 833 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:59] <exec> 08└─this is good news for people who want to go off-grid. IMHO the best (re-chargeable) "flow battery" is a closed type fuel-cell with the electrolyte being water. fuel-cells seem to be rather efficient (+90% ?) but micro-turbines are nothing to sneeze at either. the news is all "BATTERY THis! BATTERY T...
[14:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:¨use a screwdriver - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:00] <exec> 08└─Now all you need is someone to invest in your idea. Then run off with the money when you figure out it is a bit harder than that.
[14:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 1292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:17] <exec> 08└─The reason I'm not convinced post-scarcity is what's in our future: Since 1975, in the US at least, labor productivity (i.e. how much stuff workers produce per hour) has doubled, while wages, unemployment, hours worked, and labor force participation have either been flat or gotten worse. If we were...
[14:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:25] <exec> 08└─Well modded. I'm retired and it's GREAT no longer having to chase dollars.
[14:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03dcollins [1168] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:26] <exec> 08└─Top 4 geek myths: (1) Colonization/living on other planets (2) Uploading brains from bodies to computers (3) War with robots implying no human deaths (4) Technology giving the masses a life of leisure How many decades/centuries will my geek brothers insist on this (esp. #4) in the face of all contra...
[14:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:30] <exec> 08└─If only it was that simple.
[14:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Idle Hands - 06A World Without Work - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:40] <exec> 08└─I've been retired for a year and a half and have never been happier. There's plenty to do -- art, literature, tinkering. I really should be working on writing my next book instead of posting on soylent.
[14:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:43] <exec> 08└─That's why I like most older SF more than most of the newer stuff. About all I see in SF today is dystopias. A lot has changed in 300 years, and will change far more in the next 300. And like the last 300, it will get steadily better.
[14:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03dcollins [1168] (Score:2) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:45] <exec> 08└─I would bet exactly the opposite. You can't look at climate change, mass species extinction, and likely peak oil and think things will get better long-term. Most likely, the oil-driven industrial/automated farming/space age was a short-term aberration.
[14:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03dcollins [1168] (Score:2) 02Re:pfft. - 06A World Without Work - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:47] <exec> 08└─"Why is it such a problem to share food and clothing with everybody...?" Mostly because the sociopaths who own it will now have robot drones with guns.
[14:42:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Marneus68 [3572] 02Get in line or get wrecked. - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 268 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:56] <exec> 08└─How can you title a blog post "This is what happens when you create an online community without any rules" without talking about SRS is beyond me. This isn't about political correctness or the lack of thereof anymore, it's about the non-compliance to a certain agenda.
[14:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:01] <exec> 08└─I did, after all this started, figured it couldn't be as bad as I'd heard. First post I saw was this smug post taking credit for reporting Voat to Paypal. I thought it was a troll, surely no one would be insane enough to take credit, until I realized it was a moderator post. The inmates are running...
[14:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JeanCroix [573] (Score:2) 02Re:Having - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:02] <exec> 08└─We could call it something like "usenet".
[14:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Defending child porn? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:04] <exec> 08└─So the linked post says paypal cut voat off for carrying child porn. That seems to be entirely consistent with paypal's long standing policies and completely unremarkable.
[14:43:05] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03FreeUser [5423] 02History repeats - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1266 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:06] <exec> 08└─The problem isn't that Paypal is following its own policies, it's that their policies are being weaponised This is exactly how the Church of Scientology broke through the anonymity of anon.fi back in the day, when some anonymously posted their most secret, expensive "scripture" (the famous, badly wr...
[14:43:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Back when I was a working stiff - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 1205 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:33] <exec> 08└─I was salaried working for HP. They put me as the on-site liason for one of their larger customers. I was paid salary, but they billed me out for $300/hr. I worked 50+ hours a week and exceeded their contract maximum with the client. I asked my boss for a couple of weeks off until the start of the n...
[14:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:From a business blog - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:36] <exec> 08└─I would agree just from the healthcare standpoint. I work for a small company (less than 50) and we have a negotiated healthcare plan. "Obamacare" isn't even mandatory until your company has over 50 full time employees. I am doubting his company is even that big (most are not). That employer just so...
[14:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 1139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:43] <exec> 08└─To explain this a bit more, if there is work it's your responsibility to get it done. If it doesn't get done, when it's time to figure out if keeping you on board is worth it you will have a harder time convincing the management if you work 40 hours a week and everyone else works 50 etc. Of course i...
[14:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re: - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 2410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:45] <exec> 08└─there is a strange word in the US english system, called 'exempt'. ie, excluded. the tech lobby paid congress to lower their 'costs' (wages for us working class stiffs). for decades, our people were paid overtime for all hours over 40. then, the lobbiests came and told congress 'we want our tech wo...
[14:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:04] <exec> 08└─You could marry lil girls in Tenn till the 1930s. (last one married legally was 9 yrs old) Will they bring that back?
[14:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:11] <exec> 08└─http://coinapps.com/gold/gram/calculator/ [coinapps.com] Current price for gold is $37.735 USD per gram. I learned when I was in the Navy that the rest of the world mostly deals in grams. When we hit Bahrain, they had the cheapest gold in the world at that time, and a lot of guys went out to buy lit...
[14:44:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Flyingmoose [4369] (Score:1) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:20] <exec> 08└─To help with the water vapor, put it in a bag with some desiccants so that it's extremely dry.
[14:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:22] <exec> 08└─Mixing metric and imperial is bad enough when you're not baked.
[14:44:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I remember when... - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:25] <exec> 08└─I could smell that smoking turkey all the way out to El Cajon.
[14:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrMonty [3036] (Score:1) 02Re:Article Headline - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:32] <exec> 08└─They didn't want us to hear Richard Dawson's voice in our head as we read the headline?
[14:45:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:45:45] <exec> 08└─You lost the war. Get over it.
[14:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Re:sham democracy (c)(tm) - 06Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Approval Passes US Senate - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:48:49] <exec> 08└─From the other Fast Track submission (which links to this: https://www.eff.org) [eff.org] There's one silver lining to the Fast Track legislation, which is that it will force the White House to release the final trade t...
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[15:41:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03C R Johnson [5368] (Score:1) 02What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:34] <exec> 08└─It costs $$$ to keep it frozen and costs $$$$ to actually use it to make a child. Are they suggesting that all women use chemical birth control (not so good for the environment by the way) and that men never have sex? And is the government then in charge of giving you permission to reproduce now? To...
[15:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:35] <exec> 08└─Wow. How did you get from "One Doctor thinks that offering men sperm-freezing advice & service would be beneficial to nation's long-term collective health" to "Totalitarian government seizes control of all citizens' reproductive systems"? Please, show your working.
[15:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:37] <exec> 08└─Are they suggesting that all women use chemical birth control (not so good for the environment by the way) and that men never have sex?
[15:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:39] <exec> 08└─I think you meant sterilization not castration? Sterilization makes men unable to reproduce, castration makes any sex uninterested in any sex at all.
[15:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:40] <exec> 08└─Must have been, because testing if a 20 year-old has been castrated would make for quite a short novel...
[15:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Increased Genetic Diversity - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:42] <exec> 08└─Sounds like "older dads" increase the genetic diversity of a population. There is a fitness cost but a genetically diverse population has a greater chance of adapting to a crisis.
[15:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:1, Troll) 02Re:Increased Genetic Diversity - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:44] <exec> 08└─WTF? Two brothers grow up together. One marries early, and raises a family, and boots his youngest child out of the house to fend for himself before he is 40 years old. The other guy doesn't have any kids until he is over 40, then he has the same number of children that his brother had decades ago....
[15:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Increased Genetic Diversity - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:45] <exec> 08└─Social justice warriors? What?! The older guy decreased genetic diversity because the DNA in his sperm is more mutated than that of his younger brother. Did you even read the summary?
[15:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Promote earlier fatherhood - well then.. PAY - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:47] <exec> 08└─Options include health education to promote earlier fatherhood
[15:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02The Boys From Brazil v. PHPnuke - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:57] <exec> 08└─radio paradise was down for a few days. when it came back up, bill explained that he had rewritten the entire site completely from scratch, without using nuke. he hasnt had any more security problems.
[15:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03yarp [2665] (Score:1) 02Re: - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:58] <exec> 08└─Here's a good run-down of things that infuriated one person in particular: http://eev.ee [eev.ee]. Not having used PHP in anger for a few years I'm not sure how many are still relevant, but I imagine a lot of it is.
[15:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re: I'm not really bad, I'm just drawn that way. - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 2628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:00] <exec> 08└─By contrast, I regard it as a terrible language that has been polished to the point where it doesn't look quite as bad. It hasn't just been favored by clueless newbies over its entire existence, it was cobbled together by an admitted clueless newbie for an intended audience of clueless newbies. For...
[15:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02businessmen dont know that other - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:01] <exec> 08└─ill informed businessmen also lead to the notion that java was suitable for croos platfor development.
[15:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ghost [4467] (Score:1) 02yeah, no - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:03] <exec> 08└─it was built by people that don't know anything about languages. I'm not saying you need a PhD in programming languages (that leads to shit like haskell) but you need a certain level of competence. Sometime around PHP 5, it started getting better, but there's still a legacy of shit underneath. And i...
[15:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Baffled - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:05] <exec> 08└─The reasons: https://wiki.php.net [php.net] PHP 6 did exist but it was never really released.
[15:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Baffled - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 1401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:07] <exec> 08└─I didn't know myself. I think this helps explain it: https://philsturgeon.uk [philsturgeon.uk] And here it is in more plain language: [wikipedia.org] PHP received mixed reviews due to lacking native Unicode support at the core language level.[31][32] In 2005,...
[15:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03barrahome [3580] (Score:0, Flamebait) 02lamers. - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:09] <exec> 08└─You all are mad because PHP succeed where others failed. There is no bad language, just useless programmers. Get back to your caves and don't quote 3 year old articles til you test the latest versions newbies.
[15:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score:1) 02Re:I believe academia exists to serve humanity - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 1015 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:27] <exec> 08└─Tim Berners-Lee convinced CERN to put the web in the public domain. Universities should not patent inventions, nor form spinoff companies. This is a difficult discussion. On the one hand tax payers' money goes into universities. So should everything produced by universities be in the public domain?...
[15:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:I believe academia exists to serve humanity - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:28] <exec> 08└─Who's going to stop them? They killed Aaron Swartz over research papers, and they will kill Michael David Crawford. 💃 🔨 🔍 🎓 🔔 🏃 👊 💊 💀 🗽
[15:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02sir, you shlouldnt carry that comouter around... - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:29] <exec> 08└─crack central at three in the morning. someone is going to stick a knife into you and take it. Thank you officer, but no one ever messes with me because i look just like a hells angel. Ive been tazed four times. the last time i yanked the wires out of thetaser while it was still operating.
[15:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:¨use a screwdriver - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:33] <exec> 08└─Submit this story? http://www.kurzweilai.net [kurzweilai.net]
[15:42:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mcgrew [701] 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 290 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:47] <exec> 08└─Actually, that's not really off base. In the 1970s when I was in my 20s contraception was cheap and easy, abortion had been legalized and there were no incurable STDs, women would come up to me and ask "wanna fuck?" as casually as "wanna smoke a doob?" It all changed when AIDS came around.
[15:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 2165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:59] <exec> 08└─1. How much do you think it would take to put Elon Musk on Mars with a small self-sustaining farm? $100 billion? $10 billion? There are ways to get the travel time [washington.edu] (and cost) to Mars down. It's only a matter of time after that. Interstellar travel is a bigger problem but nothing a 1...
[15:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:17] <exec> 08└─It's possible to use "spent" nuclear fuel using accelerators. That would avoid peak-uranium (and Thorium?). One might make use of Helium-3 which is plentiful outside our atmosphere. Farming might perhaps keep their production numbers using automation or new methods to recycle phosphor. And so on. It...
[15:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03sudo rm -rf [2357] (Score:2) 02Re:TFS - 06A World Without Work - 558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:19] <exec> 08└─Ha, that happens to me almost every time I submit a story! I'm so preoccupied with finding the right quotes from the article, tinkering them together without distorting the meaning too much, checking the links, finding a better article on another page, scrapping everything and starting from the begi...
[15:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02it's too far - 06A World Without Work - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:22] <exec> 08└─a world without work is a world without money? but if money is the steering wheel of the global sheep mobile how are you one-percenter going to steer this monster truck? srsly tho i recall the conversation a few thousand years ago on the beach in loincloth: "dude, the island is kindda starting to fe...
[15:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:it's too far - 06A World Without Work - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:24] <exec> 08└─”I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stam...
[15:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02end - 06A World Without Work - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:26] <exec> 08└─The city built four prisons in the mid-1990s
[15:43:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02this is why one should not use paypal - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:34] <exec> 08└─paypal wont let me add money because they think im laundering money. fuck them i just wont use paypal.
[15:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:40] <exec> 08└─This isn't Progressivism/SJWism run amok. This -IS- Progressivism/SJWism. Every word from their lips is a lie. When they speak of tolerance it is a lie, when they use the word they mean they will not tolerate the intolerant... and they define all opposition to their political program as intolerance....
[15:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Having - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:43] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but that concept may be above their visionary capability. Anyhow the problem with Usenet is that the servers involved are too easy to attack because they are all known and users can be too easy to track because all messages contain a full list of visited servers and user account that posted it...
[15:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:History repeats - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:47] <exec> 08└─> This is exactly how the Church of Scientology broke through the anonymity of anon.fi back in the day Except that anon.penet.fi didn't allow messages larger than 16KB, hardly enough to fit a uuencoded image. But don't let that get in the way of a good conspiracy theory, it didn't stop the The Obser...
[15:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:History repeats - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:48] <exec> 08└─I actually look at reddit from time to time, but I can't help but wonder if they didn't engage in the exact same tactics.
[15:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Defending child porn? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:50] <exec> 08└─> Give a period of time for response, and approach Paypal if necessary afterward. How do you know that didn't happen? It has been reported that the stuff was on the front page. [washingtonpost.com]
[15:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03slothroplives [5487] (Score:1) 02Thank god for angry nerds - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:51] <exec> 08└─I'm on a roadtrip right now and so I can't keep up with my favorite shows. Thankfully I have all this ridiculous bullshit to keep me entertained.
[15:44:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03terrab0t [4674] (Score:1) 02Re:Back when I was a working stiff - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 1012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:44:19] <exec> 08└─I'm glad you moved on to a better working situation; specifically, one where you were compensated based more on the value you provide, not the smallest amount your client / employer could get someone like you to work for. As soon as I read that you moved on to working for your previous employer's cl...
[15:44:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:44:52] <exec> 08└─Hey there, Uncle Dad! Wunnerd wheres you gots to!
[15:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:00] <exec> 08└─I guess their profit model was getting some suckers to sell them the gold below market price. Or alternatively the market price they offered was not the true market price, but a bit higher. Maybe both.
[15:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:03] <exec> 08└─Psssssst...Hey buddy...Meet me at the back gate here: 37.886263, -85.966525. Bring cash.
[15:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Type44Q [4347] (Score:1) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:12] <exec> 08└─$25 eighths at Satorie's last week.
[15:45:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Type44Q [4347] (Score:1) 02Re:I remember when... - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:16] <exec> 08└─A dime bag was $10 and 2 fingers wide, a quarter was $25 (0.25oz), and zig-zags were on the checkout counter at 7/11.
[15:45:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Uh, Duh? - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:25] <exec> 08└─Why go to a black market dealer, when a legitimate dealer has a clean store, large variety of strains and products like concentrates/edibles, better prices and an ATM machine? If the idea is to eliminate the black market, they must compete with a well entrenched black market that is in every neighbo...
[15:45:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Type44Q [4347] (Score:1) 02Re:Uh, Duh? - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:27] <exec> 08└─Politicians. They should serve one term in jail for every term in office.
[15:46:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:46:50] <exec> 08└─Tell that to Apple: http://www.macrumors.com [macrumors.com]
[15:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sanity checks - 06US State Department Computer Problems Cause Major Travel Headaches - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:47:38] <exec> 08└─Also, wouldn't you expect lots of corruption in the government anyway?
[15:48:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:No, it's NOT any better than it used to be! - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:48:52] <exec> 08└─Fix, non-retroactive, incoming.
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[16:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:41:52] <exec> 08└─Because Obamacare!!!
[16:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:41:53] <exec> 08└─In all fairness, this is in the UK which pretty much is a totalitarian hell-hole
[16:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:41:54] <exec> 08└─National sperm donation would have the added "benefit" of making DNA sampling national as well. Law enforcement will be delighted, because they will never lack the evidence to convict. Here's my dystopian plot: gov.uk promises to collect sperm, collects DNA samples, selectively discards sperm of und...
[16:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:41:56] <exec> 08└─Not even a real doctor, a PhD.
[16:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:00] <exec> 08└─Probably. English is not my first language, and those are not exactly the type of words you learn in school. ;-)
[16:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:02] <exec> 08└─Depends on who's in charge of the dystopia. What if it's radical "smash the rape culture patriarchy" feminists?
[16:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:What fun is that? - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:04] <exec> 08└─sex != reproduction
[16:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Re:Increased Genetic Diversity - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:07] <exec> 08└─I'm not entirely convinced he CAN read. No idea how he managed to type a reply.
[16:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:Increased Genetic Diversity - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:08] <exec> 08└─older guy decreased genetic diversity because the DNA in his sperm is more mutated
[16:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Re:Increased Genetic Diversity - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:09] <exec> 08└─I think I remember reading an article that was linked to either here or on that other site some time ago that spoke about that. It was saying that in the past children were fathered more by old men who were the tribal leaders with many wives. It said that this helped us evolve a bit due to the incre...
[16:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Promote earlier fatherhood - well then.. PAY - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:11] <exec> 08└─It's not costs but culture. Germany (high employment) and Greece (no employment) have low birthrates, while France (declining employment) remains healthy. As little as anyone wants to admit it, economics are not behind the birthrate crisis in Europe. It's even more obvious when you compare subpopula...
[16:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score:2) 02Re:Promote earlier fatherhood - well then.. PAY - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 963 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:13] <exec> 08└─You're entirely correct. And yet those same people tend to be the ones which are, politically, unlikely to ever get or have any eligibility for subsidies. Instead, we subsidize and incentivize the opposite. Single mothers get more money in aggregate, from all possible government sources, if they mak...
[16:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Evolution - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:14] <exec> 08└─Modern genetic sequencing studies have confirmed that the sperm of older men contain a greater number of de novo germline mutations than the sperm of younger men.
[16:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Vague Claims - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:16] <exec> 08└─The abstract is full of weasel words: "a greater number", "most of these mutations", "minimal phenotypic impact", "a minority of them present a risk", "later fatherhood", "reducing human fitness", "delayed fatherhood", "reducing deleterious paternal age effects", "earlier fatherhood", "young sperm d...
[16:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Our society does not match to the way we age. - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 4024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:17] <exec> 08└─This kind of matches up with something that's been in my head for a while. 1. Males (allegedly) hit their sexual peak around 15, females in their thirties. (Can confirm the thing about women in thirties. Oh yeah.) 2. Women's bodies are best at childbearing in the late teens, and having a kid at that...
[16:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:2) 02Re:yeah, no - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:38] <exec> 08└─Sometimes a lesser product succeeds where a better product fails. History is chock full of such examples. What I've observed over the last 10 years, is that as newer languages have a meteoric rise and subsequent fall, PHP seems to be consistently popular. Sure there are Ruby sites, and Django sites,...
[16:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:lamers. - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:44] <exec> 08└─There's useless programmers that select bad languages as their tool of choice. :P
[16:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aichon [5059] (Score:2) 02Re:I believe academia exists to serve humanity - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:08] <exec> 08└─You're welcome to believe what you want, but the reality of the situation is that MIT is a private university, so they are welcome to do what they want, and these researchers are working at a private spin-off company, which again would mean that they are welcome to do what they want.
[16:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I believe academia exists to serve humanity - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:09] <exec> 08└─> MIT is a private university, so they are welcome to do what they want No, not welcome, legally allowed. Don't be that guy who confuses legality with morality.
[16:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:¨use a screwdriver - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:14] <exec> 08└─thank you! good read : )
[16:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:45] <exec> 08└─Can't simplify the tax code without making it abundantly clear to the people just how much they're paying in taxes (and also just how little other people are paying).
[16:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 856 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:01] <exec> 08└─Much of our future depends on energy, but fossil fuels are important in other ways too. It is true that you can "make fossil fuels" if you have enough other energy to spend on it, but that's where physics kicks you in the shin: Efficiency seems unimportant if you have energy sources like the sun, wi...
[16:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The preoccupation with no work - 06A World Without Work - 1327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:09] <exec> 08└─Whats this preoccupation with "no work"? Some people and races enjoy work. They take pride in their skills and their work and wish to produce something of value to everyone. The world did not make as much progress as it did because people only did what was enough to feed them that day. Prosperity di...
[16:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:26] <exec> 08└─Doxxing is a horrible thing because it causes people to fear speaking. But they make the rules and they declared it OK. There are exactly two ways it gets declared not OK again. 1. The forces of Light seize the country back and thus get to make the rules again. Not likely to happen soon. We didn't l...
[16:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vanderhoth [61] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 836 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:27] <exec> 08└─I highly disagree with "dox the hell out of them", hold them to their own standards. Point out how THEY are the intolerant bigots. Point to the truth, show what they do is unacceptable, don't stoop to their level. You'll never change their minds, but you expose them to people that don't understand t...
[16:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vanderhoth [61] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:29] <exec> 08└─I believe it's a suggestion to watch out for people that use "diversity" and "inclusion" in one sentence, then turn around and readily accuse people of "hate speech" and talk of "safe spaces". Don't get sucked into attacking people you don't know very much about. A few examples of this happening rec...
[16:44:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Defending child porn? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:40] <exec> 08└─How do you know that didn't happen?
[16:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Defending child porn? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:41] <exec> 08└─> I said as much in my comment. I find it hard to take you at your word, your entire comment rests on the premise that someone wasn't just talking shit. Including a 'seems' disclaimer doesn't negate everything else.
[16:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:47:37] <exec> 08└─Is it not freedom of speech for Amazon to decide what products they will sell?
[16:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Missed opportunity? - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:49:34] <exec> 08└─That was a VP, not a senator
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[17:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2, Flamebait) 02Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 1583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:57] <exec> 08└─That is what's wrong with the whole thing. Few people can afford Obamacare, so the government is subsidizing it. Let's not even consider that government never gets anything right. Let's only consider what happens when government subsidizes anything at all. Vendors know that Uncle is paying. Those ve...
[17:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:57] <exec> 08└─> Let's not even consider that government never gets anything right. How about we do consider that? The country is in lawless ruins, even worse off than Somalia. Obviously you know your stuff.
[17:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:59] <exec> 08└─Libertarianism is like Communism. It looks good on paper, but it fails when you try to apply it in the real world. And when you point out those failures, some true believer will always pipe up and say "That's because they're not doing it right!".
[17:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:00] <exec> 08└─Libertarianism is like Communism. It looks good on paper, but it fails when you try to apply it in the real world. And when you point out those failures, some true believer will always pipe up and say "That's because they're not doing it right!".
[17:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:02] <exec> 08└─The country is in lawless ruins, even worse off than Somalia.
[17:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:4, Informative) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:07] <exec> 08└─Let's not even consider that government never gets anything right.
[17:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03enigma32 [5578] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:07] <exec> 08└─3. Insurance companies can and do have leverage to negotiate with health care providers to keep prices down in a way that individuals do not. That helps the price of the initial health care no longer spiral out of control.
[17:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:07] <exec> 08└─Anecdotally speaking (based on my own experience and experiences friends have shared with me), the same care seems to cost 2-3x more when the insurance company is paying than when you pay out of pocket.
[17:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:08] <exec> 08└─This is the thing. It *depends* on where you go. Most of the people I have been dealing with are willing to give me a break if I do 3 things. I pay up front with cash (or something close), no credit card, and no insurance. If you are dealing with a conglomerate company their prices are determined by...
[17:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03enigma32 [5578] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:10] <exec> 08└─Touché. That's very interesting. I wish there was a link to the research. It's not entirely clear whether he means the total cost of care is less with insurance or the out-of-pocket cost is less, though presumably he means the former, since otherwise it's useless drivel.
[17:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 1368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:12] <exec> 08└─Uh-huh. Makes sense, doesn't it? Except, I'm paying more today than I paid two years ago. My employer and my insurance company both blame Obamacare for the increases. Hmmm . . . Oh yes, I know there are success stories because of Obamacare. Some social worker in Ohio demonstrated that he got health...
[17:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:13] <exec> 08└─My employer and my insurance company both blame Obamacare for the increases. Hmmm . . .
[17:42:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It is nice to imagine it is all Oba,macare's fault - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:15] <exec> 08└─But the obscene rise in health care costs started back between the Clinton and Bush era and has been spiralling upward ever since. Obamacare is certainly a waste and will eventually be proven a historical failure, but it was just a legislative symptom of a much bigger disease running its course thro...
[17:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:16] <exec> 08└─If you accept that as an axiom, then the only logical political system is anarchy.
[17:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 1158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:18] <exec> 08└─I always thought that once everyone could see that it would be cheaper and better if we just signed everyone up for Medicare by default, and allowed people to opt-out and get private insurance if they want, that we would quickly enact single payer and end this foolishness. People actually like Medic...
[17:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03enigma32 [5578] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:20] <exec> 08└─+1 I don't understand how so few people see how an effective government subsidy of an industry that has already driven up the cost of healthcare excessively is a bad idea, when we could have instead found ways to drive down the cost of the care itself.
[17:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:21] <exec> 08└─Obamacare is just corporate welfare. Too bad Obama has come out against singlepayer. What a true 'liberal' he is.
[17:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Insightful) 02Scalia ::rolleyes:: - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:23] <exec> 08└─Scalia is neither an originalist nor a strict constructionist. If you accept his argument at face value, that a single line of text out of thousands of pages should contradict the intent expressed everywhere else in the bill, you see that he's just an ideologue hiding behind cherry-picking.
[17:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Promote earlier fatherhood - well then.. PAY - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:43] <exec> 08└─Birthrate crisis? There are around 7 billion people. Fewer people is a good thing.
[17:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Promote earlier fatherhood - well then.. PAY - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:45] <exec> 08└─> Well considering that many people need a very long education before getting a shot at a decent salary. Very true, but that is a product of a diseased society. In a healthy one, the increase of productivity would have led to a decrease in time spent at work, a family would afford to have a baby wit...
[17:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillAdams [1424] (Score:2) 02Re:Our society does not match to the way we age. - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:49] <exec> 08└─Robert A. Heinlein, is that you finishing up _Grumbles from the Grave_?
[17:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Our society does not match to the way we age. - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:51] <exec> 08└─Or every ancient Greek novel. There's always a set of older characters who teach the young ones how to fuck.
[17:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:What happened to PHP6? - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:02] <exec> 08└─After the gestation of Perl 6, nobody wants to use that version number. Who can blame them.
[17:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:businessmen dont know that other - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:11] <exec> 08└─It's not? Or are you just thinking of a handful of use-cases where it doesn't make sense and ignoring the literally millions of examples where Java works just fine cross-platform?
[17:44:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:A dramatization - 06A World Without Work - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:08] <exec> 08└─His experience of seeing his hometown crumble because of the serious deficiencies of Capitalism has him constantly seeking a better model of production.
[17:44:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 1298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:16] <exec> 08└─You mean like it was a given for millennia that humans will never fly? Or that it is impossible for humans who are far away from each other to talk to each others in real time? Assuming we don't run out of resources first or destroy civilisation, (1) is inevitable. It might take a few millennia to g...
[17:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:17] <exec> 08└─err ... s/states conditions/stated conditions/
[17:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:19] <exec> 08└─I think you missed sex in there somewhere.
[17:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:35] <exec> 08└─Feudal overlords keep forgetting that property is a construct which falls apart when society falls apart. Their complete disregard for keeping society going eventually causes their own demise
[17:44:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TFS - 06A World Without Work - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:42] <exec> 08└─You know, there's no law that a summary must consist mainly of quotes. Indeed, I've always considered that the lazy option.
[17:45:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:45:05] <exec> 08└─they shame people who disagree with them into being quiet
[17:45:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vanderhoth [61] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:45:06] <exec> 08└─Extremism hurts everyone. I believe the issue is most people are apathetic which allows vocal minorities to control a message. Showing people it is a minority and convincing them to speak out is key to getting them to ignore that minority. The only reason politicians side with "SJW" is because they'...
[17:45:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:45:08] <exec> 08└─This tactic won't work. They routinely ignore logic and reason. They have no shame. They will stoop to any level. An example of how many of them think: "Only the police should have guns. The people should be disarmed because they cannot be trusted." and "Police routinely abuse their powers and murde...
[17:45:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:An online community without any rules - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:45:21] <exec> 08└─and nearly everyone is afraid to stand up to the might of governments.
[17:45:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03ItisBE [4668] (Score:1) 02Nothing is ever Voats fault is it? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 823 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:23] <exec> 08└─I love how despite the fact that voat violates the terms of service of these things people love to defend them. It has to be SRS right, couldn't possibly be lack of moderation and the kinds of people that generally attracts? They use a German host and neo-nazi stuff is posted, which violates the TOS...
[17:45:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:45:49] <exec> 08└─My guess is that this is tied to the management philosophy of real-time staffing which is all the rage these days. If you are going to constantly call people in and send them home on the fly then you need a deep bench. But the overhead of hiring and maintaining that bench has got to be a killer. Che...
[17:45:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:It has always been this way in the US - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:45:52] <exec> 08└─Here's a hint: Highlight "Department of Labor is expected to announce an adjustment to the Fair Labor Standards Act", right-click and search Google for it. You'll find a number of informative articles. From CNN Money: The expectation among policy experts is that the Department of Labor will propose...
[17:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:30] <exec> 08└─I give it 5 years until legalization at the national level, no more than 10. Legalize at the national level and let the individual States decide for themselves. It amuses me to no end that it will be the Republicans that oppose this plan.
[17:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:31] <exec> 08└─Just for the record, Chris Christie is already campaigning on this platform: Chris Christie: If I'm President, I'll Crack Down on Colorado Marijuana Laws [westword.com]
[17:47:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Freeman [732] 02Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 397 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:59] <exec> 08└─The Confederate Flag is a part of the history of the United States. The "Dukes of Hazzard" was an awesome television show. Removing the Confederate flag from the toy car General Lee is really stupid. How about educating your children, instead of "protecting" them. Not selling the Confederate Flag Wo...
[17:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:48:31] <exec> 08└─Yes, this is 2damnatio memoriae". Today done for a (debatably) good cause, tomorrow, when people are accustomed to it, who knows. Most examples I can recall of it come from totalitarian states. In fact, all of them do. Nobody should tell you what you can or cannot see. On the other hand, you should...
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[18:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Driving Up Sales - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:38] <exec> 08└─For those concerned this is just an item for driving up future Tegra sales
[18:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:52] <exec> 08└─> What failed Libertarian state are you referring to? Name one successful libertarian state. Hell, name one libertarian state. Are they unicorns because nobody is doing it right? Or is it because they are so inherently unstable that they can't even get to the starting line?
[18:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:54] <exec> 08└─Make them fear US for a change.
[18:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:55] <exec> 08└─Yes, your legal acumen is truly without compare!
[18:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:57] <exec> 08└─No legal expertise required, only fluency in the English language and rudimentary reading comprehension skills suffice.
[18:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:58] <exec> 08└─No legal expertise required, only fluency in the English language and rudimentary reading comprehension skills suffice. The SCOTUS itself, in their majority opinion, concedes the point that the plain language of the law compelled the opposite decision, they simply ruled the other way anyway.
[18:41:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 66 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:00] <exec> 08└─Let's not even consider that government never gets anything right.
[18:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:06] <exec> 08└─Do I believe them? Yes and no. No, I don't believe that they can justify the increased rates. But, I most certainly believe that they can rationalize the increased rates by blaming Obamacare. And, it's working - the rates have been jacked up, and I have little choice but to pay them! Five years ago,...
[18:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:07] <exec> 08└─Mine has not gone up since Obamacare, for the first time ever. So there's the opposite anecdote for you.
[18:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:09] <exec> 08└─> Mine has not gone up since Obamacare, for the first time ever. I went from paying $550/month with a $5K deductible and a 30% co-pay to $300/month with a $2K deductible and $10 office-visits and $10 diagnostics. Former plan was through my employer, later plan was a "gold" plan bought through my sta...
[18:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03gishzida [2870] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 1591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:11] <exec> 08└─What we got in the ACA was what was "Allowed" by large corporate interests. This is your hard earned "Libertarian Ideals (tm)" in action! It would have been much better if what had been enacted was true socialized medicine where the "profit motive" had been removed. The "Death Panels" advertized by...
[18:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:13] <exec> 08└─read the modern translation Glenn Beck got a college student to produce to help with that problem.
[18:42:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 1158 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:15] <exec> 08└─I always thought that once everyone could see that it would be cheaper and better if we just signed everyone up for Medicare by default, and allowed people to opt-out and get private insurance if they want, that we would quickly enact single payer and end this foolishness. People actually like Medic...
[18:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:18] <exec> 08└─He had to give up on single payer because his own guys wouldn't have dared vote for the evil socialist policy which is providing all other developed countries with healthcare at half our cost.
[18:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02You're totally right - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:19] <exec> 08└─Few people can afford Obamacare, so the government is subsidizing it. Let's not even consider that government never gets anything right. Let's only consider what happens when government subsidizes anything at all.
[18:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Scalia ::rolleyes:: - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:21] <exec> 08└─that a single line of text
[18:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scalia ::rolleyes:: - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:22] <exec> 08└─> Only if you totally ignore the videotape of multiple people saying the intent was to coerce the States. > Not just one guy, many. No, just one guy saying it. One guy who was a consultant whose job was mainly to provide software modeling of cost benefit analysis of policy choices, not to actually d...
[18:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:why does anyone regard obamacare as a bad thing - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:24] <exec> 08└─Why? Because it's corporate welfare. We're handing over taxpayer money to the same greedy companies that got us into this mess in the first place. Obamacare is garbage because it's not singlepayer.
[18:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Student loans are corporate welfare too - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:26] <exec> 08└─the government is subsidizing job training, see. Look at the big picture, the entire economy as a system. it was once quite common to declare bankrupcy due to medical bills. that doesnt happen much anymore.
[18:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sounds good... - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:54] <exec> 08└─Until you realize how many of them are from non-genetically diverse stock (Whatever the predominant Indian race is, as well as the Han chinese.) and having the collective diversity of Western countries NOT breeding could actually lead to LESS overall genetic diversity over time.
[18:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Our society does not match to the way we age. - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 885 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:02] <exec> 08└─Erm . . . and how exactly does one keep a stable population if each woman gives one birth for practice, and then has a normal number of children after being married ? I doubted you at first, but google confirmed that pregnancy and breastfeeding do have positive health effects for the mother, and yes...
[18:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Our society does not match to the way we age. - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:04] <exec> 08└─Maybe the practise pregnancy babies could go live with the father and his wife, with the birth mother getting access. This would have added bonuses: women in their thirties who want bigger families need not waste so much career time on pregnancy. Couples who can't conceive or left it too long get a...
[18:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Invalid hypothesis - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:05] <exec> 08└─If demographic trends towards later fatherhood continue, this will likely lead to a more children suffering from genetic disorders. A trend of later fatherhood will accelerate the accumulation of paternal-origin de novo mutations in the gene pool, gradually reducing human fitness in the long term.
[18:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02what leads you to believe java works crossplatform - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:25] <exec> 08└─Ive written quite a lot of c++ crossplatform code. Ivenever seen java work as well as what is easily achieved with c++.
[18:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:lamers. - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:34] <exec> 08└─There is no bad language, just useless programmers.
[18:44:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:19] <exec> 08└─I haven't read Mana (actually the first I've hear of it) but in my imaginings, a post-scarcity world look a lot like the Culture in Ian M. Banks' book "Player of Games". https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] The story isn't about post-scarcity per se, but it is set in a w...
[18:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:20] <exec> 08└─. There's a nice bit at the beginning of one of them - pretty sure it's ' look to windward' - that talks about 'work' and 'holiday' in their civilisation and other more ' primitive' societies like ours. Also a lovely bit in 'use of weapons' where a guy cleaning takes in a cafe explains why he bother...
[18:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:24] <exec> 08└─Manna points out that you can have post-scarcity dystopias, too.
[18:44:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 2554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:26] <exec> 08└─One of the problems is that we have a lot more people and only a limited space. I've said this before, but an example is where I live the town now harbors way more people than was intended years back. When you have a town that has (just a hypothetical) 10K houses and 100K people, no matter how you d...
[18:45:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vanderhoth [61] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:45:25] <exec> 08└─Been following GamerGate for 10 months, you don't have to lecture me on this. I'm extremely aware of tumblr, SRS and GamerGhazi ^_^ When I started with GamerGate I was only in it for JUST changing ethical practices in the games journalism industry. The people you talk about are the reason I ended up...
[18:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:45:27] <exec> 08└─Assuming everyone under the "progressive" banner is an SJW type is going a step too far. Or are all conservatives an evangelical bible-thumper stereotype? Didn't think so.
[18:45:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score:2) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:45:29] <exec> 08└─> Or are all conservatives an evangelical bible-thumper stereotype? Of course, I just had an argument yesterday with someone who held that all conservatives are Christians and all Christians are evangelicals and all evangelicals are Biblical literalists and all literalists are bigots. Therefore, all...
[18:45:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:An online community without any rules - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:45:42] <exec> 08└─One thing common amoungst pedophiles and libertarians is this fear of "government".
[18:45:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02Shocking - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:45] <exec> 08└─Seems the only time I ever see the acronym "SJW" used in discussion on SN is as an invective in poorly formed arguments. It's becoming the modern equivalent of "godless commie" - a sure sign that you have no actual argument other than disagreement.
[18:45:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Woah! - 06Australian Telco Caught Passing Users' Mobile Numbers to Websites Without Consent - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:57] <exec> 08└─> I know this is done in other western countries and abused to run you-watched-porn-now-pay-us scams. What!?! You can not just drop that (in an story submission nonetheless) and leave us without at least one actual example.
[18:46:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03snick [1408] 02Re:Ignoring yet again the elephant - 06Who Owns Your Overtime? - 136 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:46:11] <exec> 08└─Among other things, this manifests as a need for employers to get more work out of each employee rather than merely hire more employees.
[18:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy cash crop - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 674 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:46:53] <exec> 08└─I think your bible belt bretheren should stop thumping their bibles and start reading them. Pot use is older than the bible, older than history, yet the bible doesn't mention it after Genesis 1:29 [mcgrewbooks.com], "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the f...
[18:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:48:47] <exec> 08└─Just so you know, the concept of freedom of speech isn't limited to the first amendment.
[18:49:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Flag Distraction - 06Senate Passes "Fast Track" Legislation 60-38 - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:26] <exec> 08└─"We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. … It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had b...
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[19:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score:2) 02:"Synthetic" this isn't - 06NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years - 847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:36] <exec> 08└─The word synthetic is literally defined as "not of human origin." Sometimes 'human' is substituted for 'natural' to broaden the scope a little. Either way, though, this fails the test. From the headline I expected akin to the SmartBlood in Old Man's War. This stuff is not synthetic any more than a f...
[19:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Driving Up Sales - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:41:45] <exec> 08└─No luck with those older cards then..
[19:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Driving Up Sales - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:41:47] <exec> 08└─That's not a given. If availability of information for old cards affects sales of new cards (because it goes into the decision of those buying it), you can expect the information for older cards, too.
[19:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Open Source Video Drivers - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:49] <exec> 08└─It would be awesome, if Nvidia / AMD / Intel made their Video Drivers Open Source. I'm sure they could do it in a way that protected their IP. I think the main issue is that Linux isn't big enough for them to care. Most System Administrators don't care about whatever POC video card is in their serve...
[19:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Open Source Video Drivers - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:41:50] <exec> 08└─Most System Administrators don't care about whatever POC video card is in their server That is true for the 'service' sort of installations. But you get to something like a rendering farm? Oh they care. They care a great deal. They are also dropping multi millions of dollars... In the sorts of insta...
[19:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:52] <exec> 08└─it was to work on cuda. computational physics was the focus of my degree. i taught it at caltech then did data analysis at cern. so i was very eager to discuss numerical solutions to differential equations and the like. instead they asked me one single logic puzzle that had me totally stymied. that...
[19:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:11] <exec> 08└─Nice cherry pick. But NO, that is not what it said. It was referring to the State Government, NOT the Federal Government. Maybe instead of making wild assertions, you might actually read what 42 U. S. C. §18031 actually SAYS. https://www.law.cornell.edu [cornell.edu] There is n...
[19:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:12] <exec> 08└─> Maybe instead of making wild assertions, you might actually read what 42 U. S. C. §18031 actually SAYS. You are accusing the scotus of making wild assertions? I guess that puts you in the fruitloop category too.
[19:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:13] <exec> 08└─> Maybe instead of making wild assertions, you might actually read what 42 U. S. C. §18031 actually SAYS.
[19:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:20] <exec> 08└─Have you ever actually gone to a doctor before?
[19:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:28] <exec> 08└─We were promised that health care costs would DECLINE, you idiot. http://www.breitbart.com [breitbart.com]
[19:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:30] <exec> 08└─I believe there are people in the GOP that would love to interview you and go all Fox Newsy about it. Because they've been looking for a case like that for a long while and couldn't find a single one that stood up to even a little bit of scrutiny.
[19:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 1055 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:33] <exec> 08└─I read old books, the language of The Federalist Papers is perfectly readable for me but a common complaint is the difficulty of modern government educated people to read it. Most modern writing is on a level that someone of the Founder's era with a sixth grade education would consider pretty dumbed...
[19:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:34] <exec> 08└─Look around, has Fascism worked out here these last hundred years? Has it worked anywhere? Or how about it's kissin' cousin of Socialism? Has it worked?
[19:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03enigma32 [5578] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:39] <exec> 08└─The other countries that do it at "half our cost" also regulate the costs of the healthcare itself. One of the best examples is typically Taiwan, with which I have some first-hand experience: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Go read about it. The thing that makes th...
[19:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:40] <exec> 08└─That's not what he said. He said that the ACA was never planned to eventually lead to single payer in the first place. This is just something he himself admitted.
[19:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:42] <exec> 08└─Subsidies. If you're taking Uncle's money, you owe Uncle. And, you bet your ass that Uncle is going to collect.
[19:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Groonch [1759] (Score:1) 02Re:Scalia ::rolleyes:: - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:46] <exec> 08└─That's fascinating, but it has basically no relevance to what King v. Burwell is about.
[19:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Student loans are corporate welfare too - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:51] <exec> 08└─Singlepayer is better, more efficient, and would actually insure everyone, unlike Obamacare. Companies have a profit motive are not ashamed to act greedy, so we end up paying far more than is necessary. Student loans are corporate welfare too
[19:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02politics is the art of the possible - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:53] <exec> 08└─it is easy to demonstrate that camadians pay less for their health care and that they live longer. the reason that we dont have single payer is that the law would not be passed if we tried. The system we have now saves money, makes us healthier and gives us an opportunity to work towards something b...
[19:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:why does anyone regard obamacare as a bad thing - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:54] <exec> 08└─The only one it benefits is the insurance companies. Is anyone actually getting healthcare that is cheaper? Mine went up to 75% of my income where before it was 10%. It seems if you're right around $50k you get porked.
[19:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02my own health insurance would be unobtainable - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:56] <exec> 08└─for any price. Its not just me; that the self employed could not get coverage was one of the major reasons obamacare passed.
[19:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03seeprime [5580] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:why does anyone regard obamacare as a bad thing - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:57] <exec> 08└─Our small family business pays very high taxes, about 40% leaving us with a greatly reduced net income. Some relief in any form is appreciated. We were paying $998 for my wife's and my health insurance with a $10,000 annual deductible limit. Now we pay $138 per month for the same coverage. I avoided...
[19:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:09] <exec> 08└─Ph.D.'s ARE the real doctors. It is the physicians that squatted on the title in order to try to make themselves feel important.
[19:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:10] <exec> 08└─Medici doctores get something like twelve years of intense, difficult training beyond the undergraduate degree. A Philosophiae doctor sips latte for five years if he's smart, or more if he's dumb, until they finally just give him a degree for learning how to baffle people with bullshit.
[19:43:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kaszz [4211] 02PHP prone to exploits - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 42 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:45] <exec> 08└─Neat, will it be faster to exploit now? :P
[19:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:PHP prone to exploits - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:46] <exec> 08└─Someone send the them a ... Swiss cheese!
[19:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes. Java was intended to be but not C++. - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:53] <exec> 08└─Youre running out of swap spave because of memory leaks in your java app. But thats not possible java has garbage collection. That because suns marketing people lied to you.
[19:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Im not making up that i am often told that - 06PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2 - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:54] <exec> 08└─I dont know about sun specifically but java fans iften make that claim. optimize-it was a java leak detector that borland sold for thousands of dollars per license. i dont regard java as being less likely than C++ to leak. it's easy to write leak free c++.
[19:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Brilliant company - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:21] <exec> 08└─No, the 24 referst to the time in years it will take to get this to market. All energy breakthroughs are 25 years away.
[19:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:I believe academia exists to serve humanity - 06MIT Claims to Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:32] <exec> 08└─This is a difficult discussion.
[19:44:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 41 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:55] <exec> 08└─and the ham-fisted romance being another.
[19:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:59] <exec> 08└─Sorry, stupid phone browser ate half my post. That should have begun 'funny you should mention the culture because in one of the books, pretty sure it's look to windward,' Also 'cleaning tables'
[19:45:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:45:17] <exec> 08└─>Well, actually there is a scenario where no humans are harmed in a robot war: If humans no longer exist and the world is ruled by intelligent robots. ;-) Google up ' flight conchrds humans are dead'
[19:45:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Idle Hands - 06A World Without Work - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:45:33] <exec> 08└─Who are these people who "need" work? I've heard this argument before, yet everyone I know has hobbies that they would spend more time on if they didn't have to work (with the possible exception of some of the academics I know for whom their work is their only hobby). Some of these hobbies don't pro...
[19:46:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:An online community without any rules - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:46:21] <exec> 08└─Whether it is wrong or not is subjective.
[19:49:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:49:17] <exec> 08└─But, unfortunately, he posted anyway. Thomas to his Scalia!! Ha! Do we have a mod for "Funniest"?
[19:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:49:35] <exec> 08└─A retailer not selling a Confederate Flag will hardly be a blip on their sales radar. How much money a person with hateful feelings won't be affected by whether or not they can buy a Confederate Flag from a specific retailer. The issue at hand is that the Confederate Flag is Just a Flag. Censoring /...
[19:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03meisterister [949] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Rage Quit Generation - 06Gmail Enables "Unsend" Option for All - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:50:51] <exec> 08└─WHAT DO YOU MEAN, RAGE QUIT GENER--- f*ck this, I'm done.
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[20:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:: - 06NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:39] <exec> 08└─^ Subject reply bug Meh at the definition of "synthetic". "Artificial" may be the worse word to use. Artificial brings to mind blood substitutes that aren't created with stem cells or cells at all. Here's something interesting: http://archive.wired.com
[20:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:: - 06NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:40] <exec> 08└─Keldo just arrived in front a live audience to perform a speech, and it's being broadcasted on international television. What is the speech about? Well, Keldo just mentioned the name "physicsmajor", and his voice was filled with ridicule...
[20:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score:2) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:54] <exec> 08└─I like reading puzzles too hard for me to solve. What was the problem? Did they show it was actually solvable?
[20:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score:2) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:55] <exec> 08└─> Did they show it was actually solvable? Since it sounds like an interview rigged up by an HR type and not a coding type, I'd bet that all they could possibly show is the answer they got off the Internet.
[20:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:57] <exec> 08└─> I like reading puzzles too hard for me to solve. What was the problem? Did they show it was actually solvable? Haven't you figured it out yet? MDC is a pathological liar. His life is full of adventure and variety -- He taught at caltech, worked at cern, dated gabe newells sister and a thousand oth...
[20:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Remember Sound Blaster? - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 978 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:58] <exec> 08└─I can give a good reason why they don't want to be so forthcoming with the intricate details of how their hardware works. Remember the day when a Sound Blaster branded card was the sound card of choice if you didn't want to be laughed at? Shortly after Creative Lab's peak popularity, clones started...
[20:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:13] <exec> 08└─Somalia and Honduras are two good examples.
[20:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:22] <exec> 08└─Maybe they should not have gone along with passing it before they knew what was in it.
[20:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:43] <exec> 08└─and dominating the world militarily.
[20:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:Student loans are corporate welfare too - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:02] <exec> 08└─it was once quite common to declare bankrupcy due to medical bills. that doesnt happen much anymore.
[20:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:20] <exec> 08└─Mabel, git mah gun, the gubmint's comin' fer mah test-eye-clees agin!
[20:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Gibbering wingnut hyperbole - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:24] <exec> 08└─The circle is finally complete. First half of my life the government was only interested in fucking me up the ass. Now in the second half, they want to start controlling the testicles as well with a literal reach-around :) Will they at least warm their hands, and cup the balls?
[20:45:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:A dramatization - 06A World Without Work - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:45:22] <exec> 08└─> No. Because it's not? Romans after the Punic Wars really thought slave labor was the best mode of production available. They were wrong. How were they wrong? For brainless jobs, you can't beat free labor, as long as you have enough whips.
[20:45:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:A dramatization - 06A World Without Work - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:45:23] <exec> 08└─I was Spartacus!!!
[20:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:An online community without any rules - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:37] <exec> 08└─But you are still wrong.
[20:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:An online community without any rules - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:38] <exec> 08└─I take it you believe in a magical sky daddy?
[20:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:An online community without any rules - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:40] <exec> 08└─If there is no god, then no one can say something is right or wrong?
[20:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Uh, Duh? - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:48:26] <exec> 08└─an ATM machine
[20:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03TK [2760] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:49:40] <exec> 08└─Middle school: The civil war was about slavery High school: The civil was was about states rights, economics, and social issues Graduate history program: The civil war was about slavery
[20:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:49:55] <exec> 08└─> Censoring / Banning / Burning / Insert destructive action here won't make things better. None of which is happening here - there are thousands of other outlets where the people who chose to glorify racist traitors can buy their memorabilia. There is no government ban on the ownership, sale or use...
[20:51:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyberthanasis [5212] (Score:1) 02Let me be the first to report a bug - 06Gmail Enables "Unsend" Option for All - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:20] <exec> 08└─Well, so many years in beta and there is a bug. As soon as I saw the article I enabled the unsend option in my gmail account. Then I deleted the 2 most recent emails, and I sent an email to my wife. Then I used the undo button, and the email to my wife was not sent. But, the 2 emails which I had del...
[20:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:different times these days - 06A Disaster Foretold - and Ignored: LOpht's Warnings About the Internet Drew Notice but Little Action - 1043 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:51:57] <exec> 08└─Yes, all nice Wiki numbers, but when and until they pick up Snowden, Assange, etc. as a nationless enemy combatant on a battlefield (particularly one where the nation they hail from refuses to take them back), then MAYBE they'll be sent there. "Gitmo" isn't some magical land where political dissiden...
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[21:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:05] <exec> 08└─...but he was great in "Some mothers do 'ave 'em"... :)
[21:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Remember Sound Blaster? - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:07] <exec> 08└─The times when programs talked to the hardware directly are long gone. "Sound blaster compatible" just meant that the card worked with programs that knew how to speak with Sound Blaster cards. The stuff that makes a good sound card isn't seen by the programs: It's a good D/A and A/D converter and go...
[21:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Remember Sound Blaster? - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:08] <exec> 08└─If NVIDIA didn't keep moving the goal posts then they would be like Creative Labs. Plenty of their older cards have been reverse engineered and surely copied. Sound cards are very different in that good enough is good enough. We don't need a soundcard that requires active cooling fans that bring the...
[21:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Remember Sound Blaster? - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:10] <exec> 08└─I can give a good reason why they don't want to be so forthcoming with the intricate details of how their hardware works. Remember the day when a Sound Blaster branded card was the sound card of choice if you didn't want to be laughed at? Shortly after Creative Lab's peak popularity, clones started...
[21:42:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 192 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:21] <exec> 08└─> Let's not even consider that government never gets anything right. How about we do consider that? The country is in lawless ruins, even worse off than Somalia. Obviously you know your stuff.
[21:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:34] <exec> 08└─> Maybe they should not have gone along with passing it before they knew what was in it. 50 attempts to repeal it without a single success seems like pretty clear proof that congress is happy enough with what they did pass.
[21:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Groonch [1759] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:35] <exec> 08└─The point at issue was not some obscure feature of the ACA but the basic architecture of it.
[21:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:37] <exec> 08└─OH, really? Why do you say this? I thought the question of the basic structure was settled in the previous SCOTUS case.
[21:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:06] <exec> 08└─The cost of healthcare in Canada (per person) is about HALF the cost of it in the USA. In other countries with public healthcare, again, it's less expensive than the USA. So... does it really look like government covering health care leads to price bloat? Nope, it's the opposite. Government investme...
[21:45:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A dramatization - 06A World Without Work - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:30] <exec> 08└─Because one good scientist is worth a billion slave workers. No amount of slaves will replace modern farming and transportation techniques. Slaves are more useful in universities than pushing boulders.
[21:45:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02When will we finally admit Capitalism has failed? - 06A World Without Work - 1825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:31] <exec> 08└─Clearly, you didn't click my link. If you had, you would have seen Democracy at Work, one of the professor's sites. With Capitalism, when you get to work, you leave Democracy outside the door. Someone else determines what will be produced, where it will be produced, how it will be produced, and what...
[21:48:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 2735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:48:19] <exec> 08└─Yep, old Hairy can solve that problem and let you quit the cancer sticks for good! The problem you are having if you are getting choked out is that your tank and or battery isn't giving you the right combination of air mixed with vapor. Just pick up this tank [cigabuy.com] and pair it with this mod...
[21:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:1) 02Re:Article Headline - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:48:33] <exec> 08└─At least it wasn't "This Weird Trick Made Marijuana Prices Crash in Colorado"
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[22:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02LOL - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:38] <exec> 08└─Soylent News: Slashdot from yesterday. [slashdot.org]
[22:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kunasou [4148] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:39] <exec> 08└─ArsTechnica from 36 hours ago: http://arstechnica.co.uk [arstechnica.co.uk] ... Samsung did a bad job with this, their best workaround was disable the whole Windows Update... The zip also comes with a nice XM...
[22:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:41] <exec> 08└─Not every news story is a breaking news story, and we don't run stories much more frequently than 1 per hour.
[22:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:LOL - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:43] <exec> 08└─Yeah, so? We're not here for timely news, but for discussion.
[22:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:44] <exec> 08└─Yup. You read the news on Ars and El Reg, digest them for a day or two, and you are ready to talk when they show up here. That process leaves you unprepared for less than a quarter on SN posts.
[22:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02More info needed - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:46] <exec> 08└─The article was too light on details to know whether this is a good thing or not. They have a point, if Microsoft is insisting on nuking their USB3 ports it isn't Microsoft that is getting deluged with complaints, it is Samsung. Eventually they had to do something. The questions I'd need answered ar...
[22:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:More info needed - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:47] <exec> 08└─How hard would it really be for Samsung to provide drivers to Microsoft to include in the normal Windows Update?
[22:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:More info needed - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:50] <exec> 08└─It might not help. If Windows Update is misidentifying the device, it might still install the generic drivers if they are newer.
[22:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:More info needed - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:51] <exec> 08└─I would have thought it'd be easier to advertise "Samsung laptop, don't update USB3 chipset drivers with generic", than actually interfere with WU. It should be quite trivial to track hardware-chipset relationships when you're the company that provides Yahoo with a world-class Internet search engine...
[22:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:More info needed - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 1167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:53] <exec> 08└─I'd like some more information too. At first glance, Samsung isn't wrong to do that. Windows Update, has, and continues, to be a source of a great fuckery. More than once, I've been forced to deal with the exact same issues, and selecting certain updates to run is about all I can do. Generally, I wo...
[22:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Debunking - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:55] <exec> 08└─heise (in German) has a debunking: http://www.heise.de [heise.de] - the tool changes update setting from "always download and apply" to "inform me about updates, so I can manually select what I want" (same as wh...
[22:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Debunking - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:56] <exec> 08└─I just set up a new 8.1 install this week (installed when you buy it, but it still asks you for some settings initially). I thought it was interesting that the initial "how do you want Windows Update to run" didn't match the normal dialog. - Automatically apply recommended and optional updates too -...
[22:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score:2) 02Re:: - 06NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:02] <exec> 08└─I agree, "cloned blood" would be more apt and accurate.
[22:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:: - 06NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:03] <exec> 08└─Semantic blood, however, is available right now.
[22:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Driving Up Sales - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:14] <exec> 08└─You mean by withholding information on older cards they can make people to throw them away and buy new? :p
[22:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Source Video Drivers - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:17] <exec> 08└─What do you mean by POC ?
[22:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:23] <exec> 08└─It's been a long time since I did any Physics, and in my day, us puny undergrads didn't get to do any computing as such, so what books should I read etc. to learn about this sort of stuff? My brain is pretty lame these days, so something that starts with the basics would be best.
[22:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:2) 02Re:Remember Sound Blaster? - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:27] <exec> 08└─Sound cards with vacuum tubes should have been a thing, lol.
[22:42:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03vux984 [5045] 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 202 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:58] <exec> 08└─Anecdotally speaking (based on my own experience and experiences friends have shared with me), the same care seems to cost 2-3x more when the insurance company is paying than when you pay out of pocket.
[22:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:18] <exec> 08└─One big hole in the picture is immigration reform. We've either got to close the borders good and tight or make it much easier for migrant workers to go legal and pay taxes. Most would gladly pay taxes and be a citizen rather than be deported. Another big hole is that the cheaper service only works...
[22:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Our society does not match to the way we age. - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:14] <exec> 08└─So where do I sign up for this?
[22:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Invalid hypothesis - 06Bioethicist Recommends Freezing Sperm to Lessen Genetic Risks - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:16] <exec> 08└─They also don't seem to think that long term freezing will do any damage to the sperm. I wonder what justification they have for that?
[22:45:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory coment about Basic Income........... - 06A World Without Work - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:45:47] <exec> 08└─Basic income! it gonna be grate! allz ya goots to do is covincne duh votas to pay mo taxez bro! but dey don wanna becuz FUKK U I GOTZ MINE!!!!!!!
[22:46:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No work, huh? - 06A World Without Work - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:05] <exec> 08└─What will you do with all the "useless eaters" that do nothing but consume recourses? Don't you see this is part of the depopulation agenda to make humanity dependent upon the few who own the robots and then eliminate the population by control of the methods of production, thus leaving Earth as a gi...
[22:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Future: Feudal overlords that ignore the rest - 06A World Without Work - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:24] <exec> 08└─Their complete disregard for keeping society going eventually causes their own demise. Every time.
[22:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:53] <exec> 08└─And yes people are sick of hearing about it, but #GamerGate. Gamers called for better ethical practices from the media which has become obsessed with writing poorly sourced clickbait outrage opinion pieces.
[22:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Still expensive - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:48:39] <exec> 08└─A day later, but it was for outdoor grown northern light...
[22:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:48:46] <exec> 08└─Thanks, I'll give that a try. I was a two pack a day person myself for about eight years. The store bought vape pen has helped me down to just below one a day over the course of two years. One that doesn't gag me might be just the ticket. Thanks Hairyfeet. Must of been tough for you too, I know how...
[22:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:They pay WHAT?! - 06This Survey Says That Marijuana Prices Are Crashing in Colorado - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:48:49] <exec> 08└─Glad to hear the prices have become sane, the article rather sounds like you are all getting screwed. They blow out the less pretty 'bottom of the bag' stuff ultra cheap and any excuse for a sale on the better stuff. Pot stores are clean, with large varieties and have daily sales, this is as close t...
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[23:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Upgrade now! - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:39] <exec> 08└─You enjoyed Torture By Powerpoint so much, you may now enjoy Advanced Powerpoint: the fat fingers version!
[23:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Desire to shoot oneself in the foot, first - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:40] <exec> 08└─This is another ploy to get people hooked on Microsoft content. Right up there with the cheap / free student versions of Microsoft Office. Why not use it, if it's free / cheap?
[23:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Desire to shoot oneself in the foot, first - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:41:42] <exec> 08└─You got it. Now is the perfect time to move to open formats rather that proprietary formats that lock you to Microsoft. If Microsoft can create the best client for an open format, good for them, otherwise it should be a non-starter.
[23:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Desire to shoot oneself in the foot, first - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:41:44] <exec> 08└─Nice office app you got there. Too bad if something were to uninstall it or make it throw some general exception ;) The first one is free as any dealer would say..
[23:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02No thanks - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:45] <exec> 08└─Can't wait until China forces the world away from MS blah. Or North Korea... I hear their great leader is an amazing scientific, genetic and God like being... He probably is writing his own os.... Godux, or Microsoft BarbedWire, or something with a cool name.
[23:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02LibreOffice for Android - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:47] <exec> 08└─LibreOffice for Android [documentfoundation.org] We're currently developing two products on the Android platform: * The LibreOffice suite, currently provided as LibreOffice Viewer for Android [BETA] * The LibreOffice Impress Remote for Android
[23:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:LibreOffice for Android - 06Microsoft Office for Android Phones Released - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:41:49] <exec> 08└─Now one just have to convince coworkers and students to use it and not be hooked into everybody else uses Microshit and it's free!..
[23:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:41:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I saw Carrot Top, Carlos Mencia, and Andrew Dice clay doubled over in laugher about it. Noticably absent from the list was Bob Saget, who had reportedly read the FAQ.
[23:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More info needed - 06Samsung Disabling Windows Update on PCs - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:06] <exec> 08└─Most Windows users aren't savvy enough to know what a driver is, let alone enable, disable, or update them.
[23:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Source Video Drivers - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:36] <exec> 08└─Piece of crêpe.
[23:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Source Video Drivers - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:37] <exec> 08└─Piece of Crap. Can be applied to something that works or doesn't. It could also mean Pile of, but that would be reserved for something more complex, like Windows.
[23:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Source Video Drivers - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:38] <exec> 08└─Pile Of Nuclear Waste? :p For using a say a server as a remote box or computing cluster. The video card just better be able to handle VGA without a fuss and then enter sleep mode to not pester the system buses or power supply. If not, I suspect that machine or card would hit the RMA department like...
[23:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:46] <exec> 08└─Perhaps you should have started a competing business instead considering the level of recruitment .. ;-) Search for "Open Graphics Project".
[23:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:2) 02Re:i interviewed at nvidia in 2007 - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:48] <exec> 08└─what for? what would they need a computational physicist for? one would think they need compiler writers and the sort...
[23:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Remember Sound Blaster? - 06Nvidia Begins Supplying Open-Source Register Header Files - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:53] <exec> 08└─Will the GPU be generic and efficient enough to really make the CPU obsolete in order to merge with it in a meaningful way? GPUs are what I know very good for specific algorithms on large amounts of data. But generic processing is another thing.
[23:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:20] <exec> 08└─Apparently you lack that fluency too since that is categorically not what the SCOTUS said in their majority opinion. Right there on page 3 they explicitly say that the language is not plain: "When read in context, the phrase “an Exchange established by the State under [42 U. S. C. §18031]” is p...
[23:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Subsidies - 06Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:49] <exec> 08└─How would the underlying problem be fixed efficiently?
[23:46:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:post-scarcity =/= Unemployment - 06A World Without Work - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:46:03] <exec> 08└─If I remember correctly, the spine implants are described as autonomous and secure, and this is a book, not a news piece, so it's not a case of "that's just what the government wants you to think". Thus, it's leagues better than carrying that personal tracking device on your pocket.
[23:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:When will we finally admit Capitalism has faile - 06A World Without Work - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:46:18] <exec> 08└─When will capitalism finally fail?
[23:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:46:59] <exec> 08└─No, the reddit Admins are on their side, never hold them accountable while holding others to a much higher standard when SRS bitches about "vote brigades" etc. in order to allow SRS to censor places that don't uphold their ideological view of SJW ideology. SRS doesn't shit on Admins, being an outgro...
[23:47:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 1529 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:02] <exec> 08└─This isn't Progressivism/SJWism run amok. This -IS- Progressivism/SJWism. Every word from their lips is a lie. When they speak of tolerance it is a lie, when they use the word they mean they will not tolerate the intolerant... and they define all opposition to their political program as intolerance....
[23:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Get in line or get wrecked - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:13] <exec> 08└─If you want to know how the leftist SJWs got their groupthink, then watch this video. [youtube.com] If you just want a shorter real world demonstration of how this PC agenda plays out as lies in the mainstream media, watch this video. [youtube.com] If you want any more reason to lose faith in the co...
[23:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:Having - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:17] <exec> 08└─Seen any serious effort to get anything like this running?
[23:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nothing is ever Voats fault is it? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 748 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:36] <exec> 08└─You're blaming Voat for what can be SRS and/or other trolls who want Voat taken down so intentionally post illegal content and report them to their hosts / funding partners / etc. in order to get them shut down. Especially when there's evidence of SRS organizing child porn and other offensive postin...
[23:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nothing is ever Voats fault is it? - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:37] <exec> 08└─It's not Paypal's job to dictate the law. They should wait until there's an actual court case. You're not in the least bit concerned that these giant, greedy companies who have practical monopolies can just cut off the services your donators and customers use to send you money (voluntarily) on a whi...
[23:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shocking - 06Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:39] <exec> 08└─Cool story, bro.
[23:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:50:55] <exec> 08└─That's why they also stopped selling everything to do with the Nazi symbol? Oh, they didn't? Isn't that just as bad or worse of a symbol? What the companies are doing is voluntary censorship. The problem with racism is the intolerant and often hateful views held by individuals. That can only be chan...
[23:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Confederate Flag - 06How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:50:56] <exec> 08└─A retailer not selling a Confederate Flag will hardly be a blip on their sales radar.
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