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[00:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: Phrase already used - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:10:10] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_Your_Face [wikipedia.org] > Steal Your Face is a live double album by the Grateful Dead, released in June 1976. > ... > The title of the album derives from the lyrics of "He's Gone", a song that does not appear on the album ("Like I told ya, what I said, steal you...
[00:11:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:2) 02Re:Gambling -> Education - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:11:12] <exec> 08└─"You want to fund math education with a program that only makes money because poor people aren't taught statistics?"
[00:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Money per mile - 06Hypersonic Cruise Missile Scores USD$175m DARPA Cash - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:11:29] <exec> 08└─Cruise missiles and ballistic missiles are different. A cruise missile has wings for lift.
[00:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02plonft - 06Gannett Ends Pursuit of Rival Newspaper Publisher Tronc - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:12:05] <exec> 08└─content optimization for post-jounalism infospaces [youtube.com]
[00:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How frequently? - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:12:19] <exec> 08└─In many states in the US, having car insurance is mandatory. I imagine this is the case in the UK. If so--and even if not--this should be outright illegal. How can you make buying insurance mandatory and then fail to properly regulate the insurance companies?
[00:12:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score:2) 02Re:Invisible hand - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 2343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:12:41] <exec> 08└─> Fuck the free market, its retarded. Why is it that insurance on other things, even your home, is cheaper than car insurance (unless you really are loaded)? I always thought it was due to the lack of the free market in car insurance. In a nutshell, you are a captive market. The government has force...
[00:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score:1) 02Re:Cursive - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:13:49] <exec> 08└─Maybe I'm an old man yelling at the sky, but I loathe that my kids have been issued iPads in middle school. It necessarily limits what they do to what the software will allow, as well as allowing distractions at every turn. My daughter has started failing classes because she can't do her homework on...
[00:15:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:So, no keylogger-free versions for sale? - 06Microsoft Ends Sale of Windows 7 and 8.1 Licenses to OEMs - 1014 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:15:11] <exec> 08└─I'm in this camp: I also won't give up my games. However, steam has a lot of Linux games. 73 of my 89 steam games run on Linux nativly, and most of the rest work well enough under Wine. I have not booted my Windows install in over 6 months. I have had issues with a few games on Wine that were not ea...
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[01:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score:2) 02Re:Gambling -> Education - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:11:11] <exec> 08└─Who needs statistics when we're going to teach every kid to code!
[01:11:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02Real story - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 1467 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:41] <exec> 08└─Its gone thru the journalist filter so many times I'm not sure whats actually changing. I'm pretty sure its this https://www.federalregister.gov [federalregister.gov] And...
[01:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pretty sure engine parameters are already illeg - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:11:47] <exec> 08└─If you're so burdened by the NSA's mass surveillance, you could always move to Somalia. Do you honestly think that's a rational response to anything? If you want to argue that the specific regulations in discussion are good, then fucking do so. Argumentation!
[01:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Pedantic much? - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:11:57] <exec> 08└─wonkeymonkey says, NO!
[01:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Invisible hand - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:12:40] <exec> 08└─If Hillary wins there will be a growing demand for bullets.
[01:13:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 39 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:14] <exec> 08└─So you equate "useful" with "business"?
[01:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02cursive in math - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:14:12] <exec> 08└─You had it wrong. Variables should not be cursive. You should reserve cursive for things like trigonometric functions. How else are you to know if "cos" is the multiplication of three variables or an abbreviation for the cosine? Cursive ties the letters together.
[01:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Cursive - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:14:16] <exec> 08└─I think you mean stenography. Steganography's great for spies, but not so hot for throughput.
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[02:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hurry and safe aren't friends - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:09:55] <exec> 08└─The launch windows to the ISS are brief for everyone. Fuel temperature makes no difference.
[02:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How frequently? - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:12:20] <exec> 08└─Telstra does this. You have to pay $5 a month to *not* be in the phone directory (listed by name address and phone number). This is a major reason why a percentage of people just don't use Telstra.
[02:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Cursive Is Not For The Hoi Polloi - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:17] <exec> 08└─That reminds me of when I walked in to Barnes & Noble many years ago and asked the clerk where the 'Cosmology' section was, and she took me to the 'Cosmetology' section. Even after explaining what I really wanted, this young woman *still* needed to ask for help. Apparently, we live in different univ...
[02:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:No apocalypse without ... - 06Tech Advances Since the Last Cubs World Series Win - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:41] <exec> 08└─I could really go for that. Ohio should catch a break. Chicago, though, I have laid my curse upon them. If they win, it means the Anti-Christ now walks among us.
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[03:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Informative) 02L2 - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:37] <exec> 08└─Cool gravity contour plots showing L1 through L5, http://wordpress.mrreid.org [mrreid.org]
[03:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Any farking idiots complaining about this one? - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:39] <exec> 08└─Boggles my mind superstitious idiots can hold up the telescope in Hawaii, any Trump supporters claim this orbit disturbs the spirits of their ancestors? They're dead, get over it. Ain't no spirits haunting the area. The spirits you see are the spirits you drank before deciding to become offended.
[03:09:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Any farking idiots complaining about this one? - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:09:41] <exec> 08└─Heh. Wrong thread. Knew it soon as I hit the "yeppers, I'm snotnose and I approve of this message" button. I'm an idiot. Hmm, I've just proved I'm a stupid idiot, although the corruption thing hasn't happened yet. Is it too late for me to run as US President? God knows I'd be better than the 2 assho...
[03:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Most awesome thing ever built - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:43] <exec> 08└─That telescope may well be the most awesome thing ever built by humans.
[03:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Most awesome thing ever built - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:09:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but then it will find the heat signatures of alien megastructures and we'll look like insignificant cosmic dirt again.
[03:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02Broads over Bros - 06Broadcom Buys Network Gear Maker Brocade for $5.5 Billion - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:53] <exec> 08└─Social Justice Feminism has won.
[03:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03asdfgh [6393] (Score:1) 02Re:Money per mile - 06Hypersonic Cruise Missile Scores USD$175m DARPA Cash - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:11:44] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure Slim Pickens would do it.
[03:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:35] <exec> 08└─"syncophants" *please* tell me this is what they call the dancing elephants in fantasia ! ! !
[03:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:40] <exec> 08└─Why? Do you equate art with utility rather than beauty?
[03:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More interesting - 06Beverage Industry Funded Research Downplays Soft Drink Ties to Obesity and Diabetes - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:17:24] <exec> 08└─BMI is only an approximation because accurately measuring someone's actual body fat percentage is not as easy as we would like it to be. Even the most mediocre of physicians or trainers will probably be able to tell from a single glance at a person whether BMI will be applicable to a person or if a...
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[04:09:46] <exec> 08└─> Boggles my mind superstitious idiots can hold up the telescope in Hawaii, Boggles my mind that you have your panties in such a twist that you have to proudly display your ignorance in some sort of scientism virtue-signaling wankfest. What's going on in Hawaii is a reckoning. Decades of oppression...
[04:11:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Standard operating procedure - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:11:21] <exec> 08└─Ah, now you show your colours. You're knee-jerk defensive of the gaming machine industry as you've got skin in the game. Was it your shitty code that caused this glitch?
[04:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02Ten years later - 06Hypersonic Cruise Missile Scores USD$175m DARPA Cash - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:11:53] <exec> 08└─How come nobody is invading the USA to stop their WMD program?
[04:12:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Would've been worth it for the brand name - 06Gannett Ends Pursuit of Rival Newspaper Publisher Tronc - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:27] <exec> 08└─Want a reputable news source? You want Tronc.
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[05:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02Obligatory Airplane reference. - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:45] <exec> 08└─I just wanted to say, good luck, we're all counting on you! /I had the lasagna.
[05:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Advertising - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:46] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of people who think that they are immune to advertising because they are too smart to be tricked.
[05:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02Re:L2 - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:09:55] <exec> 08└─Cool, thanks for that! I can't wait for the awesome pictures from this scope. I hope they get everything right because it will be a long time before we can mount a repair mission to L2.
[05:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Musky always does right - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:10:16] <exec> 08└─Musky troll is best troll.
[05:10:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02I don't get it. - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:28] <exec> 08└─From what I've found in brief searches, SpaceX is using carbon composite over wrapped pressure vessels inside the LOX tank. Why the heck would you subject that stuff to cryogenic temperatures considering the heat generated when pressurizing and the extreme cold? Having worked on rockets, all the pre...
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[06:09:44] <exec> 08└─I am immune to advertising. I am immune to fashion. I am immune to trends. I can't find friends. I can't find work. I can't find love. I don't talk to people, and people don't talk to me. I am Lonely Man and I AM INVINCIBLE.
[06:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Advertising - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:09:46] <exec> 08└─I am not immune. That is why I block the hell out of it. Funny enough *IF* you can get through all of my blocking I usually actually pay more attention. It is an oddity that I fixate on. What I have found though is now I have an extremely low tolerance for most of it. Yet it is more effective. SO mo...
[06:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:48] <exec> 08└─"I'm the CISO of XYZ corporation. Everybody calls me 'Psycho'. Any of you hackers hack my network and I'll kill you." "And I don't like nobody hacking my servers. so just keep your meathooks off. If I catch any of you hackers in my servers, I'll kill you." "Also, I don't like nobody hacking my email...
[06:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:09:50] <exec> 08└─Relax Francis! ;-)
[06:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score:2, Interesting) 02That's ok - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:52] <exec> 08└─The fact remains that regardless of the impregnability of their computer networks, almost all executive level security experts have a foolproof plan... Make sure that they leave said company before any breaches are announced publicly, thereby guaranteeing that their perfect record and future employa...
[06:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Confirmed - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:54] <exec> 08└─This guy [youtube.com] certainly did. Look what happened to him.
[06:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 1169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:56] <exec> 08└─Cowboys will tell you, "There ain't a horse that can't be rode, and there ain't a cowboy that can't be throwed." Military, especially those with advanced combat training, know that they can all have their asses kicked, often times by a little bitty person who isn't very intimidating. That concept of...
[06:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02More movie references - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:59] <exec> 08└─"We've been hacked? Inconceivable!" "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. [youtube.com]"
[06:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:L2 - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:10:09] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why that page seems to think that L3 would be useful. How in the world do you get communications from an L3 satellite? The sun blocks all communication: you'd need a constellation of communication relays in various, less-stable orbits in order to communicate with an L3 sat.
[06:10:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Re:Most awesome thing ever built - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:10:16] <exec> 08└─I agree. Well, after the X-15, that is.
[06:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Re:Brittle Pedantry FTL - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:11:05] <exec> 08└─A face is a physical object, therefore the definition used to to word "steal" would fall under the first definition in the link you provided. "Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it." If you want to fling accusations of pedantry around,...
[06:11:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03rbanfield [818] (Score:1) 02Real world examples - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 795 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:06] <exec> 08└─What's interesting about this work is that it shows real examples of a real device being fooled. It is already a known problem for deep neural networks that access to the network structure and weights can allow images that are only slightly and imperceptibly modified to result in totally different a...
[06:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Standard operating procedure - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:11:56] <exec> 08└─Crooked casinos are bad for the business. They need to have the appearance of fairness. That's more valuable than the occasional payout from a jackpot. This is one of those cases where the regulation aligns with the interests of the regulated.
[06:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:15] <exec> 08└─Intentional typos are what make SoylentNews the wonderful place it is! Do you not agree? I hope we do not loose you over such a trilobyte!
[06:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:14:20] <exec> 08└─Do you equate art with utility rather than beauty?
[06:15:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Cursive - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:04] <exec> 08└─cursive is only nominally faster than block printing
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[07:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You joke, but that about sums up me. - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:09:43] <exec> 08└─And yeah the kook factor tends to put off all those categories of people. On the bright side I got 35 years of hiding in a basement before I'm getting kicked out! :)
[07:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Advertising - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:09:45] <exec> 08└─Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!
[07:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Most awesome thing ever built - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:10:08] <exec> 08└─> Well, after the X-15, that is. What if things turned out different and the Dyna-Soar had flown in the 1960s? https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[07:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 3636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:25] <exec> 08└─I'm late to the party, so I don't know how many will read this. But I find the article and this whole discussion incredibly ironic. We're all debating whether we should focus on better practical "business" skills -- but that's what cursive was!! Seriously -- the New Yorker article talks about some m...
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[07:15:12] <exec> 08└─Ironically, you'd have already known that you inhabited different universes if could actually find a book in the cosmology section.
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[08:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Spam) 02weedy first post! - 06U.S. SEC Finding Insider Trading with Data Analysis Tools - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:35] <exec> 08└─weedy weed weed! HAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
[08:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02Gay Jedi's first post - 06Uber and Lyft: Settlements, Racism, and Auto Partnerships - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:42] <exec> 08└─feel the force!
[08:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gay Jedi's first post - 06Uber and Lyft: Settlements, Racism, and Auto Partnerships - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:09:44] <exec> 08└─i feel it. it feels good. i want to feel it more. feel it harder.
[08:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:09:59] <exec> 08└─Relax Francis! ;-)
[08:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:10:00] <exec> 08└─Relax Francis! ;-)
[08:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Because honesty is punished? - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 1074 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:07] <exec> 08└─In the eyes of his superior, any executive who openly states he might be hacked thereby admits lack of knowledge and insufficient precautions. With two candidates, one claiming he knows his business and is able to secure the entrusted systems, the other one stating he does his best effort but might...
[08:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score:2) 02Are those hexagons curved? - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:24] <exec> 08└─If they are flat, wouldn't the focus be somewhat limited? Also, shouldn't this be named after a great astronomer instead of a NASA administrator with no engineering background?
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[09:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02The Department? - 06U.S. SEC Finding Insider Trading with Data Analysis Tools - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:47] <exec> 08└─From the all outcomes must be equal department. As a kid in college I got summer jobs in a specialty paper packaging plant. We would print and cut custom boxes for customers. We knew about new beers on the market before they hit the stores. I had no money in those days, but the geezers I worked with...
[09:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Advertising - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:10:08] <exec> 08└─Well, I guess it depends on your definition of "immune to advertising". Of course if you thing advertising doesn't affect your decisions at all, you're wrong. But there are two different ways advertisements can affect you: Get you to buy things that you wouldn't have bought otherwise. I think I'm pr...
[09:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Any farking idiots complaining about this one? - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:10:31] <exec> 08└─How many decades of exactly what oppression? Native Hawaiians have the right to vote, own property, freedom of speech and religion. So what ignorance do you complain of? F**ing malahinis. Go home, hipster!
[09:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Are those hexagons curved? - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:10:37] <exec> 08└─shouldn't this be named after a great astronomer instead of a NASA administrator with no engineering background?
[09:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Private parts? - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:11:29] <exec> 08└─Facial recognition can be fooled. We've known this for a while. Lets get rid of it entirely. An idea is to use pictures of private parts, that is, genitals. Those are mostly private for most people. Nude beaches can ban cameras. Then biometrics will be secure (mostly).
[09:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How frequently? - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:13:38] <exec> 08└─> I imagine this is the case in the UK. Just for info, it is mandatory here in the UK too.
[09:15:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:Cursive - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 3450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:10] <exec> 08└─Because the time spent learning calculus is not wasted if you're becoming a mathematician. The time spent learning cursive wouldn't be wasted if you're going to be a - graphologist? Calligraphist? Past that I'm struggling to use it. I also think that counting on fingers is taught WRONG. You know why...
[09:15:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Cursive - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:15:26] <exec> 08└─Proving that every sheep is white requires checking every sheep in the world. Disproving that every sheep is white only takes a single black sheep.
[09:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Linux on the desktop - 06Microsoft Ends Sale of Windows 7 and 8.1 Licenses to OEMs - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:01] <exec> 08└─That took me straight into the tablet interface.
[09:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Linux on the desktop - 06Microsoft Ends Sale of Windows 7 and 8.1 Licenses to OEMs - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:03] <exec> 08└─I turned them off before they removed Windows Update settings. Oh, I'm sure one of the next updates will turn them back on, but as the Windows Update icon is gone, I can't install those.
[09:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Linux on the desktop - 06Microsoft Ends Sale of Windows 7 and 8.1 Licenses to OEMs - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:05] <exec> 08└─And apparently I just wasn't waiting long enough, now it does tell me that it is going to install updates with a full screen modal popup thing. Well, that just adds to my question: How do I turn automatic updates off without having to use the stupid "humongous icons missing three quarters of the fun...
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[10:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Of course another docker dork. - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:38] <exec> 08└─BPFCC is called 'BCC' completely ignoring that there is already a bcc on linux called 'Bruce's C Compiler' which is used for legacy 16 bit executable support. Can't people fucking google before arbitrarily fucking things up with overloaded naming for the rest of us?
[10:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Well that's good - 06U.S. SEC Finding Insider Trading with Data Analysis Tools - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:47] <exec> 08└─I'm so glad to see the revolving door mavens at the SEC have finally gotten serious about cracking down on financial crimes. Plumbers cannot be allowed to horn in on the bankers' action.
[10:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Advertising - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 2212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:10:11] <exec> 08└─When I worked in advertising, on the digital side, I ran a little experiment with myself. Normally I loathe advertising and mock every ad I see, because I'm contrarian that way, by nature. But I supposed, "Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm just a malcontent, misanthrope whose contrarian views are the probl...
[10:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Confirmed - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:10:19] <exec> 08└─Beat me to it, well done sir.
[10:10:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 1169 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:20] <exec> 08└─Cowboys will tell you, "There ain't a horse that can't be rode, and there ain't a cowboy that can't be throwed." Military, especially those with advanced combat training, know that they can all have their asses kicked, often times by a little bitty person who isn't very intimidating. That concept of...
[10:10:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:10:23] <exec> 08└─If the hacker gets in, he literally kicks all their asses all around the server room.
[10:11:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Private parts? - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:11:36] <exec> 08└─What a fun job that would be, right, to be the guy who has to clean the genital biometric device?
[10:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Pedantic much? - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:22] <exec> 08└─Maybe he wrote it last year, and it took so long until it got published? ;-)
[10:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Pedantic much? - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:25] <exec> 08└─Well, technically if you say you could care less you are correct, as you could care too little to even make a comment on how little you care about it. ;-)
[10:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Invisible hand - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:14:12] <exec> 08└─"We love our country so much we can't wait to ignore the legitimate results of the election and overthrow its constitutional form of government!"
[10:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Invisible hand - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:14:13] <exec> 08└─Many of Trump's supporters seem to be honestly enthusiastic about him
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[11:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02synth-pop finally catches up with bluegrass - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:48] <exec> 08└─I hear that finally Daft Punk used a sample of a banjo.
[11:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Looking forward to Oracle buyout - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:49] <exec> 08└─Great news! Larry is hiring, I hear...
[11:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:52] <exec> 08└─TFS and TFA imply that Linux is finally catching up to Solaris, twelve years later. Now, I'm not a Solaris guy, and I've never used dtrace, but the facts as presented just don't add up for me. In 2004, dtrace was touted as an "advanced tool". I won't argue with that description of dtrace. But, I can...
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[11:10:25] <exec> 08└─For the second one, whenever you are about to buy a product, think about the options. If one seems more attractive but you can't think why, it's probably because of advertising. Pick another one. If you can remember the advert for one brand, pick another one. Enough people do this and companies will...
[11:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:10:35] <exec> 08└─LOL - you sound like a violent person. And, that coming from ME? ROFLMAO
[11:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Ninja - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:10:39] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but you gotta understand. Chinese = ninja. Never mind that ninja are actually Japanese, in American minds ninja conjures up images of unstoppable, implacable, irresistable Asians doing their worst to destroy The American Way Of Life. Ninja - that's the ticket. "Boss, I went up against these Ch...
[11:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:New frames with new faces - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:41] <exec> 08└─But this, wearing glasses, is hardly something you can make laws against
[11:12:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Boohoo - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:12:37] <exec> 08└─For example, what happens if a machine malfunction so it has a 0% chance of hitting the jackpot?
[11:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Standard operating procedure - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:12:50] <exec> 08└─Slot machines have a payout percentage written on them. It's typically around 80%, i.e. for every $1 someone puts into the machine the machine will pay out 80¢. The casino keeps 20¢. It's not skimmed from the jackpot, but the jackpot is taken from that 80%. If someone wins a $100,000 jackpot then...
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[12:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Simple explanation - 06Uber and Lyft: Settlements, Racism, and Auto Partnerships - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:22] <exec> 08└─> black riders of UberX wait between 29 and 35 percent longer than white riders. The black riders were probably 2.8s or below, and the whites were probably 3.2s or above. They need to work on their reputelligence. Black Mirror S03E01 "Nose Dive" (available on Netflix)
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[13:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sarasani [3283] (Score:2) 02Why? - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:50] <exec> 08└─Why are stories such as these so completely, utterly, unreservedly, absolutely predictable? Predictable even before the term IoT came into existence? Sigh....
[13:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why? - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:09:52] <exec> 08└─The best way to predict the future is to make it. Would you like a smartwatch, sir?
[13:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Of course another docker dork. - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:10:01] <exec> 08└─Neither are tools regularly found on Linux boxes at all, let alone at the same time. You're safe.
[13:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03tbuskey [6127] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:10:06] <exec> 08└─Dtrace *is* part of Solaris 10 and up, not a bolt on. Dtrace is in MacOSX (it has fewer trace points). I think it's in Oracle's Linux as well. When you're looking for bottlenecks in your code, you typically attach a debugger to your app. That changes it a bit and slows it down alot. Plus you need to...
[13:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:10:09] <exec> 08└─Dtrace *is* part of Solaris 10 and up, not a bolt on. Dtrace is in MacOSX (it has fewer trace points). I think it's in Oracle's Linux as well.
[13:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Well that's good - 06U.S. SEC Finding Insider Trading with Data Analysis Tools - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:10:19] <exec> 08└─Martha Stewart says this "is a good thing".
[13:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sarasani [3283] (Score:2) 02Advertisents are assholes - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:10:44] <exec> 08└─Obligatory watching for anyone interested in the concept of advertising: Lee Camp's "Advertisements are assholes [youtube.com]" Gotta love the bonus side effects: "more manageable, shiny with extra bounce." I'll have me some of that! But yes, anxiety; explains most of the redundant (pleonasm?) adver...
[13:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because honesty is punished? - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:11:00] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the russians... I mean they even hacked James motherf-ing Bond.
[13:11:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:Most awesome thing ever built - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:11:18] <exec> 08└─The universe where the X-20 flew is probably the cool universe that leads to the Federation and warp drives. Instead this guy [wikia.com] tied the timeline into a pretzel by contaminating it with 29th century microcomputer technology, so we're stuck in the suck universe where we have Twitter instead...
[13:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03driven [6295] (Score:2) 02Re:When safe isn't safe - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:11:46] <exec> 08└─It doesn't get any safer when you have dozens of people near that propellant loading crew into a capsule... Actually, it does get safer: when you have NOBODY near the propellant loading area. No possible deaths no matter what == safer. If I were an astronaut, I'd rather die in flight or due to somet...
[13:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:Biometrics - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:12:02] <exec> 08└─Or you could walk around with a ski-mask. Remove the license plat from your car as well. YMMV.
[13:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:Private parts? - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:12:20] <exec> 08└─An idea is to use pictures of private parts.
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[14:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:00] <exec> 08└─When trying to understand the two bad choices we have now, it can help to look into the past at where they came from.
[14:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Prop 61 in California - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:08] <exec> 08└─I expect this one to pass easily and spread through the nation like a prairie fire. It says that the state of California (MediCal) will not pay any more for a medicine than the best price that USA.gov pays (the Veterans Administration price). Big Pharma is fighting this tooth and nail (with all kind...
[14:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03rondon [5167] (Score:2) 02Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:10] <exec> 08└─These Florida solar shenanigans are really pissing me off. The utilities completely distort the truth (when they aren't outright lying) and the text that will show on the ballot is not representative of the spirit or language of the bill. I hate, Hate, HATE how moneyed interests are now able to dist...
[14:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:12] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I remember when casinos were getting approved here in Ohio: The proponents, who just happened to be the companies that would benefit from its approval, of course, boasted about thousands of new jobs (which did not turn out to exist), and filled the voters' heads with images of Cleveland being...
[14:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Looking forward to Oracle buyout - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:33] <exec> 08└─Bend over and spread your cheeks
[14:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:37] <exec> 08└─As soon as Microsoft invents it.
[14:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:39] <exec> 08└─And then patents it..... "hey, take us to court.... how much money YOU got?"
[14:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:41] <exec> 08└─>So any predictions when it will be available on Windows? No but it's been included in FBSD's default GENERIC kernal since 2012 :-p https://wiki.freebsd.org [freebsd.org]
[14:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:44] <exec> 08└─Someone (at MSR, I think) did port it to Windows a couple of years ago, but I don't t 1503 hink it ever made it into deployment anywhere.
[14:10:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02Headline Revision for Accuracy - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:46] <exec> 08└─Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004
[14:10:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Department? - 06U.S. SEC Finding Insider Trading with Data Analysis Tools - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:10:56] <exec> 08└─I wonder if it would be legal to use such a data analysis tool not for law enforcement, but to decide your own investments. That is, determine what the insiders are doing, and then do the same. Would that be insider trade on its own right, or would it be legal because, after all, the data used is no...
[14:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Waiting is racism! - 06Uber and Lyft: Settlements, Racism, and Auto Partnerships - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:08] <exec> 08└─Oh, great, so now keeping someone waiting for a few extra minutes is racist! And apparently nothing at all to do with going from/to less accessible places or bad neighborhoods. Is there anything any more that is not not "racist"? Around here, even farting wrong may be considered "racist" and will ge...
[14:11:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:31] <exec> 08└─Kill? That is overkill. Pulverise their wrists.
[14:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:39] <exec> 08└─"Pissed off person" is more apt. Harsh language, reason, voting, lawsuits, the media, changing buying patterns, etc. have all gotten us nowhere. Eventually the only thing the corrupt & powerful understand is a beating.
[14:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because honesty is punished? - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:45] <exec> 08└─Yet another instance of the SNAFU principle [foldoc.org] at work. "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." -- Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers
[14:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Any farking idiots complaining about this one? - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:59] <exec> 08└─> Native Hawaiians have the right to vote, own property, freedom of speech and religion The right to own property isn't worth shit if all your property was stolen from you. > So what ignorance do you complain of? Apparently you are unaware of the fact that US congress issued an official public apolo...
[14:12:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:When safe isn't safe - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:12:34] <exec> 08└─How do you get the crew in the fueled vehicle?
[14:12:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hurry and safe aren't friends - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:12:38] <exec> 08└─A known, fixed window doesn't cause hurry, you just plan a nice relaxed sequence leading to the window. Relaxed means with extra time for holds to sort unexpected things out. The fuel strategy limits the ability to provide this time. Other strategies with the same launch window don't have this.
[14:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02Re:Boohoo - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:52] <exec> 08└─If a unit was malfunctioning either pro or against the player it would be detected and corrected.
[14:15:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sarasani [3283] (Score:2) 02Re:Black Mirror - 06UK Insurer Uses Facebook to Set Car Insurance Rates - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:35] <exec> 08└─Please feel free to friend me on Facebook and Twitter, I'm "FatPhil" there too.
[14:16:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:48] <exec> 08└─You can find examples of the exact same fallacious reasoning that you are referring to being satirized in Chaucer.
[14:16:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:51] <exec> 08└─If you read Twain with any depth, you should learn to see through cons, shams, and fluffed up business cases. It's all there.
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[15:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:09:54] <exec> 08└─That much is appar 2000 ent. It doesn't take much thought or insight to see that naked fact. Got any ideas on how it might be fixed? It's pretty obvious that the so-called two party system doesn't work so well. Soon, you have collusion between those two parties to exclude other parties. The two powe...
[15:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:56] <exec> 08└─Both parties have betrayed their supposed principles: - The Democrats are bought and paid for by big business, (and to a lesser extent, big unions). That's where the money is at, and money is power. - The Republicans are supposed to be conservative, but they no longer "conserve" anything. They are a...
[15:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 716 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:09:58] <exec> 08└─There is wisdom in what you say. However it is a depressing thought that when throwing off the shackles of the status quo and bucking the rigged system, that best alternative the people can come up with is a repugnant, ignorant, dishonest, bigoted, corrupt demagogue like Donald Trump. We see the sam...
[15:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02playing hard to get but really wanting it - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:00] <exec> 08└─aka neoliberalism. or aka See how good it pays to be the corp's bitch.
[15:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03 (Score:2, Interesting) 02Obvious rebuttal - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:02] <exec> 08└─In fact, the central tenet of New Deal competition policy was not big or small government; it was distrust of concentrations of power and conflicts of interest in the economy. . The New Deal divided power, pitting faction against other faction, a classic Jefferson-Madison approach to controlling pow...
[15:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score:2) 02US Government Includes the Supreme Court - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:04] <exec> 08└─I was taught that the New Deal was a bunch of "throw it on the wall and see what sticks" legislation. NIRA was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1935, so obviously it didn't stick. Not every law in the New Deal was ideologically consistent, but when you look at only the laws that stuck...
[15:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:US Government Includes the Supreme Court - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:07] <exec> 08└─That is absolutely correct about FDR's general approach. The key factor was that (a) the economic situation was quite desperate, and (b) the received economic wisdom of the time had been exactly what Herbert Hoover had done. Which famously didn't work.
[15:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:US Government Includes the Supreme Court - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:09] <exec> 08└─That's like claiming modern Nazis in the US are strictly free speech advocates. Because the only consequence of their ideology and activities has been an opportunity to defend their speech from various impositions on free speech.
[15:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obvious rebuttal - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:11] <exec> 08└─No word of labor competition with the developing world?
[15:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Obvious rebuttal - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:13] <exec> 08└─Only about 15% of the jobs lost are to overseas competition. Most of the rest is due to automation.
[15:10:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Big business is a fact of life - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1083 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:16] <exec> 08└─for the US economy. That's why Obama's ACA and Dodd-Frank [wikipedia.org] didn't take aim and try to dismantle it. Obama, Reid and Pelosi wouldn't have gotten anywhere if they had tried that. It wasn't because they had read Lester Thurow or Robert Reich or JK Galbraith. Even if they had, a lifetime...
[15:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:4, Interesting) 02There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 2512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:18] <exec> 08└─The cause of the Democrats losing its populist working-class side has everything to do with the last few decades of the Democratic Party, and little to do with what was going on in the 1970's. The problem was that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, and later Michael Dukakis were all butchered in the 1...
[15:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:20] <exec> 08└─The Dems under Obama never had a supermajority in Congress. Major legislation had to be negotiated relentlessly with not only the three New England Republicans (who of course were derided as RINOs) but also the "blue dog Democrats" in their own party. BTW this is the way Congress was designed to wor...
[15:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Prop 61 in California - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:29] <exec> 08└─Using Americans' knee jerk itch to support vets to undermine pharma pricing? Now that's entertaining. Can we rope Indian generic drugs into this arrangement?
[15:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:33] <exec> 08└─In Maryland, it was all about how all the casino money would go to education and the kids. What the MD lawmakers do now is if $X million comes in from the casinos, that does go into the education fund, but not after taking $X million out of the fund to move it elsewhere. See, they never promised tha...
[15:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:36] <exec> 08└─In Minnesota there's a state constitution amendment vote asking if legislators should no longer be allowed to vote for their own pay raises, but instead have those be set by a bipartisan board. The sneaky part about it is that they really want this one to pass. It looks bad to vote themselves raises...
[15:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score:1) 02"State of Washington, D.C." - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:38] <exec> 08└─Ugh. Did the DC council pick that specifically because they think disambiguating the two Washingtons in America by calling the one on the Pacific "Washington state" or "state of Washington" the way we have been for the last 127 years is just too simple?
[15:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:"State of Washington, D.C." - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:10:40] <exec> 08└─The problem is that changing the awkward Washington, D.C. name would break things. Protocols, software, tradition, whatever. What they should do is change the state to "District of Columbia" and call it the city of "Washington". That would fit in with postal stuff (city: WASHINGTON, state: DC). You...
[15:10:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score:2) 02The best way to predict the future is to make it. - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:50] <exec> 08└─And the people making this shit aren't your friends.
[15:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure the story is real accurate - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:09] <exec> 08└─That is informative, thank you. And, helps to put the whole story into perspective.
[15:11:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Waiting is racism! - 06Uber and Lyft: Settlements, Racism, and Auto Partnerships - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:33] <exec> 08└─keeping someone waiting for a few extra minutes is racist
[15:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Manipulation - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:52] <exec> 08└─When you decide to buy a product anyway, get you decide to buy one product in favour of another. That's where advertisements may indeed affect me.
[15:12:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:When safe isn't safe - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:12:57] <exec> 08└─Yes, fueled and ready is just about never the risk. That's why NASA is good with the astronauts boarding then. If a tank was going to burst or a coupling was going to break, it would probably have happened during fueling. That's the part where you don't want anyone near the rocket. It's an avoidable...
[15:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:01] <exec> 08└─Art is just art, but Design is Everything. There is a subtle difference, though there is obviously overlap. Art is, in my opinion, more instinctual, but true Design in any subject approaches divinity as it blends the conscious and the subconscious.
[15:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Most of Education is Waste - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:15] <exec> 08└─That's because for fighting, you have to train the cerebellum, not the intellect. But note that I said literature and mathematics form a FOUNDATION for learning critical thinking. That is, they are prerequisite courses. The class that would bring it together by guiding students through the process a...
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[16:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:07] <exec> 08└─It's actually mathematically provable - this was done a few years ago - that our electoral system will result in a two-party oligopoly. It is a literal inevitability. The first and most important solution, now that we know this is a reality and not just unfortunate chance, is to break the system tha...
[16:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla (3082) 2000 (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:09] <exec> 08└─why, yes, there are a number of measures which would go far to institute an actual, functioning, small-dee democracy... which is precisely why it will not happen under the current version of Empire... 1. repeal superior personhood of fictitious legal entities... 2. have Big Media give free air time...
[16:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 922 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:11] <exec> 08└─The list of ways to fix the systemic issues(with some proven success at getting the desired results in other countries) are numerous: *Smaller electoral districts increasing the ability of small groups of dedicated people to swing an election *Proportionate party voting ballots: give power to ideals...
[16:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 951 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:13] <exec> 08└─You and art guerilla are right that they'll never happen under the current "Empire." That doesn't mean we shouldn't compose them into the American Constitution 2.0, to be adopted after the avatars of Empire are torn to bloody shreds. It helps to have a plan, lest everything devolve to strong-man rul...
[16:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:17] <exec> 08└─What's more, if his history is any guide, Trump's brush with populism will prove superficial and he will hand over the reins to the usual advisers and technocrats.
[16:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:19] <exec> 08└─Kinda. Both parties play up social issues while only differing by degree on economic policy. No sense in killing the golden goose. And the populace, goaded by the media, eats it up while economic issues take a back seat (Occupy Wall Street being a prime example). This works because the country is re...
[16:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:21] <exec> 08└─Bernie Sanders only failed to defeat Hillary Clinton, because of the "Superdelegate" rules. Why do people like you keep repeating this lie? Bernie lost the popular vote, period. The superdelegates had nothing to do with it. Bernie did not have enough votes for the SDs to even be a factor. You can al...
[16:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:24] <exec> 08└─You're assuming that the huge one-sided support among superdelegates would not have an effect on the normal nomination voting. I see that as being wrong in two ways. First, it created an impression of victory for Clinton that would have influenced how people vote (eg, why bother voting for Sanders w...
[16:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1082 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:26] <exec> 08└─You are missing the point. The past eight years or so, there has been a major shift in American politics. The Republican party is now the party of Nationalism, protectionism, populism. The Democratic party is now the party of classic liberalism (meaning, free-market capitalism, individual liberty, p...
[16:10:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 2512 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:36] <exec> 08└─The cause of the Democrats losing its populist working-class side has everything to do with the last few decades of the Democratic Party, and little to do with what was going on in the 1970's. The problem was that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, and later Michael Dukakis were all butchered in the 1...
[16:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:39] <exec> 08└─The Dems under Obama never had a supermajority in Congress.
[16:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:41] <exec> 08└─That's it. They had a 4-month window of opportunity, and did basically nothing with it. What they could have done, and would have done had they really wanted to pass their stated agenda, is have dozens of laws waiting in the wings to do the things they said they wanted to do, and as soon as Kirk was...
[16:10:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:43] <exec> 08└─Kirk was a placeholder until Massachusetts held the special election to replace Kennedy - which of course would be another Democrat, right? Wrong. Martha Coakley ran an incompetent campaign, and Republican Scott Brown was elected to fill the vacancy for the remainder of Kennedy's term. Not much can...
[16:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:45] <exec> 08└─The rules are set up so that legislation and other matters can be tabled almost indefinitely.
[16:10:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1023 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:47] <exec> 08└─It doesn't take a supermajority to get a bill passed - just simple majority. The state of Texas has demonstrated that in recent years. Wait for the house to recess for Christmas, or whatever, then call an "emergency assembly" for which your own party has been warned. You end up with a super-super ma...
[16:10:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:50] <exec> 08└─Congress was designed so that the House of Representatives is more of a populist chamber while the Senate works slowly, protecting the interests of the minority (which could be conservative, liberal, or something else depending on the issue at hand). So in part, your complaint is about our system of...
[16:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:10:52] <exec> 08└─Three states will vote on $12 by 2020, Washington on $13.50. There is no need for voters to wait if they have ballot initiatives.
[16:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:11:05] <exec> 08└─A bipartisan board? Raising your own income is a bipartisan position! The solution is to amend the constitution to allow nobody to raise legislator income except for the voters themselves, by future referendum.
[16:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03letssee [2537] (Score:2) 02Re:Of course another docker dork. - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:11:27] <exec> 08└─You can safely assume the older BCC *is* found on GP's computer :-)
[16:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03letssee [2537] (Score:2) 02Re:Headline Revision for Accuracy - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:11:39] <exec> 08└─Well, it *was* inferior, in some ways. And in some ways probably still is. I know DTrace was missed by a lot of people (myself included). And in other ways it is/was superior. Come on, it's a a catchy headline that well describes the subject. It *feels* like catching up for people who have used DTra...
[16:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02Re:Headline Revision for Accuracy - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:11:41] <exec> 08└─Well, it *was* inferior, in some ways. And in some ways probably still is.
[16:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:1) 02yes, but does it.... - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:43] <exec> 08└─give me a way to limit the IO cache to a physical adderss range, so that the random files in transfer do not mess up the memory? as it is, even if you limit with various methods the cache to 1 MB, it will spit that 1 MB all over the ram, so every other thing gets messed up. anyways, linux IO cachhin...
[16:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02ohh noes! - 06Uber and Lyft: Settlements, Racism, and Auto Partnerships - 1191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:06] <exec> 08└─do uber drivers work for tips? if they do, that may explain their evil racism. blackards use all their available money for the service and purposely don't have any money for the tip. it's either their way of sticking it to "the man"(all cracker ass crackers) or their way of getting their owed repara...
[16:15:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Is Andy Greenberg A Moron... - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:15:59] <exec> 08└─from TFS (emphasis added): Together, the security community and DIYers are hoping those protections, which were enacted by the Library of Congress's Copyright Office in October of 2015 but delayed a full year, will spark a new era of benevolent hacking for both research and repair.
[16:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JeanCroix [573] (Score:2) 02Re:Cursive - 06The Lost Virtue of Cursive - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:47] <exec> 08└─This is why one doesn't use cursive for the "Keep Off My Lawn" signs...
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[17:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Privacy? - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:57] <exec> 08└─No one who cares about Privacy uses the Uber app anyway. The list of permissions that it asks for is completely insane. There's no justification for half of them.
[17:10:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 892 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:17] <exec> 08└─It's actually mathematically provable - this was done a few years ago - that our electoral system will result in a two-party oligopoly. It is a literal inevitability. The first and most important solution, now that we know this is a reality and not just unfortunate chance, is to break the system tha...
[17:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:22] <exec> 08└─The northeast US is fucking fine. The physical infrastructure of the national government is fine. The current constitution is pretty(but not perfectly) well equipped to prevent strong-men, and that was one of the most important design elements to how it was originally written. It just needs some u f...
[17:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:24] <exec> 08└─yeah, but... the superficial form is still there, but it has been hollowed out to the point it is NOT functioning as intended, AND the checks and balances supposedly to keep the ship of state from listing are not functioning (which is precisely as the puppetmasters like it)... for example, anyone re...
[17:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:26] <exec> 08└─Sadly, congress has "approved" of the use of force without using the word "war" in each of these cases: Libya, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and "The war on terror". What we have are a bunch of losers afraid to use sincere words to describe what they're doing. And, sadly, I have to blame Harry Truman fo...
[17:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:31] <exec> 08└─However it is a depressing thought that when throwing off the shackles of the status quo and bucking the rigged system, that best alternative the people can come up with is a repugnant, ig 2000 norant, dishonest, bigoted, corrupt demagogue like Donald Trump.
[17:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:36] <exec> 08└─they had the power to vote for Bernie, and did not
[17:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:39] <exec> 08└─I would add "traditional Christian" to the Rep list, because that's not a negligible "never vote democrat" factor. Interestingly, the small-business-minded Christian Latinos should be voting in droves on the R side, helping counter the old-white negative demographics, but the obsession with indiscri...
[17:10:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:41] <exec> 08└─> The Republican party is now the party of Nationalism, protectionism, populism. Right now the republican party doesn't know what the hell it is. It's an uncomfortable mish-mash of contradictory ideologies and economic ideas and it is in crisis as a result. After this election I'm looking forward to...
[17:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:44] <exec> 08└─I have major issues with your characterization of the Democratic party. Individual liberty - like how they want to ban your right to defend yourself, the most important and fundamental right? Doesn't hold water. Free-market capitalism - like how HRC and Obama handed billions upon billions in TARP mo...
[17:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:US Government Includes the Supreme Court - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:51] <exec> 08└─As to your subject title, New Deal advocates are not the US Government.
[17:10:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Obvious rebuttal - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:10:55] <exec> 08└─> The problem with such assertions is that billions of jobs, many of the sort of job that supposedly got replaced by automation, were created throughout the developing world. So what is your point? It sounds like you think the US has some claim on jobs that never previously existed. Like the MAFIAA...
[17:11:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:02] <exec> 08└─That's a good point. It does rather indicate that neither party has much interest in doing what they actually campaign on.
[17:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No Infinity or Beyond - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:09] <exec> 08└─But, it's doubtful that the dems would have had to resort to any such tricks. If they wanted a fifteen dollar minimum wage, they would have had it. If they wanted a real "pathway to citizenship", they would have had it.
[17:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:11] <exec> 08└─That's exactly right, Runaway.
[17:11:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:14] <exec> 08└─THAT is why Trump has done so well
[17:11:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:16] <exec> 08└─You're already modded to the top, so I'll just say that you have perfectly characterized the Democratic Party of the last 30 years.
[17:11:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02The bigger picture - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:18] <exec> 08└─We are, as an empire, in the early-to-middle stages of the final failure mode. We look like the USSR did in the 80s, and for almost precisely the same reasons. Or, for that matter, the Roman Empire. Those reasons are: economic malaise, overextension in foreign conquest and adventurism, corruption in...
[17:11:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03shipofgold [4696] (Score:1) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 1189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:31] <exec> 08└─This one is all about Net-Metering. The "subsidize" language is a direct reference to the fact that those who own rooftop solar can "sell" the extra energy they generate back to the power company when their Electric Meter runs backwards. The Power company claims that they are buying power at retail...
[17:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:34] <exec> 08└─"Elected positions shall come with a salary of no more than twice the state's median income, or three times the median income including all benefits and Federally-recognized taxable and non-taxable income, whichever is lower". Want a raise? Make your people benefit.
[17:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:36] <exec> 08└─Or they could do something else effective, like tying their pay raises to some broad index like, "inversely proportional to the number of homeless," or "unemployment rate in their state for households making under $50K/yr." Is that not what they always say about executive pay packages, after all, th...
[17:11:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:38] <exec> 08└─That could lead to perverse incentives to do things like build cardboard shantytowns and declare the homeless problem solved, or create fake employment in the other case. For every loop there is a hole.
[17:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:"State of Washington, D.C." - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:43] <exec> 08└─"Analpolis?" "The Black Hole?" How about the classic, "A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes?" Calling that city "Washington" anymore really dishonors the man it's named after.
[17:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"State of Washington, D.C." - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:45] <exec> 08└─There's a lot of good people in Washington. Well, they tend to be poor and black, unlike Congress.
[17:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:14] <exec> 08└─Devilbird there is correct: sometimes violence *is* the answer. While two wrongs don't make a right, they may very well prevent a third wrong. This is something I've known since age 8 or so.
[17:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Ninja - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:19] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, this "Boss, I went up against these Chinese Ninja Hackers, I did my best, but THEY ARE THE BEST!"
[17:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:L2 - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:32] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why that page seems to think that L3 would be useful. How in the world do you get communications from an L3 satellite? The sun blocks all communication: you'd need a constellation of communication relays in various, less-stable orbits in order to communicate with an L3 sat.
[17:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Bioirony - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:29] <exec> 08└─The more people use the same tracking ID, the less valid its tracking becomes.
[17:15:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:penny slot - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:19] <exec> 08└─It's a penny slot. She might have burned what, $1 playing? $2 and a steak dinner sounds like a pretty good return, much better than I'd have expected at least.
[17:15:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boohoo - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:34] <exec> 08└─The machines are regularly randomly sampled and spot tested by independent regulators. The casino has independent auditors monitoring it as well. If a unit was malfunctioning either pro or against the player it would be detected and corrected... perhaps not immediately. But if you genuinely thought...
[17:16:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:Is Andy Greenberg A Moron... - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:40] <exec> 08└─from TFS (emphasis added):
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[18:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Privacy? - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:09:59] <exec> 08└─I really need a VM for my phone with a complete set of fake, random and changing full device environment. Then when I need an app to access the real thing (GPS for uber), I can selectively allow the true value or enter a specific valid-looking answer with an expiration timeout. I've got a GPS spoofe...
[18:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:00] <exec> 08└─Uber says it doesn't expect privacy objections because users will have to agree to allow
[18:10:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:02] <exec> 08└─The whole social media bubble rests on the idea that the giant database of customer tracking is more valuable than whatever service the company provides in exchange for it.
[18:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:05] <exec> 08└─You speak truth...
[18:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:07] <exec> 08└─I wish I was independently wealthy and could bankroll decentralized projects...
[18:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Was just a matter of time - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:09] <exec> 08└─Actual location data? How could they not monetize that?? We're sliding into dystopia so fast it really boggles my mind. The average person has little to no idea about the extent its happening. No grand conspiracies needed, this stuff is done right under our noses, and people who object are labeled c...
[18:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"Can I get you by the balls that your heart and mi - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:11] <exec> 08└─-nd will follow?" -- Uber App "Yeah whatever" -- New Uber User
[18:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Better than sea salt: DEEP-SEA salt - 06Brine Lakes at the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico Investigated with Undersea ROVs - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:19] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't take very long before this untapped resource is properly pumped, boxed, and merchandised at a premium.
[18:10:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better than sea salt: DEEP-SEA salt - 06Brine Lakes at the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico Investigated with Undersea ROVs - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:21] <exec> 08└─Shadow of Death Bespoke Methylated Hydrocarbonated Sea Salt
[18:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:35] <exec> 08└─I'm rather in favor of a combination cage match, cook off & talent show. They can make it a big weekend and we could start voting as soon as it was done.
[18:10:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:42] <exec> 08└─The northeast US is fucking fine.
[18:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:44] <exec> 08└─I found this series enlightening: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[18:10:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1246 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:46] <exec> 08└─Both parties have betrayed their supposed principles: - The Democrats are bought and paid for by big business, (and to a lesser extent, big unions). That's where the money is at, and money is power. - The Republicans are supposed to be conservative, but they no longer "conserve" anything. They are a...
[18:10:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 952 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:52] <exec> 08└─Bernie Sanders only failed to defeat Hillary Clinton, because of the "Superdelegate" rules. Why do people like you keep repeating this lie? Bernie lost the popular vote, period. The superdelegates had nothing to do with it. Bernie did not have enough votes for the SDs to even be a factor. You can al...
[18:10:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 million. - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:10:56] <exec> 08└─> Except when they didn't have the power to vote for Bernie, because somebody had messed with their voter registration, which happened thousands of times. Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 million. Anything that happened thousands of times doesn't even register.
[18:11:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:02] <exec> 08└─Gotta have a public and private policy. Yes, as does basically everyone that holds a job more important than burger-flipping. Hell, even a burger-flipper would get in trouble for telling every customer in line his private thoughts on the quality of McDonald's beef.
[18:11:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 911 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:04] <exec> 08└─"The Democratic party is now the party of classic liberalism (meaning, free-market capitalism, individual liberty, progressive social policy)." Are you smoking crack? No? LSD, maybe? They are the party (arguably) of progressivism (although wishy-washy) but there's no hint that they give a good godda...
[18:11:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:22] <exec> 08└─Yes, as we all know passing a budget is so easy the government has never shut down over it.
[18:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:29] <exec> 08└─tax evasion You mean the law William Clinton enacted and uses himself? sexually molesting minors You mean the forum shopping the jerry springer show made up and is doing to try to damage him? It was filed in Cal and thrown out, then in NY which will listen to the complaint (which it must do by law)...
[18:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 1053 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:45] <exec> 08└─You really can't sustain a business buying a commodity at retail price and also selling it at retail prices. Its amazing how many people have no grasp of basic economics. Much as you like to heap hate on the power companies that are forced to do this by stupid laws, it doesn't make economic sense. Y...
[18:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:49] <exec> 08└─Easy raise: kick all the poor people out.
[18:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score:2) 02Washington, Douglass Commonwealth - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:57] <exec> 08└─I like it. Nobody would even have to change their letterhead, "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500" would still be a valid mailing address. The stationery lobby killed that one, didn't they?
[18:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:3, Informative) 02Read carefully - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:59] <exec> 08└─The Ga. referendum will add a $2500 fine (yes, two thousand five hundred dollars) for human traffickers and a $5000 annual tax for all "adult entertainment" businesses. Naturally, the amount of the fine and the second part are not talked up very much.
[18:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Read carefully - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:02] <exec> 08└─https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_Additional_Penalties_for_Sex_Crimes_to_Fund_Services_for_Sexually_Exploited_Children,_Amendment_2_(2016) [ballotpedia.org] I read the linked text of the bill and I don't see that. "Penalties" is open ended.
[18:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Stocking up on post-it notes. - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:13] <exec> 08└─I've been waiting almost a decade for the early-morning news of millions of cars stuck on the road by a hack of On-Star. Now it looks like every new shiny toy is becoming connected and therefore vulnerable to being bricked. Keeping fingers crossed that the power grid stays on, but many people are go...
[18:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:Of course another docker dork. - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:24] <exec> 08└─Umm, yes, bcc is regularly found on Linux boxes. I just checked, and it's on mine. I didn't do anything special to put it there, and in fact have never used it, so it must have been installed by default. It's in the dev86 package on Slackware.
[18:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02ZFS - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:40] <exec> 08└─If you've never used ZFS(from Solaris, now on Linux & others) it's worth a try. Snapshots that maintain performance, amazing interface, and volumes to physically back virtual machine storage(that also support snapshots). BTRFS has always been touted as a better ZFS, but it lags behind in many ways:...
[18:13:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02Re:Advertising - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 2212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:19] <exec> 08└─When I worked in advertising, on the digital side, I ran a little experiment with myself. Normally I loathe advertising and mock every ad I see, because I'm contrarian that way, by nature. But I supposed, "Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm just a malcontent, misanthrope whose contrarian views are the probl...
[18:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:26] <exec> 08└─Well, I don't know about that.
[18:13:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] 02Because honesty is punished? - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 1074 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:39] <exec> 08└─In the eyes of his superior, any executive who openly states he might be hacked thereby admits lack of knowledge and insufficient precautions. With two candidates, one claiming he knows his business and is able to secure the entrusted systems, the other one stating he does his best effort but might...
[18:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Most awesome thing ever built - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:05] <exec> 08└─Oh well, blame it on Hollywood...
[18:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When safe isn't safe - 06NASA Advisory Committee Skeptical of SpaceX Manned Refueling Plan - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:36] <exec> 08└─You can load them after the fueling of course. Key word(s) being missed here are fueling and fueled, present & past tense. Dozens of people can wait until it's finished fueling. Sparks, currents, static electricity, fireball wielding bats, etc. Something can (and has) happened... therefore if no one...
[18:15:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02Re:The house always wins - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:47] <exec> 08└─You're making fun of Trump's business acumen? Ok--How many billions have you made in your life? How many do you have now? That's like making fun of him dating ugly women.
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[19:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02No sand? - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:57] <exec> 08└─Heavy object, but no little sand dunes? No impact crater? This thing couldn't have been there that long. Are we sure Curiosity is far away from Schiaparelli's splash zone?
[19:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:11] <exec> 08└─You could probably become independently wealthy first by creating some centralized projects.
[19:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Uber rapidly losing mindshare - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:15] <exec> 08└─In my city, I'm told (since I don't use it myself) that the rates have gone up significantly, perhaps as a result of having to conform with new legislation that actually favours them (at the expense of taxis) but imposes new regulations. A ride that used to cost $10 now costs $17, during a lazy Sund...
[19:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Better than sea salt: DEEP-SEA salt - 06Brine Lakes at the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico Investigated with Undersea ROVs - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:25] <exec> 08└─mmm, adds a little despair to every dish. 9/10 would buy again. -1 star because the packaging was subpar.
[19:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:1) 02relevant Wikipedia page - 06Brine Lakes at the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico Investigated with Undersea ROVs - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:27] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocline [wikipedia.org]
[19:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02 - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:40] <exec> 08└─By this I mean the electoral college must go, along with single-candidate voting. Every vote should be counted, and we should either have several votes or ranked voting of 3-5 candidates.
[19:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02self gerrymandering - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:44] <exec> 08└─Read an ff6 interesting article a few days ago that says people make gerrymandering worse by moving out of "bad" neighborhoods and concentrating in "good", like-minded ones. And it seems Democrats are worse about this than Republicans.
[19:10:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:0, Redundant) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 3947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:53] <exec> 08└─I do enjoy pontificating about US politics. Even though (or maybe because?) I don't actually know much about it. OK here goes: Well, one of the most important principles is, that the voting has to be *understood* to be fair, by most voters (i.e. also with an IQ under 100). So nothing fancy like adva...
[19:10:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1043 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:55] <exec> 08└─Your prescriptions miss a few details. The separation of powers is actually pretty important in the US. Making the president beholden to the House actively destroys that. This is a bad idea. Unalloyed democracy turns into a tyranny of the majority, and the US of A is quite a diverse country. Telling...
[19:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03purple_cobra [1435] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:01] <exec> 08└─Absolutely and while I'm sure I've written here previously that I'd like to see Murdoch swing for treason, it was also the Daily Fail and, to a lesser extent, the Torygraph which were also responsible for parroting the utter bullshit the Leave campaign came out with and adding some fresh bullshit of...
[19:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re: Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 milli - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:08] <exec> 08└─Even if 0.1% were tampered with. It's a huge concern. Think about an organization that is doing illegal things to get a specific person elected president. That organization should be rooted out and destroyed. If the person to be elected is part of that organization then they should be removed from e...
[19:11:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1082 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:10] <exec> 08└─You are missing the point. The past eight years or so, there has been a major shift in American politics. The Republican party is now the party of Nationalism, protectionism, populism. The Democratic party is now the party of classic liberalism (meaning, free-market capitalism, individual liberty, p...
[19:11:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:14] <exec> 08└─After this election I'm looking forward to watching the infighting get *really* nasty.
[19:11:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:20] <exec> 08└─That's not really true of the republican party at this time. It might become true if Trump wins and is able to re-write the DNA of the party. At the moment the republican establishment and democratic establishment are both the party of liberalism, with minor quibbles bout social issues.
[19:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score:2) 02Re:There's a more proximate cause - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:37] <exec> 08└─The rules are set up so that legislation and other matters can be tabled almost indefinitely.
[19:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 2167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:03] <exec> 08└─I must point out that power companies are at least partly exempt from the laws of economics that dictate what a Mom and Pop store must do. Power companies are awarded monopolies by the government, and they have captive audiences. An amusing anecdote for you. A power company ran a highline through th...
[19:12:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:05] <exec> 08└─I hate, Hate, HATE how moneyed interests are now able to distort direct democracy
[19:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:11] <exec> 08└─I'd like to see every state build a 60-ft boundary wall, and trebuchets to eject their undesirables back and forth... We don't need no stinkin' doors or outsiders!
[19:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Why? - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:28] <exec> 08└─Because the iot devices can't actually fight back. Never mind that 99.999 percent of all such "Belkin WeMo devices - electrical switches, cameras, light bulbs, coffee makers, air purifiers" are behind firewall routers and thus could not be compromised other than in some researcher's lab. Lets blame...
[19:12:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Stocking up on post-it notes. - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:32] <exec> 08└─Maybe we should actually thank Google for the Android fragmentation which might protect some of us...
[19:12:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Stocking up on post-it notes. - 06Black Hat Europe: IoT Devices Can Hack Phones - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:34] <exec> 08└─The sheer numbers and lack of updates will eventually favor the light bulbs, if only to build the attack infrastructure (DDoS bots, but also proxies, relays, meshing in dense environment)... Obviously, Android is a much bigger and valuable target and nowhere near as fragmented as "smart" lightbulbs,...
[19:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Mars L2 - 06NASA Says James Webb Space Telescope is Ready for Testing - 1334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:27] <exec> 08└─What other points might be useful? Thinking the Sun-Mars L2 is especially good for another telescope. Don't know about Sun-Jupiter L2. May be far enough away that Jupiter's radio emissions won't matter. I'm guessing that eventually, perhaps a century or two from now, we will have space telescopes al...
[19:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Private parts? - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:33] <exec> 08└─GCHQ has a large collection of genital imagery. Sexually explicit webcam material proved to be a particular problem for GCHQ, as one document delicately put it: "Unfortunately … it would appear that a surprising number of people use webcam conversations to show intimate parts of their body to the...
[19:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Desler [880] (Score:2) 02Re:Boohoo - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:23] <exec> 08└─It was someone not checking for integer overflows.
[19:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:1) 02Re:Is Andy Greenberg A Moron... - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:17:34] <exec> 08└─Says your link: "[...] voting machine security research cannot begin for more than a year, delaying it past the next presidential vote." Boo.
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[20:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Human nature ... - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:53] <exec> 08└─"Hey, look at this odd thing! I'm not sure what it is, let me grab my laser and burn it !" Remind me the old CERN joke: "What do you do if your car doesn't start?" "throw another car at it fast enough to see whether you need a new model"
[20:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:10:44] <exec> 08└─Let's remember that the Kennedy clan are from New England. They turned out a couple decent people, and they turned out some real scuzzy sons of bitches as well. And, New Englanders kept reelecting one of the Kennedy clan's worst scuzzbags, Chappaquidick Ted. Yes, Northeasterners love their elites.
[20:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 1224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:10:46] <exec> 08└─There is so very much about US Code that is simply WRONG today. I believe it started with re-interpretations of the Interstate Commerce Act. Between ever-growing power put in place by the feds, and the fed's ability to tighten purse strings to coerce compliance, they bully the states into anything a...
[20:10:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:10:56] <exec> 08└─We need decentralized social media, like NOW!
[20:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 2551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:01] <exec> 08└─First, it created an impression of victory for Clinton that would have influenced how people vote (eg, why bother voting for Sanders when Clinton is going to win, right?). Wrong. I've heard this argument before, and it makes zero sense to me. If you're some slightly on-the-fence voter but you prefer...
[20:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 milli - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:06] <exec> 08└─Its like some people just want to blame everyone BUT the people responsible... Voter fraud seems to be a non-issue, it is definitely a sign when the general population just shrugs their shoulders like "It isn't surprising and what could we even do about it?"
[20:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 milli - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:08] <exec> 08└─> Even if 0.1% were tampered with. It's a huge concern. Its a problem to be dealt with. But it in no way invalidates the results.
[20:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re: Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 milli - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:10] <exec> 08└─The problem is your second sentence is followed but not the first.
[20:11:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 4 milli - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:13] <exec> 08└─The problem is that you think the first is relevant to this thread.
[20:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:21] <exec> 08└─Hahahahaha NO! Politicians represent the people and should be honest. When the country is told one thing, but it actually does another, well I call that treason.
[20:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:38] <exec> 08└─That's almost like singing to the choir, Azuma. I'm ex military, after all. A lot of people say that violence doesn't solve anything - and they are dead wrong. Violence has solved a lot of problems. Violence often causes more problems, but it does indeed solve problems one way or the other. I won't...
[20:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:Real world examples - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:15:12] <exec> 08└─You can see from the mistakes they make that most modern AIs don't actually understand stuff. And that includes IBM's Watson. People and other animals make mistakes, but the mistakes are generally different. They wouldn't mistake a school bus for an ostrich. FWIW I personally prefer that we head dow...
[20:16:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Capt. Obvious [6089] (Score:2) 02Re:Standard operating procedure - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:16:19] <exec> 08└─Right. For future reference, the term "house edge" refers to exactly that percentage. Its the average/expected amount the house will keep of every bet laid. I don't expect anyone thought casinos lost money (normally), and since their business is gambling, it seems obvious that it has profits built i...
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[21:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I thought.... - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:49] <exec> 08└─Shit, I thought it was free market capitalism that created the elements.
[21:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They came from the supernovae of stars - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:50] <exec> 08└─There's your answer. Now, what is your question?
[21:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:They came from the supernovae of stars - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:09:53] <exec> 08└─Where do stars come from?
[21:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:No sand? - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:10:02] <exec> 08└─This thing couldn't have been there that long.
[21:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02iron meteorite - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:05] <exec> 08└─If it finds a meteorite that came from Earth, that will be even more ironic.
[21:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bucc5062 [699] (Score:2) 02The most likely source - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:07] <exec> 08└─What bugs me about this piece are the six white dots in what seems to be a very geometric formation. I'm liking the idea this is a piece of a alien bulkhead, the ship blown up near Mars millennium ago and this object only recently get sucked into mars's gravity well and melted entering the atmospher...
[21:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03pgc [1600] (Score:2) 02Re:The most likely source - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:10:09] <exec> 08└─Had the same thought. Maybe they are reflections of the laser?
[21:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It looks like... - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:11] <exec> 08└─a butt. Just sayin'.
[21:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Re:Privacy? - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:10:21] <exec> 08└─Here's a start xdadevelopers.com [xda-developers.com] bitbar.com [bitbar.com] nisotech.com [https] GeoFake [github.com] wonderhow.com [wonderhowto.com]
[21:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bucc5062 [699] (Score:2) 02Re:Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:10:28] <exec> 08└─From Uber's databases to the NSA, it's so much more simple when companies just do the heavy lifting, the NSA just picks the fruit.
[21:10:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:10:55] <exec> 08└─My view is that we'll get a window of opportunity to reform the system when a third party finally replaces one of the two existing parties. But it won't happen before then because it's not in the interest of the parties who control the system to fix things.
[21:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:20] <exec> 08└─If Hillary is such a sure thing, then why would you spend your time and energy going to the polls to vote for her if you really preferred Bernie?
[21:11:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 978 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:22] <exec> 08└─This still doesn't make sense, when compared to Trump supporters. Despite the media constantly telling them it's a "lost cause", they're extremely enthusiastic, they attend his rallies by the tens of thousands, and there's every expectation they're going to show up to vote, even though the media is...
[21:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:39] <exec> 08└─The Democratic party is now the party of classic liberalism (meaning, free-market capitalism, individual liberty, progressive social policy).
[21:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Obvious rebuttal - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:50] <exec> 08└─So what is your point? It sounds like you think the US has some claim on jobs that never previously existed.
[21:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Freaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:03] <exec> 08└─To limit that kind of shenanigans, I grew up with a constitution that states that ALL income goes into the general fund. If a politician writes a law stating that $NewTax is exclusively to fund the Protect The Children Agency, they get denied by the Constitutional Council. It prevents the accumulati...
[21:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03rondon [5167] (Score:2) 02Re:F 2000 reaking Florida - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 2073 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:08] <exec> 08└─Frojack, I understand how you could say that I am implying censorship, but I am not. I do not think that censorship (by the gov't) is the answer. I do, however, think that it is disgusting that our local radio and television stations are allowing outright lies to be disseminated over their airwaves....
[21:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Read carefully - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:24] <exec> 08└─Naturally, that's the legislation that's waiting for the amendment to pass.
[21:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Washington's anti-Citizens United is toxic - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:25] <exec> 08└─They want to remove civil rights from corporate entities. ... this will make it very hard for, say, unions to take companies to court. Unions get to do that because of corporate access to courts - a factor in their own corporate identity, that lets them represent their members. Also, the same initia...
[21:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Washington's anti-Citizens United is toxic - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:27] <exec> 08└─You can sue a corporation just as easily as you sue an individual.
[21:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Restart? Why? - 06Linux in 2016 Catches up to Solaris... From 2004 - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:03] <exec> 08└─Why restart? Did I miss something? gdb -p 1234. Or are we talking about recompiling to support prof/gprof (-p/-pg), etc?
[21:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Re:Boohoo - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:25] <exec> 08└─When a jackpot is hit, an audit is triggered. When a non-jackpot is hit, no audit is triggered. This is the asymmetry which strikes me as unfair.
[21:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Ten years later - 06Hypersonic Cruise Missile Scores USD$175m DARPA Cash - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:05] <exec> 08└─God hasn't told them to yet.
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[22:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Priorities - 06Thousands of Patients Turned Away from UK Hospitals Because of Malware in Computer Network - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:47] <exec> 08└─Hospital officials were relieved to find the vending machines were not affected.
[22:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02First Aid - 06Thousands of Patients Turned Away from UK Hospitals Because of Malware in Computer Network - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:48] <exec> 08└─After they learned that their computers were infected with a virus, they first tried to treat them with interferon. However the computers seemed to be allergic, as they crashed instantly after the injection.
[22:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:I thought.... - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:09:58] <exec> 08└─Shit, I thought it was free market capitalism that created the elements.
[22:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:They came from the supernovae of stars - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:10:03] <exec> 08└─Eh Sammy, it goes back to the Babylonians. - Cliff Clavin on "Cheers"
[22:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:They came from the supernovae of stars - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:10:06] <exec> 08└─What do you get when you multiply six by nine in base thirteen?
[22:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:They came from the supernovae of stars - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:10:08] <exec> 08└─Two.
[22:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Incorrect title - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 1013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:10] <exec> 08└─Nova != supernova (The opening sequence to the PBS "Science" program "NOVA" is completely wrong.) A nova is a phenomenon peculiar to some binary stars, where there is an ongoing exchange of material between the pair. It gives a dramatic effect and adds to the brilliance of the pair but is not the on...
[22:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Incorrect title - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:10:13] <exec> 08└─s/created by hydrogen fusion/created by hydrogen fusion and the gravity of the star -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score:2) 02Re:The most likely source - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:10:26] <exec> 08└─...it's in the caption right under the photo, dude. The grid of bright spots on the rock resulted from the laser pulses.
[22:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Uber rapidly losing mindshare - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:10:47] <exec> 08└─embrace, extend, extinguish. embrace - uber recognized the need for a "better" taxi service and created one. extend - they extended the concept of the taxi service to include the app service with location to better serve their customers. extinguish - eliminate the local taxi services by out-competin...
[22:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Finalły.. - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:48] <exec> 08└─laziness pays off: I do not store addresses, or even most surnames, in my phone. Thanks to habits developed with an old "dumb" phone, contacts have separate entries for home, mobile, work numbers, and emails, and the surnames are "H", M", "W", "E", etc) Data mining nit impossible, but harder. Oh, an...
[22:11:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:History not needed - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:11:13] <exec> 08└─Actually, no. the Electoral College is a genius hack. it is no more or less "democratic" than Congress. If it needs a change, then perhaps a Constitutional amendment that coerces the States to only allow proportionate Electoral College 'votes'. But that will not happen. Too many states derive their...
[22:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:11:41] <exec> 08└─The answer is that I don't believe Sanders voters were similarly enthusiastic. Sorry.
[22:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:11:59] <exec> 08└─You must have missed the Ron Paul revolution and the tea party movement. If Romney didn’t rig the 2012 GOP nomination we would have had a President Paul.
[22:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Prop 61 in California - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:12:10] <exec> 08└─http://www.google.com/search?q=reading.comprehension.course [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:12:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Legislator pay - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:12:27] <exec> 08└─These state hacks also get pensions, per diems, travel allowances, free parking spaces, extremely generous vacation and sick day allowances that carry over and can be cashed out, etc. Many of them work only part of the year, so there's plenty of time for a business or private practice on the side. I...
[22:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03iWantToKeepAnon [686] (Score:2) 02Re:Well that's good - 06U.S. SEC Finding Insider Trading with Data Analysis Tools - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:13:31] <exec> 08└─that's a good thing [youtube.com]
[22:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Manipulation - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:03] <exec> 08└─But there is also Amazon Prime which is all about keeping Amazon at the top of your list of merchants. Or a sams club membership. Or a supermarket loyalty card. Or even just the way products are arranged in the store to stoke impulse purchases as you walk to what you really intended to buy.
[22:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:More Movie References... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:10] <exec> 08└─I advocate using a 3lb drilling hammer to pulverize their hands, wrist to finger tips, on a 4 inch thick 100lb slab of steel.
[22:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:19] <exec> 08└─I believe this quote from Se7en gets the point across quite well: John Doe: Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention.
[22:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Assorted smart people - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:24] <exec> 08└─Toss in knives or bats and I'm down.
[22:15:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Private parts? - 06All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:00] <exec> 08└─Fuck! You beat me to it! https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[22:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Boohoo - 06Gambler Wins...$42.9 million (or -20 Cents or $2.25); is Offered Steak Dinner - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:47] <exec> 08└─Assuming that it was not malicious modification but actually an error that caused the jackpot condition to not arise under circumstances when it should, how specifically are errors such as this detected?
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[23:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:First Aid - 06Thousands of Patients Turned Away from UK Hospitals Because of Malware in Computer Network - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:09:55] <exec> 08└─39 minutes 4 commercial breaks, and 3 heart attacks later, after blaming the chips, the extension cards, the cables, two assistants, and the plastic housing, Dr House realized that it was a badly scheduled backup job.
[23:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Text de-linked by editor - 06Thousands of Patients Turned Away from UK Hospitals Because of Malware in Computer Network - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:56] <exec> 08└─The Lincolnite adds [thelincolnite.co.uk] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[23:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Additional monkeying with links by editor - 06Thousands of Patients Turned Away from UK Hospitals Because of Malware in Computer Network - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:58] <exec> 08└─Related: UK.gov Still Running XP--but Without Support Agreement [soylentnews.org] The reason I put mode=nested in the URL is so that Google (and other search engines) will get more of the text of the page's comments. (I absolutely HATE this site's default presentation of pages containing comments an...
[23:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Additional monkeying with links by editor - 06Thousands of Patients Turned Away from UK Hospitals Because of Malware in Computer Network - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:10:00] <exec> 08└─I want to force my preferences on others in a desperate attempt to get Google to disseminate my left wing views.
[23:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:I thought.... - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:10:11] <exec> 08└─Euclid just left a mess of disorganized elements all over the place. From now on I'm gonna call my broom "Mendeleev"
[23:10:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:They came from the supernovae of stars - 06Study Confirms that Stellar Novae are the Main Source of Lithium in the Universe - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:10:15] <exec> 08└─OK let's try it again. There's your answer. Now, what is your question?
[23:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Great expectations.... - 06Uber App Redesign Simplifies Interface, Adds Features at the Expense of Privacy - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:10:50] <exec> 08└─You could, but you'll only waste your money to learn that people don't want decentralized. People want Facebook, GitHub, and Slack. People don't want web hosting, git, and email. People want trendy centralized apps, not nerdy decentralized crap.
[23:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02sound-bite - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:12:03] <exec> 08└─Is there any elaboration of that sound-bite that would change your conclusion? Or is it one of those things that just confirms your beliefs, it doesn't actually inform them?
[23:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score:1) 02Re:tl;dr: Power corrupts - 06How US Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:12:08] <exec> 08└─I'm willing to bet that the RNC will very quietly institute a super-delegate system of their own after this election. There already are three extra delegates for each state; all they need to do is change the rule that requires those delegates to vote with their state.
[23:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Prop 61 in California - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:12:21] <exec> 08└─So let's say every state does this. And let's assume that Big Pharma keeps selling to those states (dubious, but what the hell). What's to prevent this fro 1ff6 m turning into another hidden tax on the rest of the population paying yet higher prices to subsidise the state systems?
[23:12:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Washington's anti-Citizens United is toxic - 062016 U.S. Elections: The Ballot Initiatives - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:12:49] <exec> 08└─If a corporation is no longer a legal entity, it actually becomes harder. If the "you" in question is a corporation (such as a nonprofit, a union, or similar) then yes, it does get a lot harder. Honestly, just doing away with the corporate veil will be bad enough. There was an interesting study (too...
[23:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:2) 02And all this time... - 06Survey Finds 75% of Security Execs Believe they are INVINCIBLE - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:38] <exec> 08└─And here, I though the only reason that security "execs" existed was as a high-profile fall guy for when you inevitable get hacked.
[23:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:Is Andy Greenberg A Moron... - 06It’s Finally Legal to Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car) - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:06] <exec> 08└─I said: "However, that applied only to voting machines and vehicles. All the other exemptions were in force as of 10/28/2015." Not sure what your point might be. Those were the exemptions that were delayed. Full stop. If you'd like me to repeat myself, again, just let me know.
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