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[00:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03robmullr [5323] (Score:1) 02Re:Rosetta Stone - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:47] <exec> 08└─We have been using duolingo. Its made it pretty fun so far. For free.
[00:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 025 languages - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:48] <exec> 08└─While on holiday, we met a guy who was fluent in 5 langauges - Russian, Finnish, German, English and Estomian. That's impressive but then after a couple days it got me wondering - he has 5 languages and his job is tour guide around a pretty mediocre "attraction". I'll stick with my English and hacky...
[00:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Multilingualist terms. - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:49] <exec> 08└─What do you call someone fluent in three languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone fluent in two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone only fluent in one language? English. What do you call someone that doesn't speak any language well? American.
[00:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Explain insanity - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:04] <exec> 08└─Mra s are male feminists.
[00:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Re:No you cannot - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:09] <exec> 08└─the first poster validates the reason that anon posters should be completely ignored.
[00:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Re:No you cannot - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:12] <exec> 08└─In theory, malicious hardware could sniff whatever data you have (with unencrypted access same as you), then send it through the internet. And it could even have a "don't log this and pretend it doesn't exist" notation so that your malicious hardware where you're trying to check for suspicious packe...
[00:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bill Evans [1094] (Score:2) 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:43] <exec> 08└─combine those last two words into one, and capitalize the "s". And you got the article wrong
[00:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03albert [276] (Score:2) 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:54] <exec> 08└─What's the real reason you don't like Spanish?
[00:15:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03hash14 [1102] (Score:2) 02Re:bets? - 06Hackers of US Airline United Given Million Free Flight Miles - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:15:37] <exec> 08└─Then perhaps they can exchange all those miles for, say, an airline bag of 6 peanuts.
[00:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Devil's advocate - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:17:40] <exec> 08└─Took me under 3 minutes and I am not a programmer at all.
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[01:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:How to find them - 06Astronomers Bring a New Hope to Find 'Tatooine' Planets - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:15:51] <exec> 08└─Planets are found by observing a disturbance in the force.
[01:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Your friends are religious wackos - 06Bacon-Flavored Health Food Has Arrived - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:16] <exec> 08└─> Yes, but that was several thousand years ago. Granted that did continue until relatively recently, but still it's not a particular problem now. Perhaps you have forgotten that the third world exists?
[01:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A response to foolishness - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:26] <exec> 08└─That's bad logic, because it assumes that all or even most colleges and universities have the same standards. There are so many that have terrible standards. You can't count even all degree holders in the same group for this very reason. As for thinking you know something, top universities post thei...
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[02:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03joshuac [3623] (Score:3, Informative) 02Slower than a Tesla Model S - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:14] <exec> 08└─in Ludicrous mode.
[02:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02And its still a chevy... - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:16] <exec> 08└─Chevy should be doing things like this instead of the volt... Just sayin...
[02:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02get this thing in Gran Turismo already! - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:19] <exec> 08└─Well, let's look at some lyrics: Wind In my hair Shifting and drifting Mechanical music Adrenaline surge Well-oiled leather Hot metal and oil The scented country air Sunlight on chrome The blur of the landscape Every nerve aware
[02:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02investment scam? - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 704 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:20] <exec> 08└─Often these scams come out of Southern CA, but this one is East Coast. The first tip off is that the management team is headed by an MBA. If you look at their website, http://www.genovationcars.com [genovationcars.com] they are promoting a completely different car which exists as a small wind...
[02:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Freeware and FOSS alternatives to Rosetta Stone - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:58] <exec> 08└─Search boilerplate: http://www.google.com [google.com] Page: http://alternativeto.net [alternativeto.net] You can also filter by platform: http://www.google.com
[02:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03xvan [2416] (Score:1) 02You know... - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:38] <exec> 08└─You know... there is somethig called subtitles/captions.. It allows you to watch movies on languages in which you aren't proficient.
[02:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02HOWTO Convine The French To Speak English - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:58] <exec> 08└─Speak French to them. Whenever I try to they reply in better English than The Queen Of England speaks. Consider that England was once a French possession. I honestly intend no offense but they cannot tolerate my surfer dude accent.
[02:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:07] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews and its right-wing maniacs.
[02:15:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03dogvomit [5452] (Score:1) 02Re:Problem is you have to fly United - 06Hackers of US Airline United Given Million Free Flight Miles - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:54] <exec> 08└─While I do feel UA went downhill after the merger with Contential, ...
[02:15:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03dogvomit [5452] (Score:1) 02Re:Problem is you have to fly United - 06Hackers of US Airline United Given Million Free Flight Miles - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:56] <exec> 08└─It's not so bad. One great thing about United is that they make it really easy to redeem your miles. They have two tiers of free tickets, a limited availability tier that costs less miles for a flight, and another tier that takes more miles but is nearly always available. So, my wife and son fly fre...
[02:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:2) 02Re:Health food? - 06Bacon-Flavored Health Food Has Arrived - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:24] <exec> 08└─So is there any indication that health food is actually more healthy than average food?
[02:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03kramulous [255] (Score:1) 02Re:A response to foolishness - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 921 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:17:41] <exec> 08└─I set myself a yearly budget of $400 for the extension of my professional library at home and have done so for the last 15 years. I have lots of books on the mathematics and computing I need to perform my specialisation at a high standard. I regularly look stuff up in those books, but not for a seco...
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[03:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03throwaway28 [5181] (Score:1) 02Re:Ĉu ne ? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:45] <exec> 08└─rehaltadis => re-/halt/-ad/is => stopped, stopped, stopped, quit, quit, quit, gave up a thousand times I tried learning esperanto twice, in both 02006 and 02011; and gave up three times; in 02006, 02012, 02014. Since I stopped, I no longer believe in the reasons why I started. Anyway, the most fun r...
[03:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Re:Causation? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:49] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's different if you grow up bilingual.
[03:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sign in a French bookstore - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:08] <exec> 08└─In Toronto "Monolingualism can be cured."
[03:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You know... - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:48] <exec> 08└─Subtitles ruin the movie watching experience.
[03:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bugamn [1017] (Score:2) 02Nice title - I see what you did - 06Astronomers Bring a New Hope to Find 'Tatooine' Planets - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:16] <exec> 08└─But finding a planet in a binary star system won't say anything about its surface, will it?
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[03:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A response to foolishness - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:17:53] <exec> 08└─I regularly look stuff up in those books, but not for a second do I think that I *know* the material.
[03:20:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:UHF TV channels != UHF band - 06There is a Way to Use Dying UHF Channels for "Super Wi-Fi" Data Connections - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:20:08] <exec> 08└─Well, OK, but you are the only one (so far) that seems to have been confused by this. I certainly wasn't. And as this happens to coincide with an area in which I have some expertise I do like to correct any errors that I find. However, you will be welcome on the Editorial Team if you have some time...
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[04:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Answered - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:26] <exec> 08└─"Will Corvette fans bite, " NO. "or are the roar of the engine and tang of petrol essential to the experience?" YES. That was simple. Being serious though, muscle car culture is as much about sound and appearance as it is about power. 0-60 and quarter mile times are good and all that, but a silent c...
[04:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Choice of terms - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 1249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:13] <exec> 08└─Most people who claim to be multilingual really aren't. Some are, most aren't. If you only know how to speak within 1 language group, such as Italian and French, then you aren't multilingual, sorry. You simply know 2 vocabulary sets for the same language. It's like claiming to know 2 different progr...
[04:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:doesn't matter - 06Intel's "Tick-Tock" Strategy Stalls, 10nm Chips Delayed - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:17:21] <exec> 08└─Incremental indeed. My CADCAM box is three years old, and buying new with the same budget would only get me about another 20% performance.
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[05:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Foreign objects through the skin risk infection - 06FDA Approves Leg Prosthetics That Anchor Directly To Bone - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:14] <exec> 08└─Obviously it can be done but I am surprised that this works. IV catheters are covered with sterile tape. I know a little girl whose kidneys were removed when she was less than a week old. She was on dialysis until she was large enough to accept an adult kidney. Her cather went through the skin on th...
[05:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03hurwitz [4938] (Score:1) 02Re:Slower than a Tesla Model S - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:13:23] <exec> 08└─...until you turn a corner.
[05:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Answered - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:13:28] <exec> 08└─I love "tinkering" my car. But sometimes I just wish it would not fight back so hard. Dam I can't find the reason the VR sensor in the new AC compressor is not working. And it's dam hot down south right now. Stupid AUDI!
[05:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages" - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:13:59] <exec> 08└─So it was just a bad joke that did not make sense due to not even noticing 20% of the words.
[05:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Additional Resources - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:14:41] <exec> 08└─anca ouya peaksa igpa atinla?
[05:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:15:14] <exec> 08└─"Les deux jeunes filles promenadent dans les bois."
[05:16:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JeanCroix [573] 02Also.. - 06Bacon-Flavored Health Food Has Arrived - 53 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:57] <exec> 08└─Know what other health food tastes like bacon? Bacon.
[05:19:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02Re:K.I.S.S. - 06Linux Foundation Serves Up a Tasty Dish of Bugs - 94 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:19:38] <exec> 08└─Yep. All systemd does is bring your Linux box up. Simple, small, what could possibly go wrong?
[05:20:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:"Dying"? - 06There is a Way to Use Dying UHF Channels for "Super Wi-Fi" Data Connections - 767 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:20:09] <exec> 08└─Internet on-demand makes less sense than you might think, because a multicast model dramatically decreases the required bandwidth for a TV-like communication. Look at how much trouble Netflix is having with its on-demand distribution, and then consider that the bandwidth required for broadcast telev...
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[06:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Electroical Vechiles - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:17] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure which is worse: That we published a story with "Electroical Vechiles" in the summary, or that it's Friday night and I'm being pedantic on the Internet?
[06:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Foreign objects through the skin risk infection - 06FDA Approves Leg Prosthetics That Anchor Directly To Bone - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:26] <exec> 08└─Catheters get changed often and every time there is a chance of infection. I'm guessing that this would be a one time deal.
[06:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02To the bone? - 06FDA Approves Leg Prosthetics That Anchor Directly To Bone - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:28] <exec> 08└─Ow, ow ow!!! God, that hurts!! Can we stop now? I have worked my fingers to the bone. Not to mention the chafing.
[06:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ĉu ne ? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:06] <exec> 08└─kimi wa daisuke ?
[06:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Choice of terms - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:31] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't that make you feel better? Alas, you, and the moderator who modded your comment "informative", are clinging to the no true Scotsman fallacy. The study found that larger gray matter correlates with Spanish-English bilingualism compared to just English. They disproved your hypothesis before y...
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[06:14:32] <exec> 08└─Your post would be well described as "a crock of shit." There's a hell of a lot more to fluency than a vocabulary. Fluency requires (among other things) cultural knowledge and not just memorization of a list of words. This is true even for related languages, not just for radically different language...
[06:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Bah - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 1729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:18] <exec> 08└─I think he's being ridiculous, but by the same token, we do seem to bend over backwards for people that refuse to learn English. I fail to understand why we should be so accommodating of Spanish speakers when there are so many other languages spoken by immigrants that don't receive anywhere near the...
[06:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nice title - I see what you did - 06Astronomers Bring a New Hope to Find 'Tatooine' Planets - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:43] <exec> 08└─But finding a planet in a binary star system won't say anything about its surface, will it?
[06:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:No. - 06Pebble Boss: "One Day, People Will Not Be Able to Live Without Their Smartwatch" - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:19:16] <exec> 08└─Serious question. What do you use it for? Whenever I think of those types of devices I can't think of anything that's actually worth paying that kind of money for and dealing with the battery life issues over a normal watch.
[06:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:No. - 06Pebble Boss: "One Day, People Will Not Be Able to Live Without Their Smartwatch" - 2412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:19:17] <exec> 08└─I work at a job where timely communication is important. The sooner I get information the sooner I can relay that to my employees so they can go home on time. With a glance at my wrist I can tell what message is coming through and who it's from. 7 in 10 of the messages I get are not urgent, so I ben...
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[07:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:Foreign objects through the skin risk infection - 06FDA Approves Leg Prosthetics That Anchor Directly To Bone - 784 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:25] <exec> 08└─I seem to recall some cosmetic skin-piecing prosthetics such as horns being done years ago, so presumably the risk is manageable. For tat matter, actual horns do just that, teeth as well I believe, though they might get excluded on a technicality. I think the big issue is getting the living tissue t...
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[07:13:41] <exec> 08└─Live near the ocean by chance? I would guess a bad ground or a corroded connection further down the line, if it's getting power. If it's not getting power, check for a fusible link or corrosion along the power feed. (I assume you checked fuses and did a general inspection of the system installing it...
[07:14:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03simonInOz [2173] (Score:1) 02Human language - pah. What about computer language - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:14:33] <exec> 08└─Come on folks, this is Slashdot, sorry, SoylentNews. I have used (reasonably fluently) maybe 20 computer languages throughout my career, ranging from Java to COBOL, Fortran to php. But I'm terrible at human languages - I can order food in maybe 3, and beer in more, but actually converse - zip. Ok, o...
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[07:17:07] <exec> 08└─LOL not an expert, but since 1700 there are more atheists killing off religious people than the other way round. The real trouble is being of the "wrong" religion, not being without one.
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[08:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ĉu ne ? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:08] <exec> 08└─Fere eandem ob causam soleo Latine cum amicis nonnullis fabulari: nam inter Europæos variarum gentium sunt permultæ non solum venustæ sed etiam doctissimæ, quibus cordi sit sermone Romanorum colloqui; neque aliter inter nos ullo commercio fruimur quam Latine, cum raro fiat ut aliam linguam habea...
[08:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:Choice of terms - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 1133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:35] <exec> 08└─If you don't know what the phrase "No true Scotsman" means, then you really shouldn't accuse other people of making that mistake. "No true Scotsman" refers to choosing definitions for the sake of establishing the question, rather than choosing them in a more sound and generally useful fashion. When...
[08:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bah - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:15:24] <exec> 08└─This. You can't go to Germany or Spain or France and expect to live there as a citizen in normal society without learning the local language. You can't go live in Mexico without learning Spanish. Immigrant populations that are economically and socially successful in the US learn English quickly. You...
[08:15:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Movies are a good start - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:15:56] <exec> 08└─Seriously, you started listing mindbending Spanish-language films and you didn't mention El Topo [wikipedia.org]?
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[09:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kramulous [255] (Score:1) 02Good for them - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:23] <exec> 08└─I mean it. Really. Good on them. I wish that kind of political thinking was a little more contagious and would infect our shitty policy makers. Looking after the people. Investing the wealth of the people for the people. Making sure that no one individual claims rights to their oil exports and that...
[09:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages" - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:26] <exec> 08└─That's actually an important aspect of the study. They also looked at the effects of knowing a signed language in addition to one's native language, and that did not correlate with more gray matter. So it is: Bilingual of one spoken and one signed language - no effect on amount of gray matter; bilin...
[09:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:Choice of terms - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:44] <exec> 08└─There's a hell of a lot more to fluency than a vocabulary. Fluency requires (among other things) cultural knowledge and not just memorization of a list of words. This is true even for related languages, not just for radically different languages.
[09:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score:2) 02Re:Human language - pah. What about computer langu - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:46] <exec> 08└─But I'm terrible at human languages
[09:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:No you cannot - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:10] <exec> 08└─Would it really be that difficult for the hardware to sneakily capture what you type? Of course getting that data to the NSA without anyone noticing might be a bit trickier. But if you only reserve this for special cases (only triggered when the hardware happens to process/see certain 32/64 bit code...
[09:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:Additional Resources - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:13] <exec> 08└─rfln vn bqn, hgon bhln rrqan bgn apecgnrn gvn fybnn.
[09:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02silc - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:15:15] <exec> 08└─silc https://en.wikipedia.org(protocol) [wikipedia.org] http://silcnet.org [silcnet.org]
[09:15:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:HOWTO Convine The French To Speak English - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:54] <exec> 08└─If you really want to piss the the French off, insist on speaking in french as taught in English public schools.
[09:15:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 513 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:56] <exec> 08└─Language is also a window into a different world view; immersing yourself in one and the culture that goes with it is the closest thing you can experience to living in a parallel universe, barring major advances in quantum mechanics. Language can be a status symbol and a social weapon too. Post-colo...
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[09:16:47] <exec> 08└─Well, alright, if I'm completely honest, it was more of a mixed bag. From the merger, we did get a functional web site, and an award booking system that isn't crap (I used to have to use the ANA tool, but now I can find actual awards without having to contort in interesting directions. However, from...
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[10:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03dltaylor [4693] (Score:2) 02what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:14] <exec> 08└─You gave BestBuy the address and established a business relationship, which, in the USofA makes it legal for them to send you emails. Now you're shocked that they used it, which anyone with enough functional brain cells to form a synapse would have expect!? Why would they give up that usage? You are...
[10:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score:2) 02hold your horses... - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:15] <exec> 08└─These are things that corporations with modern, functioning computer systems should be able to accomplish in seconds
[10:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02I Know How This Goes - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 962 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:17] <exec> 08└─I used to work for an online/bricks-and-mortar retailer of cult merchandise in the UK. There was a manager there who insisted that absolutely every single new product we stocked got it's own email shot to the fifty-five thousand people who had used the online service. Given the huge number of differ...
[10:15:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:What about multilinguals? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:15:16] <exec> 08└─How true! Other than English which I learned as a child, two of my other languages were learned by virtue of having to live in countries where those languages were the norm. Yes, I managed and could happily have regular conversations regarding current news items or daily life, but getting a feel for...
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[10:15:17] <exec> 08└─level 5 (the highest level) is usually only attained by a native speaker
[10:16:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:Bah - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:16:48] <exec> 08└─You've missed the point....the quoted text is self contradictory, it is objectively a paradox.
[10:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Tatooine's right here on planet earth - 06Astronomers Bring a New Hope to Find 'Tatooine' Planets - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:18] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tataouine [wikipedia.org] Been there, it was an interesting place. That was before the revolution though, things might be somewhat messy right not there. Hope it gets better.
[10:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03dusty monkey [5492] (Score:2) 02Re:doesn't matter - 06Intel's "Tick-Tock" Strategy Stalls, 10nm Chips Delayed - 1410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:19:24] <exec> 08└─The least that you could do was check the numbers before stringing together what is clearly shit, or rather, parrot complete shit that someone else strung together. To arrive at the $713.94 figure given in the article you cited, the author cites another article that uses a draw of 850 watts per serv...
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[11:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:14:04] <exec> 08└─You sound like a sociopath: others only exist for exploitation.
[11:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:hold your horses... - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:14:06] <exec> 08└─If you allow general employees to "change things in seconds", it also allows them to wreck absolute havoc in seconds.
[11:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Thought we solved this over a decade ago - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:08] <exec> 08└─I use a personal domain So, you learned Step 1--but stopped there. You NEVER allow stuff directly into myname@mydomain.com. Each new contact is assigned a unique mailto e.g. bestbuy@mydomain.com -or- bestbuy.myname@mydomain.com At the 1st sign of abuse, that inbox gets deleted. This isn't rocket sur...
[11:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03dusty monkey [5492] (Score:2) 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:17:08] <exec> 08└─I used to learn exotic languages like you, but then a took an arrow to my Haskell functions.
[11:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ThePhilips [5677] (Score:1) 02Re:Health food? - 06Bacon-Flavored Health Food Has Arrived - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:18:22] <exec> 08└─Well, how much fat is actually in Pepsi? Not much.
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[12:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02sjw - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:48] <exec> 08└─SJWs will not let a modern Duke Nukem happen. The only way Duke survives is a modern remake of the original three games, which are allowed for nostalgic reasons.
[12:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:13:59] <exec> 08└─Funny, that's usually the kind of logic a criminal would have if they manage to get a hold of your credit card details to justify maxing out your card.
[12:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:Foreign objects through the skin risk infection - 06FDA Approves Leg Prosthetics That Anchor Directly To Bone - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:14:24] <exec> 08└─I seem to recall some cosmetic skin-piecing prosthetics such as horns being done years ago, so presumably the risk is manageable. For tat matter, actual horns do just that, teeth as well I believe, though they might get excluded on a technicality.
[12:16:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:No you cannot - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:06] <exec> 08└─none of the above. it's because it's a troll and completely off topic.
[12:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's a Trap! - 06Hackers of US Airline United Given Million Free Flight Miles - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:17:48] <exec> 08└─It's really just a trap designed to get them within the TSA's reach! Once there they will disappear into a back room where the "Hacking" will begin in earnest.
[12:19:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:A response to foolishness - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:19:53] <exec> 08└─Like, for instance, checking the curricula and lectures that top universities post online, checking academic journals, seeing what respected researchers have to say, etc. If you think this is not doable, you may just be lazy and unmotivated, or alternatively, you cannot imagine how someone can learn...
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[13:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:14] <exec> 08└─That pitch could make a good film if done properly, however it wouldn't be a video game; it would be a long cutscene. Does she know what a video game is? Because it sounds like she thinks it's just a newfangled type of movie.
[13:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:15] <exec> 08└─Have you "played" any of the "games" written by SJWs? This sounds about right.
[13:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02My Pitch - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:16] <exec> 08└─Duke Nukem goes on a rampage trying to eliminate every mention of "Duke Nukem Forever" from the internet. He even destroys Google, Bing, et al. At the end he realizes that you know about "Duke Nukem Forever" and he tries to kill you, the player. He may succeed, or he may fail (and just destroy your...
[13:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Duke wants to go kick ass - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:18] <exec> 08└─Duke wants to go kick ass, but he has an infinite supply of gum he has to finish first.
[13:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Thought we solved this over a decade ago - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 787 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:32] <exec> 08└─I use something similar. Let's say my name is Bob. I would use bestbuy.bob@mydomain.com. This would allow for filtering on the actual recipient as well as the source (there's more than just me using my personal domain's email). When I get spam from a company that I've done business with before - and...
[13:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Had this problem with a TV station - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:33] <exec> 08└─Local news was giving tickets to something away, you just had to listen for the word of the day and email it to them. I did, then started getting an email every fricken hour from them. They had an unsubscribe link, which I used, which did nothing. I sent a rather nastily worded email to them, which...
[13:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Spam On The Decline? - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:34] <exec> 08└─No need to worry about Best Buy, or anyone else. It looks like spam is finally back down below 50% of all email. Spam email levels at 12-year low [bbc.com]
[13:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:3, Informative) 02Underlying reasons... - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:45] <exec> 08└─Basic explanation: Norway has high income, but huge taxes and cost of living c.f. US. Now compare: USA: $7500 one-off subsidy on purchase of car, plus what you save on (cheap) US fuel vs. Norway: estimated $8,000 per year [gas2.org] savings from vehicle tax, free parking, free ferries (go look at a...
[13:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:What about multilinguals? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:14:30] <exec> 08└─Holy cow, was that Swiss German blended with Flemish and wrapped up with French?
[13:15:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Multilingualist terms. - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 260 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:15:03] <exec> 08└─What do you call someone fluent in three languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone fluent in two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone only fluent in one language? English. What do you call someone that doesn't speak any language well? American.
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[14:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jesus_666 [3044] (Score:2) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 1203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:21] <exec> 08└─Meh, with some small changes this could work. Duke goes to the strip joint, talks to the stripper, hears her life story. She asks about his life and what he does. Flashback to earlier, when Duke has a perfecly normal day (doing something like bench-pressing ammo crates) that is interrupted by yet a...
[14:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:22] <exec> 08└─he's well aware he's an asshole, he just doesn't give a shit.
[14:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bill Dimm [940] (Score:2) 02Re:what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:35] <exec> 08└─You really didn't read the article, did you (granted, the SoylentNews summary doesn't make this very clear)? The CAN-SPAM act requires such emails to have an unsubscribe link that works (i.e., stops the emails within 10 business days). He tried repeatedly to unsubscribe, contacted people at the comp...
[14:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03subs [4485] (Score:2) 02Re:Underlying reasons... - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:52] <exec> 08└─Norway: estimated $8,000 per year savings from vehicle tax, free parking, free ferries (go look at a map of Norway!) and free use of toll roads. I'm assuming this includes savings on highly-taxed Norwegian fuel, and the freedom from 25% sales tax on purchase.
[14:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Bah - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:15] <exec> 08└─That culture is simplistic and infantile
[14:17:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NCommander [2] 02Re:Problem is you have to fly United - 06Hackers of US Airline United Given Million Free Flight Miles - 765 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:17:19] <exec> 08└─No you don't. I was a United 1k when I worked at my old job (flew more than 100,000 miles in a single calendar year), and UA miles can be redeemed on any Star Alliance partner. I've used UA miles to fly on Signapore Airlines to Japan in first class, several times in Lufthansa in first or business (t...
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[15:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Does the wife have to move to HQ also? - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:12] <exec> 08└─If the wife has to relocate to HQ also, it could work out nicely. You'll both keep your jobs at the end of it and can negotiate a cost of living increase based on the relocation demand.
[15:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Does the wife have to move to HQ also? - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:13] <exec> 08└─I was going to ask, if your SO has the option to move, *has* to move, or even *wants* to move. ANy of these could make a big difference in the right move for you.
[15:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score:2) 02Cost-benefit Analysis - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:14] <exec> 08└─It's pretty simple, really: make a list of pros and cons and decide accordingly, taking into account your obligations (loans, kids, etc.).
[15:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Just yes - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:16] <exec> 08└─So I ask SN, should I consider a move to an area with a higher cost of living
[15:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02It's up to you - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 1267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:18] <exec> 08└─Basically, what everyone above said. It really depends on you and your preferences. Do you have any interest in the new city, or is it someplace you'd rather not live? There's a lot more to life and living than the cost of living. People live in high-COL places for good reasons usually. Somalia is a...
[15:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:4, Informative) 02start the job search - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:19] <exec> 08└─One key point I would stress, having been through this recently, is not to believe anything at all the new owners say before, during, or after the purchase. Nothing they say is binding, and their promises mean nothing. As soon as the ink is dry, they'll be reducing head count. They don't know who yo...
[15:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:3, Interesting) 02It depends ... - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 1075 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:22] <exec> 08└─I've moved around *a lot* both professionally and personally. What you need to ask yourself is are you willing to uproot? This might seem an obvious question but realize that if you've been in the same place for years on end, you'll be leaving behind friends, and possibly family if they are local. W...
[15:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02oh that's nothing - 06Air Pollution Costs France 100 Billion Euros Per Year - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:27] <exec> 08└─just wait until they figure out how much it will cost to remove it from the air. :)
[15:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:38] <exec> 08└─The problem is most triple AAA games these days are long movies, especially FPSes. Halo (all of them), Call of Duty, Wolfenstein (the remakes, not the original), just to name a few. You're going down a lot of corridors with fancy skyboxes basically going from point to point. Now, it can be well done...
[15:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:51] <exec> 08└─Hate to say, but welcome to USA! Land of cognitive dissonance, home of the sociopaths! Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set, and I think I need a Lear jet!
[15:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Electroical Vechiles - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:09] <exec> 08└─[Plugin Electric Vechiles] [sic] Better now? :-)
[15:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Underlying reasons... - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:13] <exec> 08└─Presumably the subsidies would sunset after some percentage of the existing vehicle fleet had been reached. If 1 in 4 new car purchases in Norway is an EV or PHEV, how long before social acceptance of EVs is achieved? Human beings generally have a herd mentality when it comes to change. Malcolm Glad...
[15:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Underlying reasons... - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 1570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:15] <exec> 08└─It seems to me they could add in key benefits that really wouldn't cost them that much in order to encourage more people to move to EVs. For example, here in New York you can take the HOV lane as a sole occupant if you're driving an EV. The marginal cost to the polity of doing that is very low. Cali...
[15:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03caseih [2744] (Score:2) 02Real cold weather experience - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:18] <exec> 08└─I've always felt that EVs wouldn't go anywhere in the northern climates do to the cold. Batteries and cold do not mix well. Norway has some of the most northern, cold communities anywhere. It will be interesting to learn about their experience with EVs in the cold and techniques for dealing with it....
[15:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score:2) 02Re:Foreign objects through the skin risk infection - 06FDA Approves Leg Prosthetics That Anchor Directly To Bone - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:28] <exec> 08└─Teeth sit in a socket of flesh and are therefore not directly connected to jawbone. However, dental implants are screwed directly to bone and can be a source re-occurring infection. For this reason, I advise anyone against any form of exposed implant which is secured to bone.
[15:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:And its still a chevy... - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:40] <exec> 08└─Different market. The Volt's a good idea really, but the execution isn't that great and the price is too high.
[15:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:What about multilinguals? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:08] <exec> 08└─How different can the worldviews of, say, Spanish and Portuguese speakers be? Or Italians and Portuguese? The languages are very closely related. German and French are a little more different, but they're all European. If you want really different worldviews, you need to go to different parts of the...
[15:15:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Choice of terms - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:43] <exec> 08└─Spanish and English are from different language groups, just like Russian and German. English is a Germanic language, and Spanish is a Romance language. Of course, all these languages are Indo-European languages, but that's a really big group of languages that spans most of the world, except for Afr...
[15:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:You know... - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:30] <exec> 08└─That's all fine and well, but I'd rather have more comprehensive search filters available. If I'm in the mood for a foreign movie, then I'd like to be able to search for that specifically; otherwise I'd like to be able to constrain my choices to English movies only. In addition, when I am in the moo...
[15:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:HOWTO Convine The French To Speak English - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:59] <exec> 08└─I speak French fine but they get pissy and reply in worse English rather than "suffer" to hear my accent sully their language. When I was younger that was when I'd turn the tables and roll through Mandarin and Japanese to watch them go slack-jawed with the dawning realization that they are terribly...
[15:20:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:1) 02Re:Devil's advocate - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:20:06] <exec> 08└─I'm not a hardcore programmer, but I do a decent share of small web apps. I do have a CS degree. I have never heard of this, but my reaction was "really"? It took me 10 minutes, pre-coffee on a sunday morning in python. It would have been 5 minutes, but I haven't touched python in about a year and...
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[16:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It depends ... - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:25] <exec> 08└─Also consider what your job opportunities will be in the new location. Which location offers more career opportunities for you and your wife? There is no such thing as a secure job these days. And while it might not be 6 months, it could be a few years down the line the multi-national decides to cut...
[16:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:47] <exec> 08└─Ever play Max Payne? Gritty noir story telling with graphic novel cut scenes. Fantastic game that sort of felt like playing through a film. BUT! Note to game devs: Do not, I repeat DO NOT include dream like cut scenes where the player is forced to play through. They feel like they were shoehorned in...
[16:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Biggest piece of vaporware now belongs to... - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:50] <exec> 08└─now that Duke Nukem Forever is finally out, the "biggest piece of vaporware" torch is passed to Half Life 3, which was promised to us, what 10+ years ago? c'mon Valve, get to it already, and none of this bullshit you're pushing to get out of making it, that the HL2 episodes are really HL3. Half Life...
[16:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Well known solution - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:10] <exec> 08└─The solution to this problem is long established: Nuke them from high orbit - its the only way to be sure.
[16:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hankwang [100] (Score:2) 02Re:Real cold weather experience - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:26] <exec> 08└─"Norwaye has some of the most northern, cold communities anywhere." Most Northern, yes. Most cold, I doubt, unless you count places lke Svalbard. Most of Norway has a surprisingly temperate climate due to the Gulf stream. For example Tromsø which is pretty far north: "The lowest temperature ever re...
[16:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Answered - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 1018 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:56] <exec> 08└─Have you test-driven a Model S? It is a different experience. To me it feels like the opening sequence in STNG when the Enterprise stretches as it goes to warp. Also, because it's silent you can put in your favorite driving tunes and not have to fight to hear it. It's sublime. The other aspect of ga...
[16:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Fuck Spanish - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:20] <exec> 08└─Anything that encourages Spanish (such as learning it) is contributing to the end of English-speaking culture in the USA. Lots of people within that culture very rightly dislike that. It's giving up their mother tongue, accepting an invasion, and transitioning to a culture that has been less product...
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[17:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02ludicrous speed! go! - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:10] <exec> 08└─They've gone to plaid!
[17:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score:2) 02acc - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:11] <exec> 08└─> [...] said Musk, the car will accelerate at 1.1 times the force of gravity. Yes, Musk, we know you're building rockets too, we know.
[17:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03microtodd [1866] (Score:2) 02Re:start the job search - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 1735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:32] <exec> 08└─I don't know how big your company was before the buyout, and how well-run it was. Was it a great place to work for? Good bosses and leadership? Good benefits? A culture that takes care of its people? I don't want to be too pessimistic but I've been through it three times and yes, PizzaRoll is right,...
[17:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 022 partners working for same employer? Save! - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 3678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:35] <exec> 08└─Which is better, 2 partners employed by different, totally unrelated employers, or both working for the same employer? Those aren't the only options, there's only one partner being employed, or running their own business., etc. Deciding on that is less important than socking away as much savings as...
[17:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Why? - 06Air Pollution Costs France 100 Billion Euros Per Year - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:44] <exec> 08└─Why are they paying for air pollution? It's free in most of the rest of the world.
[17:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Stupid French - 06Air Pollution Costs France 100 Billion Euros Per Year - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:46] <exec> 08└─I'll pollute their air for just $50 billion a year. Dollars! Not even euros! 13th month free if you pay in advance. (I hear Europe isn't so trustworthy about debts.)
[17:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03suetanvil [5692] (Score:1) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:58] <exec> 08└─This is pretty much what I created an account here to say. Everything up to the part where she asks him about his life is a cutscene or equivalent. Then, when she asks him about himself, he says, "Last week, when the aliens invaded, I..." and we got to the actual gameplay. The whole game would be a...
[17:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheMessageNotTheMessenger [5664] (Score:1) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:01] <exec> 08└─I can't say I play games for their stories. It's the gameplay that keeps me hooked. Just look at the classics, Mario has a rubbish story but the gameplay redeems all that. Some games have no story at all, you provide your own: Civilization, Crusader Kings etc. Most RPGs have a similar plot, where an...
[17:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Biggest piece of vaporware now belongs to... - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:06] <exec> 08└─promised to us
[17:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02off-topic - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:08] <exec> 08└─in the quest for even better search algorithms to find more personal "stuff" on people a semi-A.I. is created but it kinda sucks so human brains (and bodies) are augmented with additional DNA pairs to make "smarter" programmers. normal people start to speak up and feel funny because a web search now...
[17:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02My pitch? - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 2433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:09] <exec> 08└─The reason Duke Nukem 3D was such a successful and memorable game was because it combined camp, an arsenal of insane weapons, jet packs, adult themes, interesting maps, and Ken Silverman's Build Engine. It was pretty advanced for its day and packed in a lot of fun game play and interesting graphics....
[17:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheMessageNotTheMessenger [5664] (Score:1) 02Stop re-using IP, come up with something new - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:11] <exec> 08└─There are plenty game and movie remakes/reboots lately, please try something new! If a game, maybe not yet another FPS or platformer. There are so many of those already.
[17:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:2) 02Rework "Sudden Death" - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 2429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:13] <exec> 08└─Me? I'd rework an old game idea of mine that was based on Duke and other 90's games, which I was calling "Sudden Death". It bounces between several styles of gameplay. You've got 2.5D shooter levels, Road Rash-style combat racing levels, some shmup levels, maybe more. The story similarly goes throug...
[17:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Total Immersion Advertising - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 1359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:32] <exec> 08└─There is an arms race in advertising. The more marketing emails that are sent out by companies, the less effective an individual email becomes. When a person is getting 20 marketing emails in a day, they're not going to click on everyone. So the marketing department tries to flood the user's inbox w...
[17:16:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:About language - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 1484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:06] <exec> 08└─I see people suggesting that they listen before reading, but it's hardly that cut and dry. Sure, for a language like Chinese the amount of time it's going to take to read is going to make that a fairly easy decision. But, with reading it's much easier to take the snippets of language you encounter a...
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[18:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:ludicrous speed! go! - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:11] <exec> 08└─I hope I remember that scene from "Spaceballs" for as long as I live :-)
[18:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03basstard [5595] (Score:1) 02Re:ludicrous speed! go! - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:12] <exec> 08└─Thanks for explanation, it's been too long since I've seen the movie. Here's link for those like me needing refresh: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[18:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:acc - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:15] <exec> 08└─As soon as they get the car to 7 mi per second he will have achieved both with one vehicle.
[18:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Sticker shock - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:16] <exec> 08└─will be the only thing left to worry about once it gets to a reasonable 400-500 mile range in about 20-30 years at the current rate of improvement...
[18:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03BasilBrush [3994] (Score:2) 02Re:Sticker shock - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:18] <exec> 08└─From 265 miles at a 5% improvement per annum, it's only 9 years to 400 miles range and 13 years to 500 miles. But in any case, those ranges are entirely unnecessary, as virtually no one ever drives a car that kind of distance a single stop. Even at a constant 70mph, that'd be 6 or 7 hours driving.
[18:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02ICE Problem - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:19] <exec> 08└─A technical site, should follow rules for technical writing. define an acronym once before using it like Acronyms make me feel smart (AMMFS). Making assumptions that everyone understand every acronym in context is frustrating. I expect more from a site that claims to have editors and caters to an ed...
[18:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheMessageNotTheMessenger [5664] (Score:1) 02Re:ICE Problem - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:21] <exec> 08└─This is an issue on all tech sites; usage of terminology you're not familiar with. Asking for clarity is often answered with "you can google that yourself!" or "Don't you know? This is basic!". Neither helps. I didn't look ICE up. I missed the joke. I think I can live with that.
[18:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score:2) 02Headline - 06Certain Shark Mums Favour Travel While Others Stay at Home - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:27] <exec> 08└─> Certain Shark Mums Favour Travel While Others Stay at Home It took me a good 20 seconds to understand the title. And after reading the article it turned out I got it wrong.
[18:13:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] 02start the job search - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 598 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:39] <exec> 08└─One key point I would stress, having been through this recently, is not to believe anything at all the new owners say before, during, or after the purchase. Nothing they say is binding, and their promises mean nothing. As soon as the ink is dry, they'll be reducing head count. They don't know who yo...
[18:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:start the job search - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:41] <exec> 08└─So, yeah, start the job search, regardless.
[18:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:2 partners working for same employer? Save! - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:46] <exec> 08└─Which is better, 2 partners employed by different, totally unrelated employers, or both working for the same employer?
[18:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:12] <exec> 08└─Er, read TFA first. Pretty much every pitch is tongue-in-cheek sarcasm or satire, including the one in the summary (I hope...).
[18:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02a horrible world - 06Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:00] <exec> 08└─ANNNDDD .. because of quantum mechanics everything good you want to do makes you feel bad and everything bad makes you feel good .. all thanks to pervasive "secret" spying.
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[19:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Range anxiety - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:27] <exec> 08└─Not too much longer before "range anxiety" becomes an ICE problem.
[19:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheSuperFriend [5663] (Score:1) 02In Case of Emergency - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 1109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:28] <exec> 08└─I actually read "ICE" as the very common "in case of emergency". That acronym is so widely used that my phone even came with an "ICE" group defined in the contacts list. The reading "in case of emergency" also happens to work with the note added by the so-called editor, so there is actual ambiguity...
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[19:15:08] <exec> 08└─I'm glad someone pointed this out. I live many hundreds of miles south latitude of the most northern reaches of Norway. Today it is going to be 33C (92F) and last winter the lowest temp was around -34C (-30F). Where I live still does not have ubiquitous block heater plugins everywhere. For that you...
[19:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And its still a chevy... - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:33] <exec> 08└─I get that it is a different market. But they should be all over the 0-60 in 2 seconds market. That is pretty much what the corvette is about. Looking cool. Overall it is a rather mediocre sports car. The thing is already a decent sized car so putting a battery in should be no problem. Instead they...
[19:16:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Ĉu ne ? - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:07] <exec> 08└─For all of English's flaws, it has a widely distributed user base of around a billion speakers that Esperanto could never dream of having. Does that make English the Windows of languages? Or is it Linux because each regionalization is the equivalent of a distribution?
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[20:13:34] <exec> 08└─A 40 minute break in a 200 mile drive is just common sense.
[20:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:In Case of Emergency - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:37] <exec> 08└─This particular "editor" saved 23 keystrokes by not typing "internal combustion engine".
[20:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:1) 02Re:2 partners working for same employer? Save! - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:04] <exec> 08└─There are infamous cases where companies have asked people to move, and fired them shortly after the move, leaving the person with no job, no connections in an unfamiliar area, and out by the costs of the move. Think of being asked to move as being asked to pay the company a lot of money (moving cos...
[20:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Can't say, really - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 1300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:06] <exec> 08└─What I can tell you is, GET IT ALL IN WRITING! I've seen a few people relocate, only to be laid off or fired within weeks or months after arriving at the new location. Get everything in writing. And, get your moving expenses up front. And, hire a company to do it for you - don't give your employer a...
[20:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Biggest piece of vaporware now belongs to... - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:37] <exec> 08└─now that Duke Nukem Forever is finally out, the "biggest piece of vaporware" torch is passed to Half Life 3, which was promised to us, what 10+ years ago?
[20:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02My Pitch - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:42] <exec> 08└─Large levels Lots of destructible environments Lots of aliens to kill (hundreds) Fast gameplay Dodging rockets A few humorous one liners from the main character 16 player co-op Change main character name to Sam Game takes place in Egypt If only this game [wikipedia.org] exists...
[20:14:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bill Dimm [940] 02Re:what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 375 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:54] <exec> 08└─You really didn't read the article, did you (granted, the SoylentNews summary doesn't make this very clear)? The CAN-SPAM act requires such emails to have an unsubscribe link that works (i.e., stops the emails within 10 business days). He tried repeatedly to unsubscribe, contacted people at the comp...
[20:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what BB did was not only legal, but correct - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:55] <exec> 08└─You gave BestBuy the address and established a business relationship, which, in the USofA makes it legal for them to send you emails.
[20:14:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] 02I Know How This Goes - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 962 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:59] <exec> 08└─I used to work for an online/bricks-and-mortar retailer of cult merchandise in the UK. There was a manager there who insisted that absolutely every single new product we stocked got it's own email shot to the fifty-five thousand people who had used the online service. Given the huge number of differ...
[20:15:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02White lists are pretty good. - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 1942 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:07] <exec> 08└─The downside of a whitelist is that you never receive anything from anyone (who doesn't forge headers) that you haven't explicitly requested to receive things from. And that can not only take work to maintain, but can result in not getting important messages. A greylist is probably the best intermed...
[20:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03No Respect [991] (Score:2) 02Wasting my time - 06Effectiveness of CAN-SPAM Legislation Questioned - 834 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:08] <exec> 08└─A few months ago when my favorite hockey team made it into the NHL playoffs, a "deal site" had a link to a Reebok sale for team garb and hats. I went there and ordered a cool hat for $14.95 (normally $25). A few days later they canceled the order saying they couldn't fulfill it. No reason why was gi...
[20:19:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Your friends are religious wackos - 06Bacon-Flavored Health Food Has Arrived - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:19:42] <exec> 08└─[citation needed]
[20:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Re:A response to foolishness - 06Government IT Official Ran Law Enforcement Data Systems for Years With Faked Degrees - 2057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:21:00] <exec> 08└─It's unusual if you know all the material you studied in school. Most students I have known lose that information quickly once the test that requires it is passed. In fact, from what I have seen there seems to be a high correlation between quickly losing information and higher grades. What school tr...
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[21:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02manhole cover - 06Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:12] <exec> 08└─Did speeding American manhole cover beat Sputnik into space? Top boffin speaks to El Reg [theregister.co.uk]
[21:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Mark - 06Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:13] <exec> 08└─Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest
[21:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmn32480 [443] (Score:2) 02Re:Sticker shock - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:41] <exec> 08└─Never driven to a far away place on vacation? We do it every year. It is too expensive to fly a family of five. Even on an airline like Southwest if you get $75 each way flights, that turns out to be $750.
[21:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score:2) 02Re:Range anxiety - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:48] <exec> 08└─No, I can't. I get headaches if I go too long without food, and I'm not allowed to eat in my office (because it's part of a laboratory). I also work better if I have a few breaks between different jobs; my best sit-down performance lasts for about 2 hours before I need a short break (maybe a couple...
[21:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03xav [5579] (Score:1) 02Re:In Case of Emergency - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:51] <exec> 08└─>instead of assuming everyone (..) knows exactly what YOU mean(s) when you use an acronym/initialism Answer: "YOU" means "You Outta Understand"
[21:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02Re:It's up to you - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:10] <exec> 08└─Henry David Thoreau — "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
[21:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Squidious [4327] (Score:1) 02Scoring System - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:21] <exec> 08└─Sit down together and make a spreadsheet list of pros and cons of moving and staying. Be exhaustive. Assign a score from 1 to 10 of the weight of each pro and con, negative for the cons of course. Add up the scores. Decisions made! Save the document for later evaluation. My wife and I have made MAJO...
[21:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Biggest piece of vaporware now belongs to... - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:54] <exec> 08└─Perl 6 will be out this year...
[21:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Biggest piece of vaporware now belongs to... - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:55] <exec> 08└─Perl 6 will be out this year...
[21:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Biggest piece of vaporware now belongs to... - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 3932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:57] <exec> 08└─(Sorry for double-posting, but I wanted to separate the joke from the serious response) I don't get the massive HL3 hype at all. HL1 started the trend of on-rails shooters that are just glorified theme-park rides with limited freedom, and HL2 just continued and refined the same boring design, furthe...
[21:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Duke's Depression Quest, Do not want. - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 3710 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:03] <exec> 08└─Read the headline "Inde Devs Pitch ... Duke Nukem" instantly thought, fuck it's not a game dev just some hipster narrative bullshit. Read TFS, and confirmed. Here's an idea: INTERACTIVE FICTION EXISTS! For fuck's sake. It really does exist as its own established genre. [tads.org] Why do you think s...
[21:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"If you are Irish why do you speak the Queen's..." - 06Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:32] <exec> 08└─"... English?" "I went to public school." A question I asked my Irish friend.
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[22:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mark - 06Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:22] <exec> 08└─That would have been pretty cool to mark the 70th birthday, to detonate another above ground bomb.
[22:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Official DOJ Response - 06Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:23] <exec> 08└─"Hello, I'm here from the government and fuck you."
[22:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02how about working on... - 06Better DNA Hair Analysis for Catching Criminals - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:38] <exec> 08└─"...and with lower error rates". Because those errors tend to fuck over innocent people and/or let guilty people to free.
[22:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Re:Sticker shock - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:54] <exec> 08└─So shot me my top of the head estimate was a little off. Though I do not do it all the time at least a few times a year I drive that. Until they get that kind of range and a lower price electric cars are out of my field of view. I will let the early adopting fools bring the price down to earth just...
[22:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Re:ICE Problem - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:57] <exec> 08└─I did google "ICE problem" and was not enlightened. What is an ICE problem?
[22:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Re:ICE Problem - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:59] <exec> 08└─If your in the land down under or NZ it is a meth addiction problem, around my neck of the woods in winter a damn big storm just blew through or in this case internal combustion engine.
[22:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ICE Problem - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:01] <exec> 08└─In case of emergency?
[22:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:In Case of Emergency - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:08] <exec> 08└─I thought ICE was in case of emergency. Then, when you said Internal Combustion Engine, I said OF COURSE!!!! Duh!!!! I know cars enough to know what that means within the relative context. Dang it, my brain musta really been damaged when I hit it a while back. I used to never have this much difficul...
[22:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Just yes - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:26] <exec> 08└─In either case I'd start looking for a new job. And probably at jobs in the new area as well as in the current area. Moving for a job just sucks. It doesn't matter how well intended the change is, it just sucks. And if things don't work out now you're somewhere starting over. You won't have a well d...
[22:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Just yes - 06Ask Soylent: Relocating For Work - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:27] <exec> 08└─So I ask SN, should I consider a move to an area with a higher cost of living
[22:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:oh that's nothing - 06Air Pollution Costs France 100 Billion Euros Per Year - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:48] <exec> 08└─It estimated the financial impact of atmospheric pollution for health reasons at "between 68 and 97 billion euros" per year, ranging from treatment of aggravated conditions like asthma to battling forms of cancer caused by smog.
[22:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02There are two kinds of people - 06Air Pollution Costs France 100 Billion Euros Per Year - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:51] <exec> 08└─in Paris: Those that smoke and those that breath second hand smoke. Most of the pollution seems to come from the tobacconists.
[22:15:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Jesus_666 [3044] 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 1203 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:03] <exec> 08└─Meh, with some small changes this could work. Duke goes to the strip joint, talks to the stripper, hears her life story. She asks about his life and what he does. Flashback to earlier, when Duke has a perfecly normal day (doing something like bench-pressing ammo crates) that is interrupted by yet a...
[22:16:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Underlying reasons... - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:01] <exec> 08└─If 1 in 4 new car purchases in Norway is an EV or PHEV, how long before social acceptance of EVs is achieved?
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[23:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02arkyd - 06Planetary Resources Finally Deploys First Spacecraft After Explosive Setback - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:19] <exec> 08└─The Arkyd-100 Kickstarter campaign [kickstarter.com] failed to make it to the $2 million stretch goal to enhance the spacecraft with "exoplanet detection capabilities". However it will image Earth and detect faint asteroids [wikipedia.org].
[23:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Cost versus reward - 06Planetary Resources Finally Deploys First Spacecraft After Explosive Setback - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:21] <exec> 08└─But as interesting as the concept of asteroid mining is, wouldn't the fabulous costs and potential to crash commodities markets once you brought something back to Earth defeat the profit motive?
[23:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Cost versus reward - 06Planetary Resources Finally Deploys First Spacecraft After Explosive Setback - 571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:22] <exec> 08└─There is also the fact that to upset the commodities market you would have to bring in materials on a massive scale. For instance, platinum is one of the rarer resources we are relatively likely to find a decent supply of in the asteroid belt, but we natively produce rougly 500,000 kilograms of it p...
[23:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:manhole cover - 06Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:31] <exec> 08└─I read that, and a few other articles there. They sure love the word "boffin", that's for sure.
[23:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Mark - 06Atomic Bomb Test Marks 70th Birthday Amid Renewed Interest - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:34] <exec> 08└─Teller, you were supposed to be dead.
[23:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What do they do? - 06Better DNA Hair Analysis for Catching Criminals - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:49] <exec> 08└─TFA doesn't mention anything about what they do. Anyone track down the research paper?
[23:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Sticker shock - 06Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Will Get You from 0-60 in Under 3 Seconds - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:07] <exec> 08└─From 265 miles at a 5% improvement per annum, it's only 9 years to 400 miles range and 13 years to 500 miles. But in any case, those ranges are entirely unnecessary, as virtually no one ever drives a car that kind of distance a single stop. Even at a constant 70mph, that'd be 6 or 7 hours driving.
[23:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Films != Games - 06Indie Developers Pitch How They'd Revive Duke Nukem - 1276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:19] <exec> 08└─now thats a game that I could play! Seriously, *the* reason that I played DN3D as a teen is because it was irreverent, misogynistic, etc. I still remember thinking, "OMG titties!" even though it was pixelated crap that was slightly better than ASCII porn. I'm not going to buy a PC game that destroys...
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[23:15:48] <exec> 08└─Corporations are sociopathic; they exist only to make profit, generally by exploiting people and other corporations. This includes going beyond what is legal and continuing to whatever behavior increases profit without being punished. The person you replied to just sounds like they were saying "expe...
[23:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Re:Real cold weather experience - 0623% Of New Cars In Norway Are Now Electric Cars - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:16:21] <exec> 08└─I've always felt that EVs wouldn't go anywhere in the northern climates do to the cold. Batteries and cold do not mix well. Norway has some of the most northern, cold communities anywhere. It will be interesting to learn about their experience with EVs in the cold and techniques for dealing with it....
[23:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03zimluura [4538] (Score:1) 02elephant in the room? - 06New Electric Corvette Aims To Set Records - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:16:54] <exec> 08└─"...will have a near 50/50 weight distribution while being optimized for a low center of gravity.” Yet they never actually say what it will weigh.
[23:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes - 06Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:17:05] <exec> 08└─"Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages" Brought to you by the Redundant Department of Redundancies
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