#comments | Logs for 2016-12-02

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[00:00:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Condensed - 06Dear Journalists: Stop Taking Trump Literally - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:00:09] <exec> 08└─The special snowflakes of the fine upstanding right get a bit upset if you're irreverent. Just as well Monty Python gave retired really, or there'd be trouble.
[00:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:This is a big deal in Canada - 06Trudeau Cabinet Approves Trans Mountain, Line 3 Pipelines, Rejects Northern Gateway - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:01:44] <exec> 08└─I agree. Speaking from a purely logical (energy in : energy out) standpoint, it would make more sense to use conventional oil reserves. It's clear that there is more oil available than could be burned without completely screwing up the atmosphere, so it would make sense to use the oil that gives the...
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[00:54:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Orange Roulette - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:54:35] <exec> 08└─His statements are all over the map* and he changes his mind daily. Until he actually does something concrete*, I'm going to stop fretting or clapping. * No wall pun intended.
[00:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:54:36] <exec> 08└─None of his supporters seem to care about second-order effects. When they're reminded, they'll retort that everyone only has so many more years to live anyway.
[00:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02NSA reforms - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 734 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:54:38] <exec> 08└─The 'Freedom' Act didn't reform a god damn thing. Instead, the government merely requires that a private company holds the data (I don't think they did anything about the online spying), which doesn't address the fact that merely collecting the data is both dangerous and also a constitutional violat...
[00:54:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:54:41] <exec> 08└─The Sky Is Falling!! The Sky Is Falling!! Hillary Didn't Get Elected!! The Sky Is Falling!
[00:56:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score:2) 02Re:Why #2? - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:56:08] <exec> 08└─If you mean the recent conversion of PayPal Buyer's Credit to a PayPal Mastercard, that was avoidable. It didn't convert till you clicked the link to activate the card, so I just never clicked the link. I got a followup warning that if I didn't do so by a certain date I would lose the opportunity an...
[00:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Shame - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:57:06] <exec> 08└─Why are you so fixated on shaming? That was your word. It was the wrong word and it was a mistake to indulge you in accepting it. This class didn't shame the pharmabro. They exposed his bullshit for everyone else to see.
[00:57:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03melikamp [1886] (Score:2) 02Re:Shame - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:57:08] <exec> 08└─Too much coffee, THAT'S WHY!
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[01:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Trump's already checked out. - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:54:48] <exec> 08└─Trump's already checked out. He's only taken 3 of the daily security briefings. [nytimes.com] He spends his time on twitter, watching fox news and right now, as I'm typing, he's holding a rally in front of a half-empty stadium [twitter.com] in Cincinnati because he misses the ego stroking of all the...
[01:54:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:54:50] <exec> 08└─They might dimly recall President Obama who was elected within living memory. Every power they hand to Trump has a strong likelihood of ending up in the hands of the next Obama who will probably be elected in the next four to eight years rather than way beyond their "don't care" horizon.
[01:54:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:54:53] <exec> 08└─This is very true. Unfortunately, the same could be said for the current President who doesn't have a stellar history when it comes to state-sponsored surveillance on citizens.
[01:54:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:54:55] <exec> 08└─It's going to be interesting who runs for POTUS in 4 or 8 years after Trump. If he actually does a good job, the next in line probably won't be a career politician.
[01:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:0, Offtopic) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 1051 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:54:57] <exec> 08└─Let's talk about third-order effects - implied understanding that the sweeping domestic powers are to be used against Islamic and other Brown Anti-Americans rather than Joe Whiteboy in Northern California in possession of 2 30-round magazines bitching about taxes but otherwise paying them and holdin...
[01:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:4, Informative) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:55:01] <exec> 08└─Whoever believes that the problem people have with Trump is that he's defeated X, has not been paying attention to Trump's actions since the election, nor to his incoming cabinet.
[01:56:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pino P [4721] 02Re:Why #2? - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 168 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:56:22] <exec> 08└─Mostly freezing people's funds for months on end, and other glitches of which PayPal and its former owner eBay have attempted to remove all evidence [straightdope.com].
[01:56:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03dyingtolive [952] 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 532 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:56:50] <exec> 08└─It's funny, because controversy suggests that there's another side to the argument, but yours seems to be the modern definition of the word. I think it's just one of those words that (at least, to me) has stopped being a word with meaning and has become a sign that a person using it is parroting the...
[01:57:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:57:00] <exec> 08└─I've been struggling with just what costs need to be paid for it to stop.
[01:57:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 2438 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:57:02] <exec> 08└─Why do you have to be so full of shit? I've not heard liberals say anything remotely like what you're saying, and I live near one of their capitols, San Fransisco. How does the idiocy of arguing about climate change and anti-EPA positions have anything to do with racism? They don't, and I've not hea...
[01:57:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:57:13] <exec> 08└─What if I don't like gingers?
[01:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03PurpleAlien [5483] (Score:1) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:59:28] <exec> 08└─Yep, 2G is all but dead in the States. You can't introduce new products based on it for example.
[01:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03PurpleAlien [5483] (Score:1) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:59:31] <exec> 08└─You mean, with something like this: http://www.purplealienplanet.com [purplealienplanet.com] which we've been building for years? Some more info if you want to know more: https://www.linkedin.com [linkedin.com] and https://www.linkedin.com
[01:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03PurpleAlien [5483] (Score:1) 02Re:How to communicate? - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:59:38] <exec> 08└─It's LTE Cat 1. That means you have a full TCP/UDP/IP stack. IP address is based on your carrier; you can get static IP addresses if needed with M2M SIM cards for example. IPv6 is available with some.
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[02:54:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Begging Makes Soylent Money - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:54:32] <exec> 08└─Give Today! Why Gift Site News Funding Goal: $3,000 Progress So Far: $2,439 81% Effective: 2016-June to 2016-December Updated: 2016-10-10 Updated by: NiggCommander
[02:54:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:54:34] <exec> 08└─From the paper: In other words, we are approximating the sigmoid learning curves typical of our model with a step function
[02:54:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Trump's already checked out. - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:54:44] <exec> 08└─So what we have left are the statements of the people who he's installed to do the actual work of running the government. We should take them at their word because they have been very clear and consistent about their intentions.
[02:54:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:54:53] <exec> 08└─Whoever believes that the problem people have with Trump is that he's defeated X, has not been paying attention to Trump's actions since the election, nor to his incoming cabinet.
[02:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Phase Diagram - 06Carbon Nanotubes Make Water Freeze Solid at Boiling Temperatures - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:55:26] <exec> 08└─The only asshole is the one that ruined the joke. For an XKCD comic, I thought it was one of the funnier ones and certainly on topic.
[02:55:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:All 110 GB of Bitcoin's blockchain - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:55:55] <exec> 08└─If I had more faith in Bitcoin as a sustainable currency, I'd consider making and selling a semiportable device that could validate bitcoins. Biggest hurdle I see is that it would probably cost as much as a cheap laptop.
[02:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Burz [6156] (Score:1) 02Re:Venmo - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:56:04] <exec> 08└─I think you mean it's "oligarchs all the way down". That's what a society with hugely unequal wealth means, everything becomes a sham for some huge corporate interest and most people are too poor to educate and organize against them.
[02:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:You don't "fire" a service - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:56:31] <exec> 08└─So the first step toward getting rich is to have twice as much money as you need. Easy!
[02:57:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:57:03] <exec> 08└─It was literally an anecdote about a bad joke.
[02:57:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02In related news... - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 578 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:57:33] <exec> 08└─A group of high school students in Juarez, Mexico managed to create the active ingredient in methamphetamine for 200 pesos (about US$10). This methamphetamine would sell for thousands of dollars on the United States black market. If manufactured by the US pharmaceutical industry and sold legally, ac...
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[03:54:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:29] <exec> 08└─And of course we can all think of a few people who could lose their head, regrow it and nobody would ever notice the difference.
[03:54:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 1628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:30] <exec> 08└─“You see,” he began, “the whole problem was that the ambassador is very definitely not a female. That threw me for a while, but I couldn't give it my full attention until I figured out what had caused its problem in the first place. But there were so many hints I should have seen it even soone...
[03:54:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02cuz then "off with their heads" - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:33] <exec> 08└─is rather pointless. I blame the French revolution folks who made the guillotine a necessary addition to every French asshole's repertoire.
[03:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:54:43] <exec> 08└─All research must be done within the proper social network and certainly incompetent is anyone who neglects to name-drop the name of your hero.
[03:54:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:54:45] <exec> 08└─Really they don't compare the performance of their model with any other reinforcment learning models. Thurstone's is just one of the earliest, the simplest to conceive, and they don't even mention him.
[03:54:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:54:47] <exec> 08└─It's not that significant a problem. The step function is a natural approximation for the sigmoid function and it simplifies the math greatly. I don't see the model being affected greatly by this choice. Further, since they speak of "chaining" multiple learning steps together, they will naturally ge...
[03:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Learning makes animals intelligent? - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:49] <exec> 08└─Isn’t that a bit like saying “pouring water on things makes them wet”? A better headline might have been “Animals are Intelligent Enough to Learn” perhaps. I know it’s the TFA’s title too, but it doesn’t sound any less silly.
[03:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:55:04] <exec> 08└─Let's talk about third-order effects - implied understanding that the sweeping domestic powers are to be used against Islamic and other Brown Anti-Americans rather than Joe Whiteboy in Northern California in possession of 2 30-round magazines bitching about taxes but otherwise paying them and holdin...
[03:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trump Trump Trump - 06Carbon Nanotubes Make Water Freeze Solid at Boiling Temperatures - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:55:38] <exec> 08└─Haha I wouldn't worry about getting shot by a trump supporter, but I would worry about having our freedoms stripped even further away along with a drastic increase in prison populations.
[03:56:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Re:Person-to-Person? Allow me to be an ass... - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:56:15] <exec> 08└─Must have missed the sometimes in it did you? At least you have chance, Bitcoin no hope in hell of getting it back.
[03:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03nethead [4970] (Score:1) 02Re:How to communicate? - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:59:42] <exec> 08└─It looks like there is now going to be a Cat M1 version from VZN: Cat-M1 is a version of LTE technology that functions on 1.4 MHz spectrum and is used to connect devices to the Internet of Things (IoT). Though the technology only comes with average upload speeds between 200 kbps and 400 kbps it als...
[04:00:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Condensed - 06Dear Journalists: Stop Taking Trump Literally - 1351 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:43] <exec> 08└─Short version: the left has an impossibly large stick up their ass. Long version: none of the rhetoric matters until there are some policies on the table. Even those who are less than enthused with Trump get he is speaking off-the-cuff, and short of actively looking for gotchas, he is pretty easy to...
[04:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03an Anonymous Coward [2620] (Score:1) 02Re:Condensed - 06Dear Journalists: Stop Taking Trump Literally - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:01:00] <exec> 08└─Hold him to what he himself says? Or, hold him to what his opposition says he said? Also, the right as in the people politically to the right of moderates? Or, the "right" as in anyone that didn't enthusiastically vote for Hillary?
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[04:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02One of the great moments - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:54:33] <exec> 08└─in the history of the Internet occurred on Amazon's web site [amazon.com] in the week following the last Presidential debate in 2012, when Mitt Romney made his (obviously prepared) comment that when he was governor of Massachusetts, "we had binders full of women [candidates for open jobs]". At the t...
[04:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:54:41] <exec> 08└─Sure would be nice to regrow teeth. We get to do it once. Why just once?
[04:54:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:54:44] <exec> 08└─Probably because we only need to do it once. Unlike sharks and other animals that regrow teeth regularly, we don't do anything that really requires new teeth. Our teeth tend to last a lifetime and when we lose our teeth we have a tendency to not have sufficient jaw left to keep new teeth anchored. U...
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[04:54:57] <exec> 08└─No, there are other models that deduce the sigmoid curve from basic postulates. It isnt something arbitrary.
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[04:55:18] <exec> 08└─I think many Trump supporters are simply past the point of caring about people who cry wolf. As a collective, the left wing media has been shouting, "IDIOT! MISOGYNIST! RAPIST! HITLER!" at the top of their lungs for many months in a row, trying to get him to back down. His movement did not back down...
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[04:55:20] <exec> 08└─Very true sir. I've noticed the left wing really only two talking points these days: free college for everyone and vote for us because the other guy is a racist/bigot. No wonder their party is going extinct.
[04:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02great hope change - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:22] <exec> 08└─I thought the hope and change guy didn't get a 3rd term?
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[04:55:35] <exec> 08└─Cutting submarine cables is considered an act of war by the way.
[04:57:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You don't "fire" a service - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:57:05] <exec> 08└─Submitter is a Trump fan. It's easy to say fuck you, you suck, I'm outta here, never again. Of course, sometimes it's justified but I think people get lazy about holding others to a higher standard of consistency of performance and ethics (like, illegal file sharing doesn't hurt anybody?) than they...
[04:57:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:You don't "fire" a service - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:57:08] <exec> 08└─I dunno, perhaps he light their offices on fire and hasn't yet been arrested.
[04:58:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Iceland is awesome - 06The Frozen Banana Republic - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:58:59] <exec> 08└─You are confusing Icelandic girls with jewesses.
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[04:59:48] <exec> 08└─Thanks... I thought that SMS messaging was alive and well judging how many kids I see texting. When I discovered the availability of these modules, I was all aglow with the opportunities it afforded me to remote control anything within roaming range of a cellphone. I have built other things of simi...
[04:59:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PurpleAlien [5483] (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:59:49] <exec> 08└─The reason why those SIM modules are so cheap is because every vendor with 2G modules in stock is trying to get rid of them. They want to go LTE as soon as possible, but LTE is also not a panacea (especially if you want worldwide use without different module versions). Most kids these days don't act...
[04:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 1470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:59:53] <exec> 08└─You may have to bite the bullet and install a fuel solenoid, or have a solenoid which allows air into the suction end of your injector pump, so you can deliberately force a situation on your thief where he has to go bleed the air out of the injectors before he can get the truck started again. This i...
[05:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yeah right. - 06Top German Spy Warns of Political Cyberattacks, Russia Links - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:00:16] <exec> 08└─“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Sun Tzu
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[05:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:54:33] <exec> 08└─Actually, I was surprised Amazon would let me post a review of something I did not buy from them. Seems like being able to yap about something without putting your money where your mouth is would just invite shill reviews.
[05:54:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:54:34] <exec> 08└─There is always the small possibility that you bought the product from another source, so Amazon would have no record.
[05:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 960 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:54:37] <exec> 08└─And again, then why exactly would Amazon want their feedback? Items available at different big retailers are often subtly different, or are packaged/stored/sold differently, which might impact perception of product... And that's assuming you're not just attracting shills or irrational people who jus...
[05:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:54:39] <exec> 08└─Amazon loves their shills. And since they are hawking such amazing items everybody will be more likely to give them all their money. "Only" 5 items a week you haven't even bought is nothing but an empty gesture. Fuck Amazon and their userbase. https://en.wikipedia.org [...
[05:54:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I never read reviews, people can't be trusted. - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:54:41] <exec> 08└─I refuse to read reviews for the same reason Thornton Melon refused to buy used textbooks. "What's with the used books?" "What's wrong with used books?" "They've already been read." "And they've already been underlined." "That's the problem. The guy who underlined them could have been a maniac."
[05:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:54:43] <exec> 08└─In fact, I'd argue that the sarcasm itself makes them 10 times more potent. Which is more powerful do you think: "This banana slicer totally saved my marriage!" or "this product is kind of ridiculous"?
[05:54:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score:2) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:54:45] <exec> 08└─I love the sarcastic reviews. They're funny and wildly creative; I never want them to go away. But they are fundamentally not reviews of the product. A reasonable review of the banana slicer would be that it's functional, but the blades get dull after a year of use. There's not much you can say abo...
[05:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:54:56] <exec> 08└─Wtf?
[05:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Puppet - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:55:33] <exec> 08└─Trump is a puppet. NAWBO (http://www.nawbo.org/) is the puppetmaster.
[05:56:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems like a great supervillian weapon - 06Carbon Nanotubes Make Water Freeze Solid at Boiling Temperatures - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:56:13] <exec> 08└─OK so you got the nanotubes inside the blood, now how do you get the blood inside the tiny cavities of carbon nanotubes
[05:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03PocketSizeSUn [5340] (Score:2) 02Re:The elephant in the room - 06The Frozen Banana Republic - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:59:17] <exec> 08└─Not sure if I should mod this Informative: A banana republic does not refer to the production of bananas, just like an elephant in the room does not refer to a literal elephant.
[06:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score:1) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:00:08] <exec> 08└─I hate to frivolously kill and start that diesel. Rough on the glow plugs. Nor do I want the engine cooling off - it can be difficult starting that thing if it is really cold out; I'd rather buy it a bit of diesel fuel to keep it warm than burning the battery, glow plugs, and starter out.
[06:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:00:11] <exec> 08└─Thanks for those links!
[06:01:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02Re:Trump better leans to say what he means - 06Dear Journalists: Stop Taking Trump Literally - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:08] <exec> 08└─He clearly is not nearly as thin skinned as most people, especially the Democrat Media, seem (hint: they really don't) to believe. Gov. Haley was fairly rough in her criticism of Trump and is now set to join his administration. And look at Romney, that jerk didn't just insult Trump, he insulted ever...
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[06:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 2365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:54:42] <exec> 08└─I used to buy a lot of stuff from Amazon. In a way, I felt it almost a duty to report back my impressions of the product, because I had also used those reviews left by others as a basis for my own decision to purchase or not. It was just my way of paying back into the system. Most of the stuff I bou...
[06:54:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I never read reviews, people can't be trusted. - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:54:46] <exec> 08└─Because a maniac could have underlined the reviews?
[06:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:54:50] <exec> 08└─I always like to read reviews in reverse-rank order... that is I want to see the ones written by pissed-off people FIRST. Then, I reserve the right to determine if the product or the reviewer is bad. Generally, I find the bad reviews by far the most helpful ones.
[06:54:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:54:52] <exec> 08└─Wow... you have a lot of time on your hands.. I find the Q&A utility in amazon quite helpful in asking past buyers direct questions. I usually reciprocate as well when I get questions on my past purchase.
[06:54:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:54:54] <exec> 08└─I find usually if a product sucks*, it will generate a trail of unhappy folks. This is my modus operandi on Yelp.com. I always want to see the bad reviews first. * in the event the product is a vacuum cleaner, the converse is true.
[06:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How to Avoid Huge Ships is not “fake” - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:54:56] <exec> 08└─It actually seems to be a serious maritime operations book that should be useful for the captains of smaller boats like yachts and trawlers who do need to learn techniques for avoiding collisions with much larger ships while sailing. This actually doesn’t sound like such a trivial task. The rather...
[06:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score:2) 02Re:How to Avoid Huge Ships is not “fake” - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:54:58] <exec> 08└─It's not the products that are fake; it's the reviews.
[06:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:23] <exec> 08└─No, there are other models that deduce the sigmoid curve from basic postulates. It isnt something arbitrary.
[06:55:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:46] <exec> 08└─At least this has a little more meat than the usual comparisons to Hitler and the like. I've found conservative commentary that wasn't in support of Trump to be pretty decent at picking apart the appointments. Some good, some bad- but that isn't much different from anyone else. The damnable part wil...
[06:55:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Puppet - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:49] <exec> 08└─Not what I expected, thanks for the chuckle.
[07:00:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:24] <exec> 08└─Thanks... About the block heater... I will use those on my own property. This is more for deliveries, visits, and restaurant/bathroom pit stops. I hate to cycle all the startup systems excessively. If its freezing cold outside and I want to take my time in a restaurant, I had just as soon leave th...
[07:01:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02Re:Rules for survival under an autocrat - 06Dear Journalists: Stop Taking Trump Literally - 394 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:21] <exec> 08└─what has really been missing in the (what I consider to be) excessive alarmism over Mr. Trump's election is a recognition of the inherent limitations of the executive to actually accomplish his goals. Even with both houses of the Congress, there are still serious speedbumps in the way of the executi...
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[07:54:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02baZynga - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:34] <exec> 08└─Penalty is forfeiture of entire salary. Already spent the money on hookers and blow? That's your problem. Pay up, now you have massive debt, and you're blackballed. Enjoy never finding a job anywhere, ever again. And you thought working for a startup would be cool.
[07:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02daily diet of nigger cum - 06Digital Microbes for Munching Yourself Healthy - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:41] <exec> 08└─full of that niggery goodness
[07:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I never read reviews, people can't be trusted. - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:54:57] <exec> 08└─Sorry, I forgot nobody reads books anymore, so no student ever underlines passages in textbooks as a reminder of what to study for exams, no one ever sells books back to bookstores to be bought used, stupid students never underline the wrong passages in textbooks, and maniacs never mislead future st...
[07:55:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02only five reviews a week - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:05] <exec> 08└─That's per account, I'm assuming. Making an account, if I recall correctly, didn't even require a working e-mail address.
[07:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:55:16] <exec> 08└─we don't do anything that really requires new teeth
[07:55:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:55:18] <exec> 08└─Until we can regenerate the bone, ligaments and gum that keep teeth in place, there's not much point in regrowing teeth as they'd fall out pretty much immediately anyways.
[07:55:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:55:52] <exec> 08└─Feinstein is Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
[07:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:55:58] <exec> 08└─I think many Trump supporters are simply past the point of caring about people who cry wolf.
[07:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:56:00] <exec> 08└─It's OK to be White again.
[07:57:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:You don't "fire" a service - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:57:53] <exec> 08└─I dunno,
[07:58:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 1124 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:58:27] <exec> 08└─I think the flamebait mod is unwarranted. It's a valid point. Language has been diluted to meaningless pablum. I could throw another term, "anti-Semite," out there as an additional example. It used to mean "a person who is prejudiced against Jews." Now it means "anyone a Jew doesn't like or disagree...
[07:58:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:58:35] <exec> 08└─I've spent a decent amount of the last 12 hours or so wanting to argue this, but I find that I cannot. Swim or die, sir. Swim or die.
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[08:54:54] <exec> 08└─It's a good thing SN doesn't have commenters like that.
[08:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I never read reviews, people can't be trusted. - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:54:55] <exec> 08└─It's a good thing SN doesn't do ̲u̲n̲d̲e̲r̲l̲i̲n̲e̲.̲
[08:55:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:02] <exec> 08└─I always like to read reviews in reverse-rank order... that is I want to see the ones written by pissed-off people FIRST.
[08:55:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:only five reviews a week - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:07] <exec> 08└─Thanks for your feedback. Please be sure to add your comments to our new Amazon product policy reviews where you can give our new "only five per week" policy the five stars it deserves!
[08:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:18] <exec> 08└─Exactly. Abrasion. The perfect businessword for dental insurance... not covered if the problem is a result of abrasion. So I ended up paying full price for a crown when I thought I was "covered". Coverage, my ass. I was just about as covered as a pretty girl at the beach wearing a string bikini, b...
[08:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:20] <exec> 08└─Unlike sharks and other animals that regrow teeth regularly, we don't do anything that really requires new teeth.
[08:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:23] <exec> 08└─I believe that technically we never regrow teeth. The two sets are quite different (at least the roots are different). As an aside, being able to regrow teeth would make a very big difference for old people. If you can't eat properly, everything in your body ages much faster.
[08:55:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Learning makes animals intelligent? - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:40] <exec> 08└─that might have been the intention. :-)
[08:55:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02Re:Trump's already checked out. - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 228 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:55:49] <exec> 08└─So what we have left are the statements of the people who he's installed to do the actual work of running the government. We should take them at their word because they have been very clear and consistent about their intentions.
[08:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:56:04] <exec> 08└─Cool story bro.
[08:57:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03boxfetish [4831] (Score:1) 02Re:Why #2? - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:57:45] <exec> 08└─Gotta agree. It's great to use PayPal (hell, even eBay and Amazon) to buy things. You are crazy to use any of them to sell things. I do almost all my selling on Craigslist with cash in person now. It takes longer, but just got tired of getting screwed by buyers or the venue itself. I occasionally...
[08:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better yet... - 06More Than 1 Million Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan Malware - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:59:29] <exec> 08└─It is unclear to me how remembering decent password would help when the attackers in this case essentially took (the equivalent of) an extended session cookie. As far as I can tell the actual passwords were safe (which is why Google just logged everybody out rather than forcing people to change pass...
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[09:55:01] <exec> 08└─> Items available at different big retailers are often subtly different, or are packaged/stored/sold differently, Have you ever used Amazon? Because items available at amazon are often subtly different, or are packaged/stored/sold differently, If a product has multiple variations, like say a 2TB and...
[09:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fakespot - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:19] <exec> 08└─Anyone considering buying a non-namebrand product from Amazon should use fakespot [fakespot.com] to get an idea of whether or not the seller is using shill reviews. Its not 100% accurate, it seems to be over sensitive when there are only a small number of reviews. So its not a excuse to deep six you...
[09:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score:2) 02Re:amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:55:37] <exec> 08└─Just google i..... crap! non of the phrases in that post produce even a hint at a real text. Anyone got a source?
[09:55:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:55:39] <exec> 08└─I did JFGI sigh.
[09:56:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Don't Feed the Troll - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:56:21] <exec> 08└─I've noticed that they care a big deal about attacking and getting back at "the left", and they give absolutely zero fucks about the country, how its run, or any of the people in it.
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[10:54:55] <exec> 08└─This sounds like a very positive development, but unfortunately on reading TFS my gut (har har) reaction is: "So does this mean we can look forward to more "probiotic" quackery?" While I fully accept that gut bacteria are important and there are lots of possible health benefits to tinkering with the...
[10:55:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:55:09] <exec> 08└─Uhhhh...because there is tons of stuff that is the same no matter where you buy them? I've submitted reviews on bass guitars, foot pedals, amps, DSPs, a mixer, CPUs,GPUs, hard drives, and motherboards, only about a quarter of which I had bought directly from them but with all those items its the sam...
[10:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:48] <exec> 08└─Another ludicrous attempt to get funding, without even a basic thought of the logic. The species that *can* regrow limbs (Salamander) may have a much bigger genome (10x human), but they are also *much* smaller. I will go out on a limb (sic) and say, that we could regrow a leg - only it would take 15...
[10:55:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:55:50] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure that most of your counterpoints could be addressed by technology, and even if not I don't think those restrictions make it entirely useless. 15 years to grow a new leg? Well, better than nothing, except for the very elderly. 6 months to replace a tooth? Yeah, I'd go for that right no...
[10:55:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03geb [529] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:55:52] <exec> 08└─Cold blooded creatures have far larger genomes than mammals because they have multiple overlapping layers of metabolism, to allow them to function at a range of temperatures. With a fixed body temperature, you can live with a single enzyme to do a single job. If the environment determines your body...
[10:57:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:All 110 GB of Bitcoin's blockchain - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:57:42] <exec> 08└─Yes, but how do you buy the card?
[10:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Only $20... - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:59:29] <exec> 08└─What country do you live in where 4 17-year old highschool students are paid $150k a year, for what was obviously extremely part-time work???
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[11:54:57] <exec> 08└─"Besides, if you start with a crime, they will be able to bribe you for the rest of your life, even if they don't ask you to do something worse." The word you're looking for is blackmail. Bribe exploits your greed (or desperation), while blackmail exploits your previous mistakes (real or perceived).
[11:54:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Internet literacy - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:54:59] <exec> 08└─According to the article, "Before returning work laptop, employee searched: "How to erase my hard drive."" Since we know that, I'm assuming he didn't find what he was looking for. So not only is he unethical - which is a given, since he worked at Zynga - his Googling (Binging?) skills are subpar too...
[11:55:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:55:57] <exec> 08└─DuckDuckGo didn't produce any results. Google produced a link to the 2016 Democratic Primary Debate as he top hit. Bing produced a link to Meryl Streep's Wikipedia page as the top hit.
[11:56:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:56:02] <exec> 08└─I am working proximal to some of this technology - stem cells can repair some very subtle structures. Organs will need considerable amounts cellular framework, but might be doable (heart, kidneys). But a complex biomass such as a limb, has issues due to the fundamental mechanism of cellular growth....
[11:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:56:05] <exec> 08└─I did not imply size had anything to do with complexity - I happened to work with the group that sequenced that beasty! I was pointing out that novelties like huge genomes (this used to be used as grant justification..) , are not sufficient to overcome the energetics of the biochemical machinery req...
[11:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:56:07] <exec> 08└─A cow in a feedlot becomes ready for slaughter after ~13 months. That's way more muscle an bone grown than would be necessary to re-grow a human bone.
[11:56:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:56:09] <exec> 08└─I mean of course "[...] to re-grow a human arm or leg"
[11:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:56:11] <exec> 08└─well the block diagram in my mind has "bioreactor" , but yeah....
[11:56:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Stem cells? - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:56:14] <exec> 08└─Could this be simply because regrowing limbs requires lots of stem cells, and those are limited in the number of divisions they can do, so regrowing something large would cut a lot of time off your expected life span. Meanwhile, getting rid of the limit to the number of divisions happen all the time...
[11:58:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:All 110 GB of Bitcoin's blockchain - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:58:00] <exec> 08└─You don't need to store the entire block chain. If you really don't trust it, then you can download it and verify the chain is it comes in. Most consumer Internet connections are sufficiently slow that you can verify it as it arrives, without having to store it anywhere. The entire point of a block...
[11:58:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:1) 02Re:All 110 GB of Bitcoin's blockchain - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:58:04] <exec> 08└─No idea, I'm just saying they exist. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[11:58:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:a related topic - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:58:24] <exec> 08└─The issue you have is the permissions, and that is rightly fucked on both Android and iOS. You have to jailbreak/root the crap out of it before you can start taking away permissions from apps, and sometimes, that breaks the apps
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[12:54:36] <exec> 08└─Can I hug and hold hands with them? Can we code some sweet apps up in this seed accelerator?
[12:54:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Dumber than a truck driver. - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 1192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:54:58] <exec> 08└─That's not an insult. I was a semi-truck (lorry?) driver instructor. Even I know to overwrite files multiple times. Why didn't he image his drive, do the dirty, then overwrite the entire drive, and re-image it? I am 'competent' with a computer, but no expert, so maybe this is lacking a step, or five...
[12:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:55:54] <exec> 08└─How I would love to mark this down as introspection and self-awareness... But I suspect you are talking about others? :-)
[12:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:56:01] <exec> 08└─Google thinks this is about Tara Moss or a feminist book shop
[12:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:56:07] <exec> 08└─> My musing is that our technology might be able to "print" or otherwise give a major structural template, it maybe possible. In other words it's a choice between "growing a new leg" as in "start off with a tiny foetus-leg that gradually develops into an adult-sized one" and "growing a new leg" as i...
[12:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Fortunately for the President-elect - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:56:43] <exec> 08└─I made this same point all through the Bush and Obama administrations. You might be OK handing police state powers over to "your" guy, but what happens when those powers transfer to the "wrong" guy? I'm certain none of these powers should ever have been granted in a country that likes to think of it...
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[12:57:40] <exec> 08└─Ice-Nine. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[12:58:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Person-to-Person? Allow me to be an ass... - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:15] <exec> 08└─The Bitcoin Network (if it's actually working) just distributes the trust across independent actors. It's still a third party, and there is still the need to trust a third party, albeit that trust can be rendered very small. Why don't you understand this? Appealing to authority won't help you...
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[13:54:45] <exec> 08└─soylentnews is going downhill, start cleaning this crap
[13:54:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:54:47] <exec> 08└─Why is this propaganda?
[13:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Over 60 years late... - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:49] <exec> 08└─If they had not destroyed the existing infrastructure (Gaza: bulldozered into the Mediterranean, Westbank: blown up) in the 1950's (no... we will not/cannot use this stuff, it's all Israelian/Jewish), (the State of) Palestine would probably have been one of the wealthiest countries in that region by...
[13:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Cuts through Palestinians like butter! - 06Researchers Create First 'Water-Wave Laser' - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:56] <exec> 08└─Sieg Heil Israel!
[13:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Re:Dumber than a truck driver. - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:55:14] <exec> 08└─As a computer-literate truck driver, you should know the only safe way of erasing a hard drive is to drive over it.
[13:55:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02The irony here is - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:15] <exec> 08└─The company sues a former employee for breaching their precious company data, yet stores said data on a Google Drive. Riiiight... On a side note, who the hell is Zynga or Scopely, and why do they matter?
[13:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Yay - 06Digital Microbes for Munching Yourself Healthy - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:55:25] <exec> 08└─The whole industry feels a lot more marketing driven than science driven, which is a shame because the potential is huge.
[13:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:56:43] <exec> 08└─Yes it is. In the paper they use a softmax function to decide which behavior is chosen, because it is "simple". Everything else follows from that. The model is arbitrary at its foundations.
[13:57:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:57:12] <exec> 08└─You're right to a degree. It's another example of why the "left vs. right" ruse is so deleterious. It's the cover under which charlatans and thieves work their nonsense. I reckon it's not actually the "left" the Trump supporters loathe, but the elites; if you listen to them, they do conflate the two...
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[13:57:15] <exec> 08└─Yes, and wouldn't it be epic if the "right" and the "left" could put aside those stupid, meaningless labels when that moment comes and work together?
[13:57:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:57:17] <exec> 08└─Not gonna happen. What you are forgetting in your estimation is the moderates, and they know for a fucking fact the left will turn at the first opportunity. The left have proven themselves to be completely untrustworthy, and the right have their own issues as well. You can't work together with someo...
[13:58:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:answer - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:58:16] <exec> 08└─Try eating more pineapple.
[13:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 1992 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:59:28] <exec> 08└─Then you're going to lose badly because you're not discerning the real reasons for their revolt. There are some Trump supporters who believe he's the second coming of white Jesus; they think the Klan has "a lot of good ideas" and have pondered moving themselves to the American Redoubt (as a Montanan...
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[14:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:54:38] <exec> 08└─Just because they are distinguished in their fields . . . Just because they are associated with a highly notable institution of higher learning . . . Just because they are known for sound reason, supporting facts, reproducible results . . . . . . does NOT mean that you should give credibility to wha...
[14:54:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Disruption - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:54:40] <exec> 08└─A better course of action than mewling about media fabrications would be to build systems with teeth. Don't like Big Oil and its influence on government? Direct your efforts to making centrally controlled energy a thing of the past. Don't like Wall Street's vise grip on government? Make banks a thin...
[14:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Disruption - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:54:42] <exec> 08└─"don't like gravity? create an anti-grav device" etc etc. you are a funny guy. just have the science guys 'fix shit' technically, right? that's all that is needed. just that. simple. (man... do you believe the stuff you write, or what?)
[14:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Old vulnerability - 06Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero day Used to Unmask Tor Browser Users - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:54:50] <exec> 08└─If the Security Focus page can be believed, the vulnerability goes back all the way to Firefox 0.1.
[14:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:55:01] <exec> 08└─As far as I can tell, because this article suggests that (A) Palestinians exist, and (B) many and possibly most of them aren't raging anti-Jewish fanatic terrorists. Alternately, because the organization reporting it is Al Jazeera, who consistently takes the viewpoint that (A) Arabs and Muslims exis...
[14:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:55:03] <exec> 08└─I will build a wall to keep the propaganda out. Vote AC 2017, make SN great again!
[14:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:55:05] <exec> 08└─You have my 3 votes.
[14:55:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 1659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:55:07] <exec> 08└─I don't know. From what I understand Arab women aren't frightened by computers and maths like women in the USA are, and it sounds like they're not having a problem finding women who would be interested. That part that's a bit weird though is seeing the lizard people still pushing this gender gap thi...
[14:55:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Please stop - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:10] <exec> 08└─Al Jazeera
[14:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just in time for giant meteor 2016 - 06Researchers Create First 'Water-Wave Laser' - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:20] <exec> 08└─A wave motion gun if you will
[14:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02two detectors, same phenomenon - 06Groundwater Helium Level Could Signal Potential Risk of Earthquake - 965 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:27] <exec> 08└─It seems to me that both of these methods are relying on detection of the same phenomenon - release of noble gasses from geological traps. [wikipedia.org] The reason these gasses would end up in groundwater or the air near faults is that they are being released from their reservoirs by precursor tre...
[14:55:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Dumber than a truck driver. - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:55:40] <exec> 08└─Just dd over the entire device with zeroes once. Unless the NSA spends its entire yearly budget on it, nobody is going to be able to recover it. They've done studies. That this guy couldn't even figure out how to do that makes him look pretty dumb. Although I suppose handing a laptop with a wiped ha...
[14:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:The irony here is - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:55:43] <exec> 08└─Zynga is that company that based their entire corporate plan on finding popular facebook games, ripping them off as closely as possible with their own versions, and then winning court cases against the original games. They're basically the kings of freemium Farmville-style gaming. So the hypocrisy a...
[14:56:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:11] <exec> 08└─I ran into that problem with reviews for multiple products with slightly different attributes e.g. storage capacities for drives and portable USB batteries, or different lengths of the same charging cable, but discovered that if you go to the actual reviews page (not just the review section on the m...
[14:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:12] <exec> 08└─For when the blue version of the drive has a higher failure rate ;)
[14:56:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Shills... - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:15] <exec> 08└─but with all those items its the same everywhere you go
[14:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:29] <exec> 08└─Generally, I evaluate a product first by the number of reviews it has, but then weight the 5- and 1- star reviews a lot less than the 2-4 star reviews. Because let's face it, very few products are perfect or terrible in every way, and most of the 5- and 1-star reviews are from people who have used i...
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[14:56:35] <exec> 08└─Brilliant, thank you.
[14:56:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:49] <exec> 08└─I may be getting a crown myself in the near-ish future. Did you submit a pre-determination before getting the procedure done, to see if your insurer would in fact cover it?
[14:56:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:52] <exec> 08└─his is one of the most ignorant things I have ever read. Jaw loss? What are you talking about? Have you never heard of dental implants?
[14:56:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:54] <exec> 08└─Nice, a fake WebMD ran by a beauty supply company. I believe EVERYTHING I read there.
[14:56:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:56:57] <exec> 08└─Our teeth tend to last a lifetime and when we lose our teeth we have a tendency to not have sufficient jaw left to keep new teeth anchored.
[14:58:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems like a great supervillian weapon - 06Carbon Nanotubes Make Water Freeze Solid at Boiling Temperatures - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:58:47] <exec> 08└─Tiny vacuums?
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[15:54:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:54:51] <exec> 08└─You're right, it doesn't. You don't take car-care advice from your doctor, do you?
[15:54:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:54:52] <exec> 08└─If the doctor says "You really ought not to piss in your gas tank and follow it up with a bag of sugar" then yes, yes I do. Because that is what this administration is doing to the US legislative, executive, and very soon judicial branches. This is a fallacy on your part. Again.
[15:54:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:54:54] <exec> 08└─The fallacies are yours! * This administration doesn't even exist yet; you cannot yet say that it is ruining things. * You are confusing your own understanding for your mythical doctor's understanding that it is bad to piss in the gas tank; you already know that it's bad to piss in your gas tank, re...
[15:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:54:56] <exec> 08└─We also know it's stupid to publicly threaten to pull out of already agreed deals, imply you won't support your existing alliances, or to have a VP that thinks you can shock the gay out of people.
[15:54:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:54:58] <exec> 08└─1) You are a special kind of stupid. Just because they aren't technically in office yet doesn't mean we don't know exactly what they're planning. These appointments are no accident; they're the Dominionists and corporatists setting up the system exactly as they want it. This has been at least 40 yea...
[15:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:01] <exec> 08└─I'm astonished that you think you've provided a rebuttal. Why are you so bad at thinking?
[15:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:03] <exec> 08└─ou are a special kind of stupid. Just because they aren't technically in office yet doesn't mean we don't know exactly what they're planning.
[15:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 1084 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:05] <exec> 08└─-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 You got your car analogy all wrong. Trump's supporters are the gas tank, and Trump is the one doing all the pissing. Let's hope they can catch every drop of that sweet sweet trickle down. ~ Anonymous 0x9932FE2729B1D963 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Ver...
[15:55:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:07] <exec> 08└─I know people at MIT; the one's who are actually useful to society are too busy in the lab to bother with such political nonsense.
[15:55:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:09] <exec> 08└─I know people at MIT; the one's who are actually useful to society are too busy in the lab to bother with such political nonsense.
[15:55:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:11] <exec> 08└─You seem to be conflating consideration and acceptance. You should consider ideas different from yours, but you should not blindly accept anything you are told, regardless of who the speaker is. When we object to "listening" to people, we object to blindly accepting someone's position just because t...
[15:55:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:13] <exec> 08└─Ummm.... the implication here is that "We should listen to these people, because they are MIT brains on legs!" Well, so what? Being a urologist doesn't imply you know anything about cars; that's not a good reason to heed advice on that matter. Now, if an MIT civil engineer pointed out irrefutable mi...
[15:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:18] <exec> 08└─Humans are both malicious and incompetent; scientists are not made of finer clay. Indeed, scientists and academicians are far more dangerous than the typical politician, because scientists and academicians can use Big Words and Intimidating Equations to make their stupid ideas appear to be inescapab...
[15:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:21] <exec> 08└─Name me the scientist, as opposed to the politician, who ever started a war. Go on.
[15:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:23] <exec> 08└─Here [yourlogicalfallacyis.com].
[15:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:25] <exec> 08└─Name me the politician, as opposed to the scientist, who ever designed a toxic food additive \ toxic chemical \ drug resistant bacteria \ unsafe vehicle \ etc... I'm often in the guy saying we should hang all the lawyers and politicians. But make no mistake, I always leave room for extra nooses. p.s...
[15:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:27] <exec> 08└─Indeed, scientists and academicians are far more dangerous than the typical politician
[15:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:29] <exec> 08└─Christopher Monckton has just produced and will within the next year have published a peer-reviewed article showing that all of the dire predictions of Global Climate Change are based on an incorrect application of mathematics. Somebody is wrong, and it wouldn't be the first time that it's the major...
[15:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02We sign a statement opposing Trump's cabinet picks - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:31] <exec> 08└─Yet "We unconditionally reject every form of ... hateful rhetoric and hateful action ... directed towards one's ... *political views* ..." Logic lobe of my brain just kaboomed.
[15:55:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We sign a statement opposing Trump's cabinet pi - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:33] <exec> 08└─It's not hateful to disagree.
[15:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2, Insightful) 02women vote trump so they can complain about trump - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:35] <exec> 08└─A group of female scientists concerned about racism and sexism in science initially aimed for 500 signatures from women scientists, but their list now has grown to over 11,000 worldwide.
[15:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:women vote trump so they can complain about tru - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:55:38] <exec> 08└─I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the 11,000 female scientists currently signing petitions and engaged in other ineffective gestures of virtue signalling against Trump are not the same women that rallied and voted for Trump.
[15:55:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Unconditionally? - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:40] <exec> 08└─We unconditionally reject every form of [...] hateful rhetoric [...] whether directed towards one's [...] political views [...].
[15:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02promotes open communication - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:42] <exec> 08└─I checked the first signatory, the most recent paper is behind a paywall: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [nih.gov] However, she does share all her publications on her webpage, which is good: http://web.mit.edu [mit.edu] Unfortunately the supplements are sti...
[15:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Good. - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:44] <exec> 08└─I'd be really worried if the same people who were happy about the last cabinet were satisfied with the new one.
[15:55:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Feeding the Troll - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:46] <exec> 08└─Trump's whole appeal to the *ahem* "common clay of the new west" was that he was going to put all those eggheaded liberal coastal elites who tell you what to do and what to think with their so-called "science" right back in their place (that place being stuffed into their lockers, after giving them...
[15:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:56:04] <exec> 08└─For comparison, the Anti-Defamation League just accused congressman Keith Ellison of racism because he dared to suggest that the interests of the roughly 8 million Israelis shouldn't receive more consideration in US policy than the interests of the roughly 400 million other people living in the Midd...
[15:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tangaroa [682] (Score:1) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:56:06] <exec> 08└─A) Palestinians exist, and (B) many and possibly most of them aren't raging anti-Jewish fanatic terrorists
[15:56:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:56:11] <exec> 08└─Huh? The rhythm of what you wrote would seem to mean something, but I have no idea what you're talking about. Can we all speak plainly here? I would hope it's been firmly established that on Soylent you can say whatever you want, but for mod's sake say it with as much crystalline vigor as you can. P...
[15:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:56:13] <exec> 08└─Reasonable post until halfway through when you derailed and crashed into the usual gender issue ranting. We get it; you've got problems. You don't need to constantly be spewing hate.
[15:56:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:56:15] <exec> 08└─It seems impossible to ascertain some kind of difference between women in the USA who are “girlfriends” vs. “prostitutes.”
[15:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What's a geek? - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:19] <exec> 08└─Looking at the images on the news article and website I wonder how much "Geek" is in that "Workspace" (not even a "hackerspace"?) All I see are a very few laptops and recent Applebooks. They seem more "IT entrepreneurs" to me.
[15:57:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:57:58] <exec> 08└─I'd love to try the experiment. Here, stick your head through this hole with the giant, slanted razor blade a few feet above it. You may feel a sharp pinch. I'll let you know the results of the experiment once I find a good medium :D
[15:58:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:Stem cells? - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:58:16] <exec> 08└─Actually, stem cells have a much larger Hayflick Limit than most, potentially infinite for some of the more pluripotent strains if provided with the right "chemical soup" to allow them to stop or even reverse telomere loss. I'm pretty sure most stem cells are also pretty localized, so even if regrow...
[15:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems like a great supervillian weapon - 06Carbon Nanotubes Make Water Freeze Solid at Boiling Temperatures - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:59:50] <exec> 08└─And now what to you use to remove the frozen blood and magically keep it from reverting to a liquid, so you can freeze more blood...
[16:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:All 110 GB of Bitcoin's blockchain - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:00:19] <exec> 08└─Sigh... it's not that you're wrong, it's that you're throwing away all of the precious and worthless data in the UXTO, and I resent that. I'm not disagreeing, though. The data can be pruned, you fucking barbarian. 😒 People like you make ASCII Bernanke cry tiny text-based tears.
[16:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Person-to-Person? Allow me to be an ass... - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:00:28] <exec> 08└─Nah, just pointing out that other times the ball lands differently and the blackjack table takes your money. I personally prefer the idea of knowing that my transactions can't be reversed by a third party, but I get that other people want to make different gambles and I respect that.
[16:00:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Person-to-Person? Allow me to be an ass... - 06I Just Fired PayPal -- What is the Best Alternate Person to Person Payment System? - 831 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:00:32] <exec> 08└─You are trusting that the entire network won't switch to a different protocol, which is the same sort of trust as trusting that people in aggregate will still value gold in the future. But given the rules of the protocol, you are not trusting a third party. If the entire bitcoin network conspired to...
[16:03:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03dlb [4790] (Score:2) 02Re:SIM808 modules... - 06Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:03:58] <exec> 08└─Yeah, thanks for the interesting links. (And is that your site? Are you the maker of the tracker?) Anyway, it'll still be informative to see how anubi sets things up. And, anubi, if you're writing your own software to handle the interactions between the text messaging and the hardware implementatio...
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[16:54:54] <exec> 08└─This sort of thing always intrigues me, because I personally do not understand the motivation beyond it being a generic labor of love. The game is free; there is no direct commercial value to its creators.As far as I can tell, it's built atop a presumably proprietary game engine. Why not pour that p...
[16:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:54:56] <exec> 08└─Why not pour that passion into something of your own?
[16:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:13] <exec> 08└─The US has historically discarded treaties when and as it chose to do so. Ask any of the Indian Nations. A treaty is worthless - less than worthless - we wipe our arses with them. Deals count less than treaties. You're talking about trade deals? Maybe you've missed the point of the election - Trump...
[16:55:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:17] <exec> 08└─For someone who didn't vote for trump you sure get upset when people criticize him. Maybe you're just upset that things look like more of the status quo? Except with a real chance of regressive policies which will roll back civil rights...
[16:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:19] <exec> 08└─Oh I'm not upset. I'm quite enjoying this discussion. And if it looks like I'm defending Trump simply because I dislike the bullshit that comes out of the regressive left, that's probably because you're a member and can't conceive of anyone thinking differently than you.
[16:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:23] <exec> 08└─It's astonishing that you think you've provided a rebuttal. Why are you so terrible at thinking?
[16:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:0, Flamebait) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:25] <exec> 08└─At least 40 years in the making - yeah, probably so. On the other side of the street, we have a vast left wing conspiracy that's been in the making for at least 100 years. Looks like the right wing are better conspirators than the left wing?
[16:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03schad [2398] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:27] <exec> 08└─If the doctor says "You really ought not to piss in your gas tank and follow it up with a bag of sugar" then yes, yes I do.
[16:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:29] <exec> 08└─I realize that that the professors at Devry, or wherever Buzzard went to college don't necessarily have expertise in the many areas where the Trump administration will make policy and enforce, or not enforce, existing laws. But it's different with professors at a top university such as MIT.
[16:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:31] <exec> 08└─Yes, it absolutely is. They're so highly specialized that they have virtually no expertise outside their chosen field. Being a rocket surgeon does not qualify you to speak on anything but rocket surgery.
[16:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:33] <exec> 08└─Only problem with your theory is statistics. If we're going to listen to anyone I'll put my money on hundreds of top level professors. By your reasoning what in the HELL is trump doing in the whitehouse? He is less qualified than any president in history, but like others have said that seems to be a...
[16:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:36] <exec> 08└─No, Obama is less qualified than any President in history. Trump has held real jobs. The rest of your argument essentially boils down to "they agree with me so their opinions are wise".
[16:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:38] <exec> 08└─Being a rocket surgeon does not qualify you to speak on anything but rocket surgery.
[16:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:42] <exec> 08└─They've gotten involved in what exactly? An airy fairy puff piece that says absolutely nothing! Currently, the penalty in academia for appearing to hold dissenting political views is a very Chilly Change in Climate indeed! You want money to continue your work? Well, you'd better toe the line, Comrad...
[16:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:44] <exec> 08└─Ah, where would fascism be without the anti-intellectuals, raving about how their bullshit is totally just as good as real science? The reason that "no one" in academia "dissents" from global warming is quite simply because the evidence is incredibly overwhelming and you're just wrong.
[16:55:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:46] <exec> 08└─What does global warming have to do with anything? Red herring, much?
[16:55:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:48] <exec> 08└─It's one of the central anti-science elements of Donald Trump's platform that this petition is seeking redress for? Seems topical to me.
[16:55:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:51] <exec> 08└─With regard to Climate Change research, there are real, worthy questions about methodology, bias, motivation, and even mathematical soundness. The only real scientific response is to address these questions systematically, not sign petitions or lobby officials or appeal to public emotion. If you wan...
[16:55:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 1361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:53] <exec> 08└─And now that your original point that it's irrelevant has been countered, you're awful quick to jump into the traditional anti-science classes of pseudoskepticism: "There are areas that require further investigation therefor people who call the whole thing nonsense and refuse to act on incredibly hi...
[16:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 1952 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:55] <exec> 08└─Interesting. I probably shouldn't feed the trolls, but since the first AC comment has been modded up, I guess I'll reply. I don't know if you're the same AC who posted earlier, but that post argued that notable faculty were too busy to participate because it was apparently too onerous to leave their...
[16:55:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:57] <exec> 08└─"Remarkable" is the correct choice of words there. Let us remark on it, and dismiss it.
[16:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:55:59] <exec> 08└─^^^^^ THIS! A thousand times, THIS! ^^^^^ Little weenies who have time for demonstrations and open letters and activism in general aren't productive members of society. Generally speaking. Offense intended.
[16:56:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 679 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:01] <exec> 08└─Oh wow, you fly your FOOL flag high and proud I see. I guess this isn't about reason, just your "feels". I recall you making comments about armchair activism, so now anyone who actually does go protest is an unproductive weenie? Lol, you aren't a rational creature, just pretending to be one. Besides...
[16:56:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:03] <exec> 08└─Well, look at all the unproductive weenies that went to Trump rallies!
[16:56:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:08] <exec> 08└─We all get this "expertise" argument you're making, but those of us saying we should listen to these professors think your argument is really dumb. Now, if we were talking about actually complicated subjects like brain surgery or rocket engine design then you would have a point. But we're not, we're...
[16:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:10] <exec> 08└─And to think, I'm young enough that I might yet see the Library of Congressed burned to the ground by Christians. Not really sure why Christians like burning libraries. Probably a similar reason to why Moooooooooooooooooooooslims like destroying historical sites.
[16:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 1117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:12] <exec> 08└─"Just because they are distinguished in their fields . . ." Lots of people are good at what they dedicate their lives to. Most people simply don't dedicate themselves to acadamia. "Just because they are associated with a highly notable institution of higher learning . . ." I don't ask an English tea...
[16:56:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Disruption - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:16] <exec> 08└─There is some merit to the idea, already renewables are covering the first point, to the degree that Florida had a vote on the matter! The second is much more problematic because money is a system of interaction for humans, and humans can screw with it if they want. Solving human equations is hard,...
[16:56:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:academics dismissed - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:25] <exec> 08└─If I've learned anything it is to dismiss people who over use buzzwords. It is a clear indication that they aren't thinking, just applying a specific argument for too wide a base. There is generally some truth in just about every opinion, but buzzwords indicate that what they contain is thoughtless...
[16:56:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Websites exploiting this vulnerability - 06Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero day Used to Unmask Tor Browser Users - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:36] <exec> 08└─I would really like a list of the websites that are known to have exploited this vulnerability. Is Google one of them? The list may be hard to compile, but anything is better than nothing. So if someone visited such a website, he would know to change his location immediately, destroy (or permanently...
[16:56:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03dlb [4790] (Score:2) 02Re:Websites exploiting this vulnerability - 06Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero day Used to Unmask Tor Browser Users - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:38] <exec> 08└─It's often possible to be anonymous on the Internet. But sometimes it's not. And here's the problem: we usually can't be sure which applies. And so, to my thinking, this needs to be the starting premise for security that relies on any form of anonymity.
[16:56:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:56:51] <exec> 08└─Palestinians are raging anti-Jewish fanatic terrorists by definition.
[16:57:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:1) 02Re:The irony here is - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:57:32] <exec> 08└─The company sues a former employee for breaching their precious company data, yet stores said data on a Google Drive. Riiiight...
[16:57:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oblig - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:33] <exec> 08└─Nobody can "steal" data, for the purpose of discussion on this site and the other one. The two ex-employees are accused of "infringing" their former company's designs.
[16:58:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 263 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:58:09] <exec> 08└─I always like to read reviews in reverse-rank order... that is I want to see the ones written by pissed-off people FIRST. Then, I reserve the right to determine if the product or the reviewer is bad. Generally, I find the bad reviews by far the most helpful ones.
[16:58:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score:2) 02Re:Gotta say it - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:58:39] <exec> 08└─Correct. Here's a link with some photos of the two sets of teeth in a shaved skull so you can see them more clearly. https://io9.gizmodo.com [gizmodo.com]
[17:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Controversial - 06Sydney High School Students Recreate Active Ingredient of Daraprim for $20 - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:08] <exec> 08└─I accept what you're trying to say is sincerely intended and reflects what you personally believe is true. It is nonetheless the case that bigotry lies at the center of his core support in spite of your beliefs. That sounds like an argument from assertion, but I really don't feel like going on to co...
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[17:54:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:53] <exec> 08└─accepted the military-backed legislature's invitation to become King
[17:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Oh boy! - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:55] <exec> 08└─A new figurehead for the secret police and military dictators of Thailand to "protect" by arresting dissenters. "Military corruption in local bureaucracies?" They'll say. "How can you personally insult our glorious King Rama 10 like that! To jail with you." But it'll be great, because just like the...
[17:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:05] <exec> 08└─Why not pour that passion into something of your own?
[17:55:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Originality is valuable in court - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:07] <exec> 08└─As a consumer I don't give a shit about how original something is, only how pleased I am with having experienced it.
[17:55:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:09] <exec> 08└─And, from that point of view, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I installed it and played about five minutes of it. About four of those minutes was the crazy long rat fight you get dumped into at the immediate beginning of the game. The last minute was some uninspiring conversation with a doctor w...
[17:55:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:11] <exec> 08└─But... That has nothing to do with OP's point.. nothing.
[17:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:36] <exec> 08└─Democrat conspiracy, Republican conspiracy, humbug! This is a long running Whig conspiracy to regain the House.
[17:55:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:42] <exec> 08└─Trump has no experience in government and zero concept of what diplomacy is all about. The only thing going for him is the sheer military and economic power of the US, so his bully tactics might actually get results. If we were a smaller country he'd just be ignored and the country would become the...
[17:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:44] <exec> 08└─My prediction is Trump's presidency will go much like Obama's, the major promises will fall through and we'll just experience 4-8 years of increased surveillance and corporate welfare.
[17:55:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:47] <exec> 08└─Doctors know nothing about politics, so why do we let them vote? I propose that only politicians should be able to vote.
[17:55:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:50] <exec> 08└─Now you're starting to get it. Democratic voting is a terrible way to organize society; there is little correlation between voting and competence; the weight of one's vote is virtually detached from the results of one's previous votes. In contrast, the free market allows society to evolve under the...
[17:55:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:52] <exec> 08└─Hate to burst your bubble, but the "Free market" requires strong government intervention to even work. For example, the price system relies on money. Cyptocurrency *may* be possible without government intervention, but has scaling problems. Contract enforcement relies on the rule of law: something t...
[17:55:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The irony, it burns, it burns. - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:55:54] <exec> 08└─> They're so highly specialized that they have virtually no expertise outside their chosen field. Said by the #1 over-confident ignoramus outside of his specialty on this site.
[17:56:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:04] <exec> 08└─You want other people's money? You should have to convince them to give it to you. There are real, scientific concerns with the methodology and even the mathematics behind climate research; maligning a dissenting voice through guilt by association with other maligned ideas is what is anti-scientific...
[17:56:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:06] <exec> 08└─You see "Your argument is of this same fallacious form as these other people" and your mind just looks for the most approximate match of a logical fallacy it can. In this case it selected the completely crazy "Guilt by association" which would requirement to say that because you have a standing rela...
[17:56:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:1, Troll) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 1404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:08] <exec> 08└─We should run the experiment. Let Trump drive out the political hacks at the National Science Foundation and install his own. When the money says AGW is false and "your sad devotion to that ancient religion" means no funding, we shall see how many so called scientists change positions with the polit...
[17:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:10] <exec> 08└─the current situation where scaremongering pays well
[17:56:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:13] <exec> 08└─The "notable" faculty are almost certainly people who have morphed from high thinkers into figurehead managers of large organizations that have evolved to work with politically tainted bureaucracies. It is what it is.
[17:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:20] <exec> 08└─100 thousand people? How many millions voted for Trump?
[17:56:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:56:22] <exec> 08└─Those don't equate, voting is easy, protesting is hard.
[17:57:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score:1) 02scale - 06Groundwater Helium Level Could Signal Potential Risk of Earthquake - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:14] <exec> 08└─The sample size looks really small and they only collected data in Kumamoto Prefecture, which is roughly the size of Denver. This seems a little small scale to me...
[17:57:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Dumber than a truck driver. - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:57:28] <exec> 08└─Yes: if the same files/texts etc are sent between computers, there will be a trail that can be (and should be!) followed in a forensic analysis... ...kind of like when someone erases the hard drive on a private email server in order to get rid of email evidence that has been subpoena'd , not realizi...
[17:57:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They steal what they cannot make - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:34] <exec> 08└─Massimo Maietti and (((Ehud Barlach))) worked as higher-up employees
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[18:54:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:54:46] <exec> 08└─Think of it like this. He adds to the diversity in authority in a relatively safe way because he doesn't have too much real power. The world needs more checks and balances on power. Right now, I'm kind of wishing that the US didn't have a Presidency. True, a monarchy isn't the safest form of authori...
[18:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:54:48] <exec> 08└─What a complete load of crap. Unelected autocrats, regardless of their functional power, are not a good idea. Fuck all kings. There was a time when men were kind When their voices were soft And their words inviting There was a time when love was blind And the world was a song And the song was exciti...
[18:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:54:50] <exec> 08└─Personally, I'm holding out for a Hero. Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
[18:54:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh boy! - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:54:53] <exec> 08└─Nice? Doesn't seem like nice is his thing: http://www.news.com.au [news.com.au]
[18:54:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Oh boy! - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:54:55] <exec> 08└─Oh, so... they don't even get that for this generation. Inherited Monarchy is balls. If only democracy were putting on a grand show of how much better it was right now, instead of whatever it is it's doing.
[18:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Thailand has a very good reputation. - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:57] <exec> 08└─The king is a terrific guy. The country is amazing with tremendous opportunities. Thais are one of the most intelligent people. I would love to come to a fantastic country, just a fantastic place with fantastic people.
[18:55:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:11] <exec> 08└─something of your own?
[18:55:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:12] <exec> 08└─That's not what's at issue; a good story is a good story. However, this work is both pecuniarily free, and yet based on a proprietary resource base. Why bother?
[18:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Same reasons FOSS devs bother. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:15] <exec> 08└─Same reasons FOSS devs bother, at least those which are not paid.
[18:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:36] <exec> 08└─Then hop out of the conversation, you're just trolling for lulz. You want people to ignore statements of reality, Trump's own words, his cabinet choices, their opinion/stances on policy. Yes the media lies, on both sides, and you need to stop using that as some magic catch-all for your arguments. Th...
[18:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Turtles - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:37] <exec> 08└─Yes, it means precisely that unless you can read minds. I mean, fuck, you're going by reports of what they've said by a media that outright and blatantly hates them. This is less than wise by any stretch of the word.
[18:55:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:43] <exec> 08└─This is a long running Whig conspiracy to regain the House.
[18:55:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:45] <exec> 08└─OK, I have recently warned people about bad car analogies, but this one has just turned around and bit the Trumpheteers in the behind. Yes, we already know peeing into your gas tank was not good, no mechanic needed to tell us that, or even a doctor. But what trump is doing is the equivalent, so we...
[18:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 710 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:48] <exec> 08└─I pinched a disk in my back quite a few years back. My doctor told me to lay in bed on my back with a heating pad under me. The physiotherapist sighed when i told her this: i should have done the opposite. Lay on my stomach with ice packs on my back. If that first doctor told me not to piss in my ga...
[18:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:55:59] <exec> 08└─Money is just a commodity; it's existence is a manifestation of contract fulfillment. Contract enforcement is just a service, and like any other service, it can be implemented as part of the free market; co-evolution of symbiotic systems is a thing. The fact that a government has provided a service...
[18:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:56:12] <exec> 08└─What does global warming have to do with anything? Red herring, much?
[18:56:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:56:15] <exec> 08└─"Ah, if we just let a dictator install people to spread propaganda instead of research facts then you'll see that the people for whom there is no evidence of malfeasance were exactly the same thing" Bash the Fash. Beat every Jmorris you meet in the street.
[18:56:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:56:17] <exec> 08└─We should run the experiment. Let Trump drive out the political hacks at the National Science Foundation and install his own. When the money says AGW is false and "your sad devotion to that ancient religion" means no funding, we shall see how many so called scientists change positions with the polit...
[18:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:56:27] <exec> 08└─Um, what was it, 63 millions? Holy cow! Voting now makes you an unproductive weenie! 128 million unproductive weenies voted somebody for president! Maybe even 129 because I didn't even look at L and G! Holy shit, we're going to be overrun with unproductive weenies!
[18:56:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:56:51] <exec> 08└─Palestinians are raging anti-Jewish fanatic terrorists by definition.
[18:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:56:52] <exec> 08└─"My working definition of "Palestinian":" Mine is a Jordanian whose country has a majority of them making up its population an inconvenient truth in the Palestinian need a home country BS they pull off against Israel.
[18:57:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Great, now I'm all wet and scratched - 06Researchers Create First 'Water-Wave Laser' - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:11] <exec> 08└─Before you try your brand new "Water-wave laser" at home, make sure to lock the cat out.
[18:57:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Infinite recursion please - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:40] <exec> 08└─The only good thing that can come of this is if some legal wormhole occurs where suing their employees means they sue themselves, and with any luck they'll just *poof* out of existence. I'm not sure if a Facebook games company can cry foul about stealing data... perhaps they should be promoting thos...
[18:59:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:energetics... - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:59:06] <exec> 08└─I dunno about the rest of your post, but I do believe parents need a lot of beer to raise a child till 20.
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[19:54:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:43] <exec> 08└─Finally a concrete and GOOD example of regulation/subsidization gone wrong. We need a focus on renewable energy, but sadly such subsidy programs are expensive because they require enough oversight to make sure bullshit loopholes like this aren't abused. So, what solutions do you propose? Let me cut...
[19:54:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:54:45] <exec> 08└─So, what solutions do you propose? Enforce the existing law that says "Bioenergy fuel is supposed to be harvested from residue such as forest waste." Amend the law to require documentation if that doesn't work.
[19:54:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:54:47] <exec> 08└─TOO EASY!!! You fail the test of complicated bureaucracy, now go down to the basement and feed the leopard.
[19:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:3, Informative) 02Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:49] <exec> 08└─It took me several years to figure out why the Green movement opposes nuclear power in all of its forms: It is not renewable. And by their logic, not sustainable. The thing is that nuclear reactions are so much more energetic than chemical reactions that "not sustainable" means we will run out in mi...
[19:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:00] <exec> 08└─Oh god. Here we go. Angry internet people posting lyrics... Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!
[19:55:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:01] <exec> 08└─If you honestly think that a democratically elected presidency is in any way similar to a military dictatorship, you are delusional.
[19:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:19] <exec> 08└─Most petty, First World Problems complaint ever.
[19:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:20] <exec> 08└─An end-user gives an impression on some piece of entertainment media and you say it is a First World Problem. No shit: electricity, computers, and free time to pursue something entertaining are all luxury but it doesn't make Justin Bieber's music sound any less shitty.
[19:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:22] <exec> 08└─No, the fact that he's dismissing the entire product from a brief glimpse of the beginning is the First World Problem, not the fact that he's reviewing it, dingus. As a society we have far too short of an attention span and tend to make snap judgments of things when we shouldn't. Try harder next tim...
[19:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:25] <exec> 08└─The first few minutes of any media is generally considered the most pivotal as far as setting the pace. Look at the first game: Disaster strikes the Vault! You have to hurry to places unknown to see what might be the last people alive with minimal supplies! The second game: Everyone in the village i...
[19:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:27] <exec> 08└─Sorry. Did not realize you were looking for world-changing insight in a post about a mod for an almost 20 year old game on a site generally populated by nutjobs and trolls. Tell ya what, I'll propose a compromise: I'll try harder next time and you stop taking yourself quite so seriously.
[19:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:29] <exec> 08└─Considering that most of their audience is probably people who read forums like this, I just feel it's rather unfair to flippantly throw out a comment barely a step above reviewing something you don't own, right after it comes out and most people haven't investigated for themselves. We're talking ab...
[19:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:31] <exec> 08└─I already said I wasn't giving it a fair shake. I thought I was pretty far away from torpedoing it. I'll put some time into it this weekend. If it gets cool, I will return here and correct my previous comment.
[19:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score:2) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:37] <exec> 08└─None of the examples you give were derived from copyrighted work. Can a great work of art be derived from copyrighted material? Perhaps. But established fictional landscapes by definition constrain more than enable. More often great works steal inspiration from previous works then adapt it in such a...
[19:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:39] <exec> 08└─great works
[19:55:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 82 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:55:52] <exec> 08└─You're right, it doesn't. You don't take car-care advice from your doctor, do you?
[19:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2, Flamebait) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:04] <exec> 08└─Believe me, Uzzard, when I call you "a special kind of stupid," this is not an insult so much as a fair description backed up by a couple years' observation. Stick to coding; you're useless at everything else. You're deflecting here, thinking your tone-policing bullshit is going to shut me down--and...
[19:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:11] <exec> 08└─I'm afraid that's the way the world is going. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. Hopefully it won't take the stupid too long to learn their hard lesson.
[19:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:13] <exec> 08└─I gave up on them after this election. I don't care whether they learn it or not, they can all go to hell. Right now my concern is getting the ever-merciful fuck out of Dodge before that "lesson" kills me in the backsplash.
[19:56:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:15] <exec> 08└─Have a nice trip, and don't let the screen door hit you in the ass on the way out.
[19:56:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:19] <exec> 08└─Regarding the first point, my response would be "Now that sounds good. I'm going to go look up peoples' experiences with this stuff and see a) if they say the same things and b) if something like the model or weight of my car an affect this." Second point...yeah the executive is way too powerful, bu...
[19:56:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:22] <exec> 08└─I pinched a disk
[19:56:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''Obama is less qualified than any President'' - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:30] <exec> 08└─While Neoliberal do-nothing-useful Obama is among the worst ever, your memory is too short. I remember Gerald Ford and his "brilliant" plan to deal with inflation: Buttons [google.com] Reagan's plan to build a 600-ship Navy while building a new generation of nuclear-tipped missiles and simultaneousl...
[19:56:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:38] <exec> 08└─Governments also have a monopoly on the use of force. In the absence of government, your contract may be ignored by an armed thug. There is also the issue that resources are collectively owned. Why are you allowed to claim full ownership merely for making improvements?
[19:56:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:41] <exec> 08└─But we should take advice on who to trust from you?
[19:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:52] <exec> 08└─Well, I've seen quite frequently on SoylentNews your inability to follow the argument at hand.
[19:56:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:54] <exec> 08└─Well, that sure doesn't address the actual topic at hand or the inability of the previous AC to realize climate change is a central theme to this discussion.
[19:56:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:56:56] <exec> 08└─You must be new here!
[19:57:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:01] <exec> 08└─I think it might be better to start ignoring all his posts, more and more I think a lot of these guys are just trolls looking to piss people off.
[19:57:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:03] <exec> 08└─Ignoring them seems smart until they start winning elections, then you realize their bullshit going uncontested has real consequences.
[19:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:07] <exec> 08└─We should run the experiment. Let Trump drive out the political hacks at the National Science Foundation and install his own.
[19:57:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:11] <exec> 08└─"almost certainly" correct?
[19:57:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 1025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:43] <exec> 08└─Your definition is factually incorrect: 1. Gazans (such as the women featured in the article) were never Jordanians. 2. Some used to live in what is now Israel, but were expelled by force in the late 1940's during the fighting that led to the creation of Israel. As for any claims about "home country...
[19:57:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:44] <exec> 08└─And all this could've been avoided if they had just agreed to either a One-State or Two-State Solution back in the day.
[19:57:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 3962 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:51] <exec> 08└─Fair enough. I'm surprised that got an up mod. We know that in the West we have a perpetual shortage of women programmers. I've also heard that in the Middle East, women don't have these difficulties becoming programmers, even though objectively they're far more oppressed than any woman will be in t...
[19:57:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:53] <exec> 08└─Thank you for your input, but it is no surprise to me that cutting up male penis is not only accepted, but probably the core of all feminist fantasies. Regardless, the men can take the HPV vaccine as well, if it is too controversial for to women to do so, it beats having their dick mutilated.
[19:57:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:57:57] <exec> 08└─Yeah Good Luck tot he Lizard People convincing me that a fucking Muslim country is more progressive on Women's Rights or Women's Empowerment. I will believe that water burns, fire is a vegetable, and piranhas nurse their young before I swallow that shit. I'm sure the Muslim woman in her Hijab is an...
[19:58:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What's a geek? - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:58:02] <exec> 08└─Not even IT. Social media entrepreneurs. Because social media is where the money is. There's nothing tech about them.
[19:58:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Infinite recursion please - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:58:39] <exec> 08└─Sudden Total Existence Failure
[19:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Yay - 06Digital Microbes for Munching Yourself Healthy - 1714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:58:50] <exec> 08└─Yogurt isn't a bad idea, especially if you're just coming off of a course of antibiotics. You should also smear some on your skin. It's not *that* useful, but it helps a bit. OTOH, I just like yogurt, so I may be prejudiced. And I'm certainly not talking about the varieties that have sugar and other...
[19:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:21] <exec> 08└─The sarcastic reviews are more often than not written by people who have clearly never bought or used the product at all. That is the definition of a fake review I think. For instance, How to Avoid Huge Ships is actually a serious book intended for sailors, addressing the problem of avoiding collisi...
[19:59:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:amputate the head - 06Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:57] <exec> 08└─https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22The+new+brain+won%27t+know+that+it%27s+an+ambassador%22 [duckduckgo.com] http://www.rulit.me [rulit.me] http://dado.msk.ru [dado.msk.ru] Birthright, by Mike Resnick, Chapter 9, The Medics
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[20:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02What do you want it for? - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:38] <exec> 08└─I bought a work laptop 6 months ago, with a 17" 4K screen (not overkill, I need it as video source), 16G of RAM and an i7 so I can compile, and a real Ethernet port to talk to our 1RU. I'd get a slim-ish 15" with 16G of RAM and a real keyboard for myself, if that existed.
[20:54:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Kaby Lake? Zen is a must have for budget - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 3033 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:39] <exec> 08└─Agreed on the touchscreen. Forget the touchscreen unless you are getting a 2-in-1.I prefer a 15.6" laptop to sit on the desk most of the time, and an 11.6" for portability. The 11.6" screen is easier to read than you might think. However, 13" is a perfectly valid choice.VGA port... good luck with th...
[20:54:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score:2) 02Definitions - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:41] <exec> 08└─You forgot to define what "working" is for you. That's completely different things for a developer, a financial analyst, or a project manager; which will in turn lead to different requirements.
[20:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Celestial [4891] (Score:2) 02My Requirements - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:43] <exec> 08└─I agree with the "no touchscreen." Completely useless on a proper computer. However, I'd much prefer a 15 inch screen to a 13 inch screen. Like Goldilocks, 17" is too big, 13" is too small, and 15" is just right. I'd also up the RAM to at least 16 GB. Personal preference, but if you're going to dual...
[20:54:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:54:55] <exec> 08└─I checked the lavatory, but I couldn't find a leopard. Just some plans about a freeway bypass...
[20:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:54:57] <exec> 08└─Let me cut off a possible avenue: just scrapping everything and letting the free market figure it out won't lead to better environmental protection
[20:54:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:54:59] <exec> 08└─You do realize this is in a different continent right?? The free market has proven over and over that businessman will prioritize profits over environmental protections. Since environmental protection has no short term inherent market values we can not let the free market take care of it. For those...
[20:55:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:02] <exec> 08└─This Green is in favor of Nukes. Local issues are easier to solve than global ones.
[20:55:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:04] <exec> 08└─All forms of solar, wind and hydroelectric power are essentially just collecting energy from the massive nuclear fusion reactor in the sky. So really these are all forms of nuclear power. But even that is not sustainable, as the Sun's fuel is not infinite and it will eventually run out. So if we rej...
[20:55:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03nethead [4970] (Score:1) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:07] <exec> 08└─Is the Earth-Luna system falling into to the sun before or after it goes out? I just want to know what to pack.
[20:55:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:09] <exec> 08└─Sunscreen and water.
[20:55:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:11] <exec> 08└─I think the geothermal energy comes from all the heavy elements (heavier than Iron 56), and they don't get made in normal nucleosynthesis, but in a supernova [wikipedia.org]!
[20:55:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Also a little choosing winners here - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:13] <exec> 08└─At the end of the main story, we have this blurb: Jori Sihvonen, the biofuels officer at Transport and Environment, which co-authored the report, said: “It is easy to fall into thinking that all bioenergy is sustainable, but time and again we see some forms of it can be worse for society, the nat...
[20:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02'sustainable' - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:15] <exec> 08└─Jori Sihvonen, the biofuels officer at Transport and Environment, which co-authored the report, said: "It is easy to fall into thinking that all bioenergy is sustainable, but time and again we see some forms of it can be worse for society, the natural environment and, in the case of burning land-bas...
[20:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] (Score:1) 02Unintended consequences - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:17] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of the US paper industry abusing the alternative fuel mixture credit. http://in.reuters.com [reuters.com] Start dribbling a little diesel into the byproduct you've been burning for decades, claim you're supplementing a fossil fuel with an al...
[20:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:30] <exec> 08└─Not to disagree with the main point, but like many people you seem to misunderstand what is meant by “papal infallibility”. It does not mean that the Pope is considered infallible in everything he says or does, but rather it gives the Pope the supreme authority to define matters of faith or mora...
[20:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score:2) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:31] <exec> 08└─In the past monarchies have pushed lots of dangerous and stupid ideas such as "divine right" and absolute authority.
[20:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03nethead [4970] (Score:1) 02Nac Mac Feegle it all! - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:38] <exec> 08└─Nae king! Nae laird! Nae yurrupiean pressedent! We willna be fooled again!
[20:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:55:54] <exec> 08└─Did you read this part of the comment: Now, five minutes isn't giving it a fair shake, I know. But it just didn't feel as epic as the others. I've played every Fallout game from Fallout 1 to The Elder Scrolls: Fallout, official or otherwise, so I'll play this too, but I can't claim to be excited th...
[20:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:56:29] <exec> 08└─For a guy who didn't vote for Trump or any of his cabinet you are weirdly quick to rush to their defense when someone dares to point out the truth about them.
[20:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:56:31] <exec> 08└─I really want to hope that's true, tat he's more stupid than evil, but Hanlon's Razor is starting to lose its edge. Stupidity of this kind becomes a sort of secondhand malice. And that's assuming that he isn't actually the complete trash-fire of a human being I suspect very heavily he is. As they sa...
[20:56:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:56:41] <exec> 08└─Laugh while you can, idiot. You and your kind have condemned this nation to a Hell the likes of which you cannot possibly imagine.
[20:57:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:57:02] <exec> 08└─What if your doctor is also a amateur hot roder or racer? People aren't as one dimensional as you are.
[20:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:57:34] <exec> 08└─Hey, at least it should solve the population problem :D
[20:58:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:58:03] <exec> 08└─"1. Gazans (such as the women featured in the article) were never Jordanians." Crook of shit where the hell do think they were before Israel existed and even after? The land which became Israel a tiny little slip of a piece was Jordan before and the pieces you spout on about now were gained as a res...
[20:58:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:58:04] <exec> 08└─Actually the Gaza piece came from Egypt its the West Bank came from Jordan. All artificial lines drawn on a map by the British at the time anyways. Are not the Arabs supposed to be brothers except when it comes to helping out their fellow brothers of course when you can get to kill a few Jews for yo...
[20:58:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:58:06] <exec> 08└─When I read your posts, it makes me feel like I am stoned because your sentences do not word right.
[20:58:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 1500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:58:14] <exec> 08└─Thank you, that's clearer. I have not thought about gender and technology at all, so it's interesting to look through the window you've opened. I couldn't guess why more women don't go into CS. All I can do is note, as you did, that women don't really sign up for CS in America. Is there something fu...
[20:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The need a new filter on reviews - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 1048 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:48] <exec> 08└─I run into a considerable number of reviews from people who have been given the product for free. I have never seen a review less than 4 stars for those reviews. Some of those reviewers have obvious chips on their shoulders, presumably from people leaving comments in their other reviews questioning...
[21:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:00:47] <exec> 08└─Doesn't sound at all arbitrary to me. You even stated their justification. I'll note too that the step function is the far more common model of learning in the real world with most human education based on this. You don't get 80% of a high school diploma when you leave high school. You either get...
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[21:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Kaby Lake? Zen is a must have for budget - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:54:42] <exec> 08└─My newish laptop for work a Lenovo(thinkpad) W541 has VGA and Thunderbolt with no HDMI. Other than that oddity it's decent for ports. 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, Intel Core i7-4710MQ. My only other gripe is the intel HD graphics 4600 paired with the nvidia Quadro K1100M. In theory the integrated intel does...
[21:54:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Light and zippy, no dGPU needed - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:46] <exec> 08└─My ideal machine would be something like a modern Thinkpad X220 (that keyboard~) with a 12.5" 1080p panel, 32GB of memory, and one of the HQ-series Core i7 chips. I know a small chassis like that can still cool a 45W-TDP chip, especially without the need for a dGPU in it. Also? NVMe SSD, 128 or 256G...
[21:54:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02resolution and more - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:48] <exec> 08└─1080p minimum is a good idea. Let's kill 768p resolution already. I would consider wasting money on a 4K screen for 15.6" and up, but check to make sure it isn't a piece of crap. There are other properties to consider when getting a screen/laptop, such as: Maximum brightnessMinimum brightness/high c...
[21:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:2, Insightful) 02from the price-is-no-object dept. - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:50] <exec> 08└─I was disappointed when the "dept." turned out to be misleading and price wasn't really "no object". After all, when price is no object, then it is reasonable to have your own global wireless network with satellite constellation backup on your own personal easement of microwave frequency spectrum...
[21:54:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02screen size compromise - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:52] <exec> 08└─Dell has introduced "Infinity Edge" to its XPS line of laptops. The bezel is very small, so you apparently get a larger screen within a smaller sized machine: http://www.anandtech.com [anandtech.com] Dell launched the 2015 version of their XPS 13 at CES in January, and...
[21:54:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03rcamera [2360] (Score:2) 02windows version - - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:54] <exec> 08└─if it's windows 8(.x) or 10, make sure it's the "pro" version. the pro versions include upgrade rights to windows 7.
[21:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:windows version - - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:54:56] <exec> 08└─How about a No-Windows version. And no craptacular trialware applications bloating the hard drive.
[21:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02ECC RAM - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:58] <exec> 08└─ECC RAM anyone ? Pretty much any guide I've ever seen recommend ECC RAM when one gets into the 16 GB+ memory range. I mean at that point we are starting to consider the laptop to be in the "workstation" class of machine.
[21:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Important omission - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:00] <exec> 08└─A screen that doesn't double as a mirror.
[21:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Important omission - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:03] <exec> 08└─https://www.amazon.com/b/?ie=UTF8&node=6669702011 [amazon.com]
[21:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Dell 5510 Precision Workstation - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:05] <exec> 08└─I just bought one of these from Dell's business outlet store for $1879 with a Black Friday coupon. 1T ssd, 32g ram, 15in 1920x1080 screen - that nice style that's on the XPS13 and 15, i7 cpu, NVIDIA Quadro M1000M 2 GB GDDR5. Nice little machine.
[21:55:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What is the current best linux laptop? - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:07] <exec> 08└─We're going to be forced into upgrading all our win machines to Win10. Currently I run Win 7 with linux in a VM. Ahead of the forced upgrade, I want to get a new laptop that will run linux and have Win10 in a VM. What to people use for linux laptops these days? I use my computer for developing softw...
[21:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:27] <exec> 08└─Some of the Earth's heat is primordial, from when the planet coalesced. The rest is from radioactivity, but it isn't only heavy elements that are radioactive. Consider potassium-40, for example.
[21:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:28] <exec> 08└─Shaking my head at those loony environmentalists! They won't shut up about "sustainability" and it's just annoying! Sad! Other concerns about fission--overlooked, I'm sure, by crazy greens--centre on the facts that the irradiated fuel is much more radioactive than mined uranium, that radioactivity c...
[21:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Also a little choosing winners here - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:32] <exec> 08└─You can formulate gasoline from CO2 extracted from the air. It’s called the Sabatier reaction [wikipedia.org]. You just need a cheap source of electricity to produce hydrogen from water as well. I believe they’re doing this on industrial scales in Germany too.
[21:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score:2) 02Re:'sustainable' - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:35] <exec> 08└─Agreed, but protected forests as in TFA are generally not the same as managed forests. There's not much reason to protect a managed forest because a) it's intended to be clearcut in any case and b) it's not good habitat for most wildlife, being a uniformly aged monoculture. It sounds to me like the...
[21:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:'sustainable' - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:37] <exec> 08└─That's a good point. That's actually also how it is done in Sweden: every year, a strip of forest is clear-cut, and another strip is seeded. Cycle repeats after 20 years. I sometimes think Sweden is so rich because it's not struck by the resource curse [wikipedia.org]: compare Sweden to Congo. Paper...
[21:55:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score:2) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:51] <exec> 08└─Yes, long live king Jean Valjean!
[21:55:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:55:55] <exec> 08└─Still less fucked up than the current US situation
[21:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Crown Prince - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:02] <exec> 08└─Crown Prince Maha Vajir...a...notgonnaworkhereanymore....
[21:56:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 320 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:39] <exec> 08└─Just because they are distinguished in their fields . . . Just because they are associated with a highly notable institution of higher learning . . . Just because they are known for sound reason, supporting facts, reproducible results . . . . . . does NOT mean that you should give credibility to wha...
[21:56:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 279 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:56:41] <exec> 08└─If the doctor says "You really ought not to piss in your gas tank and follow it up with a bag of sugar" then yes, yes I do. Because that is what this administration is doing to the US legislative, executive, and very soon judicial branches. This is a fallacy on your part. Again.
[21:57:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Oh wow! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:57:01] <exec> 08└─Some liberal minded person believes that plain facts are properly moderated "flamebait". So - tell me - which of the American parties embraces the idea of abortion, and ridding themselves of "human weeds"? Marge Sanger was a liberal, after all, a feminist, and a racist. Remember that, children!!
[21:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Carrier Corp. already kicked Trump's ass - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 1113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:57:06] <exec> 08└─In Indiana, did Trump make United Technologies/Carrier "pay a damn tax" the way he promised? Nope. The deal he made keeps FEWER THAN HALF of those jobs in the USA and to do that Trump gave Carrier a tax BREAK (with any other concessions to be revealed in the course of time). Trump, at best, is a bag...
[21:57:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:57:39] <exec> 08└─Why do you think scientists hate grant proposals so much? They think their studies are valid and do not like wasting time having to justify them for funding. Sooo, yeah, you're really off base. I would totally have gotten my PhD if I knew the gov would just throw money at me for whatever I wanted!
[21:58:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:02] <exec> 08└─How many millions voted for Trump?
[21:58:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:40] <exec> 08└─Opinions of news reporters should not be of any value for medical procedures. Do you have a reference for: mutilating male genitals at birth to prevent the spread of HPV
[22:00:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sarcastic reviews are NOT fake - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:00:02] <exec> 08└─> I highly doubt the banana slicer saved their marriage. You sound single.
[22:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The need a new filter on reviews - 06Amazon Imposes Limit on Reviews - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:00:16] <exec> 08└─Oh, I forgot to add, I wish I could filter out the "I got this for free" reviews. I see that they will let you see the "verified purchase" reviews first. I'd also like to filter out the Vine reviews too for the same reason of conflict of interest.
[22:01:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 867 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:45] <exec> 08└─You're right to a degree. It's another example of why the "left vs. right" ruse is so deleterious. It's the cover under which charlatans and thieves work their nonsense. I reckon it's not actually the "left" the Trump supporters loathe, but the elites; if you listen to them, they do conflate the two...
[22:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh No! - 06The US Surveillance State is Poised to Become Even More Powerful - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:47] <exec> 08└─It's OK to be White again.
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[22:54:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What do you want it for? - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:54:43] <exec> 08└─I have a decent-sized 13" that I upgraded to 16G of RAM and a half terabyte SSD. It has all the ports I want (except that I need a dongle for VGA and HDMI projectors for presentations). It's fast enough for me with an i5. It's a 2012 MacBook Pro. I haven't seen a better computer since then.
[22:54:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Definitions - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:54:47] <exec> 08└─a financial analyst, or a project manager
[22:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02Re:Definitions - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:54:50] <exec> 08└─What kind of specialized hardware does lying require?
[22:54:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Definitions - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:54:52] <exec> 08└─You need a Bernie Sanders, a Jill Stein, an FBI and a Department of Justice. Oh and being married to a former President of the United States helps.
[22:54:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Definitions - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:54:54] <exec> 08└─If you're gonna go for the shallow politics jab, shouldn't you have stayed topical and gone with "A private email server off premises"? Like... then there's an actual joke rather than a lazy conservative "Laugh because you also hate this person" style joke.
[22:54:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:from the price-is-no-object dept. - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:00] <exec> 08└─It's fitting that Arnold Schwarzenegger is hosting The Celebrity Apprentice.
[22:55:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02Re:windows version - - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 98 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:04] <exec> 08└─How about a No-Windows version. And no craptacular trialware applications bloating the hard drive.
[22:55:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02Important omission - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 41 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:07] <exec> 08└─A screen that doesn't double as a mirror.
[22:55:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How about user control over the machine? - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:12] <exec> 08└─I have a couple requirements to consider: Does not require running proprietary software supplied by a third party to even boot.Does not include a separate CPU and OS stack with total control over the system, required to be running for the system to work, which only runs proprietary software supplied...
[22:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score:2) 02System76 - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:14] <exec> 08└─I'm getting ready to buy my Linux-only kid a laptop. I've been looking at Sytem76 (14.1" Lemur, i7 processor). Any good or bad experiences to share? if it helps, the laptop won't be used for gaming, although he occasionally messes around with some of the older gaming design engines.
[22:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score:1) 02Re:System76 - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 2316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:16] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately I can't in good conscience recommend System76. Granted it's only my own experience that makes me say this, but it is what it is. Back in June I contacted them to buy a desktop. I specificly requested it to be built, tested, & delivered NLT July 30th as I was going on vacation August 1s...
[22:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Celestial [4891] (Score:2) 02Re:System76 - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:19] <exec> 08└─I don't know if it's actually the case, but I've been told that System76 is basically your standard Sager/Clevo notebook reseller. Those you can get cheaper at a lot of places. With System76, you're paying for Ubuntu support. Now, that may be important and useful to you. It may not be. Just somethin...
[22:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03quintessence [6227] (Score:2) 02Laptops de-evolving. - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:21] <exec> 08└─Well, the HP EliteBook 2550p certainly fits the bill (as well as being fairly rugged). Problem is they are underpowered in comparison to today's processors. And that is the crux of the problem- either software becomes too bloated to run on a moderately powerful laptop, or newer designs have more ump...
[22:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score:1) 02My dream laptop... - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 1388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:23] <exec> 08└─A 7th generation (Kaybee Lake) Intel I7 at 4GHz or faster, 32GiB of DDR4 (64 would be nice), ~256GiB NVMe 2GiB/s SSD, integrated audio/video, SD reader, wired gigabit LAN, 4x USB3.0 ports, a 1080 13" matte screen, IBM Thinkpad with fully user replaceable parts. I wouldn't mind it being "Thin & Light...
[22:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My dream laptop... - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:25] <exec> 08└─Perfect. Thank you for this. It answers my post above [soylentnews.org]. The last linux-only system I purchased was a workstation back in 2000 (VALinux Systems); I've lived off of installing over older hardware since. I wasn't sure who was serving that market anymore, or whether there was that marke...
[22:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02for travel - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:27] <exec> 08└─Would you not rather just pack a small AP, rather than use the umbilicle cord?
[22:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:41] <exec> 08└─Huh, would never in a million years thought you would advocate for increased government oversight.
[22:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:43] <exec> 08└─Someone hijacked your account Khallow! Sorry, but I'm just shocked at this even keeled approach you're suddenly taking ;) Couldn't agree more, but more regulatory oversight means funding lots of new employees which is rarely a popular stance. That is probably why most things fail "we need this!" fol...
[22:55:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:45] <exec> 08└─If the regulation only requires that renewable resources be used, but doesn't specify that the resources harvested in a SUSTAINABLE fashion, then the regulation was very poorly considered. The whole problem with non-renewable resources is that there is no sustainable rate at which to harvest them. C...
[22:55:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:47] <exec> 08└─Lots of people, just not the right ones. Also, the public is very scared of a terrorist taking over the facility and escaping in a helicopter to blow up DC. Nevermind that the FAA would track them and military fighters would be on them in seconds... Yay propaganda making people terrified of the word...
[22:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:49] <exec> 08└─I also found this statement unbelievable : Up to 65% of Europe's renewable output currently comes from bioenergy, involving fuels such as wood pellets and chips, rather than wind and solar power.
[22:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:55:58] <exec> 08└─Apparently, it is thought that a third of the Earth's present day heat came from the original heat of formation of the Earth, radioactive decay, and tidal heating from Sun and Moon. So you should be able to extract two thirds of the Earth's heat without being bad. Just make sure you extract the gree...
[22:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:Nuclear option (Thorium) - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:56:02] <exec> 08└─Current reactor designs are designed for bomb making, not efficiency. If your waste is too radioactive to handle, you are leaving energy on the table. THE THORIUM PROBLEM - Manufacturing & energy sector hobbled by thorium [youtube.com]
[22:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02World War II - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:10] <exec> 08└─In Europe and Japan, wood- and coal-powered cars [robertsarmory.com] were in use during the Allied siege in World War II. Now OPEC is cutting oil supplies; Europe's response is predictable.
[22:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:World War II - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:56:12] <exec> 08└─Now OPEC is cutting oil supplies; Europe's response is predictable.
[22:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:56:29] <exec> 08└─If Trump kicks the bucket tomorrow, anyone in the US can celebrate in the streets all they want.
[22:57:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Same reasons FOSS devs bother. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:57:00] <exec> 08└─Nope. FOSS devs get software not only for their own personal use, but also that can be maintained by OTHER people.
[22:57:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:57:03] <exec> 08└─None of the examples you give were derived from copyrighted work.
[22:57:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Developer Backstory - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:57:05] <exec> 08└─The goal of creativity is to create. When the goal of creativity is money, you get shitty Hollywood movies, shitty music and $600 Epi-Pens.
[22:57:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 141 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:57:24] <exec> 08└─ou are a special kind of stupid. Just because they aren't technically in office yet doesn't mean we don't know exactly what they're planning.
[22:57:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 2537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:57:56] <exec> 08└─Trump has not held a real job, unless you count getting $14 million from his daddy, working for daddy's companies, and then going bankrupt as a career. He has zero experience working for anyone else other than himself or daddy, and clearly does not play well with others. You have to be joking to com...
[22:58:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:58:03] <exec> 08└─No. In the absence of contract-enforcement, your contract may be ignored by an armed thug; there is no requirement that a government handle contract-enforcement. Ownership is a property of social interaction that is hashed out through various iterations of contract negotiation and enforcement. Come...
[22:58:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:You should NOT listen to these people! - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:58:21] <exec> 08└─Sorry, "guileless" means "without guile", or not intended to deceive. I will try to use smaller and more common words in the future. Sometimes I forget we have ACs of limited vocabulary. Now, what was the thing we were arguing about again? Trump the ex-Birther is now a Climate-change Denier and anti...
[22:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:59:20] <exec> 08└─From The American Academy of Pediatrics [aappublications.org] September 2012: There is also good evidence from randomized controlled trials that male circumcision is associated with a lower prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) transmission, as w...
[22:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:59:22] <exec> 08└─I forgot to cover the “at birth” portion. From the American Academy of Pediatrics Circumcision Policy Statement [aappublications.org]: Systematic evaluation of English-language peer-reviewed literature from 1995 through 2010 indicates that preventive health benefits of elective circumcision of...
[23:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dumber than a truck driver. - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:00:01] <exec> 08└─Well, then why weren't they ever able to find all those GWB White House emails that "disappeared" off of the illegal RNC server? You know . . . connections . . .
[23:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:Oblig - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:00:06] <exec> 08└─Umm, in this case, trade-secrets would apply. Unreleased code may also not be subject to Copyright yet, since that happens upon publication.
[23:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Frost [3313] (Score:1) 02"forensic analysis" - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:11] <exec> 08└─Once downloaded, forensic analysis shows that Maietti copied nine of those folders to a connected external USB device.
[23:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough background research - 06Learning Makes Animals Intelligent - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:01] <exec> 08└─If the point was just to describe learning curves, or simulate them, that would be one thing. They are claiming much more: We conclude that associative learning, supported by genetic predispositions and including the oft-neglected phenomenon of conditioned reinforcement, may suffice to explain the o...
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[23:54:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02My Humps in Heat - 06Bumpy Surfaces, Graphene Beat the Heat in Devices - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:30] <exec> 08└─Beat my Meat Phuck me with a Phone
[23:54:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Good Ol' Al & Cu - 06Bumpy Surfaces, Graphene Beat the Heat in Devices - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:31] <exec> 08└─It's gonna take a little while before the rest of us can afford that, and the machine to make a perfect mating. On a recent project, a better-specced Cu heatsink had to be replaced by a bigger Al one, just to accommodate the real-life airflow, the uneducated gorillas on the assembly line, and still...
[23:54:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My Requirements - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:54:50] <exec> 08└─Like Goldilocks, 17" is too big, 13" is too small, and 15" is just right.
[23:54:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Light and zippy, no dGPU needed - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:54:53] <exec> 08└─Yes! X200s here, but same thought process. The key feature in a laptop is the KEYBOARD, otherwise you could just get a tablet. I don't want a Mac, I know where their store is, so why does everyone insist on cloning their crappy keyboards? There are things more important than how thin and light the l...
[23:55:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:2) 02Re:Important omission - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:55:03] <exec> 08└─A screen that doesn't double as a mirror.
[23:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02my minimum specs - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:15] <exec> 08└─- dual diskette drives - IEEE-488 port - RS-232 port - 5-inch, 52-by-24-character, monochrome monitor - 64 kB RAM - Z80 processor - 69-key keyboard - under 11 kg
[23:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03sweettea [2023] (Score:1) 02Asus ZenBook UX305FA from 2015 is ideal - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:16] <exec> 08└─I got it this year. The older non-touchscreen model is well supported under Ubuntu. It's got 16 hours of battery life (!), weighs 2.6 lbs, and a 13" 1920x1080 screen. Downsides for OP are only 8G RAM, 256G SSD, and a 2GHz Broadwell processor. But, I find those exorbitantly luxurious specs; I run at...
[23:55:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:3, Informative) 02Ports and Function keys - 06What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017? - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:18] <exec> 08└─1. ethernet port 2. actual function keys instead of some fruity video touch bar 3. a headphone jack 4. real video ports 5. Did I mention an ethernet port?
[23:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Great example - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:55:34] <exec> 08└─shocked at this even keeled approach
[23:55:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:55:44] <exec> 08└─Who cares? As long as the Earth-Moon system is fine, then we're good to go.
[23:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Nuclear option - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:55:49] <exec> 08└─So you should be able to extract two thirds of the Earth's heat without being bad.
[23:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Also a little choosing winners here - 06Support Renewable Energy: Clearcut Forests - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:55:55] <exec> 08└─I agree. But you need a real cheap source. Germany might have that during the times they overproduce electricity. After all, if there's so much surplus that you're paying someone to take your electricity, then it's also priced right to turn air into fuel.
[23:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Interesting - 06Thailand's New King Crowned - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:56:19] <exec> 08└─But if you do, then a number of 3-letter government agencies, Silicon Valley outfits, and possibly random activists and private spooks will, independently of one another, capture that fact and store it in a database along with the rest of the stuff they've been accumulating on you.
[23:56:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Originality isn't valuable per se. - 06Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. A Fan-Created Take-off on the Franchise - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:56:47] <exec> 08└─Sorry. Did not realize you were looking for world-changing insight in a post about a mod for an almost 20 year old game on a site generally populated by nutjobs and trolls.
[23:57:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''Obama[..]was actually a Constitutional scholar'' - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:57:46] <exec> 08└─That being the case, you'd think that he'd heard of this: No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
[23:57:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:''Obama[..]was actually a Constitutional schola - 06Over 500 MIT Faculty Sign Statement Opposing Trump Cabinet Picks - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:57:47] <exec> 08└─Did you think I would disagree with you or something? I was talking about experience. Let me put to you in quasi D&D terms. Obama: INT 19 WIS 10 CHA 25 STR 3 Alignment: Lawful Evil. Skills: Bluff, Diplomacy, and Street Wise. XP 343,035,223 Trump: INT 4 WIS 3 CHA 15 STR 20 Alignment: Mentally Challen...
[23:58:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02these are not the Chinese, I guess? - 06Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero day Used to Unmask Tor Browser Users - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:58:08] <exec> 08└─Who would be interested in knowing who a tor user is, other than police forces? maybe mafia or secret service looking for people to blackmail? isn't it easier to hack normal people in the latter case? tor users might be a bit paranoid and use a VM or a dedicated pc with no personal info. While if yo...
[23:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:keep propaganda out - 06Meet Gaza's Female Geeks - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:33] <exec> 08└─And my Axe.
[23:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Dumber than a truck driver. - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:22] <exec> 08└─One Word: Telemetry If they were going as far as to record USB transfers, Google Drive access, and whatnot, I'm sure their IT department was competent enough to put in administratively protected remote logging. Depending on effort, the management screens could see USB transfer happen in near real ti...
[23:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The irony here is - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:26] <exec> 08└─Your tear is delicious and your industries will die.
[23:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:"forensic analysis" - 06Zynga Sues Two Former Employees over Alleged Massive Data Heist - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:35] <exec> 08└─The ability to "determine if files were written to other drives" by analysing an NTFS $LogFile has been claimed before. http://www.hecfblog.com [hecfblog.com]