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[00:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Do any consumers actually want this? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:33] <exec> 08└─I'd be interested to hear what fraction of consumers actually WANT targeted advertising up the ass everywhere. People who actually buy things from ads? *Somebody* must be doing so. I don't want Google to massage my search results if I'm logged in/in some geographic location/on a different device. I...
[00:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Do any consumers actually want this? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:40:34] <exec> 08└─While I generally prefer targeted advertising ( I subscribe to trade magazines a lot for the ads! - I wanna know who is making what. ), sometimes target advertising has unintended side effects. Especially when social taboos are concerned. The last thing I want showing up on Google searches at work i...
[00:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Drone WiFi - 06Facebook's Laser Drones v Google's Net-Beaming Balloons - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:47] <exec> 08└─Just the other day I stumbled across the selection of drones offered by Target. The small ones were quite cheap. I often have the problem that I can't get wifi where I want to hang out. So what I could do is launch a drone with an 802.11 repeater then leech off the WiFi at McDonalds while I'm up all...
[00:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:2) 0227,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:58] <exec> 08└─That's roughly equivalent to a .460 Weatherby Magnum.
[00:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:59] <exec> 08└─You wouldn't want to reach orbital velocity at low altitudes but you could use the railgun for what otherwise would be the first stage. Because the railgun itself would not require lift, the actual vehicle could be a lot smaller and lighter than conventional rockets. Surely someone has studied this,...
[00:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Save... SCIENCE?? - 06Gambling Can Save Science! - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:15] <exec> 08└─Since when was psychology science?
[00:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:41:55] <exec> 08└─Wow, Buzzard said something about politics that actually made sense. Except for Carson winning the GOP nomination. That's a stretch. Rubio does have charisma, you know.
[00:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Let's just surrender to the status quo - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 1847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:07] <exec> 08└─inevitable It was inevitable that Obama would be crushed in 2008. Oh, wait... respectable news sources Those get zero respect from me. Giving credence to Lamestream Media is so 1988. Hillary is leading Sanders Well, she did -start- with a wide lead. by an insurmountably large margin See "inevitable"...
[00:43:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02You're the problem. - 06Google Autonomous Vehicle Creates Problem on Road While Google Team Shrugs Off Results - 486 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:12] <exec> 08└─No. The people I don't want on the roads are idiots like the poster. People doing 25 in a 35 are fine. It's the dickheads coming up behind them wanting to do 45 no matter what hazards may be ahead that are the problem. If you get that tense and annoyed just overtake him when safe. If you get that te...
[00:43:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02Re:Not so - 06Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks - 212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:46] <exec> 08└─Nothing costs mere pennies with the MTA. If they can't spend an order of magnitude than it should cost, it's not worth doing for them because there won't be enough to grease all the palms that need to be greased.
[00:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Not so - 06Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:47] <exec> 08└─My belief is that nearly any Arduino hobbyist should have the ability to build these....
[00:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:2) 02Who needs them? - 06Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:54] <exec> 08└─Once you get to the platform of a commuter train line, how important is it to know when the next train's coming? I ride one, and the answer to "When does my train get here?" is "Sometime in the next fifteen minutes".
[00:45:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:They are set then - 06Morphine? Nope. Centipede Venom a Much Less Addictive Way to Kill Pain, Says Chinese Team - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:45:57] <exec> 08└─Do you mean Islam is growing among the Uighurs, or the Han? The Uighurs I'd believe, because they're kind of already there and there's a violent independence movement (aka terrorist cell) there already. The Han converting to Islam would surprise the heck out of me, because there's almost no preceden...
[00:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re::^) - 06Breaking News: Paris Attacks: Dozens Dead and Hostages Held at Bataclan [UPDATED] - 2219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:21] <exec> 08└─OK, so are you saying that having pluralistic society foments violence? Your examples are from France and the United States. What ought those countries to do to make themselves more like Japan or China? If there's to be a single culture, whose culture shall that be which prevails? What shall be done...
[00:48:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] 02Re::^) - 06Breaking News: Paris Attacks: Dozens Dead and Hostages Held at Bataclan [UPDATED] - 1104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:27] <exec> 08└─LOLWut? The Nazis HATED Christianity, they threw plenty of priests in the camps with everybody else, try reading Himmler and you'll find that other than a little lip service pre 36 before they had full power they thought Christianity was crap. And as for the IRA? They wanted their country back, if t...
[00:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re::^) - 06Breaking News: Paris Attacks: Dozens Dead and Hostages Held at Bataclan [UPDATED] - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:30] <exec> 08└─WTF? This drivel got modereated "Insightful"? HITLER WAS CHRISTIAN! "Besides that, I believe one thing: there is a Lord God! And this Lord God creates the peoples." Adolf Hitler "I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only...
[00:49:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Better headline - 06Joint US-China Research Teams Solve One Big Issue with Fusion Reaction - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:25] <exec> 08└─Fusion now only a perpetual 24 years away.
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[01:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02One big dick - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:28] <exec> 08└─For all the Mission hipsters to beat off admiring.
[01:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"only" 14 feet thick? - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:29] <exec> 08└─While that is a lot of reinforced concrete, it didn't seem like enough by itself. Sure enough there are also pilings, from the Wired story: >> In the lowlands of San Francisco’s Financial District, bedrock is 300 below street level. “We have 42 piles that go all the way down and are socketed 15...
[01:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02so smart - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:31] <exec> 08└─Build a skyscraper on the San Andreas fault? Yeah, sounds good.
[01:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:02] <exec> 08└─The Republican insider thought is that Trump is a Manchurian candidate, an agent of the Democrats. He's good friends with Hilary, and his intervention in the race so far has kept the Republican candidates from getting any oxygen or momentum. None of them can get enough screen time to make themselves...
[01:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''Carson gets the nod'' - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:08] <exec> 08└─...and immediately institutes reeducation camps for anyone who doesn't follow a Judao-Christian religion. ...and concentration camps for the root-of-all-evil types--y'know, those Secular Progressives. [google.com] OBTW, anyone who has been paying attention for the last week has seen the unraveling o...
[01:44:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's no bullshit conclusion - 06No Woman 'Totally Straight', Study Says - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:44:43] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the link, but you are wrong. The abstract starts with: Studies with volunteers in sexual arousal experiments suggest that women are, on average, physiologically sexually aroused to both male and female sexual stimuli.
[01:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's no bullshit conclusion - 06No Woman 'Totally Straight', Study Says - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:44:44] <exec> 08└─A positive result in a sexual arousal test is enough to make that conclusion? The abstract says "women are, on average".
[01:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Where's my shoe phone? - 06Joint US-China Research Teams Solve One Big Issue with Fusion Reaction - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:49:35] <exec> 08└─Your first paragraph made me think of a very good and relevant comedy sketch. If you have two minutes Google for 'armstrong and Miller physics special' Would provide a link but this phone doesn't make copy pasting a url particularly easy
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[02:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:One big dick - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:40:36] <exec> 08└─Actually pretty appropriate description for Salesforce. I actually know some of the people involved and they are all Millennial hipster scammers. They've somehow managed to con the likes of Larry Ellison and Nancy Pelosi and wall street out of $50 billion. On the other hand, they're conning big buck...
[02:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Video of pour... - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:39] <exec> 08└─https://youtu.be/b_V7v53aofw [youtu.be]
[02:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why would your phone be listening? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:40:52] <exec> 08└─An Android phone I have here came with a service called Google Services Framework which has permission to "record sounds" (among many other permissions).
[02:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02lies, damn lies - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:57] <exec> 08└─first off, speakers can't emit anything ultrasonic and mics dont pick up anything ultrasonic. second off, even if they could, their range would be absurdly limited, like a foot max. the only thing that happened here was some group of jackasses filed comments with the FTC. what i don't understand is...
[02:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02air gapping defeated - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:58] <exec> 08└─When I was a child, only obvious nutters said that television was listening to us . The intended audience fr this ultrasonics technique, I assume, is those who don't have the chops to put their sets on the Internet and couldn't be bothered to hire someone for the task. I doubt that advertisers want...
[02:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:27,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:24] <exec> 08└─It's the same amount of energy as a 25-watt light bulb burns in three hours.
[02:41:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:26] <exec> 08└─It would be too many g forces for a human to survive though.
[02:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah, it seems like he's been doing those ads forever. My vote goes to his original "secret" recipe.
[02:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Re:Not as uncommon as you'd think - 06Google Autonomous Vehicle Creates Problem on Road While Google Team Shrugs Off Results - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:43:58] <exec> 08└─they can't even figure out when to fault it for driving like a dick
[02:45:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's no bullshit conclusion - 06No Woman 'Totally Straight', Study Says - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:45:04] <exec> 08└─No less "enough" than other bits it talks about. Have fun splitting hairs.
[02:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Inverse-square laws and spherical symmetry - 06Discovery of Classic Pi Formula a ‘Cunning Piece of Magic’ - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:49:44] <exec> 08└─The homotopy group of the circle is the additive group of integers. Additionally, modular arithmetic can also be defined based on breaking a circle into an integer number of arcs. The integers already have an "in" with the circle, it just needs to be coaxed out.
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[03:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Video of pour... - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:40:43] <exec> 08└─That's 18 hours I will never get back.
[03:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Why Synchronize devices? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:03] <exec> 08└─Ok, I can see syncing with printers, scanners etc. What if I don't want is my phone syncing with my email accounts, or my laptops or my desktop? I recently purchased an android phone. Soon found that my gmail accounts were synced to the phone. Took me near 1/2 a day to block that shit. I just want t...
[03:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:AOL - 06Facebook's Laser Drones v Google's Net-Beaming Balloons - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:12] <exec> 08└─Yeah!! $20 a month for all the internet you want!
[03:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Drone WiFi - 06Facebook's Laser Drones v Google's Net-Beaming Balloons - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:18] <exec> 08└─Might work Michael. 'cept that you'd likely need a signal amp or two in the set up. Line of sight is important, but so is distance for signal strength.
[03:41:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Drone WiFi - 06Facebook's Laser Drones v Google's Net-Beaming Balloons - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:20] <exec> 08└─You could also try this: http://www.ccrane.com [ccrane.com]
[03:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:27,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:32] <exec> 08└─its actually about 18 minutes for a 25 watt bulb (27000 j / 25 (j/s)) = 1080 s / 60(s/m) = 18 m ; 3 hours is 270 kJ
[03:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:35] <exec> 08└─Cheaper resupply runs to LEO are still a major benefit.
[03:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:37] <exec> 08└─Also, if you watch the video you'll notice a lot of liquid metal flying everywhere and one time the whole Al block turns almost completely into a mist
[03:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:''Carson gets the nod'' - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:36] <exec> 08└─Troll harder, slappy. That's a bet not how I'm voting. I'm going Clinton but would love to see Sanders in office. I always vote for who will burn the nation to ashes the fastest so we can get started rebuilding.
[03:45:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:That's quite the claim. - 06No Woman 'Totally Straight', Study Says - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:45:05] <exec> 08└─Also, what people are aroused by is not necessarily what they want to go to bed with.
[03:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re::^) - 06Breaking News: Paris Attacks: Dozens Dead and Hostages Held at Bataclan [UPDATED] - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:49] <exec> 08└─And why are the ~80% who are peaceful people not doing something to restrain the ~20% who are not?
[03:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re::^) - 06Breaking News: Paris Attacks: Dozens Dead and Hostages Held at Bataclan [UPDATED] - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:58] <exec> 08└─All religions go through an early stage where they coerce membership and kill off the competition. All other major religions have outgrown this and learned to get along in a world where they're not the sole option. But Islam never outgrew its coercive stage, and seems to be built to ensure that it n...
[03:48:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re::^) - 06Breaking News: Paris Attacks: Dozens Dead and Hostages Held at Bataclan [UPDATED] - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:42] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
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[04:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Why would your phone be listening? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:40:59] <exec> 08└─Yes, when you say "ok Google" when searching. But you have to ASK the google search app to start recording, you have to launch it. It doesn't record all the time.
[04:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:27,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:36] <exec> 08└─Did you see all the 9 volt batteries they used. Seems like it would be better to transform the voltage from a deep cycle or two golf cart batteries. In any case I want to see more specs. I want to build one...you never know when the zombie invasion will begin.
[04:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:42] <exec> 08└─That's because they used aluminum projectiles. The heat blew the material apart as if it had been hit with a plasma torch. Use ferrous projectiles and see what happens.
[04:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Safe bets - 06Gambling Can Save Science! - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:52] <exec> 08└─What?! Science is playing the odds. What else did you expect.
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[05:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Operator's location give-away - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:56] <exec> 08└─The wire gives away the operator's location allowing any pissed-off surveiled subject to blow them to bits. I would suggest flying your own tiny wired plane around their wire, like kite-people do. An unfortunate tangle and no more surveillance.
[05:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Tethered? - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:57] <exec> 08└─What could possibly go wrong with that.
[05:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ivan Locke - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:19] <exec> 08└─Clearly he ran the pour. Man knows concrete.
[05:41:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Vehicle suspension - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:20] <exec> 08└─Cars with independent rear suspension have good road grip and tend not to turn-over. Cars with solid rear suspension have lesser road grip and do not corner well. Buildings seem to follow solid suspension principles and keeping the entire thing solid and relying on the foundation concrete slab to no...
[05:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02I almost skippped this one. - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:21] <exec> 08└─I've participated in an 18 hour pour. It makes for a long, long, LONG day. But, we only used two pump trucks, and the concrete delivery didn't stream in steadily, either. The floating slab that supports the biggest paper machine in the world (in 1990 - they may have built a bigger one since then) is...
[05:41:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Who pays for this? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:33] <exec> 08└─However, I find it very annoying not only to have my own stuff "hacked" for their purposes
[05:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:00] <exec> 08└─I would vote for Trump. Not because I like him. It would be amusing to watch him try to maneuver the gov and then watch it sabotage all of his efforts to do anything. Him having a meltdown would be funny to watch. Sanders would try to do whatever it is he stands for then run into the exact same prob...
[05:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 1148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:17] <exec> 08└─Well your argument basically boils down to it being the money men who establish the current position of the Overton Window so Trump is operating outside of it by virtue of not needing them. That means the Republicans find another self funding zillionaire that agrees with Trump on immigration enough...
[05:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''Carson gets the nod'' - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:26] <exec> 08└─I don't see Carson achieving any of those things - nor even trying them. Where are you getting that? I'm not a party voter, and eight years ago I was interested in Obama - and what sealed the deal was McCain picking Palin. But having seen what Obama brings to the party, I'm really not sure I want mo...
[05:45:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02cops do that... - 06Google Autonomous Vehicle Creates Problem on Road While Google Team Shrugs Off Results - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:45:04] <exec> 08└─Cops pull over unusual cars all the time. This guy just was bored and wanted to get a look at the google car. He used the law as an excuse to do so. Dont think so? http://blog.hemmings.com [hemmings.com] My bets are the goog...
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[06:41:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Don't trust Cloudflare - 06CloudFlare Launches Universal DNSSEC - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:05] <exec> 08└─I don't trust cloudflare because they now apparently hijack HTTPS and DNSSEC. Ostensibly they have permisssion, but how am I as the average visitor supposed to know that?
[06:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score:2) 02Re:Operator's location give-away - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 1342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:41:15] <exec> 08└─That and a drone with rotating blades will not stay up indefinitely. I hate the words "Never Needs to Land" (found in the original article, not just the SN summary). That reeks of PR and advertisement lies. Anyone with two brain cells will tell you that parts fail. It's a question of what fails firs...
[06:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:the West to be tested - 06Gambling Can Save Science! - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:42:54] <exec> 08└─Time doesn't permit taking all of that on, but will shoot a few holes in the key bits of bogosity. So long as the world was wide, and there was room for everyone...
[06:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:14] <exec> 08└─The last time someone actually died in office, John F. Kennedy, from suspicious causes, he had backstabbed the Mafia (who had supported Kennedy earlier in his career via his father). My take is that nobody has either the cause or need to assassinate Sanders. It shouldn't be that hard to get an inter...
[06:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:18] <exec> 08└─BS..he's just what the country needs, an angry old guy.
[06:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:22] <exec> 08└─Don't you yet realize that Trump is actually a 5th column social democrat who is successfully destroying the absurd Republican party.
[06:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:25] <exec> 08└─I don't know about that. I think Hillary would be fun to watch. Granny goes to Washington and kicks ass.
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[07:40:39] <exec> 08└─What the hell are you talking about?
[07:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Don't trust Cloudflare - 06CloudFlare Launches Universal DNSSEC - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:40:40] <exec> 08└─Cloudflare works by doing a classic MITM attack on the "protected" website. The averge visitor has no way of knowing if cloudflare is really authorized to intercept the connection. Amoung other things, the website stops working if you have JS disabled.
[07:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Don't trust Cloudflare - 06CloudFlare Launches Universal DNSSEC - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:40:42] <exec> 08└─OK, finally read TFA. I looks like the DNSSEC initiative actually addresses my concerns by going through a third party (the registrar). Sorry for assuming silly things.
[07:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Draft is really a draft - 06CloudFlare Launches Universal DNSSEC - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:43] <exec> 08└─The protocol for pushing DNSSEC keys up to registrars has quite a few ??? and "TBD", https://tools.ietf.org [ietf.org] This protocol for updating DNSSEC keys on registry is wrong way of doing things. KSK (Key signing keys) do not need to be cha...
[07:41:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score:1) 02Re:Video of pour... - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:14] <exec> 08└─Was that Jimmy Hoffa's body going in on the upper right at 3:49?
[07:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score:1) 02Odd record category - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:41:18] <exec> 08└─As an aside, the longest continuous concrete pour took 49 hours.
[07:41:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I can hear that shit... - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 922 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:30] <exec> 08└─That shit is used as a sonic weapon [wisegeek.com] in places. (Including my local mall) A well-designed digital audio circuit will have sharp roll-off above 20kHz anyway. Otherwise you can get aliasing that causes noise in the audible range (due to niquist's theorem (sample rate must be at least dou...
[07:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why would your phone be listening? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:36] <exec> 08└─So it's not listening until you say "OK Google" right? There's nothing being recorded and nothing being processed...? You dimwit!
[07:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Why would your phone be listening? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:37] <exec> 08└─Try reading. It improve the mind. You have to physically launch the app first. It doesn't listen all the time.
[07:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why would your phone be listening? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 1465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:39] <exec> 08└─most apps come with adware (even paid apps... ikr) if someone wants to install a game (say) they must accept certain permissions for the app most people don't even read these permissions, let alone understand what they mean even if they see some permission they don't like, they have two options: 1....
[07:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why Synchronize devices? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:41:47] <exec> 08└─Create a single account for your phone. When you get a new device create a new account.
[07:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Safe bets - 06Gambling Can Save Science! - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:33] <exec> 08└─Hookers and blow. For science!
[07:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 2079 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:43:24] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't say the Trump is operating outside of the Overton Window, but rather that he's operating outside of the Window as presented by the MSM. This means that he's operating within the_actual_ Window. I suppose we could discuss whether the idea of an actual versus an apparent Window even make se...
[07:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:i'm convinced - 06Dispersants Used after BP Blowout did More Harm than Good - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:44:14] <exec> 08└─it seems like we have more than ample reasons to stop using oil and even more to stop deep sea drilling.
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[08:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not longest, not biggest - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 1172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:44:18] <exec> 08└─Much longer continuous pour, and more impressive finish. Total is likely to be similar. Slip-cast concrete elevator testing tower. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Much bigger project. Grand Coulee Dam, 11,975,521 cubic yards. http://users.owt.com
[08:45:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score:2) 02Re:27,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:45:26] <exec> 08└─Well I guess they needed 400V to charge up the capacitors. To use a 12V battery they'd need an inverter. I didn't watch TFV (gotta conserve bandwidth), how long does it take to accelerate the projectile? In other words, how much current is required to power the railgun directly? Now I'm imagining so...
[08:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Save money - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:46:10] <exec> 08└─Yup. Bernie Sanders is our next President. BTW, send in your paycheck so we can start sharing the wealth with those according to their needs.
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[09:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:2) 02Good for them - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:40:55] <exec> 08└─Even if they don't go open source; which would be by far the best option; at least being platform independent means that they are no longer at the mercy of a single source vendor (Microsoft).
[09:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Would not a balloon be cheaper? - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:41:19] <exec> 08└─If one is going to tether, why are they messing with the power to keep the thing aloft? How about a mini-dirigible? Motors to propel and steer, but do not have to provide the constant power to fight gravity. Extra power will only demand a heavier tether. Seen the power draw on quadricopters?. If...
[09:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:27,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:48] <exec> 08└─Well I guess they needed 400V to charge up the capacitors.
[09:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:34] <exec> 08└─Someone's arguments stand on their own merits. Whether they are angry or old is irrelevant. If you're going to dislike him, dislike him for reasons that aren't totally shallow.
[09:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:55] <exec> 08└─A grand majority of actual lifelong politicians are unfit for the job, because they are evil scumbags who support laws and policies that violate the highest law of the land and our fundamental liberties. And I don't think either Trump or Carson would be any different, given many of their stated goal...
[09:43:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:59] <exec> 08└─and I mean economic sense
[09:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not news - 06No Woman 'Totally Straight', Study Says - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:46:36] <exec> 08└─I just want my jetpack and a three way!
[09:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:carcass - 06PC Players Better in Bed - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:47:23] <exec> 08└─Thank you for your consideration. But while they may provide an opportunity for some fun, the carcasses do tend to smell up the place after awhile, and that might drive away less carrion-relishing type of contributors. Just saying.
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[10:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Now, if I could get a 3D simulation model... - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 1278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:38] <exec> 08└─It seems like it ought to be possible to analyze a video clip, thousands of frames shot from varying perspectives, and from that derive models for all objects in that space, filled in as perspective brings those surfaces into the view plane. In the event that some surfaces never come into view, extr...
[10:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Seriously? - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:39] <exec> 08└─How does this cut "bandwidth" compared to processing the image locally on a device and not sending anything at all? Why do you want my pictures?
[10:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for them - but what does it mean - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 1848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:40:49] <exec> 08└─"being platform independent means ..." But what does it actually mean, is it actually defined anywhere? Is it purely for the desktop (itself a dying platform, particularly when considering probably 5yr+ contracts starting 2018), or does it include laptops, net(chrome)books, tablets, mobile? If just...
[10:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:Draft is really a draft - 06CloudFlare Launches Universal DNSSEC - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:01] <exec> 08└─An implementation long overdue. But Cloudflare isn't enough. We need wide adoption. More details on DNSSEC here [ietf.org] for those who may not be familiar.
[10:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"May I take your order?" - 06Facebook's Laser Drones v Google's Net-Beaming Balloons - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:25] <exec> 08└─"I'd like a can of Pringles."
[10:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:27,000 joules - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:43] <exec> 08└─The internal resistance is important, but you need the high voltage to overcome the inductance of the setup.
[10:43:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02Clinton Has 45-To-1 'Superdelegate' Advantage - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 1540 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:38] <exec> 08└─Clinton Has 45-To-1 'Superdelegate' Advantage Over Sanders [npr.org] There's no better measure of that establishment than unpledged party leaders and elected official delegates, better known as "superdelegates." Among this group, Clinton leads Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 359 to 8, according to an A...
[10:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Their perfect record - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:55] <exec> 08└─The immigration issue is, at this time, an economic issue. At least it is for a large portion of Trump's supporters. It is difficult to counter an economic argument, which is fairly concrete, with the values argument which by its nature is somewhat less concrete. There are lots of issues that are pr...
[10:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:''Carson gets the nod'' - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:44:05] <exec> 08└─I'm going Clinton but would love to see Sanders in office. I always vote for who will burn the nation to ashes the fastest so we can get started rebuilding.
[10:45:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fuck Google - 06Google Autonomous Vehicle Creates Problem on Road While Google Team Shrugs Off Results - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:45:33] <exec> 08└─So they should just test these things on some empty stretch of road in the mid-west, to avoid inconveniencing anyone? Great idea! Except for the fact you need to be able to test in real-world conditions, which also includes those worst places to drive, otherwise the test is meaningless.
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[11:43:28] <exec> 08└─Both rail launch and gun launch systems have been studied. There are several problems that need to be addressed by such systems, although they are not insurmountable. High acceleration is, as the AC mentioned, one of them. A system which accelerates humans to orbital velocity must do so at less than...
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[11:47:59] <exec> 08└─I understand that was determined by the Kinseys in the 1950s. To the extent any but a very few are totally straight or totally gay it's because of society's expectations or their own inability to come to terms with their sexuality. It's quite common for high school students to be openly gay these da...
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[12:40:27] <exec> 08└─The acting and sound work on the first one could both have used a bit of spit and polish but overall it was quite good. Not being about space-hippies was a large plus as well. I'm down for two more.
[12:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Honored? - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:37] <exec> 08└─I don't know how honored the kid felt to be sacrificed to the sun god (or whichever god). Maybe he would feel better if he knew that he was being sacrificed for science? I've never understood why anyone, anywhere, anywhen would worship a god(s) that demanded human sacrifice. If we weren't killing ea...
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[12:40:47] <exec> 08└─Because Image processing, however, can be computationally intensive and could quickly drain a cellphone's battery. Some mobile applications try to solve this problem by sending image files to a central server, which processes the images and sends them back.
[12:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02open-source sunshine! - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:57] <exec> 08└─nuclear power is considered "closed-source". Switzerland should also hurry up and liberate the electricity market and allow all the pending solar roof-top applications to finally replace at least one of the nuclear reactors ... and ofc power endless backoffice paper-shuffling bureaucracy. I think ev...
[12:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02how much in kWh? - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:48] <exec> 08└─so how much uranium, oil, gas or coal is that? obviously to "make" cement, a shitload of heat is required to "burn" the limestone?
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[12:42:51] <exec> 08└─One-loop coil that expands. Hmmm... need to get to Maxwell eqs, I'm too lazy for this at the moment Let's simplify. The inductance of 1 rectangular loop of 1200mm (max len of gun) X 20mm (slug size) with a 10mm wire is 0.6e-7H [eeweb.com]. Assuming: the inductance is always at maxno energy is lost a...
[12:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:58] <exec> 08└─If you extend the line long enough, any direction that doesn't hit the ground is heading out into space. However, your point about air resistance and G forces is well taken. The optimum launch cannon would probably start one to two hundred kilometres west of Kilimanjaro, angled up at an angle just s...
[12:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:43:00] <exec> 08└─No. When you aim straight up, you have to clear a hundred kilometres of atmosphere. When you aim at the horizon, it becomes thousands.
[12:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:carcass - 06PC Players Better in Bed - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:36] <exec> 08└─They should be on Twitter or Reddit instead of here then. They're both happy to provide you a "safe space" where you won't have to listen to anything that you dislike.
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[13:40:30] <exec> 08└─And what makes me happy and sad is Renegades is a good show, why does that make me sad? Frankly its better than 95% of what Voyager ever did and about 99% of what Enterprise ever did which just shows what can happen if you put a franchise in the hands of those that actually give a fuck. Voyager alwa...
[13:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03patrick [3990] (Score:1) 02Good potential - 06Star Trek: Renegades Kickstarting Two More Episodes - 1208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:31] <exec> 08└─I enjoyed watching it, but it's got some issues. The special effects in space were fine, but during scenes with actors, the effects look painfully fake. The writing was ... , but it was just an introductory episode (ie: get to know the characters), and to be fair, it took TNG and DS9 some time to ge...
[13:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Interesting Bit - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:41] <exec> 08└─The fact that his genetic signature was unique offers further evidence that the DNA sample wasn't contaminated, the researchers wrote.
[13:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Interesting Bit - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:40:42] <exec> 08└─To add, the sequencing of not-so-old DNA is subject to the same problem, but less so because the samples are less fragile and you may have more of them.
[13:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyberthanasis [5212] (Score:1) 02Re:Good for them - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:02] <exec> 08└─Let us hope that the next mayor does not throw this transition down the drain. It would be interesting to see their progress in the near future.
[13:41:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03nishi.b [4243] (Score:2) 02It'a kite... - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:29] <exec> 08└─Why call it a drone ? Just call it a kite with a camera...
[13:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:so smart - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:48] <exec> 08└─Why not? People have been building high rise buildings in earthquake zones for decades. The problems are well understood and the main complication is that actual design. The building needs to be on top of good soil, have a heavy foundation to help keep the center of mass low and the building itself...
[13:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Vehicle suspension - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:41:55] <exec> 08└─The purpose of the foundation is mostly to be extremely heavy and to distribute the weight of the building evenly on the ground. It gives you something to anchor on to so as to keep the center of mass as low as possible where it's not going to be moving very much. The higher you go in the building t...
[13:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kenny Blankenship [5712] (Score:1) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:11] <exec> 08└─Check out "Startram"
[13:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02What would really save science - 06Gambling Can Save Science! - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:31] <exec> 08└─In a nutshell: Generous funding. Including of things that don't seem immediately useful, because you never know what's actually going to be important until you study stuff. And that includes replication and checking of other scientists' results. Sure, a significant amount of money will likely be was...
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[14:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Honored? - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:40:45] <exec> 08└─Now we only worship Mammon and sacrifice millions of lives so the 1% can be even richer. Isn't progress wonderful!
[14:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Now, if I could get a 3D simulation model... - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 1013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:40:56] <exec> 08└─Wow we could like have a Matrix of online connectivity! Couple that with VR and occular implants and the politicians will show us whatever it is they want us to believe and it'll be very real! I assume the modeling software for the cloud version 1.1a will be to generate funding to work on the secon...
[14:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seriously? - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:41:00] <exec> 08└─Well, why not process the images on the user's own computer instead of a central one?
[14:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Better solution - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:01] <exec> 08└─Write an app that analyzes the photo and then deletes it with the message: "That photo was crap. Stop taking selfies and start taking a photography course!" Bandwidth improved 100%!
[14:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for them - but what does it mean - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:41:12] <exec> 08└─Is it purely for the desktop (itself a dying platform....
[14:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why Synchronize devices? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:36] <exec> 08└─I just disabled everything Google related. (and side-loaded F-droid so that I could get a functional browser without "agreeing" to the EULA.)
[14:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Long Acceleration - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:18] <exec> 08└─My late father was a dreamer and once took me and my brother out to Porcupine Butte [geomorphologyresearch.com] (see lower down the page for the topo) to check it out because it had a long flat separation between the main spine of the Rockies and a gentle rise up the western face of the Butte, with...
[14:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:11] <exec> 08└─Yeah that's funny until the moment you realize the ass she's kicking is yours, not theirs.
[14:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Sanders is the loudest vote against plutocracy - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:12] <exec> 08└─You know, I think I'm with you on this one. I would vote for Trump over Hillary, and I'm a progressive. Trump would 'splode the United States government with fireworks. Hillary will see us all in literal chains to her Wall Street pals.
[14:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Clintons - 06University With Record of 100% Accuracy for Picking the Winning Party Says Sanders Will Win - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:14] <exec> 08└─Hillary seems too close to Wall Street and big corporations. She could conceivably feel that she no longer needs their support once elected, and turn "traitor" and become a people's president, but I doubt it.
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[15:40:27] <exec> 08└─Evidence shows that men are less able to give birth than women—and that to have a child, having a womb matters as much as having sex. Here's why, and what to do about it.
[15:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:28] <exec> 08└─This is the result of feminists constantly insisting that women aren't as good as men in order to get a free ride. I doubt I'd have any confidence either if I was constantly being told that I couldn't do things because they're hard and the people already doing them are jerks.
[15:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score:3, Insightful) 02OH please do this! - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:37] <exec> 08└─Oh please do this! This needs to happen. Everyone needs to offshore, including individuals! Even thou there are a million laws to keep individuals from doing just this (especially USian which have the most oppressive tax regime when it comes to foreign finances for individuals), but if we dig throug...
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[15:40:48] <exec> 08└─Did we watch the same show? I watched the whole thing, but the story was weak, and the acting stiff. Corin Nemec was on two shows, but still came off as stiff. Perhaps the director Tim Russ was trying to make it like Dragnet? A lot of unexplained hand waving, too. The Captain's office chair in the f...
[15:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score:2) 02Chasing Whales? - 06Star Trek: Renegades Kickstarting Two More Episodes - 1033 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:50] <exec> 08└─Is it me or are a lot of these campaigns about chasing whales? I mean $10,000 package? WTF? Who will spend $10,000 for that thing? For $5,000 you can have lunch with Chekov while you visit the set, which I will admit would be cool because I'm a huge B5 fan and he played one of my top 3 characters, b...
[15:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Wait a sec... - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:01] <exec> 08└─Human sacrifice? I thought they were a peaceful matriarchal society that lived in harmony with nature?
[15:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seriously? - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:41:14] <exec> 08└─Image processing, however, can be computationally intensive and could quickly drain a cellphone's battery.
[15:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Not longest, not biggest - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:21] <exec> 08└─A 24 hour record of 21960 cubic yards was placed in May 1939. That was the peak rate, and without fancy pumper cranes.
[15:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:2) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:36] <exec> 08└─...and if you launch straight up, once you reach orbital altitude you'll have to deliver a very large injection burn to reach orbital velocity -- otherwise you're coming right back down. With a low-angle launch you'll still need the injection burn, but not as much.
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[16:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:40:29] <exec> 08└─Plus, we're holding you back with our evil mental failwaves.
[16:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:40:30] <exec> 08└─To quote Apu I don't know which part of that sentence to correct first. Of course its the fault of those striving for change in this world that are causing all the trouble. Of course we have done nothing wrong and thus have no need to change. Everything was fine when everyone knew and stayed in thei...
[16:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:40:32] <exec> 08└─The problem is they're often trying to fix problems that don't actually exist anymore in the countries they're trying to fix them in. That's the issue with third wave feminists.
[16:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:40:33] <exec> 08└─This is the result of feminists constantly insisting that women aren't as good as men
[16:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 1000 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:40:35] <exec> 08└─That is probably a contributing factor. More to the point, males have always been risk takers, and females have always been more careful. Virtually every field in which mankind has progressed, men led the way. That's not to ignore all the great women who have contributed to science, medicine, etc -...
[16:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02confidence about confidence - 06The Confidence Gap - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:37] <exec> 08└─I think if anything we err on the side of overconfidence, not underconfidence. Doubt has its points. Many times, I've seen overconfident loudmouths cause a train wreck. These glory hounds and showboaters push and elbow their way into positions of considerable responsibility, for which they are not c...
[16:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Women are more extroverted then men - 06The Confidence Gap - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:39] <exec> 08└─Their problem solving style tends to be collaborative. Tthe "Lean In" book I see on some women manager's desks is probably used more as confirmation to continue what they've already been doing. OTOH even male CEOs often are self-admitted introverts. Not sure what this has to do with self-confidence,...
[16:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Gender fixation and biases? - 06The Confidence Gap - 1892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:40] <exec> 08└─Not to claim anything against a gender difference on average here, but plenty of men lack confidence as well (plus there's currently no major campaign pushing the category of underconfident men into more assertive positions and public exposure), and the "impostor effect" is common in both genders as...
[16:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Too small to pull this off - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:47] <exec> 08└─They'll be punished hard, only the big fuckers are off the hook. This is a corollary to Too-big-to-fail sham.
[16:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Rehash? - 06Star Trek: Renegades Kickstarting Two More Episodes - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:59] <exec> 08└─Please, the Rehash tag is for stories about the software this site runs on. It is forgiveable if the submitter doesn't know it. But the editors definitely should.
[16:42:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Video of pour... - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:25] <exec> 08└─That's 18 hours I will never get back.
[16:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:Who pays for this? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 2110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:48] <exec> 08└─That big if you mention is only how the user knows its happening. You need to install the developer app to have any idea this is going on. If you do not install the developer app, there is No Indication that this is happening. And I thought there was already established precedent. The only convenien...
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[16:44:52] <exec> 08└─You know why GW got elected?
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[17:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:28] <exec> 08└─Digital Natives
[17:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:40:29] <exec> 08└─But they're so good at using the apps!
[17:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02H1B health-care - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:30] <exec> 08└─Welcome to third world health-care. Where the "doctor" is an expert because he only sees one type of case sitting in an "air traffic" control room. The hands on will be some muchlesser person or even arobot. This what has on my local PBS talking about eastern Kentucky health serbives model and "best...
[17:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 1059 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:40:44] <exec> 08└─Like the AC said. The problem here is that they're trying to fix things that are no longer broken while ignoring things that remain broken. Women in the sciences isn't a result of brokenness, it's a result of women choosing to take other courses of study or going into other fields. A lot of my profs...
[17:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:40:46] <exec> 08└─Superficially that's probably true. But, look at the subtext. Most of those things need to be "fixed" because women aren't doing well enough. I rarely hear them complain about men being overrepresented in jobs that suck.
[17:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:40:47] <exec> 08└─Yes, but their argument is that the women are under-represented because they are suppressed by the men, not because the women are worse at it.
[17:40:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:confidence about confidence - 06The Confidence Gap - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:40:51] <exec> 08└─One problem management has is failing to distinguish a loudmouth from an aggressive go-getter.
[17:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Women are more extroverted then men - 06The Confidence Gap - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:40:53] <exec> 08└─Introversion is a separate issue. That's an issue of where you get your motivation from. Introverts get it from their own feelings of accomplishment and extroverts tend to get it from outside of them. It wouldn't surprise me if introverts wind up winning the day because there's a lot of times where...
[17:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I know a few women - 06The Confidence Gap - 712 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:55] <exec> 08└─that make more than their husbands. Heck, I know one woman that makes considerably more than her x-husband (now she is unmarried) and they didn't sign prenups when they got married and she wasn't making a lot of money at the time and now they are fighting over who owns what in court. People always t...
[17:41:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] 02OH please do this! - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 526 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:03] <exec> 08└─Oh please do this! This needs to happen. Everyone needs to offshore, including individuals! Even thou there are a million laws to keep individuals from doing just this (especially USian which have the most oppressive tax regime when it comes to foreign finances for individuals), but if we dig throug...
[17:41:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score:1) 02The Welsh Atlantis - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:05] <exec> 08└─The natural place to hide Welsh money offshore would be Cantre'r Gwaelod [wikipedia.org], but I suppose the Isle of Man would do just as well.
[17:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Wait a sec... - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:41:31] <exec> 08└─Nope. The Inca had a lot in common with the Aztec, and the Mayan before them. There was a lot of human sacrifice and death worship in the Americas, from modern day Cal, Ariz, NM, and Texas, on down to the bottom of South America. There was a lot less of that going north from that southern tier of th...
[17:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Seriously? - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:41:45] <exec> 08└─Well I won't trade privacy for battery life. Chargers and plugs are not that hard to come by.
[17:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03rleigh [4887] (Score:2) 02Re:It'a kite... - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:25] <exec> 08└─If you have multiple tethered drones, surely you'll call them a "knot" once they are intertwined!
[17:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2) 02Re:use a railgun to launch a spacecraft? - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 739 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:13] <exec> 08└─No, that is penny wise and pound foolish if it can even be done. You need to compensate for drag by adding initial speed, which means increased drag—leading also to more gravity losses. You'd need an unrealistically thick heat shield, an unrealisitcally big launch rail, etc. where you could simply...
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[18:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:31] <exec> 08└─Is that really fair? The vast majority of people alive today have no fucking clue. What else is there, beyond Facebook, Twitter, and for the really sophisticated, their bank accounts? That applies to 66 year old people, as well as 6 year old people.
[18:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:32] <exec> 08└─Is that really fair? The vast majority of people alive today have no fucking clue. [...] That applies to 66 year old people, as well as 6 year old people.
[18:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:33] <exec> 08└─They've spent their lives staring at LCD and LED screens, instead of CRT?
[18:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:1) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:35] <exec> 08└─Millennials have no fucking clue about technology beyond Facebook and Twitter.
[18:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:37] <exec> 08└─Can we please stop this meme?
[18:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:H1B health-care - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:39] <exec> 08└─now the medical profession
[18:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:H1B health-care - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:40] <exec> 08└─That's robophobic.
[18:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Who? - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 1397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:42] <exec> 08└─Who is this group that is pushing? Everything I've read is that generation is an economic sacrifice generation. Un or under employed, etc. So you can go to the Dr if you're willing to not eat next week in order to pay the copay or whatever. Decades before obamacare I didn't have any health insurance...
[18:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:59] <exec> 08└─Go out, get hurt, come home and lick your wounds, then go out and challenge the world again.
[18:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2) 02Re:confidence about confidence - 06The Confidence Gap - 1555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:41:02] <exec> 08└─That is an American cultural thing. Now let's compare the situtation to other countries. Off the top of my head, the Japanese appreciate modesty and punish arrogance. If what these feminists said were true, women should be (ceteris paribus) underrepresented in the US vs. Japan. That is not the case;...
[18:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I know a few women - 06The Confidence Gap - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:41:08] <exec> 08└─I know a few women
[18:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Too small to pull this off - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 849 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:41:19] <exec> 08└─They could be, or it could just be a story of the usual boring financial stuff. If you have 10 employees in one town its incredibly expensive, for example, when you get sued in your venue of incorporation on the other side of the planet. On the other hand if you have 10K employees and one of them is...
[18:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:The Welsh Atlantis - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:41:21] <exec> 08└─My tax haven is on 99942 Apophis.
[18:41:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:Chasing Whales? - 06Star Trek: Renegades Kickstarting Two More Episodes - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:41:33] <exec> 08└─$10k is nothing to many people. Just because you think it's a lot of money doesn't mean others do. http://www.telegraph.co.uk [telegraph.co.uk] for example. You spend $6 on a coffee every morning. That's a week's wage for...
[18:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wait a sec... - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:41:48] <exec> 08└─They were peaceful and organic non-NGO gluten-free localvore and puppy-loving and all that, except on Mondays and Thursdays. You know how it is.
[18:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seriously? - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:03] <exec> 08└─You are. The GP AC was referring to the user's PC not the user's mobile device. The GP wants his phone to automatically connect to his personal cloud instead of a 3rd party that'll keep a copy of everything you send it.
[18:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02File under "Awesome but Impractical" - 06DIY 250 lb Giant Mobile Railgun, 27,000 joules. - 1278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:33] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure I saw a 100kJ variant on youtube (or somewhere) before. But it also had the same disappointing efficiency. Criticisms and things I'd really really suggest fixing: That bank needs to be fastened together as a solid unit before it tears itself apart. You can see how much the busbars flex i...
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[19:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02it could be worse... - 06The Design and Implementation of Microdrivers - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:29] <exec> 08└─... systemd could absorb all user-mode drivers. ;)
[19:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Good thing? - 06The Design and Implementation of Microdrivers - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:30] <exec> 08└─This seems like a good thing, allowing compartmentalization. However, could this introduce a pathway for user level programs to access critical kernel operations?
[19:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 2305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:40:41] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, condescending smarm from the one who probably greenlit this submission. Science X is a cesspool emblematic of the current "in-the-Silly-Valley" bubble. I never frequent phys.org or any of the other Science X sites, but I could smell their stench the millisecond after my locked-down-by-NoScri...
[19:40:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Who? - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:40:51] <exec> 08└─Who is this group that is pushing?
[19:41:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's not exactly elusive - 06The Confidence Gap - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:41:09] <exec> 08└─Yet, when real-world evidence does not bear this out, when rational women see that there is no patriarchy and men in general really do support them doing whatever they want, those sorts of highly intelligent women might take it as a sign that there is really something wrong with themselves. The cogn...
[19:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:confidence about confidence - 06The Confidence Gap - 1052 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:41:15] <exec> 08└─In terms of confidence, the worst invention that humanity bestowed upon itself in the 20th century is the Masters of Business Administration. It is essentially a curriculum in confidence, in debate, in twisting words around in a logic-defying way, in shutting down undesired conversations. The childr...
[19:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03termigator [4271] (Score:1) 02Self doubt is a sign of competence - 06The Confidence Gap - 2068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:22] <exec> 08└─The researchers may be making an unjustified correlation. I think many people who are competent at what they do have levels of self-doubt. They know what their weakness are, and they know they do not know everything. This is trait that as not gender specific. This doubt can drive many to work harder...
[19:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wait a sec... - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:03] <exec> 08└─And all religions teach the same thing, all religions are good...
[19:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for them - but what does it mean - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:31] <exec> 08└─It's defined by its opposite, platform dependence - as in, this only works if we use Microsoft's Active Directory. Platform dependance is different from platform training, as resources devoted to training in a particular system is not dependance, but a sunk cost.
[19:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:how much in kWh? - 06It Took 18 Hours to Pour the Foundation for San Francisco's Tallest Skyscraper - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:31] <exec> 08└─A cement plant consumes 3 to 6 GJ of fuel per tonne of clinker produced, depending on the raw materials and the process used. Most cement kilns today use coal and petroleum coke as primary fuels, and to a lesser extent natural gas and fuel oil. About 5% of human released co2. https://en.m.wikipedia....
[19:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why Synchronize devices? - 06Ads that Use Inaudible Sound to Link Your Phone, TV, Tablet, and PC - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:01] <exec> 08└─If you are that concerned about Google then you should run a custom ROM without Google's services loaded.
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[20:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02not the point - 06The Design and Implementation of Microdrivers - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:31] <exec> 08└─if you are using a user space driver then it's unlikely to be anything critical therefore speed is beside the point. if you need speed, write a damn kernel driver! if your code is too unwieldy/flawed to put in the kernel then you have an entirely different problem.
[20:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02In My Day, We Had Microkernels - 06The Design and Implementation of Microdrivers - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:32] <exec> 08└─In my day, we had microkernels [wikipedia.org]. I thought we already had driver architectures where most of it was in user-space but the important driver-y bits were in the kernel, like FUSE [wikipedia.org]?
[20:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02WTF??? - 06The Design and Implementation of Microdrivers - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:33] <exec> 08└─Been this way for years on real OS on REAL HARDWARE (main frames). I been writing this way since the 80's from my first C code on an IBM XT.. Who is still doing it wrong?
[20:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Automated? - 06The Design and Implementation of Microdrivers - 792 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:35] <exec> 08└─I'm all for the programmer designing drivers to work in both user-space and kernel-space. The last time I wrote kernel drivers I explicitly left only timing-related and hardware-related code in kernel-space and used one the many [wikipedia.org] interfaces to facilitate communication between the vari...
[20:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:40:46] <exec> 08└─condescending smarm
[20:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:40:50] <exec> 08└─They've spent their lives staring at LCD and LED screens, instead of CRT?
[20:40:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:40:51] <exec> 08└─I learned a lot more about electronics, logic circuits, computer architecture, and so on in college.
[20:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:this headline gave me cancer - 06Digital Natives Push for Personalized Healthcare Technology - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:40:55] <exec> 08└─Good luck, its been over 40 years and we still can't kill (any noun)-gate for any form of government corruption.
[20:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:confidence about confidence - 06The Confidence Gap - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:36] <exec> 08└─I think if anything we err on the side of overconfidence, not underconfidence. Doubt has its points. Many times, I've seen overconfident loudmouths cause a train wreck. These glory hounds and showboaters push and elbow their way into positions of considerable responsibility, for which they are not...
[20:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I know a few women - 06The Confidence Gap - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:42] <exec> 08└─Anecdotal evidence does not prove or disprove a trend. The study does not claim this situation is inevitable, just widely prevalent, and your point does not refute that assertion. It would be just as nonsensical to counter the claim that many snake species are poisonous by bringing up the fact that...
[20:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:OH please do this! - 06 BBC Encourages Rebellious Welsh Town to Move Offshore - 1854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:41:52] <exec> 08└─The tax money may dwindle but won't stop flowing - they could increase consumption taxes. Of course one way to reduce loopholes would be to say that if a corporation says that certain profits belong to it (for purposes of legal control or financial reports - annual reports), then those profits shoul...
[20:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03FunnyItWorkedLastTime [4713] (Score:1) 02Re:Rehash? - 06Star Trek: Renegades Kickstarting Two More Episodes - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:12] <exec> 08└─Sorry, truly I didn't know, I was going by this when looking for the category: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] Also my first submission, so i kinda cringe over the typos as well, serves me right for submitting something after being up so late. Which category...
[20:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Wait a sec... - 06DNA from Inca Boy Sacrificed 500 Years Ago Shows How Humans Spread to South America - 803 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:28] <exec> 08└─There's nothing inconsistent with being a peaceful culture living in harmony with nature and human sacrifice. If you want to live in harmony with nature, you've got to control the population somehow. Mind you, anyone who thinks the Inca were either peaceful or matriarchal hasn't studied them. OTOH,...
[20:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Now, if I could get a 3D simulation model... - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:39] <exec> 08└─I forget where, but some researchers have already done this using a drone. From a stereo camera (I believe, could've been single) they were able to create a 3D model of a few city blocks.
[20:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Seriously? - 06Technique for Mobile Image Processing in the Cloud Cuts Bandwidth Use over 98 Percent - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:46] <exec> 08└─A highly compressed image is sent to the server, which uses some fancy algorithm to tell your mobile device how to compress the image. So less data is sent between the mobile and the cloud, where before the entire image was sent to the cloud. To address the privacy issue, I'm sure someone will devel...
[20:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Alluding to Redmond's FUD? - 06City Council of Bern Demands Transition to FOSS Before 2019 - 1229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:02] <exec> 08└─I notice that you weren't specific about any case where a commitment to get rid of closed, proprietary, single-platform software (and not acceptance of some "mixed" environment) actually has gone retrograde. Munich, as an example, didn't start out to save money. Rather, they set out to get control o...
[20:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Operator's location give-away - 06This Surveillance Drone Never Needs to Land - 904 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:31] <exec> 08└─Well, if you're going to a tethered powered blimp, why not ferry up power and skip the helium. Hot air baloons work well, so just heat the container to get lighter air, and a fan to cool down when you want to land. But baloons, blips, dirigibles, etc. all have a much higher wind resistance than does...
[20:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score:2) 02Re:Drone WiFi - 06Facebook's Laser Drones v Google's Net-Beaming Balloons - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:45:01] <exec> 08└─Just the other day I stumbled across the selection of drones offered by Target. The small ones were quite cheap. I often have the problem that I can't get wifi where I want to hang out. So what I could do is launch a drone with an 802.11 repeater then leech off the WiFi at McDonalds while I'm up all...
[20:47:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Someone has issues - 06Google Autonomous Vehicle Creates Problem on Road While Google Team Shrugs Off Results - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:47:53] <exec> 08└─If that's the car I think it was, the police officer could tell at a distance that it was a Google car. The things look like toys. This was an intentional design choice on Google's part, as they wanted to cars to look non-threatening. And I suspect some of the cars lined up behind it (at least the c...
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