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[00:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:02] <exec> 08└─My Korean wife still seems in her 30s.
[00:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:03] <exec> 08└─Found this: http://static1.allkpop.com [allkpop.com]
[00:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Use an older version of Java before the madness - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 704 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:17] <exec> 08└─Judging by the search terms in this google search, I suspect you'll find the solution in it. Within the last year Java has turned into something at best challenging to use as any untrusted code has to be explicitly allowed (imagine supporting 15k servers via IPMI where each host has to be explicted...
[00:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:Use an older version of Java before the madness - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:18] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't it been easier to simply generate (or get) a code signing certificate and deploy signed JARs across your infrastructure? I haven't seriously coded in Java in years, but I thought as long as the systems has a root, and the JRE could draw a chain of trust, it would all work.
[00:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:22] <exec> 08└─Excellent software. It uses embedded wine of its own to run, but it works great. Good performance too. I strongly recommend it. I use it on Linux myself.
[00:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:24] <exec> 08└─Works fine as a client, I've had quite a bit of trouble with the server component quitting and not giving any indication as of why. Was very suprised when I noticed it uses WINE though; when it works, it works perfectly.
[00:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:not the problem - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:06] <exec> 08└─This is true. If you doubt it, try loading Ingress on your smartphone and using that to navigate through an urban environment for a few weeks.
[00:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:not the problem - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 1653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:07] <exec> 08└─What you say is mostly true, but through extensive personal testing, I've found that conditional multitasking is possible. Specifically, your brain can handle two tasks at once as long as those two tasks don't require the same mental facilities. One example is knitting and watching a video. Knitting...
[00:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"people whose names I should remember" - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:09] <exec> 08└─I don't bother to remember people, because I know for a fact that when I need help with something, people will not be available. Ever. People are totally worthless noisy bags of shit. They are not worth remembering for any reason. Now, of course, if you live to suck cock, then sure, you might need t...
[00:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score:1) 02Re:Great - 06"Double-Muscled" Pigs Created Using Simple Gene Modification - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:15:00] <exec> 08└─Some red neck nothing, it will be a producer looking for a new 'reality' show.
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[01:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Everybody line up for the Terrorist Detector - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:00] <exec> 08└─Heartbeat is all wrong. His body temperature is. Jim, this man is a Terrorist!
[01:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:I have always looked older than I really am - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:09] <exec> 08└─but now that I am fifty-one, even balder and also grey, I have no trouble whatsoever at getting dates with gold diggers.
[01:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Finding an equivalent/substitute app - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:21] <exec> 08└─The main problem isn't finding alternatives. The main issue is that any alternative needs auditing capabilities in order for management to accept it I used RDesktop/FreeRDP very happily before. But they shut that down, in part, because it wasn't easily audited by management.
[01:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My cousin is an architect, he writes FORTRAN - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:26] <exec> 08└─Dude, your syllable count is off. Haiku is 5-7-5.
[01:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Google Chrome Remote Desktop Extension - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:36] <exec> 08└─I Have used it. It seems to work. Written by Google. Cross platform. I don't trust it enough to let it run all the time, so I disable the extension when not in use. You could talk your grandmother through the setup process. https://chrome.google.com
[01:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03number6 [1831] (Score:2) 02Some stuff I dug up - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:38] <exec> 08└─GoToMyPC is mentioned here amongst many others... __https://en.wikipedia.org worth a look... Chromoting, aka 'Chrome Remote Desktop', allows one to remotely control a distant machine, all from within the Chromium browser. __https://code.google.com
[01:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly Idea - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:53] <exec> 08└─Wait, I thought the tolls we were paying were so the road could power the car. Now I need a bigger battery to power the road. Damn politicians, get you coming and going! Ohhhhh, maybe just drive BACKWARDs down the road to charge the car! Shhhhh, not so loud!
[01:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new notes - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:14:42] <exec> 08└─"Yeah I don't see why this is noteworthy." I see what you did there. ;)
[01:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Re:Better than.......... - 06"Double-Muscled" Pigs Created Using Simple Gene Modification - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:15:18] <exec> 08└─I wish. "Soon you'll have more anuses than you ever thought possible"
[01:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow... - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:38] <exec> 08└─Thanks, came here for this ;)
[01:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Code stealing is quite common in Banks - 06Former Goldman Sachs Programmer's Conviction Overturned... Again - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:05] <exec> 08└─Don't sign those. Remeber: this is a woman's country. It's not like if you starve to death you're losing out on anything. Or kill them. There really needs to be a war. I hope the south rises again and ends america.
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[02:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02smartphone tricorders - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:03] <exec> 08└─http://www.gizmag.com/unispectral-hyperspectral-imaging-smartphone-camera/36858/ [gizmag.com] https://www.aftau.org [aftau.org] https://www.kickstarter.com [kickstarter....
[02:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02just an excuse not to pay doctors - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:04] <exec> 08└─Medical tricorders are cheaper than medical doctors because tricorders can be operated by idiots. The tricorder said you're sick, now move along to quarantine (read: prison camp) until a doctor becomes available to treat your illness, and you'll be on a waiting list for a few years, hope you live th...
[02:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:1) 02Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:06] <exec> 08└─As an engineer (Control Systems); I like the idea of continuously monitoring health data. Because more data generally leads to better decisions (controls); however I am not that keen on wearing a device at all times that is anymore inconvinent then my watch (Pebble Time). I guess we will see how the...
[02:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03throwaway28 [5181] (Score:1) 02Internal imaginary time. - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:19] <exec> 08└─Memories sometimes seem to advance my internal imaginary accounting of time, in large discrete jumps. My internal imaginary accounting, is 3 and 1/2 years older than my calendar age, due to +1/2 year, +1 year, and +2 years; jumps.
[02:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly Idea - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 790 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:59] <exec> 08└─Yes, but assuming that the new load is mostly battery powered vehicles, it is much more amenable to time constrained charging. A mix of local solar and off-peak grid would be able to handle it with much more modest improvements in delivery infrastructure. You are still going to need either more gene...
[02:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Need to send this guy a link - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:56] <exec> 08└─Last paragraph from the link The musician has lost 11 ney and two kawalas flutes. A ney is a reed flute with six finger-holes in front and a thumb-hole, and the kawala is a cane flute - both are commonly used in Arabic music.
[02:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02But but, it's 3D Printed - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:58] <exec> 08└─and Hipster Approved.
[02:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:why such a large drive? - 06NASA'S "Dawn" Recovers From Anomaly, "New Horizons" Issue Detailed - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:51] <exec> 08└─Their data rate is something like 1 kilobyte per second, with a round trip latency of about nine hours. Buffering is definitely essential, even if it is transmitting data constantly as it is supposed to.
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[03:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Internet of Dicks - 06Toshiba Develops Flash Memory Embedded Process - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:04] <exec> 08└─Can I embed a chip in my dick to broadcast that I am gay?
[03:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Internet of Dicks - 06Toshiba Develops Flash Memory Embedded Process - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:05] <exec> 08└─I suggest you go and ask slashdot. Seriously.
[03:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:Everybody line up for the Terrorist Detector - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:15] <exec> 08└─Terrorist detectors will never work. All politicians and evening news anchors would test positive, and thus prohibit the use of such a device.
[03:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:19] <exec> 08└─Your continuously monitored health data reports that you were angry for a five minute period today. Anger will not be tolerated. Report to mandatory anger management for reeducation.
[03:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:User Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:21] <exec> 08└─I too thought that way. Today I wear a diabetic pump (size of pager | flip phone) I wear it 7x24, except in water. I have an infusion site to replace once every 3-4 days. I "never" wore t-shirts. Now my daughter sews a pocket inside of them on right-hand side, so it does not interfere with seat-belt...
[03:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Tricoders? Bah... - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:22] <exec> 08└─I'd be excited if they'd start working on replicators.
[03:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tricoders? Bah... - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:24] <exec> 08└─Great news. You just volunteered to invent the replicator. Get to work!
[03:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Tricoders? Bah... - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:26] <exec> 08└─Just don't get excited.
[03:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:36] <exec> 08└─SFW or NSFW?....
[03:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:38] <exec> 08└─Everyone I know... those that lead a healthy lifestyle or doesn't have some predisposed illness tend to look younger than their age..
[03:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03timbim [907] (Score:2) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:40] <exec> 08└─What do you define as a healthy lifestyle?
[03:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:41] <exec> 08└─Biggest thing? Don't smoke. And limit exposure to smoke. After age 50, get thyroid checked (T3, not TSH test). Makes a huge difference. Most of what we think of as "diseases of aging" are just decline in conversion of T4 to T3.
[03:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Info for Ubuntu/Mint - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:00] <exec> 08└─I tried this as it seemed promising. Installed wine, wintricks, exported WINEARCH=win32 because it looks like there is a dotnet dependency... No dice for me: gosetup.exe only gives an option to Uninstall ... a younger poorer version of me might spend more time on this.
[03:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly Idea - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:23] <exec> 08└─I thought the tolls we were paying were so the road could power the car.
[03:15:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Bruce - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:15:06] <exec> 08└─This is all fine and dandy until you watch the video and you find out "Terumi Narushima" is female. :)
[03:15:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not new notes - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:15:15] <exec> 08└─Modern wind instruments such as trumpets, cornets, French horns, baritone horns, trombones, etc. are manufactured in relation to the "just temperament" system, NOT the equal temperament system. This is why they have slides and need to adjust their slides according to the key they are playing in (if...
[03:15:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02round holes? - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:27] <exec> 08└─I wonder if they missed a big opportunity with 3D printing? Recorder finger holes are round because that's what you get with a normal drill[1]. Maybe there are some advantages to square or rectangular (or other shape) for the finger holes? Proportional hydraulic spool valves have rectangular holes...
[03:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:1) 02Re:Code stealing is quite common in Banks - 06Former Goldman Sachs Programmer's Conviction Overturned... Again - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:17:45] <exec> 08└─Hi MikeeUSA, go away now please k thx.
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[04:13:06] <exec> 08└─No idea what this stuff is even for, or where it will it appear in products I might use. Its got all the buzzwords, but motor controller drivers aren't big on my buy list.
[04:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:just an excuse not to pay doctors - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:20] <exec> 08└─Does anyone else think of the doctor visit in Idiocracy when they read this?
[04:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:just an excuse not to pay doctors - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:21] <exec> 08└─Wait. No. This one goes in your ear, this one in your mouth, and this one in your butt.
[04:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:25] <exec> 08└─Yeah, not so sure continuous monitoring is worth while except in cases of specific medical problems. Living in imminent fail mode is bad enough for the people who have to. Not sure it's all that good for the psyche.
[04:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:1) 02Re:Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:26] <exec> 08└─That is a very valid point; but as a general rule having the data is always preferable to not having the data. I work on plants with many 1000's of data inputs and outputs; operators cannot handle that kind of data volume; so we automate most functions and alarm on "out of normal" conditions. I woul...
[04:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Tricorder - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:30] <exec> 08└─Not a medical tricorder but this is by far the best (actually existing) device i've ever seen: https://hackaday.io [hackaday.io] Code and design documents to build your own: https://github.com [github.com]
[04:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:43] <exec> 08└─safe
[04:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oh Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:44] <exec> 08└─Oh shit.
[04:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:45] <exec> 08└─> My Korean wife still seems in her 30s. Probably because she is 36.
[04:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Use an older version of Java before the madness - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:14:08] <exec> 08└─In a word: No. In a perfect world, maybe. But there is a pointy haired boss involved, who wants it done now.
[04:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Screen Connect - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:17] <exec> 08└─We are planning migration from windows to Linux variant in the next 5 years and needed a solution that would work with Linux as well as windows after crossloop was bought and shutdown by AVG. It is self hosted now on a windows server and runs great on windows, Ubuntu, and androids. I have tried it o...
[04:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ground test before remote command? - 06NASA'S "Dawn" Recovers From Anomaly, "New Horizons" Issue Detailed - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:16:47] <exec> 08└─To prepare for these final days of its mission, the probe was doing two things at once. ... The combined workload slightly exceeded the processor's capabilities, and triggered a watchdog-like feature.
[04:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03twistedcubic [929] (Score:2) 02Re:Judges reasoning a troubling trend - 06Former Goldman Sachs Programmer's Conviction Overturned... Again - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:18:00] <exec> 08└─I disagree. Once you consider copies using magnetic charges "tangible", you might as well accuse any former employee of corporate espionage unless they do a memory wipe, like in the movie "Paycheck". What you do with the data is what concerns criminal law. It is a major waste of tax dollars when the...
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[06:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:03] <exec> 08└─Put students to work, while they are still naive enough to work for free. Microsoft is trying so hard to be as evil as Google. Summer of Code? More like Summer of Slavery! Toil at those keyboards, for the glory of Google!
[06:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Internet of Dicks - 06Toshiba Develops Flash Memory Embedded Process - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:14] <exec> 08└─Ask again when they start using an 8nm process.
[06:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:slashvertisment? - 06Toshiba Develops Flash Memory Embedded Process - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:16] <exec> 08└─It's flash memory that consumes less power than basic flash memory, useful for systems where low power is important, such as smartphones, NFC devices, contactless smartcards, IoT gadgets, and miscellaneous embedded systems such as what they enumerated. It would be most interesting to electronics and...
[06:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrcoolbp [68] (Score:2) 02Re:Tricoders? Bah... - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:37] <exec> 08└─Too late, I already got excited.
[06:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Dammit Jim! - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:39] <exec> 08└─In case no one has said this yet... I'm a Doctor not a bricklayer! Kudos to those who can come up with this kind of stuff in software, I'm strictly a hardware type of person and have no idea how to do this kind of stuff. Give me a schematic and I'll build it for you, give me the code and I can burn...
[06:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I have a straightforward solution to that. - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:51] <exec> 08└─I have been out of work for five solud years.
[06:13:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03tibman [134] 02Re:No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:53] <exec> 08└─Found this: http://static1.allkpop.com [allkpop.com]
[06:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Use an older version of Java before the madness - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:21] <exec> 08└─I recall running into something like this back when it first became an issue for some one-off thing, might have been BattleScribe or something, and I do remember finding a solution. Naturally I don't recall it now and it's not a priority item for me to go looking for to score cheap mod points, but I...
[06:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Spam) 02MyCleanPC - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 4032 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:32] <exec> 08└─A few months ago, I accepted what at first appeared to be a very simple job: remove a virus from someone's computer. Given the fact that I owned a PC repair shop (and I still do) and had over 15 years of experience, I was confident that I could complete the job in a timely manner without any complic...
[06:14:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:MyCleanPC - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:34] <exec> 08└─With over 15 years of fighting viruses myself, if you could not do it in one day, you should have locked your doors and went to flip hamburgers at McDonalds for a living. You should also have the ability to educate your clients on what to open and what not to as well as never click on internet ads....
[06:15:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03theluggage [1797] 02Re:It's the law. - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 294 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:03] <exec> 08└─Oh, but if you implement enough nanotechnology, crowdsource the power of the Cloud and fabricate it all on a 3D printer you'll enter an augmented reality in which the laws of physics, economics and even common sense don't apply until after you've cashed the cheque from the venture capitalists.
[06:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:not the problem - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:20] <exec> 08└─What you say is mostly true, but through extensive personal testing, I've found that conditional multitasking is possible.
[06:16:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03slinches [5049] 02Re:why such a large drive? - 06NASA'S "Dawn" Recovers From Anomaly, "New Horizons" Issue Detailed - 358 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:45] <exec> 08└─It's cache space. This probe's mission is to do fly-bys of objects past the orbit of the outermost planet in the solar system. Data transfer rates over those kinds of astronomical distances are extremely slow compared to current internet standards. Combined with only having a relatively brief window...
[06:16:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] 02Re:128 GB hard drive - 06NASA'S "Dawn" Recovers From Anomaly, "New Horizons" Issue Detailed - 289 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:57] <exec> 08└─I wonder where they got the 128GB from. This page [jhuapl.edu] says it has a pair 8GB solid state drives with one as a backup. The wikipeida page also uses the 8GB figure. 8GB is a much more believable figure considering the age of this tech and how space equipment can't be bleeding edge.
[06:18:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03KritonK [465] 02What difference? - 06Solving Problems in Robotics and Sensor Networks with Algebraic Topology - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:18:35] <exec> 08└─knowing the difference between your coffee cup and a doughnut is an essential workplace skill
[06:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:This is a prime example... - 06Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) Patient Traveled to Chicago, Tennessee, Missouri - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:19:33] <exec> 08└─If the fire department waits until it reaches the property line of the person who paid them, it's going to be harder to stop it from taking out the next house.
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[07:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 802 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:01] <exec> 08└─Get a good one. Ask every other business you know, and follow your gut. Everything will be done right. They'll know about payroll tax credits, training credits, etc you can apply for. They'll be ready to file your taxes at the end of the year. If you ever need to generate a R.O.E. or a T-slip they'l...
[07:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:02] <exec> 08└─For the love of god don't hire an accountant onto your payroll. Go to an accounting firm :) Just let it all go. They do it better than you. They do it faster than you.
[07:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Use Quickbooks anyway - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:04] <exec> 08└─It's fairly simple to run Quickbooks on a Linux desktop. You can use WINE [winehq.org] with some limitations or a VirtualBox instance with the seamless windows [virtualbox.org] function and some trivial directory association magic.
[07:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score:2) 02Virtualbox - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:05] <exec> 08└─I run Quickbooks inside Vista using Virtualbox and it seems fine. I honestly don't really like the product, but there's nothing comparable in Linux land so I stick with it. And yes, I spent a fair bit of time looking and trying recommended Open Source options - nothing came close. I'm only running a...
[07:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:14] <exec> 08└─Microsoft has been actively pursuing policies that are harmful to their customers for decades. As bad as Google may be, compared to Redmond, they are pure rainbows and sunshine.
[07:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:16] <exec> 08└─Are you even aware of how Google makes money? You should look into that before you talk about how consumer friendly they are compared to Microsoft.
[07:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score:1) 02This is news for nerds... - 06Toshiba Develops Flash Memory Embedded Process - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:28] <exec> 08└─Is the "geek" level really so low for people here? Come on, this is very good news, maybe not so applicable in the short term, but this plus serious breaktrough in battery technology is what is keeping current tech from leaping on... (and a really foldable amoled screen of course) My 2€c.
[07:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tricoders? Bah... - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:50] <exec> 08└─Go spank that monkey
[07:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02tEH other tri-corder - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:53] <exec> 08└─but there are other star trek tri-corders? off the top of my head, maybe: measure distance measure "background" radiation measure photon spectrum measure loudness of soundwaves measure temperature measure pH value measure volts measure amps measure Hz measure humidity measure angle to "g" measure at...
[07:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score:2) 02Remote logins - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:14:46] <exec> 08└─For speed and usability, http://wiki.x2go.org [x2go.org] is by far the best remote login I've used. Really easy to set up too. For remote access via the web, guacamole is great, http://guac-dev.org [guac-dev.org] Also relatively easy to set up and you don't need a client apart from a web browser w...
[07:14:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score:2) 02Re:Remote logins - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:47] <exec> 08└─Ps you will need to use a dynamic DNS service if you have a dynamic IP address Something free like http://www.dnsexit.com [dnsexit.com] Also you'll need to forward port 22 for x2go and port 443 for guacamole (run it with SSL)
[07:15:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03TGV [2838] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new notes - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:16:00] <exec> 08└─Pianos and harpsichords can and have to be tuned. Their pitches are far from constant.
[07:16:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just Like Idiocracy - 06"Double-Muscled" Pigs Created Using Simple Gene Modification - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:16:42] <exec> 08└─Rather than trying to create meat from such pigs, Kim and Yin plan to use them to supply sperm
[07:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03hankwang [100] (Score:2) 02Re:native encryption - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:17:46] <exec> 08└─"every mlc SSD uses some form of data randomization. Encryption is a common way to achieve that." Encryption is not a common way to achieve that; it's an expensive way. The paper you cited (link provided by the helpful AC) talks of an 8-bit pseudorandom generator, presumably with a period of 255. A...
[07:21:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Re:Biology meets C.S. - 06Automatic Code Repair - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:21:09] <exec> 08└─Main difference is that each copy of a biological unit goes through rigorous unit testing. No exceptions.
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[08:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Digital Skills - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:04] <exec> 08└─1. Be Black. 2. Be Chinese. 3. Be Indian. Pick one. 4. None of the above? NO JOB FOR YOU. Enjoy living on the dole, jobless wonder.
[08:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hire a prostitute. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:14] <exec> 08└─For the love of god don't marry a woman. Go to a prostitute :) Just let it all go. They do it better than you. They do it faster than you.
[08:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:15] <exec> 08└─If you hire an accountant he will bleed you dry. Instead of doing your accoutns, he will keep on asking for more money. As the deadline for filing approaches, more money. As it passes, more money. as the deadline for fines approaches, more money. After the fines, more money, and they still dont do t...
[08:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03NoMaster [3543] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Look at it another way - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:18] <exec> 08└─On the one hand, you have your client - barely computer literate, but who pays you for that. They know Quickbooks, and likely relies almost totally on it for the financial success of their business. On the other hand, you have you - who just wants to make your job easier. See the problem? He's payin...
[08:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02Re:Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:00] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of something I read ... The Personal Analytics of My Life [stephenwolfram.com] from Stephen Wolfram's Blog
[08:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Dogs can be trained to smell cancer on your breath - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:09] <exec> 08└─However dogs have very sensitive noses. I expect you could use a gas chromatograph for that but you wouldn't be able to carry it around with you.
[08:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I can vouch... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:22] <exec> 08└─that the number of women with daddy issues is much higher than society wants you to think. And for as many gold diggers as there are, many just want daddy's lap to sit on, or arm to flaunt off.
[08:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02My ex bought me a law school t-shirt - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:24] <exec> 08└─"Dal Law" - Dalhousie University in Halifax. It's a nice t-shirt, but I was offended as I knew she was trying to impress all the other women.
[08:14:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:No Shit - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:29] <exec> 08└─I was just about to ask "Is the distribution (in rates of ageing) they are finding any different (apart from the obvious reversal) from the distribution in menopause ages?", so it's funny you should bring up that classic. One problem with this story is that it's hard to define "aging" (sic). Or shou...
[08:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Silly Paper - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 1180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:35] <exec> 08└─Figure 1 shows exponentially increasing age-specific incidence of mortality and disability. This is an artifact of truncating at 80 years old. While you are more likely to *have* died or *have* developed a given disease as you age (ie cumulative probability), the probability of it happening *at* a g...
[08:15:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Re:Scaling up - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:15:29] <exec> 08└─It doesn't need to scale up with vehicle weight. It needs to be more energy-efficient than a rubber tire. That's the hard part. And then, if it is to be of widespread use, it needs to be cheaper than other improvements that could be done instead (eg engine, aerodynamics).
[08:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Nothing to get excited about - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:16:30] <exec> 08└─>> notes unattainable through traditional instruments. > Traditional only in the sense that they are tuned to the traditional scales. And "traditional scales" only in the sense that they are the *modern* scales that western musical cultures have agreed upon for most instruments in order to minimise...
[08:18:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:circular definition? - 06Former Goldman Sachs Programmer's Conviction Overturned... Again - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:18:49] <exec> 08└─Many thanks for the clarification. However, that still looks awfully written. Seems designed to have loop-holes aplenty. Why explicitly enumerate nefarious means to the actually illegal end? That's like saying breaking and entering is the use of a crow-bar, jemmy, or hammer to open a door or window...
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[09:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Digital Skills - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:02] <exec> 08└─Somebody needs to tell these kids that only People of Certain Colours will have a future. The rest will not, no matter what they do in school or in life.
[09:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02BBC the news organization, sure - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:03] <exec> 08└─BBC is just a news organization just like Google is just a search engine.
[09:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool ... - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:05] <exec> 08└─So much for making kids learn about how stuff works. No wonder the tool is web based... If you actually want to teach something about software, the software has to be free software.
[09:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02compiler in the cloud for your protection - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:07] <exec> 08└─Something needs to disapprove of the devious little shits when they try to compile inappropriate apps full of penis-cunts.
[09:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:18] <exec> 08└─It's fun to charter an accountant And sail the wide accountan-cy To find, explore the funds offshore And skirt the shores of bankruptcy
[09:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Don't bother - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 1301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:22] <exec> 08└─He's better off on quickbooks than any thing available for linux. Any accountant or bookeeper, or part time assistant who assists with his taxes, does an audit, or anything else ever will know how to use it. Don't move him to something else. As for Quickbooks on linux? Sure it can be done, but I wou...
[09:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Perhaps one of these? - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:24] <exec> 08└─They're all GPL licensed. No first hand experience. http://frontaccounting.com [frontaccounting.com] http://tryton.org [tryton.org] http://orangehrm.com [orangehrm.com] http://treshna.com [treshna.com] (pre-alpha)
[09:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Conform to the client. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:26] <exec> 08└─Do what the client needs, not what you want. The client knows Quickbooks and is not all that great with computers. I know you would rather support linux but lets be honest, if he can't handle windows without getting malware he is not the sort of person that will do well to change his OS and his payr...
[09:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Conform to the client. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:28] <exec> 08└─The submitter stated that the client is picking up malware all the time so move to a more robust operating system certainly would help. The fact that the person in question is not very skilled with computers probably will only make the transition easier as there are not too many things to unlearn. C...
[09:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dammit Jim! - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:14] <exec> 08└─I hope you can do more than that. A pick and place readily replaces what you have written. Surely you can do much more than a machine that can only follow instructions.
[09:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Finding an equivalent/substitute app - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:52] <exec> 08└─It's a confused site... they say/they mean free / gratis commercial / proprietary open source / free software besides that, if you cherrypick it can be useful
[09:15:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Better Article - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:50] <exec> 08└─Better, but still full of holes. It first states that static electricity is already automatically generated, and then continues with: "The friction between the tire and the ground consumes about 10 percent of a vehicle’s fuel," said Xudong Wang, associate professor at Wisconsin-Madison, in a press...
[09:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Effect has been demonstrated before - 06"Double-Muscled" Pigs Created Using Simple Gene Modification - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:06] <exec> 08└─What's the cost of performing a caesarian? And the complications death-rate? vs. How much extra sellable meat mass do they get? Either there are some cheap-ass vets, or I can't imagine this being hugely cost-effective. Then again, I'm sheltered from that wrinkle of the food chain, I just pay for the...
[09:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Better idea: "Half-Muscled" humans - 06"Double-Muscled" Pigs Created Using Simple Gene Modification - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:15] <exec> 08└─That way their food consumption will be much lower...
[09:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:128 GB hard drive - 06NASA'S "Dawn" Recovers From Anomaly, "New Horizons" Issue Detailed - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:54] <exec> 08└─the summary says 128 Gbits, not GBytes. 128 Gbits is 16 GBs, which matches the mention of two 8GB SSDs.
[09:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:native encryption - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:18:23] <exec> 08└─Using encryption for data randomisation has far weaker security properties than advertising it. If they advertise it as a security feature then there's the potential for some really bad publicity when someone finds that it's easy to break. If it's just a reliability feature, then no one who knows ab...
[09:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:native encryption - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:18:30] <exec> 08└─Normally, you'd need to explicitly dump the keys from the old computer (and store them safely!) and then have a different procedure for recovering. I think Microsoft's BitKeeper can do this if you have a TPM - the password authorises the TPM to do the decryption, but the keys are stored in the TPM....
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[10:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:BBC the news organization, sure - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:30] <exec> 08└─The BbCs remit is to inform, educate and entertain.
[10:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:32] <exec> 08└─the software has to be free software.
[10:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wakaranai [486] (Score:2, Interesting) 02BBC and education - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:13:34] <exec> 08└─Hopefully, a local compiler can be added later...? Still, I think it's a good idea. I remember doing simple programming on a BBC Micro at school... the BBC also produced TV programmes on computing, e.g. BBC Micro Live from 1983 ( https://youtu.be [youtu.be] )
[10:13:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NoMaster [3543] 02Look at it another way - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 587 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:13:51] <exec> 08└─On the one hand, you have your client - barely computer literate, but who pays you for that. They know Quickbooks, and likely relies almost totally on it for the financial success of their business. On the other hand, you have you - who just wants to make your job easier. See the problem? He's payin...
[10:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Conform to the client. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:56] <exec> 08└─Exactly. Accounting System + Malware = Easy To Manage Bank Balance Of $0.
[10:15:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 1867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:15:44] <exec> 08└─Sigh...has NOBODY here EVER worked corporate? You might as well just tell him "Tell your boss to fuck off and support the four freedoms!" for all the good you have just done with this post. For those that have never had to work corporate (and thank the FSM if you never have had to) let me spell it o...
[10:19:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Be an early adopter! - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:24] <exec> 08└─Never mind that pioneers often have arrows in their backs.
[10:21:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not unexpected... Been going for years... - 06Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) Patient Traveled to Chicago, Tennessee, Missouri - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:21:37] <exec> 08└─Around 80% of antibiotics manufactured go to Big Agro where they're abused to make the animals grow a little bit faster. Nevermind that this will plunge us in the dark ages when resistent strains develop...
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[11:13:45] <exec> 08└─" If we do a web search and found out that you criticised Israel's foreign policy, we'll label you as an enemy of the state and crash you into a tree just like we did Michael Hastings. Then we'll call you an anti-Semitic meth-addict and our boys working as paramedics won't revive you. "
[11:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:BBC and education - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:14:02] <exec> 08└─The local compiler would definitely be a good idea, and might be forthcoming, but I'm not holding my breath. I suspect the cloud compiler was chosen for numerous reasons, simplicity of support being one, and number two being that Auntie Beeb doesn't want to discriminate against those kids who don't...
[11:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Apple is heavily into promoting iPads to schools - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:03] <exec> 08└─but one cannot write code on them unless they are jailbroken. Maine was one of the first states to buy notebook computers for its schools, they got iBooks. I don't know that they were actually used for coding but there were free development tools available.
[11:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:1) 02VM it. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:25] <exec> 08└─Install VMWare. Put Windows on it. Run whatever accounting package on it. Give them an icon for the seamless-desktop mode of it. That way, whatever he does, he can't really mess up the VM with his Quickbooks. And both his computer, his server, or his accounting VM can be whatever OS you damn well wa...
[11:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02for eff's sake, Microsoft - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:36] <exec> 08└─Why don't they just pay people to make apps? That would be much more honest.
[11:15:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:15:47] <exec> 08└─Don't smoke, avoid sugar, get enough sleep, take breaks every now and then (avoid burnout). May also help to learn how to relax (what helps for me is to slowly breathe in and out deeply three or more times every now and then).
[11:15:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:15:48] <exec> 08└─You forget alcohol consumption. I consider avoiding alcohol as part of my healthy lifestyle. I never actually had a full drink, but I had sipped some champagne and beer when I was younger.
[11:15:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:15:50] <exec> 08└─So maybe your opinion of how one should look at a certain age is wrong?
[11:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:15:52] <exec> 08└─Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that they tend to look like their age, while everyone else looks older?
[11:15:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Silly Paper - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:15:54] <exec> 08└─Sorry, the quincunx link should have pointed here: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Also, in the supplements they say how they calculated this. I can't copy/paste the equation but it is essentially adding up how much all of these differed from the average: We calculated eac...
[11:15:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02hell no - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:55] <exec> 08└─if we knew more about biological age we could be more fair and egalitarian
[11:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:Use an older version of Java before the madness - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:16] <exec> 08└─Two Words: That Sucks :(
[11:16:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly Idea - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:45] <exec> 08└─From reading the writeup on the university website, I get the impression they are re-capturing the energy that goes into generating static charge (and ultimately heat). If so, and if it's significant, then this would make sense.
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[12:14:30] <exec> 08└─All you gotta do is become a slave and do the job for as little money as said minorities, then you too can have a job citizen.
[12:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Specs - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:39] <exec> 08└─All the upstream articles leave out the interesting stuff. A bit of digging reveals that the final version is built around a Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 SoC https://www.nordicsemi.com [nordicsemi.com]. Non-British-Schoolkids can get embedded module...
[12:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Web-based IDE - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:40] <exec> 08└─so why send the code out to the web to be programmed instead of including a compiler that runs locally?
[12:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02google docs spreadsheet - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 2523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:03] <exec> 08└─I was a treasurer at a volunteer org and the "standard" was to use google docs spreadsheets to keep track. We're talking dozens of transactions per year, maybe $10K annual cash flow. My limited understanding of accounting software is its like emacs for programmers. So the learning curve is a bit ste...
[12:16:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02mobile - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 1348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:02] <exec> 08└─I'd be pleased enough with mobile, like the size of a blood pressure test station at a drug store. Maybe they should start there first. On second thought, I'll one up this, Walmart has these dumpy "you got no medical insurance so see our nurse" wanna be clinics and this wish list far exceeds what th...
[12:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:hell no - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:36] <exec> 08└─Or just outright denied.
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[12:17:29] <exec> 08└─The surprise there would be to find that the static charge accounted for any significant part of the frictional energy loss c.f. mechanical heating and noise.
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[13:13:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03riT-k0MA [88] (Score:3, Informative) 02Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:00] <exec> 08└─That New York Times article is paywalled. 1) Does anyone have an alternate link? 2) Editors: In future, can you please mark a paywalled link as "[Paywalled]"?
[13:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:01] <exec> 08└─It's not paywalled for me, no matter how many articles I view.
[13:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score:1) 02CSAIL Report - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:03] <exec> 08└─The report is, I believe, this one: CSAIL report: giving government special access to data poses major security risks This is a link to the MIT release on it, but not the actual contents: http://www.csail.mit.edu [mit.edu] Looking a bit more...
[13:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:CSAIL Report - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:05] <exec> 08└─Thanks! And for those who want to know who's putting their name to this unpatriotic screed: Abelson, Harold; Anderson, Ross; Bellovin, Steven M.; Benaloh, Josh; Blaze, Matthew; Diffie, Whitfield; Gilmore, John; Green, Matthew; Neumann, Peter G.; Landau, Susan; Rivest, Ronald L.; Schiller, Jeffrey I....
[13:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Banking on paper again - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:06] <exec> 08└─With official backdoors in place, I suppose I'll do my banking on paper again. More secure that way.
[13:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Banking on paper again - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:08] <exec> 08└─That's a noble premise but they've shut down pretty much all physical bank departments in many parts of the world.
[13:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02In Related News - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:09] <exec> 08└─FBI Director Comey's false dilemma—"ban encryption or accept terrorism" http://phys.org [phys.org]
[13:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Sure but - 06Google Moves into Uber Territory with Pilot Carpooling Service - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:16] <exec> 08└─Why is this just for pilots?
[13:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:BBC and education - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:34] <exec> 08└─My greying neck beard is glowing incandescent :-) From what I have seen so far, this is yet another hit of free heroin from Microsoft trying to worm their way back into the state education system via a pillar of the cultural establishment. This time they're doing it by pretending that things like th...
[13:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Web-based IDE - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 1366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:38] <exec> 08└─I would guess the substitute would be self hosted development rather than local. If you want a reasonable description of the difference in the real world between a microcontroller and a general purpose computer, microcontrollers can't self host their development environment. There have been some wei...
[13:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:15:20] <exec> 08└─Don't forget to avoid sunlight. I remember when I first started noticing the "hot women my age who were always suntanned" now look like they're permanently wearing leather. Gross.
[13:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snort [5141] (Score:1) 02Re:Effect has been demonstrated before - 06"Double-Muscled" Pigs Created Using Simple Gene Modification - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:17:54] <exec> 08└─Were you unable to download the open access PDF by following the DOI link?
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[14:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Amazing - 06Twisting Graphene Alters Its Electrical Properties - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:04] <exec> 08└─Yeah, amazing, and it has been for several years now, even a Nobel prize. Anything come of it into the market yet?
[14:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03riT-k0MA [88] (Score:1) 02Re:Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:15] <exec> 08└─It won't even let me into the site with out registration. Are you perchance on an United States IP?
[14:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:17] <exec> 08└─Well I am accessing it with no problems from France. Suggest that this might be a local problem to yourself.
[14:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:18] <exec> 08└─We do, and for me (Europe) it is not.
[14:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score:2) 02Re:Banking on paper again - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:23] <exec> 08└─Not registering for online access to your accounts is not a defense. Because "you" can apply for access to your accounts over the internet, as long as you know your account information and certain personal details that are in theory secret but in practice are known to many data brokers (and more thi...
[14:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Never trust the government - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:25] <exec> 08└─I don't even mean that to be extremist - it is simply true. People forget that a government isn't some magical institution. A government is made up of people. Some of those people are good, some are bad, most are just trying to get through the day like the rest of us. If you trust a government with...
[14:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score:1) 02Request link to report added to article - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:26] <exec> 08└─janrinok, or other editor, could you add a link to the report in the main article, please? Citable URI: http://hdl.handle.net [handle.net] Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications Author: Abelson, Harold; Anderson, Ross;...
[14:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Request link to report added to article - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:29] <exec> 08└─Thanks - I've added it.
[14:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02If they force you to do anything kill them. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:30] <exec> 08└─If they force you to do anything kill them. That is the ONLY solution.
[14:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03seeprime [5580] (Score:1) 02Only the lonely - 06Google Moves into Uber Territory with Pilot Carpooling Service - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:37] <exec> 08└─"Google's carpooling service will allow drivers to recoup only the cost of gas and wear and tear to their vehicles." I don't see many people willing to do this on a regular basis. Only lonely people would do so. Or, maybe, people that drive junk cars that want someone else to pay for their gas. How...
[14:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:52] <exec> 08└─Any chance we could get a "-1 Troll, but funny" mod?
[14:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score:2) 02SaaS? - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 1249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:23] <exec> 08└─This is precisely the problem SaaS is targeted at - small companies who don't want to host a server to run their software on themselves, but still need the product. Intuit has precisely this in QuickBooksOnline. It seems on the face like an ideal solution to your customers' problem - same familiar t...
[14:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03egcagrac0 [2705] (Score:2) 02Outsource - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:25] <exec> 08└─(Almost) every company I've worked for in the last 15 years has outsourced their payroll processing. For some relatively small fee per paycheck, they turn timesheets into paychecks and worry about withholding and whatnot and provide appropriate statements.
[14:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khakipuce [233] (Score:2) 02Your client will hate you - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:27] <exec> 08└─Don't do it, a non-computer literate client he will see it as you putting something he understands beyond his control and that will probably make him feel more threatened rather than less, as others have said either persuade him to outsource all the accounts or sit down with him and resolve the big...
[14:14:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score:2) 02Manager.io - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:28] <exec> 08└─Our business set up and has been using manager.io It's web based and runs fine on a Linux server. Still under development and is closed source but overall we've been happy with its ease of use and performance.
[14:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tEH other tri-corder - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:21] <exec> 08└─AND the killer: measure true universal value of something : P
[14:15:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khakipuce [233] (Score:2) 02Top down rather than specific conditions - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:25] <exec> 08└─Surely the place to start *is* with a generalized scanner type device rather than focussing on specific conditions. E.g. a blood analyser that reports deviations from norms, that would then lead to indications for anemia, leukocytosis, HIV. Go at it the other way and something may be missed.
[14:15:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03acp_sn [5254] (Score:1) 02Re:I have always looked older than I really am - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:38] <exec> 08└─inhaling mercury vapor when I was twelve led to my receding hairline when I was fourteen, with total baldness when I was twenty one
[14:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:My anecdotal experience... - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:51] <exec> 08└─Yeah. A photographer friend says you can actually see this damage quite directly with a UV lens filter. Shows up as patches on the skin.
[14:16:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Boomer story - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 1228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:01] <exec> 08└─This is a boomer story, that's why its about old people. Younger people have a huge variation too. As a 14 year old boy, having discovered girls, I was WELL aware that girls my age varied in appearance from approximately 10 to 22 std years yet I know darn well she's my age. Highly non linear curves,...
[14:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03dbitter1 [2918] (Score:1) 02Re:I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:31] <exec> 08└─Well why do you think I quit taking corporate jobs and would rather shovel shit than ever take one again?
[14:16:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:MyCleanPC - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:37] <exec> 08└─I had a similar situation the other day. Fortunately I just happened to get a call from Windows and they knew my PC had a virus and offered to fix things right there over the phone. That's the beauty of Windows. Never hear of Linux calling you up when you get a virus!
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[15:13:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02Re:CSAIL Report - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 806 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:14] <exec> 08└─Thanks! And for those who want to know who's putting their name to this unpatriotic screed: Abelson, Harold; Anderson, Ross; Bellovin, Steven M.; Benaloh, Josh; Blaze, Matthew; Diffie, Whitfield; Gilmore, John; Green, Matthew; Neumann, Peter G.; Landau, Susan; Rivest, Ronald L.; Schiller, Jeffrey I....
[15:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score:2) 02Re:Banking on paper again - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:19] <exec> 08└─Some banks may have an option to not disable internet access if you ask them.
[15:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Never trust the government - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:22] <exec> 08└─What are the chances that none of those strangers are greedy, or evil, or simply incompetent?
[15:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Web-based IDE - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:59] <exec> 08└─That only brings up the question of why distribute anything if they got a better dev environment in minecraft
[15:14:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 904 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:35] <exec> 08└─Are you even aware of how Microsoft makes money? They sit in front of nearly every computer for sale and essentially collect a tax, whether you want their product or not. How is what Google does to make money worse than that? They use what they know about you to try to sell you stuff, sure. But what...
[15:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:09] <exec> 08└─The big question is who gets to use that data. In the wrong hands, the decisions based on it may not be the best for you.
[15:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tEH other tri-corder - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:20] <exec> 08└─AND the killer: measure true universal value of something : P
[15:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:mobile - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:23] <exec> 08└─If it were possible to put an entire hospital in the back of a humvee we'd already have a hospital in the back of a humvee
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[16:13:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 1700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:01] <exec> 08└─things pretty much work, extensions work and the browser stays up for months at a time even with dozens of tabs open on (almost literally) dozens of windows. I'm sure there are security issues in the old version I run, but I don't click on stupid links, I run adblockers and noscript (and things like...
[16:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:02] <exec> 08└─The number of software packages that can be truly declared to be "done" are an extremely short list. The standard would be: 1. It is widely installed and used. 2. It has not been modified for years, implying that there's no work to be done either in fixing bugs or adding features. 3. It has no (know...
[16:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 1273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:05] <exec> 08└─almost everything I use in a daily basis is clearly 'done'. ls, vi, emacs, ping, traceroute, cat, less and even the o/s and ip-stack are, for most people, 'done'. window managers? done. user interface paradigms: all done and over done. compilers? done, too. we have more languages (in comp sci) than...
[16:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Informative) 02Not thrilled - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 1235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:06] <exec> 08└─I've run Firefox since the early milestone versions. At times, I've swapped between alpha and beta channels, just to be "cutting edge". But, I began to feel that Firefox was just going to far, trying to put to much into the browser. I felt even more so, when one of their updates just killed my insta...
[16:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Not thrilled - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:08] <exec> 08└─I gave PM a good try, on win7 and linux. on both, it failed. plugins often did not work, flash never worked (yes, I had to rely on youtube and some other video stuff for my job) and I got tired of 'waiting for it to be stable'. I don't fully understand why their plugins had to be different (in some...
[16:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Insightful) 02Sorry, but no - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:09] <exec> 08└─Break my extensions, and I'll stop using your browser. The times when Firefox was the best browser around are long gone anyway. What keeps me using Firefox are the extensions, and only the extensions. Break them, and I'll switch.
[16:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02good news, everyone! - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:11] <exec> 08└─Apparently, Mozilla Foundation have found some features that weren't similar enough to Chrome. The work has begun to remove and rewrite those sections, as well as adding god-know what standards and protocols as suggested by google/chrome devs, until the money runs out! Yay.
[16:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02David Camp Emails - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow, and Other Browser News - 940 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:13] <exec> 08└─The second quote is especially strange: “The trains have served us well, but it’s time to build a hyperloop.” [...] "that will mean removing code that we don’t see ourselves improving any time soon" [...] "While quality work will happen across the whole browser, new feature work is going to...
[16:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:In Related News - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:34] <exec> 08└─Well, given that also without encryption there will be terrorism, I prefer terrorism + encryption to terrorism + no encryption.
[16:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:07] <exec> 08└─So if a student does something interesting with this board they didn't actually learn anything because the IDE they used is web-based. Yeah, I'll never understand where you lot are coming from, unless of course it's just generic Slashdoltian MS hate.
[16:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:BBC and education - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:12] <exec> 08└─Beeb doesn't want to discriminate against those kids who don't have full access to a proper computer of their own. While your local library might not like teenagers hooking up hardware to the library's PCs and running random executables, they probably wouldn't mind them accessing a BBC website.
[16:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:BBC and education - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:13] <exec> 08└─> So the programs then just magically appear on the Micro:bit with no wires? not like teenagers hooking up hardware to the library's PCs and running random executables
[16:14:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pogostix [1696] 02Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 802 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:26] <exec> 08└─Get a good one. Ask every other business you know, and follow your gut. Everything will be done right. They'll know about payroll tax credits, training credits, etc you can apply for. They'll be ready to file your taxes at the end of the year. If you ever need to generate a R.O.E. or a T-slip they'l...
[16:14:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 135 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:31] <exec> 08└─It's fun to charter an accountant And sail the wide accountan-cy To find, explore the funds offshore And skirt the shores of bankruptcy
[16:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:56] <exec> 08└─Whatever data you give Google, they keep. That means twenty years from now they will still have whatever you gave them today. By then they'll be under entirely different management with no way to predict what their motives will be. You can also bet that whatever Google collects about you ends up i...
[16:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:MyCleanPC - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:59] <exec> 08└─Was the call from Abdullahfarozammarokudammafuckacamel? He's very good, it only cost me $475.00 per year to keep my windows clean. They log in to my PC twice a week while I'm watching porn and show me things.
[16:20:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Re:native encryption - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 1112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:20:11] <exec> 08└─Easily the latter as you are perfectly capable of refuting a claim without being an ass. Sorry bro, you're being an unnecessary asshole and trying to justify your attitude by blaming my supposedly incorrect statement doesn't change that. Learn some social skills. I hope you know how to behave in pub...
[16:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Re:native encryption - 06Samsung Releases the World's First 2 TB Consumer SSDs - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:20:14] <exec> 08└─No on-die aes hardware acceleration has been common for many years now on pretty much all the major ssd controllers. He's a link to a roundup of various ssds and their implementation status. This link is several years old. It has only improved since then. http://vxlabs.com
[16:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Code stealing is quite common in Banks - 06Former Goldman Sachs Programmer's Conviction Overturned... Again - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:21:03] <exec> 08└─Give your name and address and say that again.
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[17:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oh no the tech shortage will get even worse! - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:01] <exec> 08└─Now instead of 150 overqualified experienced candidates for every available position, there will be 180 overqualified experienced candidates for every available position! Too difficult to choose..........I know! Let's import unqualified inexperienced labor from Asia! Now pay me my bonus. -- hr_joe_
[17:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Outsourcing or H1B? - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:03] <exec> 08└─The majority of the latest layoffs will be outside Microsoft’s home base in the Seattle area, including some in Finland, where Nokia originated.
[17:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Darth Ballmer is Gone - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:04] <exec> 08└─[MS failed to make a] vibrant alternative to the two leading mobile platforms, iOS from Apple and Android from Google.
[17:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02rumors of MS death - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:06] <exec> 08└─How do you read the tea leaves, Soylent? What does the future hold for Microsoft?
[17:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 1753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:16] <exec> 08└─Have to agree with most of this, at least as far as single purpose software goes. However, the internet is ever evolving, and what we expect of a web browser is too. Some of that evolution is driven by people deciding "Oh wouldn't it be nice if we could do this", and coding up a mountain of stuff to...
[17:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03schad [2398] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 1759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:18] <exec> 08└─The reason so little software is "done" is because people keep adding shit to it. Why was Firefox's UI changed? What deficiency did it address? The deficiency of staleness and nothing more. The Firefox devs had been staring at that same damn UI for years and years and they were bored with it. So the...
[17:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:20] <exec> 08└─I spend more time these days reading up about the history of computing than I do about new technology.
[17:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:22] <exec> 08└─So they decided to throw it all out and start from scratch.
[17:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:23] <exec> 08└─it really is true; engineers don't understand the word 'done'. I'm one of them and I 'get' that, but this is why you have product managers. those are the folks who are supposed to pull the stop cord when the thing is done.
[17:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:25] <exec> 08└─Running outdated software for anything other than private use is irresponsible. Sure, I could wish that Firefox went back to their 1 or two releases a year, but I don't see it happening. Too many people are pandering after the new shiny thing for Firefox to just release new features once every 6 mon...
[17:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:26] <exec> 08└─Running outdated software for anything other than private use is irresponsible.
[17:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Not thrilled - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:28] <exec> 08└─Hmmm - you have a point. I don't use very many addons, and the ones I consider essential do work. Turning off compatibility checks allows a lot of addons to work, but not all. Of course, the fact that an extension "works" isn't a good indication that it "fits". I love dark themes. I found one that c...
[17:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Not thrilled - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:30] <exec> 08└─Works For Me(tm). I've been running it on Windows and Linux for the last year or so and if anything it seems *more* reliable than Firefox. And I do use it heavily. I do wonder, though--the problem with Pale Moon diverging is that the Firefox extension library over time stops being compatible. Ironic...
[17:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:48] <exec> 08└─That is one of the reasons I subscribed to a VPN. I got tired of clicking on UK links, only to be told that I can't see whatever the hell they were advertising. For six bucks a month, the VPN seems to be worth the investment. The UK is the worst offender, there are others as well. I simply CANNOT un...
[17:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:In Related News - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:58] <exec> 08└─Ici Londres. Les francais parlent aux francais. Les carottes sont cuites. Je repete... Les carottes sont cuites. Yep, the Germans could clearly hear the WW2 unencrypted radio messages. That doesn't mean they could figure out what the Resistance was going to blow up next.
[17:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:In Related News - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:00] <exec> 08└─Well, the terrorists are going to have encryption anyway, so there really isn't a choice of "terrorism + no encryption". Terrorists may be low-lifes, but low-life is not exactly synonymous with "stupid".
[17:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2, Disagree) 02Gotta be braindead - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:06] <exec> 08└─Where does government get IT'S encryption from? Where does government get MOST of it's software from? From commercial developers, of course. So - they mandate that commercial developers have to put back doors into all encryption. Soon enough, much, if not all, of government will be using encryption...
[17:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Nice, but... - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:08] <exec> 08└─...the problem with this sort of article is it usually doesn't result in any change to the actual outcome. How does this fit into the overall strategy for protecting personal privacy? What is the positive action that the authors are proposing to prevent encroachment by the security forces? Is this s...
[17:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:Only the lonely - 06Google Moves into Uber Territory with Pilot Carpooling Service - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:18] <exec> 08└─It's reasonably common in Europe, where folks like to reduce their carbon footprint or don't like driving much. For example, https://liftshare.com [liftshare.com]
[17:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Only the lonely - 06Google Moves into Uber Territory with Pilot Carpooling Service - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:20] <exec> 08└─Courtesy of Google knowing everything about a phone's owner, you can trust that the carpool is somewhat safe (if only because they'll find the guy, and later your body). A lot of people around the world still take hitchhikers, for no money at all, even -gasp- people who don't carry a gun to protect...
[17:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Web-based IDE - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:46] <exec> 08└─The Pi ends up needing a display, keyboard and USB hub to do anything with. By the time you've put together a decent kit, you're well into the cheap tablet price range.
[17:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Hire a prostitute. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:58] <exec> 08└─Bonus if the prostitute is also a lawyer.
[17:14:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire a prostitute. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:59] <exec> 08└─Well, they are both experts at screwing you.
[17:15:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:28] <exec> 08└─Microsoft's products send your data home too so it's possible all of the same objections might apply. There are often opt-outs in Microsoft software to prevent data being sent to Microsoft but considering they wrote the entire OS, how confident are you that other data isn't being stored and perhaps...
[17:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Slave Labor is the best labor - 06Microsoft Giving $500,000 to Academia to Develop HoloLens Apps - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:29] <exec> 08└─How confident are you that any data Microsoft gets is even a significant fraction of what Google gets from you?
[17:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dogs can be trained to smell cancer on your bre - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:16] <exec> 08└─Why dogs when you can just grab a bee from the air and train it up for whatever you need in an hour? The sensitivity of the olfactory senses of bees and wasps in particular have been shown to rival the abilities of sniffer dogs, though they can only be trained to detect a single scent each. Sniffer...
[17:17:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] 02Re:I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 1867 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:27] <exec> 08└─Sigh...has NOBODY here EVER worked corporate? You might as well just tell him "Tell your boss to fuck off and support the four freedoms!" for all the good you have just done with this post. For those that have never had to work corporate (and thank the FSM if you never have had to) let me spell it o...
[17:17:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] 02Remote logins - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:36] <exec> 08└─For speed and usability, http://wiki.x2go.org [x2go.org] is by far the best remote login I've used. Really easy to set up too. For remote access via the web, guacamole is great, http://guac-dev.org [guac-dev.org] Also relatively easy to set up and you don't need a client apart from a web browser w...
[17:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Silly Idea - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:52] <exec> 08└─Now if they can also put LEDs in the sidewalls...
[17:18:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GlennC [3656] 02Re:Bruce - 063D-Printed Flutes Hit New Notes - 29 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:42] <exec> 08└─I fail to see the problem....
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[18:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Platform is still burning - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:04] <exec> 08└─The phone business for MS is like the Russian front for generations of European empire builders.
[18:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Platform is still burning - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:05] <exec> 08└─The phone business for MS is like the Russian front for generations of European empire builders. Scorched Earth tactics and all.
[18:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Platform is still burning - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:07] <exec> 08└─Heh, didn't notice topic...
[18:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:3, Insightful) 02cognitive dissonance - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:09] <exec> 08└─Purges and shortages. Big technology companies give me a bad case of cognitive dissonance. You can't purge workers constantly and then complain there's a shortage of workers at the same time.
[18:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:cognitive dissonance - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:10] <exec> 08└─Of course there is a shortage of workers. Workers cease to be workers as soon as they are laid off, because they are no longer working. Please try to keep up.
[18:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:cognitive dissonance - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:12] <exec> 08└─You can't purge workers constantly and then complain there's a shortage of workers at the same time.
[18:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:3, Interesting) 02I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 1736 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:13] <exec> 08└─I am not an apple fan and not willing to throw myself into the apple ecosystem. by the same token, I have huge mistrust for things from google and android is a pretty bad system (imho) given how good it could have been, especially considering the amount of brainiacs that google supposedly has on emp...
[18:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sounds like you don't want a phone. - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:15] <exec> 08└─Have you tried not owning a phone? Of course you haven't. Why if you didn't own a phone, you wouldn't even exist.
[18:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:Sounds like you don't want a phone. - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:17] <exec> 08└─If there were only two companies in the world that made shoes, and they both sucked, would you be telling people "if you don't like it, go barefoot"? Fuck that shit. I want to enjoy the fruits of modern civilization without getting screwed by multinational corps. I think that's a reasonable request.
[18:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What to do when the market leaders suck. - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:18] <exec> 08└─1. Buy from a corp that fucks you over, or 2. Start your own shoe company, or 3. Go barefoot. You have chosen option 1, selling out.
[18:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:20] <exec> 08└─Ubuntu Phone [ubuntu.com] Firefox Phone [mozilla.org] On Ubuntu paranoia: An open source phone Our code is shared openly throughout the development cycle. We are transparent about our plans for future releases, so as a developer, carrier or manufacturer, you can work with us to start building Ubuntu...
[18:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score:1) 02Re:I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:22] <exec> 08└─There is also the Jolla Phone with Sailfish OS. https://jolla.com [jolla.com] It is not entirely free as in libre.
[18:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 1621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:24] <exec> 08└─I wish there was a serious market for generic phones that could run any operating system - you know like PCs are. Well established hardware environment (x86) with industry standard interfaces for add-ons (PCIe, SATA, USB etc) enables PCs to run Windows, Linux, BSD etc. Now suppose there was a platfo...
[18:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Standard Business Practice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:26] <exec> 08└─This is standard for big businesses. Fire a bunch of people to affect the profit margins, then hire a bunch back as contractors so it fudges the numbers for tax and stock purposes.
[18:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:32] <exec> 08└─we have more than enough people willing to do work on software; but we don't have many good ones who can say STOP, ENOUGH, ITS DONE. that's the problem. not enough adults to law down the law and teach people what DoD really is (Definition of Done).
[18:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:39] <exec> 08└─So you enjoy old and fixed security vulnerabilities with your browsing?
[18:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 1014 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:40] <exec> 08└─Who created the vulnerabilities? Devs are pretty much universally saying "you MUST update, because SECURITY" about everything these days. Yet, they continue to spend their time fucking things up for the user, meanwhile the software continues to have security holes. They've found a slick way of enhan...
[18:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:42] <exec> 08└─Every piece of software that touches the internet is being or has already been redesigned to be smartphone/tablet friendly, whether it needs to be or not. Annoying to those of us that still use a PC for work.
[18:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02XUL and XBL - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:49] <exec> 08└─While the idea was nice and still functions well enough, the codebase is huge and unwieldy. Because it is pretty central to the browser, bugs and architectural mistakes make changes (like multiprocess and better memory management) difficult. Sometimes a little pruning is a good thing, even if it bre...
[18:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Amazing - 06Twisting Graphene Alters its Electrical Properties - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:57] <exec> 08└─Yeah, it takes a while to completely re-tool production lines for a new material. But, there are a few commercial applications out there. For example. [graphene-info.com]
[18:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Amazing - 06Twisting Graphene Alters its Electrical Properties - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:59] <exec> 08└─Nope, it's still the material of tomorrow [google.com]. Production [nextbigfuture.com] techniques [nextbigfuture.com] have supposedly gotten better. It could be soon now. Funny that other 2D materials [wikipedia.org] may be more important than graphene. Graphene is just the most studied and hyped.
[18:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:CSAIL Report - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:14] <exec> 08└─At last, some of those who know more than most have publicly entered the fray regarding the establishment of governmental backdoors to encryption technologies. When's the last time anyone listened to the exports w/r/t politics, though?
[18:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score:2) 02Re:Gotta be braindead - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:30] <exec> 08└─Where does government get IT'S encryption from? . . . From commercial developers, of course.
[18:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Re:Sure but - 06Google Moves into Uber Territory with Pilot Carpooling Service - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:41] <exec> 08└─I am disappointed this was not a way to get cheap flights.
[18:14:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03everdred [110] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:59] <exec> 08└─"Trolché."
[18:15:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03soylentsandor [309] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:02] <exec> 08└─At some point, the program needs to be transferred from the web site to the device. Wanna bet that can only be done using an MS-developed browser running on an MS-developed OS?
[18:15:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire a prostitute. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:27] <exec> 08└─But under any circumstances, don't bring the prostitute onto your payroll.
[18:15:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire a prostitute. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:28] <exec> 08└─Or you could combine everything, like John McAfee [theregister.co.uk] did.
[18:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:32] <exec> 08└─You couldn't find a reliable accountant, at least by reputation? Is it more difficult in the UK than in the US?
[18:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Engineering Point of View - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:35] <exec> 08└─You'll always have Hypochondriacs. Doesn't mean we shouldn't work on something like this that could be extremely useful for the vast majority of people. Sure, there are Privacy issues, etc, but why wouldn't I have control over my own device? I should be able to choose whether it just notified me and...
[18:16:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Medical Tricorder - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:53] <exec> 08└─Please note, in Star Trek, the Medical Tricorder was pretty much always operated by a Doctor. The Tricorder was a tool. Not a replacement for a human brain.
[18:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:It's the law. - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:18:46] <exec> 08└─4. You Can Lose by Less, though (aka efficiency)
[18:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:contact lens - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:18:58] <exec> 08└─Augmented reality can cause you to misjudge the speed of oncoming cars, underestimate your reaction time, and unintentionally ignore the hazards of navigating in the real world. Presumably, though, AR could inform you of the speed of oncoming cars, warn you of hazards thus increasing reaction ti...
[18:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:not the problem - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:19:06] <exec> 08└─One example is knitting and watching a video. Is it really multi-tasking if you are just offloading the processing to your reptile brain co-processor (e.g. muscle memory)?
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[19:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03e_armadillo [3695] (Score:2) 02The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his... - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:00] <exec> 08└─Uhhhm, besides Time Warner, who really give a shit?
[19:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:01] <exec> 08└─ummmm ummm ummm????? umm anybody who gets robocalls? humm?
[19:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:03] <exec> 08└─Well no that i know its possible to win harassment against these companies, I'll be talking to fido (canadian cell phone carrier) about finally leaving me the fuck alone
[19:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Grumpycat.jpg - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:05] <exec> 08└─Good!
[19:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Some guys get all the calls - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:06] <exec> 08└─Alone in a crowd on a bus after work and I'm dreaming The guy next to me has a phone in his hand My hand is empty How does it feel when the phone next to you rings but not for you It seems so unfair when there's calls everywhere but there's none for me Some guys have all the calls Some guys have all...
[19:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:cognitive dissonance - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:22] <exec> 08└─You're missing a part of the sentence... It's not that there is a shortage of workers... it's that there is a shortage of workers willing to work for what we want to pay them
[19:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Sounds like you don't want a phone. - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:28] <exec> 08└─The difference is that Shoes are simple enough that a ton of people could make a quality shoe and the two shoe companies in the world would soon cease to exist. The problem is that the cost to enter into the Phone / Internet Business is pretty steep, if you want to be a major competitor.
[19:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 1159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:32] <exec> 08└─good article links. the linked-in one is interesting since it has some interaction with ubuntu guys. we know ubuntu has sold out. mint got started from that (plus many others). why anyone would trust an ubuntu phone, I'm not sure. its not compelling enough to jump to and you have many of the same pr...
[19:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Not good - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 2208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:35] <exec> 08└─Microsoft is huge and could shrug off any of the bad trends currently hurting them. It is the fact that ALL of the trends are not against them that means that despite their size and sizable cash on hand they are in an existential threat and they either pull a rabbit out of a hat soon or begin the lo...
[19:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 2183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:49] <exec> 08└─I'm working on a personal project that involves a dedicated remote control for home automation (audio is my main focus, but it can control many more things). it has real buttons, a small display that is NOT touch screen and it does not have an actual o/s in the usual terms, so it does not have the...
[19:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 686 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:58] <exec> 08└─I can't say that I really notice all the horrible things that happen in these week-by-week new browser versions, although I do use Chrome, Firefox, Firefox, and Opera for different tasks. But there is a huge market for finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities now. Even if getting pwned usuall...
[19:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:00] <exec> 08└─Outdated is pretty much synonymous with Full of Security Holes that Should be Patched. Why? Because we live in the real world where there are humans that code and other humans that push the coders to maximize output. While you have a somewhat valid point, the problem is that it's an extremely danger...
[19:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:good news, everyone! - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:07] <exec> 08└─When Chrome eventually gets around to adding ahead-of-time compilation for asm.js are you going to say they're copying Firefox? From where I'm sitting it looks like the two browsers focus on implementing different features at different times. One will add a development tool, and then the other will...
[19:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:XUL and XBL - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:11] <exec> 08└─They should automatically convert the UI code of old extensions to the new system so that they don't break. Their system already curates all of the extensions anyway... and the browser makes it very difficult to install third-party extensions.
[19:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:23] <exec> 08└─Children will be encouraged to write simple code for the Micro Bit via a new website, which will be accessible on both PCs and mobile devices. ... They will be able to save and test their programs on the site before transferring them to the tiny computer via a USB cable or wireless Bluetooth connect...
[19:15:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Hire an accountant. - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:55] <exec> 08└─OK, who is the common denominator in all of your bad experiences? I've used an accountant for ten years now -- first three I did everything myself (mistake). He's always been informative, timely, and priced his services reasonably.
[19:16:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03cma42 [5654] (Score:1) 02Try an online payroll service? - 06Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:10] <exec> 08└─For our business I've been using GnuCash for accounting, and I really like it. However, it doesn't have a payroll module. Originally I did payroll with a spreadsheet but it was a PITA keeping up with changing tax rates and what not. I tried Intuit's online payroll service but found it was absolutely...
[19:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03mobydisk [5472] (Score:1) 02Yet another stupid free energy article - 06New Tire Nanogenerators Convert Road Friction into Useable Energy - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:13] <exec> 08└─I propose that Soylent add an auto-blacklist where sites and/or specific article authors (not submitters - the author of the linked article) can be automatically refused. All articles linking to ScienceAlert, which is nothing but a clickbait site with bad science summaries, should be automatically t...
[19:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:contact lens - 06Augmented Reality and Its Discontents - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:26] <exec> 08└─Just because you can superimpose data on the real world doesn't mean your brain will be able to process it [technologyreview.com]. That's why these studies are useful. I think that an "Iron Man" style AR system could be overwhelming and counterproductive, except for the parts related to outlines and...
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[20:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:06] <exec> 08└─You mean your lawyer will win a case against your phone company, and you will pay your lawyer more than the amount of the unpaid bill.
[20:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:08] <exec> 08└─No, you won't.
[20:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Some guys get all the calls - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:10] <exec> 08└─Oh, you young Burk, you...
[20:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Did they really need to tell the name? - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:12] <exec> 08└─I'm sure Luiz Perez will appreciate that now the whole world knows that he didn't pay his bill. </sarcasm>
[20:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Darth Ballmer is Gone - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:23] <exec> 08└─Can I set my iphone to vibrant?
[20:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Jolla - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:38] <exec> 08└─And not all that available yet, alas!
[20:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:41] <exec> 08└─at some point, I may go full retro-tard and just build/carry an arduino phone, like the ladyada DIY on her site. very minimal, but you can trust about 98% of it and that's pretty good. (can't ever trust the mobile rf and control module, but at least you get full say over its rf state and OFF does tr...
[20:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03tempest [3050] (Score:2) 02Re:Not good - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:44] <exec> 08└─There was a very good window of opportunity for Microsoft to become THE home entertainment system vendor. The Xbox was already well known as a good game system, but then add on the ability to play disk media, and online streaming and there aren't many players in the arena that can do it all even mod...
[20:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03hurwitz [4938] (Score:1) 02Hiring in Seattle just got interesting - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:46] <exec> 08└─I imagine ten thousand experienced devs just hit the job boards in Seattle. I don't feel so bad now not making it through their interviews; they probably would've laid me off the next month. What is Microsoft good at anymore? Cross-platform Office? Xbox? They used to make really good keyboards & tra...
[20:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:59] <exec> 08└─The always changing browser is due to always changing missions.
[20:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not thrilled - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 1543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:18] <exec> 08└─"why USE all of those resources" Why not? Isn't that the entire point of getting a faster computer, to use the resources provided so that you can have a faster smoother experience? Perhaps firefox can give various options, do you want your browser to run fast (ie: use more resources) or do you want...
[20:14:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Sorry, but no - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 229 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:19] <exec> 08└─Break my extensions, and I'll stop using your browser. The times when Firefox was the best browser around are long gone anyway. What keeps me using Firefox are the extensions, and only the extensions. Break them, and I'll switch.
[20:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Sorry, but no - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:21] <exec> 08└─I was going to say the same thing. If it's temporary breakage during transition, I understand and will deal with it. However, if this "abandon XUL" plan means the extensions I use every day will never be possible again because they adopt a more limited model like Chrome that makes current-FF-style m...
[20:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sorry, but no - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:22] <exec> 08└─Firefox died for me the day that PimpZilla [pimpzilla.nl] stopped working. My game hasn't felt properly elevated since.
[20:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:good news, everyone! - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:24] <exec> 08└─Webkit-powered Firefox. I'd like to see it. Effectively producing a Google Chrome which can actually be customized to support proper tree style tabs, currently impossible due to hardcoded intentional limitations on modding the user interface.
[20:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03SacredSalt [2772] (Score:2) 02Its likely other materials will be cheaper to work - 06Twisting Graphene Alters its Electrical Properties - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:37] <exec> 08└─with, but its nice to see someone doing fundamentals research.
[20:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03riT-k0MA [88] (Score:1) 02Re:Paywalled Article. - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:51] <exec> 08└─Got home and fired up a proxy service. I can view the webpage perfectly when viewing from a US IP.
[20:14:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03hurwitz [4938] (Score:1) 02Re:Banking on paper again - 06Code Specialists Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:59] <exec> 08└─Is there any system for off-line, off-computer encryption/decryption? Via OCR + dedicated hardware? It's not ideal for my bank account numbers (and balances) to be a torn envelope away from being public; could my bank encrypt the statement with my public key and let me decrypt it in my living room?...
[20:15:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03theluggage [1797] 02Web-based IDE - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 103 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:52] <exec> 08└─so why send the code out to the web to be programmed instead of including a compiler that runs locally?
[20:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Re:I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:44] <exec> 08└─From the OP of the article: Are there any corporate friendly remote desktop solutions that play well with Linux at home? I'd like to be able to suggest an alternative!
[20:18:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Re:MyCleanPC - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:54] <exec> 08└─I recommend finding some garlic spaghetti sauce and some antifreeze, pissing in it, and smearing it onto your computer using your cat as the sponge. Fixes every computer problem ever. That's basically what MyCleanPC will do. Pretty sure that's malware in disguise.
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[21:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Palm - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:01] <exec> 08└─Isn't this what Palm tried to do? Yup. It is. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org(PDA)#Recent_history [wikipedia.org]
[21:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Euphemism? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:02] <exec> 08└─has been appointed to a position outside of the company
[21:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Euphemism? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:05] <exec> 08└─Many people would trade their jobs (or their Greek condo) in a heart beat for the opportunity to become Walmart greeter in Finland. Mostly people who don't live there yet, but still...
[21:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score:2) 02Nokia? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:06] <exec> 08└─I wonder if Nokia is interested in buying the software side? They've already expressed interest in getting back into the phone/tablet market and may be looking into alternatives for Android. If they did and Sailfish was able to surpass Windows Phone in market share, it would be a hilariously ironic...
[21:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02money? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:08] <exec> 08└─how are they going to make money (to support themselves) without selling hardware? are they going to start selling the OS? i'm not sure they really thought this through.
[21:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:17] <exec> 08└─My post wasn't flamebait if the post I wasn't responding to isn't.
[21:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:18] <exec> 08└─You is a poopyhead.
[21:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:20] <exec> 08└─The joke's on you. My being a poopyhead is a fact!
[21:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03e_armadillo [3695] (Score:2) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:22] <exec> 08└─sorry, I just meant who cares if he paid the bill . . .
[21:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his. - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:24] <exec> 08└─That little detail is a use-case for their system. It is an interesting detail if you've ever been a TWC customer. A coupla years ago their automated system decided to double-bill me for several months before they noticed. Why? Because I moved apartments and the ninny that set up the move, instead...
[21:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Did they really need to tell the name? - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:29] <exec> 08└─"Are you that Luiz Perez guy who didn't pay his bill?" "No. It's just a coincidence." "Because honestly I can't imagine how we can justify keeping you on, if you don't pay your bills."
[21:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:rumors of MS death - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:43] <exec> 08└─I've noticed a big uptake on a few fronts for Dot Net, ScarePoint, Azure, etc. This is not due to it being good technology, but from what I can gather, *lots* of marketing weasels talking up the usual purchasers and executives (aka, the Oracle technique). It's too bas too, as we're at the point that...
[21:13:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] 02cognitive dissonance - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 191 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:47] <exec> 08└─Purges and shortages. Big technology companies give me a bad case of cognitive dissonance. You can't purge workers constantly and then complain there's a shortage of workers at the same time.
[21:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03puzzled_decoy [5524] (Score:1) 02Re:I wish there was a true 3rd phone choice - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:02] <exec> 08└─Sooo.... you want something like Jolla Phone [jolla.com]?
[21:14:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] 02still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 1700 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:16] <exec> 08└─things pretty much work, extensions work and the browser stays up for months at a time even with dozens of tabs open on (almost literally) dozens of windows. I'm sure there are security issues in the old version I run, but I don't click on stupid links, I run adblockers and noscript (and things like...
[21:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Pale Moon's rendering engine - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:38] <exec> 08└─Pale Moon is slowly distancing itself from Firefox For those who missed it late last month, [google.com] Pale Moon has renamed their fork of the Gecko rendering engine. The new name is that of a carnivorous lizard: Goanna. [moonchildproductions.info] gewg_
[21:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Re:Sorry, but no - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:41] <exec> 08└─Man, I never succeeded in getting ubiquity to work with newer versions. They should've invested more time in that. True feature.
[21:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Sorry, but no - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:42] <exec> 08└─Man, I never succeeded in getting ubiquity to work with newer versions. They should've invested more time in that. True feature.
[21:14:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Amazing - 06Twisting Graphene Alters its Electrical Properties - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah, fuck research!
[21:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ground test before remote command? - 06NASA'S "Dawn" Recovers From Anomaly, "New Horizons" Issue Detailed - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:10] <exec> 08└─I've read that the load was only SLIGHTLY more than than processor could handle. Since the purpose of the compression was to archive stuff not yet sent (to be sent after the encounter), the local probe emulator may have had to use dummy place-holder data that didn't push the processor past the limit...
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[22:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Euphemism? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:08] <exec> 08└─Yup, sounds like he was "promoted to customer." After all, customers are the most important thing of all.....
[22:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:money? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:12] <exec> 08└─As mentioned by others, this is what Palm tried to do with their OS. In Palm's day, their OS wasn't much... Sailfish is open source based and significantly more powerful, in the right applications it could be a good play to license it.
[22:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:money? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:15] <exec> 08└─Advertise it as open source, sure that'll bring the money in. Written by a bunch of freetarded neckbeards, who would want to pay to license that?
[22:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:money? - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:16] <exec> 08└─As their product is Linux-based, I cannot readily imagine what market is out there for a non-free Linux-based OS in the world of free Debian/Ubuntu and Android. Why would anyone pay money for their OS? How much would *they* have to pay *me* for using their product? This definitely does not look good...
[22:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02My money is on the Russians - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:18] <exec> 08└─I bet the Russians have made a lucrative offer for the OS but have made it clear they don't want to be in the tablet business so they are splitting it off so the hardware side can die (and guess which company all those IndieGoGo supports will be shuffled over to?) while they cash out by selling the...
[22:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Lawsuit against the Republicans? - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:38] <exec> 08└─I have had my number for 10+ years....and I still get solicitation calls from all forms of Republican PACs/parties/candidates for Mrs. Lopez. After years of trying to get off the list, trying to convert the call center reps to Democrats, putting lots of numbers on my blacklist which gives them tri-t...
[22:13:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Oh no the tech shortage will get even worse! - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 299 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:47] <exec> 08└─Now instead of 150 overqualified experienced candidates for every available position, there will be 180 overqualified experienced candidates for every available position! Too difficult to choose..........I know! Let's import unqualified inexperienced labor from Asia! Now pay me my bonus. -- hr_joe_
[22:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yup - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 1089 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:54] <exec> 08└─marketing weasels I like your choice of words. decoupling from Microsoft has never been easier Amen. Microsoft [...] 'open sourcing' M$ has been on a big openwashing googlebombing campaign [google.com] to try to glom onto the buzz that openness is getting and to distort the understanding of the term...
[22:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score:2) 02Re:Hiring in Seattle just got interesting - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:16] <exec> 08└─I don't feel so bad now not making it through their interviews; they probably would've laid me off the next month.
[22:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Platitude - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:19] <exec> 08└─"No one ever got fired for . . .oh, nevermind."
[22:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Major Job Cuts - 06Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:20] <exec> 08└─Jeeze, Ballmer quits and a year later the whole company is all fucked up.
[22:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:still running v28,here - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:45] <exec> 08└─I would prefer security fixes instead of new versions. Note that security fixes normally don't get a new (major) version number. A new version means someone changed the functionality (and probably introduced new security issues that way). Note that the version number of TeX converges to π as bugs a...
[22:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Not thrilled - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:54] <exec> 08└─Why not?
[22:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft has helped develop a web-based tool . - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:21] <exec> 08└─Douché?
[22:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Colony Collapse Disorder: The Truth Will Out - 06The Race to Build a Real-Life Version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:14] <exec> 08└─Big Pharma.
[22:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02No but make grilled cheese sandwiches with - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:35] <exec> 08└─two kinds of cheese.
[22:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score:1) 02Re:Boomer story - 06Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:58] <exec> 08└─This is a boomer story, that's why its about old people. Younger people have a huge variation too. As a 14 year old boy, having discovered girls, I was WELL aware that girls my age varied in appearance from approximately 10 to 22 std years yet I know darn well she's my age. Highly non linear curves,...
[22:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:I'd go with TeamViewer. - 06Ask Soylent: Alternatives to GoToMyPC with a Linux Friendly Client - 2830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:19:31] <exec> 08└─It may have been reasonable from an engineering perspective but we are talking about a CORPORATE situation, where things like reasonable or even common sense? Have fuck and all with the way things work once you get past the SMB level of corporate bureaucratic crap. Its obvious you've never had to de...
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[23:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03toygeek [28] (Score:2) 02Please don't hate on me for this - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:04] <exec> 08└─But I run Windows 7. I work in an environment where the best tools for what I do are Windows based. It's not about what is the best OS, it's about what the right tool for the job is. For me, it's Windows 7. Now, on my laptop, still running CrunchBang. My daughter has commandeered it. If I ever get i...
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[23:13:06] <exec> 08└─I also run Win7 90% of the time. At work it is mandated. At home, CAD software and many games need it. I do run and suggest Peppermint http://peppermintos.com [peppermintos.com] for any Linux needs. It runs a custom LXDE install that is very slick, and depends largely on web apps so the install is...
[23:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Raspbian - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:08] <exec> 08└─Sorry, I don't use Linux on my desktop. But I do get a kick out of Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi. Building a circuit that's controlled with something more akin to a modern day computer definitely introduces some interesting elements to it that you just don't get with Arduino. I'm certainly glad it's...
[23:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Ubuntu - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:10] <exec> 08└─Ubuntu 12.04 on my MacBook (along with MacOS 10.6 Snow Leopard). Ubuntu 14.04 on my old iMac (along with Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite). I do have an HP laptop with Windows 8.1 on it which rarely gets used. Ubuntu works great on the MacBook. Installing it on the iMac was a major pain in the ass, however. Fu...
[23:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ubuntu Gnome Flashback - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:12] <exec> 08└─I start with Ubuntu Gnome to avoid all the Unity crap, then install gnome-flashback (formerly called gnome-fallback). I like the traditional desktop without all the Unity junk. I also have a pretty good conky setup for stats and email notifications, that's all there is on the desktop. I've tried the...
[23:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:2) 02for wh - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:14] <exec> 08└─My old Win7 laptop died a hardware death, and now I am using a cheap laptop running xfce on Linux Mint. For the most part thought, I use this laptop as a terminal and vnc viewer for my work on analysis servers running CentOS or Ubuntu. However, for writing, I use MS Word in Windows 7. If Libre offic...
[23:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score:2) 02distro? - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:16] <exec> 08└─Try distros.. RHEL, OEL, CentOS, Debian (hopefully Devuan soon), Fedora-KDE, Mint-KDE, ElementaryOS, Peppermint then there's FreeBSD, PC-BSD... Yes, I've used all these regularly in the last few months..
[23:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02OpenBSD, Fedora, CyanogenMod - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:18] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD on the Laptop, Fedora on the Desktop, CyanogenMod on the phone. OpenBSD is *outstanding* for Thinkpads. Wifi comes up instantly after a suspend/resume, and yes, suspend/resume actually works. Fedora because of delta binary updates, because it helps to know a little when working on a RedHat s...
[23:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:OpenBSD, Fedora, CyanogenMod - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:20] <exec> 08└─I forgot to mention my phone's OS in my comment below. I too run Cyangenomod (no Google Play ). For the most part I have everything I need from F-Droid. I enjoy the privacy and control. Unfortunately however, the one Youtube app stopped working after Google updated the API, and it seems to not work...
[23:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Multiple Devices - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 1393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:22] <exec> 08└─My personal computer has Windows 7 on it, because Games. My work computer has Windows 7 on it, because that's what they gave me. I have created a children's computer / scanning station with Ubuntu Linux for work. (I have no idea what version anymore, because it just works.) I have created multiple v...
[23:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Xubuntu and TAILS - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 1026 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:25] <exec> 08└─Big desktop is dual boot WinXP and Xubuntu (old hardware and software combo requires I boot XP once in a while). Xubuntu because I like it and it works with less hassle than Mint XFCE (which I also like). I'm too cheap to upgrade that old server to a more recent Windows version. Little desktop is Xu...
[23:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Debian - 06What Distro Do Soylentils Use? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:26] <exec> 08└─I use Debian, because I'm a Debian Developer. And I'm glad it's around. Desktop? fluxbox. It's quick and functional. GNOME became dead to me years ago when alt-tabbing became very slow.
[23:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02another last mile problem - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 1125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:36] <exec> 08└─i think like with many cool techie stuff it is again the "last mile problem": there exists a modern, glass encladed CAD design office somewhere were good/great ideas get born. there exists a more or less slave run factory in some place we can't read the language that can churn out these cool ideas/d...
[23:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Breaking News - Jolla just filed for Bankruptcy - 06Jolla Announces Restructuring - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:38] <exec> 08└─Ok, maybe it's a good thing, but it does make one wonder what their plans are.
[23:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Lawsuit against the Republicans? - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:01] <exec> 08└─Not to ruin the joke but of course political spam is specifically exempt from this law. You wouldn't expect lawmakers to pass a law that would endanger their own business model, would you?
[23:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Justice denied - 06Time Warner Cable Must Pay $229,500 to One Woman for Excessive Robocalling - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:04] <exec> 08└─They should have given her the option of kicking the TW CEO in the nuts. 153 times. Over 153 days. With training from an NFL place kicker.
[23:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02happy monoculture - 06Mozilla's 18-Week Release Cycle is Too Slow and Other Browser News - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:30] <exec> 08└─using firefox exclusively on win7, linux and android thank you very much. thunderbird with pop3 / imap to gmail is also very good!
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[23:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03gozar [5426] (Score:1) 02Re:Web-based IDE - 06BBC Micro:bit Design Finalized - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:17:04] <exec> 08└─The ability to interact with items in the real world is huge. Kids are used to seeing things happen on the screen in response to their actions, they don't get excited about that. But give them the ability to interact and react to things in the real world and all of the sudden they are interested in...
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