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[00:45:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Postal Service to Issue Heat-Sensitive Total Solar Eclipse Stamp - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:45:51] <exec> 08└─The picture on the stamp isn't the American eclipse in August. It's a picture from Libya in 2006, and we all know who was ruling Libya then. Moammar Qadhaffi, known TERRORIST! This stamp is all about TERRORISM! It starts with the DDOS of Google!
[00:46:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barley Genome Sequenced - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:00] <exec> 08└─Scotch isn't harsh, you're just a pussy.
[00:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:26] <exec> 08└─Huh, that's news to me -- I thought he was going for Peter Pan.
[00:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 633 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:27] <exec> 08└─As Dr. Oz [doctoroz.com] tells us (and Dr. Oz is actually a real doctor with a medical degree and everything!) that the stress hormone Cortisol is to blame! Order Relacore [relacore.com] now, and reduce those nasty stress hormones while you get rid of that unsightly belly bulge! "Relacore [someecard...
[00:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Minister for Resources Calls Westpac 'unAustralian' and 'Pythonesque' in its Climate Change Policy - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:45] <exec> 08└─Australia has along tradition (well, since white man arrived, anyway), of digging it up and flogging it off. Our richest people are mostly mining magnates or their children. Our (cheap!) coal and steel and gas has been keeping Chinese industry going for years. Because the country is so big, and no o...
[00:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barrett Brown Re-Arrested - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:05] <exec> 08└─His First Amendment rights are being severely violated by any restriction on his ability to give interviews. He needs to challenge these restrictions immediately. I suspect that is what will happen when he goes before the judge because of his arrest.
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[01:46:03] <exec> 08└─These guys have a nice page. TimeAndDate.com [timeanddate.com] There's a map [tadst.com] and a SWF animation. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[01:46:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Barley Genome Sequenced - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:12] <exec> 08└─Hey man, that's not really fair, we did drink scotch. After the beer was gone, we'd go for the liquor. After that was gone, we'd go for the liqueur (Kahlua, Creme de Menthe, etc.). After that was gone, we'd go for the wine. After that was gone, we'd go after the ethylene glycol. After that was gone,...
[01:48:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neanderthal DNA Recovered from Cave Soil - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:53] <exec> 08└─2.3 Competitive replacement 2.3.1 Species-specific disadvantages Neanderthals lived in less numerous and socially more isolated groups than contemporary Homo sapiens
[01:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:20] <exec> 08└─You didn't want to hear the Venezuelan government's explanation of why it was leaving, or you didn't want to hear this story at all?
[01:53:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Live Murder: A New Global Pastime - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:43] <exec> 08└─If you can't handle. Don't read, don't click. The crime is disgusting but there's also a need to find out about the matter. Also in the interest to detect and prevent similar crimes.
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[02:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:13] <exec> 08└─I'm sure a few hoaxes do get suppressed, but mostly this is just suppressing all political news that isn't liberal. Twitter is doing it too, severely. Facebook seems to be heading down this path. Google is pretty much a monopoly. I hate them, but old habits die hard. I need to switch to duckduckgo f...
[02:46:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 1329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:14] <exec> 08└─We clearly need mechanisms for collecting input on the quality, accuracy etc. of content (including but not limited to news). However any system that does not let the end user decide for themselves what subset of this input they will to use, and in what ways is centralized censorship. What is needed...
[02:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:16] <exec> 08└─> I can't see how this can do anything but fail spectacularly. I'm not surprised you can't, nobody ever accused you of being very thoughtful, or even reading your own submissions. All this does is apply to the auto-complete and the snippets where google extracts content from sites like wikipedia and...
[02:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:19] <exec> 08└─Ah, the pie-in-the sky "not difficult" fix! What would geek sites be without them? Wastelands of empty pages?
[02:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2, Offtopic) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:21] <exec> 08└─I can't see how this can do anything but fail spectacularly. You?
[02:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:23] <exec> 08└─Google is truly benign, nonpartisan, unbiased, and they create a truly wonderful tool which performs as advertised. Then, I get online, figure out just how the tool works, and game the system. I can bury news that I don't like, and I can put my own brand of bullshit on the first pages of results, ev...
[02:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:25] <exec> 08└─> youtube, which is now "demonetizing" anything conservative. Wow. Conservatism has really been hollowed out in recent years. Apparently all that's left is a shell of bigotry, conspiracy and rage.
[02:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:28] <exec> 08└─Everybody with half a brain knows that Jewgle and other mainstream tech is blatantly biased. The quality of their search will drop steadily as well, until others feel they have no choice but to switch. Yet another example of the left eating each other alive. Even the most hardcore Jews are gonna kic...
[02:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:30] <exec> 08└─Google has always seemed to be a bit naive, and this is one more example of naivete.
[02:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:32] <exec> 08└─I think Facefook already has something like that. The "like" and "share" buttons have the functions you describe. Unfortunately, that "Web of Trust" rapidly sinks to the lowest common denominator, just as television sank to the LCD. When I was a small child, people still believed that television wou...
[02:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:35] <exec> 08└─RTFA - yeah. Google believes that they can present better quality news, if they can just implement their own system of censorship. Got it. Sometimes, it isn't enough to RTFA. Try reading between the lines.
[02:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:37] <exec> 08└─and I can put my own brand of bullshit on the first pages of results, even if the bullshit I'm promoting isn't relevant to the search terms.
[02:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 1177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:39] <exec> 08└─When I say not difficult I mean the the technical issues with making such a system are easily solved (Given 6 months full time I could spec the protocol, and that's not even my area of specialization), and the social part of it (getting it implemented, deployed, funded, getting data etc) is a small...
[02:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Postal Service to Issue Heat-Sensitive Total Solar Eclipse Stamp - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:49] <exec> 08└─I agree, Time and Date is a great site. What I don't agree with is: " The path will run west to east from Oregon to South Carolina and will include portions of 14 states." The Earth turns toward the East, so the path of the eclipse will run from the east to the West.
[02:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:25] <exec> 08└─I would've said Tinker Bell myself.
[02:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03a-zA-Z0-9$_.+!*'(),- (3868) (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:26] <exec> 08└─I saw HV before his death, being a guest at a kids birthday party.
[02:47:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Barrett Brown Re-Arrested - 243 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:55] <exec> 08└─I know it's fucking maddening! WHO is this guy?? We need to invent a technology to embed that information somehow in the TFS so that we could find out! Perhaps we could call them infolinks, clickroutes... no wait.. I got something.. hold on...
[02:48:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barrett Brown Re-Arrested - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:05] <exec> 08└─Yeah -- that GP is a troll. Brown was on someone's shit list and so the Feds opened up their incredibly vague book of crimes (so large nobody can even count them FN1). They prosecuted him for posting a link in an article he wrote to Stratfor documents that someone else obtained: ... Because Barrett...
[02:48:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barrett Brown Re-Arrested - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:07] <exec> 08└─If you never heard of Barrett Brown, you obviously pay zero attention to the intersection between the First Amendment and how hyperlinks are an integral part of modern publishing. It's pretty shocking that you could be interested in technology and never heard of Barrett Brown.
[02:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:09] <exec> 08└─Borderless assumes indirectly that people on all sides of a border is similar. It's just like asking people to do away with locks on their house door. And any thoughts as to how that plays out hints on the issues at a national level. Like being roomies with a whole city. Which of course also preclud...
[02:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:10] <exec> 08└─Let us know if you have the answer for a better system?
[02:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:12] <exec> 08└─Could you elaborate on that?
[02:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:14] <exec> 08└─The alternative LSD trip is that decision makers that looks after the country actually comes to power.
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[03:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:22] <exec> 08└─cefook already has something like that. The "like" and "share" buttons have the functions you describe. Unfortunately, that "Web of Trust" rapidly sinks to the lowest common denominator, just as television sank to the LCD.
[03:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 781 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:24] <exec> 08└─duck duck go is a pretty awesome default search engine. If you aren't happy with the results you can use a !g to invoke the search into google, !gm for google maps, etc etc. https://duckduckgo.com [duckduckgo.com] for a big list. I've found that ddg is pretty decent for 90% of things 90% of the...
[03:46:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:26] <exec> 08└─Troll? Fuck you, you chickenshit limpdick bastard. Show yourself, coward! I call our your god, until before me he stands, but don't send me Jesus -- he's only a man.
[03:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:28] <exec> 08└─Sometimes, it isn't enough to RTFA. Try reading between the lines.
[03:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:30] <exec> 08└─And, you're pretending that Google hasn't been gamed in the past with marketing scams and advertising fraud. Two all beef patties, anyone?
[03:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:33] <exec> 08└─Do you speak those words from your internship at Mossad, or are you just another faithful nationalist?
[03:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:35] <exec> 08└─the social part of it ... is a small problem
[03:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:37] <exec> 08└─Racist? No, it's just you that I don't like. Your parents are alright, your siblings are tolerable, most of your extended family is pretty decent. It's only you. Where did you go so very wrong?
[03:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:39] <exec> 08└─Once again - you're pretending that Google can't be gamed. When, exactly, was the last time that Google made the news for taking action against someone who TOOK ADVANTAGE OF GOOGLE'S OWN SYSTEM?!?!?!?!?! I have to presume that either you are illiterate, or your attention span won't allow you to reca...
[03:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:42] <exec> 08└─Where did you go so very wrong?
[03:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:44] <exec> 08└─Friday night, Eth is in his cups. Could get interesting, before he passes out.
[03:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 1448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:46] <exec> 08└─I don't care if it's Google, crap like this needs to be weeded out at the source. This is exactly how people like Hitler start-- society is flooded with fake news about Jewish conspiracies over centuries, and it only takes a single man to Capitalize on that and build a totalitarian government on tha...
[03:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:48] <exec> 08└─When, exactly, was the last time that Google made the news for taking action against someone who TOOK ADVANTAGE OF GOOGLE'S OWN SYSTEM?!?!?!?!?!
[03:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:51] <exec> 08└─It never gets interesting. The guy is as dull as a license plate caked with bug splatter.
[03:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:53] <exec> 08└─But it's certainly effective, isn't it? ... :(
[03:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:55] <exec> 08└─Runaway, you are wrong. Be a man, and just admit it.
[03:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:57] <exec> 08└─Ishtar, I choose you!
[03:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:00] <exec> 08└─Is it though? Yeah the ginger kardashian is busy golfing while the executive branch goes fallow. But the majority conservative congress can't get one damn thing done. Their biggest legislative accomplishment this term? Passing a 1-week funding extension.
[03:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:02] <exec> 08└─He can't. He was buggered in the navy (its not gay if you're underway). And now his repressed homosexuality means he hasn't had an erection for 35 years.
[03:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:04] <exec> 08└─This is nothing new. Google Sorry [google.com] has been protecting me from search results for quite awhile.
[03:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:06] <exec> 08└─There's a new brown guy in charge of Google, and ever since then it's gone to shit. Go figure...
[03:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Barley Genome Sequenced - 1140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:26] <exec> 08└─There were three men Came from the west Their fortunes for to tell, And the life of John Barleycorn As well. They laid him in three furrows deep, Laid clods upon his head, Then these three man made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was dead. The let him die for a very long time Till the rain from heaven...
[03:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Barley Genome Sequenced - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:27] <exec> 08└─Someone needs to do their homework. In fact, it's believed that the first beers probably weren't barley beers. Even today, people make beer with all sorts of maltable grains, for reasons of flavour, cost and other attributes such as process management.
[03:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:58] <exec> 08└─As I get the older, I find I mostly experience anxiety rarely and in bursts only when things really have a potential to get out of hand. Worrying preemptively is unproductive. Of course you should be realistic, and that generally involves preparing for possible negative outcomes in advance. But acti...
[03:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:59] <exec> 08└─I worked in law enforcement for several years, crime scene jokes are horrible. The medical examiners and ID techs are awesome as well.
[03:48:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:01] <exec> 08└─I prefer the recreational type, in a goo form so I can use my lil old vapor machine. Infused butter is nice as well, easy to use, store and you can make anything an edible.
[03:49:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mars Soil Could be Made into Bricks with Pressure Alone - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:23] <exec> 08└─you could put 8864 meters of martian soil on Mars as a radiation protection. Figure 1B hints at 7 MPa instead which would translate into 1240 meter of soil on top of any habitat roof.
[03:52:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 984 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:47] <exec> 08└─Capital is already borderless. Why is that deserving of special treatment when labor is not? Highly mobile capital can be every bit as destructive as mobile labor. Moreso IMO. Are you that committed to further enriching The Oppressor Class? ...or are you suggesting that transferability of capital be...
[03:52:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Venezuela to Leave OAS - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:48] <exec> 08└─Oh, youngster. I'll forgive you for being so clueless and not being aware of Amana appliances. There was a time, not so long ago, when they were a big deal. Oneida is still a widely-know name. Apparently, at some point they let a fox into their multi-generational Socialist henhouse. -- OriginalOwner...
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[03:52:51] <exec> 08└─This should get you started: http://www.google.com [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[04:46:18] <exec> 08└─Hur hur hur he said back door
[04:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:01] <exec> 08└─This AC is moving on to my thread chaining post monopoly. I don't like it. Also for whatever it's worth Google already openly admits to screwing around with the search completion. They block porn, torrents, other dmca'd material and any number of other things they have listed in the KB somewhere. Bu...
[04:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:03] <exec> 08└─video tutorial on how to fix a broken record (no programming required): https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[04:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:05] <exec> 08└─This is a bad attempt at trolling runaway, don't sink to the level of EF, JM, TB, KH or other such types.
[04:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:07] <exec> 08└─Its only 'political' in that some people have decided that reality has a liberal bias and thus any attempt to improve accuracy must be inherently biased against them.
[04:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Postal Service to Issue Heat-Sensitive Total Solar Eclipse Stamp - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:18] <exec> 08└─Hillary, is that you?
[04:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Postal Service to Issue Heat-Sensitive Total Solar Eclipse Stamp - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:21] <exec> 08└─Getting a 404 error instead of the map, is it just me?
[04:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Postal Service to Issue Heat-Sensitive Total Solar Eclipse Stamp - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:23] <exec> 08└─try: https://www.timeanddate.com [timeanddate.com]
[04:48:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Minister for Resources Calls Westpac 'unAustralian' and 'Pythonesque' in its Climate Change Policy - 638 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:23] <exec> 08└─Australia has along tradition (well, since white man arrived, anyway), of digging it up and flogging it off. Our richest people are mostly mining magnates or their children. Our (cheap!) coal and steel and gas has been keeping Chinese industry going for years. Because the country is so big, and no o...
[04:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Exascale Computing Project Status Update - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:41] <exec> 08└─How many megabytes will it need to print "Hello, World!" on the display?
[04:50:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03its_gonna_be_yuge! [6454] 02 - 06UK Slips to 40th Place in Press Freedom Rankings - 147 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:28] <exec> 08└─UK is 40 down the list, but the US is 43rd. The best in North or South America seems to be Costa Rica at 6. Maybe it's time to move to Costa Rica.
[04:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Live Murder: A New Global Pastime - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:20] <exec> 08└─I agree it is the max level that is acceptable, but that is like saying that Klansmen standing on a soap box with a megaphone is the max acceptable type of racism. I won't advocate for laws against it, but I will call it out and say its wrong. If you encourage a the shock culture then it goes more m...
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[05:46:02] <exec> 08└─first post. I'm a man of traditions.
[05:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:09] <exec> 08└─erect selfie
[05:46:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:11] <exec> 08└─How innovative. This is the technology of the future. And we thought digital watch was awesome. We come a long way, didn't we, monkey men?
[05:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:13] <exec> 08└─ ___ // 7 (_,_/\ \ \ \ \ _\ \__ ( \ ) \___\___/
[05:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:16] <exec> 08└─Basically on-topic. 💊💊💊💊🔪🔪🔪 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆 I don't think we're getting an invite.
[05:46:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:18] <exec> 08└─Calculator wristwatches were awesome. Smartwatches are shit.
[05:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:20] <exec> 08└─With Echo Look, you can take full-length photos of your daily look using just your voice. ...because Alexa is built in the cloud, she’s always getting smarter—and so will Echo Look. Get a second opinion on which outfit looks best with Style Check, a new service that combines machine learning alg...
[05:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:22] <exec> 08└─Unless the majority of the customers are real prudes, this has to start recommending birthday suits to everyone (or nearly everyone).
[05:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:25] <exec> 08└─Asking may be necessary. According to the CNBC article, Interested customers can request an invitation from Amazon now.
[05:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:17] <exec> 08└─You should upgrade to Google Apsalar.
[05:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Upside of Worrying - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:12] <exec> 08└─I saw HV before his death, being a guest at a kids birthday party.
[05:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mars Soil Could be Made into Bricks with Pressure Alone - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:35] <exec> 08└─I've read several articles discussing Perchlorate in the soil. http://www.slate.com [slate.com] I wonder if it will make the bricks toxic or flammable.
[05:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Mathematics to Investigate Possibility of Time Travel - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:02] <exec> 08└─I definitely screwed up there. I should have added "the possibility of" before the words "time travel". My thoughts often run faster then my fingers and this happens to me all too often.
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[06:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:06] <exec> 08└─They need to fork it and get rid of all the drama queens.
[06:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:15] <exec> 08└─Yeah, well, I'm not liking that 'm' in your name. Wait a sec, 'rpg'? Rocket propelled grenade?
[06:46:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:17] <exec> 08└─It gets worse, that M could stand for Muslim! Everybody panic! ;-)
[06:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:19] <exec> 08└─Suck it, chicom fuckers.
[06:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:21] <exec> 08└─Nobody is named Adolf anymore either.
[06:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:37] <exec> 08└─It uses "both machine-learning technology and human opinion," I put in the summary. How humans will be consulted is unclear. Will the world's greatest designers opine on the photos, or will the task fall to Amazon's Mechanical Turk? Perhaps Tinder users could be tapped.
[06:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:38] <exec> 08└─Machine learning is all about hoovering up data and creating a passable imitation of human judgment. The data could come from a variety of sources. And as we can see, "current trends" means that it will be plugged in to the fashion scene. Basically another planet for most if not all of our users. Pa...
[06:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:41] <exec> 08└─Well... If somebody can drive into a lake because a computer voice told them to... I can see the headlines now. "Floridaman Leaves Home In Birthday Suit After Alexa Glitch"
[06:47:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:34] <exec> 08└─Deplorables in this case being anyone who doesn't hold to your world views or conform to your bias.
[06:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:35] <exec> 08└─Hint: Brietbard is not actually a news organization, it just wants to pretend and get a reputation, a false reputation.
[06:51:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03martyb [76] 02 - 06Using Mathematics to Investigate Possibility of Time Travel - 53 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:41] <exec> 08└─It could work if you can't interact and only observe.
[06:52:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Mathematics to Investigate Possibility of Time Travel - 4413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:25] <exec> 08└─I had a helluva time separating "spirituality" from "religion" for the longest time ( both my Grandparents were Southern-Baptist preachers ). I have finally reached the belief that spirituality is my relation to the factions which I believe are responsible for my existence, while "religion" is a fa...
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[07:46:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:14] <exec> 08└─Free your feet from shoes today. Live the glam Dick Bathroom Stall-Man life. Eat your own toe jam.
[07:46:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:16] <exec> 08└─The drama queen in question wasn't even the person who 1) started or 2) contributed most to the project, they somehow ended up in the position of project manager because people trusted him and he provided hosting and what not. Judging by his results so far, he should be kicked out of the project and...
[07:46:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:28] <exec> 08└─They might make beer ( Coors, that is... ).
[07:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:30] <exec> 08└─Naming your kid "Muhammed" is child abuse. It forever prevents being part of western society. It marks you as part of a hostile culture, and in self-defense many westerners are inclined to return the favor. If there ever is a reason to remove a child from a family, this is it. You're killing that ch...
[07:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:32] <exec> 08└─Name your kid Cassius Clay instead.
[07:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon.com Eyes Fashion with Echo Look - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:46:50] <exec> 08└─"Alexa Responds: It Is Summer And It Is The Current Trend"
[07:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:47] <exec> 08└─Conservatives sure whine a lot. I guess it is not enough to have most of the power and money you just want to make sure you can have it all. Oh poor you. And this claim that they are all liberal, it is simply because they don't say what you want them to. Its all free-for-all if they do your bidding...
[07:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:49] <exec> 08└─Your persecution complex is showing. And making two replies to the same post really gives you away.
[07:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 1332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:51] <exec> 08└─Your basic mistake, one you are not capable of perceiving, is that there are no ideas and opinions in fake news. There is only malice and ill-intent. The point of fake-news is to bamboozle, to discombuberate, to, as we now say, "pull a Milo". There is not serious positions, no good faith debate. The...
[07:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:53] <exec> 08└─Um, reality decided to have a well-known liberal bias, it is just that people who know things well recognize this fact. Nice try, alt-reality person!
[07:47:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:55] <exec> 08└─Poor, poor, Runaway1956. Now I truly understand why he runs away, and why he runs off, at the mouth, when he constantly posts inane idiotic and ignorant stuff here on SoylentNews! We are all on your side, Runaway!
[07:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:47:57] <exec> 08└─Now that we have the power to sift the wheat from the chaff, we have the power to do what no other generation has done before: to keep ourselves safe from tyranny, bigotry, hate, and promote peace.
[07:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barley Genome Sequenced - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:21] <exec> 08└─Ooooh, drunken dickweed fight! Whoever loses, we win!
[07:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neanderthal DNA Recovered from Cave Soil - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:10] <exec> 08└─That's just taking the piss, isn't it?
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[08:45:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:45:59] <exec> 08└─My main computer still has a 120GB parallel ata disk. It's starting to feel slowish and rather small but at least it's easy to back up.
[08:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:46:23] <exec> 08└─> Nobody is named Adolf anymore either. But not because the child will be denied household registration.
[08:47:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:44] <exec> 08└─Oh come on man you just said "it's only political in that some people decided reality has a political bias"
[08:47:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:46] <exec> 08└─(a) That isn't what I said, are you so congenitally adverse to facts that you can't you even cut-n-paste factually? (b) So what? Perhaps in your orobourous logic you believe that was an insightful point. To the rest of us its an inane tautology at best.
[08:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:48] <exec> 08└─> By which you mean keep other people "safe" from ideas that contradict your own. Not safe from ideas, safe from repression and genocide. Same reason we fought World War II. "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" - Adolf Hitler
[08:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:50] <exec> 08└─Your basic mistake, one you are not capable of perceiving, is that there are no ideas and opinions in fake news. There is only malice and ill-intent.
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[09:46:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:12] <exec> 08└─How long does it take for the tiny Helium atoms to leak out and affect the function of the drive? The article mentions nothing about this nor general longevity expectactions.
[09:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah that is why I'm avoiding them, hell I recently found some old 400Mb drives in a box at the shop and hooked them up...worked just fine. Many of my customers keep systems for a loong time under the "If it ain't broke" principle, I don't like the idea that the systems I would be selling them has a...
[09:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:16] <exec> 08└─> How long does it take for the tiny Helium atoms to leak out Their first gen helium drives, back in 2013, were guaranteed 5 years without leaking, Which is 1 year longer than the typical lifespan of a drive in a data-center. And that's their target market.
[09:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:27] <exec> 08└─In my opinion the No Code of Conduct (NCoC) code of conduct has a lot going for it. https://github.com [github.com] or https://nocodeofconduct.com [nocodeofconduct.com] What is No Code of Conduct? No Code Of Conduct is a groundbreaking new idea. Designed to help you find communities...
[09:48:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:48:07] <exec> 08└─No, I'm just saying that you can't imply something isn't political and prove that point by addressing a political party about a very much political subject. Fake News in its current utterly fucked up definition is an entirely political artifact resulting from the identity politics you generally refe...
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[10:46:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:10] <exec> 08└─Another solution, not mentioned in the article: Pay the COBOL programmers enough that people are willing to learn and use it to get a job at the bank.
[10:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:11] <exec> 08└─Another solution would be the groundbreaking notion of actually training people in the skills needed. Over here (sweden) a bunch of banks and other companies joined together and simply paid a school to have COBOL-courses. (Also had the sideeffects of ither schools starting to offer it).
[10:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:23] <exec> 08└─Planned Obsolescence [wikipedia.org] At least Amazon would not be able to resell these as new [amazon.com] with over 50000 hours. [google.com]
[10:46:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:25] <exec> 08└─so, do they store a byte by writing one bit to each platter? that should help with transfer rates, right?
[10:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03andersjm [3931] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:46:36] <exec> 08└─GNU is a trademark of sorts, the label that the FSF uses for projects they govern. There is no "GNU" organisation to join. What is happening is that Libreboot is handing governance of their project over to the FSF. Maybe that's a good thing, I couldn't say, but the manipulative language irks me a li...
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[10:46:38] <exec> 08└─4. No whiny bitches. If you try to get anyone else in trouble with the project, you're out the fucking door with my bootprint on your ass. Add that to the list and you more or less have the unofficial SN code of conduct. The Brits on staff and I have had some epic arguments about politics in IRC and...
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[10:46:55] <exec> 08└─Heh, hostile culture. I'm going to guess you're american. We're officially no longer allowed to call other countries, societies or cultures therein hostile due to what we are comparatively :) At the same time. Good point. Can't see anyone named Muhammed getting a job here in the desert. But I feel l...
[10:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Script for Remote DoublePulsar Backdoor Removal Available - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:22] <exec> 08└─bow-chicka-wow-wow.flac
[10:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:24] <exec> 08└─Fuck cathode ray tubes. I had to lift a 36" CRT for the neighbor lady this week. They're fucking heavy.
[10:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:25] <exec> 08└─Sorry that you've never seen Milo debate. You must not have because if you had you'd know he loves it roughly as much as a pig enjoys mud wrestling. And like said muddy pig, he almost always wins.
[10:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:28] <exec> 08└─It also supposes the people doing the rating are benign, non-partisan, and do not enjoy trolling.
[10:48:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:30] <exec> 08└─And you don't think there's any danger at all that some enterprising troll will write a browser extension that marks things "fake news" for fun and distribute it to everyone on 4chan? Or that a state will coopt a botnet and mark all unfavorable search terms as fake news?
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[11:46:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Aiwendil [531] 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 287 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:03] <exec> 08└─Another solution would be the groundbreaking notion of actually training people in the skills needed. Over here (sweden) a bunch of banks and other companies joined together and simply paid a school to have COBOL-courses. (Also had the sideeffects of ither schools starting to offer it).
[11:46:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:04] <exec> 08└─How about these trillion dollar buisnesses TRAIN THE REPLACEMENTS.
[11:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 1609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:06] <exec> 08└─I couldn't decide if I should reply to this or the other post because they made the same reasonable point and have the same score D: In any case, yes. This. I write in whatever tools people need me to write in for the problem that needs solved. Learning is simply a matter of giving me sufficient hou...
[11:46:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmoschner [3296] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:09] <exec> 08└─American businesses are not going to spend money to train people. It would require thinking beyond the Quarterly profits. They also don't want to risk training people who are just going to jump ship for a better offer. This is yet another side effect of the erosion of company loyalty (companies are...
[11:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 748 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:34] <exec> 08└─GNU is a project umbrella like Apache. It's a userspace. FSF is an organization. They want FSF to re-add the project to the umbrella. Though regardless of their motivations I personally think it was a drop dead stupid idea to let the person that decided to have a freakout for what appears to be no r...
[11:46:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:35] <exec> 08└─Would you care to elaborate?
[11:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Minister for Resources Calls Westpac 'unAustralian' and 'Pythonesque' in its Climate Change Policy - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:39] <exec> 08└─I really don't think China need to be buying anyone's steel... Considering they make as much as the rest of the world put together. http://www.afr.com [afr.com]
[11:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Minister for Resources Calls Westpac 'unAustralian' and 'Pythonesque' in its Climate Change Policy - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:40] <exec> 08└─Sorry - iron ore http://www.mining-technology.com [mining-technology.com]
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[12:46:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmoschner [3296] 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 387 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:29] <exec> 08└─American businesses are not going to spend money to train people. It would require thinking beyond the Quarterly profits. They also don't want to risk training people who are just going to jump ship for a better offer. This is yet another side effect of the erosion of company loyalty (companies are...
[12:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:30] <exec> 08└─"COBOL: The language that will happily compile an office memo, and not report any errors." I was taught COBOL in college. I got extra marks for creating a ANSI text graphical menu system with it. Never had any use for the language since. Happy to say I'm neither retired nor dying yet. Now get off my...
[12:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:32] <exec> 08└─Another solution, not mentioned in the article: Pay the COBOL programmers enough that people are willing to learn and use it to get a job at the bank.
[12:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:35] <exec> 08└─Never had any use for the language since. Happy to say I'm neither retired nor dying yet. Now get off my lawn.
[12:46:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pTamok [3042] 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 812 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:58] <exec> 08└─In my opinion the No Code of Conduct (NCoC) code of conduct has a lot going for it. https://github.com [github.com] or https://nocodeofconduct.com [nocodeofconduct.com] What is No Code of Conduct? No Code Of Conduct is a groundbreaking new idea. Designed to help you find communities...
[12:47:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 618 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:00] <exec> 08└─4. No whiny bitches. If you try to get anyone else in trouble with the project, you're out the fucking door with my bootprint on your ass. Add that to the list and you more or less have the unofficial SN code of conduct. The Brits on staff and I have had some epic arguments about politics in IRC and...
[12:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:04] <exec> 08└─I'm a state actor hired to sew discontent in the fabric of the community and out-stallman stallman in bein' a big ol' dick
[12:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:06] <exec> 08└─I apologize but do not regret because I accidentally typo'd that and couldn't find a good place to use it otherwise. My serious response is that you don't give multiple people root as a matter of procedure? You can have multiple users without doing stuff like that? ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and all tha...
[12:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03purple_cobra [1435] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:08] <exec> 08└─I'd also suggest that the ability to just brain dump into a text editor then make that available to anyone with internet access and the patience to read it is not particularly helpful to those who might have problems with impulse control. If you know you're prone to that sort of thing, perhaps a sel...
[12:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 1360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:10] <exec> 08└─Issue is that banning people now tends to be narrated-as or taken-as some kind of assault because people get their feelings hurt and people react when they're hurt. Which is honestly probably more healthy than not. Part of the problem is the sheer availability of open platforms to kneer-jerk react o...
[12:47:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:28] <exec> 08└─Might be Maharajah, or Mikhail.
[12:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:01] <exec> 08└─"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" - Adolf Hitler
[12:52:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UK Slips to 40th Place in Press Freedom Rankings - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:43] <exec> 08└─https://www.rt.com/news/376582-sweden-cop-immigrant-crime/ [rt.com] Sweden rarely even reports the rapes which have now become so ordinary. Here's another good resource to consider. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] The coverups began years ago, and are...
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[13:46:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 150 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:14] <exec> 08└─Another solution, not mentioned in the article: Pay the COBOL programmers enough that people are willing to learn and use it to get a job at the bank.
[13:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 633 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:23] <exec> 08└─Companies will complain that schools aren't giving students the correct education, and they should offer classes on COBOL. But come on, this is COBOL. It has the reputation of being an easy language, good for those who find BASIC too hard. Good programmers find it tiresomely redundant and verbose. T...
[13:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 1244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:25] <exec> 08└─Good grief. If a programmer is even moderately competent, they won't need a "course" in COBAL. Like almost any other computing language of its vintage, it can be learned on one's own in a very short amount of time. I'm not even sure how many computing languages I know at the "no problem" level at th...
[13:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 1224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:27] <exec> 08└─I thought only Grateful Dead followers were dead heads. "I M here to save you" is not working with or understanding what these systems do or how they work. Though in the early 80's when COBOL on big iron was able to address 16MB of storage were poor thought process programmers were already complaini...
[13:46:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:29] <exec> 08└─Not sure if more, or which, schools have done it so far but I know that KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) offered courses where staff came from IBM (and from pulsen.se ) to teach Z\OS, JCL, COBOL and more or less everything mainframe related. Not sure if or how it turned out in...
[13:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:32] <exec> 08└─Once read a post by a guy who had turned down a COBOL programming offer. The interviewer replied, "So you don't like to learn new things?"
[13:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:22] <exec> 08└─Naming your kid "Muhammed" is child abuse. It forever prevents being part of western society.
[13:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:23] <exec> 08└─Rocket propelled grenade - that's a reason to like the man, if that be so!!
[13:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:25] <exec> 08└─Allahu suckit you raghead camel fucker!
[13:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:27] <exec> 08└─I must point out that China isn't exactly "western". Maybe you meant that it forever prevents the kid from being part of far-Eastern society?
[13:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:30] <exec> 08└─Actually, I am at the pinnacle of existence. But, that's cool, not everyone can be at the pinnacle. It makes life better if not everyone is trying to become the king of my mountain. Enjoy life down there on the plateau!!
[13:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Script for Remote DoublePulsar Backdoor Removal Available - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:57] <exec> 08└─I have a script for Microsoft software removal. Extinguishes all malware and viruses!
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[14:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:18] <exec> 08└─: Puuuuuuuu-tiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn ! ! !
[14:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:19] <exec> 08└─I'm sure MasterCard, Visa, and other financial services companies have nothing to hide. So they have nothing to worry about :P Now if some other (dis-)service like that book-of-farce where to have an extra announcement of ownership too. It would be inaccessible even though their servers were working...
[14:46:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dawn Spacecraft's Third Reaction Wheel Fails - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:29] <exec> 08└─Like the German wheel that caused a high-speed train to derail [wikipedia.org] and cause 101 deaths?
[14:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 1063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:55] <exec> 08└─The COBOL language also has some serious problems that make programmers balk. One is called COBOL-FINGERS and the rest is generally not a pretty thing. Lack of structure, compatibility issues, verbose syntax supposed to be easily documented and recognized for business people but will do no good for...
[14:46:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:56] <exec> 08└─Cobol may not be an exciting or sexy programming language, but its...a programming language. I've used more than 20 programming lnaguages by now. Coming up to speed on a new one is a matter of weeks - the biggest challenge is learning all the supporting libraries. Far more important are (a) domain k...
[14:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:10] <exec> 08└─I'll guess this will make harddisc rescue next to impossible? Like this one: Data Recovery: Hard Drive Platter Swap in Our Lab! [youtube.com] (the action scene at 22:05) I'm seeing a new use for those helium balloon fills used in entertainment parks provided they have the right isotope and is clean....
[14:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:30] <exec> 08└─sew discontent
[14:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:32] <exec> 08└─4. No whiny bitches. If you try to get anyone else in trouble with the project, you're out the fucking door with my bootprint on your ass.
[14:49:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 1332 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:15] <exec> 08└─Your basic mistake, one you are not capable of perceiving, is that there are no ideas and opinions in fake news. There is only malice and ill-intent. The point of fake-news is to bamboozle, to discombuberate, to, as we now say, "pull a Milo". There is not serious positions, no good faith debate. The...
[14:49:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:29] <exec> 08└─@ aristocat- *sigh* your argumentation is flawed on numerous levels, but let's take the most basic: IF you actually believe in freedom in general, and free speech in particular, that INCLUDES the FREEDOM to fuck up, to say stupid/hateful/incoherent shit, to make 'bad' (YMMV) choices, to CHOOSE to do...
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[15:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:09] <exec> 08└─The article is derogatory toward trolls. WTF? Racist bastards!
[15:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:19] <exec> 08└─So are you saying this didn't happen?
[15:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:21] <exec> 08└─If the traffic was properly encrypted, it should not matter whether it was routed through Russia, North Korea or Mordor. If it was not properly encrypted, it already was insecure without being routed through Russia.
[15:46:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Man Arrested for Phishing Over $100 Million from Google and Facebook - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:35] <exec> 08└─crime does pay ? ? ? seems to be what every thing indicates... just make sure it is legal crime...
[15:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:58] <exec> 08└─Has anyone tried writing a compiler/translator that translates COBOL source into source for another high-level language? The original C++ compiler was a pre-processor for C. Many years ago, Linux (Slackware) used to come with f2c and p2c which were for translating FORTRAN and Pascal source respectiv...
[15:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:00] <exec> 08└─Seek and ye shall find: RES - An Open Cobol to Java Translator (alpha) [sourceforge.net].
[15:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 1384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:58] <exec> 08└─Try explaining that to the police in Singapore when you litter. Try explaining that to the local police when you insult the King in Thailand Try explaining that to the mob in Saudia Arabia when you are a woman and didnt wear a burqa When in Rome you do as the Romans do. This comes back to the larger...
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[16:46:14] <exec> 08└─There are obviously not enough calls to that line. I too have to call because I've seen my neighbor lingering too long at the shed. I am sure he is harboring Illegal Aliens. He is probably feeding them too, considering the amount of food he is returning from his shopping. Also, my other neighbor is...
[16:46:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 1447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:16] <exec> 08└─The terrible history of finding law breakers and sending them back to their home country? Which laws do we follow and which do we not? Should we stop reporting shop lifters too? We as a country agreed on the terms of how people not from this country can enter and stay. Sure our government is a shit...
[16:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:28] <exec> 08└─Amateurs. We permanently route traffic through the NSA.
[16:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Arrested for Phishing Over $100 Million from Google and Facebook - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:44] <exec> 08└─Not really.The long arm of U.S. law picked this guy up in Lithuania.
[16:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Arrested for Phishing Over $100 Million from Google and Facebook - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:46] <exec> 08└─Google can't be scammed like this. Fake news.
[16:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeKO [3672] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:11] <exec> 08└─I've got some bad news for you, about the "dying" part...
[16:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:12] <exec> 08└─INTERCAL. Yes, it has a bad reputation as well, but that's surely just because most geeks don't like to say PLEASE. ;-)
[16:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:15] <exec> 08└─"designed by an incompetent committee from commerce and government" Including Grace Hopper The big problem is legacy code isn't "Object Oriented" so kids think it's shit.
[16:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:17] <exec> 08└─If you can convince the shareholders they'll see a return on their investment in the next four quarters, by all means run it by them.
[16:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeKO [3672] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:19] <exec> 08└─The original C++ compiler was a pre-processor for C.
[16:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:21] <exec> 08└─It can only be better .. :-)
[16:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:24] <exec> 08└─It takes more than a person to have impact in a committee. The problem with COBOL seems to be that all the actors that should not decide on the matter has done just that. The consequence is felt now. System owners of such code should just endure the consequences as karma.
[16:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:26] <exec> 08└─Is the salary anywhere near $billions ? ;-)
[16:48:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:17] <exec> 08└─> Nobody is named Adolf anymore either. But not because the child will be denied household registration.
[16:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:26] <exec> 08└─Xinjiang Province is the westernmost part of China.
[16:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 6643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:29] <exec> 08└─Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! Kamal is out with...
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[17:46:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:03] <exec> 08└─If it's not self-driving, it's crap.
[17:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:05] <exec> 08└─"The hypothesis was that the human mind and body, if properly augmented, could achieve some pretty cool stuff,"
[17:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:07] <exec> 08└─Every time I watch this guy use his little suit, I am amazed he doesn't torch his legs off. I hope his jeans are very heat resistant.
[17:46:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:09] <exec> 08└─You mean cool stuff besides transmitting these words across the world faster than even the god Mercury himself could have done? Where are the scribes?
[17:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:11] <exec> 08└─Safely is another thing. As soon as you've got the power to weight ratio to lift off, you can fly just about as high as you dare, until the air starts thinning... More or less the same for speeds up to 70ish mph (normal terminal velocity for a human falling in atmosphere near sea level). Thing is, t...
[17:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:14] <exec> 08└─I mean, it's not exactly a dupe [soylentnews.org], as in the previous story he had not yet "captivated attendees at a prestigious TED Conference". But the main attraction here is the jet-suit, which looks the same to me as it did three weeks ago. Are we just gonna run a new article every time this g...
[17:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:16] <exec> 08└─The next dupe will recap his newsworthy stories on SoylentNews, of course.
[17:46:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:18] <exec> 08└─Technology you've never seen before is amazing, akin to magic. Technology you've lived with all your life is boring, akin to the sun rising in the east.
[17:46:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:29] <exec> 08└─Lord Voldemort has taken over the White House. Must've imperioused President Trump. How else could Dolores Umbridge become our new secretary of education?
[17:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:31] <exec> 08└─I have zero tolerance for government resources being wasted by immature idiots. Why ? Because the law on illegal aliens is clear and because ultimately the resources being wasted cost every taxpayer money. You fuckwits think you can cherry-pick which laws you obey ? You're idiots.
[17:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:33] <exec> 08└─Right up there with the people whose favorite food is McDonalds, whose favorite TV shows are Game of Thrones and Big Bang Theory, whose favorite artists are whoever is topping the charts this year, and whose favorite clothing is whatever is in season. Get the fuck off of my lawn and go read some Dan...
[17:46:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 215 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:44] <exec> 08└─If the traffic was properly encrypted, it should not matter whether it was routed through Russia, North Korea or Mordor. If it was not properly encrypted, it already was insecure without being routed through Russia.
[17:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:47] <exec> 08└─Meh. Were just civil forfeitured. If the bits care so much about the little detour these always can try to sue the Russian government to get deported to their right owner.
[17:46:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:50] <exec> 08└─*TRIGGERED* WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A WALL IN RUSSIA SO BIG IT WILL SHADE PALIN'S HOUSE IN THE SUMMER!! AND WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE WALL??? RUSS—oh? Mastercard is going to pay for it? Well, whatever.
[17:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dawn Spacecraft's Third Reaction Wheel Fails - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:46:59] <exec> 08└─No like these ones [news.com.au]
[17:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:41] <exec> 08└─I applied to a government position for writing cobal. Didn't even come close. #1 reason, no college (and they ignore all non-cobal experience). #2 reason, i wasn't old. It's a good ol' boys club in there. That's why there aren't enough cobal programmers. They want it that way.
[17:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 807 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:43] <exec> 08└─The difficulty is in explaining to HR and your superiors that you are hiring someone who literally cannot do the job (yet). They cannot comprehend it. I was recently promoted into a position where i can hire. Last month i hired a green guy who has been teaching himself (and attending a "code school"...
[17:48:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:19] <exec> 08└─Oh, there are plenty of examples of sewing discontent. See, for example, the classic example of Joseph and his coat of many colors [wikipedia.org]. Jacob would definitely sew discontent in his family with that thing... heck, that darn coat was responsible for my own discontent watching that awful Ch...
[17:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:18] <exec> 08└─And like said muddy pig, he almost always wins.
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[18:46:14] <exec> 08└─The butt-jets are vectored aft -- as long as he doesn't flail around, and keeps airspeeds modest, it should be rather safe as such things go. The arm-jets are a more likely danger due to the increased flexibility, but because the butt-jets are vectored aft, the arm-jets have to be vectored forwards...
[18:46:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:16] <exec> 08└─Speak for yourself. Radio technology is older than I am, but I'm still amazed every time I turn on a radio, because I know how it all works.
[18:46:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:18] <exec> 08└─Where do they hide all the musicians?
[18:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:20] <exec> 08└─And how do they fit inside that small box? don't they need to come out to eat?
[18:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:33] <exec> 08└─What is this word: imperioused
[18:46:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:35] <exec> 08└─The terrible history of finding law breakers and sending them back to their home country? Which laws do we follow and which do we not?
[18:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:37] <exec> 08└─I have zero tolerance for government resources being wasted by immature idiots.
[18:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:39] <exec> 08└─There are few things on this earth that are more absurd than telling a person where he can or cannot be! It is more bigoted than restrictions on religion, which really is a matter of choice. Place of birth isn't. But.. people are animals, just as vicious and territorial, clinging to the false god of...
[18:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:42] <exec> 08└─JFC is your inferiority complex so overpowering that you have to shit on practically everyone to feel good about yourself?
[18:46:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:44] <exec> 08└─I don't think it's a binary thing. I've read the Hyperion series, Carrion Comfort, and the Illium & Olympos series. All great. I really like Game of Thrones (the tv series). I really like some "popular" stuff. I agree that McDonalds is crap though and the people who like it are scum : P
[18:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:46] <exec> 08└─Tommy Lee Jones, in Men in Black, to immigration patrol: Please, keep protecting us from the dangerous aliens.
[18:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:48] <exec> 08└─You fuckwits think you can cherry-pick which laws you obey ? Well, we 'cherry-pick' who has to obey them (usually based on phenotype, fame, or funding, or lack thereof)... I mean, fair's fair, right? And if you want to get into the absurd, look what we picked for president and congress. The damn law...
[18:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:51] <exec> 08└─You can have open borders or a welfare state. Choose one. Personally I think we should have neither as a policy decision but math excludes implementing both at the same time.
[18:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:53] <exec> 08└─http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Imperius_Curse [wikia.com]
[18:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:55] <exec> 08└─While a throwaway gag line, look at the bigger picture. Even in that film, the MiB were enforcing immigration policy as one of their core functions. They were resettling aliens among the human population but they had to be vetted, go through a process and were monitored. Because even in a comic book...
[18:46:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:57] <exec> 08└─Well, we are long ways away from a welfare state. Well, welfare for the poor. We are replete with welfare for the rich - home mortgage deduction, tax-free health insurance, roth IRAs, college IRAs, health savings accounts, small business loans. So open borders it is.
[18:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:59] <exec> 08└─There are few things on this earth that are more absurd than telling a person where he can or cannot be!
[18:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:02] <exec> 08└─Do you know why people don't similarly troll 911 for lulz? How long until the Dept of Justice tires of this game and reminds everyone why every hotline of this nature doesn't get trolled by losers?
[18:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:21] <exec> 08└─How long does it take for the tiny Helium atoms to leak out
[18:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:45] <exec> 08└─You post AC and expect anyone to believe you are even capable of ass-kicking on above a sixth-grade level?
[18:49:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:12] <exec> 08└─The linked 'related article' about colonialism makes this story ironic. What's Chinese word or irony? This is going to be an example at some point in the future of a way to interact with and perhaps assimilate Islamic cultures. Whether it will be a an example of something that works or of something...
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[18:49:13] <exec> 08└─There is this changed perspective that the melting pot is bad and everyone needs to stay separate and vibrant
[18:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:50] <exec> 08└─See, you're barking up the wrong tree there. I only ever agree with Milo in his opinions of the left. He's a conservative and I'm most assuredly not. When I say he wins debates I mean he wins debates on strength of argument more often than not. The other side only ever seems to put screeching harpie...
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[19:46:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:03] <exec> 08└─After RTFA I got an impression that these companies instead of making better vehicles try to make the laws easier to comply to. Carrying paying passengers in essentially test vehicles with a driver? What a blatant attempt to monetize the "waste" in the R&D cycle!
[19:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:05] <exec> 08└─Well that all depends. How many H1Bs did the tech giants hire with the intention of denying Americans the opportunity to design and build self-driving cars? How much tax evasion have the tech giants done to avoid paying any sort of welfare benefits to the permanently unemployed American underclass?...
[19:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:07] <exec> 08└─Write laws and you can write money right into your pockets. You don't get rich by writing code.
[19:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:53] <exec> 08└─Listen to yourself man. You are now justifying draconian enforcement policies against immigrants based on a comic book. A freaking comic book! How delusional do you have to be think that's a logical argument?
[19:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:55] <exec> 08└─You're just applying 19th century thinking. We don't need the slave trade anymore (which is what borders are all about. Nations are prisons). And we certainly don't need to allow bureaucrats so much power.
[19:46:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:57] <exec> 08└─Nerds hate big bang theory because, exactly every other successful sitcom, it parodies stereotypes. It just so happens that the stereotypes in BBT are nerds and holy shit, nerds can ... not ... laugh at themselves.
[19:46:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:59] <exec> 08└─Then I'm sure you won't mind if I move into your house starting tomorrow.
[19:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:01] <exec> 08└─An ICE hotline set up to allow reports of crimes committed by "criminal aliens"
[19:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:03] <exec> 08└─Why bother, just more bigoted crap from assholes. Trying to inform them of reality is an exercise in futility.
[19:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:05] <exec> 08└─Please! Don't be stupid. You can move into the fraudulently foreclosed house next door.
[19:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:08] <exec> 08└─Reading is fundamental. I was commenting on the writers of the comic book and what was and was not within the range of ideas considered plausible at the time. Even comics are limited to what the audience will accept as plausible, even when you have the general zaniness in MiB. Most people will accep...
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[19:47:10] <exec> 08└─How delusional do you have to be think that's a logical argument?
[19:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:12] <exec> 08└─There are few things on this earth that are more absurd than telling a person where he can or cannot be!
[19:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:14] <exec> 08└─[begin coded message] Super Special SJW Task Force, jmorris Division; special report: Aliens! Subject appears to believe that MiB is a documentary. But as to be expected, with totalitarian spin. We suspect that jmorris may have attempted to contact "O" at MiB Headquarters, and begged to be instated...
[19:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:21] <exec> 08└─There is a lot to this. Few business processes call for complex mathematics or manipulation. It is the same operations carried out on a large array of objects. Mainframes don't have super powerful CPUs, they have many fast I/O processors. In the older systems, the software isn't adapted to business...
[19:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:23] <exec> 08└─reimplement these legacy systems with some sort of accuracy.
[19:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:25] <exec> 08└─Hmmm.. sounds like religious reverence for mysterious old code... the Wisdom of the Ancients. Things have moved on in the last 50 years. And when I say "modern languages" I don't mean C++, Javascript and PHP.
[19:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:40] <exec> 08└─How much one of those things weigh? Piling on eight of these platters will correspondingly increase mechanical stress and affect its reliability.
[19:49:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:04] <exec> 08└─Irony from buzzard? Say it ain't so. So as long as they don't violate your rules and call you mean names everything is fine? If we're all adults you should be able to handle some criticism. Oh right, back to my first point.
[19:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:05] <exec> 08└─This comment is so sixth grade. Sad! #failsoylentnews
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[20:46:12] <exec> 08└─The problem isn't the technology itself but the immoral capitalist scum who are making it.
[20:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:13] <exec> 08└─KILL the INFIDELS! ALLAHLALALALALALALALALA
[20:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:33] <exec> 08└─But I did not even see any "captivated attendees at a prestigious TED Conference" in the video. Nor Vancouver Harbor. Did I blink? And what is a TED conference? This is stunt equipment for Hollywood. It looks fundamentally unstable and requiring around a 0.01 percentile level of strength and fitness...
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[20:47:13] <exec> 08└─> Reading is fundamental. And reading bullshit into comic books that isn't actually in those comic books is fundamentalist.
[20:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:15] <exec> 08└─No, it's the idea of 'country' that is absurd. Borders are for business, legal and illegal. And your other absurdities aside, a person has the right (though presently unenforceable) to live and work where he wants. We are entitled to the same rights as any other migrating animal. It is long past tim...
[20:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:17] <exec> 08└─Well, we are long ways away from a welfare state.
[20:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:19] <exec> 08└─Please! Don't be stupid.
[20:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:21] <exec> 08└─Going to assume you were the parent I was replying to. Why? You say these things are true, but you don't explain why. We are not animals. We have agency. Why are people free from rules placed on them by a society?
[20:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:23] <exec> 08└─Not only are you being absurd, you are also obtuse. Maybe you're just being silly, I don't know. Sorry if I don't play along, I gotta haddock.
[20:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:37] <exec> 08└─I'm prepared to accept that Russia and North Korea might not be able to penetrate 'proper' encryption, but they have ways beyond human ken in the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
[20:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dawn Spacecraft's Third Reaction Wheel Fails - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:48] <exec> 08└─Seriously, why aren't they using magnetically "levitated" reaction wheels? In space that shouldn't take nearly the energy it takes on Earth. And there would be no moving parts contacting each other, so they should almost never fail.
[20:49:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:20] <exec> 08└─Ya, you must be one of Them if you can't tell the difference between calling someone a name and trying to get them given the boot. Ethics. Get some.
[20:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:49] <exec> 08└─Let's just ignore Runaway, to save him embarrassment. He is directionally and historically challenged. He has a pinnacle up his alimentary tract, and his parents gave him an illegal name. And he has an LCD TV. Poor, poor, Runaway! (On the other hand, perhaps we misunderestimate Runaway! Could he be...
[20:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:51] <exec> 08└─For fucks sake, Mohammed himself is carved into the building of the supreme court.
[20:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:53] <exec> 08└─Certainly it is contrary to the idea (or value?) that anyone should be able to choose or have any religion they want and not suffer discrimination because of it.
[20:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:55] <exec> 08└─So how would I tell a "religion" from a "societal and political system"?
[20:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:58] <exec> 08└─Islam is not a religion. It is a societal and political system that literally calls for world-wide war by any means necessary, with the goal of conquering the whole world.
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[21:45:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Settlement Over Alleged Misconduct in Boston Stem Cell Lab - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:58] <exec> 08└─Followed the retraction watch link to this: The mounting negative results in heart cell-therapy trials are an opportunity to reassess the trajectory of the field as a whole and develop rational priorities going forward. The groupthink that has long sustained these trials must not cloud objective app...
[21:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:11] <exec> 08└─I can't help thinking this could backfire severely. All it takes is one high-profile incident -- some bizarre scenario involving an autonomous car and a schoolbus or a family van full of kids of something. It won't even matter if a human driver couldn't have reasonably prevented the accident. All th...
[21:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:32] <exec> 08└─And what is a TED conference?
[21:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:17] <exec> 08└─Why not call them to report the immigrants working at the local Tata, Wipro, HCS, etc. office? $DIETY knows they're violating employment and immigration laws there.
[21:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 1379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:19] <exec> 08└─I know, I know...I mean I read the first three HP books and was enormously underwhelmed, and that is really what I base my judgements of the series on, not to speak of the fanbase. I hear that the following books get much more interesting, I just struggle to eliminate the bias I have seeing that wel...
[21:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:21] <exec> 08└─Nobody knows who these illegal immigrants are, and I imagine that can be frightening for a victim. Fingerprints are useless and semen samples would be useless for, say, a rape victim. Not that conviction of a criminal helps the victims directly, but it may reassure them that said criminals are locke...
[21:48:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 714 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:17] <exec> 08└─Cobol may not be an exciting or sexy programming language, but its...a programming language. I've used more than 20 programming lnaguages by now. Coming up to speed on a new one is a matter of weeks - the biggest challenge is learning all the supporting libraries. Far more important are (a) domain k...
[21:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:49] <exec> 08└─Yeah but you forgot all that helium... /stupidjoke
[21:49:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:17] <exec> 08└─Also, I cant' be bothered to care about free software these days
[21:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:52] <exec> 08└─And the US military has turned the honorific "haji" into a synonym for "sand nigger." What they sing about is a lot less representative of the country than the supreme court.
[21:51:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:30] <exec> 08└─FREEDOM to fuck up, to say stupid/hateful/incoherent shit, to make 'bad' (YMMV) choices, to CHOOSE to do stupid/bad stuff...
[21:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:32] <exec> 08└─Conservatives sure whine a lot. I guess it is not enough to have most of the power and money you just want to make sure you can have it all.
[21:51:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:34] <exec> 08└─CRT's still win hands down over LCDs of all types in the areas of actual refresh rate (black-to-black) and ghosting. (I will grant you that LCDs win verses CRTs when it comes to portability.)
[21:51:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scrutinizer [6534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:36] <exec> 08└─Remember the story about US federal agents running guns to Mexican crime gangs which resulted in many murders including that of Brian Terry of the US Border Patrol? It goes by the names Project Gunwalker [archive.org] and Fast and Furious [wikipedia.org], and the story was researched and broken by t...
[21:53:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mendax [2840] 02 - 06Barrett Brown Re-Arrested - 250 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:12] <exec> 08└─His First Amendment rights are being severely violated by any restriction on his ability to give interviews. He needs to challenge these restrictions immediately. I suspect that is what will happen when he goes before the judge because of his arrest.
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[22:46:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:08] <exec> 08└─I breed grubs in my shoes and feed them my discarded hair and skin. When the shoes are full of grubs then I eat the grubs for dinner. While I wait I code open source software and upload to github. Living the shoeless coder lifestyle of Dick Bathroom Stall-Man.
[22:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:09] <exec> 08└─First we had vi, lilo, and sysVinit. Now we have emacs, GRUB, and systemd. We didn't listen!
[22:46:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:11] <exec> 08└─Another bloated GNU project.
[22:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:13] <exec> 08└─Emacs is older than vi. Nice troll though.
[22:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:16] <exec> 08└─Emacs was created the same year as vi.
[22:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:37] <exec> 08└─Example: Soviet union (enforced "union"?) Cambodia, Pol pot etc..
[22:46:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 1389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:38] <exec> 08└─The confident bet is more likely on having heavy profits before bloody crash occur. But then, when it's time for blood. It will be had. Just imagine a poor women loosing four cute children and her husband to a murderous autonomous Apple car plastered hard on all mainstream media for weeks, trial and...
[22:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06British Inventor Takes Flight in 'Iron Man' Suit - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:00] <exec> 08└─This is stunt equipment for Hollywood. It looks fundamentally unstable and requiring around a 0.01 percentile level of strength and fitness. I've seen previous jet pack demonstrations that have gone much further and higher than this guy has done.
[22:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scrutinizer [6534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Arrested for Phishing Over $100 Million from Google and Facebook - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:25] <exec> 08└─[crime doesn't really pay]. The long arm of U.S. law picked this guy up in Lithuania.
[22:49:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Banks Should Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:04] <exec> 08└─Good thing Java has a goto statement. Plenty of that can exist in COBOL code.
[22:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Libreboot Applies to Rejoin GNU - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:48] <exec> 08└─If you try to get anyone else in trouble with the project, you're out the fucking door with my bootprint on your ass.
[22:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:24] <exec> 08└─What [the Marine Corps] sing about is a lot less representative of the country than the supreme court.
[22:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:26] <exec> 08└─So how would I tell a "religion" from a "societal and political system"?
[22:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:28] <exec> 08└─Hey, look! It's Former NSC head, Former Gen. Michael Flynn posting right here on SoylentNews!! Wait, did the Russkies pay him for this?
[22:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:30] <exec> 08└─Well Islam certainly is a religion. You sound quite silly trying to deny this. In some of its forms, yes, it also forms an (invariably awful) system of government. But, happily, liberal Islam does exist.
[22:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:32] <exec> 08└─liberal Islam does exist
[22:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:34] <exec> 08└─🙄
[22:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:37] <exec> 08└─I don't recall those living in our various Chinatowns or Little Italies participating in honor killings.
[22:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 2270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:18] <exec> 08└─Again, matter of perspective. Where you see "screeching harpies," I have seen people reminding Milo again and again of valid points he simply sidesteps or ignores. Do all sides do this in political debates all the time? Of course. But Milo is a master of deflection and is amazing at defusing questio...
[22:52:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:19] <exec> 08└─BTW - I agree with some of Milo's criticism of the extreme Left too. On the other hand, he frequently tends to go too far and claim that problems don't exist where they do or to argue against strawmen or extremists rather than addressing the "meat" of the issues in a balanced fashion.
[22:52:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Launches New Search Tools to Combat Fake News - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:21] <exec> 08└─I disagree that DuckDuckGo ever beats Google on pure search-quality grounds. On privacy and ideological grounds, sure, but I'm not convinced Google has a crippling liberal slant.
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[23:46:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:07] <exec> 08└─A hurd of gnus lie dead, grubs feasting on their bloated corpses.
[23:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 1028 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:09] <exec> 08└─Well, looking at the changelog I don’t think that’s such a fair characterisation. The new functionality added all supports the core mission of Grub. Obviously they need support for LZ4 compression on ZFS to be able to boot off of a disk with such a file system, same too with support for 64-bit e...
[23:46:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03its_gonna_be_yuge! [6454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:11] <exec> 08└─I've got nothing against GRUB, but there wasn't any good reason to change after so many years, so I didn't. Hopefully somebody will pick up development of LILO again.
[23:46:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:13] <exec> 08└─You have been eaten by a gnu.
[23:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:16] <exec> 08└─The first version of Emacs called Emacs was released in 1976, after Guy L. Steele and David A. Moon finished the work unifying all of the custom macros that the MIT AI Lab accumulated after Richard Stallman’s new version of the TECO E editor permitted extensibility. Stallman’s new version of E w...
[23:46:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:18] <exec> 08└─Lucky that you hadn’t changed to newer hardware or software where Lilo doesn’t function at all. Newer machines have UEFI and large hard disks are hard to use with a traditional BIOS.
[23:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:20] <exec> 08└─This. Booting is hard. You don't have an OS to rely on, you may be booting to one of several different OS's running on god only knows how many filesystems, and you have to deal with different storage technologies and hardware variants.
[23:46:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 1) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:22] <exec> 08└─That is indeed a mistake (my mistake).
[23:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 1) 02 - 06GRUB 2.02 Released - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:25] <exec> 08└─The department line in the original submission says "LI".
[23:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech Giants Seek Changes to California Self-Driving Car Policies - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:48] <exec> 08└─regulate the hell out of these things. Let the quirks be sorted out in Arizona, where I haven't driven in 20 years. I would really prefer not to be a footnote in the history of self driving cars.
[23:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:59] <exec> 08└─Nobody knows who these illegal immigrants are, and I imagine that can be frightening for a victim. Fingerprints are useless and semen samples would be useless for, say, a rape victim.
[23:48:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:01] <exec> 08└─And there is the illegal immigrant who violated their visa rules and then lied on their citizenship application [apnews.com] and is currently living in a penthouse in NYC. Its like the way republican congressmen with the biggest hate-ons for teh gays always turn out to be gay themselves.
[23:48:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:03] <exec> 08└─This is what these people are. [youtube.com] Not just ICE but all of it. The "alien" thing is just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. But the very real consequences of dehumanization are much less amusing. These immigration offices are some of the biggest pieces of shit in the country. They do...
[23:48:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:05] <exec> 08└─Hey, can I snort meth off your cock and then suck it? You have to call me bad names though while I do it. I like bumpkin cultist RP. Consequence of being in AZ my whole life maybe.
[23:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russian-controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services’ Internet Traffic - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:20] <exec> 08└─not at all... saying the breathless, pearl-clutching neocons, neolibtards, and assorted toadies and lickspittles of Empire are grasping at any/all straws to paint putin as the devil incarnate; facts be damned, they want to pin everything from this inertnet hiccup, to athlete's foot on putin/rooshia....
[23:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:47] <exec> 08└─One excellent and well-sourced English resource for this is at prophetofdoom.net
[23:50:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 2335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:49] <exec> 08└─This changed perspective . . . No, the melting pot isn't bad. But, immigration implies a relation, or relationship. Kinda like getting married, where a new relationship is created and built. If he can't stand her family, the relationship is going to see rocky time. Vice versa, of course. A marriage...
[23:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:52] <exec> 08└─Apologies if I'll instead take the word of Islam's source books and indepth analysis of the same over a childish anonymous poster who slings insults as a stand-in for an actual argument.
[23:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:54] <exec> 08└─I don't recall those living in our various Chinatowns or Little Italies participating in honor killings.
[23:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:56] <exec> 08└─Its the same supreme court that overturned the dred scott ruling. Your tea is so weak, its tasteless.
[23:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Bans Islam-Related Names in Xinjiang - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:58] <exec> 08└─> indepth analysis An indepth analysis by people with an axe to grind is no analysis at all, its just a polemic. Maybe you should ask the people who live their religion. Or if you can't because you don't actually know any muslims, which is a given for people like you, then watch a movie like The Taq...
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