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[00:01:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1, Interesting) 02Retarded. - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 686 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:28] <exec> 08└─When I was a kid, it was acceptable -- compulsory, in fact -- to have given up action figures by the age of 10. This is the age when young men were learning the more adult social skills. Going to dances, learning to talk to women, starting to play football. Now Grown-ass men are playing POKEMON into...
[00:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hey aliens and hybrids, we're onto you! - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:01:51] <exec> 08└─This is new and different for SN, who knew win10 was the digital defense to this threat?? Gotta use that telemetry to identify the people who buy human flesh products!
[00:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory Female Genitalia joke - 06How Beaver Pelts Are Inspiring the Development of Wetsuits - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:02:01] <exec> 08└─You're a cunt?
[00:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02so now.. - 06How Beaver Pelts Are Inspiring the Development of Wetsuits - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:03] <exec> 08└─will we get a scientific answer to what happens when a furry goes surfing?
[00:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Imagine - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:02:37] <exec> 08└─I laid out memory so the bottom 640 K was general purpose RAM and the upper 384 I reserved for video and ROM, and things like that. That is why they talk about the 640 K limit. It is actually a limit, not of the software, in any way, shape, or form, it is the limit of the microprocessor. That thing...
[00:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Microsoft - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:02:52] <exec> 08└─Because if it had white letters on black, you'd assume it was DOS?
[00:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Keyboards... - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:03:06] <exec> 08└─But what can you do, give your money to someone else?
[00:05:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Two notes about how much these suck - 06Sandpoint Town Square Home to First Public Solar Roadways Panel Installation - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:05:43] <exec> 08└─5%, wow, how impressive, that's clearly more than they would get by also paving portions of the parking lot and the surrounding streets with solar panels. </sarcasm> The point is that there's a lot of area covered by roads that could potentially be tapped for solar production if they can make them d...
[00:05:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Bollocks - 06Sandpoint Town Square Home to First Public Solar Roadways Panel Installation - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:05:53] <exec> 08└─What happens after you've already placed solar panels on the tops of all the available buildings? Replacing the road surface with them is somewhat more desirable than having to set aside land specifically for solar installations. I doubt we're anywhere near the point where this is viable for numerou...
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[01:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Well then... - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 979 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:25] <exec> 08└─It also bends the sense of reason to have so many updates all the time. How can we have such abysmal software development that updates are needed all the time? Perhaps if we stopped trying to push the envelope of "cool" we could develop a solid security platform? But we should all realize by now tha...
[01:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Well then... - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:01:27] <exec> 08└─Yes, it is becoming increasingly annoying to use a lot of software, especially web browsers. I am already looking for some alternative to get info, the same way printers eventually became so annoying I stopped dealing with them at all. I wonder what it will be?
[01:01:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:Retarded. - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:01:36] <exec> 08└─Well He's a She, so..... But look, its Norway. They don't really have any problems except surviving winter. What a great country that is, where the Chief Executive has nothing pressing to meddle in. Its a far cry from Sweden. Can you honestly say we might not be better if every congresscritter was f...
[01:01:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02better headline - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:38] <exec> 08└─After 3 Years, Norwegian Prime Minister Still Not Assassinated
[01:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hey aliens and hybrids, we're onto you! - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:02:02] <exec> 08└─http://pastebin.myrro dec r.net/2950 [myrror.net] http://lpaste.net [lpaste.net]
[01:03:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:03:02] <exec> 08└─No... that's why (or one reason why) I switched to Linux. There's too many things about windows to complain about.
[01:03:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Refugee from beyond [2699] (Score:2) 02Re:bandwidth... - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:03:26] <exec> 08└─You won’t be speaking fast or at all pretty soon if you control your PC exclusively with voice. And that’s before you try programming with that. There will be blood.
[01:03:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02PR speak - 06Samsung Faces the Prospect of a Second Galaxy Note 7 Recall - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:41] <exec> 08└─Samsung said it had uncovered the cause of the battery fires and that it was certain new phones wouldn't have the same flaws.
[01:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score:2) 02Re:I wonder... - 06Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Space Capsule Aces Dramatic In-Flight Escape Test - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:06:23] <exec> 08└─Well I would start off by 'typing', that I didn't sound like anything, unless you are hearing voices, or are using text to voice software and follow up with a typed sentence that stated I was just referring to the title of the article "Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Space Capsule Aces Dramatic In-Flight Es...
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[02:01:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Well then... - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:31] <exec> 08└─Yes, it is becoming increasingly annoying to talk to people, especially idiots. I am already looking for some alternative so I can stop dealing with them at all. I wonder what it will be? Imaginary friends, perhaps?
[02:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Well then... - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:32] <exec> 08└─"I wonder what it will be? Imaginary friends, perhaps?" Oh hell no. Those assholes never know when to shut up.
[02:01:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Well then... - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 1531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:35] <exec> 08└─Something where it is easy to sanitize input, built in libraries instead of servers sending god knows what javascript for your machine to run, etc. Then we can look forward to following Da5iD and getting our visual cortex hacked :P Really though, all the bullshit that webpages do is so unnecessary,...
[02:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02help me expand on the WikiLeaks submission - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:37] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=16292 [soylentnews.org] Here's a fun link that might not make it in. Might pull in some of the emails though: http://www.collective-evolution.com
[02:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:better headline - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:47] <exec> 08└─um that was Sweden
[02:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02how low can you go? - 06Intel Fashions Stress-Sensing Glasses and a Belt-Based Projector - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:57] <exec> 08└─Batman IoT utility belt An IoT drill with a sensor that can tell when it's time to replace the drill bit. Undergarments with sensors that can tell when you're too funky. Beer cooler that gets a drone delivery for more beer. And has a bottle opener and a Bluetooth speaker on it. Fucking anything, man...
[02:02:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:at this point - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 1059 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:02:10] <exec> 08└─I would have gone back to 7 on that partition if I'd been able to but between 7 being half busted already, and then W10 destroying my Windows partition during the update process, I ended up stuck. Heh. Considering how rarely I use it, though, it's mostly irrelevant. In fairness to MS, there actually...
[02:02:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:so now.. - 06How Beaver Pelts Are Inspiring the Development of Wetsuits - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:02:27] <exec> 08└─Air apparently is entrained.
[02:02:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02corrected - 06Facebook in Talks With U.S. Government About Bringing "Free Basics" to America - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:02:47] <exec> 08└─The U.S. version of Free Basics would target low-caste and rural Americans who cannot afford reliable, high-speed Internet at home or on smartphones.
[02:02:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:corrected - 06Facebook in Talks With U.S. Government About Bringing "Free Basics" to America - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:02:49] <exec> 08└─Equal opportunity spying.
[02:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Two notes about how much these suck - 06Sandpoint Town Square Home to First Public Solar Roadways Panel Installation - 1081 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:06:14] <exec> 08└─5% is a lot when you use millions of dollars worth. (The company is also considering rooftop solar. Even cutting another 5% off electricity costs would be a worthwhile savings on overhead.) I asked the manager at my then-local store because those little bitty generators atop the light poles really d...
[02:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:I wonder... - 06Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Space Capsule Aces Dramatic In-Flight Escape Test - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:07:04] <exec> 08└─The meat of the issue was whether Bezos actually considered the rocket his absolute possession, or the result of 1000's of talented individuals brought together by his vision, and admittedly his vast dollars.
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[03:01:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Interesting) 02a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 1401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:35] <exec> 08└─AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] submission [soylentnews.org] edinlinux [soylentnews.org] commentary [soylentnews.org]: Carl Ferrer, the CEO of backpage.com (an online classified similar to craigslist that also has an 'adult' section in addition to the usual sections for apartment rentals, car sales..et...
[03:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:help me expand on the WikiLeaks submission - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:01:49] <exec> 08└─Here's what I came up with. [soylentnews.org] Submit another submission if you feel like I've overlooked anything glaringly obvious or subtly important.
[03:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:help me expand on the WikiLeaks submission - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 796 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:01:50] <exec> 08└─Hmm, on one hand I WANT TO BELIEVE, but on the other this is just another piece of info-warfare to make the plebs think that there is some epic agenda beyond the general exploitation by the powerful. If aliens visited Earth, and have access to "zero point energy", then there is simply no way they wo...
[03:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They are paying for a wall - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:01] <exec> 08└─They are raising a wall in the border near Kirkenes (north), with CCTV. And Russia is not paying but themselves, while laughing. http://www.bbc.com [bbc.com]
[03:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03gmrath [4181] (Score:1) 02Re:Retarded. - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:03] <exec> 08└─Well, if you look at state, county, and city legislatures as well as Congress, it seems clear that they are already spending much time playing at something. Here in Madiganistan it seems pretty clear what legislators are playing with under their desks. And in the back rooms. And with each others' to...
[03:02:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Too monochromatic? - 06Intel Fashions Stress-Sensing Glasses and a Belt-Based Projector - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:14] <exec> 08└─I don't remember 80s SF fashion (movie or otherwise) being quite that monochromatic… It'd be more fun if they copied the style in the booklet for A Mind Forever Voyaging: http://gallery.guetech.org [guetech.org] ...then again, if I acquired an Amazon Echo or similarly–shaped te...
[03:02:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02After what? - 06Facebook in Talks With U.S. Government About Bringing "Free Basics" to America - 116 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:50] <exec> 08└─Facebook is interested in bringing zero-rated "Free Basics" Internet access to Americans, after its failure in India
[03:03:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score:2) 02Re:Mind control - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:03:26] <exec> 08└─Traumschiff Surprise.
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[04:01:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:27] <exec> 08└─It's a "quiet catastrophe" because men are not allowed to complain about having absolutely no economic opportunity in our sexist society. Any man who mentions his plight in earshot of a woman will immediately be ostracized permanently from every social circle. Ostracism is what women do best. And an...
[04:01:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:01:29] <exec> 08└─"Underutilization". Yet another facet of society in which women are grossly underrepresented!
[04:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:31] <exec> 08└─This is a harbinger of a less stable future. Just as the Arab despots found out, millions of under-employed or not-employed men are a large potential problem. We just can't spend the youth in wasteful wars any longer. So too will the same happen in the US, where a large military system channels the...
[04:01:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 1401 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:39] <exec> 08└─AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] submission [soylentnews.org] edinlinux [soylentnews.org] commentary [soylentnews.org]: Carl Ferrer, the CEO of backpage.com (an online classified similar to craigslist that also has an 'adult' section in addition to the usual sections for apartment rentals, car sales..et...
[04:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Regressive Bans - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:41] <exec> 08└─Every time something is banned by the government the invisible hand of the black market inevitably makes the problem worse. There would not be a significant market for trafficked women if free women could openly worth this trade. Instead shady figures fill the void. This is similar to all the deaths...
[04:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:help me expand on the WikiLeaks submission - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 1331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:01:56] <exec> 08└─As far as I can tell, Podesta doesn't believe in "zero point energy" and was just having some crazy blown his way before Edgar Mitchell's death. However, it is clear that Podesta believes that the U.S. government has some information about UFO incidents that it is not releasing. It might boil down t...
[04:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02focus too much on prevention - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 987 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:57] <exec> 08└─We could save a lot of time and money if we didn't try to secure the most visible dangers to the max, while neglecting worse dangers. We've gone down the Minority Report road of "pre-crime", have this burning desire for safety and more safety, try to stop security breaches before they can happen. It...
[04:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:at this point - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:02:34] <exec> 08└─"At this point anyone who wanted 10 probably got it for free..." Yep, just like a disease.
[04:03:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Missed the memo, I take it? - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:03:28] <exec> 08└─The claim that he said that has never actually been backed up with a citation [computerworld.com]. As Gates pointed out in an early 90s article, everyone in the tech industry knew that the capacities & needs of computers were easily doubling every few years, so it would've made no sense for him to h...
[04:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:He's right and he's wrong - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:04:01] <exec> 08└─".... They're loud, fragile, and take up space." That describes my ex-wife.
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[05:01:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:37] <exec> 08└─The usual rebuttal goes something like this: When -you- are being paid 75 cents on th 2000 e dollar for work of equal difficulty, THEN you will have a legit gripe. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[05:01:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:39] <exec> 08└─Oh not this canard again. Actual studies on the topic, correcting for all the usual suspects (age, hours of work, experience) find, in the USA, that the percentile gap ascribable to sex is about 2 - 5% (depending on whose numbers you take). Perfect? No. But nowhere near a quarter out of every dollar...
[05:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:41] <exec> 08└─Perhaps, but if that's true, then why are women complaining? They reached wage parity many years ago and yet the bitching and moaning continues.
[05:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:43] <exec> 08└─When -you- are being paid 75 cents on the dollar for work of equal difficulty, THEN you will have a legit gripe.
[05:01:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02the elephant in the room - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:46] <exec> 08└─After 88 consecutive months of the economic expansion that began in June 2009
[05:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the elephant in the room - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:48] <exec> 08└─Minor correction: Keynsians tend to measure expansion by nominal and real turnover numbers (where real is nominal, corrected for inflation). They do it in terms of money, because it's easy to measure, but also like to reach for microeconomic figures such as units of production. Also, the shift in ho...
[05:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:51] <exec> 08└─keynesian economists Any economist who accepts Capitalism as acceptable, is part of the problem. Capitalism requires continual growth. When a (Capitalist) speculator doesn't get sufficient return, he will move his capital elsewhere. minimum wage and other job-stifling regulations You seem to believe...
[05:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 1169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:53] <exec> 08└─"Any economist who accepts Capitalism as acceptable, is part of the problem." Right, right, we want all our economists to be idealogues. Noted. "Capitalism requires continual growth." It requires nothing of the sort. The effects of the accumulation of capital are well documented, and generally benef...
[05:01:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 1088 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:55] <exec> 08└─This whole story is rife with unintended consequences. Raise the minimum wage (I know, the feds haven't all that much, but many states sure as hell have) and you exclude anyone who can't be economically employed for less. Raise benefits (another perennial story, including things as wide ranging as w...
[05:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:57] <exec> 08└─Raise the minimum wage to $15, bumping people from working poor to middle class, and massacre the jobless. They haven't quite figured out that last step though.
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[05:01:59] <exec> 08└─The solution is relatively straightforward, increase the top bracket tax rate to something north of 50% on both capital gains and income tax. Then use the money that's generated through that to fund infrastructure projects, welfare and education. You'd see things improve rather quickly if we actuall...
[05:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 2885 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:02:01] <exec> 08└─"The solution is relatively straightforward, increase the top bracket tax rate to something north of 50% on both capital gains and income tax. Then use the money that's generated through that to fund infrastructure projects, welfare and education." Right, that worked great for other countries! ... u...
[05:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Automation and females - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:04] <exec> 08└─Machines have been replacing the brawn of men for centuries. [google.com] ...and, of course, beasts of burden before that. This certainly isn't the first generation to experience that. Even on the "mental" end, machines [google.com] have increasingly been able to replace men. So, that leaves only a...
[05:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Automation and females - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:02:06] <exec> 08└─There's also the possibility of strapping on a powered exoskeleton that could enable women to lift and move things that couldn't be lifted by men today. A robotic semi-automated equalizer. Aside from leveling the playing field, it could also increase productivity and decrease the need for as many la...
[05:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Men without work - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:08] <exec> 08└─Men without work ought to learn from women and start bitching and marrying upwards.
[05:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Men without work - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:02:10] <exec> 08└─The only problem with that is that most women are pathologically incapable of noticing available men that aren't of equal or higher social status. They'll whine and bitch and moan about how there are no good guys left. I've even seen them do that moaning in front of entire rooms full of great guys,...
[05:02:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:02:19] <exec> 08└─Why? This is exactly the kind of case that the EFF shouldn't be getting involved with. He's being charged in CA because his service does business in CA. He'd be charged in VT or WY if he did things there that the authorities believed violated those respective laws. And no, the best way would not be...
[05:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Security is a human concept - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 1033 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:37] <exec> 08└─A secure computer is a reliable computer. Does it do strictly and only what the user says? If so, it's as secure as the user using it. The problem is that security on the human front is hard. I can collect usernames and passwords by the dozen using porn as my stalking horse, because people re-use pa...
[05:02:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Security is a human concept - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:02:39] <exec> 08└─"Security is a human concept" I like that. Most [wikipedia.org] computers do math just fine. It's input (user and networking) that is the problem.
[05:04:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:So Bizarre! - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:04:38] <exec> 08└─In a world with self driving cars and good voice recognition why would the average person need to read?
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[06:01:30] <exec> 08└─I anticipate at least four papers about each of the four rings. Draw out the publication to keep your name in the journals, keep that funding coming, and attract the supple mouths of nubile grad students who want to suck off the popular researcher. It's how science happens.
[06:01:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:45] <exec> 08└─And if that happened, then huge numbers of men would be out of work. Oh, wait...
[06:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usu 1ff6 al rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:46] <exec> 08└─When -you- produce more than 75% the output of a male in the same position over the same period of time, then you can use this argument. Put in some overtime, do some real work.
[06:01:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:49] <exec> 08└─Ostracized? Social circle? WTF? If men are worried about being ostracized by socialites, then they don't deserve anything better than leftovers. FFS - they can stay home and watch the soap operas.
[06:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:52] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, remember "idle hands are the devil's playground". What will happen if someone organizes all these disenfranchised men? Maybe gives them arms. It is an interesting question to me.
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[06:01:54] <exec> 08└─They'll get wiped out by the real army, or private armies/elite forces if needed. Those people will be kept well fed.
[06:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:56] <exec> 08└─They'll get wiped out by the real army
[06:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''[organize] all these disenfranchised men'' - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:58] <exec> 08└─if someone organizes all these disenfranchised men? It's been tried. Bonus Army [wikipedia.org] Maybe gives them arms Those guys left their guns at home. Either way, it wouldn't have mattered. As the previous AC noted, the other side will outgun you. Find "battle tanks" in the Wikipedia article 2000...
[06:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03quintessence [6227] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:08] <exec> 08└─You need a new tax scheme entirely
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[06:02:11] <exec> 08└─It doesn't get more play because land is not the primary source of wealth or income. You can have a skyscraper resting on a single acre, housing thousands of workers beavering away without pause, generating massive wealth, while around it a farmer farms a thousand acres, feeding those people, and ba...
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[06:02:13] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but that makes absolutely no sense. Washington state in particular doesn't have LVT, so drawing conclusions from there is absurd. Not to mention any people living in a skyscraper surround by farmland would only do so if there aren't better options available (it is still a market after all). A...
[06:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:15] <exec> 08└─>First off, american households are steadily increasing (in real terms) their income Of course, since the amount of income you need to own a house is increasing. Correlation's a bitch.
[06:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequ 4a2a ences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:17] <exec> 08└─Households, in this context, are not measured by ownership. That's not how the census bureau does that. Go back, try again.
[06:02:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''top bracket tax rate [...] north of 50%'' - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:19] <exec> 08└─increase the top bracket tax rate to something north of 50% on income tax The Billionaires' Tax was cut and cut and cut (ultimately to 25 percent) preceding the Crash of 1929. When the country was regaining its footing (FDR) and through Truman and Ike (AKA "Happy Days"), the rate was indeed over 90...
[06:02:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 873 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:21] <exec> 08└─Actually, a large portion of this is easier to describe: http://www.weeklystandard.com [weeklystandard.com] It's not like there isn't a ton of infrastructure that needs to be built, but when feminist siphon off a large chunk of the funds, you're left with a cru...
[06:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Automation and females - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:26] <exec> 08└─Women working in the heat and humidity? Oppressive shitlord.
[06:02:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men without work - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:30] <exec> 08└─I've actually seen this. Men married to behemoths who have jobs. Always wondered what their lives must be like, but if the other married men I know are any clue, they will earn every last cent of that type of arrangement. "No, I don't mind you moustache is bigger than mine Ick.
[06:02:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:02:40] <exec> 08└─It's a digital liberty case. They are being blamed for crimes linked to user-submitted content.
[06:03:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:''(Fingers crossed for luck)'' - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:03:36] <exec> 08└─Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
[06:05:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Non-sensitive - 06FCC Waters Down Internet Privacy Proposal - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:05:35] <exec> 08└─You won't get past the gates on their communities.
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[07:01:25] <exec> 08└─No, that's how funding happens. Science is what happens despite the need to pander for funding.
[07:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Divide and Publish - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:27] <exec> 08└─So you're confirming nubile cocksuckers? Thanks.
[07:01:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02four gold rings... - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:01:29] <exec> 08└─...three calling birds, two French hens, one turtledove, and that's the lot. No, we're right out of partridges. It's the austerity, you see. Off you go. Kala Kristouyenna!
[07:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:four gold rings... - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:31] <exec> 08└─No true love ;.;
[07:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02University of Cincinnati uncovered.... - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:01:33] <exec> 08└─They found a bronze age warrior in Ohio??
[07:01:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Re: University of Cincinnati uncovered.... - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:35] <exec> 08└─it must have been a very deep hole.
[07:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 2060 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:50] <exec> 08└─Do the math, silly. If women were cheaper, then men wouldn't find jobs at all. If my company could hire a woman to do my job for 3/4 of my pay, they wouldn't think twice about it. I would be out the door. Fact is, new hires are paid new hire wages. Seniority (longevity) gets men and women the same r...
[07:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:53] <exec> 08└─Haha thank you. Its a class issue, they only bring gender into it to further the misdirection of anger.
[07:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:55] <exec> 08└─they can stay in the basement and watch Star Trek.
[07:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:02] <exec> 08└─The people in control of the U.S. have already anticipated these scenarios. They know how to use the FBI, CIA, and NSA to disrupt these movements. As long as some middle class and upper mobility exists, they will keep the rabble in check.
[07:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:04] <exec> 08└─Most of the poeple who say that are unfamiliar with the military. The Army may or may not side with Washington. One of America's best generals decided not to side with the government when the government declared war on his home state. If you read the biographies of our generals, you'll find that a l...
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[07:02:06] <exec> 08└─Wrong. The problem is well known, which is why you have mercenaries, fake terror plots, media indoctrination, and scare tactics to make it work. The FBI's fake terrorists and the scary DHS reports on sovereign citizens are part of the equation. Charismatic leaders will fall victim to sex scandals. T...
[07:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:''[organize] all these disenfranchised men'' - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:09] <exec> 08└─Hey, 1 in 4 is better than 1 in none.
[07:02:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''[organize] all these disenfranchised men'' - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:11] <exec> 08└─Error 11 Division by Zero
[07:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:the elephant in the room - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:17] <exec> 08└─^^^ THIS ^^^ There has been no expansion since the 1990's. It's all bullshit made-up numbers.
[07:02:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the elephant in the room - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:19] <exec> 08└─things like minimum wage and other job-stifling regulations will also need to be addressed to improve the situation further.
[07:02:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:24] <exec> 08└─Raise the minimum, all prices go up, and $15/hr becomes the new threshold of poverty. Especially considering that few jobs today are full time. If forced to it, companies will pay the new minimum wage, raise prices on their products, and work people ten to twenty hours indefinitely. And, they'll als...
[07:02:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 668 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:31] <exec> 08└─Washington state has a close approximation of a land value tax. Land is assessed as per the highest and best use of that land, and taxed accordingly. I'm sorry you didn't know this. But it's easily verified online. The example of the skyscraper wasn't about living in it (although that's possible as...
[07:02:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03quintessence [6227] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:33] <exec> 08└─Yeah, no. Washington taxes the property as well as the structure, which is antithetical to the LVT, not to mention per here https://wallethub.com [wallethub.com] is middle of the road as far as that goes. The tax rate is based upon the sta...
[07:02:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:37] <exec> 08└─""The solution is relatively straightforward, increase the top bracket tax rate to something north of 50% on both capital gains and income tax. Then use the money that's generated through that to fund infrastructure projects, welfare and education." Right, that worked great for other countries! ......
[07:02:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Automation and females - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:44] <exec> 08└─It's not nice to call women "beasts of burden".
[07:02:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Men without work - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:48] <exec> 08└─You misunderstand the term "good guy". It is first and foremost a man of equal or higher social status, not a description of how nice they are to women.
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[07:03:25] <exec> 08└─Well He's a She, so..... But look, its Norway. They don't really have any problems except surviving winter. What a great country that is, where the Chief Executive has nothing pressing to meddle in. Its a far cry from Sweden. Can you honestly say we might not be better if every congresscritter was f...
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[07:05:54] <exec> 08└─"Can't we just drone this guy?"
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[08:01:31] <exec> 08└─The slaves need to be strong enough to accept Musky's massive manly pecker when he comes around to inspect his human livestock.
[08:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:01:33] <exec> 08└─You might need to add a shitload of organic materials, but onfe you get people there that should be possible (No, I'm not serious and I do not beleive everything Hollywood tells me)
[08:02:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:02:06] <exec> 08└─Speaking of Trek, we're right on schedule for the Bell Riots in 2024. WEBB: This place is about to explode. Most of us agreed to live here because they promised us jobs. I don't know about you, but I haven't been on any job interviews lately. BC: Jobs? You guys want jobs? When are you going to get i...
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[09:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:02:00] <exec> 08└─Yes, but companies are predominantly run by white male cis-gendered scum who hate women. Logic is sexist anyway, just take my word for it. </sarcasm>
[09:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:02:02] <exec> 08└─OT is a symptom of a broken work environment. Every office I have worked at (and fixed) OT was expected. It took time to fix. The easiest way was to make sure expectations were set, met, and reset continuity. In addition to hiring people who fit the positions needed. Burn out your top guy and you ar...
[09:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:02:08] <exec> 08└─When people like Tim Hunt and Dawkins can stand against the tide, a puny mortal like you has no chance.
[09:02:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:02:23] <exec> 08└─In fact the whole issue is misrepresented. If robots work instead of you and computer think and remember instead of you, a society MUST work less. What do you do when you have less work to do? take turns. But alas, millions of idle men, or women for that matter, who are not desperate for jobs or dum...
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[10:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:01:18] <exec> 08└─In this case, I'd rather have the shitty competing versions that conflict and always crash. It will be so popular with the users.
[10:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 1175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:01:19] <exec> 08└─Making the world less shitty by having every browser download pure binary plugins that don't work on half the platforms (let's make sure to cement that Intel monopoly in all eternity!), are full of security holes and allow to identify each browser uniquely? Maybe you are just ignorant of the real ef...
[10:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No Idea what you're on about... - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:01:21] <exec> 08└─I don't use DRM media, ever. It simply doesn't exist, as far as I'm concerned. You can offer me a DRM stream, I'll just ignore it, like I ignore ads.
[10:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:01:31] <exec> 08└─No it really is that simple. Nutrients and organic materials are all it takes, oh and a couple billion years.
[10:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Something I noticed - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:01:57] <exec> 08└─< 1000 p>First, it isn't -my- claim. I said it was the **usual** rebuttal. So far, there have been claims made and logic applied and a snide comment in response, but no one has actually linked to something that spells out the opposing view. Factchecking: Barack Obama ad says women are paid "77 cents...
[10:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:Regressive Bans - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:02:56] <exec> 08└─Except there's still trafficking in Amsterdam.
[10:03:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Much rather listen to Dr Seuss - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:03:28] <exec> 08└─I would much rather hear legislators reading children's books out loud than unproductively playing games.
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[11:01:38] <exec> 08└─A broken situation is by far preferable.... So yes.
[11:01:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:01:39] <exec> 08└─Would you prefer a bunch of individual proprietary DRM formats/standards that require their own programs and plugins? or a single common standard implemented across the board?
[11:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:01:50] <exec> 08└─Take some flies, some earthworms, all the stuff that we have here on earth. It may take a few years, maybe a hundred even, but with a kickstart from earth, it won't take a couple billion years. It may seem wastefully expensive, but trucking a load of topsoil from earth to Mars would get things going...
[11:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 1414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:01:52] <exec> 08└─Quite likely, just shipping anything will result in an imbalance. For instance, a fungus of bacteria that doesn't have it's natural predator (even if that's another fungus or bacteria). It'll love and it spread like wildfire and you're going to end chasing your own tails trying to kill it off withou...
[11:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Mars gravity - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 1627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:01:54] <exec> 08└─NASA, Musk etc spout all sorts of BS[1] about going to Mars and yet they're not interested enough about stuff like this: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] That's real science. That's how you figure out whether Mars gravity might be good enough and what th...
[11:02:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:02:22] <exec> 08└─then why are women complaining?
[11:02:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:02:41] <exec> 08└─>Charismatic leaders will fall victim to sex scandals. Only for those who give a shit about what cunts think. The Old Testament is fine with raping female children. Fuck your Jesus.
[11:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:02:56] <exec> 08└─>No weekly work schedule, you come to work when we call you, or you're out of a job Then the men kill them.
[11:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:They are paying for a wall - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:03:47] <exec> 08└─You do want some sort of barrier to entry. Reduce the numbers of those who can't be bothered to figure out the barrier and how to get past it.
[11:05:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Keyboard is the best input device - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:05:38] <exec> 08└─Yes, MS will hate keyboard until they find a valid excuse to send all key presses to a central server for analysis. Of course my theory might be wrong in case they are already doing it.
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[12:01:26] <exec> 08└─Nope. It's sexist blue and it doesn't turn pink for week once a month.
[12:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:37] <exec> 08└─It might also be easier to circumvent the drm and capture the source that way.
[12:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:53] <exec> 08└─You might need to add a shitload of organic materials
[12:03:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Re:a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 1421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:03:17] <exec> 08└─And no, the best way would not be to make prostitution legal. That would just make it trivial for them to hide in broad daylight. That makes no sense. That's like the Prohibition: in order to prevent drunkenness and to generally improve morality, they made alcohol illegal. The result was utterly cou...
[12:03:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Spam) 02Girls should be child brides. - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:03:20] <exec> 08└─>See: D__teron__y chapter 22 verses 28-29, hebrew allows men to rape girl children and keep them: thus man + girl is obviously fine. Feminists are commanded to be killed as anyone enticing others to follow another ruler/judge/god is to be killed as-per Deuteronomy. It is wonderful when this happens...
[12:03:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Girls should be child brides. - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:03:23] <exec> 08└─also spammed to https://endchan.xyz [endchan.xyz] and https://8ch.net [8ch.net]
[12:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02This is amazing news. - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:03:55] <exec> 08└─This is an incredible find because it's evidence that that, contrary to popular opinion, politicians may actually be people.
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[13:01:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:45] <exec> 08└─Would you prefer a bunch of individual proprietary DRM formats/standards that require their own programs and plugins? or a single common standard implemented across the board?
[13:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:47] <exec> 08└─Would you prefer a bunch of individual proprietary DRM formats/standards that require their own programs and plugins?
[13:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No Idea what you're on about... - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:50] <exec> 08└─No DVDs? At all? https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[13:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mars gravity - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:02:04] <exec> 08└─Why even bring this up? 37.6% gravity is completely different from microgravity, in which astronauts can already live with some health effects and edible plants can be grown.
[13:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:02:52] <exec> 08└─>Only for those who give a shit about what cunts think. You will get a bullet in the back and a boot in the face before you get to hear what they think.
[13:03:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Francis [5544] 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 1047 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:03:07] <exec> 08└─The solution is relatively straightforward, increase the top bracket tax rate to something north of 50% on both capital gains and income tax. Then use the money that's generated through that to fund infrastructure projects, welfare and education. You'd see things improve rather quickly if we actuall...
[13:03:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Regressive Bans - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:03:32] <exec> 08└─Because Amsterdam is the Vegas of sex and drugs with high demand and low supply. Make America Sexy Again by legalizing prostitution in the whole country and native whores will go for the easy money.
[13:03:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Regressive Bans - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:03:33] <exec> 08└─He said that there would not be a significant market for trafficked women if prostitution was legal, not that the market wouldn't exist at all.
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[14:01:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Not Feminist Enough - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:01:46] <exec> 08└─No, it's worse dan dat! It's LIBERAL blue!!!! In dat dere SOCIALIST cuntry!!! They all be CUMMUNISTS!!!! Dey don' got no GUNS!!! Dere GODLESS FASCIST COMMIES!!! *Inspired by the many comments on the political message boards. I'll leave it to you to figure out who they are.... **You better mod me fun...
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[14:01:54] <exec> 08└─No.
[14:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No Idea what you're on about... - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:04] <exec> 08└─Exactly. No DVDs at all. That is so XX century. And are not environment friendly. Takes more time and energy to rip a DVD and then convert it than to just download it.
[14:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02DRM is for-profit inequality. - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:02:06] <exec> 08└─There is nothing wrong with creating DRM and baking it into each and every product. There's also nothing wrong with things people did to the upper management during the French Revolution. Just saying.
[14:02:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02um, hydroponics anyone ? ? ? - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:02:21] <exec> 08└─since it is obviously possible (if not practical for a mars mission) to grow plants without much of any medium at all (rock wool, etc), the martian volcanic rock shouldn't be much of an impediment... further, vermiculite/perlite already used as growth media are similar... of course, that depends upo...
[14:02:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 022 questions - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:02:23] <exec> 08└─What atmosphere did they use with the simulated Martian soil? We used to worry about biological contamination of Mars when sending things there. Is this still a concern, of do we just think the planet is ours to do with as we see fit?
[14:02:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:2 questions - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:25] <exec> 08└─"do we just think the planet is ours to do with as we see fit?" Well, to play Devils Advocate here, no one else seems to of claimed it.... And if we actually land humans on it, hell, even crash land humans on it, contamination becomes a certainty. Once that occurs, it will become a moot point.
[14:02:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02And which one is.... - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:02:38] <exec> 08└─MY PRECIOUS!!!!!
[14:02:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Something I noticed - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:53] <exec> 08└─Anyone with even the tiniest clue knows that the types of jobs are extremely relevant. Not knowing this makes you an idiot.
[14:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:57] <exec> 08└─My three year old daughter likes to complain as well. Maybe they think that if they complain some more they will benefit for the complaints. Seems to have worked for them so far, so why not give it another go.
[14:02:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:59] <exec> 08└─Precisely. This isn't like the black community where there's a dem ff6 onstrable achievement gap at virtually every level of society and a relatively understood cause. These are women that have the same opportunities as their male counterparts and receive the same pay as their male counterparts, but...
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[14:03:15] <exec> 08└─Just deploy them to other cities/states and keep that propaganda train running. Operational security, don't talk to anyone, trust us, just shoot the bad guys who are enemies of FREEDOM !!.
[14:03:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:03:21] <exec> 08└─Jesus was male don't you know? Oh yea Christians, right, raping little boys is standard procedure. Fuck away then. Give Jesus a good one for me.
[14:03:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:03:26] <exec> 08└─Anti-white bias. Oh you are too funny.
[14:03:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:03:32] <exec> 08└─You are utterly clueless, the Germans are the ones who benefit from having French people keep the value of the Euro low. Don't worry, there are lots of equally incompetent people to mod you up. Keep thinking you're a smart cookie.
[14:03:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 1030 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:03:35] <exec> 08└─You're way too used to talking to people with a modicum of intelligence. At least half (likely much more) aren't capable of understanding even the most basic problems of society, and that's without the drugs or television! Just look at my countries choices for leadership this year. And the cheerlead...
[14:03:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:03:43] <exec> 08└─Raise the minimum and all wages go up. And all the people with extra money to spend will create more demand and require more jobs. The simple solution is to take more money from those who don't spend it (rich) and give it to those who will (poor). It's not controversial with respect to the outcomes,...
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[15:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02previously - 06Qt Lite: A Lightweight Developer Framework for the Internet of Things - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:29] <exec> 08└─Qt was on Meego, Symbian, QNX and VxWorks.
[15:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not Feminist Enough - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:44] <exec> 08└─Nope. It's sexist blue and it doesn't turn pink for week once a month.
[15:01:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Not Feminist Enough - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 1053 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:45] <exec> 08└─Let me tell you about cyclists. The adage, "Separate but Equal" comes from a rather dark chapter in American history, but applied to bicycles vs. automobiles it is most appropriate. I don't know what dumb son of a bitch decided that it was sane for bike riders and car drivers to share the same road,...
[15:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Do Not Normalize Evil - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:01] <exec> 08└─> or a single common standard implemented across the board? It isn't just about making it easier. It is about mainstreaming DRM as normal. Whenever DRM is used it should be seen as an exception, not a standard. It doesn't matter if it actually is common. Treating it as abnormal is central to ever be...
[15:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Movies from iTunes Store also have DRM - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:05] <exec> 08└─I don't use DRM media, ever.
[15:03:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No Economic Opportunity for BLACK Men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:03:07] <exec> 08└─Left out of this analysis is that the single largest group of these "idle men" are single, young black men. [epi.org] Why? Because you can't get a job if you have a criminal record and we've been over-policing them for petty crimes like drug possession, selling loose cigarettes and even jay-walking...
[15:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:03:45] <exec> 08└─You seem to have missed the VALUE part of the the land value tax. It's not land size tax.
[15:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:03:48] <exec> 08└─Of course, since the amount of income you need to rent a house is increasing. Correlation's a bitch.
[15:03:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 1516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:03:51] <exec> 08└─So, in other words, you don't actually know what you're talking about and would rather spew a bunch of bullshit. That's not even true. How do you explain the increasing income inequality between the rich and the poor, and the increased portion of households that depend upon both people having jobs?...
[15:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:''top bracket tax rate [...] north of 50%'' - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:03:54] <exec> 08└─The first step here is getting campaign finance reform. I'm not sure if we need to ban all private funds from campaigns or if it would be sufficient to ban people and companies from running ads on behalf of candidates. But, in either case, cutting out the disproportionate influence that the wealthy...
[15:05:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02suggesting tracking and/or methodological issues - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:15] <exec> 08└─"it has to be an error..." Idiots.
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[16:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score:1) 02A new fault in SoCal? - 06New Fault Discovered in Southern California - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:42] <exec> 08└─You mean Los Angeles, Hollywood, & the MPAA/RIAA weren't enough faults already? OH! An *Earthquake* Fault! My bad... Nevermind, nothing to see here, please move along... *Wanders off singing "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys*
[16:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:A new fault in SoCal? - 06New Fault Discovered in Southern California - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:43] <exec> 08└─I knew I should have put "seismic" in the headline.
[16:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Goodnight, Stars - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:55] <exec> 08└─Does anybody have an idea of how much phosphorescent paths should theoretically contribute to light polution? It seems like a lot of light pointing generally upwards to me, but I could be missing something. The pedestrian path in TFA is only illuminated on the edges, which should help mitigate the p...
[16:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Goodnight, Stars - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:56] <exec> 08└─Welp. I suggest moving to the White Mountains of Arizona. [wikipedia.org] The night sky looks like this [pixabay.com] to the naked eye. Plus, property is cheap and you can have lots of guns and smoke weed.
[16:02:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score:2) 02Standards - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:18] <exec> 08└─Just what we dbf need in "open standards" right?...a "standard" means of implementing closed proprietary anti-consumer bullshit. Fuck that. Hopefully EME will get taken out in the street and pounded into tiny pieces.
[16:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:2 questions - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 990 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:37] <exec> 08└─The atmospheric pressure on Mars, in the low spots, is about 1% that near sea level on Earth. The atmosphere there is 96% carbon dioxide, 2% argon and 2% nitrogen. I didn't see any mention in the article of the atmosphere they were using. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.o...
[16:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Disney Princesses - 06Lord of the Rings: Rare Discovery in Bronze Age Tomb Prompts New Consideration of Greek History - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:52] <exec> 08└─The gold signet ring shows women who look surprisingly like Disney princesses! I have often wondered why the main feature of a princess in Disney is a huge bum! Now we know - it is a 5,000 year old tradition!
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[17:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Homeopathy - 06Testing of New HIV Treatment Begins with Favourable Result - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:36] <exec> 08└─Cure a disease of dying t cells by killing t cells? That sounds like: "Like cures like" to me.
[17:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Homeopathy - 06Testing of New HIV Treatment Begins with Favourable Result - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:38] <exec> 08└─You're only killing infected cells and the body is still able to make more uninfected ones. Who needs infected cells?
[17:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02And on the 32-64 meg... - 06Qt Lite: A Lightweight Developer Framework for the Internet of Things - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:47] <exec> 08└─Sharp Zaurus SL-5xxx series. Sadly their keyboards were more suited for a cellphone than a portable non-GUI linux system (lacked a | symbol amongst other things. Caused me to be unable to fix a failed OpenZaurus update as a result :/) Glad to know however that I could repurpose that device now with...
[17:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score:1) 02Re:A new fault in SoCal? - 06New Fault Discovered in Southern California - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:57] <exec> 08└─So the ass end of California keeps shaking? (Sarcastic Ghetto Rat) Dat's a lotta funk in da trunk! (/twit) =-D *Runs away laughing*
[17:01:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A new fault in SoCal? - 06New Fault Discovered in Southern California - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:59] <exec> 08└─It's going to be named "Kardashian" fault line because it wiggles and shakes.
[17:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Salton Trough Fault parallel to San Andreas Fault - 06New Fault Discovered in Southern California - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:01] <exec> 08└─Odds on seeing a hot coffee mod for GTA:Salton Trough?
[17:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Goodnight, Stars - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 1266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:14] <exec> 08└─Light is already going upwards, it just generally bounces off the path. If we're concerned with light pollution, it would probably make sense to use less intense lights more frequently and try to keep the blacktop regularly replaced so that it absorbs as much of the light as possible. And in that re...
[17:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:25] <exec> 08└─This is the wisest comment in the entire debate.
[17:02:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:32] <exec> 08└─More importantly, competing DRM implementations gives the lock-in power to the various distribution channels over the content creators. This is what killed DRM on music: Apple was able to manage a vertical monopoly (iPod, iTunes Music Store), which made it impossible for other music stores to compet...
[17:02:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Pick an entity from the list and petition it to.. - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:41] <exec> 08└─Vote down the extension! Without us putting pressure on them you can expect to see this ramrodded through in the say way they attempted to push SOPA. Put up a blackout screen or banner on your website to link users to the Advisory Committee members list and we should be able to get enough people to...
[17:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mars gravity - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:56] <exec> 08└─As you have been told before and doubtless will be again, SpaceX does not receive any funding. All of their money comes from their own operating revenue, from Musk's personal finances, or from private equity investors, who have thus far earned a very respectable return. As for NASA, they don't actua...
[17:03:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 2060 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:03:39] <exec> 08└─Do the math, silly. If women were cheaper, then men wouldn't find jobs at all. If my company could hire a woman to do my job for 3/4 of my pay, they wouldn't think twice about it. I would be out the door. Fact is, new hires are paid new hire wages. Seniority (longevity) gets men and women the same r...
[17:03:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] 02Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 911 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:03:49] <exec> 08└─This is a harbinger of a less stable future. Just as the Arab despots found out, millions of under-employed or not-employed men are a large potential problem. We just can't spend the youth in wasteful wars any longer. So too will the same happen in the US, where a large military system channels the...
[17:04:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:05] <exec> 08└─Ya, the butthurt about feminism and racism runs strong on this site... Just don't check out voat, that place is overflowing with that shit, I can't make it more than 5-10 mi s before I regret being bored enough to look.
[17:04:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:13] <exec> 08└─Idiocracy was a commentary on our society, not a prediction. We are already there, minus some of the exaggerations.
[17:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:15] <exec> 08└─Just wait till 30% of the robots are redundant - they you will see the real problems!
[17:04:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 0 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:25] <exec> 08└─
[17:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 2702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:34] <exec> 08└─OK, let me break it down for you, Barney-style. The Land Value Tax - so far, so good. Land. The value thereof. Tax that. All good so far? Good. Now sit down and put your thinking cap on, because this is where it gets complicated... The tax is on the value of the land - and how is that measured? Go a...
[17:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:40] <exec> 08└─Again, not what the Census Bureau means by "household". Take a deep breath, and dive into their documentation. They're freely available; it's a federal benefit! Your tax dollars at work. Moving on ...
[17:04:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 1191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:43] <exec> 08└─Wrong on a number of fronts. Taking this by stages... "It worked fine right here in the United States of America, during and after the Second World War." First, the situation in question was artificial. Capital mobility during the war was very low, and even after the war (and during the aftershocks)...
[17:04:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:48] <exec> 08└─The solution is relatively straightforward, Ebola! Bird flu, or some other hideous plague, coming to you real soon now! With the population densities and ease of travel we have now, its just a matter of time.
[17:04:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:51] <exec> 08└─Feminists siphoning off the funds? You don't quite sound like a crackhead, but I'm going to recommend you lay off it anyway.
[17:04:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:53] <exec> 08└─Raise the minimum wage (I know, the feds haven't all that much, but many states sure as hell have) and you exclude anyone who can't be economically employed for less.
[17:05:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02Re:a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 1421 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:05:05] <exec> 08└─And no, the best way would not be to make prostitution legal. That would just make it trivial for them to hide in broad daylight. That makes no sense. That's like the Prohibition: in order to prevent drunkenness and to generally improve morality, they made alcohol illegal. The result was utterly cou...
[17:05:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:05:07] <exec> 08└─A difference from Craigslist is that Backpage.com takes payment for at least some personals ads. https://techcrunch.com [techcrunch.com]
[17:05:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Well then... - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:05:24] <exec> 08└─Pokemon
[17:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Re:Retarded. - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:05:46] <exec> 08└─Now Grown-ass men are playing POKEMON into adulthood
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[18:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02In the year 5555 - 06Tackling Football Robot - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:23] <exec> 08└─Your arms are hanging limp at your sides Your legs got nothing to do Some machine is doing that for you
[18:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Will this help the Pittsburg Steelers - 06Tackling Football Robot - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:25] <exec> 08└─defeat their rivals, the Clevelan Browns and Baltimor Ravens?
[18:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02drill circuits - 06Tackling Football Robot - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:27] <exec> 08└─Does it come with espresso?
[18:01:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The SD Chargers... - 06Tackling Football Robot - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:29] <exec> 08└─Should replace all the human players with robots. Maybe then they'll win a game instead of wanting to spend a billion taxpayer dollars on a new stadium for a losing team.
[18:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The SD Chargers... - 06Tackling Football Robot - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:31] <exec> 08└─If they think they can either win a game or spend money on a stadium, they're already using binary logic.
[18:01:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Homeopathy - 06Testing of New HIV Treatment Begins with Favourable Result - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:41] <exec> 08└─HIV is great at hiding. The body kills what it can see, but when it's dormant inside otherwise innocent looking T-cells, it gets a pass. For quite a while, this stalemate is maintained. Eventually, though, HIV tips things in its favor. Our ongoing HAART antiviral treatments do a very good job of hel...
[18:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Homeopathy - 06Testing of New HIV Treatment Begins with Favourable Result - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:44] <exec> 08└─Think of it in terms of zombies: If you want to stop the zombie apocalypse, you have to kill all the zombies before they can infect more people.
[18:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Goodnight, Stars - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:16] <exec> 08└─We're told it's "a light-emitting material that charges in the sun." I don't know what the material is, but if it were radioluminescent it would be self-contained. The bitumen used in plain old tarmac emits a variety of hydrocarbons, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons--which are carcinogenic...
[18:02:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Re:Goodnight, Stars - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:17] <exec> 08└─This is similar to the glow-in-the-dark stars you would stick on your bedroom ceiling. Not as bright as source lighting every couple hundred feet. And, additionally the sidewalk will taper in intensity with time, so by the wee hours of the morning there is no light coming off them. However I think n...
[18:02:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:33] <exec> 08└─The former is the status quo and hasn't killed off anything yet.
[18:02:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 1111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:02:55] <exec> 08└─With enough humans and animals, and extra food shipped in, soil wouldn't need to be sent. Especially if the spaceship saves all the shit instead of sending it out into space, because that shit will be valuable on Mars. Compost it by itself, or feed it to manure worms, and you will have good high qua...
[18:03:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:03:42] <exec> 08└─There are a lot of young men who do the same. They don't want to get dirty or put in real effort. I got lucky and found an apprentice who's actually willing to work. That said I do let him play computer games while the machine is running if all the stock is cut and such. This inability to find good...
[18:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Your focus is too narrow - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 883 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:04:12] <exec> 08└─Sure, the germans had a comparative benefit to their export driven economy with a lower exchange rate. None of that in any way contradicts the ways that the mediterranean (and similar) economies used the coalesced bond markets with their implicit guarantees to keep the good times rolling. Until the...
[18:04:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:the elephant in the room - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:04:20] <exec> 08└─There's no general evidence a min wage hike stifles economies. We have years of such actual "experiments" to study.
[18:05:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Retarded. - 06Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:05:11] <exec> 08└─Can you explain how playing football (or any other sport) is more adult than playing a computer game?
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[19:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:In the year 5555 - 06Tackling Football Robot - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:33] <exec> 08└─That is rather a small vision of the future. In the year 2100 robot players who look and move like real players on steroids are linked via VR/implants to real players with zero-lag interfaces. They hit so hard that sometimes their robotic limbs come off. The rules around safe tackles are all gone -...
[19:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:drill circuits - 06Tackling Football Robot - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:36] <exec> 08└─No, but it looks like a giant buttplug. Rather appropriate...
[19:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:drill circuits - 06Tackling Football Robot - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:38] <exec> 08└─No, it's done Americanic style.
[19:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02only during practice - 06Tackling Football Robot - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:42] <exec> 08└─The concern is "players injuring one another during practice". Uh, what about games? I can't watch this game. Watching would support it, encouraging the whole player pipeline from little kids (about 3 years old in Texas) to professional. All along the way, players suffer injury. They become dim-witt...
[19:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:05] <exec> 08└─"probably not enough for more than an acre or two" Not sure if you visualize open spaces or not, but I'll spell it out anyway. Growing food on Mars is going to look like hydroponics and raised beds. Initially, all the spaces with atmosphere are going to be crowded with humans. With each new ship's a...
[19:03:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:06] <exec> 08└─Space shuttle payload: 22.7 tonne. Topsoil: 1.3 tonnes to the cubic metre Each shuttle could only lift off 18 cubic metres, by weight. That's enough to put a 5 cm thick layer of soil over a 20m square. A small garden at best, of very thin soil. Good luck! You've be looking at dozens, if not hundred...
[19:04:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Paying because I want to be a victim - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:48] <exec> 08└─I know the political correctness running amok elevates victims to the highest levels of exaltation, but this is absurd: victims who confirmed they paid Backpage to post ads
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[20:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:29] <exec> 08└─Men just don't have the soft skills to survive in today's modern workplace. Skills like emotional manipulation, backstabbing, and gold digging. But let me just say, female interviewers are refreshingly blatant in their methods. Whenever I am interviewed by any woman, she tells me straight that I hav...
[20:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:30] <exec> 08└─I guess you missed all the times that men have done the same thing.... And your anecdote shows that your either lying or have some serious personal issues with women and it is very apparent in an interview.
[20:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:32] <exec> 08└─(whoosh)
[20:01:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:35] <exec> 08└─You can't get married. I'm a 30-year-old boy. We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need.
[20:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:37] <exec> 08└─Men haven't done the same thing. Men compliment my experience, suggest they might have a job for me, and promise to keep in touch. Then I never hear from them again. Men give false hope to men because we're all bros and shit. Women know they have no obligation to outsiders and don't bother to preten...
[20:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Time to form my own NO MA'AM chapter - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:39] <exec> 08└─http://marriedwithchildren.wikia.com/wiki/NO_MA'AM [wikia.com]
[20:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Time to form my own NO MA'AM chapter - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:41] <exec> 08└─If Al Bundy tried a masculist movement today, he'd be divorced, fired, and living in the gutter in short order. Lucky for him there are all-American flag-waving startups just itching to give him temporary housing, so he can still sleep in a box under a bridge. In a modern miracle, his box unit will...
[20:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:In the year 5555 - 06Tackling Football Robot - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:51] <exec> 08└─Transforming sex midget leagues?
[20:02:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Re:Not Feminist Enough - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:38] <exec> 08└─I agree completely on the need for separation. Your next paragraph.. if you replaced "cyclists" with "drivers" (and ignore the bit about "M3s and Priuses", your sentence still makes sense. where is the +1 insightful, -1 crass stereotyping mod?
[20:02:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:54] <exec> 08└─Talk is cheap. For example, I can say No to Arik abusing pre/code tags, but he'll still keep abusing them, so the only solution is to take matters into my own hands and remove those tags forcefully using userscripts. Similarly, we can all say No to Web DRM, but it's going to be added one way or anot...
[20:03:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:04] <exec> 08└─This depends. If the unified requirement contained enforceable provisions that after the expiration of copyright on the material it would become publicly accessible, I'd find it acceptable. But the provisions would need to be enforceable without appeal to a legal process...and would also need to con...
[20:03:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Movies from iTunes Store also have DRM - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:10] <exec> 08└─Exactly why I have never used the iTunes Store, and I never will.
[20:03:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:DRM is for-profit inequality. - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:13] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but your statement needs a slight rephrasing: If there is nothing wrong with creating DRM and baking it into each and every product, then there's also nothing wrong with things people did to the upper management during the French Revolution. Just saying. With that change I agree with it.
[20:03:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:um, hydroponics anyone ? ? ? - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:35] <exec> 08└─Terraforming on Mars is going to depend on atmosphere domes (of one sort or another). Don't expect any open atmosphere, because the gravity's not strong enough and ionization keeps kicking the light molecules away from the planet. (And water is one of the things you lose fastest.) If you *did* put a...
[20:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 2091 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:04:12] <exec> 08└─Because third wave feminism isn't for equality but superiority? I can show you example after example of third wave feminists calling in bomb threats to keep a man from speaking on their campus, pulling fire alarms to stop males from using a lecture hall, and using bullhorns to shout down anyone with...
[20:04:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''when you have less work to do'' - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 777 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:04:53] <exec> 08└─What do you do when you have less work to do? take turns. The (Socialist) Mondragon worker-owned cooperative has encountered this (in a micro sense, serving as an example for the macro model). With the construction of new housing in a slump, orders to their appliance manufacturing division slowed do...
[20:05:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02Re:a little more - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 95 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:05:07] <exec> 08└─It's a digital liberty case. They are being blamed for crimes linked to user-submitted content.
[20:05:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] 02Regressive Bans - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 423 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:10] <exec> 08└─Every time something is banned by the government the invisible hand of the black market inevitably makes the problem worse. There would not be a significant market for trafficked women if free women could openly worth this trade. Instead shady figures fill the void. This is similar to all the deaths...
[20:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:at this point - 06Windows 10 Marketshare Fell in September - 1056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:06:11] <exec> 08└─People are putting Win 7 back on because they are tired of the BSOD of the week ...FTFY. Frankly I haven't seen a Windows OS this bad since WinME, in fact even with the fugly cellphone GUI of Windows 8 the actual OS was rock solid stable, but Win 10? Sheeit, that thing crashes if you look at the dam...
[20:07:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mind control - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:07:21] <exec> 08└─Yes, the point you should do that is *before* you analyse the number of button presses against the complexity of the task they were supposed to be doing.
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[21:01:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Musky wants to take a piss - 06Proxima b May Have Oceans - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:27] <exec> 08└─Musky wants to take a piss in that ocean. Right after he plants his seed on Mars.
[21:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:39] <exec> 08└─So are you implying that the OP was being sarcastic? Cause there are plenty of people that comment here who believe such things to be true...
[21:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:40] <exec> 08└─It's all one guy, that prolific Ethanol-Troll.
[21:01:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:42] <exec> 08└─And you know this how?
[21:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:45] <exec> 08└─So many assumptions, so little time...
[21:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Men just don't keep their skills up. - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:47] <exec> 08└─Kind of difficult not to make assumptions when everyone is a tight lipped ambitious liar. Sharing information is a sign of weakness.
[21:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Time to form my own NO MA'AM chapter - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:52] <exec> 08└─If Ted Bundy tried a masculist movement today, he'd be divorced, fired, and living in the gutter in short order. Lucky for him there are all-American flag-waving startups just itching to give him temporary housing, so he can still sleep in a box under a bridge.
[21:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Time to form my own NO MA'AM chapter - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:54] <exec> 08└─If Cliven, Ammon, and Ryan Bundy tried a masculist movement today, they'd be divorced, fired, arrested, and living in an Oregon jail in short order. Lucky for them there are all-American flag-waving militias just itching to give them temporary support, so they can still have their celestial wives on...
[21:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:0, Troll) 02Re:Time to form my own NO MA'AM chapter - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:56] <exec> 08└─The issue here isn't that Mayer is a woman, but that she's a Jew. Not all women are assholes, but all Jews are assholes -- woman or not. Let's not confuse ourselves - women are not our enemy. Jews are.
[21:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Aren't All Companies Doing This? - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 1134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:58] <exec> 08└─Intel have set a goal of having a 50/50 mix of men and women in all positions in the company, and they're basing manager's bonuses on how far they progress this goal. For Intel to achieve a 50/50 mix they'd have to either significantly increase their overall headcount or significantly reduce the num...
[21:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Aren't All Companies Doing This? - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:00] <exec> 08└─Fight Club is the model for your organization. Trump is your role model. PUNCH EM IN THE PUSSY.
[21:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Aren't All Companies Doing This? - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 832 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:02] <exec> 08└─There is an entire industry that already fills the need for such an organization, its called "law" and the members are called "lawyers". You can see one in this story already fighting this inequality. It sure is entertaining seeing the backlash of outrage by the most privileged class of people. I do...
[21:02:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Aren't All Companies Doing This? - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:05] <exec> 08└─Intel are a bunch of fucking Jews, and have backdoors in their chips that lead straight to Mossad. Fuck them. Jews Jewing Jews.
[21:02:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Aren't All Companies Doing This? - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:07] <exec> 08└─It's not the Jews' fault, they all have Jewish Mothers. It's the Jewish Mothers' fault. Always has been, since the dawn of Jewism.
[21:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Aren't All Companies Doing This? - 06Yahoo Hit With Another Lawsuit Claiming Anti-Male Discrimination - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:09] <exec> 08└─I doubt it's the Jewish mothers' fault that all Jewish women grow up to be angry short-haired lesbians.
[21:02:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:previously - 06Qt Lite: A Lightweight Developer Framework for the Internet of Things - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:44] <exec> 08└─There is even Qt on Windows, mac, and Android !
[21:03:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not Feminist Enough - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:03:08] <exec> 08└─If I had mod points, I'd mod that up as insightful. However, judging by the douchbag bikers in my community, they would eschew the trails and use the roads anyway, especially during rush hour.
[21:03:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Build more power plants - 06Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:14] <exec> 08└─If there isn’t enough power to power lights at night, then the solution would be to allow companies to build more power plants. Even if it’s the cost of the lights, more competing points of power would lower the cost. Amount of light it gives off doesn’t do much other than guide people to stay...
[21:03:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:03:37] <exec> 08└─Arik has given the appropriate answer already, but let me suggest a few analogies that show you are in fact begging the question. The argument against DRM is irrelevant as a world without DRM is a fantasy.
[21:04:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:45] <exec> 08└─My three year old daughter likes to complain as well.
[21:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the elephant in the room - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:05:31] <exec> 08└─A counterexample is Puerto Rico which has
[21:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fubari [4551] (Score:2) 02Re:Complete with glasses that sense stress - 06Intel Fashions Stress-Sensing Glasses and a Belt-Based Projector - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:06:35] <exec> 08└─Saw that as "perl sensitive glasses" for a second. Hmm... language-sensitive glasses would put a whole new spin on programming. Next step - peril sensitive sunglasses! Douglas Adams should have got a better patent lawyer...
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[22:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02High hopes already dashed - 06Proxima b May Have Oceans - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:23] <exec> 08└─From the wikipedia link: It is unlikely to be habitable, as the planet is subject to stellar wind pressures of more than 2000 times those experienced by Earth from the solar wind
[22:01:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:High hopes already dashed - 06Proxima b May Have Oceans - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:25] <exec> 08└─You mean Musky's hopes are dashed because Musky is a squishy weakling compared to the native Proximans who are living comfortably in those conditions.
[22:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:High hopes already dashed - 06Proxima b May Have Oceans - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:27] <exec> 08└─Dang, I already launched my colony ship. Well there's a bunch of wasted resource points.
[22:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Will this help the Pittsburg Steelers - 06Tackling Football Robot - 1719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:44] <exec> 08└─My guess is it'll win in those cities once its replicated a thousand times and deployed against rioters. One of those things vs a hundred rioters is not very interesting, but ten of them per each rioter is interesting. You could almost sheepdog people with enough of those. We're not detaining you or...
[22:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:only during practice - 06Tackling Football Robot - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:51] <exec> 08└─You get more spinal and neck paralysis injuries from swimming and diving. I never support that violent sport. It encourages kids as little as 3 years old to jump in a pool and break their necks. I can't wait until we get rid of that nightmare of a sport.
[22:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:only during practice - 06Tackling Football Robot - 1228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:53] <exec> 08└─There's quite a bit of truth to the previous post, though. A majority of former professional players show signs of brain injury from playing football. It doesn't seem to apply to players who only played at the high school level, though. Whether that's because young brains are more resilient or young...
[22:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:52] <exec> 08└─I don't usually respond to trolls like this, but without intending to, you've actually hit on some truth. Or, well, at least hit close to some. 1000 Of course, I'm not actually posting any tags, let alone 'abusing' them, which is why this is just trolling on your part, but still, you're right that...
[22:03:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mars gravity - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:03:33] <exec> 08└─Well, the "Great" Generation put a man on the moon, but then they got old and fat and terrified of the gay vegan moooooooooslims. So now we have to hate everything that doesn't involve killing mooooooooslims on the other side of the planet. SpaceX doesn't kill enough of them, so SpaceX is clearly a...
[22:03:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Soil soil soil soil soil... - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 3938 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:39] <exec> 08└─Soil. It's all about the soil. Another good opportunity to mention the beautiful documentary film "Symphony of the Soil". Here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] and here's an excerpt: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] . You can pirate it f...
[22:04:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02no economic opportunity for men - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 485 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:04] <exec> 08└─It's a "quiet catastrophe" because men are not allowed to complain about having absolutely no economic opportunity in our sexist society. Any man who mentions his plight in earshot of a woman will immediately be ostracized permanently from every social circle. Ostracism is what women do best. And an...
[22:04:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Something I noticed - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:04:10] <exec> 08└─Ca 1ff6 re to account for the fact that women pay women less than they pay men? In fact, women pay women less than men pay women. I think womyn-born-womyn need to get their own fucking house in order if they and their intellectual whores want to bitch about that shit.
[22:04:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The usual rebuttal - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:04:18] <exec> 08└─That's because the son's genitals are mutilated at birth. When he won't stop crying at night because of the pain, he gets slapped until he learns to shut up. If he hasn't learned to shut up by the time he's three, then you can start bruising his bottom. If that doesn't shut him up, throw him around...
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[23:01:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:High hopes already dashed - 06Proxima b May Have Oceans - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:34] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, there's still plenty of resources there. You'll make your investment back in 1000 years no problem.
[23:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02The interesting stuff - 06Qt Lite: A Lightweight Developer Framework for the Internet of Things - 1013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:20] <exec> 08└─It's no new product, as I understand it, it is merely two things: 1.) More configuration options, so the build process can leave out parts of Qt. 2.) A "Qt Quick 2D Renderer" http://doc.qt.io [doc.qt.io] Licenses as before: Commercial or GPL/LGPL3. Apparently Part 2 is s...
[23:02:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:58] <exec> 08└─Seems like that would be easier than following me around like a spurned schoolgirl and blaming me for your browser, and at any rate it will certainly be more effective!
[23:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:choose one - 06Tim Berners-Lee Just Gave us an Opening to Stop DRM in Web Standards - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:05] <exec> 08└─If, as the ads tell me, I "own it on DVD" doesn't that mean I can do whatever I like with it? Or is it just another example of false advertising?
[23:03:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score:2) 02Re:Obviously potatos. - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:35] <exec> 08└─Yeah obviously everything would be enclosed and hydroponics would be the majority for a long time, but I meant acres in total area not contiguous. Even the soil-based stuff would rely on hydroponic technology because there isn't much/any soil moisture on Mars and water will be rationed so convention...
[23:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Jerusalem artichokes, blackberries - 06What Kinds of Veggies Can We Grow on Mars? NASA Wants to Know. - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:49] <exec> 08└─when you get their roots in the ground you can never get rid of them.
[23:04:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Opioids are a Symptom - 06America's "Quiet Catastrophe": Millions of Idle Men - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:04:46] <exec> 08└─> Yes, I seem to remember how the rabble of ISIS was swiftly wiped out by the well-fed, well armed, real army of President Assad... Actually, Assad has not tried very hard to wipe out ISIS because he needed them to be a bogeyman for the US in order to take the focus off of himself.
[23:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Looks like Election Year Shenanigans - 06Backpage's Dallas Offices Raided, CEO Charged With "Pimping" - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:31] <exec> 08└─The DA that is charging him is Kamala Harris. She's currently running for the US Senate. [kamalaharris.org] This prosecution sure looks like it was politically motivated. Too bad because I kind of liked her, as DA's go, before this.
[23:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02there are too many updates - 06Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue' - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:52] <exec> 08└─it's not just windows, it's other operating systems as well as all my application. I just don't have the headspace to deal with it all. I've got windows update shut off. Maybe someday I'll spend an entire week downloading and waiting for reboots, but then maybe I'll get cryptolocked: That's what bac...
[23:07:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Missed the memo, I take it? - 06Microsoft Expert Who Predicts Future Technology Says Qwerty Keyboard 'Will Die Out' - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:07:29] <exec> 08└─The claim that he said that has never actually been backed up with a citation
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