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[00:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:25] <exec> 08└─Check the Wikipedia article (though that won't directly answer your question). 190 tons is a real gentlemen's yield. The W54 "backpack nuke" [wikipedia.org] looks like the smallest. https://en.wikipedia.org(nuclear_device) [wikipedia.org] The M-388 round used a version of the Mk-...
[00:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:26] <exec> 08└─Yeah, your tank can make a bigger bang. But you use nukes, no matter how small, and you are Assad, and the world is against you. The only way this pencils out is in an all out war, which would be stupid as the US would launch enough nukes to make nuclear winter, not to mention what the russkies are...
[00:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:28] <exec> 08└─The environmental destruction is going to be horrendous. Any place where these ones are allowed to blow up will be inhabitable and poison water and farmland etc.
[00:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:30] <exec> 08└─Russia fires tactical nukes at Ukraine. Let's assume there is almost zero fallout (though there could be depending on the design). It is just very destructive, and you could achieve the same sub-kiloton result with enough conventional explosives. Ukraine is not in NATO, so there is no obligation to...
[00:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:33] <exec> 08└─Although most of the tactical nuclear weapons were fission weapons, it seems that a boosted [wikipedia.org] or fusion weapon with lower fallout is possible. The threat of nuclear fallout is overstated as it is.
[00:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:35] <exec> 08└─A robust defense policy will consider any nuclear-capable platform to be nuclear-armed and react accordingly.
[00:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:37] <exec> 08└─There's still hope for a Metal Gear Solid 6!
[00:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:39] <exec> 08└─When you put an international arrest warrant out on George Soros, "dead or alive," Soros puts out one backatcha. Soros doesn't appreciate nations meddling in the elections he's meddling with. Good thing Blacks and Muslims are obnoxious and unlikeable and cannot refrain from extreme violence, otherwi...
[00:46:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:41] <exec> 08└─That'll probably be a post-apocalyptic iron-age version of MGS3, and in the true MGS tradition will reference previous situations like the bad stereotype of the indigenous tribesman and eating and weaponizing insects. Probably be cool to weaponize people and catapult or trebuchet diseased dead bodie...
[00:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Outbreak of Rat Lungworm on Maui - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:51] <exec> 08└─Makes you wonder how many undiagnosed cases there might be, just judging from the high quality of posts on political questions here on SoylentNews.
[00:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Outbreak of Rat Lungworm on Maui - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:53] <exec> 08└─Hmm, the FA did mention Oklahoma, where the buzzards come sweeping down the plain.
[00:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:10] <exec> 08└─Found a working PDF here [wiley.com]
[00:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:12] <exec> 08└─Is this what you mean by "bubbles in space"? https://www.quora.com [quora.com]
[00:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:37] <exec> 08└─Gawwwwwwwwwd--*damn* are you stupid. So how does this work, do the mercenaries plead with people to follow contracts? Do they try and explain why this is to peoples' mutual benefit over tea and crumpets? Help me out here, because when you get right down to it, I don't see any way this WON'T end in "...
[00:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:38] <exec> 08└─As explained already [soylentnews.org], it is not imposition to enforce a contract as per the contract; the participants have already agreed to such enforcement, violent or otherwise (as per the contract)—such enforcement is, by definition, voluntary.
[00:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:41] <exec> 08└─And if one of them suddenly un-agrees because it's in their perceived interest and/or because they're an asshole, wut nao, ese?
[00:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:43] <exec> 08└─To what extent did the move to not allow Yucca Mountain as a waste site cause problems with the nuclear industry? Does allowing Yucca Mountain to be used as a dump site now allow for viable nuclear? Though if I am complaining about political decisions I should complain about Carter's ban on breeder...
[00:47:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:45] <exec> 08└─And what name do you call enforcers that become powerful enough to impose their contracts on the market? "Sir."
[00:47:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:47] <exec> 08└─Not just Mr. Carter. From your link: The U.S. put pressure on proposed French and German nuclear deals that would include enrichment or reprocessing facilities for Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and Brazil. Congress began work on bills that would tighten the conditions for U. S. nuclear exports. The...
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[00:47:49] <exec> 08└─Interacting with people outside of a well-defined contract is dangerous, precisely because there is no way to reason about the ramifications; there is profit in discovering an agreed way to interact, and that is what leads to inquiries before interaction, and then perhaps negotiation, followed by en...
[00:53:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans are Skeptical that Hard Work Will Pay Off - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:53:00] <exec> 08└─And a luckier person had a private tutor and someone giving them a back massage while they learned. The other unlucky person was too busy working as a masseur for entitled assholes just to put food on the table and had limited time to study at all.
[00:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans are Skeptical that Hard Work Will Pay Off - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:53:02] <exec> 08└─That is also a fallacy.
[00:53:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mass Effect Update Leaves Pirates With Rough Facial Animation - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:53:34] <exec> 08└─Playing a game without paying, when it's still actively sold, is not fair use. Period.
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[01:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:23] <exec> 08└─* Which - or whose - laws will they be empowered to enforce? * Can they arrest someone for a law that only they recognize? * Who are they accountable to? * Under what circumstances will they have jurisdiction over other law enforcement agencies and what can or will they cover up? * Will they have th...
[01:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:25] <exec> 08└─Isn't a police officer, by definition, a person whose job is funded by a government? There's nothing legally questionable about a church hiring armed guards, but they would be private security, not police.
[01:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:27] <exec> 08└─Mosques need not apply.
[01:46:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:29] <exec> 08└─Remember when the Pope had authority over kings? Remember when Bishops had standing armies? Remember the Inquisition? Remember the constant (ab)use of religious authorities' power? People who remember history do! Mandatory bible check, kids, open your backpacks!
[01:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:31] <exec> 08└─Are Christians involved? The ACLU is against it. Are Muslims involved? The ACLU is for it. Are police involved? The ACLU is against it. Are illegal immigrants involved? The ACLU is for it. Are conservatives being prevented from speaking on college campuses? The ACLU doesn't care. Are minorities not...
[01:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:33] <exec> 08└─Funny, that a Christian church should be questioned when they want a police force - but Muslims aren't questioned at all. As has been pointed out multiple times, Islam is not a "religion", but a political, judicial, AND religious movement. By definition, Islam empowers it's own police force, it's ow...
[01:46:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:36] <exec> 08└─Baiting for replies, are we? Not very subtle.
[01:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:38] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry. I ran out of guns to clean and Sunday school lessons to write, got really bored and wrote that troll post.
[01:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:40] <exec> 08└─Whaaa! Whaaa! Moan! Whaaa!
[01:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:42] <exec> 08└─And Christianity is not a political, judicial, AND religious movement? 10 commandments at courthouses? "In god we trust" on all your money? Have you never heard an American politician speak? I admit they are hard to understand sometimes cause they are gargling Jesus' balls pretty hard. Full disclosu...
[01:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:44] <exec> 08└─Hypocrisy is so easy - just make up your mind that some end result is good, then you can justify any inconsistencies in policies.
[01:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:03] <exec> 08└─Psst: the world is actually against America.
[01:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:05] <exec> 08└─The threat of nuclear fallout is overstated as it is.
[01:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:07] <exec> 08└─> the US would launch enough nukes to make nuclear winter That's part of the plan: Who's the best at winter wars? Global warming is a plot from the Ruskies to offset the global thermonuclear apocalypse by just enough margin to make it through nuclear winter essentially unharmed (craters also provide...
[01:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:09] <exec> 08└─Putin will keep the Fatherland together and prosperous and earn Russia the respect it deserves! a corruption filled night
[01:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:12] <exec> 08└─Can they make a nuclear enema for Donald?
[01:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:14] <exec> 08└─https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/14/the-united-states-used-depleted-uranium-in-syria/ [foreignpolicy.com]
[01:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Outbreak of Rat Lungworm on Maui - 989 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:25] <exec> 08└─It's not necessarily fatal, but it can cause damage to the brain and spinal cord. It's not just a first world thing, either. From the Wikipedia article: Following World War II, A. cantonensis spread throughout Southeast Asia and Western Pacific Islands including Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, an...
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[01:48:15] <exec> 08└─Your "biggest purse" problem is not solved by "government"; indeed, your "government" is simply that biggest purse. Rather, it's solved by 2 things: (a) by separation of powers, and checks and balances (e.g., by competition within a market); (b) by a culture that respects a certain way of interactio...
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[01:48:16] <exec> 08└─"Get it yet?"
[01:54:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mass Effect Update Leaves Pirates With Rough Facial Animation - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:54:01] <exec> 08└─Legally, yes. "Fair use" has an actual definition. It's not just some kid looking at a toy they want, being told no, and claiming "It's not fair".
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[02:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:43] <exec> 08└─Yes, but unlike in Dearborn, MI, this time they actually can enforce Christian-branded Sharia law. I'm not aware of a Mosque that's managed to get a status like this in the USA. If you like bacon, run for the hills!
[02:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:45] <exec> 08└─> * Which - or whose - laws will they be empowered to enforce? God's. > * Who are they accountable to? God.
[02:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:47] <exec> 08└─ACLU Defends Nazis' Right To Burn Down ACLU Headquarters
[02:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03system32 [5465] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:49] <exec> 08└─The National Cathedral (private organization/church) in Washington, DC has had private "Special Police" for years. Their Officers work for the church and have full Police powers on their property, granted by the DC government and their laws.
[02:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:51] <exec> 08└─Paul says to obey secular authority. And what happened to turning the other cheek, huh? Good grief, I know atheists who are better Christians than these Christians.
[02:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:53] <exec> 08└─What do pupils do when they want to report sexual harassment (or worse) by a teacher? Go to the in-house police? Somehow I don't see that having a good outcome, but then, perhaps I am just a cynic.
[02:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:56] <exec> 08└─Sounds like they want the same Campus Police that most large colleges and universities have. They should be permitted to have it subject to the same regulations that any other educational institution would be. Anything else is religious bigotry, straight up. Remember the 1st Amendment only forbids t...
[02:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:58] <exec> 08└─You're not paying attention to history at all. At one point in time, The Church ruled supreme throughout most of Europe. At a later point in time, The Church ruled - but less supremely - throughout Europe and the New World. Since then, the authority of The Church has been eroded drastically. Now, if...
[02:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:00] <exec> 08└─Are conservatives being prevented from speaking on college campuses? The ACLU doesn't care.
[02:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:02] <exec> 08└─No. There are plenty of private police departments in the US (Officers work for a corporation/organization, not the Government). They usually have to meet their states' law enforcement training standards and be established by law or other state specific procedures. If someone is acting in a law enfo...
[02:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:04] <exec> 08└─"Islam is a revolutionary faith that comes to destroy any government made by man. … Islam doesn’t care about the land or who owns the land. The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any nation or power that gets in the way of that goal, Islam...
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[02:47:06] <exec> 08└─The fact that any college would have police with arrest powers is pretty broken. The same goes for Disneyworld. I have to wonder how the money plays out... are these places still paying for regular police? If so, does the local municipality try to cause this situation (saving money on cops while col...
[02:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:09] <exec> 08└─Turn the other cheek, and when you're hit a second time, whip out the AR-15 and blow the sumbitch into eternity. Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius - Arnaud Amalric
[02:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:34] <exec> 08└─I have a friend who was in the US Army. His job was to drive a backpack nuke around in a jeep. In the event of war, he was to drive out into the middle of a bridge, emplace the bomb, back off to a safe distance then detonate it by remote control. Yes: his job was to take out a bridge with a nuclear...
[02:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:35] <exec> 08└─They forgave us for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We didn't even have to apologize.
[02:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:37] <exec> 08└─You use nukes, you're telling the world 'STFU! or die', which isn't a bad idea. The only impediment at this point is public relations. But good old fear can still make the world go 'round.
[02:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Outbreak of Rat Lungworm on Maui - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:49] <exec> 08└─Captain Pike: Lieutenant, where is Helmsman McKenna? Lieutenant Sulu: He has lungworms, sir. He couldn't report to his post. I'm Hikaru Sulu.
[02:48:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:42] <exec> 08└─So your answer to "What happens when someone decides to defect?" is "No one would defect so your question is moot" then? Denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
[02:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 1953 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:43] <exec> 08└─He's as deluded and ideological as an unreconstructed Maoist, and just as wrong. The fact is, if what he's suggesting was at all possible there would have been at least one society in history that tried it. If it's such a great way to organize civilization they would have been big and successful and...
[02:48:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Company Abandons Planned Acquisition of Vizio - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:55] <exec> 08└─Oscar Muñoz, is that you?
[02:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Governor Robert Bentley Resigns - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:55] <exec> 08└─January 2019.
[02:54:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Americans are Skeptical that Hard Work Will Pay Off - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:54:02] <exec> 08└─For instance the gender gap is just completely illogical. If I can hire a woman who can otherwise perform identically to a man for let's say 7 units of money whereas it costs me 9 units of money to hire a man - I'm going to hire literally nothing but women.
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[02:54:03] <exec> 08└─I've met enough people with plenty of money and no work ethic to know this is a load of shit. In America, hard work is neither a guarantee of nor a per-requisite to becoming rich.
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[03:46:57] <exec> 08└─Only way to remove the terrified pants shitting coward mindset is - I personally believe - much like how I "cured" my OCD. Exposure therapy. I will need a prayer mat, a turban, eye shadow, a baggy of mescalin, 26 mexicans, 8 ounces of weed and 2 days. After that. We will discuss the implementation o...
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[03:46:58] <exec> 08└─In 1978 the ACLU defended the rights of the Nazis' free speech, so there's an example of the ACLU caring about conservatives speaking.
[03:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:00] <exec> 08└─It's either that or the making of one hell of a weekend.
[03:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:03] <exec> 08└─You are right: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Its still skeevy as shit though. Way too easy for private organizations to co-opt the power of the state for their own purposes.
[03:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:38] <exec> 08└─The fact is, if what he's suggesting was at all possible there would have been at least one society in history that tried it.
[03:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:39] <exec> 08└─why rule out violence? a few overzealous punishments would be better than everybody getting screwed daily by government.
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[03:48:41] <exec> 08└─These "libertarian" principles pervade society already; they are the very principles that make modern society so fantastically productive, even despite the parasitical existence of The State. The vast majority of interactions in modern society occur according to such contracts, whether cultural or...
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[03:48:53] <exec> 08└─In March 2017, Muñoz was named "Communicator of the Year for 2017" by PRWeek.
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[04:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:12] <exec> 08└─* Which - or whose - laws will they be empowered to enforce?
[04:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:13] <exec> 08└─Did they airdrop lawyers in? No.
[04:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:15] <exec> 08└─Sounds like they want the same Campus Police that most large colleges and universities have.
[04:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:17] <exec> 08└─Christian nutballs have killed less people in 30 years than Islam dirtbags have killed in the last 6 months. When the Christians start racking up triple digits damned near every month? THEN you might have a point...oh wait except you wouldn't even then (which just FYI is never gonna happen) because...
[04:47:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:20] <exec> 08└─...Islam is not a "religion", but a political, judicial, AND religious movement. By definition, Islam empowers it's own police force, it's own court, it's own judges...
[04:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:22] <exec> 08└─Ok, fair enough. Hadn't seen those so good on them! However I knew they used to be more aggressive defending the rights of anyone. I was thinking of the recent big splashy cases where they said the right stuff but didn't do more, letting organizations like FIRE do the actual work. And did you notice...
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[04:47:24] <exec> 08└─No, National Socialists aren't Conservative; Pretty much the opposite in point of fact. Find anything in the Conservative Canon that supports any other opinion. Start with Kirk's The Conservative Mind, include National Review or any other widely read material in the Conservative movement. Or just go...
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[04:47:53] <exec> 08└─I have been told that an acquaintance I knew as a child managed to get a nuclear blasting ticket. Must have been prior to 1986.
[04:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:24] <exec> 08└─> NASA never went to space [...] This discovery wasn't made by NASA, nor was it made from a spacecraft. The observations were made from an Earth-based telescope operated by 15 European countries and Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] https://en.wik...
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[05:46:20] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't put wikipedia up as a beacon of success with all the internet drama it's involved in.
[05:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:22] <exec> 08└─What if you already have skills?
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[05:47:10] <exec> 08└─Find a degree granting university that pays taxes. They don't pay property tax, they don't pay income tax, their endowment is tax exempt on both the principle and the income it generates from investments in the stock market, they don't pay sales tax. Of course we aren't even counting the ones that a...
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[05:47:12] <exec> 08└─Christian nutballs have killed less people in 30 years than Islam dirtbags have killed in the last 6 months.
[05:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:14] <exec> 08└─Not this fallacy again. Are the IRA or US Army killing people for the purpose of advancing Christianity? No.
[05:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 1319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:43] <exec> 08└─Anybody uses ABC they sign their own death warrant, Assad probably won't survive and we aren't even 100% sure he even did it this time, although there isn't much doubt he did it the first time. Right now the game of International Relations has rules, countries skirt them, break them in minor ways wh...
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[05:52:03] <exec> 08└─It may have started with the Clintons. They took some flak for making the Secret Service pay rent at their house. Presidents are strongly encouraged to use Air Force 1, but they can use whatever they like, including commercial flights (as Nixon once did) and personal aircraft. Everybody on the plane...
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[06:46:28] <exec> 08└─You'll be replaced by an AI or robot, of course.
[06:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:29] <exec> 08└─You must be kidding. Sure, Wikipedia has its issues, but I'd argue it's the single most well-known and successful example of crowdsourcing.
[06:47:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03goody [2135] 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 134 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:09] <exec> 08└─In 1978 the ACLU defended the rights of the Nazis' free speech, so there's an example of the ACLU caring about conservatives speaking.
[06:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:22] <exec> 08└─Why would you expect organized religion, particularly Christianity, to suddenly start practicing what they preach now, of all times? What absolutely fucks my brain about this is that if this winds up creating legal precedent for religious police, then they just opened the door for sharia law enforce...
[06:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:23] <exec> 08└─I'd really wonder about anyone who claimed to remember the Crusades or Inquisition…that is, unless they were referencing Monty Python. I do, however, remember learning about them in school, along with the reality that authorities of all types eventually abuse power if given enough for it to matter...
[06:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:26] <exec> 08└─Fuck, I'm not Mexican, but volunteer to participate or witness as needed. Sounds like a weekend to be there for.
[06:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:28] <exec> 08└─Christian nutballs have killed less people in 30 years than Islam dirtbags have killed in the last 6 months.
[06:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:58] <exec> 08└─More toxic than radioactive, but very nasty for local residents.
[06:48:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:00] <exec> 08└─You use nukes, you're telling the world 'STFU! or die', which isn't a bad idea.
[06:48:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Outbreak of Rat Lungworm on Maui - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:13] <exec> 08└─Are you seriously suggesting the the Mighty Buzzard is a victim of this disease, and that this explains his position on raping the horse of people who have rode in on them? Strangely, for once, an AC makes more than perfect sense. Rat Lungworm horse vernereal disease: also known as, Republican. Now...
[06:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 878 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:33] <exec> 08└─The dropbox link worked for me in showing me what was available, but as I jave JS disabled, and reject cookies by default, dropbox wouldn't let me grab, for example, the "jupiter movie" from URL https://www.dropbox.com . Taking a WS...
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[07:46:47] <exec> 08└─Sure, Wikipedia has its issues, but I'd argue it's the single most well-known and successful example of crowdsourcing.
[07:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:49] <exec> 08└─The costs to host Wikipedia are not that much and most of the contributors have not been paid. You are complaining about a separate entity called the Wikimedia Foundation that can slap banner ads onto Wikipedia for unnecessary fundraising.
[07:47:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:47] <exec> 08└─Not this fallacy again. Are the IRA or US Army killing people for the purpose of advancing Christianity? No.
[07:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:48] <exec> 08└─They have religious police in Saudi Arabia. They're a bit like the Central Scruitinizer, but much worse. They go around intimidating people, especially women, for silly things. Once they had a bunch of school girls burn to death in a fire. They wouldn't let them out of the building because they were...
[07:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:50] <exec> 08└─When UC Berkley went up in flames to shut Milo up, where was their lawyer drop?
[07:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:52] <exec> 08└─Find a degree granting university that pays taxes.
[07:47:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:55] <exec> 08└─day 1. Christians form their police. day 2. Scientology and Islam form their police using the same laws. Nobody inspired by the Christ could come up with this idea. Do not allow.
[07:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:57] <exec> 08└─It would've made no sense for the ACLU to be involved in the UC Berkeley case, as the campus had fully backed his right to appear and had provided campus security (who also acted as armed escorts to & from the location). He was in the student union building waiting to speak when masked anarchists (w...
[07:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I can see R's exploding heads now if this had been a story about Muslims instead of Presbyterians. And they would be thrown out of the lawmakers officers. And probably arrested for suggesting the idea.
[07:48:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:01] <exec> 08└─You seem jealous we have the best sorting algo.
[07:48:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:03] <exec> 08└─I demand to know, who killed Hairyfeet? Obviously he has been killed, killed dead and non-existent, since the person posting under this nom-de-internet is clearly not the original hippy geek that enjoyed fixing computers for the straights. I prefer to think that Hairfeet is dead, than to admit that...
[07:48:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:06] <exec> 08└─Even liberals can't ignore the San Bernardino and Pulse nightclub attacks. But I guess you didn't notice those particular 63 dead people.
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[07:53:03] <exec> 08└─You're a fair-minded person so there couldn't be any confirmation bias going on.
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[08:47:37] <exec> 08└─In the US?
[08:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 2537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:38] <exec> 08└─Oh, dear, my precious AC! Yes, people have died. They sometimes die for really stupid reasons. You memory, however, is very, very short term. As a 2400 year old philosopher, let me remind you of some more recent atrocities, to allow you to balance your perspective. Just hearing a lot on the radio (A...
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[08:48:11] <exec> 08└─Russia is usually referred to as a motherland, not a fatherland. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[08:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:13] <exec> 08└─Not always. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[08:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 1300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:15] <exec> 08└─With a steel neutron reflector, a 4.5 kg sphere of plutonium-239 can form a critical mass. https://www.euronuclear.org [euronuclear.org] That's under "fixed conditions" meaning without compression. In a nuclear weapon, a sub-critical plutonium mass is compressed by...
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[09:46:19] <exec> 08└─http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-black-panthers-1970s-20140308-story.html [baltimoresun.com]
[09:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:26] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD Release Songs [openbsd.org] (the latest won't be released until April 25th).
[09:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 1305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:28] <exec> 08└─Does OpenBSD run on RPi? Well... the article tells the story. Sort of. The boot has to be half from SD card, half from USB, because the BSD doesn't have a driver for the SD card slot. And the USB doesn't work for all USB drives as he demonstrates. The in-built wifi doesn't work, so you have to plug...
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[09:46:46] <exec> 08└─I agree. Wikipedia is 100% independent of the Wikimedia Foundation. Those ads only benefit WMF, not Wikipedia. Wikipedia makes all the money it needs from door-to-door encyclopedia sales. The WMF budget has gotten totally out of control.
[09:47:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 468 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:10] <exec> 08└─And Christianity is not a political, judicial, AND religious movement? 10 commandments at courthouses? "In god we trust" on all your money? Have you never heard an American politician speak? I admit they are hard to understand sometimes cause they are gargling Jesus' balls pretty hard. Full disclosu...
[09:47:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:55] <exec> 08└─Wow. You really think churches and universities are opposites. No wonder you are so dumb, instead of going to school, you went to church!
[09:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:57] <exec> 08└─So. What you are saying is. Its all the ACLU's fault and they should sue themselves into non-existence?
[09:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:59] <exec> 08└─At first glance it looks like you are defending conservatives from the accusation of being nazis. But in fact you are a (((nazi]]] [soylentnews.org] who does not want to be associated with conservatives.
[09:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:48:34] <exec> 08└─Yes, there is a critical mass. A sphere of uncompressed, unreflected plutonium with a mass of 10 kg is the minimum critical size. Plutonium is Real Heavy. Such a sphere is only 9.9 cm (about 4 inches) in diameter. Also, you can reduce the amount required by explosively compressing it strongly, and e...
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[09:48:36] <exec> 08└─Utter know-nothing bullshit. Depleted uranium has extremely low radioactivity; even lower than naturally occurring uranium. That's why they call it "depleted", genius. It has already had all the U-235 "good stuff" laboriously REMOVED from it. The purpose is simply to have a very dense projectile so...
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[10:46:23] <exec> 08└─What about the rats?
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[10:46:31] <exec> 08└─Felines don't eat honey, their carnivorous nature makes they pancreas ill prepared for large amount of carbohydrates. (grin)
[10:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:33] <exec> 08└─Really? This is the lawmakers' solution to the dwindling honeybee population problem? Instead of outlawing the pesticides that have decimated the honeybees (and frankly ain't doing us very much good either), let's kill the bears that account for, what?, .001%* of the problem? [/kneejerk] * pulled th...
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[10:49:58] <exec> 08└─Lord, maybe?
[10:51:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Passenger Violently Removed From Overbooked United Airlines Flight - 37 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:51] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's a US vs. EU carrier thing.
[10:53:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03vux984 [5045] 02 - 06Alabama Governor Robert Bentley Resigns - 50 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:53:02] <exec> 08└─If you wanted a counter factual you could cite ...
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[11:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:19] <exec> 08└─No, that would cause starvation among the poor.
[11:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:21] <exec> 08└─If it's about animal protection, why those animals and not others? I ate dog meat in asia. It was as good as beef, mutton or pork. And the damn dogs were farmed animals - brought up for human consumption - not pets you'd ever want loose around your kids. I also eat horse meat regularly, and I just c...
[11:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:23] <exec> 08└─I can somewhat understand the irrational attachment to dogs -- emotional people somehow believe all dogs are those fluffy furballs they have at home. But there are worse cases: for example, Americans have a kind-of-religious aversion to horse meat, universally breaking their own laws to make sure ho...
[11:46:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:40] <exec> 08└─NetBSD 7.1 is said to have support for the Raspberry Pi Zero. https://www.netbsd.org [netbsd.org]
[11:48:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03goody [2135] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1034 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:48:11] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure why you're using the "National Socialists" term, but I presume it's because that's the literal German term for Nazis, and some US conservatives often use this to claim Nazis are socialists and therefore leftist and/or liberal. They're not. The German term means nationalist. Note that I'...
[11:48:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:48:50] <exec> 08└─Yes, I've read the same thing. However I happened upon a page about a series of tests in the USSR in 1953. "Tellurium-120" is said to be a code word for plutonium: An RDS-5 device with the main charge from tellurium-120 with the weight of 0.8 kg with a normal neutron background with the purpose of...
[11:55:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mass Effect Update Leaves Pirates With Rough Facial Animation - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:55:57] <exec> 08└─Having a pirate copy of a game is not criminal behaviour, you retard, it's nothing more than a violation of civil law. Unless you can see "posessing" in the list of things that are criminal copyright infringement here: https://www.copyright.gov Ooops, I accidentally a...
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[12:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:36] <exec> 08└─Because they are cute, cuddly, fuzzy and sleep with you at night. The others are lack the cuddly part even though they are probably just as capable and happen to taste good.
[12:46:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 1305 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:52] <exec> 08└─Does OpenBSD run on RPi? Well... the article tells the story. Sort of. The boot has to be half from SD card, half from USB, because the BSD doesn't have a driver for the SD card slot. And the USB doesn't work for all USB drives as he demonstrates. The in-built wifi doesn't work, so you have to plug...
[12:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:55] <exec> 08└─NetBSD 7 has almost complete support for all the RPi boards: https://wiki.netbsd.org [netbsd.org] Which is what makes the OpenBSD stuff laughable.
[12:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:15] <exec> 08└─I think crowdsourcing is usually driven by marketing and outreach, not by people who want to do work.
[12:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:16] <exec> 08└─If you have knowledge in some specific domain, or were part of some event/endeavor, you could always fix that little error in Wikipedia. It doesn't take long. Most topics are not subject to controversy... https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[12:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Penguin Pompeii" - 898 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:24] <exec> 08└─Sadly, in most cases a disaster that kills off 90% of a population is great for the 10% that survives. That's a whole bunch of competition for space and resources that was removed. The next few generations can throw a baby boom and not sweat over diminishing opportunity. But it can't last. Doesn't t...
[12:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:08] <exec> 08└─Those weapons already are in the hands of bad hombres. Unless you somehow classify as "good" a regime which keeps everyone who dares to say a word against the Dear Leader beaten, arrested and/or killed, invades countries left and right, and so on.
[12:49:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:10] <exec> 08└─These small nukes were never meant to be main battle weapons. Given their small range you will likely be in the fallout zone and die for radiation poisoning if the wind isn't blowing the right direction. These nuclear artillery shells and other things like the Davy Crockett Weapon System [wikipedia....
[12:49:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:12] <exec> 08└─These weapons are about as small as one can go as others have pointed out. They are also weapons of last resort since they guy using them is likely fucked anyways. Even the summary mentions that the US made ones in 127mm artillery shells previously and we were making them that sized in the early 196...
[12:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:47] <exec> 08└─You may now stop reading, the rest of this is just a rant.
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[13:46:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:25] <exec> 08└─Velcro
[13:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:26] <exec> 08└─No, it takes a couple more words than that. Tie them bow-around-a-bow. That is, double knot them. Of course, those of you who never learned how to tie a bow certainly won't know how to make double bows.
[13:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:34] <exec> 08└─"executed in the city of Barcelona" Alright - they saved the cost of a trial.
[13:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:36] <exec> 08└─Given people's feelings towards spam, I'm not certain there'd be too much complaint over this.
[13:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:48] <exec> 08└─Ran across this the other day, kinda puts a whole new perspective on the whole "who's eat'n who" thing.... https://earlpittsamerican.com [earlpittsamerican.com] Very disturbing. Very.
[13:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:58] <exec> 08└─Why don't they just outlaw a bear coming too close to a bees, like a restraining order? Or better, outlaw more than a few bees dying at once?
[13:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:00] <exec> 08└─You want beekeepers to shoot pesticide producers? Seems fair.
[13:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:32] <exec> 08└─Their findings are the first to show that there are four different types of members volunteering in these communities: 1. Communals build skills and community bonds; 2. Utilizers join the communities to sharpen their skills without much intention to form social bonds; 3. Aspirers lack both skills an...
[13:48:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 178 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:35] <exec> 08└─day 1. Christians form their police. day 2. Scientology and Islam form their police using the same laws. Nobody inspired by the Christ could come up with this idea. Do not allow.
[13:48:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03goody [2135] 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1034 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:46] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure why you're using the "National Socialists" term, but I presume it's because that's the literal German term for Nazis, and some US conservatives often use this to claim Nazis are socialists and therefore leftist and/or liberal. They're not. The German term means nationalist. Note that I'...
[13:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:47] <exec> 08└─"Persons employed as police officers pursuant to this section shall be charged with all of the duties and invested with all of the powers of law enforcement officers in this state." The law is short and sweet and scarry. http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us
[13:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:49] <exec> 08└─Good one. Salutes. ;^)
[13:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:31] <exec> 08└─Two really scary things here. As yields get lower, a test explosion looks more like a mining explosion. So how do you enforce the test ban treaty. The growing network of gravity wave detectors come to mind. The concept of a gentleman's nuke is just wrong. There is no acceptable time to use one first...
[13:49:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:32] <exec> 08└─Russia is usually referred to as a motherland, not a fatherland. Mother Russia [wikipedia.org] Not always. Father of All Bombs [wikipedia.org]
[13:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:35] <exec> 08└─Unless you somehow classify as "good" a regime which keeps everyone who dares to say a word against the Dear Leader beaten, arrested and/or killed, invades countries left and right, and so on.
[13:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Company Abandons Planned Acquisition of Vizio - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:01] <exec> 08└─I nominate Muñoz for the 2017 Kellyanne Conway award for credibility.
[13:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06West Virginia on Course for Medical Marijuana - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:24] <exec> 08└─Juries? We don't need no steenkin' juries. Jeffry Sessions can make use of the current state apparatus: * secret laws * secret interpretations of laws * secret courts * secret court warrants * secret court orders * secret evidence (not available to the defense) * secret arrests (in the middle of the...
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[14:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 686 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:37] <exec> 08└─The house and senate openly display that they no longer care what the people think. They don't even try to hide it any more. The Republicans have shown that they no longer have even a pretense of fair play. (Not that I think the Democrats are angels.) So expect this to go exactly nowhere. Our govern...
[14:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:39] <exec> 08└─There's no problem that can't be solved by one more level of indirection, amirite? Maybe the organizational structure of society is fundamentally broken.
[14:46:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:41] <exec> 08└─The word you want to use is 'whomever'.
[14:46:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 1423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:43] <exec> 08└─Regardless of the merits (or problems) of this alternate system, it makes little sense to propose something that would require a Constitutional amendment to implement as an alternative to partisan action. If we had a supermajority who could agree on procedure in a reasonably non-partisan way, we wou...
[14:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:45] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
[14:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:47] <exec> 08└─That was a given the first time any man made a decision for another man. All government is an exchange of practicality for liberty; there is no possibly way for it to be anything but. Our founding fathers understood this and tried to keep the destruction of liberty minimized but government will alwa...
[14:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:50] <exec> 08└─The word you want to use is 'whomever'.
[14:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:52] <exec> 08└─The indirections can form an infinite loop. The governor selects one of the three candidates. That candidate is then approved by the same process that selected the three candidates. That is, the panel approves the candidate and sends it to the governor who then sends it on to the panel again. Or try...
[14:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:54] <exec> 08└─It's still possible, though unlikely. States can amend the constitution directly, bypassing the federal government entirely. See Article V of the Constitution.
[14:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:56] <exec> 08└─"three lawyers elected by the lawyers of The Missouri Bar . . . three citizens selected by the governor, and the chief justice"
[14:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:58] <exec> 08└─Yes, "whatever" would work in that sentence. :-) > Will vote for whoever tells them the best lies. Will vote for whomever tells them the best lies. Will vote for whatever tells them the best lies. Please vote for your favorite corporate controlled robot candidate today! (And I'm talking present day,...
[14:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:01] <exec> 08└─First, please re-read the last sentence of my post, which DIRECTLY addresses what you said. Second, it's not that simple -- state legislatures can call for a convention to amend the constitution; they cannot amend it "directly." And said convention needs to be allowed by Congress, who determines whe...
[14:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:12] <exec> 08└─I double-bow. I also never untie the laces when I take shoes off or put them on. Same shoes, same knot, thousands of times a year. People who don't double-bow are just wasting their time. And, no, not untying the shoes doesn't break them any more than just wearing them. I replace shoes almost exclus...
[14:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:14] <exec> 08└─It depends on how high the ankle support is. You can fairly easily slip low shoes on and off if you tie them a little loosely, but higher topped shoes and boots are pretty much out of the question.
[14:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:16] <exec> 08└─I do that with certain shoes depending on the style. I like my shoes to fit snugly, especially sneakers, so I've found that necessitates tying and untying with most styles. Velcro doesn't stay snug as well as a firmly tied knot.
[14:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:18] <exec> 08└─People who don't double-bow are just wasting their time.
[14:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:21] <exec> 08└─list of 70s technology that is apparently the 10s cannot replicate - plastic wraps that come off cleanly - zips that are both sturdy and smooth - shoelaces that withstand a normal paced 300 mt walk. - completely documented electronic appliances
[14:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 716 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:23] <exec> 08└─The article does a good job explaining why shoelaces require sturdy knots; in my experience, most people whose shoes untie themselves are simply tying bad knots. [fieggen.com] This is such a widespread problem that there was even a TED talk on it, [ted.com] which is a must-watch in my opinion for an...
[14:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03draconx [4649] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:25] <exec> 08└─My shoes came with round laces, which I found would tend to work itself loose even when the regular shoelace knot is tied correctly. I now normally tie Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot [fieggen.com]: which is almost as easy to tie, and has never come undone, except when I want it to (in which case it come...
[14:47:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:35] <exec> 08└─Any idea why the summary is referencing someone named Severa?
[14:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:37] <exec> 08└─Indeed. Personally I have not an ounce of pity for this crook. I assume his family was put to death as well?
[14:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:50] <exec> 08└─You can't slaughter them, but what if they run in front of your car? Just 45 minutes ago, cat went ZIP out in front of me. My foot came off the gas, about the time I heard the cat go THUMP. Foot made it to the brake pedal about the time I heard the second and third thump under the floor boards. The...
[14:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 943 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:52] <exec> 08└─I think I remember hearing something about unethical business folk catching and slaughtering pets to sell, perhaps the change is an attempt to remove their incentive? I agree the preferential treatment of some animals by various cultures is a bit strange, though I can *almost* see a legitimate excus...
[14:47:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:54] <exec> 08└─I guarantee you the dog I ate bits of wan't cuddly or fuzzy when it was still on all fours. Them cattle dogs looked feral in their cage.
[14:47:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:56] <exec> 08└─Yes! I say "I'm gonna eat a mealworm" and the best anyone says is "Wow... i couldn't do that". If i was to say "I'm gonna eat a horse".... shit! The fan would be throwing brown stuff ALL OVER THE PLACE!! It's all about perception and cuteness, i guess. Is there a food chain that says: "food is food,...
[14:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:59] <exec> 08└─People let their cats run wild, but HIT THE CAT and 'OH SHIT': they come blubbing "you hit my cat, blub blub" and you're supposed to apologize for hitting the cat they obviously didn't give enough of a damn about to keep them inside, or are snowflake enough to let them run wild and pray to their god...
[14:48:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:01] <exec> 08└─You can read the sarcasm in that article.. particularly at the end describing kneeding behavior etc.. right?
[14:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:12] <exec> 08└─Black Lives Matter ^ Bear
[14:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:14] <exec> 08└─A BLM joke that was actually funny!
[14:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:47] <exec> 08└─Sure, Wikipedia has its issues, but I'd argue it's the single most well-known and successful example of crowdsourcing.
[14:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:04] <exec> 08└─But don't worry. God will deliver his will and guidance exclusively through the church's leaders who will be his sole representatives in this and all other matters.
[14:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:05] <exec> 08└─Sharia law is OK when it's Christians taking your bacon at gunpoint. Gays only matter when it's Moslems who want to stone them.
[14:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:07] <exec> 08└─What if pupils want to report sexual assault done by the church's private police?
[14:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:10] <exec> 08└─Disney World has it's own private police. Disney World hires off duty law enforcement to work for them. And pays higher rates than the minimum "consulting" rates. So officers are inclined to work for Disney. The off duty police are always on-property and available. Arrests are all above board and do...
[14:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:12] <exec> 08└─"The voices told me that I should clean the guns today." says church spokesdroid.
[14:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:14] <exec> 08└─This is why we denigrate you jLo, you are proven to be incredibly wrong about the ACLU but you double down with a more recent story that doesn't really apply. At least you acknowledged the ACLU did defend conservatives, but that doesn't stop you from trying to land your original point. Brainwashed f...
[14:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:16] <exec> 08└─It has been a real treat the last few weeks watching you steadily fall into madness. Ii knew it was there, but you have been outdoing yourself almost daily!
[14:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:01] <exec> 08└─Not really, look at the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The most severe fallout ever seen until Fukushima (which strictly speaking is more ocean water contamination than fallout), and life is mostly doing okay. The microbes seem to be having a bit of trouble, but are getting by. Everything else seems to b...
[14:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 1015 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:03] <exec> 08└─I'd rank them at least as bad as the most atrocious chemical weapons, but not as bad as biological weapons which have potentially civilization-ending consequences (anthrax and other minimally-contagious agents not included) And, frighteningly, I can see tactical nukes being far more useful. Their ex...
[14:51:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:39] <exec> 08└─Apparently.
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[15:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:46] <exec> 08└─Humanity has always been very touchy about heresy.
[15:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:48] <exec> 08└─Politicians should have thick skin. Citizens should be allowed to criticize. After all, the politicians are making policy that affects everyone's lives. Further, politicians are public figures. Isn't the bar for slandering or libeling a public figure much higher? While it is still legal to do so, I...
[15:46:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:50] <exec> 08└─I would advise you not to make light of potentially losing core rights in the US. Unfortunately, the slipper slope does exist, but it only travels in one direction: rapidly to authoritarianism.
[15:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:52] <exec> 08└─Calling the leadership of Uganda "politicians" is a bit generous. This is a country where presidential term limits were abolished in a parliamentary vote where each yes voter got $2000 USD cold hard cash. And the last presidential election was widely believed to be rigged. And everyone expects the n...
[15:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:13] <exec> 08└─Contracts provide agreement on the rules of the game before the game begins.Checks and balances, and a separation of powers, is achieved by competition within a market of voluntary interaction (where "voluntary" is defined by the contracts to which people agreed in advance). The United States Govern...
[15:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:15] <exec> 08└─Works in theory. And even then for only those already of an age to agree to a contract. Children born into said government would have no choice at all, exactly as they don't now.
[15:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 1411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:17] <exec> 08└─Ross Douthat laid out the argument for why Mitch McConnell just had to pull both of his shenanigans (refusing to even consider Garland, and shoving Gorsuch through) in his column [nytimes.com] yesterday. And his argument was, in a nutshell, that it was all Justice David Souter's fault. See, when Sou...
[15:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:19] <exec> 08└─I did read it. It was just insane, so I ignored it. Saying the states are less likely than the federal government to pull power back to the states from the federal government is patently absurd. Secondly, there is precedent that predates both the constitution and Congress. Thirdly, if two thirds of...
[15:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 860 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:21] <exec> 08└─A child chooses to be subordinate to his parents (and others), if only because he knows no other way to exist. Eventually, he may choose to interact with his parents (and others) in a way that is not subordinate, and this process of transition is itself a matter of [perhaps implicit] contract negot...
[15:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:23] <exec> 08└─Finally, after a year of service, the newly appointed judge must survive a retention election, where a majority of the electorate can cast them out of office
[15:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:26] <exec> 08└─Actually whoever is correct. It is the subject of the verb "tells" and that entire clause is then the object of the preposition.
[15:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:28] <exec> 08└─What if you put forces in place to reach a consensus? The president appoints a judge who must be confirmed by the opposing party. (The rules need more refinement. What about other parties. What if I really mean by all congress critters who are NOT of the president's party? But what if that is the nu...
[15:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:30] <exec> 08└─Let retired lawyers choose by approval voting. To qualify to vote, the lawyer must permanently divest from all legal firms and disbar himself. Family and friends must not currently be lawyers or have investments in law firms. These qualifications are to discourage bias in favor of making our legal s...
[15:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:32] <exec> 08└─it doesn't matter that the girl consented, because the man has other constraints that he, too, must meet.
[15:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:34] <exec> 08└─Unless you mistakenly take "conservative" to mean "wants a Christian theocracy and unrestricted corporations", "fair and principled" is conservative. It is really important that the Supreme Court follow our constitution literally, using the meanings of words at the time they were written, in the mos...
[15:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:36] <exec> 08└─Or, more accurately, just because something works for a state or states does not automatically imply it is therefore good for the Federal government, too. I thought people would have learned this lesson well from the opposite direction - that which works for the Feds doesn't always apply to the stat...
[15:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:52] <exec> 08└─Ditto. Just started the "leave them tied" thing in the last year or so, out of laziness really.
[15:47:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:54] <exec> 08└─The only people that should have velcro shoes are small children, elderly people, and the mentally disabled. They are hideous, and always look like cheap shit shoes that you bought at Walmart. If you own velcro shoes, you are not getting laid. You'd be better off wearing those stupid plastic duck sh...
[15:47:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:56] <exec> 08└─I did the guy's analyzer and it said I was tying them correctly, but if I don't double-knot them they perpetually come undone within a few hours. He also claims that most shoelaces sold these days are harder to keep tied by virtue of how they're manufactured.
[15:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:58] <exec> 08└─Just tried it. That's handy!
[15:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:00] <exec> 08└─it is also amazing how somehow a pebbel or small rock finds its way into sandels that are open in the back but completly closed in the front, around the arch and toes. its like the piece of earth falls in love we you, awakens from its inert slumber when stepped on, only to "somehow" muster magical f...
[15:48:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:12] <exec> 08└─Levashov allegedly went by the aliases Peter Severa and Peter of the North
[15:48:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:31] <exec> 08└─Road Kill is so unpleasant. The word you are looking for is Road Pizza.
[15:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:33] <exec> 08└─Find out who own that cat, and sue the bastard for causing mental anguish. And depriving you of breakfast.
[15:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 1766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:48] <exec> 08└─You completely misread the situation. Colony collapses, whether owing to pesticides, parasitic mites, other causes or a complex of the above, are orthogonal to the problem of a bear deciding that one particular beekeeper's hives are a tasty snack. A bear can absolutely wreck a beekeeper's livelihood...
[15:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:59] <exec> 08└─Who cares? You're describing an edge case scenario. RPi has historically been blob drivers catered to specific kernels of Linux. That makes it difficult to work with. You can't even use blob-free Linux at the moment on the Pi. It is a work in progress, just like OpenBSD's Pi port. Unless you write c...
[15:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:01] <exec> 08└─There's also RISC OS [riscosopen.org] RISC OS is a new and different OS for the Pi. It isn't Linux, it isn't Unix, it isn't based on any other OS. It's the first ARM OS, begun in 1987 by the team who designed the original ARM processor. It's also a descendant of the OS used on the early 1980s BBC M...
[15:49:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:26] <exec> 08└─I assume that the XKCD link means you're joking. This is good, because I can tell you from personal experience that contributing actual, personally verified knowledge based on domain expertise, is not welcomed by wikipedia. Waste of time trying to help that lot.
[15:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:50] <exec> 08└─Care to point me to which translation of which verse says that? In all the years I've studied this stuff, in English and Latin and Koine, I've *never* seen any passage stating that if you're hit a second time you have permission to go Rambo on the attacker...and, oddly, not a single mention of semia...
[15:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:51] <exec> 08└─I've spent the last year at least loudly and publicly ridiculing him (and The Shitey Uzzard, and to a lesser extent Runaway) for this crap, and it is *so* gratifying to see everyone else, even ACs, catching on finally. Thank you for this; it means all that lonely, blood-pressure-raising work wasn't...
[15:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:54] <exec> 08└─Oh please, the Abrahamic religions are the very model of fascism. You think in Yahweh's "kingdom" there's anything like toleration of dissent? No, the guy runs an eternal, inescapable concentration camp full of fear and fire and pain and torture for what amount to his political prisoners. The fact t...
[15:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:56] <exec> 08└─1 Samuel 15:3 They all look alike to me, how do I know which are Amalekites? Don't be so literal. The same God who says to love your neighbor did command a number of genocide-like slaughters. And, if the silly Jews had just obeyed their commander, things would have been vastly different. Those Jew...
[15:50:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:58] <exec> 08└─Oh good grief, that you call yourself a Christian at all with your worldview and (lack of) morals is a sick joke. You've chosen your own path to Hell all right. And you've got maybe 10 or 20 years left before you end up in it.
[15:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:00] <exec> 08└─Uh-huh - and listen to YOU. Judge not, lest ye be judged? Who set you up as the gate keeper? Life is just to damned short to take seriously. It's all a bad joke. I don't understand the joke, but at least I realize it's just a joke.
[15:51:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:48] <exec> 08└─>Things like assassination go on the table Unlikely among the major powers. Puppets get assassinated, but once you start assassinating figures among major powers you invite reprisals in kind - and nobody with power wants open warfare among the elite. Why put yourself in the line of fire when 10,000...
[15:51:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:49] <exec> 08└─Almost every main battle tank has NBC systems to protect the crew. A tank can also easily strike at a target over 1km away. Tanks typically fight by pulling up in defilade, firing, and backing down into an even more protected position.
[15:51:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:52] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but now our complete disregard for human nature and the complexities of Middle-Eastern politics has gone and created large, organized, international terrorist organizations that are causing problems for all our allies, while we've simultaneously resoundingly demonstrated our willingness to com...
[15:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:54] <exec> 08└─In case you are not familiar, even without this larger gun and ammunition the T-14 claims to be the first next generation tank. There is probably a lot of embellishment in the Russian reports, but it would still be a real challenge against current NATO tanks. It is also designed so that the Armata U...
[15:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MyOpinion [6561] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:31] <exec> 08└─This discovery wasn't made by NASA [..] Earth-based telescope operated by 15 European countries and Brazil.
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[16:46:46] <exec> 08└─TOTALLY not like the US. Well, at least until one of Trump's kids runs... probably his daughter so they can rub it in Hillary's face.
[16:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:47] <exec> 08└─By "widely believed" I mean "international third party election monitoring organizations cited widespread disenfranchisement" not "winner of the election whined about illegal votes that don't exist." But I get your point about glass houses and casting stones.
[16:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:49] <exec> 08└─I don't take it lightly at all. But I think we're already sliding down the slippery slope. The difference is in our perspectives. You think you are still safely able to accelerate away from the black hole. I'm saying we have already crossed the event horizon and don't quite realize it just yet. It's...
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[16:46:51] <exec> 08└─President Yoweri Museveni
[16:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:54] <exec> 08└─Actually, some states are no longer classified as democracies according to Harvard professors: In the just released EIP report, North Carolina’s overall electoral integrity score of 58/100 for the 2016 election places us alongside authoritarian states and pseudo-democracies like Cuba, Indonesia an...
[16:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:56] <exec> 08└─Hey, guess what state I live in and why I may be a super-active campaigner for ending political districting in the US.
[16:47:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:28] <exec> 08└─Umm, that doesn't sound like the process in the summary: 1) Commission members are selected by different groups - no approval necessary 2) Commission selects three candidates - no outside approval necessary 3) Governor selects one of the three candidates, or abdicates the responsibility back to the...
[16:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:30] <exec> 08└─Unless you mistakenly take "conservative" to mean "wants a Christian theocracy and unrestricted corporations", "fair and principled" is conservative.
[16:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:32] <exec> 08└─Not saying you're completely wrong, but a retention election is a very different beast than a normal election - you're not running against anyone but your own track record. Even if you get voted out, it just starts the appointment process again the same as if you died.
[16:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:34] <exec> 08└─(And before anyone starts off on the possibility of an Article V convention doing something like this -- I'd say that's even more unrealistic than getting Congress to pass it.) Why? It's worked several times before. Congress has a wonderful track record of suddenly getting their act together and imp...
[16:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:36] <exec> 08└─Christian theocracy and unrestricted corporations
[16:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03evil_aaronm [5747] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 832 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:38] <exec> 08└─The "literally" argument in nonsense. Just take one aspect - arms, for example. The FF could not have envisioned the firepower we have, nowadays, or will have in the future. If they had an inkling that one individual could wield enough weaponry, by himself, to take out an entire city block, they mig...
[16:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:41] <exec> 08└─How about augmenting the process with randomly selected citizens? Add two citizens, and you'd have to convince at least one to side with the governor in your scenario. While we're dreaming, I'd love to see "legislative juries" - if you can't convince a (super?)majority of randomly selected citizens...
[16:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:43] <exec> 08└─No need for more complexity, just some simple rules. In the event of a SCOTUS vacancy: 1. POTUS currently in office chooses and submits a candidate. Not the POTUS-elect, the guy currently occupying the Oval Office. 2. Senate MUST go through confirmation process. None of this refusing to hold hearing...
[16:47:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:45] <exec> 08└─You are correct. But you mistook my indirections and deadlocks as an observation about the process. They were intended as a proposal for congress to fix the process so that it will never work. Sorry for the confusion.
[16:47:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:47] <exec> 08└─It sounds good. The problem is human greed and lust for power. But mostly greed. Corporations. It won't happen instantly. Not overnight to be sure. But they will find a way to be able to legally bribe these legislative juries. Count on it. Too much money and power is at stake. And everyone has their...
[16:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:49] <exec> 08└─Saying the states are less likely than the federal government to pull power back to the states from the federal government is patently absurd.
[16:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:52] <exec> 08└─Lets examine the plan that the Minions of Soros at CAP are promoting. Three from the Bar, which is and always will be so much a part of the Democratic Party (trial lawyers compose a large enough majority) that they would always start with three of seven votes banked. So if they have the Chief Justic...
[16:47:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:54] <exec> 08└─How could a retired lawyer not have any friends that are involved in the law? Most people tend to become friends with the people the work with, and stay acquainted after they move on. How do you define a friend? If you know their children's first names are you a friend?
[16:48:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:16] <exec> 08└─He also claims that most shoelaces sold these days are harder to keep tied by virtue of how they're manufactured.
[16:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:49] <exec> 08└─Them cattle dogs looked feral in their cage.
[16:49:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03evil_aaronm [5747] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:04] <exec> 08└─Yeah, this won't be abused at all. Like cops with their, "I was afraid for my life, so I shot the black man who was running in the opposite direction," beekeepers, or their hunter buddies, will say, "He was coming after my beehive, which is actually 5 miles from where the bear was shot."
[16:49:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 432 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:39] <exec> 08└─Their findings are the first to show that there are four different types of members volunteering in these communities: 1. Communals build skills and community bonds; 2. Utilizers join the communities to sharpen their skills without much intention to form social bonds; 3. Aspirers lack both skills an...
[16:51:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:11] <exec> 08└─He hopes that the only reason we think Nazis are deplorable is because they're called National Socialists. Perhaps he actually believes we've been brainwashed (by (((them)))) to hate only the name Nazi. Then he feels that he's justified in being a deplorable because he's not in an organization calle...
[16:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:13] <exec> 08└─Oh please, the Abrahamic religions are the very model of fascism.
[16:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:15] <exec> 08└─You must be government educated. Reading is fundamental. Economic impact and innovation catalyst. MIT has a far-reaching impact on the economy of the region. The Institute is Cambridge’s second largest employer and largest taxpayer, representing 14% of the city’s revenue stream. MIT pays taxes...
[16:51:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03deathlyslow [2818] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:17] <exec> 08└─This really is no different than public schools or hospitals with their own police agencies. Do you have the same issues with non-government groups having police powers or are biased due to it being a religious entity that has both primary and secondary education on campus? I'm not trying to start a...
[16:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:19] <exec> 08└─Congratulations, you're an atheist! Stop pretending to be a Christian. I am most definitely not one, and will never be a member of ANY of the Abrahamic death cults.
[16:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:22] <exec> 08└─No there aren't. There are government educated morons who neither know what a Nazi or a Conservative is, who LARP online. There are some in the Alt-Right however, although most of them are also just LARPing, they are the 1488 types who hang out at Stormfront and get abuse from all sides, because the...
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[17:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:51] <exec> 08└─My mama always said: if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
[17:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:38] <exec> 08└─Now, whether this specific goal would be able to build sufficient momentum to pose such a threat... I don't know.
[17:47:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:39] <exec> 08└─By the way, I misread the first statement you quoted, and now I get what you were trying to say. I just don't think this is a federal power issue, though. We're talking about changing the mechanics of federal court appointments. That's not removing federal power. And yes, I do think it's less likely...
[17:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:41] <exec> 08└─True, we'd need to guard against that. But I suspect it would be far more difficult and less cost-effective to corrupt a one-shot jurist than a career politician. Especially if the penalties for such corruption were severe (treason?) Nothing is going to eliminate the influence of the ultra-wealthy,...
[17:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:43] <exec> 08└─How many times do we keep having to explain that "arms" refers to man-portable weapons. We're not talking about right to bear nukes. Hell, back around the Revolutionary War "one individual could wield enough weaponry, by himself, to take out an entire city block" (of people). Give him a musket, line...
[17:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:45] <exec> 08└─>Interpretations and adaptations to the current situation are required. Right, and we have a name for such adaptations: constitutional amendments. If the legislature doesn't see the need to change the law, then it's not the place of the judiciary to do so.
[17:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 3311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:48] <exec> 08└─While it's fun to try to pin down a primary "cause," I don't think there's a strong case for Souter than there is for any of a dozen other explanations, depending on how far back in history you want to go. Yes, Souter was a disappointment to the conservative base, but his appointment followed a numb...
[17:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:10] <exec> 08└─For a mind-stretching exercise, try to reverse the way you have always tied your laces...to make the same knot, but with the "other handedness".
[17:48:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:44] <exec> 08└─I heard a story of someone who traveled to Taiwan in the summer and the winter. In the winter, he commented that he didn't see as many strays as in the summer. The response he got was "dogs are good for warmth". He thought that people were cuddling up with dogs for body heat. Not the case. Back to y...
[17:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:45] <exec> 08└─I've heard "dog meat is good to warm the body," and in the TCM sense what they mean by this is it "replenishes yang" and "circulates qi." In that same system, however, ginger and red jujubes boiled in water with a little rock sugar do just as well--and I'd know, this is one of my go-to recipes from...
[17:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:02] <exec> 08└─Baltimore beekeepers will shoot black bears on sight.
[17:49:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:16] <exec> 08└─If this secure thing would run on iPhone or Android phones. Now that would be something! (secure) Then undocumented hardware driver hell ensues..
[17:49:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:18] <exec> 08└─What will RISC OS give that BSD won't?
[17:50:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 32 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:27] <exec> 08└─Did they airdrop lawyers in? No.
[17:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03goody [2135] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:17] <exec> 08└─The Nazis weren't true socialists in the way we use the term in the US today. It's a typical conservative tactic to stress the word "Socialist" and deceive people into linking socialism in the US with Nazism. I'd like to say that isn't working anymore, but it's working quite well. If you pick and ch...
[17:51:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 53 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:39] <exec> 08└─The threat of nuclear fallout is overstated as it is.
[17:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:10] <exec> 08└─But how would it fare against a Warthog's Brrrrrrrt?
[17:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:11] <exec> 08└─Specific gases are released when a nuclear detonation occurs. That's how North Korea have a really hard time hiding their business. I think xenon of some isotope is one of them. Another possibility is to assume Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution of radioactive emissions where it can be assumed most ra...
[17:52:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:49] <exec> 08└─Welcome back! I'd like to crowdfund an exploration mission into the Todash Darkness beyond the Antarctic Ice Wall. You in?
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[18:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:20] <exec> 08└─Only in America do you need to hand out your hard earned money to get around red tape buy an audio amplifier. Knew an old jew who used to wear amplifying headphones from radioshack because he didn't need to see a "silly doctor" or pay 5 grand for something he can easily loose. Wore them everywhere a...
[18:46:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:21] <exec> 08└─:-) Sorry, had to. It's long past time for this. There's no excuse for basic hearing aids to cost over $2K/ear when we can crank out rechargeable bluetooth earpieces for well under $100/pair.
[18:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:23] <exec> 08└─A good example of government run amok while trying to "do the right thing" and protect consumers. FYI all you conservatives that hate liberals who support regulation: There is plenty of regulation liberal types would be happy to see disappear. We should address these items on a per-case basis becaus...
[18:46:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:26] <exec> 08└─What's the situation like in other countries? Why can't we just buy hearing aids on AliExpress or something and get them shipped to us from China? In fact, I just tried searching for "hearing aid" on aliexpress.com and found tons of options, such as these for about $10 [aliexpress.com]. There seem t...
[18:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:28] <exec> 08└─I agree this law sucks, but from my 10 seconds of research, I found that I can buy hearing aids for $7-25 or so apiece on AliExpress, such as this model [aliexpress.com]. Is US Customs stopping these things at the border or something? (I doubt it since it these dumb regulations seem to be state-by-s...
[18:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:30] <exec> 08└─Regulation is only necessary when the market proves itself to be a bunch of dicks who will only act reasonably when forced. Well, either that or we have a social agenda we want to push. Potayto, potahto ;)
[18:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:32] <exec> 08└─Possibly they are lumped with prescription medication?
[18:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:34] <exec> 08└─Can you buy random valued eyeglasses without a prescription?
[18:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Evidence Found of Life Existing Ten Kilometers Below the Sea Floor - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:42] <exec> 08└─carried by the mud volcanoes from as deep as 20 km within the Earth
[18:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:00] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, the slipper slope does exist, but it only travels in one direction
[18:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:01] <exec> 08└─And keep sucking my dick!
[18:47:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:54] <exec> 08└─Before the 1930s era, the scope of federal jurisprudence was a lot smaller. Even a number of basic rights (like from the Bill of Rights) hadn't yet been officially "incorporated" to function against the states. We don't often remember this now, but it used to be up to the states whether they wanted...
[18:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:56] <exec> 08└─How many times do we keep having to explain that "arms" refers to man-portable weapons. We're not talking about right to bear nukes.
[18:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:58] <exec> 08└─And we're still up shit creek when it comes to realizing that most of the constitution talks about "persons"; yet most American's including much of the law evidently think most of the rights only apply to "citizens"; despite only a very few specific clauses applying to citizens.
[18:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:00] <exec> 08└─The preceding comments are owned by whoever posted them.
[18:48:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:02] <exec> 08└─Oh wait... we do have those... " rel="url2html-6455">http://www.businessinsider.com/9-facts-about-the-uss-backpack-nukes-2014-2?op=1
[18:48:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:05] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, Constitutional amendments definitively require a 2/3 supermajority in both houses to get on the path to ratification.
[18:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:28] <exec> 08└─Of course, those of you who never learned how to tie a bow certainly won't know how to make double bows.
[18:48:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:29] <exec> 08└─I've arbitrarily decided the only people who use anything but small spoons to dig holes in the ground are the mentally disabled. If you don't want to waste your time with unnecessary nonsense that society has arbitrarily demanded that you do, then clearly you're insane. They are hideous, and always...
[18:48:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:31] <exec> 08└─course, those of you who never learned how to tie a bow certainly won't know how to make double bows.
[18:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 1029 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:43] <exec> 08└─The guy should be treated as a murderer he's worse than. People are irrational and fail to combine many small incidents when comparing with big rare ones: they for example fear flying despite cars being 75 times more deadly per mile travelled, and 73 times per person. Let's assume 95% spam filtering...
[18:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:39] <exec> 08└─What will BSD give you that Linux won't? There's no point to any of this except that it's interesting to some people, and we can.
[18:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:40] <exec> 08└─I'm curious as to RISC OS. That's why I ask. I think you read in other intentions that isn't there.
[18:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:43] <exec> 08└─So I'd like to switch to a BSD, Linux is being not-so-covertly undermined. However, which BSD to choose? Does anyone have a good breakdown?
[18:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:45] <exec> 08└─There really isn't much point to it. It's technically primitive, outdated, insecure, and incompatible with most software. You can run an OS on the Rpi that isn't descended from either the Windows or *nix families, that's about it.
[18:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:47] <exec> 08└─No systemd?
[18:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03engblom [556] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:49] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD is the most stable out of all the BSD. Every commit has to be accepted by someone else. The progress is slower because of the development process, but the product is stable and very secure. Personally I find this one to be the easiest to maintain and upgrade of all BSD. FreeBSD is the "Linux...
[18:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:02] <exec> 08└─Your rant would have been more impressive if it had been based in the same time-frame that you were responding to. And it could have been.
[18:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:03] <exec> 08└─I'll just leave this here [youtube.com] completely debunking your argument but protip: The IRA didn't have diddle shit to do with religion, they didn't target civilians, and again killed less in 30 years than the Islamists do in 6 months.
[18:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:05] <exec> 08└─When was the last time you saw a Baptist church stoning rape victims? Or pushing gays off of roofs? Again I give NOT TWO SHITS to what ANY of them believe, I care about what they DO and the evidence is so clear only Ray Charles (or a regressive) couldn't see what is plainly shoved in your face, the...
[18:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 1667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:07] <exec> 08└─The point isn't that it's the Christians, but rather that it's the religions. The Christians aren't really any worse than the Muslims, they just have access to more power. That said, while I don't like the religions being in power, I'm not totally sure that they're any worse than the Corporations (o...
[18:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:10] <exec> 08└─Better be an illegal Muslim minority then :-) American Chaos Lawyer Union?
[18:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:12] <exec> 08└─I point you to, as others have, the Lord's Resistance Army. Christianity did not "grow the fuck up," its God died after a 300-year-long binge on Enlightenment thinking and the only reason it's not still in full Inquisition mode is foce of secular law. And how long THAT'S gonna last is anyone's guess...
[18:52:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03butthurt [6141] 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 1300 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:47] <exec> 08└─With a steel neutron reflector, a 4.5 kg sphere of plutonium-239 can form a critical mass. https://www.euronuclear.org [euronuclear.org] That's under "fixed conditions" meaning without compression. In a nuclear weapon, a sub-critical plutonium mass is compressed by...
[18:53:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:05] <exec> 08└─The biggest concern is that Russia is what again? I don't know. Maybe we should ask the citizens of Ukraine.
[18:53:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:07] <exec> 08└─I don't think cancer and mutations are ingredients for quality of life.
[18:53:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:09] <exec> 08└─Coincidence? http://www.nbcnews.com [nbcnews.com]
[18:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Great Cold Spot Found on Jupiter - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:48] <exec> 08└─Considering that Dropbox hired Condoleezza Rice in 2014 to their board of directors. Well do we need to say anything more in regards to privacy and trust? ;-) There are similar connections for "that big search engine" ..
[18:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:33] <exec> 08└─To be fair, the tech at that time carried a big proliferation risk. Since then, we have developed processes and reactors that permit the necessary reprocessing while not yielding weapons grade material at any step. The actinides stay in the mix and work fine in the right reactor design but would poi...
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[19:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:46] <exec> 08└─Regulation is necessary to protect consumers from harm and exploitation (for instance, food laced with melamine or other poisons or drugs that harm instead of help), and to keep markets competitive (for instance, to prevent monopolies and reduce the power of large companies or oligopolies). The prob...
[19:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:47] <exec> 08└─Yes but all the places online I bought from required a copy of your prescription from a doctor over a certain magnification strength. (The eye docs tend to be jerks about getting copies of your eye prescription specifically for this reason.) $15-50 glasses vs $300+ from the doctor. (Zenni Optical is...
[19:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:49] <exec> 08└─yes. please note I don't wear glasses myself, but my mother bought at least two pairs of "mass produced" glasses directly from a shop without anyone examining her (she did know in advance what she needed though). when I lived in the US I saw them all the time at Walmart and similar; i think they're...
[19:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:51] <exec> 08└─You're still an order of magnitude off. I got a rechargeable bluetooth earpiece for free (with a phone purchase) around 7-8 years ago. I'm quite sure you can buy those for under $10 each on someplace like Ebay or AliExpress. Stuff like this is dirt cheap, so $2k/ear is beyond ridiculous.
[19:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:54] <exec> 08└─Chinese hearing aid will perhaps self destruct in a lithium thermite fire. Not much hearing after that.. ;)
[19:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:56] <exec> 08└─Does that have to be a local doctor? or does a 3rd world yes-yes work too? Could they be ordered to say Canada without a prescription? Seems like a law that will not hold much longer.
[19:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:58] <exec> 08└─I don't recall. I'm sure the stipulations are listed on the sites.
[19:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:00] <exec> 08└─...tone deaf.
[19:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence Found of Life Existing Ten Kilometers Below the Sea Floor - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:10] <exec> 08└─Good to know in case a Gamma-ray burst [wikipedia.org] strikes. Otoh, 100 meter of sea water is perhaps enough?
[19:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence Found of Life Existing Ten Kilometers Below the Sea Floor - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:12] <exec> 08└─According to this image the water that's expelled from hydrothermal vents, originates from the sea floor. Could that also be the source of the organic goo that they found? https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[19:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:32] <exec> 08└─How's it working for you? > super-active campaigner Is that "super-" in hours of hard community proselytizing, or in dollars of lobbying?
[19:48:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:31] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you're arguing against yourself here:
[19:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:33] <exec> 08└─I don't fully understand what confuses you.
[19:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:35] <exec> 08└─" So "have" in the sense of "maybe there are some sitting in a secure warehouse somewhere that haven't completely decayed yet."
[19:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:37] <exec> 08└─So there is really no reason some prepper can't build one himself right? Or for a private group of citizens to place an order with a weapons supplier.
[19:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:39] <exec> 08└─I should have explained. What kinds of agreements would a girl child enter into voluntarily that would preclude marriage to a 40-year old video game developer?
[19:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:41] <exec> 08└─A 35 year old man might well be in breach of some contract (explicit, or implicit in culture)
[19:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:43] <exec> 08└─The "literally" argument in nonsense. Just take one aspect - arms, for example.
[19:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:46] <exec> 08└─Help me to understand. What "other constraints" might bind MikeeUSA for example?
[19:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:48] <exec> 08└─We had a notable attempt at that before. It was called the Civil War. I think we all know how that turned out.
[19:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:50] <exec> 08└─>Interpretations and adaptations to the current situation are required.
[19:48:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:52] <exec> 08└─> our contract-loving libertrollian If an AC posts a gem such as libertrollian, is that implicitly declaring that they will not pursue a contract for the future use of said word by others?
[19:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:54] <exec> 08└─'m not hypocritical enough to be upset over killing dogs or cats for meat while not being upset over killing, e.g., pigs and cows, which are likely more intelligent.
[19:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:56] <exec> 08└─cats and dogs are way smarter than cows. I would also guess that cats are smarter than pigs (and dogs), but I don't know about comparing dogs with pigs. As an aside, the latest research says cats are just as smart as dogs: http://www.bbc.com [bbc.com] I think that'...
[19:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:58] <exec> 08└─isn't it a question of preferring to eat herbivores? In general we stay away from carnivores; we regularly eat carnivorous fish, and one could argue that pigs and chicken are technically omnivores, but in general we eat herbivores. with mammals, isn't there a higher chance of getting serious disease...
[19:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:15] <exec> 08└─From TFS, the existing law exempted: a person who kills or wounds a black bear in defense of his/her own life, the lives of other individuals, or the lives of animals on the individual's property
[19:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:17] <exec> 08└─Maxim Six: "If your electric fence failed to stop the bear, you failed to use sufficient electricity."
[19:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:39] <exec> 08└─Is there any architectural lessons to be learned?
[19:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Penguin Pompeii" - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:12] <exec> 08└─> one of the most striking things about American families up to the late 19th and early 20th century is their sheer size. > Most couples who could were having lots of kids, not stopping at 4 or 5, but going for 8 or 10 or more. No efficient contraception, no TV or internet after dark, more farm hand...
[19:52:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:49] <exec> 08└─provides an annual payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for property that is used for academic purposes and is legally tax exempt. In fiscal year 2016, the Institute made a voluntary PILOT contribution of approximately $2 million You do realize that's saying they voluntarily pay more than they're actual...
[19:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:47] <exec> 08└─Wew, I feel dizzy. Now I'm just waiting for the first instance of Trump bragging about dropping the MOAB. Maybe at a reelection rally in 2020, but I'm not sure that he can hold it in that long.
[19:53:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:48] <exec> 08└─They are however unavoidable - *every* child has mutations, and *every* adult has tumors and probably short-lived cancers (the body usually kills them off on it's own). Increasing the incidence is likely to be unpleasant for some, but not nearly so much as, say, having malaria and mumps running ramp...
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[20:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:30] <exec> 08└─"Think of the children", in this case, seems to translate directly to "All Your Base Are Belong To Us".
[20:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:31] <exec> 08└─Forfeiture of assets is very disturbing and I think quite unlawful. The assets can be attached even if the defendant is not proved guilty. It goes against the spirit of Natural justice [wikipedia.org] and this law needs to be consigned to the dust bin, where, it rightly belongs.
[20:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:57] <exec> 08└─Well that just proves why brick-and-mortar retailing is dying, and obsolete.
[20:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:58] <exec> 08└─That's the thing. They get around restrictions by claiming to be magnifiers for reading. It's much harder to get a reasonable deal on a specific corrective prescription. They price them like some guy in back is hand grinding the glass.
[20:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:01] <exec> 08└─Aren't hearing aids calibrated for the frequencies that are bad, and for volume, so as to not further damage the ear?
[20:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:03] <exec> 08└─Glasses for farsightedness are sold in USA, where they are called reading glasses.
[20:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:05] <exec> 08└─lolwut? It proves that the US is a country of laws.
[20:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:07] <exec> 08└─Reportedly this site does not require a prescription for contacts. They need the specs from the prescription, but you don't have to prove you've got a prescription. I have not ordered from them myself, its just hearsay from a usually reliable source. http://www.1-save-on-lens.com [1-save-...
[20:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:09] <exec> 08└─Yes. But with a smartphone (and the right software) you ought to be able to calibrate them yourself. It plays test tones through each ear-piece and you record how well you hear each one.
[20:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:12] <exec> 08└─It's much harder to get a reasonable deal on a specific corrective prescription.
[20:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Evidence Found of Life Existing Ten Kilometers Below the Sea Floor - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:22] <exec> 08└─No, that's why we're adding 10-100m more in the the next century. It's gonna be the greatest cosmic ray wall, you're gonna be so proud.
[20:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:44] <exec> 08└─No money, a fair amount of door-to-door.
[20:48:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 1411 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:07] <exec> 08└─Ross Douthat laid out the argument for why Mitch McConnell just had to pull both of his shenanigans (refusing to even consider Garland, and shoving Gorsuch through) in his column [nytimes.com] yesterday. And his argument was, in a nutshell, that it was all Justice David Souter's fault. See, when Sou...
[20:48:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:55] <exec> 08└─Ross Douthat laid out the argument for why Mitch McConnell just had to pull both of his shenanigans (refusing to even consider Garland, and shoving Gorsuch through) in his column yesterday. And his argument was, in a nutshell, that it was all Justice David Souter's fault.
[20:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:56] <exec> 08└─Yep. Simple rule of thumb: If the answer is He, use Who. If the answer is Him, use Whom. Q: Who tells the best lies? A: He tells the best lies.
[20:48:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03LaminatorX [14] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:58] <exec> 08└─The framers were willing to accept slavery and fractionally count said slaves enslaved persons toward congressional representation, and only thought white men who owned land should have the right to vote. Spare us the strict constructionism, their intent and meaning were far from perfect paragons wo...
[20:49:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:00] <exec> 08└─How many times do we keep having to explain that "arms" refers to man-portable weapons. That's not the literal definition of "arms" though. You can't advocate a literal interpretation while using a non-literal definition. arms ärmz/Submit noun 1. weapons and ammunition; armaments. "they were subjug...
[20:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:03] <exec> 08└─You are focused on the wrong question; its really not a question of difficulty to do in ones garage.* The point is we have the tecnhology and it qualifies as 'man portable'. Do you think individuals should be allowed to procure one? It doesn't really matter for the sake of this discussion HOW they p...
[20:49:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:29] <exec> 08└─I tie double reef bows and, sometimes, out of sheer exasperation, triple reef bows, yet they still seem to come undone much more often than I would like! I wonder if it's slipperiness of the modern lace material that's partly to blame.
[20:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:31] <exec> 08└─I normally dislike snarky AC comebacks at people's comments but you sir, I salute you! I don't even like velcro shoes but philosophically you've hit the nail on the head!
[20:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:44] <exec> 08└─Not without torturing them, I hope. We have to beat the savages.
[20:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:46] <exec> 08└─How many people wasted 3 minutes reading your post? Think of the cost! Think of the loss of ??? productivity ??? (fill in later) It's astonishing. For that, we demand an eye for an eye. 3 minutes x 27 people who read SN = 78 minutes hard labor for you. Followed by a death sentence obviously cuz were...
[20:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:14] <exec> 08└─When you get past "smart" and into the nitty gritty, social intelligence is important. There's also problem solving, language. This is supposedly the smartest dog: https://en.wikipedia.org(dog) [wikipedia.org] Here's something: https://en.wikipedia.org [wik...
[20:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:55] <exec> 08└─I believe FreeBSD outperforms OpenBSD by a considerable margin, and works on a lot more hardware, but, as you say OpenBSD is more stable and more secure. Which are my priorities. OpenBSD also runs on the Sun/Oracle T series, which is big iron, and makes up for speed limitations by having more thread...
[20:51:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Crowdsourcing Creates a 'Win-Win Situation' - 118 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:19] <exec> 08└─Sure, Wikipedia has its issues, but I'd argue it's the single most well-known and successful example of crowdsourcing.
[20:53:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:05] <exec> 08└─Because Trump is a socialist just as surely as they are.
[20:53:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:07] <exec> 08└─ACLU Defends Nazis' Right To Burn Down ACLU Headquarters [theonion.com]
[20:54:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Outbreak of Rat Lungworm on Maui - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:20] <exec> 08└─We need to teach rats to cook their food properly, or this could get out of hand real quick!
[20:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain_nifty [4252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toshiba Warns That its Survival is at Risk - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:27] <exec> 08└─While a giant cluster-fuck, Yucca Mountain wasn't what doomed Toshiba. Toshiba/Westinghouse got screwed by a major piping/welding contractor who made some great low bid offers based on the good name of the companies they had purchased, and then promptly began failing to deliver on the promises. Nucl...
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[21:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:19] <exec> 08└─Those fuckers signed up for military duty, and got paid for their trouble with money stolen from me. Fucking beggars.
[21:46:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:21] <exec> 08└─Theoretically the term "Veteran" would cover the sub-set of Vietnam vets that were drafted and did not willingly sign up.
[21:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:31] <exec> 08└─It is doubly stupid in this case since Kim Dotcom is not even under US jurisdiction. Are we supposed to accept that the USG is allowed to seize the assets on anybody on the planet?
[21:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:33] <exec> 08└─Not only does it go against the spirit of natural law, but is blatantly unconstitutional to boot. The Fifth Amendment states clearly that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law to make such a thing legal. Lawyers who could twist a plain statement like that...
[21:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:35] <exec> 08└─Doing some reading it seems that Megaupload had 525 servers located in Virginia.
[21:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:08] <exec> 08└─Why does the title say "Massachusetts Lawmakers" when one lawmaker is from Massachusetts and the other is from Iowa? It makes it sound like this is being taken up by a state legislature rather than national.
[21:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:10] <exec> 08└─Hearing aids are classified as a "medical device" so that means you add an extra zero or two onto the price. Good hearing aids require a bit of tuning. The doctor will generate a curve based on the frequency and severity of the loss. Program in that filter and you're done.
[21:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:12] <exec> 08└─Sounds like there's a business opportunity here: sell (relatively) inexpensive but nice Chinese-made hearing aids with this tuning ability, and let buyers use a software program to test their hearing themselves and program the hearing aids at home.
[21:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:59] <exec> 08└─There is a defined system for amending the constitution.
[21:49:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 1346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:00] <exec> 08└─That's the *current* dictionary definition. "Gay" didn't mean "homosexual" in the 1770s either. (4) The U.S. Constitution does not adequately define "arms". When it was adopted, "arms" included muzzle-loaded muskets and pistols, swords, knives, bows with arrows, and spears. However, a common- law d...
[21:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:03] <exec> 08└─Getting politicians to behave better is not an option. You have a choice between two pieces of shit. Every single time. Personally, I think a constitutional amendment would just be re-amended by congress to put things back the way they were; or worse. The only thing that's going to save this nation...
[21:49:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:05] <exec> 08└─It's too bad that the question of states' rights had to get caught up in a war over owning slaves. I suppose some would argue that states' rights only comes up when states want to be assholes and the feds won't let them. But if the UK can leave the EU, why can't a state leave the U.S.? (other than "...
[21:49:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:07] <exec> 08└─The word 'whoever' is being used as the indirect object of the encompassing clause, which is incorrect. It should be 'whomever'.
[21:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:09] <exec> 08└─I was hoping that SCOTUS would have the balls to hold the Senate Majority Leader in contempt for refusing to take a vote on the President's nominee, as explicitly required by the constitution.
[21:49:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:11] <exec> 08└─I suppose the same question would apply if a guy decided to build his own battleship. I'm not familiar with what rules cover private military contractors.
[21:49:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:14] <exec> 08└─In much of the world, shaking hands when greeting people is well defined. If there is some aspect that is in dispute, then it is by definition not well defined; it requires dispute resolution, negotiation, and further enforcement of any agreement. So, what could your point possibly be?
[21:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:42] <exec> 08└─I literally don't care how ugly or cheap they look; only deeply shallow people care about such things.
[21:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:43] <exec> 08└─- middle-class jobs that will pay for your kids' college AND let you retire comfortably. - pensions - cars you can maintain for cheap
[21:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:46] <exec> 08└─-microwave ovens with simple functioning controls -automobiles and trucks that one can actually fix in their own garage
[21:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:00] <exec> 08└─SOP calls for making them kill him, I believe. They have been profiting from his evil.
[21:50:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:30] <exec> 08└─"Protein-rich Opportunity"
[21:51:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03engblom [556] 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 694 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:09] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD is the most stable out of all the BSD. Every commit has to be accepted by someone else. The progress is slower because of the development process, but the product is stable and very secure. Personally I find this one to be the easiest to maintain and upgrade of all BSD. FreeBSD is the "Linux...
[21:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Penguin Pompeii" - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:44] <exec> 08└─That's the view from the male perspective. Women are not so eager to have lots of children if circumstances do not look good. Sometimes women have shut down the male drive to overpopulate and reduce through war. Sure can't do male business as usual any more, not with nuclear bombs in the mix.
[21:53:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:24] <exec> 08└─The problem should be obvious. It is fair to say that most private police forces have some agenda - usually enforcing laws that normal government law enforcement cant be arsed with. They must still operate within the law. Most companies recognize reality and most of the time work within the laws of...
[21:53:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:25] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism#Contemporary [wikipedia.org]
[21:53:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alabama Lawmakers: Church Can Form its Own Police Department - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:27] <exec> 08└─Jesus = God is one of the things that make your interpretation fail, so, thank you for bringing it up. The other is not considering the eternal torment as beyond time, so the concentration camp is not accurate. Luke 16 speaks about torment, but it is before the final judgment. But hey, free to pictu...
[21:54:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03hamsterdan [2829] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:26] <exec> 08└─Yes, I know, USofA has an impressive military that got it's ass handed back to them during Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Irak, ongoing Syria war, Can't wait to see the results when Russia gets in the game. I'm Canadian and I don't think we could last more than about 10 minutes in an all out war :)
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[22:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:36] <exec> 08└─- Shiny new bombers! Who wants my high-tech smart bombs? Buyers form a line to the right, targets on the left! - Excuse me, sir, we seem to need a few million to test evidence pertaining to tens of thousands of life-altering crimes. - Go away, beggar! Don't you have any shame? I'm working hard for t...
[22:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:38] <exec> 08└─Didn't you know? I have it on good authority that a woman's body just shuts that whole thing down in these cases.
[22:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:40] <exec> 08└─Stolen? Hardly. You're an American so get over it. Soldiers get paid, but they also take a lot of orders, shit, and run the real risk of dying. Why do they do this? So other Americans at home have the freedom and luxury to spit on them and say vile things. Veterans means they served, and may have se...
[22:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 1025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:42] <exec> 08└─About my reaction. This isn't a cause to find new funding, but is a cause to fire a ton of people, and clawback their salaries and pensions too. It's gross negligence to the extent I find it criminal. It literally means that the authorities didn't do their fucking jobs. What we paid them to do them...
[22:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:44] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I had a brain bleach moment as well when I read the headline.
[22:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:46] <exec> 08└─Why do they do this? So other Americans at home have the freedom and luxury to spit on them and say vile things.
[22:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:48] <exec> 08└─Hey men, donate so we may jail your ass! Yea. Women!
[22:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:51] <exec> 08└─What a load of crap. The last war we won that arguably involved national security was WWII. Of the current veterans only a small percentage were involved in operations that made the US safer. Most of it was nation building that led to the current wave of terrorism. And no neither Iraq not Afghanista...
[22:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:53] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I'll bet they wouldn't be interested in trashing all their drug tests until they catch up on the rape kits either.
[22:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:04] <exec> 08└─Lets not forget the good old (and dead) 4th Amendment which not only forbids unreasonable searches, but also seizures.
[22:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:06] <exec> 08└─Dotcom is not a US citizen and was not, and is not, within the Jurisdiction of the USA. And has not been convicted of any crime in the US, which if I recall means that he is to be presumed innocent until *proven* otherwise. Yet the US Feds claim they can seize his money.
[22:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:08] <exec> 08└─The 14th amendment to the US Constitution guarantees to every person, aliens included, “equal protection under the law.”
[22:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:10] <exec> 08└─this law needs to be consigned to the dust bin You're asking that car thief to give up his slim jim... But I suppose a voter initiative could work.
[22:47:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:46] <exec> 08└─More like they're being hampered by an unnecessary law.
[22:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:48] <exec> 08└─Both true. But that shows why B&M retailing is obsolete: internet sales are not so easily hampered by idiotic and unnecessary state laws, since stuff is just shipped to you. State governments don't have the power to inspect or block USPS mail or other shipped packages. Of course, the same isn't true...
[22:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:21] <exec> 08└─Except a religion doesn't have police or an army.
[22:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ugandan Activist Charged With Cyber Harassment for Shaming the Government - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:22] <exec> 08└─The U.S. government started to do something similar, but thought better of it. /article.pl?sid=17/04/07/0415242 [soylentnews.org]
[22:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:47] <exec> 08└─Hey, Congress: Don't like what another branch is doing? Form a supermajority and override that branch. It's right there in the founding documents. What's that you say? You guys aren't in consensus? Well, get your shit together. Start by reading Ralph Nader's book. [google.com] ...and, hey, you think...
[22:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:22] <exec> 08└─Blue Peacock [americandigest.org] stops bears in their tracks.
[22:51:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:46] <exec> 08└─It's mainly just of historical significance, because of its connection to ARM and Acorn Computers.
[22:51:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:48] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD is the most solid production OS publicly available. FreeBSD has a lot of packages available, and is still BSD. NetBSD is between OpenBSD and FreeBSD for stability and package options, and works on more HW than either of the others.
[22:55:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Reportedly Developing New 152 mm Tactical Nuclear Weapons - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:03] <exec> 08└─> They are however unavoidable - *every* child has mutations, and *every* adult has tumors and probably short-lived cancers Sure. Every human also loses water constantly, from evaporation in breath. But if you take all the water out of a human, it's bad news. And if you irradiate pell-mell it's also...
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[23:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:34] <exec> 08└─The people who become Academicians are Ugly or Jewish. Ugly people hate the idea of other people enjoying physical attraction.Jews don't want sex being discussed in the present SJW climate; it will lead to questioning about the morality of circumcision.
[23:46:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:35] <exec> 08└─Not all Jews are circumcised.
[23:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:38] <exec> 08└─Don't judge a dick by its cover.
[23:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:40] <exec> 08└─Schizophrenia often causes paranoid delusions of CIA or other government agencies personally spying on you, but vast Jewish conspiracies are also a common theme. I hope you get the help you clearly need.
[23:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:42] <exec> 08└─The actual complaint about "authoritarianism" is about the exact same kind of "Don't date people you have official power over" rules that virtually every other white-collar job in the world has, because it is miserable when you're on the wrong end of it. There is a 0% chance of any right winger whin...
[23:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:44] <exec> 08└─You just need a common culture—the more religious, the better.
[23:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:46] <exec> 08└─Yeah, he's probably already been trying to get a surgeon to remove the microchip they implanted in his head.
[23:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:48] <exec> 08└─If you (a professor) are using your position of power to get in bed with students, there's something unseemly about that. And the asymmetry can easily lead to problems that end up hurting the student, professor, and the university's mission. Sure, banning student-teacher relationships will also prev...
[23:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:51] <exec> 08└─But the only surgeons he could find to do it were all jewish.
[23:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:53] <exec> 08└─"There is a 0% chance of any right winger whining about free speech having any understanding of what it means. " You can get that 0% by having such an extreme internal picture of what a "right winger" is that no real human qualifies.
[23:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 887 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:55] <exec> 08└─And the problem of sexual harassment is real. There is also a problem that it and a number of other subjects are regarded as third rail issues such that the mere accusation of them leads to possible ruining of a career or reputation. Thankfully, when that's the case there's no pattern of behavior an...
[23:46:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:57] <exec> 08└─Ahem..... Me [soylentnews.org] less than twenty four hours ago.
[23:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:59] <exec> 08└─But can a university legally ban something in private life of others?
[23:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 1187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:02] <exec> 08└─The fundamental problem with a professor-student romantic or sexual relationship is that professors and students are not peers. Particularly if the professor in question is in charge of one of the student's classes, the professor holds power over the students to significantly affect the students' fu...
[23:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:04] <exec> 08└─Academic employment is like the San Francisco of employment. Meaning, it's like nothing at all like the real world. This is the only place where Dykes with lowly non-degrees can be heard wasting everybody else's time with their niggling nonsense. I'd agree that it is a minefield, though. Now college...
[23:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Discussion on Sexual Paranoia - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:06] <exec> 08└─The policy suggestions of reducing the chance that a student will ever be out of eyesight/earshot with a professor seems like a smart move to me. Do that, and there's independent witnesses to whatever happens. And I completely agree with your assessment: I distinctly remember the conversations I had...
[23:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:25] <exec> 08└─So what about the draftees? They didn't even want the job, they just got letters saying "you're in the army now".
[23:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:26] <exec> 08└─We could donate to solve murders. If the donations don't happen, murders don't get solved. We could donate to support SWAT team raids for pirated movies. We could donate to make sure people get speeding tickets. We could donate when the governor is corrupt and needs to be arrested. I wonder what wou...
[23:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Solution to Untested Rape Kits: Ask Drivers for Donations at the DPS - 828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:28] <exec> 08└─I live in California, not Texas. Our illustrious leaders just seriously jacked up gas and registration taxes to pay for road repair. They never addressed the issues of how they've been raiding the road repair fund for decades, most recently about 2 years ago. We have 2 gas taxes, A and B (don't reme...
[23:47:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] 02 - 06Kim Dotcom Takes Fight Over Seized Millions to US Supreme Court - 279 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:38] <exec> 08└─Forfeiture of assets is very disturbing and I think quite unlawful. The assets can be attached even if the defendant is not proved guilty. It goes against the spirit of Natural justice [wikipedia.org] and this law needs to be consigned to the dust bin, where, it rightly belongs.
[23:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:22] <exec> 08└─You are delusional. Illegally importing products is of little interest to the vast majority of consumers. Using that case as a basis for drawing any general conclusions is innumerate.
[23:48:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Hearing Aids to be Easier to Get, but Doctors Object - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:24] <exec> 08└─Thats not the only change from the original submission.
[23:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:25] <exec> 08└─The FF had cannons. Including the effects of fire, or a lengthy barrage with exploding shells, a cannon is enough to take out a city block. Our constitution offers two ways to restrict arms. The first is a new amendment. The second, which is easy to abuse and currently covers nukes, is a treaty. Jud...
[23:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 1019 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:26] <exec> 08└─As things stand today in the US Senate, confirmation of judges is easier than ever before. In previous years, The Blues removed the supermajority requirement for lower judges and this year The Reds did that for SCOTUS. Should the Blues gain a majority in the Senate again, they can change that back....
[23:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Simple Plan to End the Supreme Court Confirmation Wars for Good - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:28] <exec> 08└─You write this as if we should be having our slaves attend to the details as to why Mr. Lincoln had chosen to follow his social justice war.
[23:51:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unraveling of Shoelaces Studied - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:00] <exec> 08└─Dr Zog's Shoelace Wax!
[23:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:17] <exec> 08└─Didn't he play with Chicago?
[23:51:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 587 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:26] <exec> 08└─If it's about animal protection, why those animals and not others? I ate dog meat in asia. It was as good as beef, mutton or pork. And the damn dogs were farmed animals - brought up for human consumption - not pets you'd ever want loose around your kids. I also eat horse meat regularly, and I just c...
[23:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:47] <exec> 08└─It starts with a ban on canine and feline meat, and it ends on a ban of all meat. That's what happened in Germany.
[23:52:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Maryland to Allow Honeybee Keepers to Shoot Black Bears - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:08] <exec> 08└─Let it bee, let it bee, let it bee, let it bee there won't be a fence here, let it beeeeeeeeee (BTW, one of my colleagues' AI was fed all Beatles' lyrics. Its virtual IQ was instantly reduced by 60%).
[23:52:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.1 Released - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:34] <exec> 08└─What will BSD give you that Linux won't?
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