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[00:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:13] <exec> 08└─Some people - many people in fact - experience a profound and permanent change of personality after their first trip, even if it's their only trip. I often wondered whether acid could effect physical change in the brain, not just psychological. Maybe in some people, some of it sticks around for many...
[00:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Yes, but, ummm - 063D Bioprinter Produces Realistic Human Skin - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:20] <exec> 08└─Good news for the burn victims and all that, but... Is anyone working on using this to help make sex robots?
[00:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02If they had this in the '90s... - 063D Bioprinter Produces Realistic Human Skin - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:22] <exec> 08└─...Silence of the Lambs would have been two minutes long.
[00:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02duplicate? - 06Solid Metallic Hydrogen, Once Theory, Becomes Reality -- or Maybe Not? - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:48] <exec> 08└─Isn't this a duplicate story? Harvard Researchers Report Production and Analysis of Solid Metallic Hydrogen [soylentnews.org]
[00:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:duplicate? - 06Solid Metallic Hydrogen, Once Theory, Becomes Reality -- or Maybe Not? - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:50] <exec> 08└─The previous article includes Nextbigfuture and an arxiv link. NBF will report on stuff as preliminary as an arxiv prepublication paper (they report on stuff like emdrive rumors). This time around we have a peer-previewed paper in Science magazine (DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1579) (DX [doi.org]) and a...
[00:44:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03number6x [903] 02Re:That is the best part about Trump! - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 498 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:44:06] <exec> 08└─How dare these local politicians expect the federal government to produce a warrant or a court order, when the federal government demands that the local government keep a person (citizen or otherwise) in jail. The next thing you know they'll be demanding due process, the rights of free speech and p...
[00:44:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:That is the best part about Trump! - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:44:10] <exec> 08└─I'm talking about local elected people ganging up to change the rules. > Deportation is a cruel and unusual punishment. Cruel depends on the conditions. "Single guy who snuck in last week to get a better pay than in democratic Chile" isn't the same thing as "kid who was 1 when his parents fled dicta...
[00:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is the best part about Trump! - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:44:14] <exec> 08└─Libertarianism: the true Scotsman of the political world.
[00:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is the best part about Trump! - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:44:16] <exec> 08└─Only sometimes. When it's anyone aligned with the major parties, they're always the untrue scotsman. Don't vote for them! They're evil! They will allow you to have abortions, do drugs and sell your aborted babies to megacorps! Vote libertarian for a cyberpunk dystopia!
[00:45:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score:2) 02Re:Criminal Justice in General - 06Massachusetts: Tens of Thousands of Drug Convictions to be Overturned After Fraudulent Lab Tests - 876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:45:34] <exec> 08└─"Heroin addiction however almost invariably turns the addict into a criminal, and often violent," Spoken like someone who knows exactly 0 heroin addicts. Of course any addict can be driven to crime when that's their only means of financing their joy (whether it's drugs or something else,) but heroin...
[00:46:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02From the David Cameron's new career dept... - 06Human-Pig 'Chimera Embryos' Detailed - 152 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:14] <exec> 08└─Ah, now we find out what Cameron has been doing since June. "The process appears very inefficient" - yeah, that's what happens when you use politicians.
[00:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Of course! - 06James Comey to Remain Director of the FBI - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:46:48] <exec> 08└─With such an intensive spotlight shone on him, the career bureaucrat whose chief goal in life is to keep his job and avoid professional risk, would have dithered, trying to figure out how best to not alienate the party or parties that would determine whether he can keep his job.
[00:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:news:comp.misc - 06Disqus Commenting System No Longer Free - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:47:45] <exec> 08└─ISPs don't always offer usenet anymore. Like my ISP :( I've participated in a bit of usenet discussions in a past a long time ago, but there was a lot of spam and pretty much no moderation.
[00:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:15] <exec> 08└─So he saw that things were getting bad and he decided to speed up the collapse.
[00:48:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:23] <exec> 08└─It's evident that you are not a student of history or sociology, because it would it would be simple to reference the fall of feudalism or some other example of what happens when the social contract changes or falls apart. But that's the sort of thing the Parent was referring to here.
[00:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Day Drinking with Khallow! - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:27] <exec> 08└─Heh, I love seeing other people bitchslap that fool. I'm not perfect, sue me :P
[00:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:48:31] <exec> 08└─You have so little perspective...
[00:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Video Footage - 06Journalists Face Felony Charges After Arrests While Covering Trump Inauguration Protests - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:51:53] <exec> 08└─I was for Bernie and I don't remember seeing a single post of yours here under Obama throwing Fascist Godwins...checks history...nope only when someone on the right comes in do you wet your panties and start screaming Hitler. I repeat grow the fuck up put on your big boy pants and actually do someth...
[00:52:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Something to keep an eye on, but... - 06Trump White House Senior Staff Have Private Email Accounts [Updated] - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:52:32] <exec> 08└─The Bush White House did the EXACT SAME THING that Republicans have been beating Clinton up for, including "losing" thousands upon thousands of emails conveniently at the time people started to look for them.
[00:53:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:More Benghazi Bullshit - 06Trump White House Senior Staff Have Private Email Accounts [Updated] - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:53:05] <exec> 08└─So why do you quote a 2012 hearing article when there were seven or eight or more investigations done after that, plus the official report from Republicans that found very few differences between what was said at the hearings and what they put in the report?
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[01:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:23] <exec> 08└─One of those great psychedelic footnotes, Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies - You Can't Ever Come Down (1968) https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[01:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Perfect timing... - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:25] <exec> 08└─LSD trip ... four years...
[01:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes, but, ummm - 063D Bioprinter Produces Realistic Human Skin - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:34] <exec> 08└─Quick, time for a patent, just like other sex toys, but with RealSkinTM !
[01:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's about time - 06Class Action Lawsuit Targets PACER Fees - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:45] <exec> 08└─PACER has been a pet project of "rogue librarian" Carl Malamud [wired.com] for a whille. He got together with Aaron Swartz and liberated 20 million filings from the system a while ago (back when Swartz was still alive). Of course PACER killed the free public access the duo used.
[01:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Can I still wait in line if I order with my pho - 06Starbucks Misses Revenue Estimates; Mobile App Orders Lead to Congestion, Store Redesign - 945 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:43:31] <exec> 08└─Nobody likes waiting in line. People like to make fun of younger people for being impatient and having short attention spans, but they are by far the friendliest to the baristas because there's more relatability between the two. Now, the baby-boomers who frequent Starbucks, total fucking assholes. B...
[01:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Confused - 06Solid Metallic Hydrogen, Once Theory, Becomes Reality -- or Maybe Not? - 1033 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:44:04] <exec> 08└─If it really is metallic hydrogen, then increasing the temperature shouldn’t matter that much. Metallic hydrogen is degenerate matter, and the pressure exerted by degenerate matter depends only weakly on temperature unlike non-degenerate matter. Normally, when you heat something up, the atoms in i...
[01:44:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Smaller federal government - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:44:24] <exec> 08└─President RUMP.
[01:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:48:43] <exec> 08└─Well, if we're going to talk about that as if it were a real thing, then what of the tens of millions of people who consistently voted to ignore systemic problems in stuff like Social Security, health care costs, or corruption in government for longer than most of us have been alive? Shouldn't they...
[01:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Day Drinking with Khallow! - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:48:47] <exec> 08└─Nah. What you fail to realize is that whenever you call something obvious all you are doing is telling the world that your brain is stuck in a rut. That you are unable to overcome a pathetic ideology that has cemented itself into your belief system so strongly that you would assert the sky is 'obvio...
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[02:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Unplug ... - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:10] <exec> 08└─Use an RPi, a NUC, an old (quiet) tower as HTPC... There is almost no benefit to using "smart" TVs.
[02:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score:2) 02Not That You'd Notice It - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:11] <exec> 08└─At this point we're all surrounded on all sides by media streams that examine everything that we say or do, and tailor advertising streams to match some model of who we are. I'd be more concerned with the ones that you never, ever notice because the whole thing has become so ubiquitous. We're now ap...
[02:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not That You'd Notice It - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:13] <exec> 08└─You forgot #7: you're a liar!! Read this didn't ya?
[02:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Perfect timing... - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:24] <exec> 08└─Eight, Bob.
[02:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Great... - 06Lawsuit Against Snapchat Dismissed - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:43:00] <exec> 08└─> It's impossible to hold them accountable for the stupidity of the users unless they encourage it. would a "Drink Bacardi Rum, then go and drive down to the beach" advert be legal where you are? I'm guessing not, as it's encouraging illegal behaviour. Of course, you could only have half a shot in h...
[02:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Aw man - 06Starbucks Misses Revenue Estimates; Mobile App Orders Lead to Congestion, Store Redesign - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:43:18] <exec> 08└─Mmmm, whipped cream and chocolate spriiinklesss. Awwgagagalala
[02:45:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Criminal Justice in General - 06Massachusetts: Tens of Thousands of Drug Convictions to be Overturned After Fraudulent Lab Tests - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:45:50] <exec> 08└─I speak from the experience of a particular acquaintance in addition to what I've read from others.
[02:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:Confusing "Bureaucratic Idiocy" with "Intent" - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:48:22] <exec> 08└─Libertarianism was originally a left wing philosophy. Can't get much further left then having the government stay out of the peoples business. The failure mode is having the Stalinists show up. Right wing libertarianism has a similar failure mode, look at how many are cheering the idea of not liking...
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[03:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Unplug ... - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:23] <exec> 08└─fuck that. fanless 35w i7 for the win! linux and intel video is now fast enough to display any software based movie encoding scheme, with no bad behavior. plus, you can 'make -j8 bzImage' for extra fun ;)
[03:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Not That You'd Notice It - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 2014 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:26] <exec> 08└─"(Just to save time a) I NEVER watch ads! 2) Ad-Block! 3) Noscript! 4) Something else! 5) Ads don't influence me! 6) I only read books you insensitive clod!)" Don't have a television, smart or otherwise. We had one that collected dust for at least two years, and never turned on. The wife finally gav...
[03:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02I want a dumb TV - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:28] <exec> 08└─If I want it to connect via WiFi I'll buy an HDMI dongle and stream stuff to it from my laptop. Not really opposed to "smart" TVs, just opposed to the idea of "nobody will ever figure out the testing (backdoor) password is "123password". When you can show you understand security I'll give my TV my...
[03:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:2) 02Re:I want a dumb TV - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:30] <exec> 08└─External boxes have to compete on features, speed, usability. They're always going to be better than the media server in a TV - especially 3 or 4 years down the road. I can replace the box for $50, but replacing the TV is $1000.
[03:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03idetuxs [2990] (Score:1) 02Android TV - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:33] <exec> 08└─Great find, thanks to the submitter. Could the main problem be (putting aside greed and unethical behaviour) software? I had a samsung "smart tv" and it has never been useful as a Smart tv. The software is old and no longer manteined. not functional at all. This arised because it has propietary soft...
[03:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02TV? But why? - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 1982 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:35] <exec> 08└─TVs are fucking dead. I don't know about anyone else around here, but I've been using "TVs" as monitors for the last 10 years. DVI can be converted to HDMI, and the last several years have seen HDMI outputs become standard on both video cards and small form factor devices like the Intel NUC which ar...
[03:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:45] <exec> 08└─Nah, receptors get recycled - they have a half-life. That doesn't mean that OTHER changes can be caused by the drug, but it's doubtful that this is the mechanism for permanent change.
[03:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:47] <exec> 08└─Did my first tab when I was 16, call it 1966 (born 7/58). 24 hours later wasn't much different, except for wondering why it was so illegal. Did 7-8 trips in the years later, when I got out of high school I lost my contacts and didn't know where to get it so I quit. Not really reality, in HS I could...
[03:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Leebert [3511] (Score:2) 02Re:It's about time - 06Class Action Lawsuit Targets PACER Fees - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:07] <exec> 08└─What's worse is that in some cases, you have no idea how much you're going to be charged for a query; it depends on the number of records that return. PACER is beyond awful.
[03:44:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is the best part about Trump! - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:44:54] <exec> 08└─Deportation is a cruel and unusual punishment. Don't let anyone do that to anybody, legal or not.
[03:45:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Honest Question - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:45:37] <exec> 08└─Because they usually are paying some level of taxes such as payroll or sales, but their illegal status means they are consuming no personal benefits only general benefits like using the roads.
[03:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Man-Bear-Pig! - 06Human-Pig 'Chimera Embryos' Detailed - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:02] <exec> 08└─only 1/3 left to go.
[03:47:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03moondoctor [2963] 02Re:Trump should be grateful - 06James Comey to Remain Director of the FBI - 917 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:29] <exec> 08└─> wonder why Comey didn't reveal that BOTH candidates were under FBI investigation. That's the real point. It doesn't matter how valid either investigation is, making high profile statements about one but not the other makes no sense from a purely procedural point of view. To top it off, the timing...
[03:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03shanen [6084] (Score:1) 02Re:Trump should be grateful - 06James Comey to Remain Director of the FBI - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:31] <exec> 08└─I'm afraid that I have to disagree with one part of your post. The so-called Republican Party believes that they can convert America into a permanent one-party state, and they plan to be that party. Looking at the state of today's GOP, I don't think we can reasonably hope for another Teddy Roosevelt...
[03:49:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:49:03] <exec> 08└─Meddle by building libraries was the example. Encouraging literacy seems like meddling that could help things.
[03:49:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:What the frak is a "bolt hole"? - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:49:26] <exec> 08└─Think of the sentence "After being startled by the fox, the rabbit bolted into its hole" Perhaps Americans have forgot the original meaning of bolt?
[03:49:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:What the frak is a "bolt hole"? - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:49:29] <exec> 08└─You're supposed to put the question in the body as not all of us pay much attention to the subject. It would be nice if more AC's logged in. Don't mind having a discussion with them but it is harder when you don't know if it one or more AC's and whether they'll ever bother to check for a reply.
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[04:42:15] <exec> 08└─Those spacesuits are faggoty. I work for the interior design division of Boston Dynamics and I agree (along with the angry screeches of others) that we need more neutral colors rather than that loud blue. We want deep blue trim across grayish-blue colors. Disclaimer: The USAF brass wanted us to colo...
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[04:42:25] <exec> 08└─Our old tube screens were driven by DVD and VHS players. In 2008 our first flatscreen was given a PS3 to drive it (BluRay + Netflix and video playback from a NAS) The NAS wasn't a great idea, nor the PS3, but by 2011 we were about 50% driven by a "NetTop" low power, quiet PC playing movies off of an...
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[04:42:27] <exec> 08└─for me 1997 35 inch TV with DVD some point I added 3 400 disc DVD carousels 2003 Media center and DVR xbox360 as the extender whenever that popped up 2009 ditched cable (woot 70 extra bucks a month!) 2010 55 inch LED LCD 2011 TV unplugged from network due to LG logging all key presses to random inte...
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[04:42:32] <exec> 08└─Back when I could still see to watch TV in the first place, I got rather S&FTired of the crap they showed. I watched one last episode of Star Trek on channel 40 & then turned the TV off for a year. Other than using it to watch VHS movies on the VCR & as a 2nd monitor on my computer, I didn't use it...
[04:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not-so-smart TV - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:38] <exec> 08└─I let my sony smart tv go on the internet unsupervised for 5 minutes. It went full-retard and turned itself into a 55" billboard full of advertising. Needless to say it has been factory reset and had its connection nuetered.
[04:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Vizio Streams a Copy of Whatever You Watch - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:40] <exec> 08└─Vizio TVs take regular snapshots of whatever is on screen, [propublica.org] regardless of source, and stream down-rezzed versions back to the mothership.
[04:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:51] <exec> 08└─Flashback!
[04:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Perfect timing... - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:54] <exec> 08└─We're going to need bigger drugs!
[04:45:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Honest Question - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 939 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:45:48] <exec> 08└─When a portion of the population fear the police then they avoid all contact. That means they don't report crimes, and they don't come forward as witnesses. The police need the trust of the people to do their jobs. It also means that anyone can blackmail these people simply by threatening to get the...
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[04:50:02] <exec> 08└─They say, you know, that you can actually determine the size of someone's hands on the internet just from the patterns of typing and the typos they make. What I have seen so far, thanks to a wearisomely large sample size, it that Runaway1956 must be in the Trump range for small-handedness. From thi...
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[05:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sounds like - 06Kaspersky Lab's Top Investigator Reportedly Arrested in Treason Probe - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:18] <exec> 08└─Sounds like someone at Kaspersky was doing their job and their job happened to collide with russian 'cyberwarfare' (god what a stupid... never mind)
[05:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Faggoty - 06Boeing Unveils New Spacesuits for Starliner Astronaut Taxi - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:26] <exec> 08└─Are you using that as a slur, or you think it's ok because you're gay?
[05:47:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Of course! - 06James Comey to Remain Director of the FBI - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:47:54] <exec> 08└─Hillary deleted e-mails after a subpoena for that evidence didn't she? That would have been guaranteed prison and more than enough to eliminate her eligibility for the presidency (for anybody other than HRC at the time...). If you want to talk conspiracy, why wasn't that pursued when it was so clear...
[05:49:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:49:26] <exec> 08└─First, the obliteration of European nobility in a bunch of nasty wars from the 15th to 17th centuries.
[05:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Day Drinking with Khallow! - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:49:33] <exec> 08└─In other words every time you say something is "obvious" what you are really says is "I am an idiot."
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[06:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Oppressive? - 06Kaspersky Lab's Top Investigator Reportedly Arrested in Treason Probe - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:24] <exec> 08└─Oppressive? Russia is a shining beacon for human rights. Just recently, they passed very strict rules on the size of the stick you are allowed to beat your wife with.
[06:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:Hang this bitch! - 06Massachusetts: Tens of Thousands of Drug Convictions to be Overturned After Fraudulent Lab Tests - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:46:19] <exec> 08└─Unluckily human nature comes in. Most men would rather fuck the beautiful bitch then the nice 300lb fugly. This is reflected in their interactions.
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[07:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yay corruption! - 06Russian Rocket Builder May Have Replaced Special Alloys With Cheap Metals - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:12] <exec> 08└─This is why corruption is bad, it eventually comes and bites someone in the ass. Even worse when that ass is strapped to a fucking rocket!
[07:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sounds like - 06Kaspersky Lab's Top Investigator Reportedly Arrested in Treason Probe - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:21] <exec> 08└─You gotta love how normalized the word has become. I think Theresa May and Donald Trump both uttered it in the last 48 hours.
[07:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sounds like - 06Kaspersky Lab's Top Investigator Reportedly Arrested in Treason Probe - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:23] <exec> 08└─Make cyber, not cyber!
[07:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Faggoty - 06Boeing Unveils New Spacesuits for Starliner Astronaut Taxi - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:34] <exec> 08└─Do you really work at Boston Dynamics? Alphabet Inc. is going to find you and terminate you! With robots!
[07:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Not That You'd Notice It - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 1284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:49] <exec> 08└─I may as well forego my rant. You damn near covered everything. TV just frustrates the hell out of me. One advertiser after another. Long ads. And that constant tease - they wind down like they are finished then crank back up again - like a damned fly that's made it its life mission to buzz around...
[07:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score:2) 02Re:Not That You'd Notice It - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 1334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:50] <exec> 08└─*Nodding sadly* The ads only make it worse. You'll have the show at a comfortable volume but then the ads come on & suddenly THE DAMN THING IS SCREAMING AT YOU. *Scoops up brain & pours it back in through the ear* Or the "fine print" thattheyreadazillionmilesanhour & there's not a chance in hell of...
[07:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:43:09] <exec> 08└─The opening up of one's mind to alternative ideas is what makes for the permanent changes. It's all about seeing things in a different light.
[07:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2, Disagree) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:43:11] <exec> 08└─Fucking up your receptors is overrated. Perception of normality is qualitatively NO DIFFERENT IN ANY WAY than any other drug induced mind opening. the CONTENT of the perception is different because it is more predictable (and not in all cases), and the trade-off is to fuck with a brain with the same...
[07:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:43:13] <exec> 08└─Oh come on, don't tell me you've never done any kernel debugging.
[07:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's about time - 06Class Action Lawsuit Targets PACER Fees - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:43:34] <exec> 08└─PACER also killed Aaron Swartz. [wikipedia.org] One of the great injustices of our time.
[07:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score:2) 02All aboard! - 06Class Action Lawsuit Targets PACER Fees - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:37] <exec> 08└─I used a Pacer [wikipedia.org] recently. They really ought to scrap those old trains.
[07:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Stop giving money to this man - 06Zuckerberg Reconsiders Lawsuits Against Native Hawaiians - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:25] <exec> 08└─Get the fuck off Failbook!
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[08:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score:1) 02Re:Yay corruption! - 06Russian Rocket Builder May Have Replaced Special Alloys With Cheap Metals - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:42:19] <exec> 08└─The corruption in Russia (be it soviet or not) is more of a regulating mechanism than a social evil. Well, I don't say that the society regulated by such mechanism is good to live in, but up to now Russians did not manage to replace it. In Russian terms the fake material in rocket engines amounts to...
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[08:42:21] <exec> 08└─This is yet another example of why we need "perfectionists" on the workforce. Seems like nearly every techie I speak to has the same story I have... the suits want it fast and cheap, and if you are taking the time to do it right, you will be replaced by someone who "sees the big picture". Its really...
[08:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Faggoty - 06Boeing Unveils New Spacesuits for Starliner Astronaut Taxi - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:42:40] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't that be frightening... This summer... one man... a robot uprising... he, for one, does not welcome our new robot overlords... the last hope for mankind... his name is... Ethanol-Fueled. *shudders*
[08:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Invalid maths - 06Human-Pig 'Chimera Embryos' Detailed - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:47:43] <exec> 08└─Animals already have more rights then humans in some contexts.
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[09:42:27] <exec> 08└─The Russian economy is teetering on the brink these days. Most Russian household have zero savings at this particular time, and the price of goods has gone through the roof of late. This is either the result or the cause of Putin putting the brakes on imports lately. Some would say its the result of...
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[09:42:38] <exec> 08└─I didn't understand what that last part of the story about oppression. These charges had to do with smuggling and money laundering. (The Treason mentioned in the TFS was called smuggling and money laundering in other news sources not referenced in this submission). Also the "wife beating" you re...
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[09:42:49] <exec> 08└─They already tried. There was a lawsuit and a settlement. I lost in the short-term but won a steady position.
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[09:47:50] <exec> 08└─A dog can pee whenever he wants to. I can't.
[09:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:49:58] <exec> 08└─First, the obliteration of European nobility in a bunch of nasty wars from the 15th to 17th centuries.
[09:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Day Drinking with Khallow! - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:50:05] <exec> 08└─And the obvious rebuttal: you're an anonymous coward with a post that could be copy/pasted to as a reply to anything and be just as irrelevant as it is here. Can't you see just how much of idiot you are here?
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[10:42:45] <exec> 08└─I didn't understand what that last part of the story about oppression. These charges had to do with smuggling and money laundering. (The Treason mentioned in the TFS was called smuggling and money laundering in other news sources not referenced in this submission). Also the "wife beating" you...
[10:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Confusing "Bureaucratic Idiocy" with "Intent" - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:49:48] <exec> 08└─Libertarianism was originally a left wing philosophy. Can't get much further left then having the government stay out of the peoples business. The failure mode is having the Stalinists show up. Right wing libertarianism has a similar failure mode, look at how many are cheering the idea of not liking...
[10:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:That Fucker is Doomsday Prepping - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:49:59] <exec> 08└─Meddle by building libraries was the example. Encouraging literacy seems like meddling that could help things.
[10:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Weapons in NZ aren't as limited as in other pla - 06Peter Thiel Acquires NZ Citizenship and Large Property - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:50:02] <exec> 08└─Yep, they should be trying to fix the mess.
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[10:50:18] <exec> 08└─I notice yet again zero content. aristarchus. When will you ever learn how to argue, how to philosophize? It's empty assertions yet again. Your ignorance and small-mindedness is a jarring contract to the aspirations of your name. What I find remarkable here is the projection of my would-be detractor...
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[11:42:22] <exec> 08└─Things are going to slide, slide in all directions / Won't be nothing / Nothing you can measure anymore / The blizzard, the blizzard of the world / has crossed the threshold
[11:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02For those that wonder about the scallop shell.. - 06Clues to the History of Leprosy Revealed by Medieval Skeleton - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:29] <exec> 08└─Here is a nice article [wordpress.com] on the subject, quite fascinating.
[11:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"engineered to spontaneously develop" - 06Bodywide Immune Response Important for Fighting Cancer, Researchers Say - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:37] <exec> 08└─I wasn't sure at first, but now think " engineered to spontaneously develop" really is an oxymoron.
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[11:42:47] <exec> 08└─This is yet another example of why we need "perfectionists" on the workforce. Seems like nearly every techie I speak to has the same story I have... the suits want it fast and cheap, and if you are taking the time to do it right, you will be replaced by someone who "sees the big picture". Its really...
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[11:43:12] <exec> 08└─Why blue? Since they don't intend for them to be used other then in case of emergency, after all they are not designed for spacewalking, shouldn't they come in a colour that can be seen better then blue? Like orange or something that contrasts highly vs the dark space or water of earth. Was it more...
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[11:43:36] <exec> 08└─Philips TVs are complete shit anyways. Never have i seen such slow EPG and youtube menus than in the 2 Philips TVs i have to use regulary. Sometimes you have to push the up/down button 30 times to move one single step. Most of the time it's 5-10 button presses. And it is not because the controller i...
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[11:46:47] <exec> 08└─That's probably the best rationalization for it I've heard. I'll need to think about that for a while, but it's pretty compelling.
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[12:42:21] <exec> 08└─/s How else can corporate America profit from the unwilling crowd? You need to know your enemy (euphemism for customer) to make a good situation into a brilliant situation for a few. You cannot expect an insurance company to invest in a perpetually ill child, now, can you? How else can we marginaliz...
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[13:42:28] <exec> 08└─In a story submission about being tracked, it is kinda messed up that the URL to the article has a tracking tag embedded in it. The editors should strip off the "?utm_term=.d2be527873e8" Firefox users can go one further and install the Pure URL [mozilla.org] extension to automagically strip off well...
[13:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Russians are helping with our trade balance - 06Russian Rocket Builder May Have Replaced Special Alloys With Cheap Metals - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:53] <exec> 08└─If they make stuff NASA Can't/Won't buy it will help our trade balance. Perhaps the new President does have some influence on them after all. If so, how do we get the influence channeled in a more positive direction?
[13:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oppressive? - 06Kaspersky Lab's Top Investigator Reportedly Arrested in Treason Probe - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:06] <exec> 08└─Who knows what the alternative facts are. Could be Trumped up charges to coverup the real reason for the arrest.
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[13:43:07] <exec> 08└─> These charges had to do with smuggling and money laundering. The OP's implication is that they are trumped up charges because the guy fell out of favor with pooter. > And the laws against said spanking were pretty much repealed, not made stricter. > Also the "wife beating" you refer to was actuall...
[13:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score:2) 02Disrespect for the customer - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 1030 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:44] <exec> 08└─There are two separate problems here: the first is that the TV spies on the viewer, the second is that it's showing ads. To be clear, I'm not against ads in general, but usually the deal is that ads are bundled with something valuable that you're getting for free. In this case, the ads seem to be th...
[13:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:That is the best part about Trump! - 06Current Status of Sanctuary Cities - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:46:15] <exec> 08└─Try to keep in mind that corporations get their permission to exist from government, not from Libertarians.
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[14:42:34] <exec> 08└─All this talk of "corporate America" when it is the state (well technically, one of many states) collecting the data. And while the article speculates about what corporations might have access to this data, it baldly states: Pay special attention to Section V, the Data Use section of the grant propo...
[14:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ironic Tracking Tag in the URL - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:37] <exec> 08└─Another good privacy plugin. Thanks! Perhaps it should be extended to randomise the parm value to poison the well
[14:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Jefferson Starship, from Blows Against the Empire - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:39] <exec> 08└─What are we gonna do when Uncle Samuel comes around Askin' for the young one's name And lookin' for the print of his hand for the files in their numbers game I don't want his chances for freedom to ever be that slim Let's not tell 'em about him -
[14:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:Faggoty - 06Boeing Unveils New Spacesuits for Starliner Astronaut Taxi - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:28] <exec> 08└─"Those spacesuits are faggoty. I work for the interior design division of Boston Dynamics" Are you posting while drunk or something? You know SJWs get people fired over this type of shit, right?
[14:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Unplug ... - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:41] <exec> 08└─By 2013, the PS3 was mostly shut off (on maybe 10 days a year to play old games) and a NUC now plays Netflix and videos from a pair of external drives
[14:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Unplug ... - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:42] <exec> 08└─Agreed. It's hard to buy a dumb TV any more. I just bought a "smart" TV, but there's no way I'm giving it my wi-fi password or plugging it into my router. It is pretty cool that the TV has a USB port. I can copy movies or music (sadly, ogg not supported in my TV) to a thumb drive and play them on th...
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[14:43:56] <exec> 08└─Any non spy tvs today?
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[15:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02thanks for posting this - 06Cosmic Lenses Used to Measure Expansion of the Universe - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:32] <exec> 08└─In this era when we constantly hear about science results that can't be reproduced, it's reassuring to read that some results can be checked.
[15:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ironic Tracking Tag in the URL - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:44] <exec> 08└─Tried the Chrome version and it didn't alter the Washington Post link or redirect it.
[15:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Privatize All Schools — Problem Solved!! - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:47] <exec> 08└─The obvious rebuttal is that government is forcing people to do be tracked by threat of force. If we just require that all schools be privatized then the government won't be able to do this to our children anymore. Private corporations in high-friction markets are so much more trustworthy and amenda...
[15:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score:2) 02Re:For those that wonder about the scallop shell.. - 06Clues to the History of Leprosy Revealed by Medieval Skeleton - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:55] <exec> 08└─This is distinct from the meaning of three sea shells. [youtube.com]
[15:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Russians are helping with our trade balance - 06Russian Rocket Builder May Have Replaced Special Alloys With Cheap Metals - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:14] <exec> 08└─Well, USA could put in trade barriers like the Japanese have had for cars and many other goods. As I understand it, any car company from anywhere in the world has been free to export cars to Japan since shortly after WWII. However, to sell them in Japan, there are countless special regulations that...
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[15:43:42] <exec> 08└─Why Blue? Lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr (to Miles Davis "All Blues") are probably as good as any other reason we're ever going to learn about here-- ... Sea, sky, you and I See the sky, you and I All Blues All shades, all hues, all blues
[15:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Unplug ... - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:55] <exec> 08└─< 1968 watched parents' TV 1968 12" monochrome Phillips CRT (still worked in 2004 when I left it behind in a move) 1976 25" color RCA CRT 2004 42" Sony Trinitron flat screen, played DVDs at 32" 720i 2017 55" Sony (I shouldn't have shopped wile sick with the flu; I swore off Sony when their XCP ruine...
[15:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Not That You'd Notice It - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:44:04] <exec> 08└─Oh for the good old days when... advertisers could only rely on crude measures of viewership to try and target you. From what I see, their measures are creepy but still very crude, laughably so. No sooner do I buy a book or movie I'm immediately sent ads for the exact title I just bought. Looking fo...
[15:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I want a dumb TV - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 878 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:44:08] <exec> 08└─That right there is why I never bought a smart TV. I didn't even bother considering the privacy and security implications as it didn't come to that. Having that "smartness" built into the box just adds to the cost of buying the TV, increases the number of components that can fail and you'll likely s...
[15:44:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Android TV - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:44:11] <exec> 08└─Yes, my new TV is android. I could install apps from Google Play on it if I was stupid enough to let Sony on my network.
[15:45:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Aw man - 06Starbucks Misses Revenue Estimates; Mobile App Orders Lead to Congestion, Store Redesign - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:39] <exec> 08└─I thought that was the sign for anonymous gay sex in the restroom.
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[15:45:47] <exec> 08└─Prius-or-BMW-driving...
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[15:45:50] <exec> 08└─The point of it is that it's everywhere. They got the procedure down to the point where it's generally fast, easy and lacking in personality. As much as people whine about the cost, the pricing structure isn't any different from any of the other coffee shops I've gone to over the last 20 years. Also...
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[15:46:54] <exec> 08└─Only because 99% of arguments against libertarianism are really against strawmen; people can't be arsed to actually find out its actual platform is. Politics is just a big game of king of the hill, and in the US the two biggest bullies in the neighborhood have agreed to team up and keep the hill for...
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[16:42:49] <exec> 08└─/s How else can corporate America profit from the unwilling crowd? You need to know your enemy (euphemism for customer) to make a good situation into a brilliant situation for a few. You cannot expect an insurance company to invest in a perpetually ill child, now, can you? How else can we marginaliz...
[16:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score:2) 02Advantage: Geezers! - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 832 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:56] <exec> 08└─No worries here, at least on this front. My school records are so ancient that two of the schools don't even exist any more, and I doubt if anyone is going to foot the bill for data entry of 50 years' worth of probably-lost paper archives. Let 'em search the ruins for the Dead Geezer Scrolls. My son...
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[16:43:25] <exec> 08└─Glad to hear it!
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[17:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02There are always gullible people - 06Bluetooth Breathalyzer Company Settles With the Federal Trade Commission - 970 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:26] <exec> 08└─There was a time when I could drink 3 or 4 drinks, and still be legal. Today, things have changed. If you've had a couple drinks, you don't need a breathalyzer or anything else to tell you that the cops will bust you if they see you. A two hundred pound person with two drinks in him, MIGHT squeak by...
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[17:42:27] <exec> 08└─I always say that tolerance is so low that nowadays a Catholic priest shouldn’t drive after officiating mass… That little wine is enough to get you in trouble with the cops.
[17:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:There are always gullible people - 06Bluetooth Breathalyzer Company Settles With the Federal Trade Commission - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:30] <exec> 08└─The personal breathalyzer is obviously not a good idea if you are trying to drink and remain legal to drive. It's more of a fun thing to use at a party. Except I don't think it's that much fun if it's not at least somewhat accurate.
[17:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They grow back anyway - 06Skin Cancer Classifying Neural Network Faces Off Against Dermatologists - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:38] <exec> 08└─Everyone who tells me they got one of these removed says it grows back after awhile. Then they have to get it removed again, and it grows back again, etc. Each time you have to be damaging the surrounding tissue a bit, and a few cancerous cells are getting into the bloodstream. If that is what happe...
[17:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score:2) 02Noted - 06Bodywide Immune Response Important for Fighting Cancer, Researchers Say - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:21] <exec> 08└─I'm going to make damn sure my oncologist reads this, if he hasn't already. Right now he's pushing chemo as a next step if/when my androgen deprivation therapy conks out. Immunotherapy looks like breakthrough tech for treating many types of cancer.
[17:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Problem with mice - 06Bodywide Immune Response Important for Fighting Cancer, Researchers Say - 859 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:22] <exec> 08└─The problem with mice is they don't live long and likely do not have the anti-cancer mechanisms we already have. So if you try all sorts of stuff based just on mice there's a high chance you would find something that works for mice but our existing defenses already do that sort of thing, so it doesn...
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[18:42:31] <exec> 08└─I know a truck driver who was convicted of DWI because he had a cold, and took an over-the-counter cough suppressant, according to directions on the label. Tolerances are to low in general, but they are even lower for professional drivers. Even before the laws got crazy, I knew my limits. Driving a...
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[18:42:33] <exec> 08└─The problem with ALL breathlyzers is they can't tell you when you are under the limit. They can only detect being over the limit in some percentage of the time. So if your breathalyzer says you are over the limit, then you are definitely over the limit. But if it says you are not over the limit, may...
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[18:42:42] <exec> 08└─"got one of these removed says it grows back after awhile" Got one of what removed, precisely? Doctors and computers both are fallible, when it come to identifying odd growths. We're expected to believe that some layman, with some hear-say gossip spread by other laymen, know what was removed from so...
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[18:42:44] <exec> 08└─Sure, you shouldn't make decisions based off hearsay you read on the internet. But what has been your experience with these skin lesions? Have you ever gotten one removed and seen it grow back? Unfortunately this is what we are reduced to though. Due to the sad state of affairs in the medical resear...
[18:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:They grow back anyway - 06Skin Cancer Classifying Neural Network Faces Off Against Dermatologists - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:46] <exec> 08└─That's why they call it "practicing" medicine, hopefully they continue to get better with time. If you've got an aggressive melanoma, getting it cut off is better 99% of the time - at the other end of the spectrum: cutting every mole and freckle is 99% likely to do more harm than good. What you hope...
[18:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score:2) 02Discrepancy - 06Cosmic Lenses Used to Measure Expansion of the Universe - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:00] <exec> 08└─Contrary to popular impression, the Hubble Space Telescope is not actually named for Edwin Hubble, but more for its primary mission of measuring the Hubble constant. It finds that it is in the range of 71.9 ± 2.7 km/s/Mpc by using Cepheid variables, supernovae, and now this new technique using grav...
[18:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score:2) 02failure-prone? - 06Russian Rocket Builder May Have Replaced Special Alloys With Cheap Metals - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:46] <exec> 08└─When you replace the heat resistant metal in a rocket engine with cheap knockoff metal, it does not become error-prone, it becomes a very expensive bomb.
[18:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:2) 02Re:Vizio Streams a Copy of Whatever You Watch - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:46] <exec> 08└─Any TV not connected to the internet.
[18:45:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe the binding can become permanent - 06Lucy in the Sky With Protein: Key to LSD's Psychoactive Potency Possibly Found - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:45:04] <exec> 08└─I prefer to have REAL fun with your mother... board.
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[19:42:47] <exec> 08└─We're expected to believe that some layman, with some hear-say gossip spread by other laymen, know what was removed from some unidentified, anonymous coward's acquaintance?
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[19:43:59] <exec> 08└─I didn't understand what that last part of the story about oppression. These charges had to do with smuggling and money laundering. (The Treason mentioned in the TFS was called smuggling and money laundering in other news sources not referenced in this submission). Also the "wife beating" you re...
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[20:42:21] <exec> 08└─oxymoron
[20:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Re:Why blue? - 06Boeing Unveils New Spacesuits for Starliner Astronaut Taxi - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:44:16] <exec> 08└─Pretty easy to explain. Frank was using the yellow one when hal threw him into space. Dave was wearing the red/orange one with the green helmet. Leaving only the blue suit unused. Which Sinclair used to travel through spacetime, thus leaving us with a blue spacesuit in our timeline.
[20:44:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mth [2848] 02Disrespect for the customer - 06Philips TVs: More Spy Than Smart - 1030 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:49] <exec> 08└─There are two separate problems here: the first is that the TV spies on the viewer, the second is that it's showing ads. To be clear, I'm not against ads in general, but usually the deal is that ads are bundled with something valuable that you're getting for free. In this case, the ads seem to be th...
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[21:42:28] <exec> 08└─Google itself is quite trustworthy and has demonstrated an excellent security record ... as far as it's allowed within the government of its home country. They were pissed when they found the NSA was not merely giving them NSLs, but was also intercepting traffic on private networks between data cent...
[21:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Microsoft Windows Root Certificate Security Issues - 06Microsoft Criticized for Thai Government Certificate; Google Launches Own Root Certificate Authority - 843 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:29] <exec> 08└─https://www.proper.com/root-cert-problem/ [proper.com] In the default configuration for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), if a user removes one of the trusted root certificates, and the certifier who issued that root certificate is trusted by Microsoft, Windows will silently add the root certif...
[21:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:They grow back anyway - 06Skin Cancer Classifying Neural Network Faces Off Against Dermatologists - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:56] <exec> 08└─Thank God I'm not relying on AC to identify my own little lump.
[21:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02Re:Welcome citizen - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:23] <exec> 08└─Do you honestly think this expanded application of government power came about without any nudging from corporate interests?
[21:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Welcome citizen - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:25] <exec> 08└─It's possible. But it's a wholly unnecessary hypothesis. The government (and in fact governments in general) have shown every evidence of slavering eagerness at every opportunity to track, measure and ultimately control everyone in reach, citizen or not, and will collaborate with other governments t...
[21:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Welcome citizen - 06Your Permanent Student Record - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:27] <exec> 08└─Do you honestly think this expanded application of government power came about without any nudging from corporate interests?
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[21:44:34] <exec> 08└─Boeing branding?!!
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[22:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Next step - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:16] <exec> 08└─Deportation of the undesirables inside the country out of the country. Then, as other countries gradually refuse to take them in, we'll have to "store" them somewhere, won't we - perhaps in Utah or something [wikipedia.org]... Reminds you of anything?
[22:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Next step - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:17] <exec> 08└─It reminds me of the time when Megyn Kelly interviewed Carl Higbie, spokesperson for the Great America Political Action Committee. /comments.pl?sid=16560 [soylentnews.org]
[22:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just The First Step - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:20] <exec> 08└─First rule of surviving an autocrat - believe the autocrat when he makes a promise. He said a muslim ban, he meant it. This is just the first step on that path. If you have a muslim sounding name, I hope your tax filings are 100% perfect down to the very last penny. And now that Trump's going to be...
[22:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Nightmare - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:22] <exec> 08└─Who will rid us of this turbulent priest? I doubt Congress will ever find the balls to impeach him when he finally goes too far and actually commits a crime while president.
[22:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Re:Nightmare - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:24] <exec> 08└─Trump isn't the problem. He's a symptom. Always remember that a large minority of fools and/or racists *wanted* what he promised - and what he's now delivering - and voted for him. On top of that, he was made president because the large minority was allowed to have its say over the majority by the u...
[22:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Nightmare - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:26] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry - when did discrimination based on religion become legal? Doesn't this merit a quick trip to the Supreme Court for a ruling?
[22:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Doesn't the US have laws? - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:28] <exec> 08└─Aren't there laws on the books that protect Green Card holders? How much of our way of life is subject to Presidential orders? Picking on weak people in society is a sure sign of a bully. I predict the Congress will gain popularity once they start standing up to this behavior, perhaps after the mid-...
[22:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Doesn't the US have laws? - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:31] <exec> 08└─There probably are laws. But green card holders are technically aliens. So they go to court and spend a year arguing it out. Meanwhile all the people stranded outside the US get to spend a whole year scrambling to get by. And it isn't just green cards. Its people on other kinds of visas too, like co...
[22:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Re:Doesn't the US have laws? - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:33] <exec> 08└─I hate to break it to you, but Congress isn't interested in standing up to unethical behavior. They're interested in lining their pockets, and periodically being reelected to be allowed to line their pockets some more. If they were interested in doing the Right Thing[tm], they wouldn't have allowed...
[22:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Pastor Martin Niemöller for a New American Century - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:35] <exec> 08└─First they came for the Mexicans, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Mexican. Then they came for the Press, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Blogger. Then they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Muslim. Then they came for me—and there was...
[22:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Neo-McCarthyism - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:37] <exec> 08└─Welcome to the McCarthyism [wikipedia.org] v2.0. Next: internment of Muslim Americans [wikipedia.org] But I don't worry, I'm not a Muslim. First they came... [wikipedia.org]
[22:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02America first mean Americans first - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:39] <exec> 08└─The norm is for our government to not give a shit about us. Lots of us Trump voters figured he was just bullshitting, which was slightly better than perjury and promising to actively fuck up the country. But no! He is actually, for real, going to make America great again, or at least pause the decli...
[22:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Mixed feelings - 06Microsoft Criticized for Thai Government Certificate; Google Launches Own Root Certificate Authority - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:50] <exec> 08└─One nice thing about Google running a CA is that they're much less likely to be blatantly incompetent, like many of our current CAs. However, because they're much more competent, there's a good chance they will end up owning/dominating yet another large piece of the Internet, so... However however,...
[22:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There are always gullible people - 06Bluetooth Breathalyzer Company Settles With the Federal Trade Commission - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:07] <exec> 08└─Par-Tay! A friend who worked in a state lab borrowed an official Breathalyzer and brought it to a party. We took turns drinking and playing Hard Drivin' (arcade driving simulator), while blowing our BAC. Traffic in that game is deterministic, so if you keep the same pace, it will always appear at ab...
[22:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Same old! - 06Cosmic Lenses Used to Measure Expansion of the Universe - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:35] <exec> 08└─"The expansion rate of the Universe is now starting to be measured in different ways with such high precision that actual discrepancies may possibly point towards new physics beyond our current knowledge of the Universe,"
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[23:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Next step - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:27] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the link to the topaz wikipedia site. It says: The Topaz Museum's mission statement reads: To preserve the Topaz site and the history of the internment experience during World War II; to interpret its impact on the internees, their families, and the citizens of Millard County; and to edu...
[23:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02Re:Next step - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:28] <exec> 08└─If their own country doesn't want them back, why is that our problem?
[23:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Re:Just The First Step - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:31] <exec> 08└─First rule of surviving an autocrat - believe the autocrat when he makes a promise.
[23:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Nightmare - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:35] <exec> 08└─You are right. I fear that the two halves of the country are irrevocably split. I fear that the people who voted for Trump will be on the chopping block themselves soon enough. And I fear the people who voted against Trump will say, "I told you so," and turn away.
[23:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Nightmare - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 2001 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:37] <exec> 08└─No. It will be, "Go fuck yourself". When they pulled an Eric Cartman and hooted and hollered and threw poo like the juvenile monkeys they are, and delighted in the delicious tears of the "opposition", they deserve NO QUARTER. They entirely deserve what they're going to get, and even now, as the horr...
[23:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Re:Nightmare - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:40] <exec> 08└─Not really, none of the Trump supporters I met were enthusiastic about the racism and sexism. They were enthusiastic about somebody burning the government to the ground. And he's well on pace for that. The only reason he lost is because the DNC thought they could cram another Clinton down our throat...
[23:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Doesn't the US have laws? - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:46] <exec> 08└─How much of our way of life is subject to Presidential orders?
[23:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Doesn't the US have laws? - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:48] <exec> 08└─You just don't like it because Trump isn't your bully.
[23:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:America first mean Americans first - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:53] <exec> 08└─Immigration doesn't mean that American culture gets wiped out. It means we invent Korean tacos. (And the majority of the tech economy in the world.)
[23:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:America first mean Americans first - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:55] <exec> 08└─remember that the world becomes less diverse if American culture gets wiped out. You can always go visit 3rd-world cultures if you prefer them; we don't need to bring them here to wipe out American culture.
[23:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02historical unknowns... - 06Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:57] <exec> 08└─Every single form from the US visa has "You may be refused entry, for reasons etc..". As a legal perm. resident, there is probably a good class action law suit for "damages", since they are US tax payers. This nightmare scenario was outlined by my immigration attorney as our last communication on ge...
[23:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Microsoft Windows Root Certificate Security Iss - 06Microsoft Criticized for Thai Government Certificate; Google Launches Own Root Certificate Authority - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:08] <exec> 08└─So basically, they try to ensure they can MITM you for the NSA. Nice.
[23:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02CA system is broke - 06Microsoft Criticized for Thai Government Certificate; Google Launches Own Root Certificate Authority - 949 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:11] <exec> 08└─The current Certificate Authority system is broken anyway. You can't trust anyone who is potentially subject to "National Security Letter" to handle your security for you (e.g. to NOT issue keys under their CA which can be used to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against you which most people canno...
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