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[00:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Redundant) 02Re:I've read that book. - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:33] <exec> 08└─Dogs don't interbreed with cats.
[00:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Facepalm - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:34] <exec> 08└─When blue-winged and golden-winged warblers interbreed
[00:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Facepalm - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:37] <exec> 08└─If their hybrid children can have offsprings (unlike lion/tigers horse/zebra and horse/donkey), then my understanding is that they're supposedly the same species. But maybe someone's added a new Dwarf species category...
[00:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Facepalm - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:39] <exec> 08└─If their offspring can also breed, then yes, they are the same species. But the article doesn't seem to say anything about that, though it seems implied that they can.
[00:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Six regions - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:41] <exec> 08└─they found only six regions (or less than .03 percent) that showed strong difference
[00:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Six regions - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:43] <exec> 08└─to translate journalist speak to scientist/engineer speak.
[00:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Six regions - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:45] <exec> 08└─iTunes Match FTW
[00:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02So what - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:47] <exec> 08└─The ESA appears to have redefined 'species'. (16) The term “species” includes any subspecies of fish or wildlife or plants, and any distinct population segment of any species of vertebrate fish or wildlife which interbreeds when mature. Seems like the act was justified on scientific needs, but i...
[00:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:58] <exec> 08└─Black holes can form today when stars cool and collapse. It's speculated that close to the Big Bang, less massive black holes may have formed. The smaller the black hole, the more Hawking radiation is expected from it. Stellar black holes won't finish evaporating for some time yet, but primordial on...
[00:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:00] <exec> 08└─Uh, once a black hole no longer has the mass to be a black hole it "ceases to exist" as a black hole. What ever mass is left would probably just become a Neutron star according to current physics. Once the left over matter is clear of the time stopping effects of being inside an event horizon the pr...
[00:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 717 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:02] <exec> 08└─Using relativity, there is no minimum mass to a black hole, its radius is just smaller for lower mass (and can never shrink). Adding quantum effects, a la Hawking, allows mass to leak from a black hole*. This leakage is inversely related to the size of the hole. Stellar size black holes would leak v...
[00:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:STEM Scholarships for Black Girls - 06Former NBA Star Kobe Bryant Unveils $100 Million Venture Capital Fund - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:11] <exec> 08└─This ain't a dating site, beat it!
[00:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Soooo - 06Former NBA Star Kobe Bryant Unveils $100 Million Venture Capital Fund - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:17] <exec> 08└─someone else with a lot of money is doing useless things that will not contribute to society.
[00:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:37] <exec> 08└─Oh, that's from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [nih.gov], one of the citations on that Wikipedia page.
[00:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:45] <exec> 08└─Are you sure about that?
[00:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad Headline - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:59] <exec> 08└─I can absolutely see you saying that, handing me your beer, and then attempting to jump the Springfield gorge.... on a tri-cycle :) In other words, I think you re-wrote the motto of the Rednecks Olympics.
[00:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I Call Bullshit - 06NASA Intends to Privatize International Space Station - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:40] <exec> 08└─get your head out of your ass just enough to calculate whether an altitude of 400 km 22 degrees past the separator is inside or outside of the shadow cast from a 6397 km radius globe, come back and visit us.
[00:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02Re:I hope MLK is spinning in his grave - 06Reinventing Education for Black Children - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:27:32] <exec> 08└─Good point. We teach the successful, not the failure. Native American culture remains alive(hopefully) within their own cultural boundaries, but it's silly to teach it in public schools to a large degree. Same thing(though more profoundly) with African culture. They can teach that in Africa, if they...
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[01:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I've read that book. - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:40] <exec> 08└─Species is generally reserved for organisms that still interbreed in nature.
[01:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Facepalm - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:43] <exec> 08└─If their hybrid children can have offsprings (unlike lion/tigers horse/zebra and horse/donkey)
[01:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:59] <exec> 08└─But don't you then get a naked singularity? And that's supposed to be something that you really don't want to have wandering around...though I've never really understood why. Somehow they seem to be thought more abhorrent than black holes. IIUC, Hawking claimed that the universe didn't start at any...
[01:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad Headline - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:57] <exec> 08└─Yeah, utterly unrealistic. I would of course down my beer and hand you the empty bottle.
[01:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:33] <exec> 08└─You don't get that choice. Part of living in a civilized society is that you give up certain rights and freedoms in order to have some security.
[01:24:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02another reverse Robin Hood - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:44] <exec> 08└─Tax the poors (people who have no full-time chauffeur) and give to the rich (medallion holders).
[01:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Necessary or sufficient conditions - 06Internal Temperature of Exoplanets Could Determine Habitability Rather Than "Goldilocks" Distance - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:25:13] <exec> 08└─Of course, we may be wrong about what the necessary condition for life are in the first place.
[01:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Type more lies for Hillary! - 06Bin Laden Raid Bestseller's Author to Pay $7m for Violating NDA - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:25:49] <exec> 08└─crickets...
[01:31:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03juggs [63] (Score:2) 02Re:Welcome to the UK - 06Canadian Cops Want a Law That Forces People to Hand Over Encryption Passwords - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:31:54] <exec> 08└─I agree - unless George states he knows the password and then refuses to reveal it. There have been very few convictions under this particular legislation (as in single figures). I get the impression that judges on the whole are not particularly favourable toward it, but that's just my impression, I...
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[02:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Flickers - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:22:35] <exec> 08└─This reminds me a bit about Flickers. There used to be red-shafted northern flickers and yellow-shafted northern flickers, but there's no longer a distinction between the two made. They're both northern flickers. The main reason is that they interbreed wherever their ranges cross and you get a serie...
[02:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You keep using that word... - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:41] <exec> 08└─So the difference between these so-called "species" are actually on the level of the differences between, say, a black person, a white person, a blonde, a brunette, a redhead, and so forth. Last I checked, anti-miscegenation policies notwithstanding, it is perfectly possible for people with any of t...
[02:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kenny Blankenship [5712] (Score:1) 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:22:53] <exec> 08└─In space, no one can hear the sound of one hand clapping.
[02:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ballers - 06Former NBA Star Kobe Bryant Unveils $100 Million Venture Capital Fund - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:23:09] <exec> 08└─By sports star standards, this is stellar, as good as it gets. A lot of those guys can't manage money and are broke soon after they retire/lose a contract. Watch an episode of Ballers for an inside look if you can stomach it.
[02:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:23:24] <exec> 08└─As is today un-spoken gem of female wisdom: "I was emotionally engaged, but I emotionally dumped him. His money is my partner now."
[02:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:23:40] <exec> 08└─There's a difference between not knowing about negative consequences and failing to take action to stop them from happening.
[02:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 1722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:24:32] <exec> 08└─You act like those statements aren't internally consistent. This kind of ignorance is why I routinely call you out. It's not just that you're ignorant, it's that you work so hard to be ignorant. As for the statements, there is a line where the social contract no longer holds up and that line tends t...
[02:25:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Obvious response from Powers That Be - 06WikiLeaks is Hosting 324 Confirmed Instances of Malware Among its Caches of Dumped Emails - 349 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:22] <exec> 08└─Clearly, nobody should be looking at anything Wikileaks publishes. After all, it contains malware created by Russian hackers who hate America. Simply visiting their site is a recipe for becoming the victim of horrible cyberterrorism. Never mind the fact that it reveals wrongdoing and in some cases c...
[02:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:You want Segregation - 06Reinventing Education for Black Children - 1663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:27:07] <exec> 08└─"The corrupt prison for profit system, routinely sweeps up minor offenders, and even innocent young men, and sends them off to prison for years, or decades. " You're right, all of those innocent children roaming free with a dozen arrests on their record for possession of illegal drugs/tresspassing/v...
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[03:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:Facepalm - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:22:48] <exec> 08└─Which puts domestic dogs and wolves in the same species. Really, this problem isn't new. The science of genetics has thrown the classification of organisms into chaos. Remember when the USA tried to save the Red Wolf. The red wolf isn't genetically a distinct species from any other wolves, any more...
[03:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Bad Summary - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:55] <exec> 08└─"conservationists have considered blue-winged warblers to be a threat to golden-winged warblers, a species being considered for federal Endangered Species protection. Blue-winged warbler populations have declined 66 percent since 1968," It should have read "Golden-Winged Warbler populations have dec...
[03:23:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03deimtee [3272] 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 717 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:23:09] <exec> 08└─Using relativity, there is no minimum mass to a black hole, its radius is just smaller for lower mass (and can never shrink). Adding quantum effects, a la Hawking, allows mass to leak from a black hole*. This leakage is inversely related to the size of the hole. Stellar size black holes would leak v...
[03:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Calling the nerdiest ! - 06Sonic Black Hole Produces Equivalent of Hawking Radiation - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:23:10] <exec> 08└─One theorist says the minimum mass for a black hole is similar to the Planck mass... http://www.oalib.com [oalib.com] ...in more relatable terms, "about the mass of a flea egg." https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[03:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score:2) 02Re:What Do You Do With That? - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:23:37] <exec> 08└─What relationship are these close family members? If they are generally siblings, I would assume that is way different then lets say children. I would think having living siblings would mean that your life expectancy probably hasn't been reached. As in having good genes shared between you all. As yo...
[03:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad Headline - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:07] <exec> 08└─It would be better still if the last bit were to read "is associated with greater five-year survival rate."
[03:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Bad Headline - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:11] <exec> 08└─For now, I've got more interest in taking care of my body so that it lasts as long as possible. However, I do think that once I retire, I'll probably start indulging a lot more in the things that I'm personally interested in. I think there's something to be said for hitting 70 or 80 and then just ta...
[03:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:32] <exec> 08└─Or you could consider the medallion system to be a monopoly, with the taxi companies as contractors.
[03:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:53] <exec> 08└─You act like those statements aren't internally consistent.
[03:24:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:54] <exec> 08└─I modded you insightful solely for this line here : It should be a warning sign to all of us when companies can be massively profitable by avoidance of what should be small bits of regulation. It means the laws are deeply flawed and onerous, and there is a deep societal need which is not being addre...
[03:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:56] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
[03:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02like a jelly donut - 06Internal Temperature of Exoplanets Could Determine Habitability Rather Than "Goldilocks" Distance - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:36] <exec> 08└─When you microwave a jelly donut, the inside can get really hot while the outside stays touchable.
[03:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:I Call Bullshit - 06NASA Intends to Privatize International Space Station - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:27:08] <exec> 08└─Was there a point to your post? So you saw the ISS. I did too and my observation was consistent with what the ISS is supposed to be.
[03:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02Re:You want Segregation - 06Reinventing Education for Black Children - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:27:34] <exec> 08└─I refuse to accept the myth that black people can't be racist(because slavery) and somehow you want different rules to apply to black people, but only when it's your advantage. When it isn't your advantage it's racism, because slavery. Want to fix the issues black people often face? Look within.
[03:29:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:1968. I was 10 years old - 06Starry Night and the Astronauts - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:29:13] <exec> 08└─Note to the fool who moderated the "white boy" anecdote Troll.
[03:29:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Top 3.5 - 06Starry Night and the Astronauts - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:29:28] <exec> 08└─Drones, graphene and 3-D printing would be my three.
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[04:22:42] <exec> 08└─Is for Valve to work on Steam/OS to support the latest version of Direct X under Linux, then have Valve be the main supporter for subsequent versions of Direct X. I'm guessing 90% of Microsoft's home community are those like me that run Windows so we can run GTA V and other top of the line games. We...
[04:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:24:43] <exec> 08└─Thought your parent was speaking English? He was speaking a dialect of English known as "Businesstalk". Warning... remember the phrase "Caveat Emptor" when you hear businesstalk being spoken.
[04:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:24:53] <exec> 08└─This amounts to off the books, hidden, uncontrollable tax on all taxicab passengers, so that the society can provide transportation to those who are less fortunate. It would be far more honest to (a) tax everyone to raise that money, (b) subsidize transportation needs of disabled people, and (c) re...
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[04:27:09] <exec> 08└─You are in fact correct. And I was right they couldn't launch within the dV constrains from mainland Europe, Wikipedia says the launches were done in French Guiana.
[04:32:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ANYONE HAVE 4 MONITORS - 06What is your Video / Monitor Setup? - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:32:00] <exec> 08└─As with razors, six is the sweet spot: two rows of three.
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[05:22:30] <exec> 08└─Ummm... no. Most people use Windows from inertia. Maybe 90% of Windows users on SN use it for games. But even then, there are a lot of Windows only programs. Heck Visual Studio used to be the most important reason to run Windows, and there are a still a lot of dev tools that are windows only. If you...
[05:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02NOT EFFing FEMALE ENOUGH EFF - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:32] <exec> 08└─Jesus fucking Christ these EFFing assholes are desperate attention whores. Another whiny article by a writer who happens to be a popular shade of brown to evoke sympathy. You missed a spot EFF. Your token minority is supposed to be FEMALE. BROWN and FEMALE. Not just BROWN. Try again EFF.
[05:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:34] <exec> 08└─The EFF, Soylent, Slashdot, and anyone else who wants can, and do, blast away at MS and their tricks with Win 10. It all has the same effect: NOTHING WILL CHANGE Until someone with some real teeth that is willing to tear a few strips out of them it will be business as usual for MS. They will continu...
[05:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:22:36] <exec> 08└─Maybe not... but we can sure put the word out as to what they are doing. Businesses keep tabs on the general public with credit scoring. Other businesses use these scores to help them decide whether or not to honor the word of a prospective customer. They like to know whether a man is a man of his w...
[05:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:22:38] <exec> 08└─Dick Bathroom-Stall Man has been calling Microsoft the Great Satan for decades. Putting the word out doesn't do fucking shit, moron.
[05:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:2) 02Diamond City Radio - 06Hacking When It Counts: Spy Radios - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:46] <exec> 08└─I like to imagine that if you powered up one of those old Cold War era spy radios the first thing you'd hear would be the Ink Spots. https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[05:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Tubes... right up my alley. - 06Hacking When It Counts: Spy Radios - 1051 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:48] <exec> 08└─With today's spread-spectrum technologies, good luck finding the transmitter. The old spectrum analysis techniques don't work, as you have no idea where the carrier is at any given time. That last link in interesting... about the construction of a radio in a Japanese POW camp. I wonder what tube he...
[05:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:24:00] <exec> 08└─Men aren't wage earners like they used to be. Women are getting the high-paying jobs for themselves. Women do not need men, or your anachronistic made-up quote.
[05:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Wrong - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:24:33] <exec> 08└─Maybe for mere mortals, but AC is forever.
[05:24:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Capt. Obvious [6089] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:24:58] <exec> 08└─It's not off the books. There's a taxi commission everywhere that sets the rates. They do that knowing the various costs. And it makes sense because it localizes the costs/revenues of the taxi service in a few line items. The USPS's profitable routes subsidize delivering the mail to farms. That's ju...
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[05:31:54] <exec> 08└─I prefer a dominatrix printer.
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[06:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02My sister uses it for online schooling. - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 2153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:37] <exec> 08└─She just asked to have the linux partition expanded to be her primary OS, since her Windows partition (8 or 8.1) is only necessary for browser based online education that attempts to block you from cheating by looking up the answers in another window. Which is silly, since everybody has a phone with...
[06:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:What we need - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:38] <exec> 08└─Is for Valve to work on Steam/OS to support the latest version of Direct X under Linux, then have Valve be the main supporter for subsequent versions of Direct X.
[06:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 1031 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:44] <exec> 08└─I beg to differ with you. Thanks to Stallman and people like him, there are a sizable number of us who are aware as to how these traps work. That's not to say there are still not a helluva lot of people who blindly go where they are led. At least being warned about how the trick works keeps the sur...
[06:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:47] <exec> 08└─If Google put the word "Linux" in front of the word Android, or even behind it, common people would actually realize that maybe that Linux Thingy isn't just for nerds. If Google added a "would you like to also have Linux to sync the same apps on your PC" function that automatically installs a beginn...
[06:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:49] <exec> 08└─It all has the same effect: NOTHING WILL CHANGE
[06:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 788 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:51] <exec> 08└─The thing is the market may then decide that it is too risky to go along with Microsoft as they pull these kinds of tricks and they will start looking for alternatives. For a business like a law firm, how the hell can they assure the confidentiality of their clients if the software they use is sendi...
[06:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:53] <exec> 08└─NOTHING WILL CHANGE
[06:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Strongly Worded Letter! - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:55] <exec> 08└─So, for the first time in Company history, MS received a strongly worded letter! From their close friends of the free software community, no less! THAT will show'em. Seriously: VW fucked up with their diesel scandal; they are too important for the EU indystry to get some real pounding here in EU. Lu...
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[07:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:22:48] <exec> 08└─Google was right to omit the word Linux, because nobody would use Android if they knew smelly unkempt nerds made it. It's just like Mac users want to be reminded that a flaming gay man made the Unix they use every day.
[07:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:22:50] <exec> 08└─Evidence: what they did after the complaints about Vista, and their back-pedalling on Metro UI.
[07:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Strongly Worded Letter! - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:22:56] <exec> 08└─So, for the first time in Company history, MS received a strongly worded letter!
[07:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Nobody Cares about vector processing, booooooooooo - 06ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:11] <exec> 08└─Yeah!! 2048, take that, Intel! For sure! Riiiiight, they say it's scalable, but I won't believe it until I can test it myself. Intel made a big stink about extending AVX to 256 bits and 512 bits, but it's mostly gimmicky bullshit. AVX-128 is still the fastest. Which isn't to say it's completely gimm...
[07:24:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score:2) 02Re:What Do You Do With That? - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:24:15] <exec> 08└─There may be a significant genetic component, yes. And I don't have the data to sift through to tease out the relative correlation values. But the titular question from the OP is about what you can do with the information this study provides and we can change our attitudes toward family structures a...
[07:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03migz [1807] (Score:2) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:25:30] <exec> 08└─The threats are against the competition not the customers. How do you believe the government will enforce these laws? Through arrest and seizing assets. They might not be mine, but they are the property of the drivers. Btw. In the country I used to live in the thugs did beat people down, seize peopl...
[07:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score:2) 02a paper what? - 06From a Melted Mac to Vintage Robots, Relics From Tekserve Go to Auction - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:03] <exec> 08└─So I get the excitement about some old antique tech stuff and some random signs, posters and memorabilia but lot 0004 is a paper wasp's nest and it already has 3 bids. https://new.liveauctioneers.com [liveauctioneers.com] Any one know why? did a wasp sting someone famou...
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[08:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02THANKS OMABA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:37] <exec> 08└─OmabacARE fixed evry fuckIng think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makeinng a bifference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR THE WORSTTTTT
[08:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:39] <exec> 08└─just let people die until the price comes down. ;)
[08:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:41] <exec> 08└─There is competition. Auvi Q. I actually prefer the Auvi Q because they are smaller. The problem is they are the same price. Without any kind of insurance they are about $700 US last time I checked. Fortunately, my insurance covers them. They also have ridiculous expiration dates. As long as they ar...
[08:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:22:43] <exec> 08└─Are you affected by the recall? https://www.auvi-q.com [auvi-q.com]
[08:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Its a friggen dose of adrenaline.... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 1164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:45] <exec> 08└─Its a friggen dose of adrenaline.... Five Hundred Dollars?!???! Isn't this highway robbery? I guess this is the kind of stuff that happens when our laws protect artificial monopolies. Adrenaline has been around for eons. Why isn't this generic? Seems like this oughta be a standard by now. Look at...
[08:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What we need - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:23:02] <exec> 08└─WINE can't run anything properly except for very basic programs from the 9X era. There will always be anomalies that get in the way, DRM or not. Most of the best-rated stuff on WineDB that I tried running through WINE screws up in subtle but notable ways if you use it for a while, which suggests peo...
[08:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Nobody Cares about vector processing, boooooooo - 06ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions - 1606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:23:31] <exec> 08└─You might like to look at the research behind it. Krste Asanović's group at Berkeley has been pushing this kind of design for a long time (amusingly, RISC-V began life as a toy core that was just complex enough to do the general purpose compute to push data to and from the experimental vector units...
[08:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:25:50] <exec> 08└─So you're doing a complete 180 and backing off your statement that I would prefer not to have freedom to choose if I wish to participate in the regulations, without the threat of violence from the state.
[08:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So? Isn't this expected? - 06WikiLeaks is Hosting 324 Confirmed Instances of Malware Among its Caches of Dumped Emails - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:52] <exec> 08└─Could have released it then and had a slam-dunk for the D team with Sanders as the nominee.
[08:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:NASA owns the space station? - 06NASA Intends to Privatize International Space Station - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:58] <exec> 08└─ESA only has the launch site in French Guiana, so that would be the expected place to launch any kind of rocket towards orbit.
[08:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:NASA owns the space station? - 06NASA Intends to Privatize International Space Station - 634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:28:03] <exec> 08└─That was because the US intended to scrap the ISS, but it seems that privatizing the ISS is intended as an alternative to scrapping it, so it won't be needed. Heck, Russia could make a bid for the US parts of the ISS, and end up with almost an entire space station (there are still a few European and...
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[09:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:32] <exec> 08└─I believe that is the Republican plan for health care in general once ObamaCare is repealed.
[09:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:35] <exec> 08└─Price in Switzerland, which is a high-cost country: $75. [compendium.ch] You can order them online from Canada for $112. [canadadrugs.com] If they cost $700 in the US, something is very wrong. Probably something called "Obamacare". So buy a stock of the things abroad, and look into refrigeration. Th...
[09:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:37] <exec> 08└─The price hike started years before Obamacare. The fact that you blame it anyway is a good indicator why corporations get away with such greedy behavior.
[09:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Its a friggen dose of adrenaline.... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:40] <exec> 08└─It's beyond highway robbery. They might as well put a cocked gun to a child's head and demand money. All based on the belief that nobody but a highly trained medical professional can manage such complex instructions as stick needle in, push plunger. We claim to be an advanced civilization, but we sa...
[09:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:3, Funny) 02My friend gave me a epipen once... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:43] <exec> 08└─It seemed really important to him. His eyes were desperate, like he was pleading for me to take it and keep it safe for him. Unfortunately he died a short while later(food allergy, I think), but I still have the Epipen he entrusted me with his dying wish... I'll keep it always.
[09:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:3, Informative) 02US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:45] <exec> 08└─https://onlinedoctor.lloydspharmacy.com/uk/allergy/epipen [lloydspharmacy.com] 1 Pen (£49.99 per pen) 49.99 GBP = 65.94 USD Welcome again to why the American healthcare system sucks. And, to be honest, I'm not even sure you aren't given EpiPens on prescription in the UK, in which case it would o...
[09:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:47] <exec> 08└─The U.S. health care system sucks because it is "for profit". That means it is in the Hospital's and Drug Company's interest to maximize profit. If they could kill you and still make a profit, you could damn sure bet that it would be done. People balk at government run health care, but there is no p...
[09:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:49] <exec> 08└─Americans balk at it. The rest of as simply relieved.
[09:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:51] <exec> 08└─I get free prescriptions, so for me it would cost nothing. Woohoo for the NHS.
[09:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02USA USA USA !!! - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:54] <exec> 08└─America, Fuck Yea !!
[09:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:23:22] <exec> 08└─Microsoft stealing data and using it inappropriately is the last thing a law firm has to worry about. Literally. Lawyers wrote the eula and you think they will get caught in it? If a law firm is inconvenienced due to some underhanded loophole, you bet Obama will himself bomb redmond.
[09:24:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:What Do You Do With That? - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:24:44] <exec> 08└─You're making a weird comparison. Off course people with lots of family, but living in a nuclear disaster zone die quicker than people without family living in a health resort! Unless you're arguing that having family is a factor in the circumstances they live in (e.g. "I'd better go live with my fa...
[09:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Initially - 06Bin Laden Raid Bestseller's Author to Pay $7m for Violating NDA - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:27:42] <exec> 08└─Have you even looked through the 15k new emails that were discovered? We're really really super sure this time that we gave over all the documents the court asked for, promise.
[09:30:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:Escape velocity - 06Human Spaceflight on a Shoestring Budget - 790 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:30:10] <exec> 08└─"The Space Shuttle's large External Tank is loaded with more than 500,000 gallons of super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, which are mixed and burned together to form the fuel for the orbiter's three main rocket engines." You're suggesting it costs less than a dollar a gallon for super-cold...
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[10:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02[International readers note: For our US editors] - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:38] <exec> 08└─We have geography lessons at school.
[10:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02drought region extends further west - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:40] <exec> 08└─Central & Western NY is also in severe drought, http://www.newyorkupstate.com [newyorkupstate.com] with areas that are not on water from a large lake starting to restrict usage. Inconveniently, we put in some new g...
[10:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02SJW faggots/cunts should be killed. - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:42] <exec> 08└─Many female children are cute and pretty, also nice * They have both positive social traits and look good. *(note: possibly doesn't apply the "shart in mart" 'murricans) Adult women try to mimic female children via cosmetics: Blemishless skin. No under arm hair. No pubic hair. No body odor Small por...
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[10:22:55] <exec> 08└─The price hike started years before Obamacare. The fact that you blame it anyway is a good indicator why corporations get away with such greedy behavior.
[10:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:22:57] <exec> 08└─Aww, shoot. Here I was going to post that with so many more people that Obamacare is giving EpiPens to, it's only natural that the price go up! (I mean, that's a natural consequence of scale, right? Bulk orders always cost per unit at least 150%–300% the cost of a single unit!) Oh, oh, I know! I'v...
[10:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 1057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:23:05] <exec> 08└─And that's precisely why US healthcare sucks. It has nothing to do with making people better. It has everything to do with extracting money from them. Make people live longer, work longer, and be healthy for longer, and they much more tax than anything you could get from tax on what the healthcare i...
[10:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score:1) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:23:34] <exec> 08└─This is not completely true. How long was ubuntu the largest distribution? With all there decisions that the community did not like, they slowly lost market share. Now Mint is the most sought after distribution and the use Mate and Cinnamon instead of Gnome/KDE. (ofc, you can always choose your own....
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[11:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Ran into this very problem awhile ago ... - 06Your wget is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:30] <exec> 08└─This is a very annoying problem when it happens because as far as I can tell, in PS, there's no way to walk the PATH to find the actual binary to override the alias. The last time I needed to work with wget in a PowerShell script, I had to hardcode in the path to wget vs just letting it be found on...
[11:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:22:56] <exec> 08└─Fortunately, my insurance covers them.
[11:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Its a friggen dose of adrenaline.... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 991 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:22:59] <exec> 08└─Now, I find this.... Equine Pharmacy (Rx) Sedation & Anesthesia (Rx) Epinephrine 1:1000 by Generic (brand may vary) Epinephrine 1:1000 50 ml - Item # 1278RX Epinephrine 1:1000 is indicated for emergency use only in treating anaphylactic shock. Usual dose for cattle, horses, sheep, swin...
[11:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My friend gave me a epipen once... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:23:02] <exec> 08└─Another police homicide.
[11:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 1288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:23:34] <exec> 08└─Had to switch to LibreOffice at work about a year ago. Office 2013 was literally eating tens of pages at a time from some of the documents I maintain for seemingly random reasons. Other times I'd send somebody on 2010 a document, and while I could see everything, they'd say they were missing a page...
[11:24:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score:2) 02Re:Facepalm - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:24:15] <exec> 08└─In all fairness, the experiment has to be done before you know. To my knowledge it has not been disproved that mice and man are different species as of yet.
[11:24:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You keep using that word... - 06Warbler Genomes Look to be 99.97 Percent Alike - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:24:22] <exec> 08└─Well, consider Islamic warblers vs. white Christian warblers. In fact, I think I'll link this article the next time somebody spouts off crap about womb warfare. Obama is a secret blue warbler!
[11:25:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:11] <exec> 08└─Men used to marry female children before nu-cuckianity (1850s on) and feminism. Women were never seen as good.
[11:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:20] <exec> 08└─Notice the CUNTnation doesn't list for lower than 20.
[11:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good News for Immigrants - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:25:37] <exec> 08└─Women's rights is why whites are not reproducing. And stormfaggots which are the "alternative" love women's rights and hate pedos. Prior to women's rights men could have child brides.
[11:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I Call Bullshit - 06NASA Intends to Privatize International Space Station - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:28:54] <exec> 08└─Was there a point to your post?
[11:29:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Re:I hope MLK is spinning in his grave - 06Reinventing Education for Black Children - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:29:52] <exec> 08└─Your argument is that other people don't want their cultural heritage taught, so why should this one person think differently. And you are modded +5 "insightful" for this extremely weak logical fallacy. Is there a good reason why some African history should not be taught? It seems like actually some...
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[12:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02The actual pull - 06Your wget is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:33] <exec> 08└─https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/1901 [github.com] For your reading pleasure
[12:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:[International readers note: For our US editors - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:22:41] <exec> 08└─For once someone explains some US specific detail, and not assume we are all from states, and you start mouthing off.
[12:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:22:55] <exec> 08└─No, the free market solution is to eliminate patents. The price of an epi pen would be $20 dollars or less, and for safety, you could just look up reviews and audits of the product by multiple private organizations (rather than a single government organization that can be bought so easily).
[12:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:23:01] <exec> 08└─I'd be careful because a soul-less evil corporation could trivially add a viscosity thickener such that if its at fridge temperature the injection is slow as molasses. Hmm you can't breathe due to bee string and the injector is in slow motion, lets see how this turns out... Whew luckily we strongly...
[12:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03scruffybeard [533] (Score:2) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:23:04] <exec> 08└─I would be shocked if your insurance company was paying $700 for them. I get routine blood work twice a year. The bill from the lab is usually about $150, but the insurance pays about $6, with no additional co-pays from me. Similar thing from the dentist. He might bill $200 for a filling, the insura...
[12:23:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Entropy [4228] 02My friend gave me a epipen once... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 278 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:09] <exec> 08└─It seemed really important to him. His eyes were desperate, like he was pleading for me to take it and keep it safe for him. Unfortunately he died a short while later(food allergy, I think), but I still have the Epipen he entrusted me with his dying wish... I'll keep it always.
[12:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:23:16] <exec> 08└─The US healthcare system isn't "for profit", it is "for votes". The only way the price can be $500 is if there is no one selling it for less, and if no one is selling it for less, it is because the government isn't letting them, and if the government isn't letting them, the motive isn't profit, it's...
[12:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02It's intentional - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:20] <exec> 08└─That way they can deliver even more adrenalin/epinephrine when the person gets the bill.
[12:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:What we need - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:23:38] <exec> 08└─Someone hasn't run WINE this decade. Off-hand, this is stuff I've regularly used in WINE within the last year * Steam * Fallout: New Vegas * BioShock I and Infinity * OBS (to test Windows port) * Firefox for Windows TeamViewer for Linux is built on WINElib as well as a fa...
[12:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:Nobody Cares about vector processing, boooooooo - 06ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:24:11] <exec> 08└─AltiVec on PowerPC was mostly disused because its difficult to create a compiler that can auto-vectorize C code. Itanium basically suffered this problem on an architecutal basis since the entire thing is basically vector processing.
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[13:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:34] <exec> 08└─If you squat on a property for 15 years you can claim it as your own.
[13:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:22:36] <exec> 08└─However, if you squat for anything remotely approaching 15 years, you really ought to be checking with a doctor about your condition!
[13:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:22:38] <exec> 08└─Doctor finds nothing wrong. Social worker visits home, discovers all your ceilings are too low.
[13:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03scruffybeard [533] (Score:2) 02Community Improvement - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:40] <exec> 08└─I recall reading about communities in PA that were seizing abandon homes through eminent domain, and reselling them to locals who promised to live in the home and fix it up. The program was done in conjunction with banks who gave the new owners mortgage rates they might not have otherwise qualified...
[13:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How to be a Welcomed Squatter - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:42] <exec> 08└─Be Rich Don't Be Poor
[13:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:Ran into this very problem awhile ago ... - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:22:52] <exec> 08└─While 'wget' is an alias for 'Invoke-WebRequest' which you cannot override, you *can* create an alias for 'Invoke-WebRequest' so that it invokes the real wget binary. This is, however, *very* evil. Now, wget will work as expected, but Invoke-WebRequest will also work as wget, which WILL break other...
[13:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score:2) 02Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:22:54] <exec> 08└─I do not have any experience with PowerShell, but noticed in the discussion thread a couple of possible work-arounds. Work-around #1: user jpsnover [github.com] suggfested this work-around [github.com]: THIS IS NOT A FIX - but if you want to get rid of them for now, you can just add the following...
[13:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03sendafiolorkar [6300] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:57] <exec> 08└─People keep using shity and broken software and getting surprised that the software is shity and broken.
[13:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:00] <exec> 08└─Like I was wondering in the other thread, how much pain will people tolerate? Because that's how much pain Micros~1 is going to apply. If we get lucky, they'll go too far.
[13:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Embrace and Extinguish - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:02] <exec> 08└─Bash is Windows. Shell is Windows. All is Windows. We are Windows. Windows is all. Windows is Shell. Windows is Bash. Bash is not bash. Windows is bash. Shell is not shell. Windows is shell. All are Windows. We are Windows. Windows is all. We are Windows. Windows is all. Shell is Windows. Bash is Wi...
[13:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Embrace and Extinguish - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:04] <exec> 08└─One of us! One of us! One of us! And... Resistance is futile...
[13:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Embrace and Extinguish - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:06] <exec> 08└─Part of the ship! Part of the crew! Part of the ship! Part of the crew! Part of the ship! Part of the crew! Part of the ship! Part of the crew! also You will be upgraded.
[13:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02What commands is it using? - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:08] <exec> 08└─I'm not finding enough details here but what commands are aliased to provide said functionality? And it sounds like are the alias' are hard coded and changing them would break things which is absurd. Then again...
[13:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02ShitHub the social bathhouse for trendy coderz - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:10] <exec> 08└─Went to see headshots of metrosexual brogrammers, was not disappointed.
[13:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:33] <exec> 08└─Why would any company invest in R&D if their product can be reverse engineered and replicated before they can recoup their costs? Also in theory other private organizations could review and test for safety, but in practice it doesn't really happen. See the lack of regular open source code auditing a...
[13:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:40] <exec> 08└─Price in New Zealand, about USD 87, and there's a good chance you can get the cost reimbursed by the government. Just over one tenth of the US price for the same product, if you have to pay for it at all.
[13:23:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:44] <exec> 08└─Our corporate insurance rep come in the other month to go over a new policy. One employee started ranting about Obamacare and "fuckin Obama" at the end of the meeting. The rep flat out told my coworker "The insurance and drug companies are screwing you, not Obama." He quickly explained how Obamacare...
[13:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:46] <exec> 08└─Yeah. It's surprising to me how many people can have the capacity for cognitive dissonance and immunity to information that leads them to still blame the ACA. Maybe it's the same utterly retarded tribalism that has people calling it Obamacare years after it's a done deal! People that absolutely thou...
[13:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Guppy [3213] (Score:1) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:23:49] <exec> 08└─There's also the AdrenaClick. The formulary price in our office is cheaper than an EpiPen, but never actually seen one so I have no idea how good it is.
[13:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 2354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:24:00] <exec> 08└─It's a lot sicker than that. The poor get the thrilling choice of dying or being scorned for being ungrateful and cheating those poor, heroic doctors. They forgo health care and let health problems fester and get worse, until it is a medical emergency. Then they go to the emergency, which is legally...
[13:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02War on Drugs - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:06] <exec> 08└─It’s priced and regulated that way to deter recreational use, just like all other stimulants.
[13:31:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score:2) 02Re:Big difference - 06Human Spaceflight on a Shoestring Budget - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:31:21] <exec> 08└─Have you even read that whatif link? Achieving orbital speed is much more difficult than getting to space.
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[14:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score:2) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:22:48] <exec> 08└─In Brazil it's only 5 years.
[14:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 1752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:22:49] <exec> 08└─Every state in the USA is different and has a raft of different requirements and different time intervals. I checked and where I live they cut down on title fraud BS by giving adverse possession in 10 years if you have a deed. So when I eventually sell, having lived in my house for 16 years, they ne...
[14:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:53] <exec> 08└─So I can just take someone else's property if I deem that they aren't using it right? Do people understand that the only reason we have any temporary glimpses of decent society today is because of individual property rights?
[14:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:22:56] <exec> 08└─What part of "abandoned" is unclear to you? Is it the part where you're envious of other people who are claiming abandoned property and you're not getting any of it? How greedy of an asshole are you exactly?
[14:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:07] <exec> 08└─Yes well I have used PowerShell, and the correct solution if you insist on using wget instead of System.Net.WebClient is to bundle your own copy of wget.exe with your script and invoke it explicitly. .\wget.exe See? Is that so fucking hard? Oh shit no, now I'm going to be burned at the stake by peng...
[14:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:08] <exec> 08└─You refer to us as "penguin loving linux scum" and then are surprised when people take offense? Shocking news: when you're rude to people they're often rude back.
[14:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:10] <exec> 08└─Two points: (2)Why do you feel the overwhelming urge to join an exclusive club that uses only Linux? I use Linux and Windows equally because I'm not a goddamned bigoted asshole like so many poser geeks who are too fucking stupid to use more than one thing. (2) Dude bro like where's my fucking tolera...
[14:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:13] <exec> 08└─Windows is great for some things, like developing GUI desktop applications that run only on Windows. The second thing it's good for is... Let me think about that one.
[14:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:The actual pull - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:16] <exec> 08└─I thought this story was a dupe. But no, it is just a comment promoted into a story [soylentnews.org]. I guess technically, that is not even true, since the github link was added in the comments.
[14:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03redneckmother [3597] (Score:1) 02Re:Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:20] <exec> 08└─If we get lucky, they'll go too far.
[14:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score:2) 02Re:Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:22] <exec> 08└─This would be the "embrace" portion of the triptych. Duplicate the simple functionality and it will suffice. What happens next? Hackers; being interested types; duly read the documentation and outline the anomalies in bug reports. In the meantime, these hackers alter their applications to work withi...
[14:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:25] <exec> 08└─shitty even
[14:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score:2) 02Re:What commands is it using? - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:31] <exec> 08└─When I started using powershell on windows servers a few years ago and I could not install cygwin, this functionality was heaven sent. Both curl and wget are aliased to invoke-webrequest which I had no idea existed. It takes none of the parameters that real curl or wget want but just typing curl htt...
[14:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Alternate reality - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:34] <exec> 08└─Interesting problem. Best case: Microsoft is stuck with what turned out to be a stupid thing that a bunch of it's customers depend on. Worst case: Microsoft did an intentional Embrace, Extend and Extinguish and got called on it. There are definitely at least 2 separate user camps here. Both need to...
[14:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:Alternate reality - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:36] <exec> 08└─Apparently, this is only an issue on Windows, not on Unix/Linux [github.com] (unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to reference specific comments in the discussion thread. :( ) : Just to recap: on linux, on the latest pre-release build (6.0.0-alpha.9) there is no collision between any unix...
[14:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:Alternate reality - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:38] <exec> 08└─As an aside, using bash, perl, python and/or a myriad of other tools on Windows systems creates portable tools which can run, unmodified, pretty much everywhere. I guess the use case for a cross-platform powershell is if you only know powershell and/or have a large library of PS scripts. However, po...
[14:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Where are the 'M$' and 'M$hit' posts? - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:41] <exec> 08└─Disappointing.
[14:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Where are the 'M$' and 'M$hit' posts? - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:43] <exec> 08└─Where's "github is ghey and if you use github you are ghey" ? Oh there it is.
[14:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:Where are the 'M$' and 'M$hit' posts? - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:23:45] <exec> 08└─Microsoft turned their sh*t up to 11. This is a minor nuisance in comparison.
[14:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02WINInet - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:47] <exec> 08└─I’m not sure if wget in powershell calls inet or not but i’d like to take this opportunity to gripe about inet anyway, especially how version 11 of inet takes 10x longer to get anything than previous versions. I don’t know if I’m missing some new parameter, or if it’s some kind of energy/r...
[14:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Korn shell story. - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:49] <exec> 08└─One of the Register commentors linked to the korn shell story, but their server must be on a residential connection or something. Here is the link [archive.org] that does not say archive.org is hitting the site too quickly.
[14:24:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:24:13] <exec> 08└─first mover advantage. reputation, quality control. there are many ways to make it profitable. or at the very least compromise to limit patent to only 1 year monopoly. patents are out of control and are the largest money suck in our healthcare system. Capitalism and free markets are good, monopolies...
[14:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:24:20] <exec> 08└─You post some wacky stuff, but you sometimes post some good wacky stuff - thanks for the snigger!
[14:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:24:28] <exec> 08└─I hope they keep shouting #1! #1! #1! when they're all subsistence farmers getting food aid from China.
[14:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score:2) 02Not the (whole) reason - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:24:30] <exec> 08└─If insurance is the reason, why are they more like $100-150 here in Canada? At least in Ontario, OHIP doesn't cover medication, so we have to pay out of pocket for medicine here if we don't have insurance to cover it. If the complete answer is "because insurance" then they'd be a similar price in Ca...
[14:24:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:24:42] <exec> 08└─"Pay me for this pill." "Does it work?" "Maybe, but it makes me lots of money". Why the hell would you go to that doctor or listen to what he has to say?
[14:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02It's not just Epi-pen - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:48] <exec> 08└─It's all generics are skyrocketing. I take 4 drugs, all over 30 years old. I don't have insurance. 3 years ago I was getting a 3 month supply of all 4 drugs for a little under $30. Went to renew them this January, they wanted close to $300. Used an app called GoodRx, found out I could get them at V...
[14:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:25:17] <exec> 08└─The only issue i've had with swapping out the MS office suite for LibreOffice is you can't open .msg emails anymore (missing outlook). I sometimes receive attachments that are email files and those email files have their own attached email files : ( There are several decent open source readers thoug...
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[15:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02FB & GOOG are not enough anymore - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:41] <exec> 08└─"Install this app and help law enforcement pro-actively by telling you where you are at all times. Have you /seen/ the ankle-band on your cousin's leg that she got after being convicted of her hilarious misdemeanor? Do you want one as well? Install this app now!" I guess their rationale goes somethi...
[15:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Wall Street are the real robbers - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:43] <exec> 08└─Occupy Everything! We are the 99.̅9% !! Sorry I don't have a way to transmit odors over the internet so you'll just have to imagine unwashed urine soaked taint.
[15:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wall Street are the real robbers - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:22:45] <exec> 08└─Fortunately for you, it's very easy to transmit FOX News propaganda and lies over the Internet, though.
[15:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Wouldn't it be more useful if... - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:47] <exec> 08└─...it told the robber/user, cash truck or safe timelock schedules?
[15:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wouldn't it be more useful if... - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:22:49] <exec> 08└─1. Rob bank with one burner phone. 2. Turn yourself in with another burner phone 3. ??? 4. Profit!
[15:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02As Seen On TV - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:51] <exec> 08└─Specifically on Killjoys. The stereotypical sexy rebellious bounty-hunters carry phones that show them details about their warrants. Why shouldn't life imitate art. That's what art is for.
[15:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Install FBI code on my phone? Why not!? - 06FBI Release Bank Robbers App - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:53] <exec> 08└─Yeah, sign me up. And, let's see if the TSA wants to track me. And, the CIA - I'll just call every alphabet soup agency, and ask them about their app. Maybe Russia, Germany, the UK, and France want in on it. Interpol? The up side? If I'm kidnapped, they'll all know where to find me!
[15:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Basic Income for Detroit - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:09] <exec> 08└─Where are the hipster startups buying property for cheap and promising a a new utopia of basic income for all residents backed by herds of unicorn investment? Oh right. Detroit isn't anywhere near the Gay Area. Hipsters don't even know Detroit exists.
[15:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02E2-E4 - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:11] <exec> 08└─Overton_window.soviet-style_mass_expropriation_of_private_property.open() Or maybe you like camelcase better?
[15:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:23:27] <exec> 08└─Getting viruses! Oh you mean GOOD things it's good at. I'll get back to you
[15:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Re:Alternate reality - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:23:45] <exec> 08└─PowerShell's programming model is better than bash but its got a fundamental design flaw that makes it unpleasant to work with. Basically, in PS land, every cmdlet is an object. So I can call for a NS lookup, and then work with that as an object; for scripting that's far better cleaner than shell sc...
[15:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:[US readers note: For our editors] - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:23:59] <exec> 08└─We have geography lessons in California public schools, but don't give a shit enough to remember the exact states that are part of "New England". Thanks for the note.
[15:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Holy crap, the bears are back?! - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:02] <exec> 08└─New England Drought Means Bolder Bears
[15:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:19] <exec> 08└─I think a 5 year monopoly is generally justifiable. 10 years if there is a large amount of required initial investment...but you should need to really prove the requirement. And patents should be unenforceable against individuals whose income is less than half of yours...without allowing either part...
[15:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score:2) 02re Polio - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:21] <exec> 08└─Children, children... read history instead of playing Pokémon... In an interview [nytimes.com], after the Ann Arbor conference, Murrow asked Salk, "Who owns the patent on this vaccine?" Salk magnanimously replied: "Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" Not e...
[15:24:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:31] <exec> 08└─Is this the same thing? "EPIPEN JR AUTO-INJECTOR 0,15MG/0,3ML N1" 50.35e https://apteek.apotheka.ee If I visit the USA, should I just fill my suitcase with those? That would pay for my trip tenfold! (Not that I will ever go to the US out of principle - I don't support fundamentally corr...
[15:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:33] <exec> 08└─Of course, we have socialised healthcare here. I suspect that would actually cost me between 2 and 5 euros were I to actually need it in an emergency. (For comparison, I paid 5e for a chest x-ray last year after a carting injury.)
[15:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:40] <exec> 08└─Personally, I still call it Romneycare, since he was the one that first proposed it.
[15:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:42] <exec> 08└─He signed off on it. He even put his name to it. He *is* to blame even if it's only because he's yet another scummy corporatist and he had a big pharma finger on his prostate.
[15:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My friend gave me a epipen once... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:24:51] <exec> 08└─Good god that is awful... and at the same time I can't stop chuckling. The sure sign of madness and the only "sane" reaction to such a unbelievable shittery on part of Big Pharma.
[15:25:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:01] <exec> 08└─A natural steady state in a free market with any significant barrier to entry is the price-gauging oligopoly. You are still seeing the free market even if it's not doing what you want a free market to do. But you're right, blaming the free market is wrong, as the invisible hand is actually a back-ha...
[15:25:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:It's not just Epi-pen - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:08] <exec> 08└─Sounds like it's time for that holiday to Cuba that you always promised yourself.
[15:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02FTA - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:10] <exec> 08└─You need one of them free trade thinggys, then just buy it from a non corrupt country.
[15:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Dopamine - 06Gene Therapy Approach to be Tested for Improving Parkinson's Drug Efficacy - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:18] <exec> 08└─Why don't they just inject dopamine instead? Is it to delay "release" of the drug or to target a particular area?
[15:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What we need - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:32] <exec> 08└─Eh, I've last ran WINE a couple of month ago, and it's still as shitty as always with the software I've thrown at it. Even really generic shit like printing doesn't work.
[15:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:25:43] <exec> 08└─Office 2013 was literally eating tens of pages at a time from some of the documents I maintain for seemingly random reasons. Other times I'd send somebody on 2010 a document, and while I could see everything, they'd say they were missing a page here or there. Absolutely unacceptable.
[15:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Re:Nobody Cares about vector processing, boooooooo - 06ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:26:09] <exec> 08└─Worth linking: http://llvm.org [llvm.org] & https://gcc.gnu.org [gnu.org] For java, Intel pushed some vectorization support to hotspot (java) and there's still ongoing work. But the closed source Oracle stack is said to have decent & well ro...
[15:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:39] <exec> 08└─Uhhh, do you have any idea how expensive that would be?
[15:28:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:19] <exec> 08└─Forget Restaurants. How about a medallion system for Software Developers. After all, they should have certifications and insurance. What if their code were to have a bug in it?
[15:31:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:You want Segregation - 06Reinventing Education for Black Children - 1365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:31:35] <exec> 08└─Drugs and trespassing should be hendled in the local community, with community service and restitution if applicable. vandalism comes in a lot of different styles and varieties. Broke a window? Make the dumbass pay for the window, AND do a week or two of community service. Burnt down a warehouse? Al...
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[16:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:FB & GOOG are not enough anymore - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:56] <exec> 08└─"I don't trust the Government. There's no Government transparency! There's no Government transparency!" Oh, look, here they're making crime statics available that is very easy to access! "I don't trust them if they're giving me something for free!" What a pathetic hypocritical whiner you are.
[16:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:FB & GOOG are not enough anymore - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:58] <exec> 08└─I think the problem is that it's an app, which modern app appers know can only be apped by apps. Factsheets and websites that will just tell you the information, even in real time, are for LUDDITES. Apps!
[16:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:As Seen On TV - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:06] <exec> 08└─They don't even bother with arrest warrants anymore since Dutch is too busy with the mystery of the "green shit." I really wish they'd give the mysterious green liquid a proper name and stop literally calling it "that green shit." Every week on Killjoys it's a new episode about "the green shit" and...
[16:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:As Seen On TV - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:08] <exec> 08└─I prefer this podcast [wikia.com].
[16:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02are the pics of the wall street bastards up? - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:13] <exec> 08└─if not fuck off and die. Those POS and the FBI are the real criminals here
[16:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:are the pics of the wall street bastards up? - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:15] <exec> 08└─And Hillary is Most Wanted among loyal Democratic Party voters.
[16:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:27] <exec> 08└─They're better off letting the people live in the house without paying for a couple years before firing off the foreclosure rather than beginning squatter wars.
[16:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:29] <exec> 08└─I disagree, renters are terrible wage slaves, renters don't have a particular tie to the area, so if they aren't being treated well, they don't have to worry about selling their place when they move. They might wind up losing their deposit and a couple months rent, but that's about it. A home owner...
[16:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score:2) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:35] <exec> 08└─And your property rights come with property responsibilities. It's a two-way social contract. You can't allow your property to become a hazard to others. You can't just abandon your property to decay, illicit use, and eventual collapse.
[16:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:53] <exec> 08└─It's good for booting up on a new machine so you can download a Linux or BSD iso and burn it. Give credit where credit is due :)
[16:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Holy crap, the bears are back?! - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:24:29] <exec> 08└─Where did you learn English? I bet you spell "color" wrong, too.
[16:24:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:24:47] <exec> 08└─That would not be enough to even cover the costs of a Phase I clinical trial. It would maybe be enough for the pre-clinical work.
[16:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:re Polio - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:24:50] <exec> 08└─To be fair, the Salk vaccine was just inactivated virus. Could you patent the virus or the formalin-inactivation of the virus? I'm all for universal healthcare, but patents are useful for drugs with high development costs while we have a for-profit system.
[16:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:24:52] <exec> 08└─Why would any company invest in R&D if their product can be reverse engineered and replicated before they can recoup their costs?
[16:24:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:00] <exec> 08└─No true bitcoiner uses the same address twice!
[16:25:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:08] <exec> 08└─I would be shocked if your insurance company was paying $700 for them. I get routine blood work twice a year. The bill from the lab is usually about $150, but the insurance pays about $6, with no additional co-pays from me.
[16:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 1028 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:15] <exec> 08└─Doubt he had much choice - the single payer thing was never going to get passed ( https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] ). Obamacare is actually still a bit better than going with the flow. Seriously the USA healthcare system was so broken that...
[16:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 2262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:25:29] <exec> 08└─It's completely retarded. Plenty of moderately wealthy and rich US people say they don't want to pay for some poor person's healthcare - they say the poor people should have taken better care of themselves or worked harder etc. The real retarded thing is, in most cases they still end up paying anywa...
[16:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:02] <exec> 08└─Gotta agree. Stallman is a wierd old bastard, but he gets partial credit for my attitude towards Windows. If we're honest, then most of us would have to admit as much.
[16:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 927 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:08] <exec> 08└─My company frequently has to deal with MS Office documents. We're using Crossover Office (= tweaked WINE), and an MS Office install from ~2000. You may not believe that that works in the modern day and age for processing documents, but curiously almost every single one of our clients, the sources of...
[16:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Sorry man, - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:12] <exec> 08└─"a usable UI (Windows 9)" You lost me there. I had a version of Win 1.something, 2.something, and then 3.11. I thought I was really doing something great when I "upgraded" to Win 98 SE. It was really great, in comparison to the previous Windows that I had available. But, what was so good about Win 9...
[16:26:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Strongly Worded Letter! - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:26:21] <exec> 08└─It took a second or two to remember the Halloween memo. Younger people may or may not have a clue, so here's a link: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[16:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score:2) 02Re:What's wrong with this again? - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 890 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:29:19] <exec> 08└─Uh you really don't understand insurance liability do you ? Nor apparently do you approve of people having an opinion different from yours. The 'business' model of Uber is FAR from sticking out your thumb for an occasional ride otherwise there would be no business, just a few people getting a ride s...
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[17:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Press any key to continue? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:41] <exec> 08└─To continue what? To install Windows 10 from the BSOD maybe?
[17:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Digital adverts & passenger information screens - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:42] <exec> 08└─I've noticed digital advertising & passenger information screens on numeous occassions in a Windows BSoD situation, but the largest and most public was one of those in Jelačića Trg in Zagreb Croatia - not a five story monster, but in a very public place where many people catch the metro and shop....
[17:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You mean NULL pointers are bad? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:44] <exec> 08└─As a Windows driver developer, all I can see in the first picture is that the bugcheck was PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (someone touched a bad pointer) and the faulting code was (likely) in FTDI's serial driver. I hope the sign owner at least sent FTDI the dump so that they could fix their crappy cod...
[17:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Install FBI code on my phone? Why not!? - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:05] <exec> 08└─If you're kidnapped, your best strategy is to either be a pedophile, a terrorist or rob a banker. That way you know they'll be extra sure to come get you.
[17:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 888 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:23] <exec> 08└─Renting means you're a slave to the whims of the credit rating agencies and your rental history. You can easily find yourself homeless if you have bad history, or worse, no credit/rent history at all. Even if you can prove you have the money they often won't even consider your application. The two c...
[17:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:30] <exec> 08└─I wish squatters would move in to the foreclosed home in my neighborhood. The yard has gone to seed and there are saplings growing on the roof. It seems the bank can't stand the thought of someone being behind on their mortgage but they're fine with letting the property decay until the cleanup and d...
[17:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:51] <exec> 08└─Clippy: It looks like you are trying to work around Microsoft's deliberately broken curl and wget. Would you like me to install Windows 10 for you? Please do any of the following to install Windows 10: Click Yes, No, Cancel, the X in the title bar, or pull the power cord from the wall outlet to have...
[17:23:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sendafiolorkar [6300] 02Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:55] <exec> 08└─People keep using shity and broken software and getting surprised that the software is shity and broken.
[17:23:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03lentilla [1770] 02Re:Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 806 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:58] <exec> 08└─This would be the "embrace" portion of the triptych. Duplicate the simple functionality and it will suffice. What happens next? Hackers; being interested types; duly read the documentation and outline the anomalies in bug reports. In the meantime, these hackers alter their applications to work withi...
[17:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:[US readers note: For our editors] - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:24:24] <exec> 08└─Thanks for confirming the self-absorbed Californian stereotype for us. Now go back to your brown, crusty lawn before it goes up in 100 ft flames! ;-)
[17:24:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:[US readers note: For our editors] - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:24:26] <exec> 08└─The really funny part is that I'm living in Massachusetts and the fields full of dry weeds/grass/shrubs remind me of California. Now get off my brown, crusty lawn!
[17:24:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Grammar - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:32] <exec> 08└─New England Drought isn't grammatically correct for that interpretation. That would be New English Drought, although I noticed not too long ago the news wires changed their style guides to never use the adjective form, only the proper noun form, which is incorrect. They're turning it into pidgin Eng...
[17:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:24:53] <exec> 08└─Have you ever actually met an engineer before?
[17:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:06] <exec> 08└─Fyi, they did make the importation of drugs illegal in the states.
[17:25:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Article is Wrong - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:10] <exec> 08└─Even people without insurance don't pay full price, if they are smart. When I didn't have insurance, I would go to the doctor and just ask, "how much do I need to pay in cash, right now, to make this bill go away?" Almost always, I'd get at least a 60 percent discount as an initial offer. I'd always...
[17:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Not the (whole) reason - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:19] <exec> 08└─If insurance is the reason, why are they more like $100-150 here in Canada?
[17:28:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad News for Career Women - 06Relationships With Family Members, but Not Friends, Increase Lifespan - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:28:13] <exec> 08└─Then spend more money on a better nursing home. Problem solved. If you're worried that'll cost too much, no problem: don't have any kids, and save up the money you saved by not raising kids in a good retirement account. You'll probably do a lot better than relying on your kids to tend to you 24/7 in...
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[18:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02relevant user - 06Patent Dispute over Nanopore Sequencing Reaches Settlement - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:51] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/~gringer/ [soylentnews.org] How big of a setback is this for Oxford Nanopore?
[18:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:relevant user - 06Patent Dispute over Nanopore Sequencing Reaches Settlement - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:53] <exec> 08└─I was wondering the same thing. It'll depend on if they were using the Msp in their MinION and how easy it would be to switch to a different porin. I'll be paying attention because I was considering buying one, but the cost per run doesn't seem to be cost effective for my planned application.
[18:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:relevant user - 06Patent Dispute over Nanopore Sequencing Reaches Settlement - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:55] <exec> 08└─I think gringer is in Australia or New Zealand, so it might not affect him.
[18:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:You mean NULL pointers are bad? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:23:06] <exec> 08└─"Instead of bricking fake chips, the latest FTDI drivers will inject garbage data into a circuit. [hackaday.com]"
[18:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 2158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:24:10] <exec> 08└─If we're going to be fair, the asshole has a point. There is a way to make it work, and it is better (from a certain point of view) to be able to use as many tools and platforms as possible to get the job done. I can appreciate that attitude of agnosticism, although he shrugged it off just as fast a...
[18:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Its a friggen dose of adrenaline.... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:42] <exec> 08└─It's worse than you think. Based on the human child dose (EpiJr), it's 333 doses for $20. Add in a pre-loaded 1ml syringe and a plastic tube to protect it and you might be up to $3/dose. At that price, a lot of people who 'choose' to risk it would be a lot safer. Further, it would be safer to use. E...
[18:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Its a friggen dose of adrenaline.... - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:43] <exec> 08└─$20 for about 50 doses. If your kid was a 100 pound horse, that is... What has me so all fired worked up is this is the same chemical needed to save a kid's life !!!!! But if the child needs it, hold the parents hostage for whatever they can pay, cuz they play this trick on the horse owners, they mi...
[18:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03termigator [4271] (Score:2) 02Re:US Healthcare. - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:25:55] <exec> 08└─Because what else are you supposed to do?
[18:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 1021 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:26:32] <exec> 08└─One of the big strengths of LaTeX imho is how snugly it will fit in a version control system (git for me for now until something better comes along). I've never written anything worth publishing, but somewhere in the deep dark bowels of my home directory, there's a stash of half-realized fiction wil...
[18:27:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Nobody Cares about vector processing, boooooooo - 06ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions - 1536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:03] <exec> 08└─Altivec was no harder to software-vectorise than SSE* were. SSE* succeeded in the marketplace, therefore automatic vectorisation was not the issue. Itanium was just VLIW, and so required heterogenous operation parallelism rather than the homogenous operation parallelism of vectorising, which is a sl...
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[19:22:43] <exec> 08└─It sounds like patent lawyers are a bunch of smegheads.
[19:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:lister - 06Patent Dispute over Nanopore Sequencing Reaches Settlement - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:45] <exec> 08└─And Illumina [wikipedia.org] has grown from a plucky startup to a biomenace.
[19:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:2) 02Re:Press any key to continue? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:54] <exec> 08└─Under Windows 95/98/ME the errors reported by BSODs were not always truly fatal, and they would often let you attempt to continue... usually with bad results. In fact the "BSOD" was introduced in Windows 3.0 and was intended for use as a somewhat general purpose full screen error message, with the l...
[19:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:You mean NULL pointers are bad? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:59] <exec> 08└─So not only are their driver developers shit but so is their management. In that case I hope they didn't get the dump.
[19:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:You mean NULL pointers are bad? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:01] <exec> 08└─You wouldn't have to worry about whether you had clone FTDI chips if you would stop using Arduino and just use a 555 which is the proper way to blink an LED.
[19:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Wouldn't it be more useful if... - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:16] <exec> 08└─Hey, baby steps here! This still helps, by telling you to concentrate your efforts not on the branch that was just robbed (and thus has no money and a heavy police presence) but on the branch on the other side of town (which will take the cops a while to get to, because they're all busy at the last...
[19:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:42] <exec> 08└─Renting means you're a slave to the whims of the credit rating agencies and your rental history.
[19:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Holy crap, the bears are back?! - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:24:48] <exec> 08└─New England Draught Means Bolder Beers, I thought I saw on my small screen.
[19:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Grammar - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:24:50] <exec> 08└─They're turning it into New English.
[19:24:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Grammar - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:24:53] <exec> 08└─*New England
[19:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 767 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:15] <exec> 08└─Again, the position that researchers will never work together to develop new products unless the government gives them market monopoly. It's absolutely bizarre that anyone takes this seriously. There's a ton of voluntary public funding for research, and for all the costs you mentioned, they are noth...
[19:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:39] <exec> 08└─Regular Ubuntu lost me when they added Unity. I have to install Ubuntu Gnome (to avoid Unity) then add gnome-flashback to get a traditional desktop. I've looked at other flavors but always go back to gnome-flashback. Too bad there isn't an Ubuntu flavor that only has flashback and not that other cra...
[19:26:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score:2) 02Re:Tubes... right up my alley. - 06Hacking When It Counts: Spy Radios - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:54] <exec> 08└─With today's spread-spectrum technologies, good luck finding the transmitter. The old spectrum analysis techniques don't work, as you have no idea where the carrier is at any given time.
[19:26:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score:2) 02Lots of DIY on the battlefield - 06Hacking When It Counts: Spy Radios - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:56] <exec> 08└─It's amazing what motivated people will do to communicate! There were a lot of passive setups rigged together with junk you'd find laying around; this sort of receiver got the nickname "foxhole radio". [bizarrelabs.com] Anything is better than nothing, and these would at least let you listen in on a...
[19:30:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:a paper what? - 06From a Melted Mac to Vintage Robots, Relics From Tekserve Go to Auction - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:14] <exec> 08└─I'm ordering it as a gift. I wanted to send bees but they're getting to expensive.
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[20:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02In one of the places where I lived.. - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:46] <exec> 08└─...you could flick the light on traffic lights by kicking them really hard.
[20:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:In one of the places where I lived.. - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:47] <exec> 08└─Seems like a lot of work to climb up the poles to get to the lights to kick them.
[20:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:49] <exec> 08└─The progress bar that steady moves till near the end and then it inevitably gets stuck for a long-ass time before final (if you're lucky) completion. Whoever came with that, thou be a jackass.
[20:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:51] <exec> 08└─That. My fav is a download. Going full blast until about 98% then 0 bytes for 20 mins. Whattttt is it dooooing....
[20:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:54] <exec> 08└─I remember in the old days, seeing a few that were poorly coded enough that they clipped through the other edge of the box containing them and kept going. I think it had something to do with making the progress bar a function of time elapsed, but not actually remembering to stop it at any point.
[20:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Leebert [3511] (Score:3, Funny) 02Subjects are an anachronism - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:56] <exec> 08└─So... kind of like the "Deactivate your account" button on Facebook?
[20:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Almost placebo - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:58] <exec> 08└─I'm fairly certain the walk buttons around here do nothing to influence the traffic lights, but they universally make the beeping noises when you touch them. While the light is green in the chosen direction there is a "beep boop" for the visually impaired. They also make sure the little walky guy sh...
[20:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Almost placebo - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:00] <exec> 08└─The lights definitely work where I am at most intersections; most simply will never be green for pedestrians unless they press the button. I did observe the busiest two intersections seem to disregard the buttons, but the newspaper awhile back, a local reporter interviewed the traffic engineer for t...
[20:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02i like to take my penis for walks - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:02] <exec> 08└─it's very relaxing and we hold hands.
[20:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Infuriating - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:05] <exec> 08└─I know a nearby crosswalk with a button that only works during low traffic hours because when it's rush hour the crosswalk never gives pedestrians the signal to walk. So basically, you end up with people waiting there a cycle or so and then playing frogger because some assholes don't think pedestria...
[20:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02GWX - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:07] <exec> 08└─Does anyone remember gwx.exe?
[20:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:relevant user - 06Patent Dispute over Nanopore Sequencing Reaches Settlement - 940 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:17] <exec> 08└─It's not at all a setback, except in the frustrating "oh no, not again" way. The wordwork that Oxford Nanopore have agreed on in the settlement document [sciencemag.org] is somewhat enlightening in this regard: They don't admit that they ever used Msp nanopores in their productsTheir definition of h...
[20:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score:2) 02Re:lister - 06Patent Dispute over Nanopore Sequencing Reaches Settlement - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:21] <exec> 08└─That is rumoured to be the target of a takeover bid by Thermofisher [yahoo.com].
[20:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03ticho [89] (Score:2) 02Re:FB & GOOG are not enough anymore - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:46] <exec> 08└─Where is the "+0 Missed the point" mod when you need one?
[20:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:24:24] <exec> 08└─How long did it take for the saplings to start growing on the roof? I mean, my roof tree control is exactly zero, and I don't have a roof tree problem. Does the house have a sod roof?
[20:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:24:25] <exec> 08└─Do people understand that the only reason we have any straight roads today is because of Parliamentary enclosure?
[20:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Some people never learn! - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:24:57] <exec> 08└─People keep using shity and broken software and getting surprised that the software is shity and broken.
[20:25:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Embrace and Extinguish - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:01] <exec> 08└─Ivan, please go and "bear hug" Satan Nutella for me... embrace and extinguish.
[20:25:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Embrace and Extinguish - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:03] <exec> 08└─As Gaaark alluded to, it is more like: We are Windows. Lower your shields and surrender your computer. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your OS will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
[20:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:[US readers note: For our editors] - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:28] <exec> 08└─I'll trade you my Washington, DC suburb mud pit sprouting toadstools and a black fungus that is killing all my bushes. Oops, time for another hurricane and attendant flashflood!
[20:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Re:re Polio - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 976 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:25:58] <exec> 08└─Modern drug development is high risk and high cost. A pharma company may go through dozens of possible drugs until they land one that works and is safe. This means considerable cost to bring a single drug to market. If there's no assurance of at least breaking even (forget about profit for now) no o...
[20:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 2185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:09] <exec> 08└─The price hike started years before Obamacare In fact one of the stated goals of Obamacare was to reduce costs. Hmm that didnt work. Here is why it did not work. Money. The market will react to money. As you add in more money into a system inflation will occur. This happens because people are more w...
[20:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:26:11] <exec> 08└─Mandatory Insurance is not the problem. 1000 a month? I pay a little bit more per year and the healthcare system in my country is at least as good as that of the US (depending on who is making the list it might be better Just because the US manages to fuck up does not make it a bad concept. There ar...
[20:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03cykros [989] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 2037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:30:16] <exec> 08└─For what it's worth, the whole taxi system is already interfered with by government, in the form of the artificially scarce taxi medallions, which, like liquor licenses in some areas, are routinely treated as a commodity, to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, and generally serve mostly to make...
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[21:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02L0L M$ 1z T3h SuXx05z - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:36] <exec> 08└─j00 5h00d ûs3 L1ñûx béçūz3 Lînúx Røxx.
[21:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oblig - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:37] <exec> 08└─The Aussies are moving up in the world!
[21:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:50] <exec> 08└─Pause and resume. Go back to full speed.
[21:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:52] <exec> 08└─Yay! An XKCD [xkcd.com]
[21:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 633 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:55] <exec> 08└─I wrote one of those once with two different methods that allowed overflowing progress bars. It also calculated the amount of progress as a function of a stored benchmark of how long a certain process took and did the math for a rough guess on time, which meant progress equaled elapsed time divided...
[21:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:57] <exec> 08└─poorly coded
[21:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Subjects are an anachronism - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:00] <exec> 08└─I once had somebody give me the advice that before investing the time to fully implement some features in a web app I should put in buttons that just report back to the server that a user tried to use them... and do nothing else. Then I would know which features people are trying to use, and I could...
[21:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score:2) 02Re:Infuriating - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:07] <exec> 08└─Modded you up and I feel you bro. My whole city is filled with that stupid fucking bullshit. I wont even get into the asshole that times the lights so that as you go down the road at normal accerlation and maintain speed limit you hit EVERY MOTHERFUCKING RED LIGHT ON THE ROAD. Ok. Im done. Thanks.
[21:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Well, duh - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:10] <exec> 08└─you push the crosswalk button and curse silently at the slowness of the signal change.
[21:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Well, duh - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:12] <exec> 08└─There's a pretty choice word [catb.org] for exactly that, especially if it's fun to do.
[21:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02That's nothing - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:14] <exec> 08└─That's nothing. (Only) in America, they've got machines, and they've got buttons, and when you press them, you get a small piece of wonky paper out of it, apparently. And then a group of augurs and haruspices gathers around to determine whether that should be interpreted as a Hanging Chad, a Pregnan...
[21:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score:2) 02So what you are saying is - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:16] <exec> 08└─So what you are saying is that the buttons on the crosswalk are like the buttons in the polling booth?
[21:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:Press any key to continue? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:39] <exec> 08└─Under Windows 95/98/ME the errors reported by BSODs were not always truly fatal, and they would often let you attempt to continue... usually with bad results.
[21:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:You mean NULL pointers are bad? - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:45] <exec> 08└─Fatal exception 0e happens for so many random things. It just looks to me like you are pushing an anti-FTDI agenda. It is so out of place here that it makes me think every AC commenting on FTDI is the same sockpuppet. There's no need to invent some BS reasons to hate on FTDI. They have plenty of rea...
[21:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I was having a real bad day today - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:47] <exec> 08└─but that five-storey BSoD made me smile, then it made me laugh.
[21:23:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just more proof... - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:49] <exec> 08└─that Windows is not ready for the desktop and your average user.
[21:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:FB & GOOG are not enough anymore - 06FBI Releases Bank Robbers App - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:24:01] <exec> 08└─Disagree
[21:25:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:01] <exec> 08└─I agree that if Microsoft had properly implemented wget and curl, with rigorous compatibility testing, there would be no issue. Anyone should be able to implement those commands. The problem is that they couldn't be bothered doing that.
[21:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score:2) 02Completely expected - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:29] <exec> 08└─Microsoft have always been the ones that scavenge stuff they don't understand and massage it just well enough to avoid being sued (often.) I once expected that MS would die with a whimper once the general population became computer literate, but that doesn't seem to be happening. If anything compute...
[21:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Time for me to visit - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:51] <exec> 08└─I once quit a job and spent the summer camping in Maine and New Hampshire. When I arrived there in early July they were complaining of a drought and unseasonably high temperatures. It then proceeded to rain at least part of each day for 32 of the first 35 days I was there. I'm willing to help again,...
[21:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:re Polio - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:13] <exec> 08└─Also, without patents companies would rely on drugs being a black box that are protected trade secrets or have increasingly complex formulations to prevent reverse engineering.
[21:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:re Polio - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:14] <exec> 08└─There is a powerful argument for state-owned, public-funded medical research. Let the bread heads do the easy less-risky stuff and the rest of us can pull together and look after ourselves.
[21:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:19] <exec> 08└─estimates of drug development costs are around US$1.3 billion to US$1.7 billion.
[21:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 808 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:22] <exec> 08└─The idea that humans won't research new products unless the government grants market monopoly is so bizarre that it makes a person wonder how anyone with any exposure to humans could believe it. Creating new awesome things is what humans do, it's an evolutionarily defining characteristic of humanity...
[21:26:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:free market solution: - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 1042 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:26:24] <exec> 08└─Recouping costs is one thing. That is NOT what is happening here. This is AVARICE. Watch Michael Moore's "Sicko" and you can see people getting meds for nickel for the same stuff that costs over $100 in the U.S. It's the same reason why there are huge buses of senior citizens going to Canada to get...
[21:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What we need - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:27:18] <exec> 08└─We need a moderation -1 stupid. I seriously can't think of a more brain dead proposal, ever. You want to compromise the security of your entire system to get better graphics performance? Windows is made for you. Wallow in it.
[21:27:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 1031 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:27:23] <exec> 08└─I beg to differ with you. Thanks to Stallman and people like him, there are a sizable number of us who are aware as to how these traps work. That's not to say there are still not a helluva lot of people who blindly go where they are led. At least being warned about how the trick works keeps the sur...
[21:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:27:33] <exec> 08└─But the point is, most people are too semi-lazy to want to learn about advantages / disadvantages of the different tools. Semi-lazy, because in the long run they put a lot more effort than they would have to otherwise, so it doesn't really qualify as "lazy".
[21:30:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03cykros [989] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:15] <exec> 08└─They're called liquor licenses. If there were too many, places would have to stop just selling PBR and America because there'd be too much competition from those selling drinkable beer to try to edge into the market.
[21:30:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03cykros [989] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:17] <exec> 08└─Those licensing requirements are archaic and in need of being revamped drastically. The taxi drivers aren't wrong, but Uber is right to be acting first and asking for forgiveness later. They've got the funds and in many cases public support now to really play a big role in fix the broken system. The...
[21:30:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'm confused now - 06Massachusetts to Tax Ride-Hailing Apps, Give the Money to Taxis - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:27] <exec> 08└─How terrible, to actually pay attention to the needs and wishes of your constituents rather than toe a national party line while ignoring the people you're elected to serve. Though fwiw, Baker's stance on gun control is pretty heinous for a supposed republican. He makes Bernie Sanders seem like a ri...
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[22:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oblig - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:43] <exec> 08└─Who the fuck moderated that redundant? I'm sick of wankers who don't know the meaning of the word.
[22:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02var signed = undefined - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:45] <exec> 08└─Math.abs(bullshit + crap);
[22:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Funny) 02Could be a subtle programming error - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:47] <exec> 08└─Microsoft may simply have failed to take into account that logical bit operations are inverted down under.
[22:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Could be a subtle programming error - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:49] <exec> 08└─To be safe, I'm moving to Sao Tome and Principe.
[22:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Google Maps put a river in San Luis Obispo - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:51] <exec> 08└─I had a job interview at a certain street address in San Luis Obispo. Google Maps showed a body of water nearby. I had not known there was such a body of water in SLO. Eventually I realized that it was the same street address in Morro Bay, also in SLO county. How many are late to appointments becaus...
[22:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Google Maps put a river in San Luis Obispo - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:54] <exec> 08└─Was an hour late to an interview after being dropped in the wrong town, a few miles south of the same address in the right town, deep in Generica. No cell phone then, had to hoof it along a busy highway where people would not even slow down for a white guy trying to hitchhike in a suit...
[22:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I used to get around by hitchhiking - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:56] <exec> 08└─that once worked really well but no more.
[22:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Raptors don't know how to behave on a date - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:58] <exec> 08└─This one always amused me: Lockheeds F22 Raptor Gets Zapped by International Date Line [dailytech.com].
[22:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:In one of the places where I lived.. - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:10] <exec> 08└─I remember watching that old documentary where some cool guy could get the right song off the jukebox by hitting the side of it. I guess the other buttons where like placebo, but taking people's money because they didn't wear leather jackets.
[22:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:19] <exec> 08└─software developer
[22:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:21] <exec> 08└─Programming results in computer code. Not that big a deal to say something was poorly coded instead of poorly programmed. In ten years the gripe will probably be "In my day we called it 'engineering' and not 'programming' because programming was something you did when you were writing something with...
[22:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:23] <exec> 08└─No you have history backwards. First it was applied mathematics, then it was computer engineering, then it was programming, then it was software development, then it was coding, and soon it will be brown-people-squeezing-out-a-shit. Actually I think we might already be at the shit stage.
[22:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:25] <exec> 08└─Hey, if you're so smart, you write a better one. As frustrating as they may be, sometimes it's not *possible* to give an accurate prediction. And are you sure it was time elapsed, not % progress?
[22:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Just like the progress bar - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:27] <exec> 08└─As frustrating as they may be, sometimes it's not *possible* to give an accurate prediction.
[22:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Subjects are an anachronism - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:32] <exec> 08└─Woah, hope that spam mod was a mis-click. Because he isn't wrong. Plenty of services "delete" your account and don't actually delete anything. It is known.
[22:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Subjects are an anachronism - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:34] <exec> 08└─And even if he was wrong, it wouldn't be spam (unless he was a shill for MySpace, perhaps). Spam has a very specific meaning.
[22:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Almost placebo - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:38] <exec> 08└─It depends on the intersection, sometimes the only effect they have is slightly elongating the walk signal that you're given, in which case you'd never know if it was doing anything at all. Other times it's mandatory to get a walk signal at all. Otherwise it just shows no walk perpetually. The jacka...
[22:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That's nothing - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:47] <exec> 08└─That's nothing. (Only) in America, they've got machines, and they've got buttons, and when you press them, you get a small piece of wonky paper out of it, apparently. And then a group of augurs and haruspices gathers around to determine whether that should be interpreted as a Hanging Chad, a Pregnan...
[22:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Thermostats - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:51] <exec> 08└─For years we've referred to the office thermostats as "placebostats" because it was clear they didn't do anything.
[22:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Thermostats - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:54] <exec> 08└─There was a time when the thermostats did something, but you and your friends couldn't be trusted to keep your mischievous hands off them, so the thermostats were taken out of the loop. Thanks for ruining it for everyone.
[22:23:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Thermostats - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:56] <exec> 08└─I thought that was because thermostats are sexist and they got tired of dealing with the patriarchy. So, now the thermostat is basically just a woman-friendly thermometer.
[22:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Thermostats - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:58] <exec> 08└─We had our thermostat taken away when one of the secretaries thought it would be a good idea to put her scented candles, LIT, under ours. After that everyone hated the office temp, at least with the old system, everyone knew to dress warmly, but now it just seems to do whatever it wants. In hindsigh...
[22:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:2) 02How about... - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:00] <exec> 08└─...the switch on the butter dish in the fridge that says HARD-MED-SOFT?
[22:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:3, Funny) 02Perfect solution - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:02] <exec> 08└─They should move them to about knee-height. That way: kids can be trained to pause, hit the button and watch for the light instead of just running into the streetit gives them something to do again and again to burn off all that extra energy while waiting ever so excruciatingly slowly for their life...
[22:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just more proof... - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:24:34] <exec> 08└─Who says it was the users fault? looks more like a bad developer, in this case. ( yes windows sucks, but blame the correct parties or you just look silly )
[22:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score:2) 02FreeBSD is BSoD Free. - 06Five-Storey BSoD Spotted in Thailand - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:36] <exec> 08└─EOM
[22:25:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 1752 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:15] <exec> 08└─Every state in the USA is different and has a raft of different requirements and different time intervals. I checked and where I live they cut down on title fraud BS by giving adverse possession in 10 years if you have a deed. So when I eventually sell, having lived in my house for 16 years, they ne...
[22:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Adverse Possession - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 948 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:21] <exec> 08└─First off, it's generally illegal to discriminate against certain classes of people. Secondly, renters rarely care about who's renting their units as long as they pay on time, don't damage the unit and don't disturb the other tennants. The credit score and rental history are of your own making. Barr...
[22:25:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 207 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:25] <exec> 08└─What part of "abandoned" is unclear to you? Is it the part where you're envious of other people who are claiming abandoned property and you're not getting any of it? How greedy of an asshole are you exactly?
[22:25:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 366 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:28] <exec> 08└─I wish squatters would move in to the foreclosed home in my neighborhood. The yard has gone to seed and there are saplings growing on the roof. It seems the bank can't stand the thought of someone being behind on their mortgage but they're fine with letting the property decay until the cleanup and d...
[22:25:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:31] <exec> 08└─It has rain gutters in a tree filled neighborhood and pines (which we have plenty of) grow fast, so about 3 years. I suppose with all the years of accumulated leaves composting on the roof, it does have a pretty fertile sod layer by now. Since I actually blow the leaves off of my roof once in a whil...
[22:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Where are the 'M$' and 'M$hit' posts? - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:18] <exec> 08└─WTF would you use then? sourceforge? lmfao!
[22:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap, the bears are back?! - 06New England Drought Means Bolder Bears, Stressed Fish - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:26:41] <exec> 08└─Actually, it's "balder bears", what's left of their fur is very gray, and they're building the best wall to keep you off their lawn...
[22:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 2417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:27:23] <exec> 08└─Just because the US manages to fuck up does not make it a bad concept. There are enough counter examples. I totally agree. However, we were discussing Obmaacare which has been a clusterfuck from top to bottom. For example my state requires you to buy car insurance to drive a car. I can chose from 20...
[22:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03compro01 [2515] (Score:2) 02Re:Buy abroad and refrigerate - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:27:28] <exec> 08└─The JR means it's a child dose. I think adult is about double that or something.
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[23:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Utter Lies - 06The Cheerios Theory of Branded Medicine - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:27] <exec> 08└─Same ingredients but different formula can make a big difference. Case in point: Crystal Light sells a caffeinated strawberry drink mix that stains the hell out of a porcelain cup. Roundy's supermarkets sells an imitation Crystal Light caffeinated strawberry drink mix with the same ingredients, and...
[23:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score:2) 02They don't taste the same - 06The Cheerios Theory of Branded Medicine - 1393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:29] <exec> 08└─It's not a good analogy. Just as some people can distinguish Coke and Pepsi in a double-blind taste test, I imagine that some people would be able to similarly distinguish between Cheerios and Walmart-os in a double blind test. Food is eaten for its taste as well as for nutritional benefit, and the...
[23:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score:2) 02Anything but a free market. - 06The Cheerios Theory of Branded Medicine - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:31] <exec> 08└─The prices are so skewed because it isn't a free market. A free market implies equal access to information between buyer and seller, which isn't happening here. Everything the pharma companies are doing from the IP rights, to fighting for regulations on generics, to their choices in naming/branding...
[23:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Toilets? - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:48] <exec> 08└─So which way does the water swirl going down the toilet in North Melbourne?
[23:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Toilets? - 06Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps - 1119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:22:49] <exec> 08└─Depends on the geometry of the drain, and the waters initial momentum vector. For me, this is yet another sign that the self-proclaimed 'overlords', globalists and promoters of their 'New World Order' are in panic: This here map [wikimedia.org]seems to be a much more consistent representation of th...
[23:23:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fritsd [4586] 02That's nothing - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 449 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:27] <exec> 08└─That's nothing. (Only) in America, they've got machines, and they've got buttons, and when you press them, you get a small piece of wonky paper out of it, apparently. And then a group of augurs and haruspices gathers around to determine whether that should be interpreted as a Hanging Chad, a Pregnan...
[23:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:That's nothing - 06User Illusion: Everyday 'Placebo Buttons' Create Semblance of Control - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:23:29] <exec> 08└─Florida re-votes. What harm does the extra information do? Voters should have as much information as possible. But, we also forcibly give everyone responsible a legal name change to "Chad" and hold a referendum about hanging Chad.
[23:25:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:You misspelled trespassing. - 06Who Are You? Squatters Can Actually Help a Neighborhood - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:02] <exec> 08└─It seems the bank can't stand the thought of someone being behind on their mortgage but they're fine with letting the property decay until the cleanup and demolition costs exceed the property value. Pure unvarnished spite.
[23:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:27] <exec> 08└─pedant alert: i would not have... vs i would not of... sorry, the fingers move of their own volition sometimes...
[23:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible workaround in your script - 06Your wget (and curl) is Broken and Should DIE, GitHubbers Tell Microsoft - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:28] <exec> 08└─Don't apologize! :) I wish that my grammer were better all the time ;)
[23:26:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:re Polio - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:26:43] <exec> 08└─There is a powerful argument for state-owned, public-funded medical research.
[23:26:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Healthcare|research as a public utility - 06EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008 - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:26:44] <exec> 08└─state-owned, public-funded medical research This, together with GP's on-target use of "Communist", gets top marks from me. ...and isn't most fundamental biological research already being done in public universities? Biologists and physicians, am I wrong? ...and for those who aren't aware, USA's heal...
[23:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:Blast away ... - 06EFF Blasts Microsoft Over Windows 10 Privacy Concerns and Upgrade Tactics - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:57] <exec> 08└─I have had an acquaintance explain that he wanted to type-set a book with MS-word. He thought I was pushing some kind of agenda when I said he really does not want to do that. Even changing the print driver changes the layout (old version of Word).
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