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[00:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:39] <exec> 08└─That reminded me to check the EmDrive news. *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) There's no proven EmDrive yet.
[00:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:40] <exec> 08└─Anyone with a maths TD;LR how they accomplished this? And how computationally intensive is it? ie flops per image?
[00:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 1024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:43] <exec> 08└─You're conflating two things: functionality and understanding. If you can build something that functions reliably, plenty of people will be happy to buy it. You don't have to be able to explain how it works - even if you could, they probably wouldn't understand (How many people actually understand a...
[00:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability Of GNU GPL As Both A License And A Contract - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:57] <exec> 08└─Use, not distribute. Copyright prohibits any redistribution without a license. And the license granted by the GPL is contingent upon the contract.
[00:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 1098 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:29] <exec> 08└─> I'm waiting to read about a grizzly autonomous car accident. Any takers how long it takes before such event hits the courts in a circus way? Didn't it happen already? That guy who got beheaded when his Tesla on autopilot cleaved its roof off going under a truck trailer, because the autopilots sens...
[00:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:33] <exec> 08└─So why are they not doing that? it seems very simple and cost effective. The story has a lot of similarities with József Mindszenty in 1956 who fled the Soviet intrigues and had to stay inside the US Embassy for 15 years and then got a negotiated free pass out. And these types of events seems to ha...
[00:19:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:35] <exec> 08└─Chelsea is out again, living a free life as a woman. If anyone ever asks her about her sexual history, she can rightly claim she already got royally fucked by ̶A̶s̶s̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ Adrian Lamo. [wikipedia.org]
[00:20:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supermarket Giant to Slash Emissions 60% by 2025, 100% Renewable by 2030 - 1651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:20] <exec> 08└─> Even if the customers are burning the gas, distributors have to transport the gas to the gas stations, which requires energy. Well yes, but everything requires energy. I presume you mean it requires fossil fuels? For that, either the distributors are not part of Tesco (so they can still be 100% re...
[00:20:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supermarket Giant to Slash Emissions 60% by 2025, 100% Renewable by 2030 - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:21] <exec> 08└─For that, either the distributors are not part of Tesco (so they can still be 100% renewable, even if it is a legal cop out), or they could use a carbon neutral method of bringing the fuel there.
[00:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06MonarchyNews: The King is My Co-Pilot and Japanese Succession "Crisis" - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:56] <exec> 08└─Naruhito and Fumihito will have to produce more children? 53 and 50 to rear a child is doable. The risk of defects increases however. But if they decide to permit female heirs that would improve a lot. (btw, those daughters look pretty ;) )
[00:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06MonarchyNews: The King is My Co-Pilot and Japanese Succession "Crisis" - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:57] <exec> 08└─kamikazes didn't have co-pilots.
[00:20:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06MonarchyNews: The King is My Co-Pilot and Japanese Succession "Crisis" - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:00] <exec> 08└─It must be the way my mind works.
[00:21:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decryption Utility for WannaCry is Released - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:22] <exec> 08└─People can put away Microsoft, I would say it's technically doable now. Microsoft security sucks but that doesn't happen unless someone is choosing the crap. And there's a tendency for people doing the Windows thing to be less competent in security than for other systems. So the problem boils down t...
[00:21:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decryption Utility for WannaCry is Released - 713 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:23] <exec> 08└─PAE still leaves the CPU to handle up to 64 GB ie 36-bit addresses. Though it's all hidden to the scheduler side of things. Perhaps the kernel needs to deal with it too for program jumps etc? Data access seems to still be that each address in userland have 8-bits. So in PAE, the CPU has at least 36-...
[00:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Announces "Lens" Augmented Reality Service - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:08] <exec> 08└─Much as a certain ad-blocker has a white-list for advertisers who have paid the ad-blocking company, I would expect Google Lens to replace non-Google advertising with advertising from Google.
[00:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Announces "Lens" Augmented Reality Service - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:09] <exec> 08└─No corporation will be trusted with this.
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[01:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:37] <exec> 08└─We can still use some kilotons nukes for some spectacular effects [wikipedia.org]
[01:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:38] <exec> 08└─The Shield does exist?
[01:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:40] <exec> 08└─Found another delusional AC who's also going to claim that there was a Matrix sequel, a HHGTTG movie, or even a Star Wars prequel.
[01:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:54] <exec> 08└─It depend on the direction of motion and whether you selected "A cups" or "DD cups". Hair rendering being very taxing, people with slower machines should select "shaved".
[01:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 1018 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:56] <exec> 08└─Looking at the chart in the PDF I see two likely prospects and some dark horses. Their Focal Surface Display needs new cutting edge tech to pan out, be small enough for a head mount and cheap enough, quickly enough. None of these are impossible but a stall anywhere in that chain means it probably lo...
[01:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:58] <exec> 08└─You forgot the worst possible scenario: the invention doesn't really do anything. It only looks like it works sometimes. When you finally produce a theory to explain why it works, you end up proving it can't work. When I was in high school, I did a science fair project which was useless according to...
[01:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability Of GNU GPL As Both A License And A Contract - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:13] <exec> 08└─They focused on the wrong thing. I don't care for the GPL, GNU or their original authors anymore. But should be noted that this in itself is a victory for the GPL. Not too long ago it was unknown if it would be accepted in court at all.
[01:18:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:45] <exec> 08└─It's system that will probably aid anyone without sufficient sleep or using drugs to get home. But leaving driving to it completely at this development level seems foolish.
[01:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:47] <exec> 08└─Ugh not this shit AGAIN. Get a fucking goddamned clue. Tesla Marketingbabble Blablabla != Autonomous, Self-Driving Car. Jesus fucking Christ I thought we had established that by now. In what fucking universe does the value of Telsa Marketingbabble Blablabla approach the value of Autonomous, Self-Dri...
[01:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:49] <exec> 08└─Oh and I forgot to add how I really feel. Warp drive is discovered to be real after all, first warp flight, some asshat posts on Soylent, "Hurr durr can't work Tesla's Ludicrous Speed setting doesn't actually go to plaid herp derp durr." Sorry. It was a very difficult day, more difficult than Friday...
[01:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:54] <exec> 08└─He promised to turn himself in if Manning was PARDONED. Manning's sentence was commuted. That's not the same thing.
[01:19:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:56] <exec> 08└─From the Swedish Prosecution Authority which was pursuing the questioning: If he, at a later date, makes himself available, I will be able to decide to resume the investigation immediately, says Marianne Ny. [aklagare.se]
[01:19:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:58] <exec> 08└─Heh. Haha. That's a good one. The people you vote for are not the people running things. The career bureaucrats of the "shadow government" who can be drained from the swamp are not the people running things, either. You are all cows, etc.
[01:20:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supermarket Giant to Slash Emissions 60% by 2025, 100% Renewable by 2030 - 1629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:45] <exec> 08└─> That's what I imagined. It would be funny if they were placed the furthest away from the store so that the people with gas guzzlers don't just take the spaces. Actually, I imagined that it would be all the parking spaces in the lot, with no "electric car only" spots. The electric charging points t...
[01:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:36] <exec> 08└─This is a bit of a wild tangent, but while reading your post it suddenly occurred to me that one of the oldest and longest-term ways of enriching farmland, mixing in biochar, is radically underutilized today. Which seems odd to me, considering the amount of waste that you get from many crops - all t...
[01:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:37] <exec> 08└─all those stalks and corncobs could be converted to char and plowed back into the soil, rapidly enriching it.
[01:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. President to Visit Saudi Arabia; Arms Sales Expected - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:41] <exec> 08└─Would that destroy or release that demon they worship in that black rock of theirs?
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[02:17:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:30] <exec> 08└─Isn't that from "Aladdin and the forty thieves" or something?
[02:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:32] <exec> 08└─Babel, Memory Alpha, Nimbus III, it's all peaceful collaboration until people start dying.
[02:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:34] <exec> 08└─Anybody working on cheap desalination? And being the Middle East and all, maybe a few more solar installations can power it. So much abundance and look what they do with it. Where's the real science? Rocketry seems to be popular. And demolition is a biggie.
[02:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:36] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of Masdar City [wikipedia.org]. Which is connected to that iceberg towing project [maritime-executive.com].
[02:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:47] <exec> 08└─Are you suggesting the only reason the moon landings were successful is that nuclear testing caused expansion of the van allen belts?
[02:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:49] <exec> 08└─VLF? Bah, we have VLM right here.
[02:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:51] <exec> 08└─Questular Rontok is hot.
[02:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:18:09] <exec> 08└─Often Wrong Soong, is that you, old man?
[02:20:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:08] <exec> 08└─I only wanted to point out that there was something factual in what you had written.
[02:20:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:09] <exec> 08└─Much easier than that: As an Ecuadorian citizen Assange can be listed as part of embassy staff. Then he can be officially given the diplomatic bag to take to Ecuador. The holder of the diplomatic bag has ABSOLUTE immunity and cannot be arrested. If the UK does this - well, their diplomats everywhere...
[02:21:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06MonarchyNews: The King is My Co-Pilot and Japanese Succession "Crisis" - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:21:36] <exec> 08└─He's thinking of some of the airplanes Fokker built for Germany in WW1. Monoplanes, biplanes, triplanes...
[02:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Powerful Denuvo DRM Cracked 10 Days After Release of PREY - 1527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:17] <exec> 08└─*facepalm* According to Wik... never mind. Wikipedia is in on the conspiracy too isn't it. Can we even trust the Oxford English Dictionary??? This is clearly a plot by the lizard people, who are beaming authentic copies of the OED out of libraries everywhere and replacing all 20 volumes of the OED w...
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[03:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:33] <exec> 08└─All you need is a giant black painted pancake resevoir, a bunch of white condenser pipes rising high enough to filter out unwanted products (evap temp lower than water/lighter substances) then let the water condense in a pipe that goes underground to store it. Would be financially intensive to build...
[03:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:34] <exec> 08└─Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves. Not Aladdin, you disney-(b|d)rainwashed millennial.
[03:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:36] <exec> 08└─Drainwashing, is that like a whore's bath, with special attention to the urethra?
[03:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:38] <exec> 08└─If people from all walks of life can get interested in something more important than tribal feuds, and which name to call God by, peace might be achieved. I'm not holding my breath though. It's the mideast.
[03:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:41] <exec> 08└─In the midwest we are at peace, still we have tribal feuds between south side and north side, gang wars between black and white, and both sides spit in the streets.
[03:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:43] <exec> 08└─I've been told by someone who knows Hebrew (and a little Arabic) that sesam is just the word for "door". Can anyone confirm this?
[03:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:56] <exec> 08└─Can the lucky escapees who colonize Mars use some form of these VLF radio signals to start establishing a radiation shield to reduce their exposure?
[03:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 875 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:57] <exec> 08└─That's a pretty good question. I think before that can be established, we need to know what kind of magnetic field Mars has. I don't believe I've ever heard any reports, or even speculation, about a Martian magnetic field. It seems to me that all of those protective fields, beginning with the ionosp...
[03:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:00] <exec> 08└─Venus has no magnetic field either though. When I looked into this a few years ago at least the layperson explanations surrounding these magnetic fields and their effects sounded like bs.
[03:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:02] <exec> 08└─Nope. The main mode of long distance propagation is an Earth-ionosphere waveguide mechanism. The Earth is surrounded by a conductive layer of electrons and ions in the upper atmosphere at the bottom of the ionosphere called the D layer at 60 km altitude, which reflects VLF radio waves. The conducti...
[03:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:04] <exec> 08└─Very Long Mickey or Very Low Mickey?
[03:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:22] <exec> 08└─Tried and the damn (autolaunched) xpdf crashed. Then tried again with wget and 403. I smell FB doesn't like downloaders, only browsers they can spy on. And once you are in the black list, forget it.
[03:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability of GNU GPL as Both a License and a Contract - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:39] <exec> 08└─"Not too long ago it was unknown if it would be accepted in court at all." This ^ There have been a number of serious discussions whether the courts would recognize copyleft. Courts do weird shit sometimes, and it was entirely within the realm of possibility that some judge would rule copyleft inva...
[03:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability of GNU GPL as Both a License and a Contract - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:40] <exec> 08└─I don't know if this is as big of a victory as people think. This was (as far as I can tell) a 12(b)(6) motion. The standard of which is that all the well-pleaded facts, when taken as true and in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, allow a reasonable inference of liability. This is such a wea...
[03:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:15] <exec> 08└─You say that like there aren't grizzly auto accidents that occur everyday with human drivers behind the wheel. Honestly other than in a few odd conditions I think that the severely decreased reaction time of autonomous vehicles will cause a noticeable decrease in collisions, especially in single veh...
[03:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:17] <exec> 08└─Query the actuaries and the insurance companies. The hold the financial 'hammer' and wield the funding that elects the officials that will make or break the early adoption of these technologies.
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[03:20:28] <exec> 08└─No, the promise was to turn himself in if Manning was *fully pardoned*. He hasn't been pardoned. But it still brings up the Rhetorical Question Of The Day: If the Americans have nothing to do with this, and if - as claimed - there are no proceedings nor charges laid against him (other than bail-skip...
[03:20:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:41] <exec> 08└─1676: If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. 2017: I got mine, fuck you.
[03:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:00] <exec> 08└─If a quantum attack against the block chain is possible, then it also stands to reason that almost all other forms of cryptographic signatures are vulnerable to. In that case, the only answer is quantum devices that use quantum principles to lock information into a "domain" that can only be accessed...
[03:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Decryption Utility for WannaCry is Released - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:20] <exec> 08└─Even more curious is Vista. If they patched 7/8.1/10 in March, then why wasn't a patch pushed out to Vista too? Vista was still in extended support until mid-April. The end might have been close, but Microsoft should have made the patch available.
[03:23:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06More Powerful Denuvo DRM Cracked 10 Days After Release of PREY - 136 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:13] <exec> 08└─DRM irritates the honest customers. Those who absolutely want to pirate, are going to get cracked versions anyway. Could they just stop?
[03:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Powerful Denuvo DRM Cracked 10 Days After Release of PREY - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:38] <exec> 08└─I think you missed the point that Cuban's most recent point is that AC missed the point, and everybody needs to actually go and read that comment instead of circle-jerk-knee-jerking to a sentence introducing a much more nuanced idea. Personally I did read past the first sentence, and I thought that...
[03:24:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:14] <exec> 08└─Most of those stalks and corncobs become animal feed and winter bedding; they're not wasted. And fields are commonly grazed between harvest and snow, leaving lots of manure in its wake.
[03:24:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:16] <exec> 08└─No mod, no mod-bomb. Rather simple, really. Now posting and submitting with a pattern designed to destroy SoylentNews? That's fine, bro!
[03:24:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:18] <exec> 08└─Hmm, also seems that AC is only at the whim of the editors? So, like, Anonymous Coward is not anonymous? Hmmm. Still cowardly, no doubt. Probably just Chelsea getting back at the Runawaytard.
[03:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BBC May Contact Your Boss if You Post Comments it Finds Problematic - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:58] <exec> 08└─I've never been there, but based on what you've told me about the place, I can only assume you sucked more dicks than a Richard Nixon exhibition in orbit around a black hole to get that job :D Almost said "position," LOL.
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[04:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:16] <exec> 08└─It is not at all difficult to p hack and otherwise misinterpret your way to medical papers, I don't understand the need for fraud here.
[04:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:17] <exec> 08└─Is it fraud, or is he overly confident and exceptionally unlucky?
[04:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:35] <exec> 08└─gang wars between black and white, and both sides spit in the streets.
[04:37:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:12] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile varifocal needs three things, the eye tracker to know where you are focusing to be rock solid, but most require this part. Second it needs existing electric driven focus, i.e. autofocus tech, and it needs faster GPU performance. In other words, Moore's Law and software are sufficient to pr...
[04:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability of GNU GPL as Both a License and a Contract - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:31] <exec> 08└─We all know nano/pico is the One True Editor (TM). Vim is a type of cognitohazardous mind virus and Emacs...well, it's interesting as a console-mode OS but maaaaaan does its editor suuuuuuck.
[04:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:08] <exec> 08└─I seem to remember that the truck trailer had a painting on the side that looked like open countryside So it looked safe...
[04:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:20] <exec> 08└─Because the UK would probably just grab him anyway.
[04:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decryption Utility for WannaCry is Released - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:41:12] <exec> 08└─But does it pass the HairyFeet Challenge?
[04:46:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. President to Visit Saudi Arabia; Arms Sales Expected - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:46:12] <exec> 08└─And none of that links any of this to the general economy.
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[05:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:18] <exec> 08└─LOLOLOLOL LOLOL LOLOLOL LOLOL
[05:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:19] <exec> 08└─Its "business-grade" stuff... what did you expect?
[05:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:21] <exec> 08└─Dell's initial reaction was to tell customers they needed to buy new motherboards.
[05:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:32] <exec> 08└─It does not matter, and we should not care. He retracted the papers due to his proven lack of good working practice. That makes his complete work useless, because it can not be trusted. So why should he get funded? Science is the *one* profession where not the actual results are important (well, tha...
[05:36:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 130 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:58] <exec> 08└─Found another delusional AC who's also going to claim that there was a Matrix sequel, a HHGTTG movie, or even a Star Wars prequel.
[05:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:22] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I have observed more SMPS fail due to increasing ESR in electrolytic capacitors than anything else. I am very careful these days when designing with electrolytics to leave wide safety margins in for deterioration. Otherwise, its like I shipped something that times out in five to ten years....
[05:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:35] <exec> 08└─Oh wait, I know this one. Is it the nefarious and indefatigable forces of International Jewry?
[05:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:37] <exec> 08└─Nice strawman
[05:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:09] <exec> 08└─Buy 50 Citations and we will send you 50 more FREE!!!* Call Now! *Offer is good for shipping of the citations only. Additional charges and fees apply. Handling fee extra. You agree by not paying arbitrary amount charged, we will initiate collection proceedings at your expense. Offer expires soon!...
[05:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:10] <exec> 08└─Which is great news since the bad guys are probably gonna have quantum computers long before we do...
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[06:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:19] <exec> 08└─This is why you don't do BIOS this way. You put it on ROM, so you can at least roll back. Cheap bastards!
[06:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 3518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:21] <exec> 08└─Ok... I will compare a "hobbyist grade" Arduino with a "business-grade" Dell. I have a six-pin hardware SPI-type port on the Arduino with which to burn any bootloader/BIOS code. This is done by plugging the six-pin port into either a programmer or another Arduino running some code to download a cop...
[06:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:23] <exec> 08└─Some users complained screens cycled through red, green, blue and white while others saw nothing but an amber or red power light and a dead screen.
[06:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:25] <exec> 08└─This would add cost to the unit, therefore it is a complete non-starter.
[06:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. President to Visit Saudi Arabia; Arms Sales Expected - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:46:32] <exec> 08└─*blink* Seriously?
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[07:36:17] <exec> 08└─The Do Nothing, and the Do Nothing Good :)
[07:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:31] <exec> 08└─Its "business-grade" stuff... what did you expect?
[07:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03arcz [4501] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:33] <exec> 08└─When you want a decent screen resolution at a particular price point that inspiron starts to look pretty good in comparison.
[07:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:35] <exec> 08└─Were the lights flashing a particular sequence? Can we find a medium to organise a seance to get these computers back?
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[08:36:41] <exec> 08└─The loss of a motherboard for the lack of one 6-pin SPI connector for manually loading in BIOS code. With malware being what it is, I believe it would behoove ( Hopefully, I used the word correctly this time ) the manufacturers to make recovery from malware or failed bios upgrade attempts possible w...
[08:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 2034 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:43] <exec> 08└─Yeh, problem is I can't retrofit soldered-in ROM nearly as easy as I could replace a socketed UV-PROM. I believe the FLASH EEPROM is an improvement, as things could be corrected when oversights/improvements of the BIOS code evolve, but my main gripe is that the FLASH EEPROM needs to be programmable...
[08:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:45] <exec> 08└─If you can remove the BIOS chip (aka SPI flash), you can use one of these [ebay.com.au] to rewrite the chip. I believe there should also be models which have the clamp/clip that you can snap on to the flash chip if it's soldered in place, but I haven't got a handy link.
[08:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:44] <exec> 08└─Cars already enable people to crash in bad and even good conditions. Youtube has plenty of dashcam videos of Russians driving too fast in snow and ice conditions (possibly *all of them* are driving too fast) So long as these cars have fewer accidents, which are less severe than normal people (ie, mo...
[08:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:59] <exec> 08└─That sofa he has been sleeping on all this time must really reek by now
[08:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:51] <exec> 08└─It is amazing, in a sort of "Deliverance" kind of way, how any criticism of Runaway results in a AC going on and on about "sqealling like a pig!" and how Runaway thinks someone "sure has a purty mouth". As if sex, or sexual orientation, had anything to do with the issue at hand. But I guess, with Ru...
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[09:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:31] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU#Nuclear_nonproliferation [wikipedia.org]
[09:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:32] <exec> 08└─My first hope was India wouldn't build any more nukes. Yeah, long shot. My second hope was that if they were going to go nuke again that they would try a large-scale thorium plant that would CONSUME nuclear waste rather than produce more. Oh, well. Welcome to the mid-20th Century, India. -- Original...
[09:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:34] <exec> 08└─My first hope was that India wouldn't build any more nukes. Yeah, long shot. My second hope was that if they were going to go nuke again that they would try a large-scale THORIUM plant that would CONSUME nuclear waste rather than produce more. Oh, well. Welcome to the mid-20th Century, India. -- Ori...
[09:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:28] <exec> 08└─I look forward to hearing all about the latest in Creation Science in the next few years from this institute. Some say God created the Universe in 7 days, while others say it was Allah. Which is it? The USA is getting left behind while it wastes time on mythical stories of so-called "global warming"...
[09:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:29] <exec> 08└─We need to fund our own centers of excellence to support the Christian side [...]. Teach the controversy!
[09:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:07] <exec> 08└─as long as this is a Failbook company.
[09:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability of GNU GPL as Both a License and a Contract - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:26] <exec> 08└─MOD PARENT UP this is the same old almost non-story we ran earlier https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[09:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:12] <exec> 08└─犁不起作用.
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[10:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:20] <exec> 08└─THE O2 CONSPIRACY Historical perspective on the post WW3 events that finally uncovered the alien agenda of keeping humankind slave of a technocratic byzantine corrupt global system by preventing co2 to provide lush vegetation and hunting gathering lifestyle for everybody. Endorsed by tribal leader E...
[10:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[10:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:33] <exec> 08└─With the prev two, these make 4 ways already! :)
[10:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:35] <exec> 08└─Oh, well. Welcome to the mid-20th Century, India.
[10:36:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:37] <exec> 08└─Good morning. Infosys Nuclear Power Technical Support. How may I help you? Have you tried turning it off and on again?
[10:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:39] <exec> 08└─Welcome to the 19th Century [wikipedia.org], India.
[10:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 1478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:41] <exec> 08└─* Hualong One. It is a merge of the ACP1000 and ACPR1000 designs, it got a post-fukushima update. The ACP and ACPR are further developments of the french 900MW reactor (the kind the french has 34 of, also running in S.Korea, S.Africa and China) * India PHWR - a locally designed derivate of the CANDU...
[10:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Puerto Rican Nationalist Oscar López Rivera Is Freed - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:50] <exec> 08└─Well, shit: if blowing things up and having people die makes you a hero, Hillary should get a Heroes prize as well! And the Bush-es should get a great big Hero sandwich!!
[10:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:11] <exec> 08└─the green door is evil, too.
[10:37:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 2724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:12] <exec> 08└─It behooves me to at least use the word properly.... lest I come off sounding like even more of a raving idjit than I am ;) Anyway.. I started off with several thingies like this [aliexpress.com] that plug into the 6-pin connector on Arduino and the Arduino-compatibles I make. The raw ATMEL 328's I...
[10:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:14] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile I'm simply missing the days of having to move a jumper on the motherboard to be able to write to the BIOS in the first place. ;) (Note that I am typically not missing the days of having to manually assign IRQs and I/O ranges via jumpers however) Thanks for the link to the clip-in programme...
[10:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:25] <exec> 08└─Fellow Italians won't resort to number massaging when they can outright cheat, instead. It's a matter of principle. Not cheating would be like... cheating. Why do you think good ol' Berlusconi went bunga bunga with 17yo girls? because legal age is 18. Q: how do you distribute a leaflet in Italian ci...
[10:42:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Vatican Observatory Hosts Conference on Astronomy - 1730 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:54] <exec> 08└─That's a really interesting spin you put on all the facts. Excuse this long post, but if you're not going to look at the link I offered, I guess I'll have to try to explain a very complex situation here. Look: I'm really not trying to be a contrarian. But some of my research actually involves the hi...
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[11:36:23] <exec> 08└─Well, at least something is turning green.
[11:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:40] <exec> 08└─[...] thorium plant that would CONSUME nuclear waste rather than produce more.
[11:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 1647 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:18] <exec> 08└─Yeh, I sure felt a lot more comfortable when I had the security of knowing exactly what my machine was doing. I knew better than to feed it rogue .exe or .com files off the bulletin board systems, and knew full good and well I could read anything safely as long as I did not use an ANSI editor. Plai...
[11:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:49] <exec> 08└─Why not simply two basins next to each other with a flat black roof on top at an angle such that water that evaporates from the incoming basin starts to flow towards the other basin and drip down. It should separate the salt content using plain sun heat? I think any white pipes will be hotter than i...
[11:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:07] <exec> 08└─And to keep electrons and ions in place there needs to be a magnetic field right? However if they are present then the VLF energy supposedly react with any disrupting radiation? Kind of like how a saucepan with cooking water "protects" against poking fingers into the water.
[11:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:29] <exec> 08└─I downloaded it. The catch is that the PDF shows up before it's completely downloaded so you have to wait until it's fully downloaded and interpreted which takes 5 minutes? before you start the "save as" operation. The output file should be 90 553 109 bytes and it's verified to work with xpdf but ne...
[11:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:31] <exec> 08└─Or learn to implement it yourself which enables you to tell farcebook to f-ck -ff ;)
[11:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability of GNU GPL as Both a License and a Contract - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:52] <exec> 08└─So the conclusion is from a pure game theory point of view the only reasonable.
[11:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06More Powerful Denuvo DRM Cracked 10 Days After Release of PREY - 2891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:58] <exec> 08└─I have also bought software after I got the pirate version. I still remember the very first PC software I purchased after "pirating" a copy... Steve Gibson's "Spin-Rite". I was having issues with my first PC, which I had made from scrounged parts. A friend loaned me his copy of Spin-Rite, and I w...
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[12:36:23] <exec> 08└─That's the face of the global anthropogenic climate change. http://advances.sciencemag.org [sciencemag.org]
[12:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:24] <exec> 08└─death, destruction, and moss
[12:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:27] <exec> 08└─The gaurdian also shared this the other day: https://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com] It is about a doomsday seed vault in the arctic meant to protect against disasters like climate change. According to the...
[12:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:29] <exec> 08└─guardian
[12:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:31] <exec> 08└─Well, even those 3-6% will go to melt the ice. But meanwhile, they are trapping CO2.
[12:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:33] <exec> 08└─the peninsula has cooled, albeit temporarily, in recent years as a result of changes in wind patterns.
[12:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:21] <exec> 08└─You and I might gladly pay the cost difference to have this kind of feature available, but you are seriously underestimating what kind of cheap-assed short-sighted shitheads are in control of most PC manufacturing companies. A one penny per unit cost difference will be fought tooth and nail no matte...
[12:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 1654 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:32] <exec> 08└─From what I know.. * He threatened patients to undergo his procedure or else their prognosis would not be good. But in reality they would most likely been better of without his intervention. * His trachea implants gave complications that eventually led to the death of at least six patients. Ye...
[12:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:54] <exec> 08└─The cynic in me wonders how long it will take before the place is filled with spooks pretending to be research assistants, every scientist that goes there gets taken to some dark basement room upon return home for a "talk" and eventually someone will stuxnet (or whatever the new one is called) the s...
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[13:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:24] <exec> 08└─How can a honest airway robber survive these days, I wonder.
[13:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:25] <exec> 08└─...from a violently enforced monopoly? This. I expected this.
[13:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:42] <exec> 08└─Well, even those 3-6% will go to melt the ice.
[13:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:00] <exec> 08└─Hopefully they will drop this "high pressure water" thing and use liquid metal or salts instead. Which should avoid heavy ecosystem contamination issues and explosive bursts of radioactive substances like in Chernobyl.
[13:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:02] <exec> 08└─Nope. In the 21st Century, only nitwits come back with "coal" as an argument. India gets even more sun than USA. [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[13:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:37] <exec> 08└─Having the processor upgrade it's own boot code works if there is a backup memory to boot from. And only pre-tested code is allowed to be programmed usually through signing the code. What has failed here is that the code obviously weren't tested. And customers should be vary of "upgrading" anything...
[13:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:38] <exec> 08└─There are ways to program a BIOS EEPROM despite computer hardware lockout [github.io]. Preferably one might as well install a switch on the "write enable circuit wire".
[13:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:41] <exec> 08└─Business class usually imply cost insensitivity. And that total ownership cost is more important. Obviously someone did at least two dick choices here.
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[14:36:29] <exec> 08└─Will this mean that people will start to see pink elephants for real? :-) If anyone thought Pokémon Go was bad.. wait until these things hit the market. Don't forget the product placements or the viral mischief apps that makes all the IRL women look naked..
[14:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 992 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:39] <exec> 08└─There is a microscopic amount of sad news in that the sub-250g limit for unregistered drones was ambitious as hell at the time but the hobby rose to the challenge. I built one and it was fun. Its the kind of project where you solder the motor controllers to the flight controller because connectors w...
[14:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:57] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's better to put in the ground inside the Antarctic Plateau? really cold and far away from just about anything? With an average high of −26.0 °C in January and average low of −63.4 °C in July it should keep most things cold around the year. Besides getting into the ground ought to be e...
[14:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:59] <exec> 08└─Winter is coming.
[14:37:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Aiwendil [531] 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 1478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:14] <exec> 08└─* Hualong One. It is a merge of the ACP1000 and ACPR1000 designs, it got a post-fukushima update. The ACP and ACPR are further developments of the french 900MW reactor (the kind the french has 34 of, also running in S.Korea, S.Africa and China) * India PHWR - a locally designed derivate of the CANDU...
[14:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:19] <exec> 08└─Welcome to the 19th Century, India.
[14:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:21] <exec> 08└─Have you seen the pollution in an Indian city?
[14:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:11] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's better to design them such that they detect the electrolytic capacitor failure and refuse to commence operation? preferably with a LED indicating "solder new caps - blink, blink".
[14:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:13] <exec> 08└─Let's ban countryside paintings near roads or on vehicles....
[14:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:15] <exec> 08└─There are, but autonomous car will be unpredictable. They can go mad at the same time in droves. They can be used for remote attacks. And so on.
[14:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:17] <exec> 08└─Ceramic caps are excellent unintended microphones.. :P
[14:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:07] <exec> 08└─Yet another TMB submission ruined by the editors!
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[15:36:36] <exec> 08└─> or the viral mischief apps that makes all the IRL women look naked.. X-Ray vision would be different tech. All you could do would be to overlay what they _might_ look like naked, not only likely inaccurate and misleading but also maybe a step too far in badly automating something most of us can do...
[15:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:46] <exec> 08└─China To Require Drone Owners To Register, Just As Similar US Requirements Are Struck Down [techdirt.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[15:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:27] <exec> 08└─Nope. In the 21st Century, only nitwits come back with "coal" as an argument.
[15:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:04] <exec> 08└─Gigabyte has backup second BIOS chip for situations like this.
[15:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:38] <exec> 08└─Hit it
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[16:36:27] <exec> 08└─Can't afford to pay your bills, you say? Do you even have a business plan? Oh wait, I know what the plan is. "FUCK BETA FUCK BETA FUCK BETA!" That's not a business, moron. If you wanted to "FUCK BETA" and "STICK IT TO SLASHDOT" because "THEY SUCK" and "WE'RE BETTER" then you should have considered t...
[16:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:28] <exec> 08└─Note that these are "pay what you want" subscriptions. You can adjust the subscription amount to whatever you want (as long as it's at least $4).
[16:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:30] <exec> 08└─The Home button at the bottom of most pages doesn't always go to Home. For example it displays stories from the current story-type such as Breaking News or Meta. When I viewed this story, "SoylentNews Update 17.05..." and clicked on the bottom Home, I got a listing of other Meta stories. I'm logged...
[16:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:33] <exec> 08└─We have in excess of 100 users who have been active on the site within the last 30 days whose subscription has lapsed. It is easy enough to do — I have failed to notice my own subscription's end on more than one occasion!
[16:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:35] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the reminder, I was one of the 100 who let the subscription lapse, and it's definitely worth it. It also might be a good time to chat the site up on any other social networks you might use. Many people don't know about Soylent, and as it's 'just' an aggregator, there are rarely direct lin...
[16:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Partnering With HTC and Lenovo for Standalone VR Headsets - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:49] <exec> 08└─I said it would be a mischief .. ;) But it's true that it would be a interpolation of existing input. Now if said headset includes broadband image sensors, radar etc.. it may present a lot more of what is in the environment than plain RGB vision will be detect.
[16:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Partnering With HTC and Lenovo for Standalone VR Headsets - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:51] <exec> 08└─something most of us can do perfectly well anyway
[16:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:20] <exec> 08└─So you want a more expensive screen in a laptop with the same price tag? You've got to know you're not getting it for free - it's costing you lower quality components elsewhere. Of course if that fits your priorities better, then by all means go for it.
[16:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:32] <exec> 08└─Sounds like this guy is The Best at surgery. Does Trump have a surgeon general yet? I think we have a candidate. Bonus: already speaks Russian.
[16:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 1043 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:34] <exec> 08└─So, this guy sounds bad. But I'm confused about the role of the paper retraction. He is listed as the last author within a set of 23 authors. Was his contribution the main reason for this retraction? If it was due to unethical stuff, how did this slip past the notice of the other 22 authors? (I know...
[16:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:57] <exec> 08└─I don't know if there are related terms (quick internet search for Hebrew seems to imply "sesam" may just be a Hebrew word for "sesame" -- the plant/seed), but sounds like a fake etymology to me. Here's the real one. [etymonline.com] Apparently dates back to a Babylonian term meaning "oil-seed." (Ap...
[16:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:44] <exec> 08└─So they trained the autonomous AI on Road Runner cartoons?
[16:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:46] <exec> 08└─I doubt that fatal accidents from AI cars will be treated by the media, regulators, Congress, etc. the same way we treat human drivers. I have no doubt that what you say is correct -- and even with the current state of AI tech, we'd probably save lives compared to the average human driver. The quest...
[16:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:03] <exec> 08└─They send it out to be cleaned and it comes back with bugs.
[16:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:05] <exec> 08└─And that he raped a couple of women too.
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[17:36:23] <exec> 08└─"Creators Update" "Redstone" I know Microsoft bought Minecraft, but this is getting ridiculous. Although I'm looking forward to the Creeper Update, when Windows 10 finally self-destructs.
[17:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:25] <exec> 08└─OK, he's listed all the 'preview builds.' Why? Is there any point here other than to demonstrate love of pointless trivia?
[17:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:27] <exec> 08└─> [Ed Note: ... Yes, I am a Windows guy. gewg_ will have to get over it. - cmn32480] Nobody is perfect. You are probably not too old to learn what you are missing and become enlightened in the end ;-)
[17:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:39] <exec> 08└─That's probably an old bug dating back to when we first deployed nexuses (/meta, /breakingnews, etc) that no one noticed. That thing been down there for years and I don't think any of us checked if it was doing something stupid.
[17:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Partnering With HTC and Lenovo for Standalone VR Headsets - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:57] <exec> 08└─> Roughly 30 times more pixels would mean a resolution of around 11880×6600, or 16704×4698 (32:9 aspect ratio) I fly kites you insensitive clod(s). VR/AR should extend vertically without tilting my head up and down to see both the kite, the ground, and any nearby kite-eating-trees. The AR overlay...
[17:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:48] <exec> 08└─My first hope was India wouldn't build any more nukes.
[17:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Puerto Rican Nationalist Oscar López Rivera Is Freed - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:57] <exec> 08└─> Lopez was considered a top leader of the [...] group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings > former President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in January Thanks, Obama!
[17:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:29] <exec> 08└─But how would that improve sales for Dell?
[17:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:31] <exec> 08└─Well, it would have lessened the impact of this mistake. So less bad publicity, and possibly even some good publicity. ("My Dell was easy to recover after...")
[17:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:48] <exec> 08└─> the eye tracker to know where you are focusing to be rock solid That's probably far more difficult than you would expect considering that the eye is constantly darting around at high speed. And it would have to reliably determine, for example, if you're focusing on the face of the person in front...
[17:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03carguy [568] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous Car Rollout Waiting on Regulators - 1496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:55] <exec> 08└─While I agree with most of your post, this bit: > ... we'd probably save lives compared to the average human driver. seems to keep coming around. I'm not an average driver, and I'll guess that you are not either. I'm middle aged (no teen hormones), I don't drive drunk or otherwise impaired, don't...
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[18:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:29] <exec> 08└─They's gonna have to outsource their jobs to monkeys, cause the low money they work for is BANANAS!
[18:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:31] <exec> 08└─Frankly, this is better for both America and India. American IT workers shouldn't lose their jobs because India offers lower-wage labor. These Indian out-sourcing firms manage to recruit some of the top STEM graduates in India, and put them to do mediocre routine IT work, and doing a lousy job on th...
[18:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:33] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that always a thing with outsourcing? Eventually someone cheaper (your expenses increase so someone else might be cheap by comparison) is going to come along and so the jobs move -- from western Europe -> to eastern Europe -> to Asia (China, India) -> next stop is Africa?
[18:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03lgsoynews [1235] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:35] <exec> 08└─as many are averse to learning new skills, industry experts have said.
[18:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:37] <exec> 08└─Its not just outsourcing, its the nature of economic development. As automation improves, employment moves from manufacturing to services. The kind of software development work that is outsourcable is essentially assembly-line work.
[18:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:49] <exec> 08└─Nothing to do with enlightenment in my case, simple pragmatism -- I like to have customers, and all my customers use Windows and want the tools we create to work on Windows (although several have not moved to Win10 yet). From the fine article, > and see emoji from your pinned contacts Rhetorical que...
[18:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:51] <exec> 08└─"Microsoft never sleeps." Maybe THAT'S the problem with Windows: maybe they should let their developers sleep once in a while and they could probably come out with some proper code. It REALLY should be "Microsoft SALESPEOPLE never sleep". If it weren't for them, MS would have folded looooong ago.
[18:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:04] <exec> 08└─Slashdot did suck. They seem to have gotten sharper. Problem is that they can't be trusted. And that is why people started to give a fuck for news for people that didn't want to be treated like idiots. Making it a living can however take persistence and smart ideas. Maybe a android/iphone app could...
[18:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:06] <exec> 08└─Maybe a android/iphone app
[18:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03WalksOnDirt [5854] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:17] <exec> 08└─Thorium doesn't magically fission without fission products. India has a lot of thorium, and is working on a reactor that will use it.
[18:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:12] <exec> 08└─I suspect that, if you think too hard about it, the conclusion will be that 99.99% of medical research papers published last year will need to be retracted. This is unacceptable.
[18:40:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06US Court Upholds Enforceability of GNU GPL as Both a License and a Contract - 809 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:27] <exec> 08└─Poor legal reporting at its finest. The court has not ruled on anything of substance. They have certainly not ruled on the existence of any contract involving the GPL. The court has merely denied a motion to dismiss by the defendant, which basically means that the plaintiff's allegations are actuall...
[18:41:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 161 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:56] <exec> 08└─It would be beneath the dignity of a United States President to do such an inappropriate thing. Exactly, that's why I predict it'll happen as early as next week.
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[19:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:24] <exec> 08└─Seems they are following IBM that tries to cut the workforce too [soylentnews.org] using means disguised as something else. Something is going on..
[19:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 1020 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:25] <exec> 08└─I still really hope that sometime in the future there is some form of software/IT unionization effort - the problem is that unions only came to be in the US due to the massive domestic manufacturing presence which couldn't leave at the time. Currently, with borders so porous both technologically and...
[19:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:38] <exec> 08└─Luddite linux lusers can't see why appy appers appily app crappy apps. Apps!
[19:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:39] <exec> 08└─Maybe their problem is not enough MBA's. Any short-sighted PHB could easily see that with Office lock-in holding their valued customers by the short hairs, they could get rid of most sales and dev positions and cost to huge profit margins on residuals. Innovation doesn't show up in the next quarter....
[19:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:41] <exec> 08└─Rhetorical question, how long before MS realizes that some people just want to get work done and not fool around? I would really appreciate it if there was a "small/medium business" version of Windows without all this social and smart-phone crap in it.
[19:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:43] <exec> 08└─Sometimes you just have to use the *plonk* and ignore function and leave the less functional people behind. And when people use a irrelevant emoji to indicate something else than availability despite it being the intention. Presume they are awake at 3 am, then lambast them for not being that.
[19:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:46] <exec> 08└─I think you can be on to how to make Microsoft fold. Make them do exactly what they wanted all the time. Let sales and marketing MBAs populate every position.. even coding. Then run for cover ;)
[19:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:02] <exec> 08└─I give your green site shilling 9 out of 11. Only donated $50.
[19:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:03] <exec> 08└─I've been enjoying SN and respecting its founders and devs for years so yeah, probably should contribute. But is it possible the subscribe page is JavaScript only??!!! "Recognized subscription type not selected." Tried 1 year and 180 days.
[19:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:05] <exec> 08└─There should be a singing dancing candy bar that greets you every time you visit, and she should peel off her wrapper and show you her chocolate tits.
[19:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:07] <exec> 08└─Yep. TMB can be an ass on occasion, but I trust him and the other staff here a hell of lot more than some executive scum that was running the green site. This site has principles, it's reflected in the site and the staff's work, and that's what I'm here. It's why I came here in the beginning. I'm go...
[19:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:10] <exec> 08└─Well, we haven't rolled the update out yet and that should be an exceedingly simple fix. I'll give it a look in the morning.
[19:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:12] <exec> 08└─Damn, now I have to write myself a user script to do that.
[19:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 1543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:14] <exec> 08└─The addition of the "new" flag has the potential to elevate the discussion here from cheap potshots to actual dialogue. Yeah, I think the "new" flag is that important. Without the "new" flag it is difficult to follow the evolution of the debate. It is much easier to read it once and move along. This...
[19:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:16] <exec> 08└─For Stripe, yep. We have to do one of two things to handle payments without ever touching your info ourselves, either send you to another page and let them issue a callback or include javascript hosted by the site handling the payment. Paypal uses the former while Stripe uses the latter. The reason...
[19:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:18] <exec> 08└─I've always paid my subscription by BTC, but payments haven't been possible that way for a year or more. Am I the weirdo here?
[19:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:21] <exec> 08└─TMB and the unwritten rules are why I don't don't donate and won't donate. If they want to treat the site like a private club, they can fund it themselves. But it's beyond me how they can expect people to follow rules that don't exist.
[19:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:23] <exec> 08└─Coinbase broke their API about a year ago, and it required essentially rewriting a good part of the hooks required for it and other bull**** to get functional. Due to various $LIFE issues, it didn't get fixed 'til now :/.
[19:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:51] <exec> 08└─I doubt it'll happen, but it'd be nice, in principle, to get that $5 back with interest, as it was unlawfully taken from citizens who already pay enough taxes to support representatives who are apparently more concerned with increasing regulations than defending their freedoms and privileges.
[19:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thoracic Surgeon Loses Funding After Paper Retraction - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:30] <exec> 08└─The rule in the academic world is that if you were in the same room as someone doing some work, then they owe you co-authorship. Also, something else I've been noticing lately: if you are Chinese then you only cite other Chinese authors. There must have been a dictate from above about that.
[19:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLF Radio Waves Create Protective Bubble Around Earth - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:12] <exec> 08└─this cinches it. global warming is man made. tell trump!
[19:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR - 1255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:38] <exec> 08└─Doesn't need to know where you are looking, only at what depth. They could illuminate the retina with a dim pattern in IR and them image it, the auto focus setting needed to see it giving them the information they need. For that matter the retina itself is probably enough for a focus target. Remembe...
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[20:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:21] <exec> 08└─The bodyguards didn't even have to get violent. They just got in the way, LOL!
[20:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:22] <exec> 08└─Oh look! Derp's here celebrating censorship. Where is the mighty blubberer to put him in his place? Freedom of speech is the most important thing of them all!!!! And Derp? Apparently you can't read either, "pinned me to the wall" is assault.
[20:36:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:24] <exec> 08└─Got in the way for ten whole seconds. I have no doubt this reporter was being the usual arrogant shouter trying to get his rendition of the same exact question already asked and answered in the press conference. If fact the youtube shows exactly that. The guy kind of reminds me of Buthurt, who pile...
[20:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:27] <exec> 08└─Oh look, its buthurt's anonymous alter ego venting his outrage.
[20:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:29] <exec> 08└─Yes, it sounds like they were 'polite but firm' that this person they didn't recognize was not going to just walk up to their charge and interrupt his journey. And "why didn't he ask his question during the conference" actually seems like a pertinent question here. If I just gave a press conference...
[20:36:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03lgsoynews [1235] 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:40] <exec> 08└─as many are averse to learning new skills, industry experts have said.
[20:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:45] <exec> 08└─The so-called "new skills" are probably buzzword bingo, planted in the ears of PHBs by the very same firms trying to sell you sub-standard programmers under the name of software engineers. My employer hired some of these guys and they were pretty hopeless. My boss came up through the ranks and saw r...
[20:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:28] <exec> 08└─BitCoin should be a go by Monday morning. Turns out it was extremely easy to turn on BitCoin payments through Stripe. No, you're not the only one.
[20:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:30] <exec> 08└─Hey, we do occasionally agree on things as well as disagree. Wouldn't dream of disputing me being an ass though. What I don't get is why some people seem to expect me to shut up and play nice just because I volunteer my time to make the site better. I mean, if I don't get to use the site, where's th...
[20:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:32] <exec> 08└─Which unwritten rules would those be? Eh, I'll just write out the rules that I know of for you. Don't abuse the Spam moderation. It's only for Spam.Don't mod bomb people.Don't doxx private citizens.Don't post anything illegal.
[20:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 1845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:34] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what the hell you are talking about. Are you complaining as a user here, or as somebody trying to contribute to site as a coder? As a user, I don't find an awful lot of rules. We don't support a lot of bullshit with the lameness filter, and not allowing people to embed gifs and cute emo...
[20:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:36] <exec> 08└─BitPay not CoinBase, but yeah. I spent like a week trying to grok their new API (I was going to have to write a whole new perl module for it from scratch) and finally said "fuck this complexity for complexity's sake bullshit" and added like six lines to enable BitCoin through Stripe.
[20:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:38] <exec> 08└─I rushed to the subscription page only to find the changes haven't gone live :-/
[20:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:41] <exec> 08└─Aha, you mean, BTC does work now? If so, could you update the subscriptions page? It still says "Currently we are not accepting BitCoin"
[20:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Xyem [6597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:43] <exec> 08└─I've made a note to investigate the feasibility of this being implemented as an option. I'd even personally use it in this mode, if it was available. Thanks for the suggestion!
[20:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 841 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:12] <exec> 08└─I dunno. There are two sides to that coin. These are not toys the FAA went after, but drones that could actually hurt people if used incorrectly. Not to mention, the invasion of privacy and all other sorts of bad shit that can go on with unregistered drones flying everywhere. You'll probably change...
[20:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:32] <exec> 08└─No, burying it in ice without planning for the ice melting is idiotic. Put it in a mountain instead, one where no glaciers should reach even if we hit the depths of an ice age[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[20:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 732 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:40] <exec> 08└─I had this discussion when I was working in Canonical's OEM group. While I don't disagree with your assessment, this is the line of thinking that went into it: Let's say that adding a socketed flash adds 5 cents per unit costs (using round numbers for simplicity): This is a feature that only a very...
[20:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:41] <exec> 08└─The metric of cost-per-user-serviced-this-quarter is not meaningful for this type of feature, but instead over the lifetime of the product. Having a reputation for products that can be repaired when everyone else consistently makes disposable junk may result in more sales later, though your fuckhead...
[20:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor Retracts Warrant Against Julian Assange - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:31] <exec> 08└─The US hasn't made a PUBLIC formal extradition request. These things aren't done in public, after all. One of the UK articles specifically notes that the Brits don't make them public, until after an arrest is made. I, for one, believe that there is a standing extradition agreement over Assange, betw...
[20:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:07] <exec> 08└─Hyperbole. cmn32480 does, however, often manage to come down on the side of issues that is different from the majority of Soylentils. ...and you're indicating that you, like cmn32480, support the current state of imaginary property law? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[21:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:12] <exec> 08└─Ain't no such thing.
[21:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:14] <exec> 08└─Seeds should be packed air-tight any way, due to high air humidity in cold environments.
[21:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:27] <exec> 08└─FCC wants to remove net neutrality and want no questions on that. Next time the journalist may come with his own plainclothes muscle. If they want to play the game..
[21:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:28] <exec> 08└─I'd be interested in your quoting the part of the First Amendment that says violating Freedom of The Press is OK if you only do it for 10 seconds. piles on link after repetitive link Yeah. I've said before that including a link but not quoting from that page just adds bulk to the submission without...
[21:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:30] <exec> 08└─> Next time the journalist may come with his own plainclothes muscle. If they want to play the game.. Dream on dude. Reporters can't afford that.
[21:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:32] <exec> 08└─Correctly. Their media corporation might. Or people might pool resources economically to do this or just ask a friend. Many possibilities.
[21:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:35] <exec> 08└─-1 faggotry
[21:36:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:37] <exec> 08└─Just step away from the comic books, there is no need for anyone to get hurt here today.
[21:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:39] <exec> 08└─I'm more interested in your justification for chasing an official down after he leaves a press conference, to interrogate him at your own leisure. There are established protocols for this stuff, you realize?
[21:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:54] <exec> 08└─No, idiot! It's bad for both Americans and Indians who lose their jobs to Africans!
[21:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:55] <exec> 08└─companies that expect employees to learn everything on their own time.
[21:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:58] <exec> 08└─Something is going on..
[21:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:00] <exec> 08└─Exactly how black was this lesbian you hired into indentured servitude? You need to invest in your employees.
[21:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:02] <exec> 08└─Like the "MVC" frameworks. Rube Goldberg would find them overly complicated. They are great when they work right, but something goes wrong and you have 5 mysterious layers to unravel.
[21:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Carnage in Indian IT: Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Slash Jobs - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:04] <exec> 08└─working at a restaurant. She was putting out fires, juggling problems, etc. She's a natural.
[21:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:55] <exec> 08└─-- Unemployment hits 10 year low because Trump hates the poor so much he's making them not-poor.
[21:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:57] <exec> 08└─My bad... it was a PEBKAC error. I neglected to choose "Buy Subscription for Justin Case".
[21:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Xyem [6597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:59] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin payments will be enabled through Stripe in the update and that message will be removed.
[21:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Xyem [6597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:01] <exec> 08└─The message above the duration selection has been reworded slightly in the update to, hopefully, make this clearer. A useful reminder nonetheless, thank you!
[21:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:03] <exec> 08└─Maybe because people have an unconscious expectation that all people that provide a service are hounded by a Human Resources (HR) team into docile passive-aggressive employees that take all shit and still smiles?
[21:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Xyem [6597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:05] <exec> 08└─If it makes you feel better, I did the same thing almost every single time while I was fixing a subscription bug. The expectation is that it defaults to a subscription for you. There is probably a reason why that isn't the case, but I don't know it (yet!). As such, I already have it on my TODO to im...
[21:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:07] <exec> 08└─I had the same thoughts for a long time but didn't want to pester the developers with it because I assumed they have their hands full.
[21:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:10] <exec> 08└─At first I was going to mod you offtopic but then I realized perhaps you are replying to my comment about cheap potshots by demonstrating that they are still possible. Or perhaps you're a chatbot.
[21:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:12] <exec> 08└─On apps, if you do develop such thing. Enable people to keep separate identities for them such that Google/Apple can't connect them or join the dots. They don't need to add to their data mining empire.
[21:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:14] <exec> 08└─I never use the features and don't care about the gold star so forgot about mine expiring entirely, but gosh darnit April was not a cheap month for me. I can't do $20s willynilly anymore!
[21:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Xyem [6597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:16] <exec> 08└─As long as you have put a decent amount of thought into your suggestion (so it doesn't have a super-obvious fatal flaw), no-one is really gaining anything from you keeping it to yourself. Sharing your suggestion isn't "pestering" either. If the developers are busy, they'll likely make a note of it o...
[21:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Partnering With HTC and Lenovo for Standalone VR Headsets - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:34] <exec> 08└─Will there be porn? Stupid question, of cause there will be porn.
[21:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:07] <exec> 08└─I'll wait for Al Gore to make a (new) movie about with some flow charts and stuff. It's not true until then ...
[21:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:32] <exec> 08└─Nope. In the 21st Century, only nitwits come back with "coal" as an argument.
[21:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Puerto Rican Nationalist Oscar López Rivera Is Freed - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:43] <exec> 08└─> former President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in January. Since then he has been on house arrest in Puerto Rico. See, the republicans had it all wrong. Barack isn't a crypto-muslim from kenya. He is an islander, just not a hawaiian islander. He's obviously a crypto-boricua who wants to sprea...
[21:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dell BIOS Update Bricks PCs - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:18] <exec> 08└─On many dell laptops if the power supply id becomes unreadable (or is a bad clone) the bios will disable speedstep. People then wonder why their computer is so slow... probably too old?!? Yeah get a new one. Well done Dell! Mr Burns is proud of you.
[21:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:42] <exec> 08└─BIGOT!! What do you have against queered systems?
[21:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:44] <exec> 08└─Lay off of cmn. He's a funny looking fuck, but he's OUR funny looking fuck!
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[22:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:24] <exec> 08└─A seed bank for all eternity, that can be flooded by a rainstorm. Note - not melt, just rain, which tends to happen in Spring time. Right near the front: "there’s been water intrusion at the front of the tunnel every single year". So it's not a new problem at all - certainly nothing to do with glo...
[22:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:25] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=19606&page=1&cid=512590#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
[22:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 1013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:28] <exec> 08└─On the high plateau of Antarctica the temperature varies between −26.0 to −63.4 ⁰C it just might be a better place to do this and similar climate can surely be found on the North Pole. And it can be done as a backup. Dig a hole, build a bunker, seal it. Ice acts as a elastic solid below 30 met...
[22:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:30] <exec> 08└─...sale on sprouts ! ! !
[22:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:50] <exec> 08└─I don't think freedom of the press means what you think it does. Did you skip the 6th grade? All it means is they won't be prosecuted for printing government secrets. It doesn't give them special access, the right to go anywhere at anytime and accost any government employee at will. Time for you to...
[22:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:51] <exec> 08└─You never heard the term "public servant"? How about "I pay your salary"? I made a submission about a way to deal with Congresscritters who duck out on/avoid town hall meetings in their districts. With GOP Reps in Hiding After Trumpcare Vote, Dems "Adopt" Those Districts [soylentnews.org] -- Origina...
[22:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:53] <exec> 08└─"I'd be interested in your quoting the part of the First Amendment that says violating Freedom of The Press is OK if you only do it for 10 seconds." And I'd be interested in finding out how you think this situation amounts to making a law abridging the freedom of the press.
[22:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:55] <exec> 08└─> [...] as if the same liberal press story is somehow more believable in the echo chamber of a thousand links all saying the same thing. [...] He's just playing link bait for biased press. I do have my biases, but I try to be fair. In a recent submission I quoted from the National Review and linked...
[22:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:58] <exec> 08└─You are almost right that there are protocols. FTFS: "...As The Washington Post pointed out, it’s standard operating procedure for reporters to ask questions of public officials after meetings and news conferences,”
[22:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:00] <exec> 08└─Sure, a story like this can easily become a "he said, she said" kind of thing where nobody really knows what happened. Except several people likely know what happened -- at least the reporter, two security guards, and O'Rielly. Given that this happened immediately after a press conference in a publi...
[22:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:02] <exec> 08└─It would be interesting for you to point to a similar defense of a public servant done by you during a Democrat administration. ...and it's sad when people don't know history. Reporters shouting questions at passing officials is as old as time itself. Ronnie Raygun would mime that he couldn't make o...
[22:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 923 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:40] <exec> 08└─just say while it might be theoretically possible to go linux to run some/much of the s/w i use, it is just not possible *practically* to do so entirely... so, i am effectively 'forced' to use windoze, and i despise it with every fiber of my body, ESPECIALLY the recent win10 hivemind bullshit... jus...
[22:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows 10 Redstone: A Guide to the Builds - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:41] <exec> 08└─This brings up some questions: Is the hardware they are using so old|underpowered and/or software so demanding that what they do couldn't be done in a VM under Linux? Have you ever even tried such a virtualized configuration? In particular, have you tried replacing a snapshot of a (e.g. borked) VM a...
[22:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:28] <exec> 08└─> [...] when you accidentally navigate away from a half-read page or otherwise reload. Improvement #4 ought to help with that. Added button that, when clicked, marks all comments in a story as "unread".
[22:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:30] <exec> 08└─Perhaps I wasn't clear. Let's take this discussion as an example. As of now, X O-clock, I have read all comments in this article. Anything posted after X O-clock will be "new" when I reload the page later. So, time passes (insert wavy screen effect here) and here we are at "later". Lo and behold the...
[22:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:32] <exec> 08└─Not trying to be a dick but a couple of suggestions for cost reduction: 1. Why use Gandi SSL when Letsencrypt is free? 2. Consider using another VPS provider than Linode. OVH for example is much cheaper
[22:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Large Moon Confirmed Around Slowly Rotating Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:40] <exec> 08└─The vermin only teaze and pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.
[22:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:25] <exec> 08└─Grauniad
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[23:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HSBC Voice Authentication Bypassed in BBC Test - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:24] <exec> 08└─SCOTT: Run it through analyser. Question. Is it or is it not the Captain's voice? COMPUTER: Negative. A close copy. SCOTT: A voice duplicator? COMPUTER: Ninety eight percent probability.
[23:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HSBC Voice Authentication Bypassed in BBC Test - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:25] <exec> 08└─This is worse for those with evil twins.
[23:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HSBC Voice Authentication Bypassed in BBC Test - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:27] <exec> 08└─I know. right? Evil twins could land one high paying job working 80 hours a week and split the work between them and only work 40 hours a week. Think of the employment fraud!!
[23:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Moru [1248] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HSBC Voice Authentication Bypassed in BBC Test - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:30] <exec> 08└─What happens when they have adjusted it to be more sensitive? Will no one get access to their bank account any more? :-)
[23:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HSBC Voice Authentication Bypassed in BBC Test - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:32] <exec> 08└─Voice recognition is not the reason you won't get any money. You won't get any money after you train your African replacement and you are laid off.
[23:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HSBC Voice Authentication Bypassed in BBC Test - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:34] <exec> 08└─Computer recognize Janeway π α and self destruct the ship.
[23:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:48] <exec> 08└─Rite?
[23:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:49] <exec> 08└─Are you in the process of career change to a guerrilla marketer?
[23:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:52] <exec> 08└─Life as we know it is naturally redundant, if you only let it grow, it grows into its own redundancy.
[23:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:54] <exec> 08└─I can almost bet there's at least one engineer related to the project that pointed out this issue and were ignored. Like Challenger.
[23:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Norwegian Seed Bank is Flooded; Seeds Unharmed - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:56] <exec> 08└─It worked for Gilgamesh. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[23:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:23] <exec> 08└─"pinned me to the wall" is assault.
[23:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:25] <exec> 08└─JFC, what you are describing is not something that happens anywhere in the world. Its a weird totalitarian fantasy.
[23:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Guards Eject Reporter - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:27] <exec> 08└─In what way is legal physical restraint of the press in public areas not a law abridging the freedom of the press? It is hard to imagine a more literal demonstration freedom being abridged. You authoritards are ridiculously servile.
[23:38:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kaszz [4211] 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:46] <exec> 08└─Maybe because people have an unconscious expectation that all people that provide a service are hounded by a Human Resources (HR) team into docile passive-aggressive employees that take all shit and still smiles?
[23:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmn32480 [443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:56] <exec> 08└─Pester the ever lovin' crap out of the devs.... it makes them feel loved.
[23:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:58] <exec> 08└─You haven't been on staff long enough to know this but we get plenty of pestering from the Eds to make their lives easier, so we're used to it.
[23:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:00] <exec> 08└─Yeah, we're probably doing the update tomorrow evening. Bytram wanted to be a weirdo and do the release notes post before the update this time though.
[23:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:02] <exec> 08└─Pester the ever lovin' crap out of the devs.... it makes them feel loved needed. FTFY. :)
[23:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Xyem [6597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:04] <exec> 08└─I have the feeling that being both dev/editor will result in me being a primary target for such pestering :)
[23:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:06] <exec> 08└─Why use Gandi SSL when Letsencrypt is free?
[23:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:08] <exec> 08└─It's extremely feasible. It'd take one data-pulling sub, one anti-bobby-tables sub, a few template changes to add the <input> tag, and a bit of logic in the main script. Call it a week of mornings. Priority is another matter entirely.
[23:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:11] <exec> 08└─Gods but I hope so!
[23:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Update 17.05; Backend Changes; Folding@Home News; Accounts Milestone; Funding Shortfall - 881 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:13] <exec> 08└─I haven't read the code so I don't understand how the "newness" of a comment is determined. My working assumption is that comments posted since the last time one has opened the page without setting noupdate in the URL are deemed new. I think you're asking for the ability to "tell" the site what time...
[23:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Registration Requirement for Drone Hobbyists Struck Down by Appeals Court - 1122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:46] <exec> 08└─i don't know, sticks are not toys, you know, someone could POKE AN EYE OUT... better register all stick owners of 6" or more... i don't know, stones are not toys, you know, someone could hit your eyeglasses and POKE AN EYE OUT... better register all stone owners of 1 oz or more... i don't know, driv...
[23:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:09] <exec> 08└─Is there any mountain that is cold enough? And won't flood the facility..
[23:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:35] <exec> 08└─Read the link. In this case, old technology results in a man-made disaster. True, it isn't the technology that is directly responsible, but the price one needs to pay to run that technology. Even more so when the mantra is "privatize profits, socialize costs".
[23:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:37] <exec> 08└─I don't think transactinides are a problem, because they are formed in small amounts and have short half-lives: Transactinides are radioactive and have only been obtained synthetically in laboratories. None of these elements has ever been collected in a macroscopic sample. [...] Due to their short...
[23:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India Approves 10 Locally-Designed Nuclear Reactors; China to Build 2 Reactors for Argentina - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:39] <exec> 08└─It also says: Most of the exported coal is planned to be shipped to India.
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