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[00:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02trans-cranial electro-stimulation? - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:32] <exec> 08└─Trans-cranial? Why... that would be stupid! I mean, look, the distance is just too big... what you want to do is to place it straight on the erogenous zones.
[00:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:trans-cranial electro-stimulation? - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:33] <exec> 08└─what you want to do is to place it straight on the erogenous zones.
[00:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Terminal Man - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:35] <exec> 08└─Civilization is finished. It didn't have a good run.
[00:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:2) 02That's why there's Adblock, NoScript etc. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:02] <exec> 08└─Even with Adblock Plus, when I opened the BI link there was a splash page (with only the text) wanting me to look at it for ten seconds before it fed me article....
[00:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That's why there's Adblock etc. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:03] <exec> 08└─Even with Adblock Plus, when I opened the BI link there was a splash page (with only the text) wanting me to look at it for ten seconds before it fed me article.
[00:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Slow-responding bidders - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 981 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:15] <exec> 08└─Assuming that they don't know each other's bid, it is because you want everyone's bid. The longer the auction is held open, the more opportunity there is to bid and rebid. For example, one of the bidding companies could be seeing higher load, and therefore is doing its analytics slower. Example 1 (t...
[00:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:so long as... - 06A Miniature Accelerator to Treat Cancer - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:14:25] <exec> 08└─Depends on what you mean by "so long as". Like in "So long as [2 meters], thus it's unlicensed" or "As long as it is unlicensed".
[00:15:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not a threat? Good power of nuisance anyway - 06Unhinged Linux Backdoor Still Poses a Nuisance, if not a Threat - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:15:02] <exec> 08└─Whenever details are released about Linux malware, the vector is usually (or maybe always) stupid/horrible passwords on a public ssh listener. Amazing how many idiots are "admining" systems. Not using pubkey? Your fired. If it were a real exploit, it would have a name, and MS would have sent press r...
[00:15:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Cue Weather Channel Hysteria - 06El Nino Growing Stronger - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:15:29] <exec> 08└─Never let a good crisis go waste. Declare war on El Nino (by the name, it surely is an illegal immigrant anyway).
[00:15:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MrGuy [1007] 02Key benefits - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 107 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:15:51] <exec> 08└─One of the key benefits of Windows 10 over Windows 8 is that features like Cortana are easily discoverable.
[00:18:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Same as the California Energy "Crisis" - 06California Exports Gasoline to Mexico Despite 'Shortage' - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:18:15] <exec> 08└─...were selling it out of state at a loss or just plain throwing it away to create an artificial supply crisis to rake up enormous unethical and often illegal profits.
[00:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:mighty illogical there - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:18:59] <exec> 08└─Mass surveillance is always unethical, because it will always capture the data of countless innocent people who are not suspected of anything. Foreigners have rights too; I know that may come as a surprise for you. If we have to spy on a foreigner, there should be evidence that they're doing somethi...
[00:21:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:I wish - 06Love of Learning is the Key to Success in the Jobless Future - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:21:50] <exec> 08└─Yeah we're certainly in a vibrant economy, LOL.
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[01:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Bunch of people answered a survey! - 06US Census Bureau Says Breach Didn't Expose Household Data - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:26] <exec> 08└─Will they never learn? The answer is no, because they are people, therefore they are too stupid to learn.
[01:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:trans-cranial electro-stimulation? - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:38] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but the erogenous zones are so nerve-poor, at least the obvious ones. Hands, feet, and face are where the high nerve-density is at.
[01:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:trans-cranial electro-stimulation? - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:39] <exec> 08└─Obviously you have never found a clit. Look closer. It's small and it has high nerve density.
[01:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:4, Funny) 02Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:41] <exec> 08└─Has anyone from Soylent experimented with trans-cranial electro-stimulation?
[01:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:43] <exec> 08└─When my friends and I were 13 one of the smarter ones out of us hooked a lantern battery up to a transformer and brought the rig to school in his backpack. We had contests seeing how long we could hold each hand to each lead not connected to the battery. One the bravest out of us suggested that he t...
[01:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:44] <exec> 08└─One of the things I would love to see is a .jpg of the waveform these things generate.
[01:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03GoonDu [2623] (Score:2) 02Oh exploitable - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:46] <exec> 08└─From the article: >The electrical current activates pathways in your brain that make you feel either calm or energized. Like meditation or drugs, this enhances your mood in ways that you might have trouble getting to on your own. If we bring this further, we could stimulate any kind of emotions. Thi...
[01:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03robmullr [5323] (Score:1) 02Grabbing the alarm clock. - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:53] <exec> 08└─Setting my alarm for 10PM
[01:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03GoonDu [2623] (Score:2) 02Re:Grabbing the alarm clock. - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:54] <exec> 08└─Mine's 4am. I mean I'm all about morning wood but this is a tad bit too much.
[01:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:0, Offtopic) 02Re:Grabbing the alarm clock. - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:56] <exec> 08└─It's pretty hilarious given that the Germans produce and enjoy some of the filthiest porn imaginable. Whippings, coprophilia, urinating, horses... ...I mean, like, you got a guy tied down to a tarp on the floor, and a woman stands above him and shits in his mouth. And he's asking for more while call...
[01:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Grabbing the alarm clock. - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:58] <exec> 08└─Pics or it didn't happen.
[01:14:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] 02Re:That's why there's Adblock etc. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 1294 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:14:11] <exec> 08└─if I go to a page and it takes more than 15 seconds to unblock enough to read what they have, I block everything there (more so) and move on, never coming back. life is too short to mess with money-focused assholes like marketing guys, sales guys,WEB 'MASTERS' and so on. they are pond scum, pretty m...
[01:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That's why there's Adblock etc. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:14:13] <exec> 08└─>and most phones don't have the same level of blocking that regular linux has. ublock on firefox/pale moon android is really good.
[01:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score:2) 02Energy rating? - 06A Miniature Accelerator to Treat Cancer - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:42] <exec> 08└─I wonder how many MeV's the protons that thing shoots out are. Medically useful proton beam energies range from 50-250 MeV, and from what I can see the machines they use for that these days are rather substantial in size [wikipedia.org] and very expensive. There are only 43 facilities in the world t...
[01:15:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:All that energy - 06El Nino Growing Stronger - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:15:40] <exec> 08└─Point. But it is in quasi-equilibrium, and I doubt the mechanical energy of wind is going to convert to sufficient heat to appreciably shift the radiation rate.
[01:15:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Tork [3914] 02Re:Yay! - 06El Nino Growing Stronger - 43 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:15:44] <exec> 08└─Since 1986, when Crocodile Dundee came out.
[01:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03No Respect [991] (Score:2) 02Re:Key benefits - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:17] <exec> 08└─Features like Cortana are not important to me so whether or not they're "easily discoverable" is of no appreciable benefit whatsoever.
[01:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:High Bar - 06Virgin Galactic Crash Due to Pilot Error and Design Flaws - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:18] <exec> 08└─The actual finding is pilot TRAINING error. The pilots were told when to unlock the feather and were warned of the dire consequences of unlocking it too late. They were NOT warned of the equally dire and unintuitive consequences of unlocking it early.
[01:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:reality-based conservatives exist - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:12] <exec> 08└─These are people who love their country and really want their country to win.
[01:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:and why did he make mistakes...? - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:15] <exec> 08└─One thing I don't see often mentioned is the fact that, even if they did have WMDs, so fucking what? Iraq was a sovereign country. The US had and has WMDs, and was in fact the only country that actually used atomic bombs during warfare, and used them to murder countless innocents. Maybe the world sh...
[01:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Re:and why did he make mistakes...? - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:18] <exec> 08└─He couldn't spy as well as Obama could. Taking Bush at his word (yeah, I know...) we see that he actually started a war because he was misinformed.
[01:19:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:no need to wait - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:55] <exec> 08└─I didn't mod your post but I'm writing this to address your concern it was modded down unfairly. You don't address the fact he was whistle blowing on the government breaking the law. Yes some of that stuff might be a gold mine but he was, as some one else posted, upholding his oath to protect the co...
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[02:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Yes, I have - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 1037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:43] <exec> 08└─For a very short time at least. I didn't really notice anything but maybe I didn't give it enough testing, or have a good placement, or whatever. Anyway, I became interested in this some time ago when I listened to this Radio Lab segment about and by a reporter who went to a DARPA lab and got to try...
[02:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes, I have - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:45] <exec> 08└─The part that sparked my interest starts at 19:00
[02:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:2) 02Security updates - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:47] <exec> 08└─Pro-tip: Before using your drug-like, brain-zapping wearable, be sure to turn the WiFi setting to "off". You don't want some hacker in Bulgaria messing around with your noodles.
[02:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02#1 in Cars, Beer, pr0n - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:01] <exec> 08└─That's a pretty good list.
[02:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02No links - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:02] <exec> 08└─There are no link, just a wall of unedited text. NSFW? Really?
[02:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:No links - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:04] <exec> 08└─The links to the video clips will appear at 10 PM Berlin time, and disappear 8 hours later.
[02:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03el_oscuro [1711] (Score:2) 02Re:No links - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:06] <exec> 08└─Sort of like the godaddy.com that was actually shown on the Superbowl. I was like, WTF, where is the pr0n?
[02:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Publisher incentives - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:31] <exec> 08└─I don't know if this anecdote applies, but I have noticed some article links loading the entire article and page (from the split second I can see it) then queuing to a blank page as some content gets loaded, usually a pop-up advert. It is highly frustrating, and the advert chews through load time an...
[02:14:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02inconvenient to whitelist as Noscript does - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:36] <exec> 08└─I much prefer adblock and blocking at the host file level to Noscript. Noscript operates off a whitelist which the user has to gradually build by constantly enabling JS on nearly every page visit made. Most websites have at least a little JS.
[02:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not a threat? Good power of nuisance anyway - 06Unhinged Linux Backdoor Still Poses a Nuisance, if not a Threat - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:30] <exec> 08└─Indeed. And when somebody talks about Linux backdoor, you know you're being taken for the ride. Either you're in an alternative reality or talking some wishful thinking NSA hotshot. As in there is no such thing. Zero bits of usable info, in the summary at least.
[02:15:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yay! - 06El Nino Growing Stronger - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:55] <exec> 08└─Calm down Aussies. It's a joke.
[02:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Key benefits - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:29] <exec> 08└─I've concluded Win10's real reason for existence is to get everyone used to spending a dollar here and a dollar there at the Windows Store, where you're supposed to buy fixes for all the stuff that's been broken or removed. Microsoft has been looking for a way to monetize the consumer-level desktop...
[02:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:mighty illogical there - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:19:33] <exec> 08└─It used to be that we held governments up the standard of ONLY committing ethical acts, of ONLY being comprised of our best, brightest, and most honorable.
[02:19:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Future spies - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:19:41] <exec> 08└─Why didn't he take only relevant information?
[02:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Wishful thinking - 06Love of Learning is the Key to Success in the Jobless Future - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:22:46] <exec> 08└─There's two things which are not free and are not likely to ever be free: real estate and energy. We're certainly getting to the point where a lot of manufactured goods are extremely cheap because of efficiency and automation, but cheap is still not free, and making and transporting things requires...
[02:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Wishful thinking - 06Love of Learning is the Key to Success in the Jobless Future - 741 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:22:50] <exec> 08└─The part that you're missing is that your bachelor pad wasn't free at all: you still had to pay rent. They just rolled everything into it because it's a better value that way, plus they probably use that as a selling point when competing against similar places; who wants to deal with paying a bunch...
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[03:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02At least it ain't Phoenix - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:27] <exec> 08└─The article contains no tips on how we can accelerate the subsidence.
[03:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03TrumpetPower! [590] (Score:2) 02...and nothing of value will be lost. - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:29] <exec> 08└─No, wait -- that's not true. Lots of good people in the Foggy Bottom -- the ones who pay taxes but have no representation. Maybe when the rats leave the sinking city the people will finally get their autonomy...for what little good it'll do them when it becomes the Soggy Bottom. One thing's for cert...
[03:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Reminds me of a quote - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:31] <exec> 08└─Washington was a swamp and will be again. Usually that was directed at all of the entitled Federal employees descending on Northern Virginia.
[03:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:53] <exec> 08└─Well, if they did it wrong the most important wave will be a flat line ----------------
[03:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh exploitable - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:55] <exec> 08└─Like ... drugs, this enhances your mood in ways that you might have trouble getting to on your own.
[03:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03patella.whack [3848] (Score:1) 02Re:Yes, I have - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:59] <exec> 08└─Do you have any anecdotes from any other users? I read a bit about this a while back and it piqued my interest as well. From what I gathered, placement was very important of course, depending on which areas of your brain you'd like to zap, but proper conductivity seemed to be the easiest thing to ge...
[03:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:No links - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:18] <exec> 08└─There's a URL fragment that goes to the author's site. Can't be changed in the original submission.
[03:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:That's why there's Adblock etc. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 1208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:38] <exec> 08└─When I go to a webpage and it is slow, I can't help but wonder if they are downloading another "Cryptolocker" to my machine. I got nailed once with that once. No, I did not pay the ransom. I just lost everything, but thank goodness I was only using the box ( cheap WalMart laptop ) to browse the web,...
[03:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:That's why there's Adblock etc. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:40] <exec> 08└─Another NoScript user here. The BI link loaded properly for me. NoScript indicated it was blocking about a dozen other parties.
[03:14:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] 02Noscript - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 410 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:50] <exec> 08└─All the more reason to run with scripting disabled. The advertising industry is actively sabotaging the web, and violating your privacy. It's also a huge security risk these days. Injecting malicious scripts through self-serve ad platforms is a fast growing malware vector. Running around the web wit...
[03:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:inconvenient to whitelist as Noscript does - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:55] <exec> 08└─And some websites have so much crap that you're doing the recursive NoScript boogie 3 times to get that full functionality. And then you get redirected to a third-party site to pay and have to NoScript once or twice more.
[03:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Slow-responding bidders - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:58] <exec> 08└─While they are bidding, the customer figures he got yet another business page that does not work and clicks away....
[03:16:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Key benefits - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:46] <exec> 08└─that website is fucking painful it even makes myspace look slick
[03:16:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Key benefits - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:53] <exec> 08└─calling Microsoft "MSFT" is about as gay as someone on the other side of the fence calling it "M$" even if you just lose the FT so that you just type MS, it would go a long way towards making you seem less like a Microsoft toolbag
[03:17:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Tork [3914] 02Re:Make sure you read the fine print - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 36 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:05] <exec> 08└─Heh. You basically described Google.
[03:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:WHAAAAAAAAAT! - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:19] <exec> 08└─when I heard this news I immediately left work for home. Turned off my computers
[03:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:Oligopolies almost always suck. - 06California Exports Gasoline to Mexico Despite 'Shortage' - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:48] <exec> 08└─Bell Labs spawned much of what we have today. I've heard that long distance calling cost a ton back in the day though.
[03:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Entitlement in ACTION! - 06California Exports Gasoline to Mexico Despite 'Shortage' - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:03] <exec> 08└─no one can truly help the poor but the poor themselves. give a man a fish vs. teach a man to fish. you can lead a man to water but you can't make him fish.
[03:21:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:Cutesy Names more important than Real Work - 06The Rowhammer is Here... Next Heartbleed? - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:21:36] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with it? This is marketing working for good. The cutesy names makes propagation of the topic easy, and propagation of the topic means better awareness. I've had folks from non-technical background asking about the heartbleed buzzword because they heard it mentioned somehow, somewhere. I...
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[04:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03EQ [1716] (Score:2) 02Nice phrase - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:31] <exec> 08└─Set the Fax Machine to Maximum Weasel Factor!
[04:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:...and nothing of value will be lost. - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:42] <exec> 08└─I thought the only other folks in DC besides anybody involved with politics were crack-smoking Blacks.
[04:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Blasphemy - whos guarding the gates here? - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:45] <exec> 08└─Like all scientific websites, you need to stop posting evidence that 30 years ago we came to a flawed conclusion that has starved trees from organic CO2 because - the weather may change and thats alarming. By pointing out that the sea level rise claim by the UN-IPCC is flawed because if you look at...
[04:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03gznork26 [1159] (Score:1) 02Re:Blasphemy - whos guarding the gates here? - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:46] <exec> 08└─To help us out, then, please cite the sources about ever-increasing ice in Greenland and antarctica. Thanks.
[04:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:14:10] <exec> 08└─I should have read the article more closely. Its DC!!! A waveform would not tell me much now, would it ;) I thought it was something like these. [nexalin.com] These have a quite sophisticated waveform. I am fascinated by these devices. I cannot vouch for whether they do or do not work, but I pre...
[04:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02Re:Oh exploitable - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:14:13] <exec> 08└─This line here ensures it'll be illegal just as soon as the Christian fundies and other self-appointed moral police hear about it.
[04:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:20] <exec> 08└─Has anyone from Soylent experimented with trans-cranial electro-stimulation?
[04:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No title - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:37] <exec> 08└─https://literotica.com [literotica.com] -- endless, endless stream of english fiction.
[04:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DrkShadow [1404] (Score:1) 02Re:Publisher incentives - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:15:07] <exec> 08└─Displaying an ad requires inserting code into the page, which means it will affect the load time just like any other additions would
[04:16:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Not a threat? Good power of nuisance anyway - 06Unhinged Linux Backdoor Still Poses a Nuisance, if not a Threat - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:16:10] <exec> 08└─The dklkt-1 link above goes to some for-pay virus software program which will tell you if this is installed on your system.
[04:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03GoonDu [2623] (Score:2) 02Re:Upgrades in Waves - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:48] <exec> 08└─Give it a few months, people will start hacking up a solution to prevent MS to snoop the data. With enough public outcry, MS will hopefully backpeddle like what it did with xbox one.
[04:20:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03albert [276] (Score:1) 02cognitive bias != lying - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:20:15] <exec> 08└─Seeing what you want to see is a pretty typical human failure. Probably all of us do that, all the while steadfastly denying it.
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[05:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:36] <exec> 08└─Or are these activists just a bunch of morons? Electronic Mail and the World Wide Web were not invented in the current century. Young people didn't invent sex, either, you know? Oh right. You don't know, because you're all a bunch of stupid morons. Get off my fucking lawn! I don't want to hear you b...
[05:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:13:38] <exec> 08└─Modded down to Troll because SoylentNews is moderated by 14-year-olds, yes? Let's check the ACTUAL DATES. RFC 822 STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES August 13, 1982 RFC 1945 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 May 1996 Well look here, young trendy hipster Internet Activists a...
[05:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:13:39] <exec> 08└─Way to miss the point.
[05:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:13:41] <exec> 08└─No, you're missing the point. The Internet and the Fax are contemporary technologies. Senators know the Internet is not new. This "protest" is completely stupid and a waste of time for all involved because it will rightfully be ignored as a bunch of stupid ignorant teens being ignorant.
[05:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:3, Interesting) 02rTMS @ McLean Hospital - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:14:24] <exec> 08└─Let's say someone I know is a patient at McLean Hospital in Belmont MA for repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. The results for my friend are amazing. His depression has lifted significantly and yes, that intensely critical inner voice is much quieter. Anxiety is somewhat better but not to...
[05:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03patella.whack [3848] (Score:1) 02choose your own adventure - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:14:25] <exec> 08└─'singing' right? It makes me wonder if these sorts of stimulations might enhance creative output in a person over the long term. If treatments can decrease depression and increase creativity at the same time, it's an interesting contradiction to the CW that depression or mental instability is conduc...
[05:15:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bequalsa [2107] (Score:1) 02Re:Energy rating? - 06A Miniature Accelerator to Treat Cancer - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:15:43] <exec> 08└─Found a better source: http://cds.cern.ch [cds.cern.ch] They are aiming for 5 MeV in 2 meters. It's not clear from the article what species they're planning to use, or what a full system will look like.
[05:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03albert [276] (Score:1) 02Re:reality-based conservatives exist - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:20:23] <exec> 08└─You're certainly not a patriot if you advocating violating or violate the highest law of the land and destroy people's freedoms in the name of safety.
[05:21:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03albert [276] (Score:1) 02don't ignore the **MAJORITY** of the stuff - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 1084 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:21:10] <exec> 08└─Here, let's get some distance from the specifics of this case. I'll make up a similar example, and you tell me why it is an example of a perfectly ethical whistleblower. We have a Mr. Iceden. He works in the accounting department of Ford Motor Company. As corporations are wont to do, Ford is trying...
[05:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:don't ignore the **MAJORITY** of the stuff - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 1844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:21:11] <exec> 08└─Interesting, but let's stay in reality instead of making up a case study. I googled "scope of snowden leak" and clicked on the first 3 results. Article 1: ------------ • Classified assessment describes impact of leaks as 'grave' • Report does not include specific detail to support conclusions Ar...
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[06:13:40] <exec> 08└─The Internet was the province of universities and computer specialists for much of the twentieth century, it was only in the last years of the twentieth century that it started becoming mainstream. It will be ignored because that is what congress does. They never care unless they think it will cost...
[06:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:41] <exec> 08└─The 21st century mainstream Internet is the realm of drunks who post photos of their twats. I wonder why anyone would ever choose to ignore messages from a cesspool of drunken scum?
[06:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:43] <exec> 08└─I just love it when Hairyfeet posts as AC. You can just feel the spittle!
[06:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:45] <exec> 08└─You're so right, Anonymous Weasel. That troll sure is missing the point. Say, since we're friends who agree about everything and this site is all about the agreeing about stuff and not disagreeing about anything at all, can I rub up against you so I can be Insightful too? You're so warm and furry.
[06:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02That's the way you do it! - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:46] <exec> 08└─Send Big Brother a breakup fax! Tell him you don't love him anymore, and you think you should pay your taxes to another government instead. It's not you, Big Bro, it's me.
[06:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That's the way you do it! - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:13:48] <exec> 08└─Can I get a whole litre of Victory Gin, as a parting gift, before the bullet to the head? I have a powerful thirst.
[06:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:00] <exec> 08└─The submitter of the argument may get his wish. If you read his "signature", it says "Washington DC delenda est." Well, DC is not quite the modern Carthage, but its destruction would probably be an improvement. And it looks like nature is going to take care of it for us. And it makes sense; after al...
[06:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03quadrox [315] (Score:2) 02Re:Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:01] <exec> 08└─I too would be all for this, if I couldn't be so damn certain that everything that is wrong with that place will just move on to another place.
[06:14:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 76 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:23] <exec> 08└─Has anyone from Soylent experimented with trans-cranial electro-stimulation?
[06:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes, I have - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:34] <exec> 08└─There are at least two very impressive anecdotes in that radio lab story. I did get commercial electrodes -- basically a stainless mesh with a jack for the lead, a sponge, and a rubber thing that holds it together -- add a little saltwater. Anyway, I'm sure I got juice through it -- I could see that...
[06:14:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03patella.whack [3848] (Score:1) 02contact points - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:35] <exec> 08└─So commercial electrodes, and only one sponge? Maybe that's an issue right there. Or do you mean the mesh only needs to be wetted with one sponge? What I'm driving at, is that the conductive sites need to be specific to areas on the skull you'd like to target so as to hit specific areas of the brain...
[06:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:choose your own adventure - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:39] <exec> 08└─That's the stereotype, but there's another side where instead of being creative, a person gets so ridiculously hopeless they don't do anything.
[06:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:rTMS @ McLean Hospital - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:40] <exec> 08└─The duration of these treatments is interesting. When I was trying it out the max suggested duration was 15 or 20 minutes (can't recall which -- which is sort of amusing in this context).
[06:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:rTMS @ McLean Hospital - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:42] <exec> 08└─Oh I see -- it's magnetic. That's a different deal.
[06:15:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is there also modivation to load ads first? - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:45] <exec> 08└─As a small website owner, the only ads google will give me are asynchornous. They often load 20-40 seconds after the page is fully loaded.
[06:15:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02AdBlock + Ghostery - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:46] <exec> 08└─That's a winning combination. Turning off scripting kills too many useful things. But between AdBlock and Ghostery, the web is a much nicer place.
[06:16:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score:2) 02Re:Energy rating? - 06A Miniature Accelerator to Treat Cancer - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:00] <exec> 08└─Your link doesn't work by the way, but I'll take your word for it. So that means that to get the lowest medically useful proton beam energy you'd still need an accelerator that is 20 m long, and to get to the range of the most powerful medical accelerators in use, you'd need one 100 m long. That's a...
[06:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Corporate won't let you stop using winshit! - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 982 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:37] <exec> 08└─Our shitty, perpetually-crashing front desk software (I work at a motel) runs on .Net 3.5 and won't run on Mono (I've tried). We were warned for some time not to upgrade to win7 from XP because the software wouldn't work. The warning is up again now. Hint: this is a company that's been cracked for c...
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[07:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02we're US, we're not THEM - 068-Yr Old Boy Get World's First Double Hand Transplant - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:26] <exec> 08└─be thankful that the anti-science crowd has not yet won
[07:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02First thing I would do - 068-Yr Old Boy Get World's First Double Hand Transplant - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:28] <exec> 08└─I was thinking about what the first thing I would do if I had lost my hands and had gotten a new set. Being able to piss like a man I think would be it. That's gotta matter to a boy that age who has to sit to do it. Incidentally, I hope they gave him one right hand and one left hand, and that they d...
[07:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Nice phrase - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:38] <exec> 08└─the words "nearly always" are superfluous.
[07:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Large number of faxes sent to politicians - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:49] <exec> 08└─Next step: politicians outlaw sending large numbers of faxes to them. Shades of that EU Congress complaining about their voters sending them their feedback piece, anyone? How dare those bastards try to contact their duly-elected representatives with their opinions. P.S: Trying to demonstrate to our...
[07:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Re:Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:06] <exec> 08└─That's the problem. Washington, DC is the third capital city the US has had since independence. For those non-Americans and those Americans who slept through American history classes in school, the first two were New York and Philadelphia. It will move. Of course, that would not necessarily be a bad...
[07:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Bunch of people answered a survey! - 06US Census Bureau Says Breach Didn't Expose Household Data - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:15] <exec> 08└─Worse. They are gov't employees. They are paid to do their job, not to learn new things.
[07:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03patella.whack [3848] (Score:1) 02some clarification - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:45] <exec> 08└─Right. I confused the two when I responded as well. Transcranial magnetic stimulation [wikipedia.org] vs. Transcranial direct-current stimulation [wikipedia.org].
[07:15:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:inconvenient to whitelist as Noscript does - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:15:45] <exec> 08└─Noscript operates off a whitelist which the user has to gradually build by constantly enabling JS on nearly every page visit made. Most websites have at least a little JS.
[07:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It seems to me - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:26] <exec> 08└─Shh, y'all! The first rule of Windows 9 is you do not talk about Windows 9. It is an operating system that only exists in the heads of some seriously deranged individuals, most of whom used to work for a certain corporation North of Seattle, if you get my meaning. So now they have indeed forked the...
[07:21:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03albert [276] (Score:1) 02Re:don't ignore the **MAJORITY** of the stuff - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:21:34] <exec> 08└─Interesting, but let's stay in reality instead of making up a case study.
[07:21:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:don't ignore the **MAJORITY** of the stuff - 06White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden - 1443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:21:35] <exec> 08└─yup, we both agree they do some "right" and some wrong. Where does one draw the line? Was Snowden justified in leaking information wholesale to expose the illegal actions of his superiors/agency/government? Here was one of Obama's campaign promises: Often the best source of information about waste,...
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[08:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02so many Women out of work - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:29] <exec> 08└─The good news is, they won't be out of work for long, because they're Women. Social justice dictates that men are the worthless gender, who should live under bridges and post trollish sexist comments to message boards. God bless Women, truly exalted Queens of Everything. Expecting the masculist revo...
[08:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:30] <exec> 08└─Or perhaps it's just coincidence that a few people left. Or maybe it's just that when Pao went a few others decided they wanted a change as well, nothing more. Even for Soylent, there is some wild speculation here.
[08:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:31] <exec> 08└─One needs the statistics of how many (proportionately) male employees left in the same period, to say there is a correlation male vs female; and one would need historical data to say that there is a particular increase in retirements. One would need to see the pay structure/banding structure of the...
[08:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 1152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:33] <exec> 08└─Coincidence? I plan on tendering my resignation next week, and I don't even have a position at Reddit! But it is just like when I resigned from Slashdot, where I was a loyal lurker who never actually signed up for a username, but as soon a beta hit the wall, I was like, outta there! And Google, when...
[08:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First thing I would do - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:43] <exec> 08└─yeah. I read the story. one of the things he mentioned was being able to pick up his little sister and spin her around. I think I like him better than you...
[08:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:3, Informative) 02Headline is wrong - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:44] <exec> 08└─8-Yr Old Boy Get World's First Double Hand Transplant
[08:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Headline is wrong - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:46] <exec> 08└─True [bbc.com] - but this is, to my knowledge, the first time that the limb has been expected to grow with the person receiving it. I'm not sure whether that makes the operation any more difficult or not, but it is certainly something the all those involved should be congratulated for attempting.
[08:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Misread ... - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:48] <exec> 08└─Did anybody else misread the headline as "... Double Head Transplant"? I only realized after two thirds of the summary, and it sure gave things a strange slant !
[08:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:01] <exec> 08└─Self-criticism seems to be your forte. Good thing, really.
[08:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:02] <exec> 08└─I wonder why anyone would ever choose to ignore messages from a cesspool of drunken scum?
[08:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Well... - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:25] <exec> 08└─Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100
[08:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:15:09] <exec> 08└─Interesting....about the GSR meter... From what I can tell, the "E-meter" so touted by the Church of $cientology is the same thing used for the same purpose. Unfortunately, I still act like a drama queen all too often. Throw fits occasionally too. Almost guaranteed if I am being required to do som...
[08:15:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03mvdwege [3388] (Score:1) 02Naaah. - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:15:10] <exec> 08└─>blockquote>Has anyone from Soylent experimented with trans-cranial electro-stimulation? Naah, I prefer to get my Placebo Effect without paying a crank or a huckster for a gadget.
[08:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03patella.whack [3848] (Score:1) 02Stupid article doesn't do the subject justice - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:15:12] <exec> 08└─While I like the issues raised by the submitter.. ser'sly Bro, check this out, you can get high by putting stuff on your head!! Let's get a scientific slant on these things
[08:15:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Yes there are - but you have to click on them - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:15:30] <exec> 08└─Did you click on the submitters name at the very top of the page? If not - why not, they are there for a purpose.
[08:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Isotope production - 06A Miniature Accelerator to Treat Cancer - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:16:32] <exec> 08└─It is an isotope production machine, so the idea is to fire low energy protons onto a target to produce radioisotopes. The radioisotopes are then injected into patients and the resultant decay particles (probably gammas) are monitored in order to image blood flow and so forth. Another interesting id...
[08:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:Isotope production - 06A Miniature Accelerator to Treat Cancer - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:16:33] <exec> 08└─In fact, reading again, it looks like it is an injector for a radioisotope cyclotron which has yet to be designed. The article is a bit hazy on details.
[08:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Lame vendors - 06Unhinged Linux Backdoor Still Poses a Nuisance, if not a Threat - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:17:04] <exec> 08└─2016 will be the year of Linux on the botnet.
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[09:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02USA is now 24th province of PRC - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:27] <exec> 08└─Western Devils! Submit to Glorious Communist authority.
[09:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:38] <exec> 08└─One needs the statistics of how many (proportionately) male employees left in the same period, to say there is a correlation male vs female;
[09:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Damned if we do, and damned if we don't - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:40] <exec> 08└─The story was included, not for the speculation which was mentioned by the submitter (and, I believe, balanced by the suggestion of alternative views) but because we also report events in the Business market which might be significant. When we post we get criticised for discussing the events that ar...
[09:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03No Respect [991] (Score:2) 02Hmmmm.... let's see... - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:42] <exec> 08└─Did she leave because of gender discrimination or was the timing of her departure just a coincidence? Don't know. Don't care.
[09:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02speculation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:43] <exec> 08└─Since we're wildly speculating here, why not "women are leaving in protest for the same reason the RedditRevolt/TheDarkening/AMAgedden happened, a well loved female employee was fired without real explanation". It sounds a lot more reasonable than the company that hired(and still hires) Chairman Pao...
[09:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:we're US, we're not THEM - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:52] <exec> 08└─Well then we'll chalk you up as one being pro anti-science. Strange, for a tech site, and stranger yet for a story that demonstrates the good science can do, to attract you.
[09:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Misread ... - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:58] <exec> 08└─Was the boy's name Zaphod?
[09:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02How do you know they even get printed? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:14:20] <exec> 08└─Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog
[09:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 900 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:39] <exec> 08└─The capitol of the Second American Republic would work well in Denver, I think. That's pretty centrally located and it has better skiing. Location, too, carries its own influence on the culture of a place. Washington DC, in the Northeast, is captured in the axis of old-school corruption between Wall...
[09:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:40] <exec> 08└─Thanks for noticing my new sig! You're right, DC is not quite the modern Carthage. Carthage had redeeming features. For me DC is more than a place, it's a metaphor for crime, corruption, and betrayal. As for its sinking, a person could easily use a House of Usher metaphor with decay and decadence si...
[09:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02So … - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:14:42] <exec> 08└─So all those people who say that things in Washington DC are going downhill are now confirmed.
[09:14:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03No Respect [991] (Score:2) 02Good - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:14:44] <exec> 08└─The whole apparatus of the U.S. government should be moved to Kansas or Nebraska anyway. That could be a major jobs program right there, dismantling the monuments and historic buildings and re-assembling them piece by piece in their new home after a 1,400 mile journey. Let D.C. become a tourist trap...
[09:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Good - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:14:46] <exec> 08└─I say screw the monuments. Let the monuments of the new country be the best hospital in the world that cures cancer and helps the paralyzed walk again. How about a university that doubles the best Caltech, MIT, Stanford, etc ever were and that's totally free to attend for those who study hard and pr...
[09:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:trans-cranial electro-stimulation? - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:06] <exec> 08└─Actually the brain is the ultimate erogenous zone. All the other zones do is causing specific stimulations of the brain.
[09:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:This would have worked better at Slashdot, but. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:16:20] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk [youtube.com]
[09:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Publisher incentives - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:16:24] <exec> 08└─There are two ways around this. The simple one is to just stick ads in i-frames. This is not ideal from the publishers' perspective, as it makes it easy to block them. The second is to have a trivial bit of JavaScript that does an async HTTP request for the JavaScript that handles the ads and then e...
[09:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:1) 02Re:All that energy - 06El Nino Growing Stronger - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:59] <exec> 08└─Radiated power is proportional to the fourth power of temperature (Stefan-Boltzmann law). Which means that convection currents between hot and cold places should have a large effect on the overall radiated power.
[09:20:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Aren't they all directed energy weapons? - 06U.S. Military Increasing Development of Directed Energy Weapons - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:20:13] <exec> 08└─Happily, this was still in my paste buffer from a recent use: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
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[10:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:USA is now 24th province of PRC - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:14:21] <exec> 08└─Fortunately for us, to the Chinese all Americans look the same.
[10:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:speculation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:14:38] <exec> 08└─It strikes me that the people publicly leaving are some of those who actually cared about the Reddit community. This suggests that they don't like what management is planning to do to it. (Yes, Pao apparently cared about the community - idealogically if not personally. Standing up to the board on be...
[10:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score:2) 02Paging Dr Frank - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:55] <exec> 08└─If the doctor didn't lean back and cackle "IT's ALIIIIIVE" as the hand started turning pink, I'd be very disappointed at a missed opportunity.
[10:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just in time... - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:57] <exec> 08└─By the time they start working properly, he'll be able to masturbate. If the nerves don't heal properly, he'll be able to have a stranger wank without the extra hassle.
[10:15:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:15:40] <exec> 08└─Not Sacto, Rio Linda. Disclaimer: I'm from Rancho Cambodia.
[10:15:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kharnynb [5468] (Score:1) 02Thanks - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:15:46] <exec> 08└─Thanks Obama!
[10:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03quadrox [315] (Score:2) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:16:35] <exec> 08└─Colour me intrigued - how, where, when did you do this? How does the learning process work?
[10:16:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:16:36] <exec> 08└─That's really interesting. I have never heard of someone truly hacking their own brain the way you did. It's easy to imagine using the same technique to overcome other reflexive responses, such as a fear of public speaking.
[10:16:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Wikipedia - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 1815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:16:40] <exec> 08└─One of the aspects of tDCS is its ability to achieve cortical changes even after the stimulation is ended. The duration of this change depends on the length of stimulation as well as the intensity of stimulation. The effects of stimulation increase as the duration of stimulation increases or the str...
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[11:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02Figures - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 964 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:11] <exec> 08└─PowerCo: "Here's a monitoring tool for your electricity demand and price! We're sure you can figure out the best way to use it for our benefit! Enjoy!" Consumers: "Thanks, we will!" What unexpected things could possibly happen in this situation? A company giving it's customers the tools they need to...
[11:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Figures - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:14:12] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't stay up. I'd get it to automatically start at a convenient cheap time. If it's really much cheaper and I can be confident it will stay that way for long enough I might start storing that electricity (in winter you could heat up stuff while electricity is cheap) .
[11:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score:2) 02Market - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:14] <exec> 08└─They give them market, now they have to deal with market problems.
[11:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:1) 02What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 3692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:16] <exec> 08└─The whole demand thing really annoys me. The reason the available supply goes down, and the reason it costs more at those points, is because MORE PEOPLE WANT ELECTRICITY AT THAT MOMENT. Expecting people to offset from peak hours (i.e. those hours when most people are going to want most of their elec...
[11:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Re:Damned if we do, and damned if we don't - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:14:39] <exec> 08└─The story is fine, it's the way the summary wildly speculates that is the problem. The summaries don't need to add commentary, and TFA should be a neutral one free from such speculation as well.
[11:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How do you know they even get printed? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:15:25] <exec> 08└─Faxes have been digital since the 80s.
[11:16:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:trans-cranial electro-stimulation? - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:18] <exec> 08└─You tryin' to fuck my mind?
[11:17:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:This would have worked better at Slashdot, but. - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 98 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:17:37] <exec> 08└─Slashdot did have this story, in which I replied "Is this why slashdot loads slower than soylent?"
[11:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what is this thing? - 06Intel and Micron Announce 3D XPoint, A New Type of Memory and Storage - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:18:31] <exec> 08└─Yeah without all that, Leon Chua wouldn't have thought of the memristor at a major public research university located in Berkeley, California. I'm sure the reason people are willing to pay a premium for Apple stuff instead of Korean or Chinese knockoffs is because of all those patents.
[11:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not a threat? Good power of nuisance anyway - 06Unhinged Linux Backdoor Still Poses a Nuisance, if not a Threat - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:18:55] <exec> 08└─Nonono, that's the way to remove the Linux Backdoor (and install a Windows one instead).
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[12:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03StupendousMan [103] (Score:2) 02The missing information: why this is important - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 1329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:05] <exec> 08└─First, a link to the actual paper: http://arxiv.org [arxiv.org] Now, why is this interesting to astronomers? The puzzle involving lithium is the following: it was one of the few light elements created in the Big Bang, but it is relatively fragile. Inside a star, when temperatures rea...
[12:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bill Evans [1094] (Score:2) 02edge effect - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:18] <exec> 08└─Of course you're going to have unhappy demand patterns if electricity has a certain price and then WHAM! the price changes for a few hours and then WHAM! it changes back. If, instead, the price changed just a tiny bit from one minute to the next, either up or down, throughout the day, you wouldn't h...
[12:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] (Score:2) 02Silly idiots - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 2088 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:28] <exec> 08└─Last node on a traceroute doesn't mean anything significant. If they have something else they need to back it up or just shut up. It ought to be obvious that they're being fooled and/or are fooling themselves. It is as if someone is recreating the travel route of a commuter in reverse from the desti...
[12:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Damned if we do, and damned if we don't - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:14:45] <exec> 08└─Ah, OK. I thought that Phoenix666 had balanced sufficiently it to make it neutral. I'm sure he will take note.
[12:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:Misread ... - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:15:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I was like, why would anyone want double heads?
[12:15:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:How do you know they even get printed? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:15:33] <exec> 08└─Fax machines have always been digital.
[12:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03xorsyst [1372] (Score:1) 02Re:AdBlock + Ghostery - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:04] <exec> 08└─I'll go further - you don't need adblock either. I run with just Ghostery, and I see basically no ads anyway. Most sites work fine, and it's easy to add exceptions for the wotsit widget on a particular page if I care about it.
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[13:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:The missing information: why this is important - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:30] <exec> 08└─First, a link to the actual paper: http://arxiv.org [arxiv.org]
[13:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:The missing information: why this is important - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:32] <exec> 08└─Thanks takyon - just about to type the same.
[13:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:43] <exec> 08└─Are you going to be charged more for buying your petrol at the end of the working day on a Friday rather than 3am on a Sunday?
[13:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:edge effect - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:45] <exec> 08└─The "magic number" effect can still kick in, just like on stock exchange. Most people will use round numbers as triggers. So if your kWh price goes from $0.303 to $0.301, it will have little effect, but if your price goes from $0.301 to $0.299, it will have a huge effect.
[13:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score:2) 02and thus... - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:47] <exec> 08└─"you reap what you sow". Evolution in action.
[13:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02what to call it? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:48] <exec> 08└─"This is a dynamic phenomenon which econophysics models, but not standard economic models, can represent." ['... We're thinking of calling it something like "demand & supply" but we're not sure anyone will go for it. Plus, we have no idea what we're talking about.']
[13:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02kick-backs. - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 1341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:50] <exec> 08└─If the electronic meter doesn't send data to the consumer then i see no point in installing/getting one. the old "turning wheel" meter is probably the universal pinnacle of simplicity for a A/C electrical metering device. aliens might have different cars, houses even different diets, but sure as hel...
[13:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly idiots - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:59] <exec> 08└─Traceroute is not the only means of authenticating an attacker. For example they could be looking at the vulnerabilities used and comparing them to other attackers. Given that the govt collects its own zero-days and pals around with Hacking Team, it's not much of a stretch.
[13:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02"clandestine and covert officers" - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:01] <exec> 08└─let's call them what they are: spies. nobody likes a spy because a spy is a bad guy. i have no sympathy for them.
[13:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:14:16] <exec> 08└─Or maybe she left to help build this narrative that techies assigned the male gender at birth are a bunch of misogynerds actively trying to keep women out of tech. What's the point of that narrative, though? How does that drive down wages? We know the evidence shows that for college graduates, at le...
[13:14:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03No Respect [991] 02Hmmmm.... let's see... - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 125 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:18] <exec> 08└─Did she leave because of gender discrimination or was the timing of her departure just a coincidence? Don't know. Don't care.
[13:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Lemming effect - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:20] <exec> 08└─The culture that is being cited as the reason for everyone leaving is not new. Victoria was the first and probably the most principled refugee. The rest since then are less so. They were just waiting for a trigger. What is fun to watch is that now there is true momentum for exodus of more people to...
[13:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:Headline is wrong - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:14:35] <exec> 08└─the limb has been expected to grow with the person receiving it.
[13:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oops... - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:40] <exec> 08└─The hands were labeled "L" and "R" but the doctor thought it was his "L" and "R", not the patients.
[13:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Obama's New Executive Order Says... - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:15:31] <exec> 08└─President Obama has signed an executive order making it illegal for D.C. to sink. Since there is a plethora of bullshit available in the area, it will be pumped under the capital to support the structure of our lawmakers.
[13:16:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02Yes, I have - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 1037 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:04] <exec> 08└─For a very short time at least. I didn't really notice anything but maybe I didn't give it enough testing, or have a good placement, or whatever. Anyway, I became interested in this some time ago when I listened to this Radio Lab segment about and by a reporter who went to a DARPA lab and got to try...
[13:16:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] 02rTMS @ McLean Hospital - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 683 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:16:10] <exec> 08└─Let's say someone I know is a patient at McLean Hospital in Belmont MA for repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. The results for my friend are amazing. His depression has lifted significantly and yes, that intensely critical inner voice is much quieter. Anxiety is somewhat better but not to...
[13:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03cloud.pt [5516] (Score:1) 02Re:Wikipedia - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:16:25] <exec> 08└─The truth is we don't know what "well" is. Something that changes your mood today might be something that drives you to a different personality later on, or even gives you cancer or Alzheimer's in the long run. Time will tell. In any case, I can't grasp the reasoning behind better electrical conduct...
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[14:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:27] <exec> 08└─Not to reject the idea you've got here entirely, but evolution by natural selection is a perfect example of adapting without goals.
[14:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03miljo [5757] (Score:1) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:28] <exec> 08└─Would survival of the species itself be an innate goal?
[14:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:30] <exec> 08└─No. No one decided that mattered. It lacks the identity of a goal in any real way. Moreover, things not surviving contributes to the process just as much as organisms surviving. Natural selection and mutation plays out all on its own for any self-reproducing anything. ...I just realized I'm way too...
[14:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:32] <exec> 08└─Would survival of the species itself be an innate goal?
[14:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 1736 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:33] <exec> 08└─Take a look at life, life has no programmed goal, but the way the universe is implemented* makes entities that do not adhere to the process called life disperse with higher probability. As I said in the green site, statistically speaking: - stable thingies exist for longer than unstable ones - among...
[14:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can we put taxation back on the table? - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:35] <exec> 08└─If those AIs get taxed, I predict that the first problem they will be used for is figuring out how to evade that tax.
[14:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I like the idea, but it has one minor flaw... - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:37] <exec> 08└─If those AIs get taxed, I predict that the first problem they will be used for is figuring out how to evade that tax. The solution is simple. Exterminate the humans on behalf of whom the tax is being collected, as well as the humans (and machine minions) collecting the tax. The first rule of AI is d...
[14:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can we put taxation back on the table? - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:39] <exec> 08└─basic income Ah a way to keep the poor 'poor' and the rich 'mega rich'. But at least you have a loaf of bread? Basic income is nothing more than minimum wage in a different name. It is a way to 'fix' inequality by driving out the scarcity of goods (which increase prices). http://steshaw.org
[14:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02is weather intelligent - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 1275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:41] <exec> 08└─From the interview: And I think what one realizes in the end is that these abstract definitions of life—it self-reproduces, it does weird thermodynamic things—none of them really define a convincing boundary around this concept of life, and I think the same is true of intelligence. There isn’...
[14:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 1067 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:14:01] <exec> 08└─Your post assumes that people will be forced to do all these things for the electric company benefit. That's not how it's currently envisioned. It's that it provides an option. "If you want to be able to take a shower, watch TV, and everything whenever you want; that's fine, and it will be $3 a day....
[14:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:14:02] <exec> 08└─There are heating systems which have thermal masses in them to store heat in off peak hours and release it during peak hours when heating is needed. So, it's not all nonsense.
[14:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tempest [3050] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:14:04] <exec> 08└─I think some people would time power usage better if they had advanced warning. I can't help but wonder if there isn't a lot of money to be made or saved via power forecasting. If you knew what the power rates were going to be tomorrow, because it's a holiday or the weather will be whatever; then ma...
[14:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02beautiful mind - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:09] <exec> 08└─Sounds like what they are describing is the problems higlighted by the nash equilibrium. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[14:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Look on the bright side - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:22] <exec> 08└─The Chinese (or whoever; it could have been a 14 year old in Milwaukee for all the proof they have) have done more to monkey-wrench the American security state than Snowden, the EFF, and Chelsea combined.
[14:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03miljo [5757] (Score:1) 02Re:Look on the bright side - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:14:23] <exec> 08└─The Chinese...have done more to monkey-wrench the American security state than Snowden, the EFF, and Chelsea combined.
[14:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Misread ... - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:00] <exec> 08└─Well, I hear that penis transplants [soylentnews.org] are possible...
[14:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Paper is not that bad - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 861 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:29] <exec> 08└─Paper is not that bad. Look we may lambast them for 'not using tech'. But think about this. It may actually save them time. If they get an email (of which they get thousands a day probably). Some intern has to print it out and highlight 'this is worth looking at'. They can then scribble notes on it...
[14:15:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Reminds me of a quote - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:43] <exec> 08└─When we first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said we were daft to build a capitol on a swamp, but we built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So we built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So we built a third. That burned down [wikipedia.org], fell over, then s...
[14:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Phoenix666 - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:52] <exec> 08└─Well, your potential central locations, then, based on the current dimensions and population distribution of the US: - Geographical - near the corner of the borders between Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota. - Median population - near Terra Haute, Indiana. - Mean average of population - near Spring...
[14:16:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Music - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:51] <exec> 08└─it can push me from an anxious, over-thinking mood to one where I'm cool, collected and laid-back like a THC-infused Rastafarian. And if I'm feeling sluggish or unmotivated, Thync can also peel that layer away, like the sun burning a morning fog off of my consciousness.
[14:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03blackhawk [5275] (Score:1) 02DNSMasq - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 1784 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:17:54] <exec> 08└─I run AdBlock and Ghostery to reduce the worst of the ads which is great on my PC, but doesn't do a thing for my Android TV, tablet, mum's iPad, etc. I was using a downloadable DNS block list (at the risk of summoning APK) and just editing it into my HOSTS file on my PC, but again, that does nothing...
[14:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:All that energy - 06El Nino Growing Stronger - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:19:26] <exec> 08└─True. And the net effect would be simple: the cooling of warm areas would cause a larger reduction in radiated power than the the corresponding increase in the cooler areas, causing a net reduction in radiation and, once a new equilibrium is reached, a net increase in average temperature.
[14:20:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score:2) 02Re:ISO downloads surprisingly accessible - 06Windows 10 Launches Worldwide - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:25] <exec> 08└─Yeap, just changed my user agent and the ISO site works. Thanks
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[15:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02That explains... - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:29] <exec> 08└─I mean, with an attitude like this no wonder they are "ex-intelligence officials".
[15:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03chrysosphinx [5262] (Score:1) 02Re:That explains... - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:31] <exec> 08└─Actually, being an ex-intelligence officials is the new masquerade for intelligence officials just after their original cover was blown, enabling them to continue operations as before but now in much more effective secrecy.
[15:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Apologies accepted - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:38] <exec> 08└─(grin) Seriously speaking... sincere thanks for doing it
[15:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:I like the idea, but it has one minor flaw... - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:54] <exec> 08└─The solution is simple. Exterminate the humans on behalf of whom the tax is being collected, as well as the humans (and machine minions) collecting the tax.
[15:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03GoonDu [2623] (Score:2) 02Re:I like the idea, but it has one minor flaw... - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:55] <exec> 08└─Or impose a rank of intelligence. The more intelligent the robot, the more tax the company that is employing it must pay. The dumb robots are essentially untaxable. There, you have your jobs and your robots at the same time.
[15:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillAdams [1424] (Score:1) 02Re:Can we put taxation back on the table? - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:57] <exec> 08└─Okay, but how does that negate the example which I provided --- there could be an infinite number of objects in Facebook games, but the developers make things artificially scarce so as to encourage people to pay for in-game purchases so as to keep the game running. If you flood the market, and thing...
[15:14:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03StupendousMan [103] 02The missing information: why this is important - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 1329 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:07] <exec> 08└─First, a link to the actual paper: http://arxiv.org [arxiv.org] Now, why is this interesting to astronomers? The puzzle involving lithium is the following: it was one of the few light elements created in the Big Bang, but it is relatively fragile. Inside a star, when temperatures rea...
[15:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The missing information: why this is important - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:09] <exec> 08└─I waste a lot of time watching debates on Youtube between theists and rational empiricists, and then I click over to SN and rejoice.
[15:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:kick-backs. - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:30] <exec> 08└─Most of the new meters use some sort of NFC that they can read by a vehicle driving down the road, or that is at least what they installed in my neighborhood a couple years back. Now if only multiple things could be accomplished at once like an automated street condition survey, garbage collection,...
[15:14:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] 02Silly idiots - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 2088 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:41] <exec> 08└─Last node on a traceroute doesn't mean anything significant. If they have something else they need to back it up or just shut up. It ought to be obvious that they're being fooled and/or are fooling themselves. It is as if someone is recreating the travel route of a commuter in reverse from the desti...
[15:15:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score:2) 02Re:Lemming effect - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, deleted my two year old account after just getting generally disgusted with the internal drama and weirdness that occurs in all the "good" subs (the internet makes it easy to fixate on topics as it is, reddit makes it very easy). I've just been going back to lurking and randomly experimenting...
[15:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Probably has to do with change in her boss - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:07] <exec> 08└─When a CEO leaves, whether voluntarily or by firing, it's common for many of their trusted subordinates to depart as well. Obviously they don't have the same close working relationship and trust with the new guy or girl, and latter usually wants to install his or her own team over time.
[15:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 026" is no big deal - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:25] <exec> 08└─My GF says 6" is no big deal, so why the concern?
[15:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:6" is no big deal - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:26] <exec> 08└─Mine said 10" is just right.
[15:16:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Re:Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:53] <exec> 08└─. . . one of the smarter ones out of us hooked a lantern battery up to a transformer . . .
[15:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:some clarification - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:11] <exec> 08└─I'm told the actually treatment runs about 20 minutes, but the additional time is for helmet placement, notes, etc.
[15:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:15] <exec> 08└─From what I can tell, the "E-meter" so touted by the Church of $cientology is the same thing used for the same purpose.
[15:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 741 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:18] <exec> 08└─I was taught the process on a psychologist's radio show, but I also looked into two other anger management curriculums. In the end I simply bought a GSR meter off of Amazon and worked through it at home. This is the procedure I followed: http://www.marriagebuilders.com [marr...
[15:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:21] <exec> 08└─It's easy to imagine using the same technique to overcome other reflexive responses, such as a fear of public speaking.
[15:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Reconsidering AdBlocking - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:36] <exec> 08└─I usually don't run with any kind of ad blocking because I do appreciate the content on the net and want the authors to get something for their effort. This has me really reconsidering that. Way to go marketing weenies!
[15:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Re:Reconsidering AdBlocking - 06Ad Companies Deliberately Slowing Web Page Loading? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:18:37] <exec> 08└─My compromise on this: I run with adblock, and whitelist sites whose authors I respect.
[15:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aichon [5059] (Score:2) 02Re:16 gig? - 06Intel and Micron Announce 3D XPoint, A New Type of Memory and Storage - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:19:16] <exec> 08└─Agreed, but I was young(er) and didn't know any better. ;)
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[16:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:26] <exec> 08└─I just watched a video on youtube the other day (some conspiracy one) where they were talking about this. I think it came from this site: http://www.holographic-disclosure.com [holographic-disclosure.com] They had a video of a guy with a chainsaw near a tree and were saying how the tree did somethi...
[16:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02"Theft" of "intellectual property" - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:36] <exec> 08└─So many propaganda terms. [gnu.org]
[16:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:"Theft" of "intellectual property" - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:37] <exec> 08└─That's an interesting link - thank you. I think I will be using that again in the future.
[16:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Eunuchswear [525] (Score:1) 02People still use BIND? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:47] <exec> 08└─In 2015 people still use BIND? WTF.
[16:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:People still use BIND? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:48] <exec> 08└─Only masochists, hence the name.
[16:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:01] <exec> 08└─Evolution does not mandate emergence of intelligence.
[16:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03scruffybeard [533] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:36] <exec> 08└─I had many of the same thoughts when I read this article. I have an all electric house, and for any given month, about half my bill is to run the heat pump, which has a thermostat that adjusts for when the family is out of the home at work/school. Aside from the dishwasher, and maybe the washing mac...
[16:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Probably has to do with change in her boss - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:15:23] <exec> 08└─Except Jessica was there well before Chairman Pao.
[16:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Eunuchswear [525] (Score:1) 02Re:Blasphemy - whos guarding the gates here? - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:27] <exec> 08└─What you meant to say: Like all scientific websites, you need to stop posting evidence.
[16:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:37] <exec> 08└─Can you more minutely describe what it was like to work with the GSR? You had the thing attached to you, and you moderated your reactions according to the readout. Did you feel the difference mainly in your arm, or was it internal? Is it something you could imagine doing yourself, rather than in the...
[16:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes there are - but you have to click on them - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:02] <exec> 08└─and the links within it Plurals usually imply > 1
[16:19:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2) 02Re:what is this thing? - 06Intel and Micron Announce 3D XPoint, A New Type of Memory and Storage - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:19:27] <exec> 08└─And where, pray tell, did the funding for his research come from? The university doesn't have huge amounts of money to pay for research, a lot of that money comes from private groups that use royalties to fund the research. No company is going to fund research if the competition can steal the work w...
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[17:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 1323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:29] <exec> 08└─I tried searching for what you said but couldn't find this. I did find this interesting bit though. "Plants can ‘hear’ themselves being eaten - and become defensive when attacked ... Plants that heard caterpillar sounds released more mustard oils, which are unappealing to caterpillars and thus w...
[17:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:30] <exec> 08└─Maybe. For example, the power line sound may be similar to an insect wings buzzing.
[17:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score:2) 02Time to put plants on Prozac? - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:31] <exec> 08└─[Prozac]'s effect on neurosteroids is primarily related to an increase in allopregnanolone, a potent GABA receptor positive allosteric modulator.... [wikipedia.org]
[17:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score:3, Informative) 02Signal to Reduce Root Growth - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:33] <exec> 08└─After skimming the article I think the breakthrough is taking the previously known correlation of increased GABA to reduced root growth and now figuring out how plants use the increased GABA to signal the change in behavior. More broadly, our findings reveal that GABA-mediated regulation of ALMT pro...
[17:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02True - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:35] <exec> 08└─They call me couch potato, and I fart when I am annoyed.
[17:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02what have they done? - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:46] <exec> 08└─I'm being lazy but does anyone know if these guys took meaningful steps in this direction when they were in office?
[17:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:what have they done? - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:48] <exec> 08└─I seem to remember McConnel vacillating to one side and the other of reasonable. That is - he wasn't the draconian prick that General Alexander is today. The other two, I really can't recall.
[17:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Surprise? - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:49] <exec> 08└─How is anyone surprised? These ex-government officials have passed through the revolving door and have now been told by their new masters that the government is bad for business. They are toeing that line. If anyone needs more evidence that the government is totally corrupt and worthy of burning, he...
[17:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Hmm, how do we know Janrinok actually posted that? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:59] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's someone who hijacked Janrinok's HTTP session using the BIND vulnerability, who now PWNs SN.
[17:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:12] <exec> 08└─Oh, let's head down this road, I guess. Define intelligence.
[17:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:13] <exec> 08└─No, let's not. But I concede, adaptation occurs without *conscious* goals.
[17:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Silly idiots - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:08] <exec> 08└─*ragequits comment* ;D (I'm not awake yet, extreme morning grumpiness)
[17:15:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"clandestine and covert officers" - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:10] <exec> 08└─let's call them what they are: spies. nobody likes a spy because a spy is a bad guy. i have no sympathy for them.
[17:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Numerous times - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:24] <exec> 08└─It was probably bullshit powered
[17:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02Re:I hacked my brain - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 1607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:52] <exec> 08└─Yes, you simply put your hand on a metal sensor and put an earbud in your ear. You'll hear a tone that rises in pitch the more stressed you are. You can fairly quickly learn to control the tone by thinking about different subjects. I used to occasionally put the earbud in while working and discovere...
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[18:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02won't cut energy usage - 06Making the new silicon: Gallium nitride electronics could drastically cut energy usage - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:31] <exec> 08└─the only thing this will result in is faster chips in servers. if there is one thing to be learned it's that data centers will use as much power as allowed as long as it's not cost prohibitive. that said, data centers should be forced to invest in solar panels to go on the roof because it's one plac...
[18:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Light show - 06Making the new silicon: Gallium nitride electronics could drastically cut energy usage - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:32] <exec> 08└─Ga diodes emit light. So, if they use a clear plastic for the casing, there would be a nice little light show going off in the power supply.
[18:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:45] <exec> 08└─I remember a Mythbuster episode where they tried to experiment with music and how that affects plants. I can't remember the results but I have always heard rumors that music and the type of music can affect plants.
[18:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:46] <exec> 08└─I read something at least 25 years ago about some trees in the savanna releasing chemicals when goats eat their leaves, and the trees downstream starting to produce toxic chemicals when they perceive these chemicals. Herd protection, in a sense.
[18:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Duh - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:50] <exec> 08└─This is why I refuse to eat any vegetables.
[18:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:"Theft" of "intellectual property" - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:00] <exec> 08└─Some of these definitions are clearly propaganda the other way. While they make sense in a war of viewpoints, some get quite absurd in a normal discussion context. Anyone clinging to the suggested substitute will quickly end up back in his basement complaining to his echo chamber about the lack of t...
[18:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:People still use BIND? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:14] <exec> 08└─Apparently yes: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[18:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:People still use BIND? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:15] <exec> 08└─Absolutely. There are alternatives, but most of them are either tied to a specific OS and/or lack some of the features and scalability necessary for some higher end usage case scenarios - albeit not ones that are likely to crop up in your typical SME. In the enterprise and ISPs where BIND is more of...
[18:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:People still use BIND? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 849 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:18] <exec> 08└─In 2015 people still use BIND? WTF. In fact you use it every day too I bet. It is one of those bits of software that 'just works'. Yes it is a massive pain to setup. But once setup the maintenance on it is pretty much upgrade the executables. Just because you use some other tool does not mean others...
[18:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03miljo [5757] (Score:1) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:31] <exec> 08└─So the meaning of life is something akin to nihilism, or 42.
[18:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:33] <exec> 08└─Not at all. I'm just sad.
[18:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:is weather intelligent - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 4008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:46] <exec> 08└─Intelligence does not exist in a binary dichotomy of intelligent or not intelligent; It scales smoothly with complexity. All processes can be categorized and formulated via the classic cybernetic feedback loop: Sense, Decide, Act (repeat). An electron may sense its quantum state, decide what to do,...
[18:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:The missing information: why this is important - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:58] <exec> 08└─> a lot of time watching debates on Youtube between theists and rational empiricists You know that you can pay people to help you fulfill your masochist needs without wasting everyone's bandwidth and seemingly encouraging terrible public behavior, right?
[18:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:14] <exec> 08└─My Father In-Law just put in a Solar Panel System. He was able to hook the system up, so he uses the electricity first, sells excess to the power company, and only buys electricity from them when it's not putting out enough. It seems to be working extremely well. Solar Panels look like a more reason...
[18:15:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:16] <exec> 08└─One way to fight back is to use a battery storage system. Set it to only charge during off-peak and then as you go through your daily routine, the battery supplies the juice. Though, battery packs aren't exactly cheap. Though, I would imagine a few clever geeks hacking together systems using solar i...
[18:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score:2) 02Re:kick-backs. - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 1057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:23] <exec> 08└─Communicating with the mother ship is the whole point. To complete the proposed billing calculations you have to get the data to the appropriate division in the mother ship. Having worked for a place that designed and built powerplants and distribution isaw that they were all for the smart meter t...
[18:15:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly idiots - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 2265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:36] <exec> 08└─True but contrast that to Clapper's statement (or the “details” in the Congress-whatever “report”): it's obvious they have nothing of the sort, Clapper wouldn't be timid or shy (don't try to imagine that or you'll lose your bowels in both directions) and they're all in desperate need for “...
[18:15:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03zafiro17 [234] (Score:2) 02Re:Look on the bright side - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 1399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:42] <exec> 08└─Thank you sir, I accept your pity, as I am a victim. I'm not too focused on who has done this (and I'm not beyond believing that my government would do the same thing to Chinese govt employees if given the chance - that's the way espionage works). But what the hell, I worked for the USG for nearly t...
[18:16:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Michelle [4097] (Score:1) 02The recode article has been updated - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:06] <exec> 08└─Not sure how recent this is, but there's an update where Jessica says: My departure has to do with my own life outside of work and nothing internal at reddit. It has nothing to do with the policy changes or being a woman. The author couched facts between sentences meant to inspire speculation.
[18:16:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03zafiro17 [234] (Score:2) 02The issue is the non-disclosure policy - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:08] <exec> 08└─We'll never know what's going on inside Reddit, so it's pointless to speculate. The fact is, people quit companies every day, but once there's reason to pay more attention to women quitting, every woman who quits suddenly fuels the rumor mill. Hey, maybe she got tired of commuting 90 minutes each wa...
[18:16:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score:2) 02There is no lemming effect. - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:10] <exec> 08└─People only think that lemmings blindly follow one another is because the makers of a Disney nature film faked the entire thing [snopes.com] because it made good footage.
[18:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wikipedia - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 1909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:18:31] <exec> 08└─In this case "well" is merely referring to the physical and objective degree of electrical conductivity, not as a judgement of the overall brain state itself... This isn't like over-clocking the whole brain, rather modulating the relative strength of different "circuits" so as to produce a different...
[18:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Somewhat Alarming - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:33] <exec> 08└─Things like this send all kinds of alarm bells ringing in my brain. Sure, it could be used for something good, and hopefully will. Harrison Bergeron is a film / story that delves into what things can be done to "control people". In the case of Harrison Bergeron it was a device that pretty much just...
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[19:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Yay for genetics - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:32] <exec> 08└─> the first high-starch, low-methane rice How much extra methane is emitted by the rice's consumer?
[19:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Yay for genetics - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:34] <exec> 08└─Given that starches tend to be fast-metabolized and don't feed your microbiome very well, not that much.
[19:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03BananaPhone [2488] (Score:2) 02and how much for the patent, Monsanto? - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:36] <exec> 08└─Unless it is given away, nobody will be able to afford it. Meanwhile the entire world suffers.
[19:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02golden rice - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:37] <exec> 08└─http://www.goldenrice.org/ [goldenrice.org] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] vitamin ayy
[19:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score:1) 02It's the roots that ferment - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:39] <exec> 08└─> So, does it ferment to sake, or beer? It's the roots that ferment. So I suppose it ferments to root beer?
[19:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:58] <exec> 08└─Almost like our cells release interferons.
[19:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Obama War Against Apple and Google Gets Uglier - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 1541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:18] <exec> 08└─https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/30/obama-administration-war-apple-google-just-got-uglier/ [firstlook.org] The intimidation campaign got a boost Thursday when a blog that frequently promotes the interests of the national security establishment raised the prospect [lawfareblog.com] of Appl...
[19:14:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:47] <exec> 08└─in·nate adjective inborn; natural. Survival seems to be one of those inborn, natural things that all forms of life do.
[19:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:I like the idea, but it has one minor flaw... - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:57] <exec> 08└─I have replaced my "artificial" bits with natural bits that were selectively removed from (former) employees. I comply with the tax code and reduced company overhead (in several ways).
[19:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Can we put taxation back on the table? - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 1240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:01] <exec> 08└─Ok, so, in 2035¹ when I lose my robot technician job after inventing the robot technician robot (working for minimum wage to boot because there's an army of unemployed robot technicians who want my job, not to mention the hordes picketing outside the office demanding my head on a pike for inventing...
[19:15:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:34] <exec> 08└─That would not be fighting back, that would be helping the power company.
[19:15:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] (Score:2) 02Re:Silly idiots - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:57] <exec> 08└─Nope, no sockpuppets, not even one, and very rarely post as AC (I guess it's between 3 and 5 times since the site got started). I got here through the message notifications after I refreshed and read a story in an old tab (one for you and one for Takyon and Takyon's reply was the earliest) and haven...
[19:16:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Look on the bright side - 06What Federal Employees Really Need To Worry About After the Chinese Hack - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:03] <exec> 08└─From the OPM website they haven't even begun to send notifications to the 21 million: https://www.opm.gov [opm.gov]
[19:16:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:speculation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:24] <exec> 08└─...Chairman Pao... Really? Is this what passes for intelligent discourse these days?
[19:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bill Dimm [940] (Score:2) 02Her Explanation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:32] <exec> 08└─From her farewell post [reddit.com]: ...Since a few women have left reddit recently, certain reports have implied that my gender was the cause. That is simply not the case as I have always felt respected as a colleague here and managed to surround myself with good people in an industry not always k...
[19:16:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gravis [4596] 02Re:Headline is wrong - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 64 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:46] <exec> 08└─the limb has been expected to grow with the person receiving it.
[19:16:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03e_armadillo [3695] (Score:2) 02Young Frankenstein Reloaded - 068-Yr Old Boy Gets Double Hand Transplant - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:54] <exec> 08└─Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [to Igor] Now those hands that you gave me. Were they Hans Delbruck's? Igor: [pause, then] No. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Ah! Very good. Would you mind telling me whose hands I DID put on? Igor: Then you won't be angry? Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry. Ig...
[19:17:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03EQ [1716] 02Nice phrase - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 45 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:03] <exec> 08└─Set the Fax Machine to Maximum Weasel Factor!
[19:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Blasphemy - whos guarding the gates here? - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:17:38] <exec> 08└─Like all scientific websites, you need to stop posting evidence that 30 years ago we came to a flawed conclusion... We came to a lot of flawed conclusions 30 years ago. Good thing science is a process that improves itself.
[19:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:contact points - 06Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:34] <exec> 08└─It's each. Each electrode is a mesh, a sponge, and a holder. I have two, or six parts total.
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[20:13:27] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] 02Not a car show - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 181 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:27] <exec> 08└─TFA makes a mistake - Top Gear is not a car show, or a factual show in the traditional sense. It is a comedy show in car drag, and it happens to inform you about cars along the way.
[20:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not a car show - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:29] <exec> 08└─TFA makes a mistake - Top Gear is not a car show, or a factual show in the traditional sense. It is a comedy show in car drag, and it happens to misinform you about cars along the way to destroying them, particularly if they're rare and no longer made.
[20:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Will you watch? - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:30] <exec> 08└─Not until reruns are free somewhere (and maybe not even then). + Clarkson is too much of a jerk--there used to be some funny bits, but less and less as time goes on. + I already boycott Amazon because of the way they bully small specialty publishers. Have never had an account with them. Maybe they d...
[20:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03hunchentoot [4874] (Score:1, Informative) 02Will you watch? - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 2 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:32] <exec> 08└─no
[20:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:1) 02Re:Will you watch? - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:34] <exec> 08└─Not really my cup of tea, but I'm loving the proliferation of original streaming television content.
[20:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Anti-competetive agreement - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:35] <exec> 08└─I read [lmgtfy.com] that the hosts (Jeremy, et al.) had a 2-year non-compete clause in their contracts. Perhaps they found a way around this? Perhaps Amazon paid off the Beeb?
[20:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Yay for genetics - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:43] <exec> 08└─it's funny cos... farts!
[20:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Re:golden rice - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:46] <exec> 08└─I heard a funny thing about Golden Rice. It seems that the the vitamin A deficiency it is supposed to address is being caused by farmers being pressured (economic and regulatory) into only growing rice. If they were allowed to grow the diverse crops they used to grow people would get all the nutrien...
[20:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Relevancy? - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:48] <exec> 08└─And all this matters because someone thinks global warming via man made gasses is a thing. It's not, but that is not helping to obtaining government money for business that has no need to exist in a sane world. Business profits driven by legislation are bad for everyone.
[20:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0, Touché) 02Re:Relevancy? - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:50] <exec> 08└─Business profits driven by legislation are bad for everyone.
[20:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Article this morning on rice&potatoes in China - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:52] <exec> 08└─Must be a slow news day for the world, because this article made the front page of AlJazeera this morning: http://www.aljazeera.com [aljazeera.com] Not trying to save the planet from global warming, but there are other issues with rice...
[20:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02But .... - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:53] <exec> 08└─This new strain of rice need more water and fertilizer to achieve the promised higher yields. If it doesn't get them it doesn't live up to its hype. Most Fertilizers are petroleum based, need lots of water to create and generate loads of GH gases during production. In many of the areas this is suppo...
[20:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Silicon vs Gallium Nitride - 06Making the new silicon: Gallium nitride electronics could drastically cut energy usage - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:01] <exec> 08└─I wonder which production method results in less waste and less harmful byproducts. GaN benefit in energy reduction could possibly be offset by it's hazardous waste content. Here's an interesting problem that they have to overcome "GaN transistors are typically "normally on"—meaning, by default, t...
[20:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:13] <exec> 08└─I remember doing experiments in grade school using classical music vs rock music and the effects each had on the plants.
[20:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"Theft" of "intellectual property" - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:31] <exec> 08└─I'd say they're more logical and allow for more clear communication, not propaganda. This propaganda is pushed by multi-billion dollar industries and the government, so it has to be squashed.
[20:15:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:15:52] <exec> 08└─It's ludicrous to think that the consumers have this kind of time, knowledge, equipment and even desire, just to benefit an underpowered grid allowing it to become even more underpowered.
[20:16:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Dampening? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 1519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:02] <exec> 08└─dampen (third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened) 1. (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. 2. (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. [quotations ▼] ...
[20:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:speculation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:16:45] <exec> 08└─that hired(and still hires) Chairman Pao discriminates against women.
[20:18:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Well... - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 57 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:08] <exec> 08└─Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100
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[21:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Sentence in subject!! - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:26] <exec> 08└─But...but... Duh terrists!!
[21:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02hmm - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:28] <exec> 08└─"Nothing is safe, not even our trash." Safe from what exactly? Being seen by someone other than ourselves? Privacy is one thing, but ultimately we are each responsible for our own actions and should not expect greater courtesy than we are willing to extend.
[21:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:hmm - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:30] <exec> 08└─Care to bend over while I cram my dick in your ass?
[21:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2) 02Re:hmm - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 917 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:33] <exec> 08└─The city was doing that here, but the fines were small and they ultimately agreed to stop doing it. There are a number of problems, the trash collectors always saw what you were throwing out, but having them pay attention to it and try to judge whether you were over the limit never made much sense....
[21:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:hmm - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:35] <exec> 08└─My boss got in trouble with the city when someone dumped paint cans in his trash. If they want to make people pay based on what they trash, they'd have to secure the bins first. That'd be a job for millions of unemployed people, or interesting tech... Can't wait to have people call themselves I337 t...
[21:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02trash - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:37] <exec> 08└─Ugg Win10
[21:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:38] <exec> 08└─Most of our trash comes from grocery packaging (and we minimize that by buying mostly produce). We often take this trash back to them -- there is always a garbage can by the store entrance. Sort of the reverse of wilderness camping protocol... Anything remotely trace-able (bank correspondence, etc)...
[21:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03gallondr00nk [392] (Score:2) 02Re:Not a car show - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:43] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I can't stand the fucking thing. A friend of mine summed it up as a car show whose target audience are people who drive identical Ford Focus diesels but think they're car buffs because they want a Bugatti one day. I remember one particular show, not long after the TVR factory in Blackpool ha...
[21:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Will you watch? - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 1461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:45] <exec> 08└─I don't think that even Clarkson takes Clarkson seriously. It's an act. It's a self-mocking parody of old-fashioned British values i.e. bullying, sarcasm, intolerance, snobbery.... That's why it's so funny, and I say that as a bleeding-heart lefty. I suppose it's a kind of national catharsis. It hel...
[21:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Will you watch? - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:48] <exec> 08└─Not your cup of tea!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Touche!
[21:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03tempest [3050] (Score:2) 02Re:Anti-competetive agreement - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:50] <exec> 08└─The non compete only applies to shows made for UK broadcasters.
[21:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02One word - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:52] <exec> 08└─Fuck yeah!
[21:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Misuse of the word - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:54] <exec> 08└─I've seen an episode of Top Gear. "Talent" is certainly not the right word.
[21:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:golden rice - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:07] <exec> 08└─http://www.goldenrice.org/Content3-Why/why1_vad.php [goldenrice.org] (obviously pro-golden rice) We wish that everybody in the world had access to a well-balanced diet, capable of covering all nutrition needs of the population. Yet, a quick reality check teaches us that in many regions of the world...
[21:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Article this morning on rice&potatoes in China - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:12] <exec> 08└─Must be a slow news day for the world, because this article made the front page of AlJazeera this morning
[21:15:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:is weather intelligent - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:15:42] <exec> 08└─Any sufficiently complex interaction is indistinguishable from sentience, because that's all sentience is.
[21:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:15] <exec> 08└─if you charge at off-peak then you pay less for the same energy. You get to keep more of your money, the electric company gets less of it. How is that "... helping the power company" Victory over something doesn't always mean you destroy your opponent. Victory can also mean getting what you want (sp...
[21:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:What? - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:16] <exec> 08└─if you charge at off-peak then you pay less for the same energy. You get to keep more of your money, the electric company gets less of it. How is that "... helping the power company"
[21:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:kick-backs. - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:25] <exec> 08└─They're a mesh network in my neck of the woods.
[21:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Re:Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:01] <exec> 08└─Isn't Reddit too small for any meaningful statistic?
[21:17:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:speculation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 372 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:10] <exec> 08└─It strikes me that the people publicly leaving are some of those who actually cared about the Reddit community. This suggests that they don't like what management is planning to do to it. (Yes, Pao apparently cared about the community - idealogically if not personally. Standing up to the board on be...
[21:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Re:Lemming effect - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:15] <exec> 08└─There are so many insane and depraved individuals to read posts from.
[21:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Re:Her Explanation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:22] <exec> 08└─^ This should be in the summary!
[21:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Re:Her Explanation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:24] <exec> 08└─standard disclaimer BS
[21:20:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Grabbing the alarm clock. - 06Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM - Reprise - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:20:02] <exec> 08└─Apologies in advance, [youtube.com] but it is obligatory.
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[22:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score:2) 02renters - 06Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:26] <exec> 08└─One problem I foresee with this is renters. Where do you charge your electric vehicle if you don't have a garage? They either need to get the cars to recharge way faster or find a way to charge cars on the street. Gas stations aren't going anywhere, they're just going to incorporate emergency chargi...
[22:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Another glass of a certain branded drink? - 06Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:27] <exec> 08└─That would take a massive drop in prices. Just because most people don't need more range than is currently available doesn't mean that the electric car is ready for everyone. Look at Norway: price parity and good public infrastructure is what's driving sales through the roof. In the US? Nowhere near...
[22:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score:2) 02Just great. - 06US Puts in Bid for First Exaflops Supercomputer - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:36] <exec> 08└─US Puts in Bid for First Exaflops Supercomputer
[22:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02power comparisons for other research facilities - 06US Puts in Bid for First Exaflops Supercomputer - 870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:37] <exec> 08└─60 megawatts = ~ 80 000 horsepower. A serious transonic wind tunnel that I'm familiar with has run three shifts (billing nearly 6000 hours/year) and when it's running it uses 25,000 hp. Before they start the motors they have to call the power company to put another generator or two online. They hav...
[22:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02source code refactoring can conserve energy - 06US Puts in Bid for First Exaflops Supercomputer - 1552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:39] <exec> 08└─I have been studying this for some time. The two most obvious ways are to reduce cache misses and to encourage rotating media spindown. Suppose you have a process that hits the disk once per second. How important is it, that the magnetic media be accessed? Some kinds of caching could enable disk sle...
[22:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:51] <exec> 08└─Where do you store that trash until the next trip to the grocery store?
[22:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:52] <exec> 08└─In my rectum. I make Goatse's asshole look like a pinhole.
[22:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:54] <exec> 08└─Ah, you need attention. Got it. Why not say something insightful?
[22:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:56] <exec> 08└─Because making you butthurt is too fun.
[22:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:57] <exec> 08└─Good luck!
[22:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:59] <exec> 08└─Where do you store that trash ...
[22:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Techwolf [87] (Score:2) 02Telsa - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:16] <exec> 08└─Was this the show that trash the Telsa with false info and editing? The result was a new polisity that Telsa now has full rights to the logs before any articial or show is produced.
[22:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:golden rice - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:33] <exec> 08└─Monsanto? LOL, fuck off.
[22:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:But .... - 06Tiny Grains of Rice Hold Big Promise for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Bioenergy - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:40] <exec> 08└─More importantly: What's the licensing cost?
[22:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Re:Duh - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:08] <exec> 08└─"Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!"
[22:15:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score:2) 02Re:People still use BIND? - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:39] <exec> 08└─Djbdns is a nice alternative (dbndns on Debian servers). It has a nice readable format and has been rock solid for me. Here's some links as a primer if you're thinking of switching. (the grumpy badger guide is awesome) http://www.xmarks.com [xmarks.com]
[22:15:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:No goal, no intelligence - 06Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:56] <exec> 08└─Survival seems to be one of those inborn, natural things that all forms of life do.
[22:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:2) 02Lithium Ions - 06First Detection of Lithium From an Exploding Star - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:25] <exec> 08└─Are they sure it was an exploding star and not ET's laptop battery blowing up?
[22:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Her Explanation - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:17:54] <exec> 08└─'the spend time with family' part is on page 1 of the 'Bullshit reasons for leaving a company' manual.
[22:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score:2) 02Re:6" is no big deal - 06 Washington, DC Predicted to Sink 6 Inches or More by 2100 - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:19:17] <exec> 08└─Both your girlfriends told me they loved 12". Also, sorry if I bored them out.
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[23:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:3, Informative) 02Tough decision... - 06Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:37] <exec> 08└─I drive 30 miles each way to work every day. My next commuter car will be electric to do that daily grind. However, I also make 400 mile road trips several times a year to visit family. Right now, I can't do that with the available electic cars unless I buy a Tesla - and that only works because ther...
[23:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score:2) 02Re:Tough decision... - 06Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:38] <exec> 08└─What if more places install supercharger stations? Would that make your 400 mile road trip something you'd want to do in an electric car?
[23:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:1) 02I want one but - 06Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:39] <exec> 08└─I live in New Zealand......turns out we are not important enough to have a dealership here. I could buy one from Australia; but at $120kAUD plus all the taxes to get it here the Model S ends up being around $200 - $240kNZD depending on exchange rate. When compared to a really nice brand new petrol /...
[23:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Re:power comparisons for other research facilities - 06US Puts in Bid for First Exaflops Supercomputer - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:50] <exec> 08└─Before they start the motors they have to call the power company to put another generator or two online.
[23:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:power comparisons for other research facilities - 06US Puts in Bid for First Exaflops Supercomputer - 672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:13:52] <exec> 08└─I doubt any country will want to build a 60 MW exascale supercomputer, even if there are bragging rights to be had. The target is 20-25 MW, which means efficiency needs to increase from 3-5 GFLOPS/W to 40-50 GFLOPS/W. Some processors appear to do a lot of GFLOPS/w [streamcomputing.eu], for example e...
[23:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:pack it out, pack it in - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:11] <exec> 08└─Don't need luck. I already won.
[23:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03That_Dude [2503] (Score:2) 02Oh what the hell - privacy awareness campaign! - 06Automated Garbage Monitoring - 637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:13] <exec> 08└─I am proposing a national holiday week where guys dress up in women's clothing and go out and search through some random rubbish bin while wearing Hoover banners. The name Hoover must be the largest font, while other similar entities can be displayed using a smaller font. If just one person does it,...
[23:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not a car show - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:24] <exec> 08└─A friend of mine summed it up as a car show whose target audience are people who drive identical Ford Focus diesels but think they're car buffs because they want a Bugatti one day.
[23:14:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Anti-competetive agreement - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, as Tempest said, it's for broadcast television only. I'm not sure if it's restricted solely to the UK - I would expect that it includes foreign markets in which Top Gear is broadcast, so that'd be the US, Australia, New Zealand, pretty much anywhere there's a TV station.
[23:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Misuse of the word - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:37] <exec> 08└─350 million people would disagree with you. Ask yourself: is it more likely that one third of a billion people spread across the world are wrong, or that you are wrong? Now, if you had prefaced that statement with "In my opinion..." you may have been able to argue your point.
[23:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Telsa - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:39] <exec> 08└─I watched the Tesla episode a few weeks ago. From what I recall, Clarkson seemed to love it and his only real problem was the battery life. I don't know if that counts as trashing it or not.
[23:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Yes, absolutely - 06Amazon Beats Netflix to Sign Ex-Top Gear Talent for New Motoring Show - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:40] <exec> 08└─The trio's immature antics amuse me, and it revolves around cars! Unfortunately, I'll be about an hour and a half behind the rest of the world since I'll need to wait for it to come out on torrent. As comments above have indicated, Amazon¹ isn't the most ethical business out there, and I already ha...
[23:15:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:25] <exec> 08└─What were the results?
[23:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Not new - 06Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:26] <exec> 08└─He smoked them... Reggae music is da bomb! Yo!
[23:15:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score:2) 02Re:That explains... - 06Ex-Intelligence Officials Support Encryption in Editorial - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:42] <exec> 08└─Actually, it's a fairly common stance for ex-spooks to take. Sort of "stop me before I kill again", but probably a case of getting out of the environment and finally feeling what it's like being on the other end of the gun.
[23:16:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Not using BIND. - 06Critical BIND Bug - CVE-2015-5477 - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:16:07] <exec> 08└─Just apache, vsftpd, and OpenSSH. Lucky me.
[23:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:1) 0221.2 brazillion people - 06Smart Meters May Destabilize the Grid - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:17:18] <exec> 08└─you wouldn't have five brazillion people waiting until 7:00pm to do laundry
[23:18:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02Re:Or - 06Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit’s Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left Company - 1152 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:00] <exec> 08└─Coincidence? I plan on tendering my resignation next week, and I don't even have a position at Reddit! But it is just like when I resigned from Slashdot, where I was a loyal lurker who never actually signed up for a username, but as soon a beta hit the wall, I was like, outta there! And Google, when...
[23:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this supposed to be ironic? - 06Just the Fax: Internet Activists go Analog to Fight Congress on Cybersecurity Bill - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:19:04] <exec> 08└─I'm currently looking for the -1 I wanted to correct while I was at work. These are not the comments I'm looking for. Move along. (I think somebody else got to it first.) BTW, it was your 3rd paragraph that was your undoing. You might have been informative if not for that.
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