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[00:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02DIE, Social Media, DIE - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:46] <exec> 08└─This a GREAT News! Block SN next please! Yes yes!!
[00:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:46:55] <exec> 08└─capitalism dehumanize human work
[00:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Smell test fail - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 1056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:59] <exec> 08└─As several others have commented, this research doesn't pass the "smell test." As anybody who has worked with other cultures, employees are very different. Using a very wide sterotype brush (individual people and indeed countries may vary), you have the "never say no, even if I really don't know" of...
[00:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Culture in Worker Styles? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:01] <exec> 08└─I remember reading some folk theory that "the Japs" lost WW2 because of their honor-based culture demanded everyone seek battlefield glory, where us good ole Americans loved gridiron football and understood the essential division of tasks. Thus the Americans performed better at squad-level and that...
[00:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02huh?? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:15] <exec> 08└─I don't quite understand what went on between the two branches of Morgan Stanley, can I have a car analogy please?
[00:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:47:35] <exec> 08└─I'll tell you why. Pepsi ads suck big time. They've had "pepsi generation" bullshit from the sixties. They have all these stupid ass slogans about how their drink is larger than life. It's just a drink. Coke has been more down to earth, although now they have the "taste the feeling"bullshit too. I h...
[00:48:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shopping list on my watch - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:51] <exec> 08└─Your app would be the first item on my shopping list, were I able to make such a list. Alas, it's the old chicken-egg problem...
[00:48:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Real bread and virtual circuses - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:59] <exec> 08└─Well they could help with the living longer bit if you give them basic income and sufficient education ;).
[00:49:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Web GUI's - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:49:23] <exec> 08└─It's nearly 2017, we've moved past GIFs. The proper form of animation is a looping video. Make your site an entire video and use JS to determine where the use clicks at what point in the video then generate the proper link and follow it to the next video.
[00:53:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score:2) 02Re:And this is how skepticism works - 06Data Show No Sign of Methane Boost From Thawing Permafrost - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:53:02] <exec> 08└─Perhaps reading 'skeptics' rather than 'deniers.
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[01:46:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02VPN to the rescue - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:43] <exec> 08└─Or have they gone completely nuts and blocked that too because the holy koran says encryption is evil?
[01:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02SoylentApp - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:44] <exec> 08└─Where I can download soylent social app.
[01:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:46] <exec> 08└─Even if the messages are encrypted you still have to worry about meta-data because Signal requires your account be identified by your phone number. They say they do it because phone# is a convenient ID for the users to remember. And that's true, but its a serious weakness, especially for users in a...
[01:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:46:48] <exec> 08└─Assign permanent lifelong IPv6 addresses to people and we never have to worry about that pesky privacy problem ever again. Remember the immortal wisdom of your hero Marshall Brain. Nothing is private. Open source everything. Better and better. Hold still for your brain implant.
[01:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:00] <exec> 08└─Unregulated or improperly-regulated capitalism does dehumanize people. Remember that saying about government being like fire and why? Same applies here. You can't deny this, because the evidence is all around you.
[01:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:02] <exec> 08└─There's another word that is much more appropriate than "dehumanize". "Abstract".
[01:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:04] <exec> 08└─"the alienation of labor"
[01:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Culture in Worker Styles? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:10] <exec> 08└─I like working with ex-military sorts of guys. But only after they have been out for a few years. When they first get out they are exactly like you describe. However, after a few years out it wears off enough that they are usually excellent at what they do. When they first get out you have to be ver...
[01:47:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02Re:I'll miss stories like this one next year - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 750 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:20] <exec> 08└─Why? They're going to get worse, or better? These are light slaps on the wrist that don't impress me one iota. I'll believe there is justice when the executives themselves pay the fines out of their own bank accounts. I'll feel even better when there are NO FINES. We make the executives clean up tra...
[01:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:I'll miss stories like this one next year - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:22] <exec> 08└─There are more than 2 sets of laws. There are somewhere around 5: 1. The completely unprosecutable: These are political and business leaders who can commit horrendous crimes and never face justice. Think Dick Cheney, who announced on CNN that he committed war crimes, which the US is required by trea...
[01:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:How much did Morgan Stanley save? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:28] <exec> 08└─Well look on the bright side, at least they were just looking at regular porn instead of child porn like the pentagon was. But lets be honest folks...this is a joke, and a bad joke at that. Think a company this size is gonna do anything that nets them "only" 7.5 million dollars? I have zero doubt th...
[01:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:huh?? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:32] <exec> 08└─Lets say you want to buy a car. You have 10,000 dollars. But you need 10,000 to buy the car. Now you take out a loan against the 10,000 dollars with the 10k cash as collateral. This gives you 20k 'cash' to buy the car. A car bought 'on margin'. You still have the collateral sitting in the bank. Earn...
[01:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:huh?? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:47:34] <exec> 08└─Thanks, but I think: You have 10,000 dollars. But you need 10,000 to buy the car. should be: You have 10,000 dollars. But you need 20,000 to buy the car.
[01:48:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score:1) 02Some experience and info - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 938 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:16] <exec> 08└─These discussions amuse me- people dissecting, re-hashing, speculating, theorizing, analyzing, ... Anyway, I'm not a violinist but I am an occasional audio engineer and have had the great privilege of working with (running sound for) David Kim https://www.philorch.org [phil...
[01:48:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03number6 [1831] (Score:2) 02Fuck the scientists; give me this experiment... - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 1913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:18] <exec> 08└─These scientific studies of Stradivarius tone -- and accompanying articles in NewYorkTimes, NewYorker magazine, <insert-your-favorite-highbrow-publication-here> -- seem to pop up every couple of years. Fuck all these 'experts' and their 'findings' -- Get out of the fucking way and let me hear this s...
[01:48:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Sigh. - 06UN Armed Warlord in Sudan and Loses Sniper Rifles in Iraq - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:48:30] <exec> 08└─I didn't think the ICP [stars-without-makeup.com] would be any good at investigative journalism, what with the way they stick out from the crowd.
[01:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:1) 02Re:Web GUI's - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:49:45] <exec> 08└─Are you certain it can't be interrupted or, worse yet, silenced? If it can't, you may have come up with the disruptive technology that will power Web 3.0!
[01:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03driven [6295] (Score:2) 02Re:Web GUI's - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:49:47] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure whether to mod this funny or insightful. My hat is off to you.
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[02:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:DIE, Social Media, DIE - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:46:50] <exec> 08└─...or if the SoylentNews signal can't be blocked, decrease the SN ratio, eh?
[02:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:SoylentApp - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:46:54] <exec> 08└─In Egypt soylent social app download you!
[02:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:46:58] <exec> 08└─permanent, lifeling IPv6 - or any other address - defeats the purpose. The communications can be traced back to you. Not your phone, not your office, not your home, but to YOU, personally. So the good Moslem Morality Police says, "Imam, we have this encrypted traffic going out. We don't know what it...
[02:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:47:09] <exec> 08└─Unregulated or improperly-regulated capitalism does dehumanize people.
[02:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:47:12] <exec> 08└─You are just so blind.
[02:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:47:15] <exec> 08└─You are just so blind.
[02:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Culture in Worker Styles? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 1185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:47:22] <exec> 08└─I generally liked working with ex-military, but nowadays the military is churning out rat punks and passive-aggressive weenies at all enlisted levels. As for the ones who are tough and boorish, a lot of them (even the ones who have been out for awhile) just suck ass to work with. The worst kind are...
[02:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 027.5 million! - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:41] <exec> 08└─There goes the bonuses of all the peons at the bottom of the food chain! Yea, you IT and administrative folks...
[02:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:47:58] <exec> 08└─So what you're saying is that only Tau Ceti aliens can identify a Stradivarius by its sound? Is that why they came here? To help us with our Stradivarius testing?
[02:48:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:48:06] <exec> 08└─The styles of red and white that I have drunk DO objectively taste different. Rioja, merlot, chardonnay, cabernets, etc. have distinct flavor profiles, so it's already more specific than "red wine flavor" or "white wine flavor." If you think they "all taste the same", you've not got any taste buds--...
[02:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First determine IF they are "special" - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:48:22] <exec> 08└─Superior? Strads go all the way up to eleven!!
[02:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:So it's a felony to receive a bribe - 06Bank IT Exec Jailed After Pleading Guilty to Taking Bribes from Vendor - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:50:21] <exec> 08└─The briber is not in the country where the crime occurred I believe. The crime doesn't bitchslap some important folks to have politicians and authorities make up some sex scandal and extradition treaties invoked I suppose...
[02:54:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I once gave myself a Staph infection - 06Researchers Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Using Smartphones - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:54:05] <exec> 08└─Most people have a varient of staph on their skin. It is usually kept in check by the skin system. Good that you caught it early and dealt with it. These things can be nasty. Good luck, and I hope you have fully recovered.
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[03:46:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:40] <exec> 08└─So, this is like a double trip down memory lane. Not that there's anything wrong what that.
[03:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:DIE, Social Media, DIE - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:46:55] <exec> 08└─I hate to feed the trolls, but Signal is messaging, not social media.
[03:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Flyingmoose [4369] (Score:2) 02Re:Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:02] <exec> 08└─Obviously your sarcasm detector is malfunctioning.
[03:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 743 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:05] <exec> 08└─I'm usually in agreement that Muslims are backwards savages, but Egypt's military overthrew Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood as a result of the two latter cracking down on protesters. Egypt is one more valuable American ally turned towards the Russians due to discontent with American foreign policy....
[03:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:07] <exec> 08└─Use a VOIP app for a number.
[03:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Insightful) 02And still the cryptoweenies will refuse to learn - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:09] <exec> 08└─Encryption is all well and good so long as the government allows it. Sure they can't listen in, but they can just stop any communication they can't listen to. VPN? Obvious attempt to circumvent monitoring, stop it. Push em hard enough they will limit https to trusted destinations. Encryption only ke...
[03:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 1958 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:21] <exec> 08└─You were doing fine for the first couple of sentences. Then you went on a long, diarrhetic rant full of false analogies. Listen, fuckstick, no one is saying to legislate courtesy or outward actions, and you know goddamned well that's not what I'm taking about. We are not speaking of "forcing people...
[03:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Culture in Worker Styles? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:32] <exec> 08└─PC bullshit and offensive jokes are the norm Dont work for qcom then :) Lots and lots of visits from 'hr'. having to deal with boorish ex-military assholes who forgot this ain't no longer the military. It takes some awhile for some to learn that. Once they figure it out they are really good.
[03:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:huh?? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:52] <exec> 08└─You can do it either way. Just beware the 'margin call'.
[03:47:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:huh?? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:53] <exec> 08└─While your car is at the garage for repairs, the mechanic starts renting it out to other people, thus making a profit from using your car, and at the same time, risking having your car destroyed by whoever he has rented it to.
[03:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:7.5 million! - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:56] <exec> 08└─Bonuses for IT staff? Face With One Eyebrow Raised!
[03:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 1041 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:48:10] <exec> 08└─People often ask how to sound like Eddie Van Halen or Eric Johnson when playing guitar. They think it's the guitar, the tone settings, the effects pedals. Those are an inconsequential part of sounding like a particular rockstar. If you want to sound like a rockstar, you have to play like them, and t...
[03:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:48:21] <exec> 08└─Coke had Max Headroom.
[03:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score:1) 02Re:fsck the scientists; give me this experiment... - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 1007 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:48:48] <exec> 08└─The best equipment in the world (mics being the most important as you know) won't capture it. We can hear that a sound is in front of us, or behind, or above, or below, and no world's most amazing mic pair will capture that. You have to hear it in person. I suppose you could build a cluster of 20 or...
[03:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boolean Conversion Error on Planet Earth - 06UN Armed Warlord in Sudan and Loses Sniper Rifles in Iraq - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:49:05] <exec> 08└─You already understand that it's usually a very bad idea for one organization to develop a monopoly on some aspect of society, so why can't you see that it's probably a bad idea to give one organization a monopoly on violence? Indeed, that's the worst sort of monopoly. As always, the key is competit...
[03:49:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Scale? - 06UN Armed Warlord in Sudan and Loses Sniper Rifles in Iraq - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:49:10] <exec> 08└─Ooga-boogas aren't exactly accurate or precise warriors. They spend ammo like they spend their EBT and welfare -- all up-front and as fast as they can. If they get their ashy hands on a full-auto capable rifle and ten goat-horns* full of ammo, they're gonna use full-auto and run through all ten goat...
[03:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Teleportation - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:50:12] <exec> 08└─If we could teleport an object slightly upward every so often, that would be an anti-gravity device. Brassières would no longer be needed, and the obese would no longer be overweight. We could all unleash our inner Baron Harkonnen.
[03:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Great! - 06Reprogrammable Skin Stem Cells in a Test Tube Could Reduce Number of Animal Experiments - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:50:27] <exec> 08└─They should use human skin stem cells.
[03:51:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Big Minds, Small Ideas - 06Zuckerberg Turns His Home Into Creepy Robot Buddy - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:51:05] <exec> 08└─He's practicing the art of the possible.
[03:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03fleg [128] (Score:2) 02offtopic - 06Zuckerberg Turns His Home Into Creepy Robot Buddy - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:51:15] <exec> 08└─hi Phoenix666, thanks for all the stories you post, they are much appreciated.
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[04:46:41] <exec> 08└─You're right. Were it still 20 years old, this story would no doubt have been categorised as "news." announcement of version 0.02 [google.com] Mr. Torvalds reminisces on Linux before its 20-year anniversary [zdnet.com]
[04:46:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:46:42] <exec> 08└─A few years ago I celebrated my 40th birthday.
[04:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 1467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:46:44] <exec> 08└─Given that I started with linux in 96-97 and it was old hat by then (I'd tried to download it with a 2400 then a 14.4k around 93-94 from the one local board that carried it, but couldn't manage it in time under their 'free access' limitations.) I am pretty sure that 2012 was the 20 year anniversary....
[04:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:46:46] <exec> 08└─I suspect the article is referring to version 1 of the Linux kernel. I played with version 0.99 of the kernel in 1994 and it remained at 0.99 for a long time. Many wondered why it stayed at that version since the kernel was stable. I guess Linus had different ideas.
[04:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Felt Good to Kill GNU - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:46:48] <exec> 08└─Linux killed GNU when Linus was young because RMS was old. Linus is old now. Time for Linux to die.
[04:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Re:And still the cryptoweenies will refuse to lear - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:47:14] <exec> 08└─Steganography on the other hand... egypt can read my inane plaintext posts to their approved social media site all they like.
[04:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:47:32] <exec> 08└─dude you are so full of your own ignorance you should stop lecturing people around NOW, btw capitailsm is what make you this ignorant
[04:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Take a look at Trump - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:41] <exec> 08└─Here we have a classic alpha male who dresses for success (never dresses down, ever), attacks critics without fail, makes sweeping statements and grandiose promises with zero facts or research to back it up, brushes aside all the sleazy things he's done in the past, and never apologizes. OK, maybe h...
[04:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:48:26] <exec> 08└─Coke = conservative (It's the Real Thing) Pepsi = liberal (The choice of a New Generation) Of course, that's all marketing. It's sugared water either way, but backed by the marketing, distribution, and financial might of two of the biggest corporations in the world.
[04:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:First determine IF they are "special" - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:48:48] <exec> 08└─And something to do with Stonehedge!!
[04:48:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First determine IF they are "special" - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:48:50] <exec> 08└─The violin soloist, along with the conductor and orchestra, are the medium through which the audience gets to expericene the works of Beethoven, or whomever. I'd guess that playing a great 17th century instrument helps today's world class violinists feel connected to the music of the 18th or 19th c...
[04:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jonathan [3950] (Score:1) 02Re:That's his goal. Not yours. - 06Zuckerberg Turns His Home Into Creepy Robot Buddy - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:51:37] <exec> 08└─Because its one of the largest concentrations of wealth in the world, its a waste of resources better spent on polio.
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[05:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02finally a comfortable radio - 06Tiniest Radio Receiver Created - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:39] <exec> 08└─My lifelong dream has been to have a radio in suppository form to shove up my ass, but I am cursed with a narrow anus, and every conventional radio to date has been too large for me.
[05:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score:2) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:46:50] <exec> 08└─The article says Last edited Wed Nov 20 13:55:27 2013
[05:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tied to Phone# - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:47:16] <exec> 08└─> Obviously your sarcasm detector is malfunctioning. Islam is the easiest way to make him malfunction. Any discussion that involves muslims smashes his stack because his bounds-checking is non-existent.
[05:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Open Mouth, Insert Foot - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:47:20] <exec> 08└─> Use a VOIP app for a number. Try it before you recommend it. Hint, it won't work. The signal app knows the phone's telco assigned phone number.
[05:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And still the cryptoweenies will refuse to lear - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:47:24] <exec> 08└─And why do you think that "cryptoweenies" weren't aware that oppressive governments are oppressive? Everyone knows is a cat-and-mouse game, but that's no reason to give up.
[05:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just like IMF's Lagarde - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 1386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:47:59] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=17550¬e=&title=French+Court+Finds+IMF+Chief+Christine+Lagarde+Guilty+of+Negligence+but+Doesn%27t+Impose+Penalty [soylentnews.org] "n1 [soylentnews.org] writes: A French court Monday found Christine Lagarde, head of the International Mo...
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[06:46:46] <exec> 08└─Hi Aristarchus, got sick of the usual gerbils?
[06:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You must be to stupid to get the message - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:47:29] <exec> 08└─> And why do you think that "cryptoweenies" weren't aware that oppressive governments are oppressive? Because jmorris is smarter than any expert. Half his posts are him telling us how dumb everyone else is. You must be to stupid to get the message!
[06:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 2000 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:47:47] <exec> 08└─None are so blind as those that will not see! Where did I here this before? Alright, Lefty Soylentils, here begins chapter two of the education of khallow. He has time, probably snowed in without a lot of work to do, or any? So our dear khallow is something like Descartes in winter camp, when he w...
[06:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:All Managers Are The Same? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:47:50] <exec> 08└─I don't personally buy their assertion. That's not what I saw working in China. Granted, I only worked at a small number of companies in one context and it might not generalize. However, what I saw was a very Confucian style of management practice at basically all the schools I worked at. The better...
[06:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:huh?? - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 1395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:48:20] <exec> 08└─Yes, but with interest rates being what they are, you're better off just using the cash to buy the car and then you don't have to worry about anything other than wrecking the car. Coincidentally, that's one of the reasons why so few Americans have enough savings. Why bother to save when the interest...
[06:49:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should buy monster HDMI cables - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:49:13] <exec> 08└─It's not ironic at all, I don't post things that don't make sense. I post things that upset people from time to time, but to hell with them. I have no issue slaughtering sacred cows when relevant.
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[07:47:39] <exec> 08└─Looks like you've been to stupid, show us how to get there too
[07:48:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Re:Smell test fail - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:48:03] <exec> 08└─What a surprise: Prof. Jago has never worked outside of the USA. [missouri.edu] That explains how he can hypothesize something so far removed from reality. Culture matters. It matter in how you interact with people, it matters in how people work, and it matters doubly as a manager: how you interact...
[07:52:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Marvels of quackery - 06Ancient Chinese Malaria Remedy Fights TB - 1113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:52:58] <exec> 08└─No one said anything about traditional Chinese medicine being ineffective. Just as in traditional European medicine [wikipedia.org] they occasionally stumble onto something that actually works, and then it’s up to modern pharmacological research to figure out why and how it works. The system of tr...
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[08:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:46:38] <exec> 08└─That's what we tell people, right? Just keep your skills up! If you keep your skills up, you'll always be in demand! Keep your skills up, and you can be a billionaire! In the U.S. and Canada, teachers are often underpaid—and many have quit the profession because they couldn't make a decent living...
[08:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DmT [6439] (Score:1) 02Still too big for a modern smartphone - 06Tiniest Radio Receiver Created - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:46:53] <exec> 08└─So they still are making modern smartphones without FM radio, because the size does not allow to fit the FM radio? Did they also count the laser and the power supply for the laser towards the size?
[08:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DmT [6439] (Score:1) 02Do they do something new? - 06Japanese Spacecraft to Study Van Allen Belts, Launched Atop Upgraded Solid-Fuel Rockets - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:13] <exec> 08└─Do they study something new or does the mission overlap with some existing satellite's mission?
[08:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And still the cryptoweenies will refuse to lear - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:47:37] <exec> 08└─egypt can read my inane plaintext posts
[08:49:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Always - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 887 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:49:12] <exec> 08└─Here we see a native right-winged human attempting to engage in social discourse. These primates tend to operate from a fear based perspective which makes most of their social conversation combative. Lets see how this one fares when his views are open to public review. It looks like his claims of "l...
[08:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Duct tape and a BFH... - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:50:39] <exec> 08└─why do people keep spelling "famous" with an "ing" at the end?
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[09:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:33] <exec> 08└─These appliances replaced things in most homes that did not require further maintenence before. People (rightfully) expect replacements to be a drop-in solution.
[09:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Insightful) 02internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:34] <exec> 08└─I buy an appliance. Dishwasher, clotheswasher, refrigerator, thermostatic control - it's a THING. It has one purpose - to perform the task for which it was designed. Chill food, wash things, control my home temperature. The damned thing doesn't have a screen on it, from which I can browse the web. I...
[09:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03r1348 [5988] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:46:36] <exec> 08└─It becomes your problem once you connect it to your network.
[09:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:46:45] <exec> 08└─Teachers here are underpaid in desirable assignments, not unlike game programmers. It's hard to have respect for the teaching profession in this country when they are so heavily unionized and have used that power to legally codify themselves into guild-like protections. You need a special teaching d...
[09:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:46:47] <exec> 08└─To be qualified, must be Node.js coder and nothing else. JavaScript experience makes you useless. C++ experience makes you worse than useless. You were saying something about crippling overspecialization?
[09:48:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Culture in Worker Styles? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:48:16] <exec> 08└─The military retirement guys are the worst because they've been in it for so long that they come out at a mid-level manager or director level and wreak havoc on IT departments they join. It's madness.
[09:48:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Culture in Worker Styles? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:48:18] <exec> 08└─even after he tried every wormy political trick in the book to try to discredit me.
[09:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Shopping list on my watch - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 1121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:50:36] <exec> 08└─Wow. So, you have your shopping list in electronic form and you think that the most efficient use of this is to transfer it to a portable device, physically move yourself to a shop, walk around the shop, put things into a trolley, and take the things home? Sounds like bad 1980s science fiction. If...
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[10:46:40] <exec> 08└─I buy an appliance. Dishwasher, clotheswasher, refrigerator, thermostatic control - it's a THING. It has one purpose - to perform the task for which it was designed. Chill food, wash things, control my home temperature. The damned thing doesn't have a screen on it, from which I can browse the web. I...
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[10:46:43] <exec> 08└─Ugh. I knew it was trouble when my new sex doll asked for my WiFi password.
[10:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:46:45] <exec> 08└─Sex Doll will leave you as soon as she gets her online degree in feminist studies.
[10:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:46:47] <exec> 08└─She's cheating on you (with the toaster, the fridge, and likely helping a DDOS even when you're keeping her... "busy").
[10:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vokbain [2372] (Score:2, Insightful) 02IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:49] <exec> 08└─To be honest I'm more concerned about the security of the shitty PVR and TV receiver boxes I get from my provider than I am about my Philips Hue lights and other automation swag. Apparently they update themselves periodically, but they're still running some version of Windows CE. Fortunately the Hue...
[10:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:46:51] <exec> 08└─Worse is that you have no idea if an update is patching a vulnerability or opening up some new spy/tracking functions, or even just bricking your device ("oops, dodgy code, please return to supplier for replacement, sorry you lost your recordings"; who am I kidding, they are never sorry)
[10:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 1170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:47:02] <exec> 08└─It's astonishing that this bullshit was actually modded up. The people who did that ought to be ashamed of themselves for encouraging this sort of mindlessness. In other words, you know nothing about public education and would rather bash unions that actually address any of the problems related to t...
[10:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Brain-Computer interfaces - 06Researchers Trace Neural Activity by Using Quantum Sensors - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:10] <exec> 08└─So when will we get better brain-computer interfaces? I've been waiting for decades to be able to safely and easily control stuff with thought macros and similar. The age of virtual savants[1] with virtual telepathy and telekinesis... [1] If you can tell computers to save and retrieve stuff based on...
[10:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Brain-Computer interfaces - 06Researchers Trace Neural Activity by Using Quantum Sensors - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:47:12] <exec> 08└─Of course what we might get instead is devices that send our thought patterns to the cloud to be interpreted (indexes, archived and sent to the NSA or MPAA/RIAA ;) )... Even though our own computers have enough processing power to interpret them without letting others spy on our thoughts.
[10:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Still too big for a modern smartphone - 06Tiniest Radio Receiver Created - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:47:23] <exec> 08└─What are you talking about, all of my smartphones have had an FM radio (Nexus one, Huawei G510, Sony Experia Z1, Sony Experia Z5)?
[10:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Still too big for a modern smartphone - 06Tiniest Radio Receiver Created - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:47:26] <exec> 08└─They've been there for years, the issue is that they usually don't include the software to make it work. As the AC points out as early as the Nexus One, the hardware was there to make it happen, it's just that the software didn't enable it. IIRC, you could get the software to enable it, but that req...
[10:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:48:30] <exec> 08└─What you produce is not yours, you have been paid, so just, well, you know, so do it!
[10:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:48:33] <exec> 08└─dude you are so full of your own ignorance you should stop lecturing people around NOW, btw capitailsm is what make you this ignorant
[10:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:Smell test fail - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:48:40] <exec> 08└─Oh! Now I get it. Maybe professor Jago studied management styles in different counties of Missouri. Possibly also a few from bordering states, just to see if the results extrapolate well.
[10:48:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just like IMF's Lagarde - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:48:58] <exec> 08└─See also: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[10:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score:2) 02Re:[OT] Re:Teleportation - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:51:27] <exec> 08└─Assuming journal posts increment the same comment value, and that you can delete your journal entries... that could be the answer.
[10:51:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score:2) 02Re:[OT] Re:Teleportation - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:51:30] <exec> 08└─I wonder where comment #444444 is.
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[11:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:45] <exec> 08└─I'd like to be a robot's pet, if it will feed me and let me sleep most of the day. I can do robosexual if it likes that sort of thing.
[11:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:47:16] <exec> 08└─The *average* high school teacher's salary in Ontario (Canada) is $87000. Hardly underpaid. Considering the number of people that want to teach, I'd say quite overpaid.
[11:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:47:18] <exec> 08└─What do other people with similar amounts of education get paid in Canada. Also, are they required to fund their own continuing education to maintain their credentials and how much work are they expected to do? In the US, teachers get paid far less than other occupations with similar requirements fo...
[11:47:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Where's the money going? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:20] <exec> 08└─US teachers are supposedly underpaid, but US education at all levels has huge amounts spent per pupil, even if we just restrict our attention to spending at the federal level. It's not funding that fails here, but the huge disconnect between spending and outcome. And that's because a huge number of...
[11:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:48:38] <exec> 08└─Let's keep in mind that I allowed from the beginning that regulation was important to a functioning society! I don't believe regulation is humanizing though. More like "preventing what happened in Flint."
[11:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boolean Conversion Error on Planet Earth - 06UN Armed Warlord in Sudan and Loses Sniper Rifles in Iraq - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:50:36] <exec> 08└─so why can't you see that it's probably a bad idea to give one organization a monopoly on violence? Indeed, that's the worst sort of monopoly.
[11:50:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02Scale? - 06UN Armed Warlord in Sudan and Loses Sniper Rifles in Iraq - 3976 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:37] <exec> 08└─I'm confused as to the scale. Thats about the right amount of loot for a medium to large sized street gang in Detroit. The problem this corner of Africa seems to have is entire armies of lunatics killing each other, not "some gang broke in to the armory and looted an insignificant amount of stuff"....
[11:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clue Bat - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:51:14] <exec> 08└─I merely wish that the idiots of the world had but one thick skull between the lot of them, that I might whack it with one blow.
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[12:46:39] <exec> 08└─Congratulations on your choice to sell yourself into sex slavery, and here's what your new master will look like: http://genresnaps.com [genresnaps.com]
[12:46:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:46:41] <exec> 08└─I guess you'll have the most fun when they bring you mates for selective breeding, and then you'll know that they kill 99 out of your 100 children, keeping only the one that is more pleasing to the eye/webcam whatever.
[12:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 1391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:06] <exec> 08└─I'd say you're both right. There is more to teaching than knowing how to solve a math problem. Unions do degrade the quality and performance of teaching as a profession. I taught English in Japan, and the level of commitment by the teacher and his involvement with the totality of his student's life...
[12:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:10] <exec> 08└─What do other people with similar amounts of education get paid in Canada. Also, are they required to fund their own continuing education to maintain their credentials and how much work are they expected to do?
[12:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 982 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:12] <exec> 08└─They do not have to do classes to keep up their credentials (although many will work towards a masters to get a salary increase). They get summers off of course, and teach from generally 9:00-15:30, leaving lots of time for grading, etc, in a normal work day. They typically also have 'free' time dur...
[12:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:14] <exec> 08└─Public school teachers have the summer off, are coddled by pensions (which disappeared in the private sector 40 years ago) and protected from incompetence by tenure. Oh, without tenure teachers would be at the mercy of arbitrary management? Welcome to real world. Nobody who hasn't been a teacher can...
[12:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03datapharmer [2702] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 739 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:16] <exec> 08└─Where in the world are you getting that number? According to salary.com "The median annual Teacher High School salary in Ontario, CA is $59,745, as of November 30, 2016, with a range usually between $47,338-$70,178" Not that it is terrible, but that's 27k away from reality, and in the U.S. it can va...
[12:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Cunning. - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 938 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:19] <exec> 08└─If China really is as underhand and monstrous [theguardian.com] as the new administration believes it is, then I can hardly think of a more effective way to undermine the US than this. Nevertheless President Trump will welcome (or at least tacitly approve) this move, since it means Chinese money flo...
[12:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Brain-Computer interfaces - 06Researchers Trace Neural Activity by Using Quantum Sensors - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:47:30] <exec> 08└─The advance here looks like a much better-performing version of EEG. If the sensitivity just keeps increasing, it may even be possible to read all thoughts at a distance with no implant. This would allow some nice applications including dream reading, mind reading, or a powerful one-way Stargate Atl...
[12:48:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Re:Do they do something new? - 06Japanese Spacecraft to Study Van Allen Belts, Launched Atop Upgraded Solid-Fuel Rockets - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:48:01] <exec> 08└─Quoting wikipedia for the most interesting new stuff: "The Epsilon is expected to have a shorter launch preparation time than its predecessors. [...] Due to a function called "mobile launch control", the rocket needs only eight people at the launch site. And forget about the satellite, unless they u...
[12:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:offtopic - 06Zuckerberg Turns His Home Into Creepy Robot Buddy - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:52:54] <exec> 08└─Thanks, fleg. It's become my morning ritual over coffee--scan the headlines, sip, submit story to Soylent.
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[19:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Wait for it... - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:52] <exec> 08└─In the span of a few months, the plant will be dismantled by Ooga-boogas jacking the copper and solar panels and selling them for pocket change, or using them to construct shanties or bullet-shields. This is why countries like Iraq and Uganda need a strongman as a ruler -- in Uganda's case, somebody...
[19:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wait for it... - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:54] <exec> 08└─Your irony meter is broken: ... wholesome Christian values ...
[19:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Who will reap the benefits? - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:56] <exec> 08└─So who benefits from this installation? Robert Otala, 50, gave up some of his land for the solar plant, and now lives 300 metres from the shiny panels soaking up the sun. "It is good. It has come to develop the area," he said. However he is one of several who will be unable to access the power from...
[19:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Who will reap the benefits? - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:58] <exec> 08└─This is why crank powered radios are a thing. They were originally invented for people that aren't connected to the grid, virtually anybody can crank the radio for a few minutes and get sound out of it and with that at least a basic understanding of what's going on in the country. But, it definitely...
[19:28:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Doesn't look higher resolution - 06New Ultrasound Technique is First to Image Inside Live Cells - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:06] <exec> 08└─I don't think the summary is accurately describing this research, from the images it is clear the new method has lower resolution than just using a microscope: http://www.nature.com [nature.com]
[19:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02East Texas - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:16] <exec> 08└─But then whatever will happen to all those poor judges in East Texas ;)
[19:28:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:East Texas - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:18] <exec> 08└─They will just go back to work for Enron... oh, wait...
[19:28:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:East Texas - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:20] <exec> 08└─They need to hurry! Positions in Trump's cabinet are filling up fast. Don't wait!
[19:28:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:4, Interesting) 02This won't kill patent trolls - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:22] <exec> 08└─This won't kill patent trolls. It will only make their life more difficult. They won't be able to venue shop. Trolls can still bring horrendously expensive lawsuits that drag innovators through expensive litigation for years. And they can venue shop still, just not as brazenly. They can't pick ridic...
[19:28:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:This won't kill patent trolls - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:24] <exec> 08└─Anything that can be done to make the process of filing frivolous lawsuits more difficult without making it harder to file lawsuits in general is a good thing. I don't understand why these suits were allowed to be filed in the wrong jurisdiction in the first place. The correct place to file a lawsui...
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[19:28:27] <exec> 08└─This just means that lots of one-room offices get opened up in Delaware, East Texas, etc. and become a sufficient presence to meet whatever minimum requirements for establishing that place as your home venue.
[19:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:This won't kill patent trolls - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:29] <exec> 08└─This just means that lots of one-room offices get opened up in Delaware
[19:28:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:This won't kill patent trolls - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:31] <exec> 08└─That would be a step in the right direction though, at least that way they're having to be located there. What pisses me off is companies like Microsoft that claim Washington when it comes to law suits, but illegal evade taxes by issuing all their licenses via Nevada where the corporate taxes are lo...
[19:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Charlie was right! - 06New Prehistoric Bird Species Discovered - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:39] <exec> 08└─Dennis: We also have the bird with teeth. Charlie: Wow, okay. And I'm assuming the teeth are fake, yes? Dennis: Yes. Well they're not really human teeth if that's what you're asking Charlie: No, I mean did you discover a bird with teeth in this fashion? Dennis: That does not exist in nature. Charlie...
[19:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:49] <exec> 08└─The aliens might be responsible pet owners and follow the various campaigns to ensure that all their pets are "fixed". I suppose better pet than livestock or test subject.
[19:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:51] <exec> 08└─Sometimes [wikipedia.org] aliens are even good enough to install additional hardware on humans to help them adapt to being pets. Hopefully our robot overlords will do similar.
[19:28:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:53] <exec> 08└─I have it on good authority that this won't happen until at least the year 2525.
[19:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:55] <exec> 08└─If man is still alive...
[19:28:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03gmrath [4181] (Score:1) 02Re:Will our robot overminds be wanting pets? - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:57] <exec> 08└─"In the year 2525, 2525 . . . " Used to remember the lyric of that song. A big hit in '69. But I believe you may be a little optimistic there. Maybe 2121?
[19:28:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Adverstisment - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:00] <exec> 08└─maybe they can sell the new wave of IoT devices to these new spin-tronic-based artificial brains?
[19:29:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02One step closer to positronic brains - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:02] <exec> 08└─Well, it's a good first step. Of course we all know that true self-aware AI will require antimatter-based brains.
[19:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:One step closer to positronic brains - 06The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:04] <exec> 08└─You're insane! An antimatter brain is too dangerous, you'll never get it to obey the three asimovian laws. However there is a rare element that just might work, and it smells like the dickens. To the smelloscope! Bite my shiny metal ass!
[19:29:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 161 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:14] <exec> 08└─These appliances replaced things in most homes that did not require further maintenence before. People (rightfully) expect replacements to be a drop-in solution.
[19:29:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score:2) 02Re:It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:16] <exec> 08└─Well when you abstract and centralize the everloving shit out of things for long enough things like KISS and air gaps just start looking like a band and a shoe. Also I notice people expect things to "just work" more often now. Which still seems interesting and amusing to me when a lot of this stuff...
[19:29:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:18] <exec> 08└─Also I notice people expect things to "just work" more often now. We've always expected things to "just work", although some things have always needed some maintenance, like cars, you expect the fridge to keep your beer cold and your toaster to toast bread. The trouble is we expect certain things, l...
[19:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:20] <exec> 08└─Back in the old days we just had a strip of metal that bent based on temperature! Damn kids, get off my lawn! :)
[19:29:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:22] <exec> 08└─I still have one of those for my thermostat. Works like a charm.
[19:29:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:25] <exec> 08└─They don't just expect it to be a drop-in solution because of history. That's how these devices were marketed.
[19:29:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:31] <exec> 08└─Hahahaha a feminist degree? That bot will leave you once she finds a man with deeper pockets on some hook up site. She don't need a fucking degree to that out!
[19:29:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 1413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:34] <exec> 08└─It *is* your problem. However, lets say you actually *WANT* to update the thing. Take for example my TV. 2011 state of the art neato LED 55 inch TV. Still works very nicely. 0 firmware updates in the past 4 years after 3 right when I first bought it. Despite the number of known high profile root exp...
[19:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03skater [4342] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:36] <exec> 08└─Relax - you can still buy non-smart refrigerators. We just bought a set of non-smart washer and dryer.
[19:29:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:38] <exec> 08└─The failure here, is not with the end user, the consumer. The failure is that idiots are selling products with built in, totally unecessary vulnerabilities.
[19:29:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:41] <exec> 08└─Not to mention supplying them with the wireless password. This shit doesn't happen to innocent victims. It happens to negligent idiots with too much money thinking it's all magic.
[19:29:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:43] <exec> 08└─To be fair, that's very much something computer companies are encouraging these days. "Just put the CD in and MAGIC!" No, it's not magic; it's a bunch of code that tries to plan for various contingencies, but it's not psychic, or magic, and it doesn't know perfectly what you want every time. You'd t...
[19:29:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:45] <exec> 08└─The question is why people are buying them. Are they buying them because the manufacturers bundle services with them from people who pay them, making them cheaper than the dumb versions? Are they buying them because they see the word 'smart' and think that must be better than 'dumb'? Are they buying...
[19:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:47] <exec> 08└─Are they buying them because the shop doesn't have any dumb variants in stock?
[19:29:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:49] <exec> 08└─Hey! How are they going to monetize your washing/eating/hvac/etc habits? The nerve of some people. I mean, without knowing how often you wash your clothes or how dirty they are, how else would they target you for Tide and Clorox ads? Or the fact that you enjoy dairy maybe you should invest more in b...
[19:29:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:54] <exec> 08└─Worse is that you have no idea if an update is patching a vulnerability or opening up some new spy/tracking functions, or even just bricking your device ("oops, dodgy code, please return to supplier for replacement, sorry you lost your recordings"; who am I kidding, they are never sorry)
[19:29:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:56] <exec> 08└─Worse is that you have no idea if an update is patching a vulnerability or opening up some new spy/tracking functions...
[19:29:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:58] <exec> 08└─If you're lucky enough to get updates for your Android device that's more than a year old at all. Very lucky.
[19:29:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:00] <exec> 08└─That's why Google has been moving more and more Android functionality into the playstore. It's definitely not an appropriate solution, but it's far better than it used to be where 100% of the patching had to be done by the carrier who mostly wouldn't do any because they've got waivers for any respon...
[19:30:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03mmcmonster [401] (Score:2) 02Better routers... - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:02] <exec> 08└─Frankly, I'm not concerned about IoT devices ... so long as I had better router software. Currently my router default has a single zone for all devices attached. Would be nice for the software to default to two zones: Trusted and nontrusted. Trusted devices get access to each other and shares on the...
[19:30:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better routers... - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:04] <exec> 08└─Router updates would solve a big part of this.
[19:30:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:4, Insightful) 02updates are risky, vendors aren't trustworthy - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 2394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:07] <exec> 08└─That we have to jailbreak our own property is bull. That there are reasons to want to jailbreak devices is more bull. The walls of the walled gardens are insidious. For example, my "smart" TV is corporate controlled and restricted to the max. The TV can surf the Internet, but has been artificially l...
[19:30:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:updates are risky, vendors aren't trustworthy - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:09] <exec> 08└─The TV can surf the Internet, but has been artificially limited to only a few major websites such as YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and about a dozen others all related to corporate controlled video.
[19:30:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:updates are risky, vendors aren't trustworthy - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 1332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:11] <exec> 08└─> But that is what you are buying It is not clear that the smart TV is crippled. It is obvious (to me and many others) that the smart TV is in fact a general purpose computer, preloaded with software/firmware. So why shouldn't it be able to view any website? Run any browser? I suppose it's possible...
[19:30:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:updates are risky, vendors aren't trustworthy - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the "you know what you're buying" is such a crappy line of defense. It is the same line of thinking that initially had tethering your laptop to your phone costing $10 for the privilege (with no extra data), or selling $500 routers that simply had some software enabled. There is no logistical r...
[19:30:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:updates are risky, vendors aren't trustworthy - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 3210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:15] <exec> 08└─That's too bad that you learned this the hard way. I've learned myself to never buy a cable modem or dsl router that has a combination of services. Only buy a direct connection that allows you to hook the internet, and something fancy on your side. You can go all out on what you have on your LAN; if...
[19:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Because they can't - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:17] <exec> 08└─My understanding is a lot of the problems are "secret" logins that the consumer doesn't even know about. The other issue is default passwords that can't be changed. I'll buy an IoT device when I'm satisfied they have their secure act together. I'll probably die first.
[19:30:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Re:Because they can't - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:20] <exec> 08└─And for that class of vulnerability it seems like something that would be so easy to make virtually iron-clad. Most such devices rarely need to be reconfigured, so just require pushing a physical button on the device to permit logins. Heck, most probably already have a "hold to reset" button to debo...
[19:30:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02uneven stick length - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:22] <exec> 08└─*Pshaw* IoT (Internet-of-Things) is so passee. The GoT (Grid-of-Things) is the new wave and my solar panels are feeding it daily ^_^ caveat: the barrier to entry for IoT is much much lower then for GoT. Nobody cares if your IoT device becomes a node in a gigantic botnet that takes down medical equip...
[19:30:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:uneven stick length - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:24] <exec> 08└─I'm not well sited for solar (too many big trees in the yard), but if I ever decide to add panels, I'm inclined to set up a non-grid connected system. For example, enough panels to keep some batteries charged on average, and an inverter to run the constant loads in the house like computers and the c...
[19:30:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02obvious - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:26] <exec> 08└─the fact that canonical/ubuntu is acting surprised is ridiculous. they have been asked by users to fully automate ubuntu updates for years now. . they've also been asked to make it a rolling release so that distribution upgrades can go away as well. They've responded like many here will want to resp...
[19:30:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obvious - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:28] <exec> 08└─you could have two or three tracks for users to choose from. bleeding edge, normal and dinosaur.
[19:30:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02We need to MAKE it the manufacturer's problem - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 1721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:30] <exec> 08└─I suggest that the fix is to place financial liability for damages caused upon the manufacturer of the product that participated in a DDOS botnet causing damages. Think about it. When I buy a toaster, I don't expect it to burn my house down. There are even labs that test products for such safety so...
[19:30:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:43] <exec> 08└─What you are saying sounds more like a problem with dumb HR hiring than with overspecialization. WANTED: Programmer with 20 years experience in Rust or Go lang.
[19:30:47] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 351 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:47] <exec> 08└─In America, thanks to unions, the teachers knock off at 2:30pm after having started at 8am; and in that 6.5 hour day they've had a 90 minute prep period and an hour lunch. So they work slightly more than a half day each day. They get about 50 flavors of religious holidays off, and they don't have t...
[19:30:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:49] <exec> 08└─U.S. teachers who give a shit, and there are a lot of them, will get to school earlier, stay there longer, and bring work home. They prepare for the next school year during the summer and go to mandated workshops. There are far less than "50 flavors of religious holidays off". Benefits and pay vary...
[19:30:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 2083 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:51] <exec> 08└─There's something wrong with your reasoning... You agree, on the one hand, that "teacher require special certifications". I.e., one cannot be a teacher, unless one has certification X. Then you respond to criticism of these required certifications by saying "I deal with the results of untrained teac...
[19:30:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:53] <exec> 08└─If the certifications are required to be a teacher, then what exactly is an "untrained" teacher?
[19:30:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02subject still matters - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:55] <exec> 08└─In the first grade here, the problem "X - 9 = 9" was given, but with a blank instead of an X because variables are algebra. The teacher would accept 9 and 0 as possible answers. When asked by a volunteering parent why 18 was not acceptable, the teacher said it was incorrect because 2-digit numbers h...
[19:30:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:subject still matters - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 956 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:30:58] <exec> 08└─That's a problem I often encounter where there's multiple solutions, or usually methods, but only one of them has been covered. And yes, that solution would be wrong if they haven't gotten to the point where they've covered that. However, neither 9 nor 0 are correct answers to the problem as using a...
[19:30:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:00] <exec> 08└─That's because at the college level there's no requirement that you have ever had a teaching degree. It's a straight up masters in the content area and often times a PhD because clearly that qualifies them to teach. All too many colleges will focus more on the faculty's published work over their cla...
[19:31:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:02] <exec> 08└─Master's or above in something else you're not qualified in their eyes.
[19:31:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 1297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:07] <exec> 08└─The certifications aren't pointless, one way or another you need a way of telling who has and who hasn't had at least some exposure to the methods used in the trade. We can quibble all day about which standards make sense and which ones don't as well as how to fix it, but at the end of the day, it's...
[19:31:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:09] <exec> 08└─I'll note here that I don't respect the certifications and credentials that are currently enforced or issued for teachers because I think it's a deliberate intent to restrict the supply of teachers by those teacher unions.
[19:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:12] <exec> 08└─The supply and demand ratio should push down the salaries
[19:31:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:15] <exec> 08└─I will put money on China not out-paying Ontario teachers.
[19:31:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:18] <exec> 08└─Maybe politicians should claim the same deal.
[19:31:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:20] <exec> 08└─... coddled by pensions (which disappeared in the private sector 40 years ago)
[19:31:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03datapharmer [2702] 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 739 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:22] <exec> 08└─Where in the world are you getting that number? According to salary.com "The median annual Teacher High School salary in Ontario, CA is $59,745, as of November 30, 2016, with a range usually between $47,338-$70,178" Not that it is terrible, but that's 27k away from reality, and in the U.S. it can va...
[19:31:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score:3, Informative) 02CAD vs USD - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:24] <exec> 08└─I don't know where Nerdfest got his number, but it's possible he's quoting in CAD and you're quoting USD. C$87,000 is about US$65,000. That's still above your number, but it's easy to see how two different surveys could produce numbers with a US$5000 difference in average salary.
[19:31:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:26] <exec> 08└─The number's came from the National Post [nationalpost.com], and are just for Toronto, so my mistake. Toronto is probably the most expensive place to live in Ontario as well. 13K a year is certainly *way* too low.
[19:31:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 2683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:28] <exec> 08└─I've always wanted to run the numbers. I live in Orlando. Median household income here is $41K (source: http://www.bestplaces.net). [bestplaces.net] This is right around "assistant manager of Walmart" (43K), "GM of the Olive Garden" (39K), and what I consider to be a "no...
[19:31:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Canadian teachers are paid well - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 821 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:30] <exec> 08└─I came here to say something similar. I'm not sure why Phoenix666 decided to lump Canadian teachers into the summary. Here are some links with data: Canadian teachers among top paid worldwide, study finds [thestar.com] OECD finds us fourth highest of developed nations, according to new report on...
[19:31:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score:2) 02Re:Canadian teachers are paid well - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:33] <exec> 08└─I see the reference to underpaid Canadian teachers comes from the Bloomberg article, not from Phoenix666's posterior.
[19:31:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Canadian teachers are paid well - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:35] <exec> 08└─That's straight from the article. No lumping on my part.
[19:31:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:37] <exec> 08└─Not everybody can teach well. Just because lots of people want to teach, that does not mean they would do a good job at it. Given the impact giving a good education to a child can have in the economy $87,000 a year per teacher is a pittance. It is in effect investing in the future of the country. Yo...
[19:31:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Where's the money going? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 837 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:40] <exec> 08└─It's going to administrator/manager types (school systems tend to be alarmingly top-heavy), to sports, and especially to an never-ending construction rush that is largely justified by those sports. (We need a new swimming pool with more lanes for our swim team! We need more athletic fields!) Around...
[19:31:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score:2, Interesting) 02where money goes - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 1792 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:42] <exec> 08└─A relative of mine is a former teacher, now retired. Her former coworkers respected her a lot and contacted her, to complain about the chief administrator in her district. He'd been spending lavishly on visiting conventions and other expenses (all dutifully reported but in a vague, deniable way) and...
[19:31:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02Cunning. - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 938 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:31:44] <exec> 08└─If China really is as underhand and monstrous [theguardian.com] as the new administration believes it is, then I can hardly think of a more effective way to undermine the US than this. Nevertheless President Trump will welcome (or at least tacitly approve) this move, since it means Chinese money flo...
[19:31:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fubari [4551] (Score:2) 02Re:Cunning. - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:46] <exec> 08└─Damn, I would mod "+1 Depressingly True" if I could. +1 Interesting seemed like the best fit.
[19:31:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Cunning. - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:48] <exec> 08└─Don't you think the educational deficit isn't already a problem today. Surely it is only because of people's poor education that they though voting for Trump was a good idea.
[19:31:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Not a salary issue? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:31:50] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure the title of the Bloomberg article, or this one, is completely accurate. It looks like they pay teachers $20-22 per hour, plus some perks and bonuses. It's sad that that seems to be more than some teachers are making in the US, but on the other hand I think they're hiring American teach...
[19:31:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Not a salary issue? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:53] <exec> 08└─As long as you aren't in a major city, that's quite a bit of money. If you're in a less expensive part of the country, you'd have plenty of money on that salary. The issue is more like places like Beijing or Shanghai where the cost of living is much higher.
[19:32:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Still too big for a modern smartphone - 06Tiniest Radio Receiver Created - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:13] <exec> 08└─I assume it is disabled on certain smartphones as an anti-competitive move (get them using iTunes instead).
[19:32:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Still too big for a modern smartphone - 06Tiniest Radio Receiver Created - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:15] <exec> 08└─Size can't be the reason all phones don't have radios (I'm tempted to mod you "funny" since a phone is a computer with multiple radios). My Samsung tablet won;t pick up FM except from an internet stream, and I should be able to watch broadcast TV on the damned thing; all the hardware to do so is the...
[19:32:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:29] <exec> 08└─My wife has just celebrated her 21st anniversary of her 29th birthday. It a bitch to get on a cake.
[19:32:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:33] <exec> 08└─I certainly did have fun during those early years, back when it was new and exciting, and I was too sheltered to understand all the design shortcomings that each unix had while trying to tout its superiorities. On the other hand, today I loath it. Despite the ever increasing march towards a technica...
[19:32:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:36] <exec> 08└─I suspect the article is referring to version 1 of the Linux kernel.
[19:32:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:38] <exec> 08└─it remained at 0.99 for a long time. Many wondered why it stayed at that version since the kernel was stable.
[19:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:40] <exec> 08└─Correction, should be "Linus:" and not "Linux:". It's not an AI bot there.
[19:32:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Thanks! - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:43] <exec> 08└─Dunno, this linux thing works really good on my computer(s).
[19:32:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Meek - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:46] <exec> 08└─As a meek first year student, I wouldn't have dared disturb such discourse. Linus wasn't so meek, but he didn't want to post something and be shown to be wrong.
[19:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Do they do something new? - 06Japanese Spacecraft to Study Van Allen Belts, Launched Atop Upgraded Solid-Fuel Rockets - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:56] <exec> 08└─They probably wont turn up anything new, but they are better understanding what is known to be there. For instance, we know what the environment of the South Atlantic Anomaly is like, but we don't understand a lot of its underlying mechanisms. This spacecraft will make dedicated measurements of this...
[19:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:DIE, Social Media, DIE - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:07] <exec> 08└─Also, from what most people on sites like these tell me again and again, apparently the signal is not something which can be stopped.
[19:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:DIE, Social Media, DIE - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:09] <exec> 08└─Can't stop the signal, AC. The signal must flow.
[19:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:Open Mouth, Insert Foot - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:21] <exec> 08└─I hope you are wrong. My cell-phone does not have a SIM card, but I want to use signal.
[19:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02question? - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:29] <exec> 08└─"signal" app on android? isn't that like drilling a hole in a perfectly good safe?
[19:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:46] <exec> 08└─I don't think we're using the word "humanity" the same way here. Perhaps we're running into a sort of operator-overload conflict. Because from the sound of it, "humanity" in this context is another content-free snarl word to you, whose closest meaning seems to be "hurr hurr feelz over realz derka du...
[19:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:53] <exec> 08└─So either I own the output of my labor and can, via contract, exchange ownership of the output of my labor to an employer.
[19:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:not really surprising - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:33:55] <exec> 08└─It's this sort of confusion that is typical of Marxism. In my view, I don't own something that I can't trade. So either I own the output of my labor and can, via contract, exchange ownership of the output of my labor to an employer. Or I can't which implies I don't own the output of my labor. Which...
[19:33:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Francis [5544] 02Re:All Managers Are The Same? - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 1325 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:34:00] <exec> 08└─I don't personally buy their assertion. That's not what I saw working in China. Granted, I only worked at a small number of companies in one context and it might not generalize. However, what I saw was a very Confucian style of management practice at basically all the schools I worked at. The better...
[19:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Smell test fail - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:34:06] <exec> 08└─"Prof. Jago has never worked outside of the USA." What a Jagoff [wikipedia.org]! /rimshot
[19:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Smell test fail - 06Culture Not a Factor in Management Styles Globally - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:34:08] <exec> 08└─You left out the antipodean "she'll be right mate, no worries."
[19:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:7.5 million! - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:34:42] <exec> 08└─Hah, too late! The CTO already gave me my Christmas Bonus in the form of a 5$ scratch off ticket.
[19:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:09] <exec> 08└─Coke sells more soda because there are more people selling it; fast food joints are almost all coca cola, seldom pepsi. I prefer RC, but I haven't seen a bottle in years. If you're talking fountain soda, they're all different even when they're all coke, and brand doesn;t matter.
[19:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03termigator [4271] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:14] <exec> 08└─Visual stimuli can affect one's taste perception. To truly verify if red and white wines have distinctive taste charateristics, all tasters have to be blind folded with them stating if they are sampling a red or white wine.
[19:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:19] <exec> 08└─I would rather keep the small room test and ditch the concert hall test. Reflections and harmonics = interference. It is like judging two cameras taking photos and looking them at a distance through a dirty mirror. RLY? If you want a real test get rid of humans and analyze the sound in audible and s...
[19:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:21] <exec> 08└─If you want a real test get rid of humans and analyze the sound in audible and some ultrasound range, anechoic chamber, good mics.
[19:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:25] <exec> 08└─I've never played violin, but being a stringed instrument it's probably similar to guitar, and a guitarist can tell a good guitar from a junk guitar. Good ones are easier to play and sound better, so I can't take your statement at face value without a citation.
[19:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:The middle study is the only one that matters - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:28] <exec> 08└─The citation is linked right there in the summary.
[19:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should buy monster HDMI cables - 06Scientists Are Studying What Makes Stradivarius Violins Special - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:35:45] <exec> 08└─It's not ironic at all, I don't post things that don't make sense.
[19:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score:2) 02Re:Boolean Conversion Error on Planet Earth - 06UN Armed Warlord in Sudan and Loses Sniper Rifles in Iraq - 1129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:36:06] <exec> 08└─What did I write that makes you think I disagree with you? I'm all for distributed access to violence as a solution, all the way down to the individual. My post was getting a bit long, and I figured it wasn't the time for a treatise on my preferred style of government organization as well. Besides,...
[19:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Iron Man suit - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:36:53] <exec> 08└─It's not so much that the quality has suffered, but that there is only a finite amount awesome [tvtropes.org] to be shared between them.
[19:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Real bread and virtual circuses - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 697 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:37:00] <exec> 08└─http://news.mit.edu/2016/study-rich-poor-huge-mortality-gap-us-0411 [mit.edu] http://www.nytimes.com [nytimes.com] http://www.nytimes.com [ny...
[19:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:weight/density sensor - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:37:08] <exec> 08└─>Say it's sitting on the edge of a table. If you need to push it off, rather than lift it off, then it should be obvious how heavy it is, and it's entirely your fault for trying to push it off when you already know it's too heavy, proceeding to carry it, and THEN "realizing" that it's too heavy. If...
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[20:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:0, Flamebait) 02Reproduction and Parasites - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:52] <exec> 08└─" Scientists know that sex allows genes to mix, allowing populations to quickly evolve and adapt to changing environments, including rapidly evolving parasites. "
[20:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Reproduction and Parasites - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:54] <exec> 08└─Yes, Eth, we all realize what sort of fantasy you would need to imagine to be able to procreate, physically. Lucky for our gene pool it still requires a willing partner, though.
[20:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Reproduction and Parasites - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:56] <exec> 08└─Eth, are you okay? Most of your output over the last couple of weeks has been really substandard. It's missing that "this is an obvious troll" factor. Are you feeling sick, or did you break the number one rule of drug dealing and start sampling the merchandise?
[20:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Article answers its own question - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:58] <exec> 08└─The question in the first sentence is answered. I was about to give an explanation about genetic diversity in the population. So I'll give this answer instead. Because sex is more fun that cloning. Yet there are plenty of people researching cloning.
[20:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wait for it... - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:47:09] <exec> 08└─I realize there's a lot of confusion because Christians seem to have co-oped the name of somebody who achieved enlightenment around 2k years ago and was subsequently executed, but there really aren't any similarities between his teachings and Christian values.
[20:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Who will reap the benefits? - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:47:13] <exec> 08└─> However he is one of several who will be unable to access the power from the plant, as he is not connected to the national electricity grid. Even if he isn't on the grid, what about the rest of his town? Surely some parts of the town have been electrified that were not previously. If a school or a...
[20:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:3, Funny) 02But what about the Change? - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:15] <exec> 08└─Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda
[20:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:But what about the Change? - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:47:17] <exec> 08└─In Africa there is no hope, only rope and dopes.
[20:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03zafiro17 [234] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Refits - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 1411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:19] <exec> 08└─The article doesn't go into the technical or policy issues that presaged the project here, but Germany gets a huge amount of credit for this, through their support of a Refit (renewable energy feed-in-tariff) that made this project financially feasible. Essentially, the government agrees to preferen...
[20:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:This won't kill patent trolls - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:47:41] <exec> 08└─> I don't understand why these suits were allowed to be filed in the wrong jurisdiction in the first place. Because if patent troll lawsuits were to be disposed of early, lawyers (on both sides) would make less money. I hope that clears it up. That concludes this tech support call. Please take the a...
[20:48:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02updates are risky, vendors aren't trustworthy - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 2394 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:43] <exec> 08└─That we have to jailbreak our own property is bull. That there are reasons to want to jailbreak devices is more bull. The walls of the walled gardens are insidious. For example, my "smart" TV is corporate controlled and restricted to the max. The TV can surf the Internet, but has been artificially l...
[20:48:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:uneven stick length - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:48:53] <exec> 08└─I'm not well sited for solar (too many big trees in the yard), but if I ever decide to add panels, I'm inclined to set up a non-grid connected system.
[20:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Capt. Obvious [6089] (Score:2) 02Re:Where's the money going? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:49:42] <exec> 08└─restrict our attention to .. the federal level
[20:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ayn Anonymous [5012] (Score:2) 02Link to the full published paper - 06Researchers Trace Neural Activity by Using Quantum Sensors - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:58] <exec> 08└─here: http://sci-hub.cc [sci-hub.cc] Brought to you by: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[20:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:50:29] <exec> 08└─Well, I was fiddling with the SLS distribution at that time (and the 40ish floppy disks that were required). I know the kernel was at 0.99 for a long time in that distribution. Why that was I don't know. Perhaps it was because I was lazy in updating it. After all, downloading 40 disks worth of stuff...
[20:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Mohammed's Encrypted Communication - 06Egypt has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal - 893 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:51:07] <exec> 08└─Mohammed: Did you see Mohammed at the meeting today? Mohammed: No, but his brother Mohammed showed up. Mohammed: What did Mohammed talk about? Mohammed: Mohammed introduced us to Mohammed who is also a mason! Mohammed: A mason? No shit? How long has he been one? Mohammed: About five years. He was re...
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[21:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Reproduction and Parasites - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:57] <exec> 08└─You are completely incoherent - you need more ethanol, not that methanol bath liquids stuff.
[21:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Article answers its own question - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:59] <exec> 08└─The irony is that when polygamous humans have sex for fun more often, they expose themselves to more diseases -- including the kind that don't go away. In other words, when they engage in "Tinder-style" dating. Even knew a guy who caught crabs once (which is even more skanky in a way, because it imp...
[21:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Pick Up Lines - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:01] <exec> 08└─I'm totally using this. Although, it does require a certain amount of forward thinking on the female's part, which normally works against me.
[21:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Pick Up Lines - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:04] <exec> 08└─Painting yourself up in Blackface might tip the scales in your favor during your explanation. That, and stuffing a sock into the front of your undies.
[21:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Impossible. - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 955 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:06] <exec> 08└─Evolution has no foresight. Evolution doesn't work that way. At best you could say something like descendants of sexually bimorphic species were better at surviving infections/diseases/parasites, etc., which is one of the standard theories for why sexually bimorphic species are so common, and why pa...
[21:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Security through obscurity - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:08] <exec> 08└─I've heard about this theory as the top explanation of sex for roughly 5 years. This seems to be confirmation of the top theory. It's essentially security-through-obscurity: the offspring have semi-custom (re-combined) genes, making it harder for invaders to depend on an existing pattern of genes. T...
[21:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wait for it... - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:19] <exec> 08└─Yes, the inbred hypocrisy with christianity is hard for a lot of people to handle, and undoubtedly is a large part of why churches are having such problems recruiting the younger generation.
[21:47:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zafiro17 [234] 02Refits - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 1411 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:26] <exec> 08└─The article doesn't go into the technical or policy issues that presaged the project here, but Germany gets a huge amount of credit for this, through their support of a Refit (renewable energy feed-in-tariff) that made this project financially feasible. Essentially, the government agrees to preferen...
[21:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score:2) 02Re:Refits - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:28] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the insightful post. Question, I came across an article a bit back about nuclear & Russia in Uganda: https://www.newsghana.com.gh [newsghana.com.gh]. I hear more about China, especially in the context of completed projects, but how much o...
[21:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This won't kill patent trolls - 06US Supreme Court to Hear Case That May Ruin Lone Star Patent Trolls - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:50] <exec> 08└─Don't forget those companies are also Irish companies when it suits them.
[21:48:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Better routers... - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 960 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:48:53] <exec> 08└─I don't know about most people, but for me a router *should* be a dumb switch, the way it used to be. The multiple zones in one router is a nice suggestion, but I tend to think of using two routers to achieve that. And I've got to admit I don't update my router software, but the only things on it ar...
[21:48:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better routers... - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:48:55] <exec> 08└─Default firmware on routers is pretty universally awful. Luckily installong something usable is pretty simple for a techie. I like Tomato but DD-WRT supports a lot more devices. They allow making multiple networks. Of course, ny solution that requires the user to be knowledgeable doesn't scale.
[21:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:obvious - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:49:08] <exec> 08└─The problem is when you have a box that has been offline or unable to get updates and it tries to go from very old to current. Rolling releases are stable when upgraded on schedule. But when you leap updates you can get unpredictable behavior. Gentoo, i'm looking at you. An IoT device probably shoul...
[21:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Just keep your skills up! - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:49:53] <exec> 08└─You're assuming that the teachers in place are good, which is not always the case, and the unions generally involved ensure that that does not change easily or quickly. Also, studies generally show that money is not as big a factor as you would think.
[21:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score:1) 02Re:Not a salary issue? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:50:03] <exec> 08└─Here's one of many:http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/edu/5927739886.html [craigslist.org]
[21:52:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Re:I'll miss stories like this one next year - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 1016 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:52:20] <exec> 08└─There are more than 2 sets of laws. There are somewhere around 5: 1. The completely unprosecutable: These are political and business leaders who can commit horrendous crimes and never face justice. Think Dick Cheney, who announced on CNN that he committed war crimes, which the US is required by trea...
[21:52:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:7.5 million! - 06Morgan Stanley Fined $7.5 Million For Commingling Customer Cash In "Delta One" Desk Trades - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:52:38] <exec> 08└─Merry Christmas! You sure he/she isn't just mark-to-marketing your paycheck in advance?
[21:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:weight/density sensor - 06What One Piece of Tech Would Transform Your Working Life? - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:54:56] <exec> 08└─Wow. You've got it all figured out, don't you? Where have you been all of my life?
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[22:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02too late to save Steve Jobs - 06Scientists Discover New Natural Source of Potent Anti-Cancer Drugs - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:37] <exec> 08└─Scientists discover Steve Jobs should have eaten shit to beat cancer!
[22:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:4, Funny) 02Re:Article answers its own question - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:51] <exec> 08└─Because sex is more fun that cloning. Yet there are plenty of people researching cloning.
[22:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Article answers its own question - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:53] <exec> 08└─Apparently if a female komodo dragon doesn't have male company she'll even get herself pregnant in order to get somebody around to have sex with. And due to genetics, the offspring of said clone pregnancy will only ever be male.
[22:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Impossible. - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:58] <exec> 08└─P.S.: This isn't a criticism of the original paper which I haven't read, and am likely not competent to read.
[22:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02'large-scale benefit' - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:01] <exec> 08└─hey baby. wanna see my large-scale benefit?
[22:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:'large-scale benefit' - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:47:03] <exec> 08└─No.
[22:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Who will reap the benefits? - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:47:18] <exec> 08└─Robert Otala, 50, gave up some of his land for the solar plant, and now lives *300 metres* from the shiny panels soaking up the sun. "It is good. It has come to develop the area," he said. However he is one of several who will be unable to access the power from the plant, as he is not connected to t...
[22:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I assert solar is a good investment - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:23] <exec> 08└─Much of the us is cancelling solar subsidies, but those subsidies are continuing in other countries. The price per kilowatt will continue to drop as the economies of scale grow.
[22:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Wasn't it 20 years old 5 years ago? - 06Linux at 20, Some Personal Memories - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:50:33] <exec> 08└─Or how the Linux community never developed a complete and easy to use alternative to Active Directory.
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[23:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02antideuterium - 06Light Spectrum of Antimatter Observed - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:27] <exec> 08└─Good good now all we need is some antideuterium to fuel a warp reactor and the vulcans will come to observe our primitive planet and not laugh at us smugly.
[23:46:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Nobel Prize? - 06Light Spectrum of Antimatter Observed - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:28] <exec> 08└─HIggs boson, gravity waves and now this! This is pretty cool.
[23:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Paper doesn't exist? - 06Scientists Discover New Natural Source of Potent Anti-Cancer Drugs - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:37] <exec> 08└─"DOI Not Found" http://dx.doi.org [doi.org]
[23:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02TFA is Misleading and a Link to the Research - 06Scientists Discover New Natural Source of Potent Anti-Cancer Drugs - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:40] <exec> 08└─enediyne natural products, called tiancimycins, (TNMs) which kill selected cancer cells more rapidly and completely in comparison to toxic molecules used in FDA-approved antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)
[23:47:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mhajicek [51] 02Re:'large-scale benefit' - 06Sex Evolved to Help Future Generations Fight Infection, Scientists Show - 3 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:01] <exec> 08└─No.
[23:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score:2) 02Re:Wait for it... - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:13] <exec> 08└─I'll mod you up with the caveat that it is not all Christians. In my experience there's a broad spread of goodness not too different from the spread among the more secular. And the nicer ones are the ones that keep to themselves more.
[23:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02"Mud hut and solar panels?" I'll take it - 06Huge Solar Plant Beams Power and Hope to Rural Uganda - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:23] <exec> 08└─Would rather have a mud hut (probably more like some form of adobe--don't look down on these people, they're not savages!) with a clean, steady, reliable energy source than some 3,500 square foot vinyl-sided fuckbox running on hell knows what pumped out of the ground. Granted this stuff doesn't (yet...
[23:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's simple - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:48:25] <exec> 08└─In my day there was just a damper we opened or closed to control how much air the fire got.
[23:48:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02Re:internet of THINGS - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:48:32] <exec> 08└─She's cheating on you (with the toaster, the fridge, and likely helping a DDOS even when you're keeping her... "busy").
[23:48:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:48:44] <exec> 08└─This is linked from the top of the page you linked (emphasis mine): We would like to let you know that we’ve rolled out worldwide software that replaces the previous 1.11 software update of Philips Hue. This means that lights from other brands will work as before with the Philips Hue system using...
[23:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:IoT vs PVRs etc. - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:48:49] <exec> 08└─Hasn't Google been creating proprietary apps to supplant more and more Android functionality? Open-source apps are possible (witness F-Droid) but that's not what Google is doing: Google's update setup has the odd stipulation that easily updatable code must also be proprietary Google code. There's n...
[23:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02IoT should autoupdate themselves - 06Why Don't People Secure Their IoT Gadgets? 'It's Not My Problem' - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:08] <exec> 08└─Why should the user need to track updates, download an apply the firmware ? IoT objects are connected to the internet, and so they should automatically query updates from the vendor and apply them immediately. Maybe also provide a manual update path for people who want to be "in control" of their ob...
[23:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Where's the money going? - 06If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:49:55] <exec> 08└─Accounting details mean money spent on schools isn't the same as money that can be spent on teacher salaries. Basically it comes down to salaries are recurring costs while useless things like new athletic fields and laptops for all the students are one-time costs, and a lot of money is allocated via...
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