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[03:25:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:10] <exec_> 08└─Of course!!1!one! Because racing is exactly what the public needs from a driverless car!!!
[03:25:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03meisterister [949] (Score:2) 02Wow... - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:18] <exec_> 08└─...you know something's bad when a project's developer says not to use it. You know it's doubly bad when that developer is Adobe.
[03:25:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Sir Finkus [192] (Score:2) 02Good Riddance - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:21] <exec_> 08└─Flash had its day with online games and animations, but it seems to be used for either videos or invasive user tracking the vast majority of time these days. I do wonder what's going to happen to all the old flash stuff though. Flash animations were extremely popular before youtube was a thing, and...
[03:25:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Good Riddance - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:26] <exec_> 08└─My thoughts exactly. At the time, it was very much needed. Heck, you couldn't make most games and apps any other way. What were you going to do? Create a JAVA game? That sounds painful and masochistic. At first they were the only ones trying to do it, and then of course, had to fuck it up Adobe styl...
[03:25:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No tears were shed - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:30] <exec_> 08└─The pastor kept looking at his watch.
[03:25:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Random dirty thoughts - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:36] <exec_> 08└─If hentai can legally be kiddie porn, starving all those adult games by denying them the flash should amount for premeditated murder
[03:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Random dirty thoughts - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:42] <exec_> 08└─back to newgrounds with you
[03:25:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Random dirty thoughts - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:47] <exec_> 08└─If hentai can legally be kiddie porn
[03:25:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03spamdog [4335] (Score:2) 02Porn swf's - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:52] <exec_> 08└─RIP Flash You were the best at cartoon porn games.
[03:25:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Porn swf's - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:57] <exec_> 08└─You were the best at cartoon porn games.
[03:26:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Porn swf's - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:02] <exec_> 08└─SWF emulators
[03:26:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02It will be quick - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:06] <exec_> 08└─I bet it dies as quickly as XP
[03:26:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03SuperCharlie [2939] (Score:2) 02Flash real problem - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:11] <exec_> 08└─I was there in the beginning. When it was fresh and new and pitted against animated gifs could do in a few K what took gif hundreds. And then the creep started. Buttons, actions, scripting, it grew into an abomination to web development and worse, security. The never ending feature bloat and next bi...
[03:26:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Murdoc [2518] (Score:2) 02Ack! Homestarrunner! - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:17] <exec_> 08└─What's going to happen to Strong Bad?!? I guess I need to get that DVD finally. (Tomorrows news: DVDs no longer being sold; making way for Blu-Ray) Ack!!!
[03:26:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:The system at work - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:24] <exec_> 08└─I actually meant, that in general, shareholders are both clueless and greedy. Not judgmentally either, but in fact. They're most certainly clueless since the average person is unable to understand a corporations technology and platforms themselves to the extent they can make an informed decision. Th...
[03:26:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:The system at work - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:29] <exec_> 08└─They're most certainly greedy.... because that's the whole point of being a shareholder.
[03:26:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Now or later? - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:35] <exec_> 08└─Who's pennie?
[03:26:38] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The hack was discovered - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:39] <exec_> 08└─When the Australian bureau began to receive angry letters from Chinese citizens about weather forecasts they'd never made.
[03:26:43] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:45] <exec_> 08└─I opened the GUI package manager, searching for "emoji" and "utf". lubunicodenames libutf8proc ttf-freefont and noto-fonts-emoji all caught my attention, and after refreshing the page, I can see the emojis above. I'm on arch, Debian may use the same package names, or not, but you should be able to...
[03:26:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:49] <exec_> 08└─I see most of them, but not all. I resorted to fileformat.info [fileformat.info] to search for the characters I couldn't and see what fonts support them. E.g. try the u+1f473, pick the character page info and follow the "Fonts that support ...". or directly go to fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/<c...
[03:26:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score:2) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:57] <exec_> 08└─Couldn't find the package locally, but downloaded it from packages.debian.org, and it worked. Thanks.
[03:27:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score:2) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:27:05] <exec_> 08└─After installing symbola, I checked fileformat.info like you suggested, and found the font to show the remaining characters. Now even all of dongerlist.com works. ᕕ( ՞ ᗜ ՞ )ᕗ
[03:27:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:11] <exec_> 08└─So what group in particular finds you a joy to be around?
[03:27:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:15] <exec_> 08└─the empty set. (count me as one of those that doesn't 'get' EF and his absurd posts. I don't think (?) that he's as racist as he comes off, but why play games like that? I just don't understand, I guess.)
[03:27:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Eristone [4775] (Score:1) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:21] <exec_> 08└─I'll admit to being in California - even go further and say the SF Bay Area (but grew up in the L.A. area). Not too hard to tie my username to my actual name. But I am definitely not staff and I owe at least one donation. While I may disagree with some of the folks who run the place, it is well run.
[03:27:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:26] <exec_> 08└─I think that article's claim to be comparing "apples to apples" is misleading. Instead of just shootings per capita, they should be factoring in things like population density, wealth distribution, employment, etc. For example, it seems intuitive that population density plays into the phenomenon in...
[03:27:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 2874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:30] <exec_> 08└─most other countries don't have the history we (US) has; where an armed population was a GOOD thing 200+ years ago. now, governments are just as bad (worse, even) than they were back then. ours certainly has gone totally out of control and needs to be reeled back in, but the government has negated o...
[03:27:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:36] <exec_> 08└─most other countries don't have the history we (US) has; where an armed population was a GOOD thing 200+ years ago.
[03:27:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:41] <exec_> 08└─I agree, it seems very common. There is a lot of posts referring to a "Bay Area" too. Not specifying the San Francisco Bay Area. Sure, I can guess which one they’re talking about by context, but it seems really pretentious.
[03:27:45] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:46] <exec_> 08└─And, with that statement, you have disassociated yourself from the United States that the founding fathers established. The federal government has no authority to restrict any rights or freedoms of citizens, anywhere. The federal government has far overstepped it's authority already, many times, for...
[03:27:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:52] <exec_> 08└─I live in the US (calif, fwiw) and I spend 0% of my time *worrying* about being shot or attacked. if you worry, then you have been listening to the 'rule by fear' bullshit that has been all thru the media the last 10+ years. I don't worry about terrorists, either, unless you are talking about the on...
[03:27:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:56] <exec_> 08└─That is the bit that gun control nuts always fail to understand. The nutcase who wants to kill a bunch of people almost always goes to the gun free zones. He knows that he's unlikely to meet anyone there who is prepared to resist him. Again and again, the murderers find that they can kill people jus...
[03:28:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Also - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:28:02] <exec_> 08└─I'd watch that.
[03:28:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Hardly - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:28:07] <exec_> 08└─Came here to say that. Most US "charities" are tax evasion systems, with a dose of good conscience on top. You know why they do it now? To make sure that baby of theirs still gets access to all of daddy's money if the parents drop dead tomorrow morning. because only inheriting $30B would be life-thr...
[03:28:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Covalent [43] (Score:2) 02Percentage doesn't work here - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:12] <exec_> 08└─99% of infinity leaves you with...infinity. Now I know Zuckerberg doesn't have infinity dollars. But he almost does. And while he's donating billions a year, he's earning more than he's donating. I'm not suggesting that he should donate himself into poverty, but it's really easy to say "I'm going to...
[03:28:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Black Hole if Not Careful - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 882 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:18] <exec_> 08└─"Consider disease. Today we spend about 50 times more as a society treating people who are sick than we invest in research so you won't get sick in the first place. Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we've already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progres...
[03:28:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Black Hole if Not Careful - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:28:23] <exec_> 08└─Put another way, his entire donation may amount to two years worth of misinformation if he isn't careful. That isn't even enough misinfo to be remembered for...
[03:28:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ex-spouses are considered more dangerous than gov - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:28] <exec_> 08└─The reason we're not freaking out over this, is because the ex-spouse is someone known, and probably an ex for a very good reason. When "government" does it, it's a bit vague, because that's an institute and not a person with clear, personal qualities. Joke option: you get to dump bad spouses, but d...
[03:28:31] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02Even Sweden didn't go thru with this. - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 988 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:32] <exec_> 08└─This has previously been suggested in some other countries, such as Sweden. Even they didn't go thru with it and they even have that crazy law that half the prostitution transaction is legal while the other part isn't (legal to sell, illegal to buy). As I recall it was about five years ago now, they...
[03:28:36] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:28:38] <exec_> 08└─That's a false dichotomy.
[03:28:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:28:46] <exec_> 08└─No, it's not. I simply called it broad. That's not a false dichotomy. I did not specify the exact degree to which it is broad, and nor did I say that "broad" and "not broad" were the only two things that exist.
[03:30:35] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ugh - 06Doctors Don't Know What to Do With Data from Fitness Trackers - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:30:35] <exec_> 08└─No, the data is in fact completely worthless. There is no tool that can create signal out of random noise.
[03:30:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03quixote [4355] (Score:2) 02Hey, you can lie WITH a FitBit - 06Doctors Don't Know What to Do With Data from Fitness Trackers - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:30:42] <exec_> 08└─Tie it to the kitten. Everybody's happy.
[03:30:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Actual benefit - 06Doctors Don't Know What to Do With Data from Fitness Trackers - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:57] <exec_> 08└─Fitness trackers actually provide a benefit in the form of the placebo effect. It's a pretty expensive and time-consuming benefit though, which could be replaced and eclipsed if you have the willpower to push yourself to exercise every day. A fitness tracker might make you walk an extra few hundred...
[03:32:15] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nollij [4559] (Score:2) 02Re:May this be is good for Thunderbird - 06Mozilla Corporation: Thunderbird “a tax” on Firefox Development - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:32:15] <exec_> 08└─At the moment I think they are the number 2 email client I think after outlook?
[03:33:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nollij [4559] (Score:2) 02Re:AT&Ts $hitty Service & Price Gouging - 06Nearly Half of US Homes Use Cellphones Only, Shun Landlines - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:33:22] <exec_> 08└─from Cricket
[03:34:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:too hard-core???? - 06Enlightenment E20 Arrives - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:34:18] <exec_> 08└─A bit harsh, but thanks, you pointed me in the right direction (what you wrote threw error messages, but even that was informative...): I just added bindsym $mod+g exec guake and all is good. Thanks again (new to i3, but enjoying it: AND learned something new, so yes... thanks!) Will explore the oth...
[03:34:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Eff Planes - 06The Race to Create Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Heats Up - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:34:33] <exec_> 08└─Whereas fruit flies...
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[04:25:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:25:10] <exec_> 08└─It sounds about as exciting as watching a CGI car race.
[04:25:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:25:11] <exec_> 08└─They /do/ need this. They really need a rally league where they race on snowy and gravel roads. We need to have software that can handle non-ideal conditions so that when you hit an icy patch on your way to work, you don't end up in a wreck. Also, how can you pick up chicks in your car if your car c...
[04:25:25] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Random dirty thoughts - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:25:26] <exec_> 08└─If hentai can legally be kiddie porn
[04:25:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Porn swf's - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:25:31] <exec_> 08└─NSFW SWF's
[04:25:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ack! Homestarrunner! - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:25:35] <exec_> 08└─DVDs won't be going away. When you go to an adult store most of the selection is still DVD. There's like one or two shelves of blueray. They also have thumbdrives filled with several gigs centered around a specific theme. No idea what sells more but i would guess they stock more of what sells.
[04:25:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Blocking HTML5 video - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:41] <exec_> 08└─Most browsers are provided from companies dependent on advertisers. I have a feeling any kind of option to disable video won’t work for some addresses at some point. Not sure why video needed to be apart of the rendering engine.
[04:26:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score:2) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:08] <exec_> 08└─ops, forgot to mention: it's "unifont"
[04:26:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:10] <exec_> 08└─After installing symbola
[04:26:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:48] <exec_> 08└─ours certainly has gone totally out of control and needs to be reeled back in, but the government has negated our right to bear arms, in any real sense.
[04:26:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:50] <exec_> 08└─It's being reported on because as a country we're too stupid to solve this problem like many other countries have.
[04:26:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:55] <exec_> 08└─Since about the only hallmark now missing from this is the shouts of "Allah Ackbar!"
[04:26:57] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:00] <exec_> 08└─Ok, that and 'devout Muslim' (per the NY Daily News... could be dodgy but doesn't look like it) and do we really need more? We might still insist we aren't at war with them, they are most certainly at war with us. One guy getting horked off and going postal is one thing. Going postal AND bringing yo...
[04:27:03] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:04] <exec_> 08└─I don't think anyone's really gonna lose any sleep over it to tell you the truth.
[04:27:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:09] <exec_> 08└─Anytime you are speaking about something protected in the U.S Constitution, the laws need to be federal and apply equally to all Americans everywhere
[04:27:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:15] <exec_> 08└─Exactly. Even one concealed carry permit holder would have prevented this, or raised the cost so high the shooters would disengage, even with superior firepower. From news reports, the attack was well planned, In and Out in a couple minutes. Any delay dealing with someone fighting back would have pu...
[04:27:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 989 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:19] <exec_> 08└─I suspect that you are searching to hard for plausible reasons. One fact about American society stands out, no matter what facet of that society you are considering. The United States incarcerates more people than just about all the world combined. For fun and profit, corporations step forward to wa...
[04:27:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:24] <exec_> 08└─Everytown for gun safety is NOT a reliable source of information. I gotta head out to work, I'll probably look at that PDF in the morning, but that group is most definitely NOT RELIABLE. They tell bald faced lies, and expect everyone to believe them.
[04:27:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:28] <exec_> 08└─Oh - first thing wrong with that "study" - they're including every murder in which 4 people are killed. That includes domestic violence, and about 70% of the "mass murders" are domestic violence. While abhorrent, these acts are most definitely NOT the "mass murder" situations commonly referred to in...
[04:27:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:If everyone donated $3... - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:27:49] <exec_> 08└─Politics often gets nasty - with a volunteer based organization even more so. I'm not saying the referenced allegations of waste are incorrect, but there are a large number of people out there who a) have lots of time on their hands to edit wikipedia and b) have lots of time on their hands to get se...
[04:28:54] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh, relax, for fuck's sake - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:28:55] <exec_> 08└─Hmm.....how do I word "Are you fucking retarded?" politely?
[04:29:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score:2) 02Re:His attitude will work against him as well - 06Pilot Crashes Quadcopter into Tree, Baby — Serious Injuries Result - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:29:53] <exec_> 08└─I'm typically one of those that prefer to read sterile hyperlinks BUT I really liked your submission and I think it's a good model for moving forward on Soylent News. I know the people running the show have talked about making some original content. If there is a show piece to say "This is what we w...
[04:30:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nollij [4559] (Score:2) 02Re:Ugh - 06Doctors Don't Know What to Do With Data from Fitness Trackers - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:30:50] <exec_> 08└─It could be. It isn't necessarily, but there are a number of possibilities. For instance: You appear to have a condition that only shows up in sedentary people. Since you have the data to confirm that this isn't the case, he might look into other possibilities. The problem with this, however, is the...
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[05:25:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Scary Link - 06Scientists Pinpoint Protein that Makes it Harder to Lose Weight the Fatter we Get - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:10] <exec_> 08└─"http://www.gizmag.com/protein-weight-fatterslr11/40693/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cc2b7a67a2-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-cc2b7a67a2-90194449"
[05:25:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The fatter you get - 06Scientists Pinpoint Protein that Makes it Harder to Lose Weight the Fatter we Get - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:12] <exec_> 08└─The more little lobbyists you're carrying around with you, telling you 24x7, let's go to Taco Bell! Cinnabon's! Cheesecake Factory! And supersize the soda and fries at BK's!
[05:25:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:25:22] <exec_> 08└─I would totally watch a robot rally race. No matter what it would be awesome to watch. Either the cars would go out in a chaotic mess on various parts of the course or it would be a masterful illustration of what cars could do at pace.
[05:25:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TwentyCharsIsNotEnou [3007] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Drivers vs Engineers - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:26] <exec_> 08└─As a long-time F1 fan, I'm really looking forward to this. People often forget that motorsport is a team sport, competed in by drivers and engineers - and often complain that all cars should be made equal so that the only variable is the driver. It will be nice to see it go the other way - take the...
[05:25:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Flash real problem - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:25:43] <exec_> 08└─SWF can get big, especially since it can contain raster images, but it has always been the CPU cycles that seemed to have made it so bad. A 10 kilobyte swift can churn CPU just fine using scripting.
[05:25:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Blocking HTML5 video - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:25:48] <exec_> 08└─Blocking HTML5 video isn't harder because it is a part of the rendering engine. It's harder because there are no (?) options to block it by default (Firefox, Chrome) without downloading an extension.
[05:25:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03iamjacksusername [1479] (Score:2) 02It cannot come quick eniugh - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:52] <exec_> 08└─I pulled Flash from my desktop images about a year ago. It just became too much of a problem. It was not just packaging the updates but the inevitable installs where flash got into a state where it could not be installed or uninstalled and someone would have to manually remote into the PC to figure...
[05:26:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:41] <exec_> 08└─Even if they were deluged with so many submissions that they began to pick and choose, how should they determine which ones a lot of Soylentils are interested in discussing, short of going by which topics have gotten a lot of attention from us in the past?
[05:27:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:07] <exec_> 08└─Ok, that and 'devout Muslim' (per the NY Daily News... could be dodgy but doesn't look like it) and do we really need more?
[05:27:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:11] <exec_> 08└─> You should try using science some time. Science is incompatible with religion - just ask every atheist here. And jmoriss is a religious extremist. But seriously his craven attitude towards muslims isn't a function of logic. Being a religionist he can only see the world in terms of competing faiths...
[05:27:23] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03moondoctor [2963] 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 824 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:25] <exec_> 08└─one concealed carry permit holder would have prevented this I strongly disagree with this statement. That is speculation. While an ex-military person comfortable in 'live fire' situations may very well have been able to quell things with a gun, to expect the population at large to be ready to engage...
[05:27:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:32] <exec_> 08└─and on the rare occasion one is around they tend to make things worse, accidentally kill innocent bystanders, or react with fear and panic just like most everyone else.
[05:27:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:41] <exec_> 08└─Oh - first thing wrong with that "study" - they're including every murder in which 4 people are killed. That includes domestic violence, and about 70% of the "mass murders" are domestic violence.
[05:28:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Black Hole if Not Careful - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:28:19] <exec_> 08└─How much of the $28 billion is for "Is coffee good for you?" studies?
[05:29:13] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:29:14] <exec_> 08└─You offered that up as an excuse as to why your meaninglessly broad definition was acceptable. The "I didn't literally say that" excuse is simple denialism.
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[06:25:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score:1) 02Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:09] <exec_> 08└─They need to fit one of these in our office lift. No more freely letting out an SBD without a screen displaying vapour trail pointing back to its owner.
[06:25:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02We've been colonized! - 06Scientists Pinpoint Protein that Makes it Harder to Lose Weight the Fatter we Get - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:19] <exec_> 08└─Observations of obese patients following bariatric surgery showed that the amount of resulting weight loss was proportional to reduced sLR11 levels, suggesting to the researchers that fat cells are responsible for generating sLR11.
[06:25:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:25:30] <exec_> 08└─I always thought that racing was really mostly about R&D for the car companies. How different would this be?
[06:27:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mrchew1982 [3565] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 1314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:18] <exec_> 08└─Come on, California has a long held supremacy in the anti-gun laws and policies. The regulation here is onerous and absurd. California ATF will not approve anything for individual citizens, and Sheriffs of multiple counties will only allow concealed carry in cases of dire need where an explicit thre...
[06:27:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mrchew1982 [3565] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:29] <exec_> 08└─In your example about recreational drug use, I think that we would be much better off if we forced a change in the federal system. Having a patchwork of laws that vary from state to state makes traveling between them difficult and increases the need for enforcement, and we already have plenty of pro...
[06:27:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 1213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:34] <exec_> 08└─People like Fienstien will claim that the only way the shooters could have gotten the guns was from outside CA and that a national ban is needed. Something of note, if the info I heard on CNN is correct the shooters were using AKs, which are already illegal in CA. In fact they where some of the firs...
[06:27:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:45] <exec_> 08└─Because fearful people like you pass laws to prevent carrying. California has some of the most restrictive carry laws in the country. What rat hole were you cowering in, hoping for your municipal paid thugs to protect you.
[06:30:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02Original content, policy, article workflow - 06Pilot Crashes Quadcopter into Tree, Baby — Serious Injuries Result - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:30:28] <exec_> 08└─I'm typically one of those that prefer to read sterile hyperlinks BUT I really liked your submission and I think it's a good model for moving forward on Soylent News.
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[07:25:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:25:11] <exec_> 08└─No need for expensive experimental methane cameras. A regular thermal camera does the trick [youtube.com].
[07:25:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:25:31] <exec_> 08└─They really need a rally league where they race on snowy and gravel roads. We need to have software that can handle non-ideal conditions so that when you hit an icy patch on your way to work, you don't end up in a wreck.
[07:25:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:25:33] <exec_> 08└─Arg apologies for the inaccurate trolling. That's what I get for editing the thing between bong hits. Feet go on pedals, hands go on levers. You really do impress chicks with a rear wheel drive car and gas pedal by going into oversteer though.
[07:25:36] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02Depends on how good the programmers are - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:38] <exec_> 08└─Won't taking humans out of the driver's seat take all the drama and excitement out of the sport?
[07:25:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02Re:Depends on how good the programmers are - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:25:42] <exec_> 08└─Note: high performance drivers often use their hands to operate the parking brake pedal and feet to operate the hand brake lever. It all makes sense if you live in Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, Washington or Canada.
[07:26:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Re:Blocking HTML5 video - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:26:02] <exec_> 08└─If I didn’t want flash I could just uninstall flash and the browsers couldn’t do anything about it besides try to force the install, which would award them with the malware title. With it being apart of the browsers rendering engine I am at the whim of the devs whether or not they will play vide...
[07:27:16] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 2874 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:17] <exec_> 08└─most other countries don't have the history we (US) has; where an armed population was a GOOD thing 200+ years ago. now, governments are just as bad (worse, even) than they were back then. ours certainly has gone totally out of control and needs to be reeled back in, but the government has negated o...
[07:27:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03quadrox [315] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:28] <exec_> 08└─I doubt anyone else does also
[07:28:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03CaTfiSh [5221] (Score:1) 02Yes, but...... - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:40] <exec_> 08└─Rather than taking the 501c3 route, he's set up a for-profit LLC. An interesting move which gives his foundation the freedom to lobby and other political activities. It should be interesting to see how this foundation is utilized and if other similarly fashioned "philanthropic" organizations emerge....
[07:28:57] <exec_> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:28:57] <exec_> 08└─So, did you miss the part where he said "Of course in that case I'd feel the same way in reverse" completely, or did you stop reading before that in order to so breathlessly and self-righteously incant the party line faster?
[07:29:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:29:28] <exec_> 08└─You would say that. Infectious disease and human trafficking are pretty compelling reasons for it to be illegal. It's pretty damn hard to ensure that people are actually choosing to be prostitutes and not being coerced. At some point most people grow up and realize that freedom isn't unlimited and t...
[07:29:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:29:29] <exec_> 08└─You would say that. Infectious disease and human trafficking are pretty compelling reasons for it to be illegal.
[07:32:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:One does not "bear" a drone - 06Ask Soylent: Drones and the Right to Bear Arms - 725 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:32:09] <exec_> 08└─These chemical ingredients are still hard to produce at home unnoticed. Purely physical things (especially when the material doesn't matter much and durability is a minor concern) can be printed via 3D printer. Recipes (construction plans / blueprints) can be downloaded / shared encrypted. I'd expec...
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[08:25:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Neat integration. - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:10] <exec_> 08└─Lets hope they don't have to fire up that wood chip furnace very often. Wood combustion is almost as bad as coal. When you look at the countryside in Google maps [goo.gl] you can see how well they laid out the wind turbines throughout the fields. They probably didn't lose any productive acreage at a...
[08:25:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bart [2844] (Score:1) 02energy cost of infrastructure creation? - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:12] <exec_> 08└─It would not surprise me at all, if their per person energy consumption is equal or higher than that of the person connected to a 1GW electric plant, because the energy investment in the creation of said plant is probably much lower per MW produced energy than all this small-scale stuff. I think the...
[08:26:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blame the 'bogeyman'? - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:27] <exec_> 08└─Fun fact: if your system is so poorly secured that not only was it compromised and not detected, but is attacking others and you aren't detecting that either, those attacks are your fault! It's like a negligent gun owner keeping their weapons on the front porch loaded and unattended then getting mad...
[08:26:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:47] <exec_> 08└─so, are you saying that all space-faring civilizations are doomed to failure because the implied internet technology that comes with it dumbs down people enough to go back to hieroglyphs, effectively ending all literacy?
[08:29:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:29:10] <exec_> 08└─So, did you miss the part where he said "Of course in that case I'd feel the same way in reverse" completely, or did you stop reading before that in order to so breathlessly and self-righteously incant the party line faster?
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[09:25:17] <exec_> 08└─There are about 50 wind mills in the surrounding fields. That surprises me, I expected they would need far less wind mills for 150 persons. This means 3 people per wind mill, I would expect the number closer to 10 or 15 people per wind mill. Then again, it could be that not all of them are owned by...
[09:25:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:energy cost of infrastructure creation? - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:25:19] <exec_> 08└─It would not surprise me at all, if their per person energy consumption is equal or higher than that of the person connected to a 1GW electric plant, because the energy investment in the creation of said plant is probably much lower per MW produced energy than all this small-scale stuff.
[09:25:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bart [2844] (Score:1) 02Re:energy cost of infrastructure creation? - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:25:23] <exec_> 08└─You make good points, though you forget about the energy-costs of the batteries and solar cells. But my point is, there should be far more system calculations, where honest attempts are being made to calculate total system costs, instead of one or other special interest group promoting their agenda....
[09:25:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02WIN-WIN - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:28] <exec_> 08└─i'm going to move there and build a solarpanel factory.
[09:25:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:25:33] <exec_> 08└─That's a very cold fart.
[09:25:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Spontaneity - 06Scientists Pinpoint Protein that Makes it Harder to Lose Weight the Fatter we Get - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:40] <exec_> 08└─Let's hope they tread carefully when re-igniting thermogenesis in fat cells, lest they trigger spontaneous combustion.
[09:25:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:25:53] <exec_> 08└─We need to have software that can handle non-ideal conditions so that when you hit an icy patch on your way to work, you don't end up in a wreck.
[09:25:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:25:57] <exec_> 08└─Up to now, racing-as-R&D was about improving car performance, the driving-algorithm was provided by a human wetware. In regards with electric vehicle (see the definition for Formula E [fiaformulae.com]), if you target the (EM) car performance, you'll let a driver do the driving But if the target is...
[09:26:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow... - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:26:06] <exec_> 08└─Still, I kind of wonder what went wrong... Flash have been around for 20 years, they should have had ample of time to fix the various issues with it. Same goes for their pdf reader. I do not know what they have done to it, but nowdays even a document viewer has security issues...
[09:26:45] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02stay st0pid! - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:46] <exec_> 08└─'tis always hilerious to note how liberated (non-personal) information and data is considered a "damage". "WEEEEH everybody knows more .. it's sooo damaging" ^_^
[09:27:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:41] <exec_> 08└─And all of them are one or two shootings over a five-year period, with the countries being so small that the what makes the difference is how many people the one crazy guy manages to shoot before the police get to him. Wonder why Norway is so high? That one crazy guy decided to make his attack on a...
[09:28:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:28:28] <exec_> 08└─They tell bald faced lies, and expect everyone to believe them.
[09:29:54] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Even Sweden didn't go thru with this. - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:29:54] <exec_> 08└─It's the country whose Foreign Minister (Margot Wallström) announced that they would have security and foreign policy based on feminism.
[09:30:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:30:02] <exec_> 08└─That's like saying we should ban Bittorrent software because it could be used to infringe upon copyrights.
[09:30:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:30:05] <exec_> 08└─You made this assertion, but you have provided no evidence that civilization would magically collapse if we legalized prostitution.
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[10:25:08] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How much for a Soylent? - 0650c Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:08] <exec_> 08└─I can pay you in dogshit.
[10:25:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02alphabay - 0650c Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:10] <exec_> 08└─Do you have to pay for these stolen subscriptions using Bitcoin? Buy drugs instead
[10:25:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Re:Neat integration. - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:25:19] <exec_> 08└─"Neat" is not the word I would use. Wind farms are eyesores. They should be confined to industrial areas.
[10:25:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 0210 MW Capacity - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:25] <exec_> 08└─A megawatt is a power unit, not a capacity which would be megawatt hours. This is not nit-picking - "10 MW" tells us nothing about how long they could stay off [their local] grid.
[10:25:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:10 MW Capacity - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:25:28] <exec_> 08└─If you assume that the rating corresponds with the 1C/hour discharge rate (not necessarily the case), the battery capacity would be 10MWh.
[10:25:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Gasland - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:35] <exec_> 08└─There's a well-known documentary (in two parts so far) by that name about the immediate local effects of shale gas exploitation on living and wildlife. I don't recall for sure right now, but probably in the second movie, one of the local residents uses a FLIR camera to document gaseous emissions of...
[10:26:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Random dirty thoughts - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:26:18] <exec_> 08└─Proving once again that plea bargains are an injustice. And the Miller test has nothing to do with the constitution; it's just nonsense invented by some judges to justify unconstitutional censorship.
[10:29:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:29:34] <exec_> 08└─Oh dear. No. I didn't. I find it interesting that GP thinks *anyone* should have access to this person's financial information, and here's the important part, without their consent. If you can't see how the comment completely disregards the victim's privacy, then your reading comprehension is prett...
[10:29:36] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:29:38] <exec_> 08└─For those of us who are interested, could you explain to us how alimony works? I did a brief search on it, and it looks like it's awarded to offset a cost of living difference between spouses after a divorce, is tax deductable, and doesn't have anything to do with child support. Oh, and either spouc...
[10:31:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Lock him up - 06Pilot Crashes Quadcopter into Tree, Baby — Serious Injuries Result - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:31:05] <exec_> 08└─Alternatively, require a license for operating quadcopters, just as a license is required to operate cars, or ham radio stations. If you want to operate it, you'll have to learn how to operate it safely, and prove that you've learned it. And if it turns out you are not operating it safely, you can l...
[10:31:18] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] 02Re:His attitude will work against him as well - 06Pilot Crashes Quadcopter into Tree, Baby — Serious Injuries Result - 302 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:31:19] <exec_> 08└─When did Soylent start accepting wholesale rants as story submissions? Someone adds a single snarky one-liner at the bottom of a submission and people go ape-shit. Meanwhile this guy writes an entire article dripping with his superiority complex and the editors pass it through without a single chang...
[10:31:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why is Austin Powers writing Soylent headlines? - 06Pilot Crashes Quadcopter into Tree, Baby — Serious Injuries Result - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:31:42] <exec_> 08└─The semicolon already is useful; using it for "and" would just add confusion. You may be interested in the fact that there already exists a standardized single-character symbol with the meaning "and", known under the name "ampersand", and it's even included in the standard ASCII character set, at co...
[10:32:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Hey, you can lie WITH a FitBit - 06Doctors Don't Know What to Do With Data from Fitness Trackers - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:32:20] <exec_> 08└─There is a Dilbert cartoon where Alice is tapping her watch as Wally turns up to work late. He says "oh, so you're short on your step count today too?"
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[11:25:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Omission in the article about Seagate's drive - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:06] <exec_> 08└─Seagate's shingled 8TB drive is much cheaper (£170/$200), but you get a shorter warranty and less enterprisey stuff.
[11:25:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Omission in the article about Seagate's drive - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:07] <exec_> 08└─I think the article is full of hot air.
[11:25:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Omission in the article about Seagate's drive - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:12] <exec_> 08└─You obviously need the cloud. Let Amazon buy all the SSDs, HDDs, tape, etc. and let them sort it out.
[11:25:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:alphabay - 0650c Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:19] <exec_> 08└─Only if you don't want to get arrested.
[11:25:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:energy cost of infrastructure creation? - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:30] <exec_> 08└─It cuts both ways. While we do need to consider all of the energy costs of a sustainable solution, including infrastructure construction and maintenance, we also need to consider these costs for non-sustainable solutions. In addition, we also need to calculate the total environmental cost of using n...
[11:26:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:26:06] <exec_> 08└─Offering prizes is the incentive. Ever heard of the DARPA challenges?
[11:26:08] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 800 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:26:09] <exec_> 08└─You are aware that the technology of the race cars is not built into regular cars unmodified? Why would you think it would happen with the driving software? Racing would imply having the car under control in extreme conditions. A software that can have the car under control under extreme conditions...
[11:26:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Drivers vs Engineers - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:26:13] <exec_> 08└─F1's 99% engineers already. F-E's probably a good starting place for this though, as it's a fuckup already, they can't make it any worse. They change cars mid race, as batteries are a *crappy* energy store. It's a complete joke. And don't even start me on the fan boost bullshit - which was hated by...
[11:26:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:Depends on how good the programmers are - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:26:17] <exec_> 08└─That's not possible since multiple cars cannot exist in the same location at the same time, unless of course you submit yourself to tailing the car in front for the entire race.
[11:26:20] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Solution - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:22] <exec_> 08└─Won't taking humans out of the driver's seat take all the drama and excitement out of the sport?
[11:26:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:Good Riddance - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:26:28] <exec_> 08└─Flash animations were extremely popular before youtube was a thing, and it'd be a pity if all of that content became unplayable in the future. They certainly were. I never managed to actually punch the monkey :(
[11:27:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hip belt - 06Japanese Exoskeleton Could Help Users Walk and Run, No Batteries Required - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:27:24] <exec_> 08└─Ah, you mean medyaglyphs, https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[11:28:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:02] <exec_> 08└─Plus in the USA some "studies" may not count shootings with 4 victims as mass shootings. Whereas in safer countries 4 people getting shot is more likely to hit front page. See: http://shootingtracker.com [shootingtracker.com] How many of such shootings would have been cou...
[11:28:06] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:07] <exec_> 08└─Add to that: owning a gun is pretty useless without adequate training. And that doesn't just mean training in how to fire the gun itself. If protecting the country from foreign invaders and an oppressive Federal government were the real objectives then the solution would be to form state-run militia...
[11:28:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:11] <exec_> 08└─You need to learn some geography too. It's not the guns. The USA has oceans on both sides making it harder to invade for most countries. Even the Germans had a bit of difficulty invading Britain over such a "small stretch of water" (and it wasn't easy for the allies for the other way around: https:/...
[11:28:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:48] <exec_> 08└─What is the state of mental health care in California?
[11:29:54] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:29:54] <exec_> 08└─Far more effort than I would have spent on a shrill, loser Gender Studies major.
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[12:25:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:06] <exec_> 08└─Scratch [mit.edu] is the most kid-accessible way to teach programming that I've seen. The kids fit lego-like blocks of code together to move cartoon characters. They can also edit the characters themselves, so it's also a bit of an entree into graphic design. Scratch is free to download, but if you...
[12:25:15] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02HGST 1TB Platter - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:16] <exec_> 08└─When WD bought out HGST, they had to sell off then-new 1TB Platter-based drives off to Toshiba. I wonder if this model is based on the same platter. BTW, cramming seven platters into a single unit means hotter operation and heavier mechanical stress. You should stress-test this thing before putting...
[12:25:38] <exec_> *** new comment: 03sudo rm -rf [2357] (Score:2) 02Re:WIN-WIN - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:25:39] <exec_> 08└─I hate to disappoint you, but the village has already got one (german: EQ-SYS GmbH [wikipedia.org])
[12:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Alphatool [1145] (Score:2) 02A Hyper expensive way to get electricity - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 1249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:43] <exec_> 08└─TFA says they pay less for energy, but that is such a distorted figure that it's actually offensive. The village has received so many subsidies that it's hard to keep track of them all, but here are a couple of them: For the biomass plant: The plant cost nearly 2 million euros and much of that was p...
[12:26:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow... - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:26:34] <exec_> 08└─Flash have been around for 20 years, they should have had ample of time to fix the various issues with it.
[12:26:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Good Riddance - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:26:38] <exec_> 08└─Especially everybody's favorite early use of Flash animation: The annoying site intro [zombo.com].
[12:27:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Chinese cyber security stragegy - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:19] <exec_> 08└─"As we have reiterated on many occasions, the Chinese government is opposed to all forms of cyber attacks," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said. "We have stressed that cyber security needs to be based on mutual respect.
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[13:25:04] <exec_> 08└─Scratch [mit.edu] is the most kid-accessible way to teach programming that I've seen. The kids fit lego-like blocks of code together to move cartoon characters. They can also edit the characters themselves, so it's also a bit of an entree into graphic design. Scratch is free to download, but if you...
[13:25:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:25:06] <exec_> 08└─Seconding Scratch as the teaching software of choice - and it's free. If you're looking for something tangible, you could set her up with a (pre-configured) Raspberry Pi, in a case. The default Raspbian includes Scratch in a non-web dependent format. I'd stay away from the Pi Zero this Christmas and...
[13:25:08] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:25:11] <exec_> 08└─I agree with Scratch. I want to get my own kids started on this. Also, you can take the Harvard intro to computer science (CS50x) on Edx for free and they use Scratch to teach programming and CS concepts to their students.
[13:25:13] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Jerry Smith [379] (Score:1) 02Lego - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:15] <exec_> 08└─Lego has some solutions. Pricey, but expandable. http://education.lego.com [lego.com]
[13:25:18] <exec_> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] 02One Approach - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 386 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:19] <exec_> 08└─Leave a programming book lying around somewhere. Tell her she is not allowed to read it. Tell her she isn't allowed to learn to write programs until she gets "older". Tell her she isn't mature enough to learn. Leave a computer unattended for a few hours a day when she is around. Either she never wou...
[13:25:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03engblom [556] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Scratch and MakeBlock - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:24] <exec_> 08└─Scratch will reward her immediately as she will be able to create something herself in just a few minutes. Check out at http://scratch.mit.edu [mit.edu] yourself and you will see what I mean. Additionally you could consider something from http://www.makeblock.cc [makeblock.cc] as a Christmas gift....
[13:25:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 1248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:29] <exec_> 08└─When I started programming I was 17 and the language was Basic, followed soon after by Fortran on the mainframe at my dad's university. (Hey, this was 1980 so give me some latitude!) The nice thing about both those languages is that they are were pretty simple and straightforward. They didn't have a...
[13:25:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Lemming [1053] (Score:2) 02CoderDojo - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 1254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:33] <exec_> 08└─I'm a coach at a local CoderDojo [coderdojo.com], where we teach kids (starting at age 7) to program. The first step is programming in Scratch [mit.edu], as mentioned in an earlier post. You can click "create" on that site and start right away. We never install Scratch locally, but on the site you h...
[13:25:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03xorsyst [1372] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Kano - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:38] <exec_> 08└─My 9-year old is getting a Kano for Christmas (http://us.kano.me/). It's basically a raspberry pi designed entirely for the kid to use on their own. He's already been using Scratch for a year or so, and this will give him something really his.
[13:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jbernardo [300] (Score:2) 02Re:Kano - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:25:43] <exec_> 08└─I've given my kids a Kano last year (I participated in the kickstarter), and this year upgraded it to the pi2 and have ordered the screen. I am quite happy with it, and my oldest was able to show off her knowledge of scratch at school last month... :) I fully recommend the Kano, even if I would pref...
[13:25:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03tonyPick [1237] (Score:2) 02How about Inform? - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:47] <exec_> 08└─Possibly this is a little too advanced, but if you're looking for something more challenging than Scratch then one thing I've always felt might be a good fit for this would be the latest inform tools [inform7.com]. Basically inform is the language behind interactive fiction games, but the inform7 se...
[13:25:51] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bootsy [3440] (Score:2) 02Python - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:52] <exec_> 08└─My 10 yeard old started off on scratch but she much prefers python. She likes taking example programs and modifying them to do different things. When I was her age I learnt Sinclair Spectrum BASIC but Python seems a lot better compared to that.
[13:25:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02"pays less" - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:58] <exec_> 08└─The project cost each villager €3,000, but now they pay 31 per cent less than the standard rate for their electricity and around 10 per cent less for their heating. The project has also created about 30 jobs. None of the villagers complain that the turbines are an eyesore.
[13:26:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Hardness [4766] (Score:1) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:26:30] <exec_> 08└─(You realize that racing is one of the ways they work out bugs in bleeding-edge technology, right?)
[13:29:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Philanthropy or... - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:30:00] <exec_> 08└─Attention may be called to the fact that, in spite of his proclaimed readiness to make personal sacrifices, the Jew never becomes poor thereby. He has a happy knack of always making both ends meet. Occasionally his benevolence might be compared to the manure which is not spread over the field merely...
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[14:25:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccurate - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:11] <exec_> 08└─I seriously doubt that the statistics were accurate in these countries. Also, South Koreans are batshit crazy.
[14:25:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:12] <exec_> 08└─Stats like obesity rate, religious affiliation, wealth of 1% seem all subjective, vaguely defined to say anything much concrete. Hope the polling company lose money on such shoddy work.
[14:25:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:25:23] <exec_> 08└─In relation to scratch, there's scratch for arduino (http://s4a.cat/) You do the programming with a normal PC and connect an arduino board, which then let's you control lights and motors and such and read inputs just by running the program on the PC. So in a way it's a physical I/O extension to scra...
[14:25:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:25:29] <exec_> 08└─OP here. I agree with your thoughts about Windows and actually gave her a Linux laptop several years ago. However at that time she only wanted games and it didn't have her favorites. I tried to show her others but it didn't take. But of course I'll be looking for an opportunity to get her back on a...
[14:25:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Kano - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:25:33] <exec_> 08└─It's only time / money - for the same approximate cost, you can configure a vanilla Raspberry Pi 2 to do everything the Kano does, with the keyboard of your choice. Unfortunately, the keyboard I'm typing on costs $90 by itself, if I felt my kids needed this one, then the budget would have to increas...
[14:25:35] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Re:How about Inform? - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:25:37] <exec_> 08└─I love it - thank you for reminding me about Inform. I think I'm going to want my kids to do this, down the road.
[14:25:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Raspberry Pi - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:41] <exec_> 08└─It is cheap and has Python, Scratch out-of-the-box[via NOOBS/Raspian]. She can learn about basic hardware too while she is at it.[maybe Dad can too]
[14:25:45] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Alice... - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:46] <exec_> 08└─Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows...
[14:25:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Here's what we're doing - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 893 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:51] <exec_> 08└─My kids have been playing with Logo off and on for awhile. There are several free distributions and several good old books. Last year at a museum the kids got to experiment with programming robots with a Scratch-like graphical programming language which seems to have really lit a fire for some of th...
[14:25:54] <exec_> *** new comment: 03tempest [3050] (Score:2) 02What kind of program - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:55] <exec_> 08└─For kids (and anyone really) I think the biggest disappointment is being limited to throwing out a bunch of text, which seems relatively boring in the GUI world we live in. When you say "programming" what does she mean by that? On a tech site we think of programming as actual code, but one thing I'd...
[14:25:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score:2) 02Could be stopped - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:26:01] <exec_> 08└─If the account is 'active', it would be enough to show a short log of the last few log-ins (showing browser, location, date/time). That would alert the user their account had been compromised. For an 'inactive' account, things aren't quite as simple. You could email them every month with a log-in lo...
[14:26:14] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Alphatool [1145] 02A Hyper expensive way to get electricity - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 1249 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:26:15] <exec_> 08└─TFA says they pay less for energy, but that is such a distorted figure that it's actually offensive. The village has received so many subsidies that it's hard to keep track of them all, but here are a couple of them: For the biomass plant: The plant cost nearly 2 million euros and much of that was p...
[14:26:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02smart LDAR - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:26:27] <exec_> 08└─Unless these guys are putting some kind of new spin on it this isn't exactly new technology. Search for LDAR camera or smart LDAR and you'll find some youtube videos of this in action. I bet it has been almost 10 years since I started seeing IR cameras used this way. The first video I saw of an LDAR...
[14:26:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:26:49] <exec_> 08└─It would be cool if someone (like VW) dropped some road rage code into the AI programming.
[14:26:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03TwentyCharsIsNotEnou [3007] (Score:1) 02Re:Drivers vs Engineers - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:01] <exec_> 08└─I agree that fan boost is ridiculous and a joke, but not with the car changing - you have to start somewhere, things will improve over time. If they didn't start FE until all the technologies were mature and ready, it might never start! As for F1 being 99% engineers, I think that's on the extremely...
[14:27:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score:2) 02Re:Good Riddance - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:20] <exec_> 08└─Third-party FOSS Flash interpreters ought to last forever, but their compatibility is far from perfect. Shumway [github.io] implements a Flash interpreter in HTML5. If they could get that to work with, say, 90% of existing Flash content, I'd say the problem is essentially solved.
[14:30:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score:2) 02Re:Percentage doesn't work here - 06Mark Zuckerberg to Donate $45 Billion Facebook Fortune to Charity - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:30:26] <exec_> 08└─I'm not suggesting that he should donate himself into poverty, but it's really easy to say "I'm going to donate 99% of my money" when you're in the 0.1%
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[15:25:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:23] <exec_> 08└─Obesity is medically defined by being BMI 30+. That's objective, if not necessarily a perfect reflection of health. Religious identification is self-reported. "Wealth" is a legitimate gripe, but can be estimated through net worth.
[15:25:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03gargoyle [1791] (Score:2) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:25] <exec_> 08└─Yes, but what does BMI +30 look like to someone who isn't used to working with BMI (i.e. not an active gym going geek, personal trainer or GP). The problem isn't defining what any of those categories are, but defining what the average laypersons understanding of those things is. It's knowing what th...
[15:25:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03NickFortune [3267] (Score:2) 02Fifth what? - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:29] <exec_> 08└─Fifth most accurate. or fifth least?
[15:25:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Fifth what? - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:34] <exec_> 08└─https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3664/Perils-of-Perception-2015.aspx [ipsos-mori.com] https://www.ipsos-mori.com [ipsos-mori.com] United States was 5th most accurate out of 28 countries. 5 other countries wer...
[15:25:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Hard to agree - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:38] <exec_> 08└─since I just have the data that I get from what I see and what the news tells me. My ego bashed, I'll just gripe -- the quiz offers no citations or details about their stats.
[15:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02findings - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:43] <exec_> 08└─I think South Korea did so well because they nailed the obesity question. I think it's no coincidence that China, Japan, and India were the only to overestimate obesity. One question is "What proportion of the total household wealth do you think the wealthiest 1% should own?" Since that is an opinio...
[15:25:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score:2) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:48] <exec_> 08└─It was possible in older versions of Scratch on the Pi but was not straightforward, latest versions of Scratch do have full IO support.
[15:25:51] <exec_> *** new comment: 03yp [5562] (Score:1) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:52] <exec_> 08└─+1 to Scratch. I've done some volunteering with 10-11 year olds with it here in UK and most of them had good fun with it. https://www.codeclub.org.uk [codeclub.org.uk] has some nice projects she could implement on her own or with your help.
[15:25:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:57] <exec_> 08└─So, with that I'd start with something relatively simple such as a scripting language. I'm partial to Groovy myself but Perl might be a good choice as well. Then once the kid gets proficient, she can move on to some of the more complicated languages.
[15:26:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:01] <exec_> 08└─If a game she likes uses lua it could help make programming seem more practical and 'real' to her.
[15:26:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Alice... - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:06] <exec_> 08└─Alice is awesome. I showed it to my own daughter. It teaches a lot of programming concepts, step-by-step, without the child even known it. You're basically choreographing an ice skater with more and more complex instructions.
[15:26:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:What kind of program - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:11] <exec_> 08└─Yeah, HTML might be worthwhile for this since to her, program probably equals web page. I remember my sister wanted to learn how to make a webpage, some 14 years ago or so. Being a 17 year old asshole, I tossed her an O'Reilly web dev book. Maybe one of the "... in a nutshell"s. Can't remember. Anyw...
[15:26:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DancesWithRobots [3810] (Score:1) 02Consider Processing - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:15] <exec_> 08└─Processing has the instant gratification factor of MIT Scratch, along with a somewhat more advanced ide. There's even a version for the Raspberry Pi and a version based on Python.
[15:26:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02HTML - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:20] <exec_> 08└─Give her Notepad++ and http://www.w3schools.com [w3schools.com] Then graduate her to simple JavaScript and https://jsfiddle.net [jsfiddle.net]
[15:26:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02she's (for now) a Windows user - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:25] <exec_> 08└─There's your answer. A child will enjoy change and new things to try out. She might not realize that GNU/Linux is ethically superior but that's your job to inform her.
[15:26:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score:2) 02Kodable - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:29] <exec_> 08└─My daughter's a couple years younger, but she really enjoys Kodable [kodable.com]. They use it at her school and she just loves it. I haven't really tried to get her "into programming" as I am happy for her to find her own way in life, but it turns out she really enjoys this stuff. Go figure. Maybe...
[15:26:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:HGST 1TB Platter - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:35] <exec_> 08└─These actually run cooler than normal drives due to the concurrent use of helioseal/helium gas. Look at the TCO chart in the anandtech article. 8 racks, 1920 hdds use 10 kw of power vs 15.4 kw for 6 TB air filled drives and 17.3 kw for 8 TB air filled drives. Other articles show similar benefits for...
[15:26:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:HGST 1TB Platter - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:39] <exec_> 08└─BTW, cramming seven platters into a single unit means hotter operation and heavier mechanical stress.
[15:26:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Could be stopped - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:44] <exec_> 08└─If your password is compromised, or may be, just change it. If your computer is compromised, that won't help but you probably have more serious problems than someone using your NetFlix account.
[15:26:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Could be stopped - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:48] <exec_> 08└─Some sites do block accounts if they detect sharing or over sharing. P0rn sites are the most common ones to use that kind of tech. In the password cracking and trading world, people advise that those using "acquired" accounts to go through the same proxy or VPN to keep the passes alive longer. In th...
[15:26:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Neat integration. - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:54] <exec_> 08└─Yeah, I know. Ugly as fuck. [pinimg.com]
[15:26:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Swervin [2444] (Score:1) 02Re:Neat integration. - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:58] <exec_> 08└─You should drive through western Iowa sometime. Wind farms everywhere, right on top of farm fields. Observe the shadows, then zoom in for closer looks, there's probably street view available also but I haven't checked: https://www.google.com!3m1!1e3 [google.co...
[15:27:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"pays less" - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:03] <exec_> 08└─When are we going to see the economic magic from renewable energy?
[15:27:06] <exec_> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02150 people? - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:07] <exec_> 08└─How about 3,400,000? http://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com]
[15:27:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:2) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:13] <exec_> 08└─The D in SBD is not methane. Methane is odorless. Flatus is about 98% odorless gases.It's the remaining 2%, a mix of esters, ketones and sulfides depending on what you eat, that provides the inimitable social character.
[15:27:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Hardness [4766] (Score:1) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:25] <exec_> 08└─Gran Turismo 4's B-Spec mode was pretty fun...!
[15:27:38] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Drivers vs Engineers - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:39] <exec_> 08└─How is being 17th "clearly a level above the rest", it seems more like "below 16 of the other 19 drivers" to me? But I agree that competition is good for helping drive the tech forward. I just think that perhaps they should have rejigged capacities, power, or race length to ensure that you don't nee...
[15:27:43] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Solution - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:44] <exec_> 08└─SmartCars running Windows with riding mechanics/programers that "hike out" on turns. That should provide some excitement.
[15:29:54] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:55] <exec_> 08└─I don't know about a 48 hour rule, but surprise, surprise, surprise - it wasn't a white Christian redneck conservative heterosexual - it was MOSLEMS!!!!
[15:30:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Re:Alas... - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:30:15] <exec_> 08└─I gave you a touche point, but I wish I could take it back. Yeah, there was one lazy attribution to Newsweek (accompanied by the relevant issue date in plain text), but most of the assertions are taken from Kleck and Gertz, as published in the Northwestern University School of Law, Journal of Crimin...
[15:31:35] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:31:36] <exec_> 08└─Far more effort than I would have spent on a shrill, loser Gender Studies major.
[15:31:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not with that grammar - 06Tracking Someone Using LifeLock - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:31:37] <exec_> 08└─a presumption that I both find tiresome and borderline offensive.
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[16:25:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03rondon [5167] (Score:2) 02So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:14] <exec_> 08└─What does this mean for health? Is this going to allow for a poop tricorder that tells us what is wrong with our microbiome? Will it allow us to find ways to fix the microbiomes of people who need it? Both, neither? I ask these questions because the article was a bit vague on that front, and I don't...
[16:25:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 1021 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:16] <exec_> 08└─20 years ago, talking about gut microbes influencing health would have gotten you lumped in with crystal worshipers. This looks like basic science-engineering to me, developing a method to measure gut microbe growth rates - what do you do with those measurements? Who knows, but at least you can make...
[16:25:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Nice Paper - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:21] <exec_> 08└─A rare biomed paper free of NHST nonsense. They developed a novel method that allows quantitative measurement of biological parameters, performed the measurements, and suggest a simple quantitative model to explain their observations. Even if they've made some errors or misinterpretations (I didn't...
[16:25:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccur - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:28] <exec_> 08└─I work with one. She is a software dev. It's non-stop cursing in Korean, burping, slamming doors, and simultaneous complaining to other nearby devs to keep quiet. She is special.
[16:25:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccur - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:31] <exec_> 08└─Take care--she'll cut you.
[16:25:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccur - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:36] <exec_> 08└─LOL - I often read people who say "I'm married to (fill in favorite or least favorite nationality, religion, culture, race, etc) and THEY AREN'T LIKE YOU SAY!" Now, when a person writes, "I'm married to _____________ AND THEY ARE FUCKING NUTS!" - well, I can believe that. I mean, she had to be fuck...
[16:25:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:40] <exec_> 08└─People who are too lazy to look up any terms they don't understand are probably in the BMI +30 group already.
[16:25:43] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fifth what? - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:45] <exec_> 08└─Actually, on the end of the quiz, it listed the US at sixth place. First place being me. ;-)
[16:25:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Hard to agree - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:49] <exec_> 08└─Here is the data used: https://www.ipsos-mori.com [ipsos-mori.com] https://www.ipsos-mori.com [ipsos-mori.com]
[16:25:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:findings - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:54] <exec_> 08└─*guessed The accuracy may be off, since it seems to be rounded to the nearest integer for every country except India, but the ranking should be correct.
[16:25:57] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:findings - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:59] <exec_> 08└─One question is "What proportion of the total household wealth do you think the wealthiest 1% should own?"
[16:26:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02#1! - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:03] <exec_> 08└─Woo hoo! Must be because I watch Fox News religiously. NOT! I do think their stats are old. Yesterday I saw official stats that in the US the 1% owns 43% of the wealth. This poll thought it was 37%. Also, the BMI baseline cannot use North Koreans as the standard.
[16:26:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:#1! - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:08] <exec_> 08└─Must be because I watch Fox News religiously. NOT!
[16:26:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:13] <exec_> 08└─ok, good to know.
[16:26:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:17] <exec_> 08└─There's also a very Scratch-like assortment of Minecraft themed lessons over at code.org [code.org] build by one of the Minecraft devs. Kept an 8 and 10 yo pair busy an entire Saturday around my house.
[16:26:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:One Approach - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:22] <exec_> 08└─in a few weeks, she'll be the best programmer you ever met.
[16:26:25] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 2595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:27] <exec_> 08└─Perl?!? That is high on my list of languages I wouldn't dare use to introduce children, or adults either, to programming. Even if you cut things way down, forget the regular expressions, hashes, and OOP lite, it's still heavy on sigils. Do you really want to try to explain appropriate use of the '$'...
[16:26:29] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Lemming [1053] 02CoderDojo - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 1254 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:30] <exec_> 08└─I'm a coach at a local CoderDojo [coderdojo.com], where we teach kids (starting at age 7) to program. The first step is programming in Scratch [mit.edu], as mentioned in an earlier post. You can click "create" on that site and start right away. We never install Scratch locally, but on the site you h...
[16:26:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Raspberry Pi - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 2378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:36] <exec_> 08└─I have been steering people away from the Pi. It is a seriously cool platform and cheap. However its setup curve is quite steep (at least for a beginner). Your first challenge is buying the right kit. Then making sure you have an OS you can play with. Not difficult, but not exactly what people would...
[16:26:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Math!!! - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 1869 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:41] <exec_> 08└─Coding is just a compiler function. Teacher her logic and math. That is what is important. Logic goes both to ORs and Ands, but also causality. Math is gets into the use of symbols as well as problem solving. With those two things, language is not important. Skills are are also useful in other area...
[16:26:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Teaching Kids Coding - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:46] <exec_> 08└─A number of people have already mentioned Scratch. There is also a free option from Microsoft that Professional Developers use. It's called Visual Studio Community 2015. https://www.visualstudio.com [visualstudio.com] It's a bit complicated, but there a...
[16:26:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Daddy Logo - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:50] <exec_> 08└─Play "Daddy Logo" with her. She tells you what to do in the form of Logo commands. If you allow her to bump you into walls, attempt to go through short doors without ducking, etc... she will be sufficiently entertained to develop a stronger interest.
[16:26:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02high altitude - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:55] <exec_> 08└─Wonder how these He drives handle high altitude. I was once on a project that ran into a problem with the thin air at high altitudes. Put a conventional hard drive in an unpressurized compartment and take it up to 17,000 plus feet, and it will soon fail. They need air pressure to function. The probl...
[16:26:58] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:high altitude - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:59] <exec_> 08└─If the pressure inside the sealed (but not completely sealed) helium drive is less than normal atmospheric pressure, wouldn't it be fine or even better at high altitude?
[16:27:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02AOL Days - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:04] <exec_> 08└─This reminds me of the AOL days where people used to trade stolen AOL accounts. You'll be surprised how many people had the password "1234" back when passwords didn't have stricter restrictions.
[16:27:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:31] <exec_> 08└─My thoughts exactly. Can't a regular thermal camera detect methane leaks and other methane sources? So what, is this thing really that much 'better' or is it just marketing hype?
[16:27:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:34] <exec_> 08└─But the methane is what's detectable. We can presume that the smell is coming from other things.
[16:27:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:smart LDAR - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:39] <exec_> 08└─They insert small amounts of additives to natural gas so that we can smell a gas leak but I wonder if they can insert a gas that's visible to the naked eye in small quantities as well? Something that, when burned (say you turn on the stove) is no longer as visible to the naked eye but if you leave t...
[16:28:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:03] <exec_> 08└─Not the cheapest, but maybe the best.
[16:28:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Depends on how good the programmers are - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:15] <exec_> 08└─If your cars cannot be in the same location at the same time, that must be because they are fermionic (i.e. half-spin). Fortunately there's an easy fix to that: Add a single electron to each fermionic car, and then the cars get bosonic; it is well known that bosons can be in the same location at the...
[16:28:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score:2) 02Re:Solution - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:19] <exec_> 08└─Just put the human in the passenger seat. This will create extra drama. ;-)
[16:28:20] <exec_> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score:2) 02Re:Solution - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:23] <exec_> 08└─-mother-in-laws--> mothers in law
[16:28:28] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheRaven [270] 02Re:Wow... - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:29] <exec_> 08└─Flash have been around for 20 years, they should have had ample of time to fix the various issues with it.
[16:29:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Je suis Paris? - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:45] <exec_> 08└─Did I say it rght? I don't speak any French, but maybe I got it right. Muslims. A couple of camel jockey types decided that they didn't want anything more to do with infidels, and started gunning down the infidels. But, MSM is trying to call it "workplace violence".
[16:30:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:28] <exec_> 08└─It looks like this makes you feel uncomfortable and you want us to change things so you feel more comfortable. Tough. Ignore the story if you dont want to read it. I for one enjoy the comments of my peers on subjects that vary. Sure if the only request was to read comments I could go read the drivel...
[16:30:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:31] <exec_> 08└─After the Paris shootings, Anonymous had #opparis. Maybe now we'll see #opsanbernardino.
[16:33:03] <exec_> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Re:Lock him up - 06Pilot Crashes Quadcopter into Tree, Baby — Serious Injuries Result - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:33:04] <exec_> 08└─But then he isn't living in his mother's basement!
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[17:25:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:40] <exec_> 08└─Just in time for the S-400s and Sukhois now carrying air-air missiles. I feel sorry for any forces from Western nations going in that hellhole to "fight" the "Islamic State" not knowing that they're being sent in to aid terrorism and being dangled as bait to start devastating war. Why aren't allied...
[17:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:43] <exec_> 08└─Like it or not, Turkey is a member of NATO. Bombing a NATO member is a no-no, especially for another member of NATO. There is plenty of "facts" out there about Turkey's dealing with ISIS. Some of the "facts" may in fact be facts... but I wouldn't give credence to any of them.
[17:25:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:48] <exec_> 08└─It's been an open secret for nearly a year that Daesh is funding it's activity by selling oil. There aren't a lot of routes from Syria to the market. The secret that Daesh recruits are entering the country through Turkey has been just as open. And, Turkey's other little secret, about hating Kurds, i...
[17:25:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:52] <exec_> 08└─Why aren't allied nations bombing Turkey and Saudi Arabia?
[17:25:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:56] <exec_> 08└─Pentagon To Announce Women Are Allowed In Frontline Ground Combat Positions [npr.org]
[17:26:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:01] <exec_> 08└─"You too can be a tool of the USG. Don't think about it, the Army thinks for you!"
[17:26:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Why do they hate Westerners? - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:06] <exec_> 08└─More air strikes, but we don't know why they are killing us. They probably hate us for our freedoms. The President of France said they don't like that we dance, or something.
[17:26:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why do they hate Westerners? - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:10] <exec_> 08└─Simple: They hate Westerners because the Westerners are bombing them. The war on terror creates terrorists.
[17:26:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 1068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:15] <exec_> 08└─Bombing oilfields, which is effectively all they're doing, will probably at worst just disperse the Daesh militia, and they'll just regroup elsewhere, possibly unpredictably. And it leaves the country with a damaged infrastructure. So we're punishing the whole country for the acts of a group it's al...
[17:26:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:20] <exec_> 08└─And Bush and Blair need to take responsibility for fucking up Iraq, preferably in an international court, and preferably with two Saddamesque hangings, or equivalent, as the outcome.
[17:26:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03azrael [2855] (Score:1) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:25] <exec_> 08└─Dispersing them would achieve some goals. On of their biggest appeals is creating their Caliphate and this, in many eyes, gives them legitimacy. Destruction of their Caliphate is essential to destroying Daesh. Though I readily accept that we need to go beyond destroying their Caliphate.
[17:26:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03azrael [2855] (Score:1) 02Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 1931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:29] <exec_> 08└─I listened/watched the day-long parliamentary debate (on and off) and there were many many interesting speeches/debates. There are a lot of things to worry about on both sides of the debate - the risks of action and inaction. One very interesting point is that the UK has been bombing Isis/Isil/Daesh...
[17:26:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:35] <exec_> 08└─hippppppie Think of yourself as a garden. Fertilize the soil (Eat nutritiously). Plant new vegetables (e.g., probiotics, fermented foods). Pull the weeds(e.g., refrain from sugar).
[17:26:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:39] <exec_> 08└─Indeed. I'm itching to conduct some research too...on its influence on brain.
[17:26:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:43] <exec_> 08└─Suppository? You can shove that where the sun don't shine!
[17:26:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nice Paper - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:48] <exec_> 08└─I was not trolling. This is a 1/10,000 paper.
[17:26:51] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Nice Paper - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:53] <exec_> 08└─I believe you like this paper, but you certainly was trolling against other quality research. Not every worthy scientific paper has to be groundbreaking. Indeed, without those other 'mundane' papers, this one would never have been written, much less funded.
[17:26:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nice Paper - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:26:58] <exec_> 08└─This should be a mundane paper. The only reason the other 9,999/10,000 are produced is that people don't know what a p-value means so the project is designed to see if one group differs from another. I know, I was trained to be a confused person like them. It's awful to see people waste their lives...
[17:27:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:03] <exec_> 08└─This guy is so overweight (as measured by BMI) he can't even bend over to tie his own shoelaces - fact! http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com This guy has been overweight (as measured by BMI) so long he's even given up on using shoes...
[17:27:06] <exec_> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score:1) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:07] <exec_> 08└─Obesity is medically defined by being BMI 30+. That's objective, if not necessarily a perfect reflection of health.
[17:27:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:findings - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:12] <exec_> 08└─They did ask it, but apparently they asked both questions. https://www.ipsos-mori.com [ipsos-mori.com] Pages 3 through 6
[17:27:15] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:#1! - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:16] <exec_> 08└─I guess it depends on who is counting, and when. http://www.cnn.com [cnn.com]
[17:27:20] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Mexico, India, and Brazil - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:21] <exec_> 08└─Makes sense. Mexico: *snorts cocaine* "I am the biggest and fastest Vato in all of Mexico! Ayeppa Ayeppa Andale Yehaaaaaaaa!" *Rat-tat-tat-tat!* India: "MUH space program!" *Shits in street* And it goes without saying that those Brazilian women have butts thrice as wide as the rest of their bodies,...
[17:27:25] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:One Approach - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:27] <exec_> 08└─Better than the opposite, demanding that she learn because it's "good for her" and having her end up smoking crack and exclusively seeing Black men 10 years later.
[17:27:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Whatever you choose, make it fun... - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:33] <exec_> 08└─One of my favorite Koans from the Codeless Code touches on this: Anantha's Fountain. [thecodelesscode.com] Have you never seen kittens gamboling with a skein of yarn? You took a pack of tiger cubs and merely ordered them to attack a bear. I have made them hunger for the chase.
[17:27:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:high altitude - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:47] <exec_> 08└─There's a reason such commercial items state minimum / maximum temperatures, minimum / maximum G-force etc. and even sometimes altitude. 17,000 feet is not a "normal" altitude. Putting it on a plane is probably vibration more than anything causing it to fail, not to mention static. I'm sure pressure...
[17:28:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:AOL Days - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:28:01] <exec_> 08└─That's amazing! I've got the same combination for my luggage - it's just got one more digit at the end! I will still be safe. You will never be able to guess what the last number is.
[17:28:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Re:Neat integration. - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:28:13] <exec_> 08└─Thanks for the photo. Here's [alamy.com] one of a nuclear power station for comparison. Nicer, I think.
[17:28:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:28:37] <exec_> 08└─That video is a hoax. Its suspected that they used a can of air to make that. Black is cold in infrared cameras. Farts should be warm.
[17:31:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tramii [920] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:31:04] <exec_> 08└─I suppose we should just ask *you* to personally ok all the stories then?
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[18:25:43] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 406 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:44] <exec_> 08└─It's been an open secret for nearly a year that Daesh is funding it's activity by selling oil. There aren't a lot of routes from Syria to the market. The secret that Daesh recruits are entering the country through Turkey has been just as open. And, Turkey's other little secret, about hating Kurds, i...
[18:25:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:49] <exec_> 08└─> MUH equality MUH bodies. Especially angry lesbians with something to prove, who're always pets of Democratic governments.
[18:25:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Why do they hate Westerners? - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:54] <exec_> 08└─It's not just that. The west promotes gender equality and (most of us anyhow) respect for peoples differences, free speech democracy etc. These ideas cause minorities (and females) to get ideas above there station (like education) and think they have any rights whatsoever. This war isn't so much abo...
[18:25:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why do they hate Westerners? - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:58] <exec_> 08└─They hate Westerners because the Westerners are bombing them.
[18:26:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:02] <exec_> 08└─Which "Whole Country" are you talking about? The "Islamic State" has taken over parts of multiple countries.
[18:26:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:06] <exec_> 08└─Ha ha, precision weapons. On the other side of the pond, Trump is talking about killing the families too. So yeah, you Brits shoot a few dinky holes in some buildings then America will come in and mop up everything else just to make sure.
[18:26:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:11] <exec_> 08└─He's just living up to his rhyming slang. http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk [cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk]
[18:26:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:16] <exec_> 08└─I doubt that. Putin will take care of it, because no one currently in office in DC has any balls. Trump might, but he's not in office yet.
[18:26:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:3, Interesting) 02This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:20] <exec_> 08└─FFS. How is this news for nerds? Has Soylent changed it's focus and I missed the memo? I come here to avoid the childish debates over politics and religion. /rant
[18:26:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:25] <exec_> 08└─Wrong site for that slogan but if you must apply it, apply it all. This definitely qualifies as "stuff that matters".
[18:26:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03rondon [5167] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:30] <exec_> 08└─Real question, no sarcasm or vitriol - then why do you read it? I, personally, find that I cannot stand the national (US) discourse on politics as it is constantly bull-horned about the country by special interests and extremists. So, the occasional political article on Soylent keeps me informed to...
[18:26:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:34] <exec_> 08└─No, it's reality. The focus was always the same, just not what you seem to think it should be. There are plenty of very boring "tech sites" out there peddling the latest sorry gizmos, take your pick.
[18:26:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:39] <exec_> 08└─How is this [slashdot.org] "News for Nerds, Stuff That Matters?"
[18:26:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:43] <exec_> 08└─I have located science and technology articles with single digits of comments for you to look at and discuss: HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive [soylentnews.org] 50¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... [soylentnews.org] Scientists Pinpoint Protein that Makes it Hard...
[18:26:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Screw those 'fugees - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:48] <exec_> 08└─I live in Canada. Our new PM is hellbent on bringing 25k Syrians into our great country. My brother works in the Navy and he is getting kicked out of his barracks to make room for these refugees. The Canadian taxpayer gets to pay for these people, and they don't even want to come. [theglobeandmail.c...
[18:26:51] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Re:Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccur - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 333 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:53] <exec_> 08└─LOL - I often read people who say "I'm married to (fill in favorite or least favorite nationality, religion, culture, race, etc) and THEY AREN'T LIKE YOU SAY!" Now, when a person writes, "I'm married to _____________ AND THEY ARE FUCKING NUTS!" - well, I can believe that. I mean, she had to be fuck...
[18:26:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:58] <exec_> 08└─Low end of obese can look pretty normal to Americans. Low end of overweight can look fit. Moreover, depending on exact circumstances, you can be fit and overweight. A middle-of-healthy range BMI is what most people would describe as a "runner's figure". You can also get into obese ranges as a bodybu...
[18:27:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Superficial - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:02] <exec_> 08└─From the Guardian article, go to the link in the final paragraph, ipsos-mori.com->Interact with the data -> Average age... How old do you think the average person in [country] is?
[18:27:06] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Re:Mexico, India, and Brazil - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:08] <exec_> 08└─And it goes without saying that those Brazilian women have butts thrice as wide as the rest of their bodies, which can make things tricky to measure.
[18:30:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score:2) 02Could have been worse... - 06Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hacked, China Blamed - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:42] <exec_> 08└─If all they did was take data then ok. But remember this is the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Be glad they didn't do something that Australia would be completely unprepared for like make it snow.
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[19:25:20] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:21] <exec_> 08└─No shit, a piss drop ruins the whole bottle of whiskey. This is authoritative - how? I am the toxic worker, asshole. "Paper" from HBS? Those fucking einsteins.
[19:25:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:22] <exec_> 08└─If all we did was rely on common sense, well, the earth really does look flat...
[19:25:25] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:27] <exec_> 08└─I know it's slightly pedantic, but Earth does look slightly round if you view the horizon of a large body of water...
[19:25:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:32] <exec_> 08└─I think circular is more accurate here as "round" can refer to either spherical or circular. So for a watery horizon with nothing but water, that would look circular. A watery horizon where ships come and go over the horizon, that would imply spherical, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org [...
[19:25:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:36] <exec_> 08└─Rely on the authoritative voice - me. You should have listened when they told you reading is fundamental.
[19:25:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:40] <exec_> 08└─Yeah. Someone go tell the police force about weeding out toxic workers. Preferably not while Black...
[19:25:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 1278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:45] <exec_> 08└─I've dealt with this firsthand many times. Any organization's worst nightmare is a toxic co-worker in one or more protected categories. Black, bipolar, retarded, adopted as a kid, and missing a foot? Other than their punching somebody in the face there's nothing that can get them removed from the or...
[19:25:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:50] <exec_> 08└─I really do dislike 'smile to your face, stab you in the back' folks. When it comes to jerks, I much prefer the ones who are completely up front about their assholishness (assholitude?). That said, I've found that most people try to be decent human beings, in the workplace and otherwise. Sadly, the...
[19:25:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:54] <exec_> 08└─I've met the schemers, and the in your facers, but the most interesting was the clueless a-hole - I really think that he didn't know he was being a jerk 90% of the time that he was doing it. He was a bright guy in many ways, and I'm certain he knew that everyone thought he was a jerk, but he wasn't...
[19:25:58] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02ants make a anthill. - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:59] <exec_> 08└─why not go a step further and declare darkness the new standard? intel and m$ are both toxic and nobody (that's me) complains ...
[19:26:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score:2) 02I Was Called for a Reference - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:04] <exec_> 08└─A friend and coworker engineer used me for a reference recently when he applied for a new job. I got a call from his prospective employer. The guy didn't ask me anything at all about my friend's engineering ability. He just wanted to know whether my friend was easy to get along with.
[19:26:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I Was Called for a Reference - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:08] <exec_> 08└─A good resume should him all he needs to know about engineering ability. References exist to tell the rest of the story.
[19:26:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Wouldn’t want it any other way - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:13] <exec_> 08└─I give my coworkers shit every day, and they give it right back. Call me toxic if you want, but I would hate to work in a safe space. It would be boring and high on the anxiety scale.
[19:26:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02interviews.... - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:17] <exec_> 08└─In my career I have become accustomed to 2 day interviews. A day to present a seminar and meet the org chart, and a day to meet the group in various forms. You can spot a toxic hire on paper, quite easily. Frequent moves, and they get hired with none of the above, by someone "at the top". We call th...
[19:26:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 835 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:23] <exec_> 08└─"I think a ground war, of combined (and it would have to be UN) forces" Except, I can't think of one single UN victory over an armed opponent. Not one. Worse, I remember UN forces cooperating, aiding and abetting terrorist forces in Lebanon a few years back. And, where were all those women raped by...
[19:26:24] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03azrael [2855] 02Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 1931 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:26] <exec_> 08└─I listened/watched the day-long parliamentary debate (on and off) and there were many many interesting speeches/debates. There are a lot of things to worry about on both sides of the debate - the risks of action and inaction. One very interesting point is that the UK has been bombing Isis/Isil/Daesh...
[19:26:29] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:31] <exec_> 08└─'Fortune favors the bold', and Putin is bold. Which of the gods, or fates, or whatever, favor whining no-balls sacks of shit? I've never heard of one, but I suppose that there must be.
[19:26:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:37] <exec_> 08└─How is this news for nerds? It's news to me. I'm a nerd. QED.
[19:26:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:This is bullshit. - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 795 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:41] <exec_> 08└─actually, this sort of material is very interesting to see how media polish is propagated around the world. For example, if you see BBC comedy shows (which I like!) you get a different view of internal strife, and some of the nastier tabloid influences on UK politics. J. Corbyn who is leader of the...
[19:26:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Screw those 'fugees - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:45] <exec_> 08└─Well - maybe you guys will get lucky. Maybe the "refugees" will travel by ship, and hit an iceberg. "Greatest loss of life at sea since the Titanic!"
[19:26:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02what's for dinner - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:50] <exec_> 08└─blah-blah-blah. it should be obvious that london can bomb syrian idiots willy-nilly and be back for dinner. the only problem is cost and maybe missing the very fun "massage" in the warm, electrified, wood-floored apartment with great outlook. srsly tho ... why the hate?
[19:26:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what's for dinner - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:55] <exec_> 08└─cannot remember the name but was very british and shook hands with some ?lawful? article XZY enforcer in some central european country after which jew (had to) got a ownZ? unmanageable plot of geografhics and lots of missing british male citizens. seems "chamberlain" is very british that genetically...
[19:26:58] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:00] <exec_> 08└─I don't have a primary reference off-hand but most scientists quote the "bacteria living on and in you outnumber your cells 10 to 1" figure. Trying to track down a primary study from a review (that references another review that references another review) got me to this paper (which sounds like aoth...
[19:27:03] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:04] <exec_> 08└─If you go by cell count, your cells are outnumbered by the microbes in your gut (not even counting the ones on your skin, etc.) They do mass less than your cells, because they're generally much smaller.
[19:27:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scratch - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:22] <exec_> 08└─Oh and there's actually another extension for scrath for arduino (http://khanning.github.io/scratch-arduino-extension/). Also, there's ardublock (http://blog.ardublock.com/), with which you can make compiled programs for arduino with a graphical language.
[19:27:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:One Approach - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:29] <exec_> 08└─What kind of crack are you doing that all men appear black to you?
[19:27:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:One Approach - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:33] <exec_> 08└─Can you smile? I'm reading Soylent News in night mode and I can't see where you are.
[19:27:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score:1) 02BF - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:00] <exec_> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck [wikipedia.org] Its not that useful a language, but its cool name should increase her social status. How old is ..? ... Never mind.
[19:28:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02RobotMagic - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:02] <exec_> 08└─My school uses http://robotmagic.org [robotmagic.org] to teach programming and STEM concepts with 3D robot challenges. The game starts with a Scratch-like block editor but also supports editing code in JavaScript- so kids can eventually write their own blocks and complete programs. Advanced feature...
[19:28:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Neat integration. - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:43] <exec_> 08└─Wood combustion is almost as bad as coal. C02 extracted from the atmosphere != C02 that has been sequestered underground for millions of years.
[19:31:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Mr Big in the Pants [4956] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:31:34] <exec_> 08└─Better than using your method...
[19:32:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:11] <exec_> 08└─You miss the point. I don't come here for general news and I doubt anyone else does also. We are in no danger of missing this story.
[19:33:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Bad situation - 06The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:50] <exec_> 08└─You're a troll or a psychopath. Or perhaps mentally ill, but this dribble is what I've come to expect from you. Not one valid argument in the lot, most of them addressing things that I didn't say.
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[20:25:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Alt Headline - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:26] <exec_> 08└─Wood Hole Dick Drills Deep
[20:25:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02google search reduction - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:28] <exec_> 08└─The Core (2003) [imdb.com]
[20:25:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score:2) 02Didn't they read Zelazney's "The Eve of RUMOKO"? - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:33] <exec_> 08└─And where was R'lyeh supposed to be?
[20:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:43] <exec_> 08└─Keep up the good work Ethanol. Those Navy men need more assholes like you.
[20:25:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 1226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:48] <exec_> 08└─Yes, but isn't this like the 14th time this study has been done, and at least the third time its posted here? It seems like every time somebody decides that they work with a "toxic" coworker they launch another study. And each time the solution proposed is to get these people out of the work place a...
[20:25:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:52] <exec_> 08└─toxic
[20:25:54] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Wouldn’t want it any other way - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:56] <exec_> 08└─Word of advice: Do not give shit to a woman or minority, (especially a new hire) because even though you thought everyone knew you were kidding, it WILL come back to bite you sooner or later. And you will pay dearly.
[20:25:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score:2) 02Is it Me? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:00] <exec_> 08└─If your response to this was to to ask yourself, "do my co-workers think I'm toxic?", then the answer is probably not. The guilty parties are incapable of introspection.
[20:26:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Is it Me? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:05] <exec_> 08└─That's nice sounding but not true. Sociopaths are capable of knowing that they're sociopaths. They're even capable of caring about it. The thing you'll see about business sociopaths is that they'll often think their worst acts were totally justified. "I couldn't let someone else screw me over first"...
[20:26:08] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Is it Me? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:10] <exec_> 08└─Going "Oh no what if it's me" isn't some special protection.
[20:26:13] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:1, Troll) 02Why do we need these stupid PC terms? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 1433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:14] <exec_> 08└─"Toxic Worker" give me a damned break, sounds like you are dealing with a Captain Planet villain! Not only has the word toxic become a codeword used by a certain faction (social justice) in the same was as "suppressive person" by Scientologists, we already have a perfect good and acceptable word to...
[20:26:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Why do we need these stupid PC terms? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:19] <exec_> 08└─Agreed. Toxic is the most over used word of the left leaning PC-police these days. They fail to realize just how toxic they themselves are. Oh, wait....
[20:26:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Managers too - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:23] <exec_> 08└─A bad manager will have more influence. A bad hr department can go even further
[20:26:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Managers too - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:28] <exec_> 08└─Is there such a thing as a good HR department? I thought those were called the Personnel Department.
[20:26:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:34] <exec_> 08└─Daesh
[20:26:36] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:38] <exec_> 08└─I am surprised by this, considering the most egalitarian branch: the marines, just completed testing some months ago that showed how bad of an idea this was. They were pushing hard for equality and still are, but testing shows mixed units under-performing all-male units by double-digit percentages....
[20:26:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:42] <exec_> 08└─The country within which the oilfields are located. Quite why you think any other country would be punished by the strikes, I can't imagine.
[20:26:45] <exec_> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:47] <exec_> 08└─If you want boots on the ground, you'd better be prepared to put your own boots on.
[20:26:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Screw those 'fugees - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:51] <exec_> 08└─> I live in Canada. Our new PM is hellbent on bringing 25k Syrians into our great country. That's what you get for voting for a family dynasty even when it means sticking someone obsessed with being the Great White Savior in the top spot.
[20:26:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:Screw those 'fugees - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:56] <exec_> 08└─I actually like JT. Time will tell if he is a good PM, but I think he is a good person. Very compassionate. It's a nice change from Furor Harper.
[20:26:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02they took my BED! - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:01] <exec_> 08└─It makes me sad that a member of our Armed Forces would complain of a little temporary discomfort as part of a major operation such as this. I guess Navy guys don't have to sleep on the ground often enough to keep perspective? What did he think he was signing up for?
[20:27:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:they took my BED! - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:06] <exec_> 08└─He wasn't complaining - he actually didn't give a shit. /I'm/ complaining!
[20:27:09] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So.... - 06Shining Light On Microbial Growth and Death Inside Our Guts - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:11] <exec_> 08└─Prognostication is a sign that you aren't reading a good science article--maybe not a science article at all.
[20:27:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fifth what? - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:32] <exec_> 08└─Interesting and not surprising that the US was held up as the first example of large inaccuracy in views and slanted as the fifth, leaving ambiguity and adding spin to make their story fit the "Ignorant American" view of bigots.
[20:28:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Omission in the article about Seagate's drive - 06HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive - 3908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:28:50] <exec_> 08└─That's a fact, pretty much anything Seagate over 500GB? Its a dead drive walking. I've thrown so many of those damned drives away from people's PCs that when somebody brings in a PC with a failing drive? I just automatically assume its a Seagate and am right a good 9 times out of 10, they are just f...
[20:29:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02slashdot - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:11] <exec_> 08└─How about slashdot accounts? I had a 3 digit registered, then didn't post for years and forgot the login info, then got a five digit UID (yeah yeah I'm sure everyone claims this but in my case its actually true). I wonder how much it would cost to get my old /. account back.
[20:29:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:slashdot - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:29:13] <exec_> 08└─I recall a few years ago someone did publicly auction off a low digit id on ebay. If you google it I'm sure you could find some comments pop up. The community thought it was quite a hoot so there is probably many comments. If I remember correctly it went for low hundreds, but the grandstanding stunt...
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[21:25:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Didn't they read Zelazney's "The Eve of RUMOKO" - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:16] <exec_> 08└─Yeah. If it's not climate change going to kill us, it's those idiots waking up Cthulu.
[21:25:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Aurean [4924] (Score:1) 02Well, that's one way to find out - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:18] <exec_> 08└─We think water ingress may change the mantle - so let's drill a hole in the crust, right nuder an ocean. What's the worst that could happen?
[21:25:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Well, that's one way to find out - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:23] <exec_> 08└─What's the worst that could happen?
[21:25:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:31] <exec_> 08└─I have had the fortune of visiting this place: https://ja.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] From there, the view quite clearly indicates that the Earth is spherical.
[21:25:33] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Authority - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:34] <exec_> 08└─The AC you're addressing can't be Ethanol: he invoked 'einstein' without a jew slur...
[21:25:38] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:40] <exec_> 08└─so I was hired unknowingly directly into the turkey farm
[21:25:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:44] <exec_> 08└─You ended up in the turkey farm. The "Black Retard," didn't. I'm sure he was the problem....
[21:25:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:ants make a anthill. - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:48] <exec_> 08└─We already know the TCO is higher for microsoft in the workplace, so that fits.
[21:25:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I Was Called for a Reference - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:53] <exec_> 08└─When was the last time you included a reference that may give an unflattering side of you?
[21:25:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score:2) 02Re:Wouldn’t want it any other way - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 953 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:58] <exec_> 08└─"Toxic" isn't about having a "very casual" workplace style; it's about being an a**hole. That said, I'll agree with the other respondent: There will always be people who don't take the joke, or even just walk by the door without knowing the "casual" style and report bad behavior, and things will go...
[21:26:01] <exec_> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Is it Me? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:02] <exec_> 08└─I don't disagree that it's a necessary step, but sociopaths are perfectly capable of introspection. The big thing they lack is empathy. "What's it like to be the other guy/girl? Oh god that's horrible!" is a thought process that's foreign to them.
[21:26:06] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Why do we need these stupid PC terms? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:07] <exec_> 08└─Heh. Maybe you idiots that shout "SJW!" all the time will finally burn yourselves out, after all. Oh and 'toxic coworker' has been a term for at least a couple of decades, and it's meaning is that their behaviour sickens all around them. As it turns out that's actually more descriptive than 'assho...
[21:26:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why do we need these stupid PC terms? - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:12] <exec_> 08└─Yeah, these PC people are totally out of control. Can't call someone an asshole at work, have to take off my baseball cap at the dinner table, have to wear a jacket and tie to a funeral. Sheesh! Oh, wait, that was my grandfather saying all that...
[21:26:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:28] <exec_> 08└─That's one of the things the professional army is for. And a professional army's one of the things my taxes are for.
[21:26:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Parliamentary debate - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:35] <exec_> 08└─were many many interesting
[21:26:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Screw those 'fugees - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:49] <exec_> 08└─Furor != Fuehrer.
[21:26:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what's for dinner - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:54] <exec_> 08└─How drunk were you when you wrote that mess? a) Very b) Blind c) gwdgu937gds???
[21:28:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Re:Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:28:17] <exec_> 08└─BASIC, real BASIC with line numbers, not Visual Basic, has been out of favor for a long time. Fortran? What does Fortran have to offer over other high level languages? Better handling of advanced math that children won't have learned yet?
[21:28:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scripting languages - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:28:18] <exec_> 08└─I've seen new and/or refurbished models of late 2008 MacBooks (like the one I still use) on Amazon for not a lot of money. You can't run anything beyond Snow Leopard on them but I know from experience that it is an excellent Linux laptop. I run Ubuntu 12.04 on it. Ubuntu LTS is a fine choice, but as...
[21:28:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Raspberry Pi - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:28:29] <exec_> 08└─Learning is a social activity for children and for girls especially. It could[should] be something they do together, at least at first.
[21:28:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Gibby [5830] (Score:1) 02Robot Turtles - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:28:45] <exec_> 08└─I started my 4 and 7 year old boys with Robot Turtles [amazon.com] I liked it since it was something not electronic and got them started on the basics. We still play it and have a blast.
[21:30:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow... - 06Adobe is Telling People to Stop Using Flash - 1934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:53] <exec_> 08└─And its a damned shame as what we got to replace it? Is worse in every.single.metric. compared to Flash. Its got worse CPU usage, worse GPU usage, worse DRM and patent issues, its worse in every possible way and when I see people praise it? I have to sit there thinking "WTF is wrong with you?" HTML...
[21:32:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:48 hour rule - 0620 Victims in California Shooting - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:53] <exec_> 08└─Honestly, France is lightyears ahead of us on anti-gun laws and they still suffered from a terrorist attack that used illegal weapons. Banning something doesn't magically make it disappear.
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[22:25:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:11] <exec_> 08└─Great, now I can trust these random people with my secure data instead trusting random people with my secure data!
[22:25:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:13] <exec_> 08└─BUt the others cost money
[22:25:15] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:18] <exec_> 08└─Yeah but the other guys charging some money is probably a good thing. If there is a small (or even tiny) cost for it, then it isn't as likely to be abused by some kind of super spam/auto creation job. I took a (VERY QUICK) look and didn't see how/if they have any mechanism to prevent someone form se...
[22:25:20] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:22] <exec_> 08└─They do: It's called quantum computing. Ever heard of it?
[22:25:25] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:26] <exec_> 08└─Is this really a valid concern?
[22:25:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:31] <exec_> 08└─BUt the others cost money
[22:25:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 2637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:36] <exec_> 08└─Trust? Never trust anyone beyond what your security protocols allow. Security is provided in layers. A free CA, is better than no CA any day. I think what people objected to (I do), are the hundreds of dollars that CAs demand for a certificate, and never actually deliver all of that value. If Let's...
[22:25:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03blackhawk [5275] (Score:1) 02Indie Dev - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:40] <exec_> 08└─I'm an indie dev working on a project that will take me years to complete. Some parts would benefit from having SSL encrypted back ends I can access and test on. Now, I could get test certs, I could pay for multiple certs / year or one that covers *.mydomain.com, or I could just jump in and use this...
[22:25:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:Well, that's one way to find out - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:46] <exec_> 08└─My hollow earth theory will finally be vindicated!
[22:25:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03CHK6 [5974] (Score:1) 02Re:Well, that's one way to find out - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:50] <exec_> 08└─What's the worst thing? Another Syfy feature show on unleashing some underwater creature from the drilling platform to battle megla-tornado-shark.
[22:25:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Tip for engineers - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:54] <exec_> 08└─Better leave your wedding rings at home. If somehow it slips off your hand, you're very unlikely to get it back.
[22:25:58] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 1918 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:00] <exec_> 08└─To reply to both you and the other goddamn idiot above you - I was hired directly into the turkey-farm because that was the position and department advertised, and there was demand for technicians who performed that specific function. It's not like they baited and switched me and said, "well, we thi...
[22:26:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:04] <exec_> 08└─are there any departments common to most companies (except the "diversity" department, which is obvious anywhere) which could be assumed to be turkey-farms? Yes! Let me know which department you work for now and I'll tell you where the turkey farm is.
[22:26:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:08] <exec_> 08└─That's one of the primary attributes of people like that. Some work, done fairly recently and receiving a fair bit of attention, showed that the least competent people are also the most clueless about their lack, tend to believe the opposite, actually. There are a lot of different ways to go wrong....
[22:26:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:13] <exec_> 08└─There are two types of social retards - those who are assholes and those who aren't. Those who aren't are the ones who smell, tell knock-knock jokes, perhaps driving a beat-up Gremlin with Star Trek stickers all over it. Even though they can be annoying at times when they ambush you in the hallway t...
[22:26:18] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score:2) 02"Toxic" is just plain descriptive - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:20] <exec_> 08└─I've seen them jeopardize the health of an organization just like swallowing poison can put organisms in the hospital.
[22:26:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:World War III - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:33] <exec_> 08└─Go back to 4chan, you worthless filthy normie.
[22:26:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's not boots on the ground though - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:50] <exec_> 08└─You should not so quickly dismiss throwing tens of thousands of human lives into a meat grinder just so you can feel safe from an attack every few years killing a dozen innocents in your own country. Those thousands you are willing to send off to die are innocent too.
[22:27:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02smh - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 1023 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:15] <exec_> 08└─Just imagine. Millions of refugees when ISIS is pegged at 31,000 currently according to the CIA and UN. Why not train them, equip them, and tell them to fight for their own country instead of having us waste resources and lives fighting for them and caring for them? Oh wait, that is exactly what ISI...
[22:28:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02Another vote for Logo - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:28:53] <exec_> 08└─My kids have been playing with Logo off and on for awhile.
[22:29:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Unrelated - 0650¢ Buys You Someone Else's Password for Netflix, Spotify Or ... - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:39] <exec_> 08└─50¢ Also Buys You Chlamydia.
[22:29:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Farming under wind turbines - 06Feldheim, a 150-Person German Village, Powered Entirely by Renewables - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:29:52] <exec_> 08└─I also thought that the GP was working from a limited data set. 1,270,000 results [google.com] -- gewg_
[22:30:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gaseous emissions - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:30:17] <exec_> 08└─While that video may have been a hoax I think the point maybe still valid. If methane blocks infrared it should block you from being able to see heat signatures behind it hence allowing you to be able to see the shape of the gas amid an environment with different objects of different temperatures.
[22:30:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:smart LDAR - 06High-Tech Camera Allows Us to See Invisible Methane Gas - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:30:24] <exec_> 08└─(sorry, same poster) Though I know that most gases are colorless and most of the ones with color are toxic and perhaps if a colorful gas that's not toxic can be created in a lab it might be expensive to make but this was just a general brainstorming idea. Or you can use a smoke/smog of some sort tho...
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[22:35:01] <exec_> 08└─Or perhaps mentally ill
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[23:25:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:22] <exec_> 08└─Absolutely not. Any CA, that isn't run by complete morons, is going to require proof of domain ownership. Something not difficult to do when all that is required is the the technical (or administrative?) contact for the domain be accurate. I'd imagine it works similar to other CAs where you have a l...
[23:25:24] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:24] <exec_> 08└─They do [letsencrypt.org] and not FUD, just a little misinformed.
[23:25:27] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Trust - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:29] <exec_> 08└─Quite honestly, these days, if you're doing anything moderately sensitive (e.g. taking payments) you should shell out for an extended validation certificate that shows your identity in the toolbar. Free certs are for people who just want to enable https (especially those who moan about the way moder...
[23:25:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:HTTP is worse than self-signed. - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:34] <exec_> 08└─Discouraging a self-signed cert is fine. Doing so while not warning about how insecure plain HTTP is not. Allowing unauthenticated HTTP go without scrutiny allows a MITM to do things like: strip the SSL and fake the :"secure" padlock with a favicon.
[23:25:36] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Indie Dev - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:38] <exec_> 08└─I'm an indie dev working on a project that will take me years to complete.
[23:25:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Side effect of this - 06EFF's "Let's Encrypt" Enters Public Beta - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:42] <exec_> 08└─I feel a great disturbance in the 'Net, as if thousands of schlock Certificate Authorities cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
[23:25:47] <exec_> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02And.. - 06New Bid to Drill into the Earth's Mantle Begins in the Indian Ocean - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:49] <exec_> 08└─There's also this [wikipedia.org]
[23:26:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Police - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:26:08] <exec_> 08└─Any organization's worst nightmare is a toxic co-worker in one or more protected categories.
[23:26:12] <exec_> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Those Folks Do Suck - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:26:14] <exec_> 08└─Sadly, there's a significant portion of the clueless jerks who will remain clueless after repeated ass kickings. Used to be the ass kickings got done in school and fixed the fixable, but I wonder if that's still true today.
[23:26:35] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Comparison to WWII sabotage manual - 06Study Says Toxic Coworkers Undercut Groups in Destructive, Expensive Ways - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:36] <exec_> 08└─Toxic employees are indistinguishable from CIA saboteurs. [robertorosario.com]
[23:27:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Screw those 'fugees - 06UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:23] <exec_> 08└─A titanic abortion if you will.
[23:28:03] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccur - 06How Well Do You Know Your Own Country? - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:28:03] <exec_> 08└─Well, at least deeply mistaken.
[23:29:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score:2) 02This! - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:29:22] <exec_> 08└─She tells you what to do in the form of Logo commands. If you allow her to bump you into walls, attempt to go through short doors without ducking, etc... she will be sufficiently entertained to develop a stronger interest.
[23:29:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03everdred [110] (Score:2) 02Re:Daddy Logo - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:29:24] <exec_> 08└─That's actually a really cool idea... and I'm fresh out of mod points. +1 Awesome
[23:29:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:lo! - 06Introducing Programming to a Child - 932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:29:28] <exec_> 08└─I couldn't find the copypasta, so you get away with it... this time. A serious response will have to suffice instead. I think gamemaker is terrible for learning because, while it allows you to (arguably) churn something functional quickly, it doesn't give you a good understanding of what's ACTUALLY...
[23:31:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Darth Turbogeek [1073] (Score:1) 02Re:Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! - 06Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces" - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:31:11] <exec_> 08└─Take it from an honest to God rally driver - you will never pick up chicks by calling it a e-brake. It's HANDbrake or GTFO. And the really hot chicks only go down for someone that doesn't need a handbrake to pull off the perfect hairpin - you set up a Scandinavian flick from 100 meters out and she'l...
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