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[00:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:30] <exec> 08└─You might be thinking of L.A.'s commuter traffic as the reason for its pollution, but Long Beach was mentioned for a specific reason -- the Port of Long Beach is busy as fuck and all those diesel trucks waiting in line to drop off and pick up their cargo cause nasty pollution. As for the question, "...
[00:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:32] <exec> 08└─They're not counting the Chinese smog [sgvtribune.com]
[00:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:34] <exec> 08└─The pollutinator removes all evil particles. Ohh.. wait. The -inator left office 2011. Damn.. If it's Los Angeles, it must be all that sinful karma :P
[00:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:36] <exec> 08└─There are just so many automobiles here that even the reduction in emissions hasn't kept up with the growth in driving. As we replace petrol-burning cars with electric over the next 50 years the problem should resolve. But the Central Valley will still have to deal with particulate matter; dust from...
[00:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:38] <exec> 08└─"Why idle rather than shut the engine off?"
[00:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:41] <exec> 08└─The toughest CAFE standard in the country does not seem to have solved California's air pollution problem.
[00:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:43] <exec> 08└─Because that costs money, if the truck doesn't have GPS it means that the owner is too poor to afford GPS, much less roadworthy tires that have been regrooved-retreaded like 5 times each. The trucks which do have GPS are micromanaged like fuck. Either way, there's a reason why truckers keep 2 sets o...
[00:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:45] <exec> 08└─Not really inch-by-inch, but truck lenght at a time. Still takes some time to get through the queue. Gotta find that buffalo burger, i've forgotten to do that.
[00:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:47] <exec> 08└─Don't forget that the ships themselves burn the worst, heaviest, most toxic fuel of any transportation mode. That effect is also seen in Port Hueneme, further north, where there are less diesel trucks: massive car import port. Long Beach: Nasty ships, plus idle trucks, plus the bloody highways fille...
[00:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:50] <exec> 08└─As someone who grew in SoCal in the '70s, I wholeheartedly agree with you. The basin is vastly cleaner today than it was then - imagine the pollution if Cali's extreme focus on air pollution didn't exist. That said, with as many people as there are living there, and the commuting that they're doing,...
[00:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 987 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:52] <exec> 08└─There are always going to be environmental problems here as long as greedy developers get their way and people keep encouraging assholes to move here. As a Californian myself, I'm still flabbergasted by how many new monstrous condo and McMansion developments are still going up all over the place, an...
[00:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:54] <exec> 08└─Must be all those H1B indo nigger street shitters shitting in the streets. Sanitation is a problem for government and silly valley billionaires refuse to pay any tax so who cleans the shit. Nobody is who.
[00:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:11] <exec> 08└─Hopefully Mr. Howard will insist that Solo be recast with an actor who is remotely close to Harrison Fords height and looks. Alden Enrenreich was a terrible choice. Unwatchably so. Anthony Ingruber, anyone?
[00:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:20] <exec> 08└─>Not brexiting and having self sufficient infrastructure Bruh, do you even power play.
[00:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:51] <exec> 08└─I assume you're referring to DMA? Live forensic analysts liked it too, but not necessarily for its speed.
[00:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Japanese Floating Illusions Reverse-Engineer What We See - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:06] <exec> 08└─Just out of town, there is a field with an irrigation ditch running through. From the highway, it looks as though the water is flowing uphill, even in video. I know it is an illusion, but, unfortunately, the property is posted, and so far, I haven't found anyone who can give me permission to enter a...
[00:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Japanese Floating Illusions Reverse-Engineer What We See - 704 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:08] <exec> 08└─I obviously don't know the ditch you are talking about, but I saw the same thing myself several years ago... there was a stream by a road which the water was flowing uphill. It took me several minutes of looking and walking back and forth before I figured out the trick. The stream was flowing downhi...
[00:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Report: Iraq and Afghanistan WikiLeaks Disclosures Did Not Significantly Harm U.S. National Security - 1269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:20] <exec> 08└─The documents Bradley Manning leaked had nothing to do with surveillance, they were just embarrassing war videos of hillbilly cowboys gunning down innocents from a helicopter and diplomatic bullshit from the ambassador of Niggerstan calling the ambassador from Durkadurkastan an asshole. I didn't bel...
[00:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Report: Iraq and Afghanistan WikiLeaks Disclosures Did Not Significantly Harm U.S. National Security - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:21] <exec> 08└─That's why I do my release-of-parked-convertible-parking-brakes in San Francisco. It's hard to get them pointed down the hill, but if you can, you get maximum carnage. It's like in Super Mario Bros. When you kick the shell and your score doubles for every enemy hit until you start getting 1-ups. Or,...
[00:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Admits to Disabling Third-Party Anti-Virus Code if Win 10 Doesn't Like It - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:46] <exec> 08└─What is meant by "features of the software" ?
[00:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cats Are an Extreme Outlier Among Domestic Animals - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:32] <exec> 08└─Oh, but they do give us something, Mr. Spock. They give us love!
[00:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cats Are an Extreme Outlier Among Domestic Animals - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:34] <exec> 08└─Kittens between boobies [google.com] They're are awfully cute, and for some reason, generate a large number of these images.
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[01:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:24] <exec> 08└─I find it utterly unfathomable that a leftist organization dislikes the US. This has to be a first.
[01:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:25] <exec> 08└─Really now, Mr Trump, I heard you're building a wall? When can I start?
[01:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:28] <exec> 08└─Yeah well you're a blefuscudian
[01:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:30] <exec> 08└─Why with all its history of slavery, sexism, genocide of Natives, bigotry against immigrants, useless wars, failing school systems, second-rate infrastructure, and the obvious, yet somehow perfect embodiment of all these problems in the Cheeto-hewn-coil of Der Drumpfenfurher, it's obvious that we've...
[01:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:32] <exec> 08└─They use their tongues to deceive you. Venom is on their lips. Their mouths are full of bitterness and curses. The fear of God is not before their eyes. They have taken the hearts and minds of our leaders. They have blinded us to the truth. Our human spirit is corrupted. Why do we worship greed? Out...
[01:33:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:43] <exec> 08└─The toughest CAFE standard in the country does not seem to have solved California's air pollution problem.
[01:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:51] <exec> 08└─California should limit immigration. Close the borders. No more New Yorkers, Kansans, Floridians, and Mexicans coming in to add to the pollution. Then, offer incentives for Californians to move away. Cutting the population by 20% should help to clean the air up.
[01:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:53] <exec> 08└─Believe it or not, California has a surprising number of counties [photobucket.com] which don't require smog inspections. You can game this system (as I did) by having your vehicle registered in a smog inspection-free county and then living elsewhere for awhile. Hey, there are people here who moved...
[01:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:55] <exec> 08└─They could also export Hollywood to some place sensible. Bahrain would be good. Let all the stupid tourists go to Bahrain to ooh and ahhh over their favorite move stars.
[01:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:57] <exec> 08└─Californians are welcome to move to Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, or Cleveland to help reverse urban decay.
[01:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:24] <exec> 08└─Yes, that's been true for many decades. Have you ever driven over there? Damned fools drive on the wrong side of the road because the cars are driverless. Nothing new here, nothing to see, move along now.
[01:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:25] <exec> 08└─The queen was a professional driver 70 years ago. Automation finally caught up with her.
[01:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:56] <exec> 08└─"Here's an industry standard system! Let's all agree to standardize on giving us cash for every implementation!" Yeah, no. That's Apple technology, no matter what they want to call it.
[01:36:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06British Elections Over: Fragmented Government - 2757 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:37] <exec> 08└─That's just the way the various systems at play work. Following an election, the leader of the party (or coalition) with the most seats in Parliament - the Conservatives in this case - gets to go to the Queen and request that they be allowed to form a government, if she says "yes" (and her apolitica...
[01:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06British Elections Over: Fragmented Government - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:49] <exec> 08└─As noted below, the Security Services can say what they like, the Prime Minister sets policy. If they don't like it they can find other work. The reason the Tories didn't campaign on their manifesto was that Theresa told them to go back to their constituencies, she would handle the national campaign...
[01:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Admits to Disabling Third-Party Anti-Virus Code if Win 10 Doesn't Like It - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:52] <exec> 08└─We had fully working pirate versions of Windows 97 and NT 5.0 (no, not typos, that's what they installed as, splash screen and all...). 97 was pretty unstable, but more usable than 95 and 98 pre-ES2 NT 5.0 was solid, but too many game compatibility issues. I didn't realize those install disks could...
[01:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Deep Sea Expedition Finds 300 New Species - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:14] <exec> 08└─The summary says "13,000 feet under the surface " but because it's Australians, they're actually "4000 metres below the surface." which you will see in the Museums Victoria press release.p. What is it with Americans and their stupid feet and inches? It stopped being the 1950's a long time ago.
[01:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03KGIII [5261] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Deep Sea Expedition Finds 300 New Species - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:15] <exec> 08└─That looks right. They also exist in some fresh water bodies as well, if I recall.
[01:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 2161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:43] <exec> 08└─Nope. Unless the person creating the PDF embedded the plain text in the PDF version of AltText, there's nothing for my screen reader to read. I can manually force it (Jaws from Freedom Scientific) to OCR the PDF, but 99 times out of 100 it gets garbage. Even worse is the fact that folks like to make...
[01:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cats Are an Extreme Outlier Among Domestic Animals - 1317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:45] <exec> 08└─You know, given the choice between a gutshot cat's agony and fear, or my chickens' agony and fear when an unshot cat takes one of them, I'd go with the cat. But I do my sick motherfuckery best to kill cleanly, and I do have a pretty good record of achieving it. (For whatever an internet boast is wor...
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[02:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:29] <exec> 08└─which was led by Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, or September's Lancet study on sustainable development. In that one, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden,
[02:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:30] <exec> 08└─America is perhaps like a mix of patches with 1st and 3rd world standards? Unlike some European countries where it's all 1st world standard nominally regardless of place.
[02:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:32] <exec> 08└─Have you had a conversation with Maman Merkel about all those military-aged African men with designer jackets and iPhones?
[02:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:35] <exec> 08└─I'll let others tell me who I should date and be friends with based on skin color when lesbians agree that I can tell them who to date based on gender.
[02:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:37] <exec> 08└─They're not wrong though. This country fails to live up to most of its promises for most of its people and I don't see it getting better any time soon. You're committing a genetic fallacy here.
[02:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:39] <exec> 08└─I've partnered with the fabulous Estée Lauder to bring you Donald Trump, The Fragrance Experience. #TrumpCologne [twitter.com]
[02:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:41] <exec> 08└─Feel free to tell us, we just won't listen, since you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Y'ask me, you're probably just annoyed I do better with women than you do :D
[02:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:43] <exec> 08└─If you want to pick who to live with based on statistics, then you should move to an immigrant neighborhood. As noted on this site many times, immigrants tend to have a lower crime rate overall than the general population.
[02:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:46] <exec> 08└─I’ll nominate you as CEO of a major U.S. airline (using U.S. to avoid confusion with the company called American Airlines) and see if you can make any of the majors appear in the first fucking 10 best airlines of the world. You know the Wright brothers right? How the airplane and airplane industr...
[02:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:48] <exec> 08└─But that doesn't fit his worldview, so you're wrong and also a Communist :v
[02:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:50] <exec> 08└─Do you mean the local musliburb where they get their monthly raid for the latest Allahu Akbar!! outside the suburb? which is only interrupted by the weekly drug & robbery arrest and detention.
[02:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:53] <exec> 08└─I thought Trump and his supporters agreed that America isn't Great any more? Who's hating on America more? And if America has fallen somewhat, perhaps spurious arguments and reasoning, such as all that about "dislike", are a big reason why? Seems America is trying to go all Byzantine. The elites are...
[02:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:55] <exec> 08└─Which immigrant? Not all immigrants are the same, just like people, some are just better than others.
[02:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:58] <exec> 08└─If America is second tier, why are there so many foreigners trying to get in despite not getting free socialist money like Europe? :)
[02:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:00] <exec> 08└─She will not comment on their preparation for entryism and coup d'état.. Our international lenders want to make loans to overpriced housing outside of ghettos, pampering sheltering and civil war. But don't tell anyone.
[02:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:02] <exec> 08└─Sure, visit the bad neighborhoods in Texas and New Mexico near the border. Perfectly safe! No crime going on there!
[02:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:04] <exec> 08└─Pick any country that has been in existence since 1700 and compare records. They're either worse than the US in terms of historical abuses, or they were on the receiving end of worse abuse from colonial powers. Sure, US history is full of suck. Let's compare with Britain in India, Napoleon, Hitler,...
[02:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:06] <exec> 08└─Third tier is just that bad.
[02:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 951 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:29] <exec> 08└─California will expand as long as the salary vs housing cost is profitable comparable with other locations. If it would be profitable to set up shop elsewhere I'm sure it would be done. But no.. billionaires sets up shop where they feel comfortable which is usually a expensive and overcrowded area w...
[02:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:31] <exec> 08└─Put up gates around a city block. Only allow people in that passes a rudimentary engRish test. Solved!
[02:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 710 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:33] <exec> 08└─No one ever wants to just say it. There are too many people on earth. The earth and its ecosystems are suffering, and quality of life is arguably worse for all but the few humans who are wealthy enough to avoid unpleasant situations. Air pollution, water scarcity, and many other problems could all b...
[02:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:35] <exec> 08└─"Only allow people in that passes a rudimentary engRish test. Solved!" You wouldn't be allowed entry, based on your writing above.
[02:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:53] <exec> 08└─Star Wars is done for. So is Star Trek for that matter. Oh, I forgot. Millenials are no-talent losers that can't produce nothing good. Oh well.
[02:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:36] <exec> 08└─I still like it. My last two audio interfaces have been firewire and those have been on wintel boxes. Very low latency, great for recording. When my current one goes I don't know what I'm going to replace it with. One of the things I can do now is to intercept any audio and direct it to record on tr...
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[02:35:53] <exec> 08└─Unlikely. The damage that occurs from staring at some of these images occurs in the visual processing areas of the brain. After exposure, the symptoms include "burn in" of colors and/or images or the inability to see certain colors and/or shapes clearly. Symptoms persist for a period of time. In som...
[02:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:50] <exec> 08└─Other boards may have these things. But they cost significantly more.. And the documentation and support simply isn't the same.
[02:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:51] <exec> 08└─What is your opinion on the return on effort to program a 8-bit microcontroller for the benefit of small code size and definitely low power usage vs using a 32-bit microcontroller that nowadays seems to have an equivalent cost. Something on the order of $2 vs $5. The benefit being that you can keep...
[02:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 5445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:26] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily for wilderness, but can be adapted to generate such terrain. Grab a stack of plain white posterboard, the kind normally provided to preschool kids for craft projects. Draw a rectangle 1 inch in from the sides top & bottom, so there's a 1 inch border all the way around. Draw the 1x1 i...
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[03:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03KGIII [5261] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:18] <exec> 08└─This new record is the second time a Canadian has taken the record. It's a morbid record but quite a feat.
[03:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:19] <exec> 08└─Now kill the other 7.5 billion suspected terrorists.
[03:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:22] <exec> 08└─Now we just need these data to get a better understanding of this shoot: * Wind speed at the shooter and along the whole flight path * Bullet shape and weight * Air pressure and humidity * Temperature (including air, ammunition and barrel temperature) * Coriolis at the location Regard...
[03:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:24] <exec> 08└─If the rifle isn't accurate at 3500 metres (and I find a post that suggests that 1400 metres is the limit at which the rifle is accurate), then this shot relied upon luck as well as skill
[03:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:26] <exec> 08└─There are some very nice ballistics apps available. http://www.gunsandammo.com [gunsandammo.com]
[03:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:28] <exec> 08└─The shoot requires weather readings, math, practical skills like breathing in phase and predicting where the target will be 10 seconds later. Missing one component makes it all fail. And one missed shot will alert the target to take countermeasures.
[03:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:31] <exec> 08└─Great software. But it will not tell what data this shoot had. I'll hope he didn't use a computerphone either as the radio would give away his position.
[03:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:33] <exec> 08└─...and atmospheric refraction.
[03:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:03] <exec> 08└─2009 figures from the US State Department showing the top ten countries of family visa applicants: Mexico 961,744 Philippines 401,849 Dominican Republic 136,070 China 132,325 India 115,394 Vietnam 109,910 Bangladesh 50,275 Haiti 50,029 El Salvador 48,776 Pakistan 45,905 Others...
[03:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:04] <exec> 08└─I think you forgot to add #fakenews on the above statements as clearly they do not fit in with a narrative that is being created.
[03:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:07] <exec> 08└─They simply want a place where they can work and live without being f-cked by a extremely corrupt government? It looks that way considering the circumstances in those countries. For Europeans it's likely more dependent on a great job offer. Some even commute across the Atlantic.
[03:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:09] <exec> 08└─Many Europeans wouldn't want to put up with the hassle of traveling to America. Interesting how many more people from the DomRep are applying to enter, compared with Haitians.
[03:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:11] <exec> 08└─You should listen to my neighbors. They are mostly immigrants and freaked out about crime in this very safe neighborhood. Yes, there is the occasional burglary, but not frequent and not violent.
[03:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 855 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:13] <exec> 08└─I knew a french guy. Very, very smart. Very, very well-educated. Lived in the USA. I asked him why? After all, France is beautiful, cultured, etc. etc. etc.. Answer: because in France it's damn near impossible to do business if you're a small guy. The paperwork is insane, the rules are kafkaesque, a...
[03:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:16] <exec> 08└─So here's the thing: Those that bring up the "ethnically homogenous" argument ignore another country that is similar to the US in a lot of ways. This country has a majority that speaks English, but with a sizeable minority speaking other languages. This country has a majority of white people but sub...
[03:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:18] <exec> 08└─Yes, as implied, why move to America, a 2nd tier country, when you can get free socialist money in Germany or Sweden?
[03:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:20] <exec> 08└─Oh, right. Sorry. I have been Insufficiently Jingoistic^W Patriotic and will now self-arrest and turn myself in to the Ministry of Love.
[03:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:47] <exec> 08└─Condition health services in 3rd world countries with family planning and tax private jets. Make it cost to produce an excess of kids and condition family assistance with good parenting.
[03:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:49] <exec> 08└─How much of this is blowing across the Pacific from Asia? http://www.sgvtribune.com [sgvtribune.com] The pollution in the Central Valley blows in from the SF Bay area.
[03:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:19] <exec> 08└─They should install the charge points right next to the petrol pumps.
[03:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Finds 10 New Earth-Like Exoplanet Candidates - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:28] <exec> 08└─No, because the Gulgafrinchans sent those people here a very long time ago.
[03:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:09] <exec> 08└─There are so many hidden side benefits to cattle mentality: - product lifetime, run with the herd and your board will be produced in greater numbers for a longer time - software support, pre-made goodies that you don't have to develop on your own - developer support, people suss out all the crazy ed...
[03:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:10] <exec> 08└─So, if you need a few lights controlled via network commands, I think the Pi is the way to go. If the lights just need to blink stupidly in response to a switch closure or something, then, yeah, 555 will do the trick.
[03:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06British Elections Over: Fragmented Government - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:54] <exec> 08└─What I don't understand about all this is how on earth Theresa May has been allowed to continue on as Leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister when she completely bungled the entire election. She didn't need to call the election, her party already had a majority government in power, she only d...
[03:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 1565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:48] <exec> 08└─Dang. Sorry to hear that. I had assumed that PDF documents, being a "universal standard" (in finger-quotes) would just naturally be readable, if they were professionally made. I guess it ain't so universal after all. I also suppose columns also screw with OCR. What readers do you use normally, if I...
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[04:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:17] <exec> 08└─... a novel enzyme technology that prevents the formation of biofilms and can also break them down.
[04:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:33] <exec> 08└─My point is that all those calculations could be off and random variation of the flight path could correct for the error.
[04:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:34] <exec> 08└─Chart I saw had Canadian, Brit, Canadian, Canadian, American for the top five. America better up its game if we are going to #MAGA. Not that it isn't great to see the top five all be allies and friends, but a little friendly rivalry is useful.
[04:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:37] <exec> 08└─Does this post belong here? Taking out a live person, even an IS scumbag, with a sniper rifle is a competitive sport now? As if we don't already do that and much more with cruise missiles and armed drones? Are you canuckistanis so proud now?
[04:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:39] <exec> 08└─This new record is the second time a Canadian has taken the record. It's a morbid record but quite a feat.
[04:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03a-zA-Z0-9$_.+!*'(),- (3868) (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:41] <exec> 08└─You've never heard the expression "if it bleeds, it leads"?
[04:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:43] <exec> 08└─How is it any different from dissecting nuances and technique of IS beheading? FFS, am I the weirdo here?
[04:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:45] <exec> 08└─It's just a family friendly physics story.
[04:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03anarchy [1425] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:48] <exec> 08└─There's a fair amount of science and technology involved with ultra-long distance shooting. Yeah, it's a little odd for a tech blog. But not out of the realm of reason.
[04:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:50] <exec> 08└─America better up its game if we are going to #MAGA.
[04:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:52] <exec> 08└─Behead the tiny birdbrain of the Wimpy Uzzard!
[04:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03KGIII [5261] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:54] <exec> 08└─It's a feat. I qualified with the M16 at 500 yards. I hunt, so I am always finding excuses to go target practice. I am positive that I could not make shots at that distance.
[04:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03KGIII [5261] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:57] <exec> 08└─Yup. The Canadians have been doing well. The last record they had, held for a while. Then a Brit took it. As I have citizenship in both the US and in CAN, I am okay with them being in the lead. Long distance shooting is pretty hard. This is an impressive feat, as are all the feats in you list.
[04:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:59] <exec> 08└─I do competitive shooting, it's fun. But make NO mistake this boils down to pure luck. How do I know? If it was simply "math" then all the records would all be around the same distance. This one just happens to crank the luck factor up to 11. But as a Canadian it warms my heart to see this happen in...
[04:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:38] <exec> 08└─If America is second tier, why are there so many foreigners trying to get in despite not getting free socialist money like Europe? :) Because they can't walk across an ocean.
[04:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:40] <exec> 08└─And you're blathering on about how you got yours so, clearly America is still great. Nobody believes your BS Buzzy. For the vast majority of Americans things are getting worse and worse. 20% of the people have it good and the rest got screwed to make that happen. People like you are a large part of...
[04:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:42] <exec> 08└─They killed (or are killing) the American Dream.
[04:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:44] <exec> 08└─That's a slight exaggeration there, but not much. I have my own small business and around here it's 3 forms for a sole proprietorship. It gets more complicated if you're wanting to do something that requires additional certifications and employees, but compared with France or China or a lot of other...
[04:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:46] <exec> 08└─In the USA he can file a single form with a cost of about $100 and be in business.
[04:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:48] <exec> 08└─But I'd rather be in the USA with the ability to plan my life, and have a bunch of other things that the USA have After you've been highly educated in Europe on "free socialist money" and can command a good pay for your services, it does sorta make sense to go and get as much as you can in a country...
[04:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:50] <exec> 08└─I’ll nominate you as CEO of a major U.S. airline (using U.S. to avoid confusion with the company called American Airlines) and see if you can make any of the majors appear in the first fucking 10 best airlines of the world.
[04:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:53] <exec> 08└─He's a real prize isn't he? I hope the shithead reincarnates in the third world poor, female, black, gay, and Muslim...*after* he does his time in Hell.
[04:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:40] <exec> 08└─"It's a trap!"
[04:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:41] <exec> 08└─Fonzie will replace Chewbacca, Joni will be Princess Leia and Chachi will be Luke.
[04:36:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 356 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:04] <exec> 08└─There was another reason for FireWire's sudden demise. When somebody realized the downside of a multi-master system that can invoke DMA, every corporate and government entity banned any hardware with a firewire port from being considered for purchase. Now of course we have IOMMU tech that could safe...
[04:37:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Report: Iraq and Afghanistan WikiLeaks Disclosures Did Not Significantly Harm U.S. National Security - 300 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:52] <exec> 08└─Blowing the whistle on the government's unconstitutional, illegal, and/or unethical activities is justifiable, even if it causes damage, and should never result in punishment. We need to encourage whistleblowers, not discourage them. But there is no evidence that Snowden caused actual damage anyway.
[04:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Admits to Disabling Third-Party Anti-Virus Code if Win 10 Doesn't Like It - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:30] <exec> 08└─That is why I refuse to use online banking if the TOS require the installation of an anti-virus. They say you are covered if malware drains your account (if and only if you install an AV); but they won't pay to fix your computer if an anti-virus either hoses it or steals information.
[04:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Admits to Disabling Third-Party Anti-Virus Code if Win 10 Doesn't Like It - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:31] <exec> 08└─Tell your boss you are going to install Linux or Mac on all desktops and see how long you have a job. Microsoft is considered a monopoly for a reason. I'd love to be rid of 3rd party AV but the MS stuff isn't making that possible. The 90% score simply doesn't cut it. Would you buy a car that doesn't...
[04:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:25] <exec> 08└─Cool--I'm gonna have to play with this a bit. Thanks!
[04:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 3303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:26] <exec> 08└─Ok, I just reread your post & it dawned on me that you weren't talking about an app or desktop program, you were talking about doing it *as a web page*. That can make a HUGE difference! No JS, no massive amount of fluffy cruft, just simple, plain, pure HTML. A Text Entry Field (TEF) for the Name, Ha...
[04:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:28] <exec> 08└─Actually there's already a self-playing version, it's called Progress Quest. Most. Fun. Ever! =-D *Tries to maintain a straight face, trying, trying, twitch, try, twi* BWA Hahahahahahhahhhahahahhha... Do a search for it, grab a copy, & let 'er rip. You'll be amazed at the awesomeness! *Cough* Gotta...
[04:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sound Waves Direct Particles to Self-Assemble, Self-Heal - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:41:52] <exec> 08└─I was ironic in the latter part of the comment, and there is no need to assign purpose or agency to particles. We witness similar phenomenons with action/reaction forces. Send 4khz, expect configuration damping 4khz. Any aspect of an universe is ultimately arbitrary for those whose POV is in the sam...
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[05:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 1049 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:28] <exec> 08└─I RTFA to get this: where do they plan to use them and if the enzyme is specific to bacterial biofilms or also act on other membranes (because, you see, I have also discovered a great solution for biofilms: it is called drain-cleaner. Also works wonders in the drains from my toilet bowl, no biofilms...
[05:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:29] <exec> 08└─Cremation also removes all bacteria and viruses, permanently. Cure successful, patient dead. Next? ;-) So yeah, I'm also curious as to what other stuff this might break down in the body..
[05:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:58] <exec> 08└─Had anybody made the same comment about $OLD_POTUS this site would have been shut down. Nice to see your country is returning to normalcy.
[05:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:59] <exec> 08└─"taking out a live person" is what terrorists, mafia (directly), corporations (indirectly) do. What this guy did is taking out an enemy. Old school war is a contract. You wear an uniform, get to kill the other side and risk getting killed by them all without trial. Unfortunately that guy Napoleon st...
[05:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:01] <exec> 08└─I agree with you. It is blasphemy to say the hand of God drove that bullet, but if I were on the ISIS side I would wonder. A lot.
[05:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:03] <exec> 08└─...and the will to think you can pull it off in the first place.
[05:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:06] <exec> 08└─That happens in general but gets harder as the number of factors increase.
[05:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:08] <exec> 08└─Let's be clear here. This isn't a war. The regime was changed years and years ago. There's no one who can surrender for the disparate opposing forces. This is an Imperialist occupation with no purpose except to keep feeding the military-related industries in the aggressor countries. Re-read Part Two...
[05:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:10] <exec> 08└─Remind us when Canada last declared war. (With USA, that was December 8, 1941. All military engagements by USA.gov since September 2, 1945, when that war ended, have been unconstitutional.) ...and if I simply declare you "an enemy" does that give me the right to shoot you? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylent...
[05:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:12] <exec> 08└─You can shoot anyone you want if you have the military force to keep any retribution away. That is how governments does it in essence.
[05:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:14] <exec> 08└─Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi are avid deer hunters?
[05:34:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 193 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:30] <exec> 08└─They're not wrong though. This country fails to live up to most of its promises for most of its people and I don't see it getting better any time soon. You're committing a genetic fallacy here.
[05:34:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jelizondo [653] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1087 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:34] <exec> 08└─I’ll nominate you as CEO of a major U.S. airline (using U.S. to avoid confusion with the company called American Airlines) and see if you can make any of the majors appear in the first fucking 10 best airlines of the world. You know the Wright brothers right? How the airplane and airplane industr...
[05:34:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 396 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:45] <exec> 08└─2009 figures from the US State Department showing the top ten countries of family visa applicants: Mexico 961,744 Philippines 401,849 Dominican Republic 136,070 China 132,325 India 115,394 Vietnam 109,910 Bangladesh 50,275 Haiti 50,029 El Salvador 48,776 Pakistan 45,905 Others...
[05:34:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 681 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:51] <exec> 08└─So here's the thing: Those that bring up the "ethnically homogenous" argument ignore another country that is similar to the US in a lot of ways. This country has a majority that speaks English, but with a sizeable minority speaking other languages. This country has a majority of white people but sub...
[05:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:02] <exec> 08└─Since you appear to have researched this thoroughly, tell me what has been wrong with Switzerland in the past 200 years; just don’t tell me about them being the bankers for Nazis, they have been the bankers for everyone regardless of politics, human rights and other considerations, including many...
[05:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:04] <exec> 08└─I realise you're being sarcastic for the purposes of point scoring, but let's be honest: there's no contradiction between the proposition that starting a business in the USA is easy, and that regulation makes it really difficult to get much further than that.
[05:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:06] <exec> 08└─And how do you know which immigrants that are good or bad when walking down a street or in a crowd? Make a mistake and have a knife deeply embedded into you.
[05:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:08] <exec> 08└─It depend on what type of groups that makes up the country.
[05:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:10] <exec> 08└─Jesus could!
[05:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:10] <exec> 08└─Will this make business sense for petrol station owners or will they succumb to costs and quit?
[05:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:44] <exec> 08└─I think on the apple side it was G3 or G4 era that they started including it. And except for apple, only Firewire 400 caught on (My 2009 era system has Firewire 400 on it. 800 never made it into the PC space, except as discreet cards AFAIK.) Having said that, you could safely use firewire for networ...
[05:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:46] <exec> 08└─This means that over time as the tabs wear out
[05:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:48] <exec> 08└─Build DIY ? Perhaps there are ready to use chips? or just go the FPGA route otherwise.
[05:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Open Source Tools to Play Dungeons and Dragons - 6955 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:47] <exec> 08└─I took no offense at your questions, they show that you're actually *thinking* about the situation & for that I'm very happy! =-D Tables are best (understandable) when arranged in Comma Separated Values rather than Tab SV. Tabs are nice visually but offer no distinction between values when read by a...
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[06:33:17] <exec> 08└─At least they made the effort to run a decent operating system. Now if they had some software update and intrusion detection.. Hmm.. backup?
[06:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:18] <exec> 08└─Not the ideal situations, but it is how it is. "Don't change what ain't broke". I was still working on kernel 2.4 workstations a few years ago.
[06:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:04] <exec> 08└─you already have warantless and no-reasonable-doubt searches at "borders" (within 100 miles of a border, isn't it?), with civil forfeiture still possible in many states, you haven't really got much support for the constuitution. Who cares about towel-heads and darkies?
[06:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:06] <exec> 08└─Doesn't it seem likely that the sniper fired his entire magazine? Not unlike a submarine shooting at a destroyer in a World War II movie, where the captain fires a spread of torpedoes that cover a range of possible locations for the target, in the immediate future, and then takes evasive actions. Th...
[06:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:08] <exec> 08└─I don't know about modern snipers, but Viet Nam era snipers followed the rule of never fire more than two shots from the same position. The enemy can locate you if you fire too many shots without moving to a different location.
[06:34:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1402 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:31] <exec> 08└─I thought Trump and his supporters agreed that America isn't Great any more? Who's hating on America more? And if America has fallen somewhat, perhaps spurious arguments and reasoning, such as all that about "dislike", are a big reason why? Seems America is trying to go all Byzantine. The elites are...
[06:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:01] <exec> 08└─And Air Canada sucks donkey's ball.
[06:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:02] <exec> 08└─Trump's wall - would be ridiculously expensive - would negatively impact ecosystems - would be built across vast expanses of uncrossable desert - will never be built (The huckster--and that's all he has ever been--sold you a pig in a poke.) FDR put 15 million USAians to work after Republican Herbert...
[06:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:04] <exec> 08└─And look what happened to him, the sorry bugger.
[06:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:06] <exec> 08└─Amen. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[06:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:36] <exec> 08└─Yeah, there are constantly people on some diesel forum's I post on that want info on how to delete/disable the various pollution control devices (EGR, DEF, CAT's), and how to reprogram the various computers to trick places that test the computers for modifications to indicate that the various compon...
[06:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:57] <exec> 08└─Played by Jar Jar
[06:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:48] <exec> 08└─There could been some switch implemented for restricted use? Ie only allow remote memory access outside of specified memory range if said switch is on.
[06:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:49] <exec> 08└─What surprises me is that USB is such a fuckery for a peripheral port.. Couldn't they at least designed without most of the obvious crap? It is shit! * Polled 1000 times per second (hello? hello?) * Half-duplex and back to back congestion that can physically burn the port. * Relies on a sin...
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[07:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03rleigh [4887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:31] <exec> 08└─Animal cells construct their extracellular matrix from proteins such as fibronectin and collagen. It's unlikely the enzymes for bacterial biofilm sugars would much affect them, so long as they were specific for the sugar structured in the biofilm.
[07:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:33] <exec> 08└─Animal cells construct their extracellular matrix from proteins such as fibronectin and collagen.
[07:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:14] <exec> 08└─No. It's ridiculous to believe such a thing. It's a sniper rifle, not a machine gun. Snipers do not ever use sniper rifles to fire entire clips of bullets in a general direction and hope some hit. There's some luck involved but there's a lot of skill involved in making sure that your bullet is going...
[07:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:15] <exec> 08└─Am I the only one who jumped onto Google maps [github.io] and drew a 3,540m radius circle around their house? Definitely helped me put that distance into perspective.
[07:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 773 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:12] <exec> 08└─Quit making excuses and pitch in fixing the goddamned racist country. Singapore Not homogeneous. Say bye-bye your racist excuse. who they will let in ...and they find everybody a job to do. ...unlike post-Reagan USA. Access to higher education Yeah, I noticed that in TFS too. In committee, Bernie Sa...
[07:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:14] <exec> 08└─The tolerant left, everybody!
[07:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:16] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't armed drones be cheaper? it seems to work elsewhere..
[07:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:18] <exec> 08└─...after USA.gov bombed, invaded, and occupied their country. ...after USA.gov replaced their democratically-elected leader with a dictator via a coup. ...after IMF, World Bank (USA.gov proxies), US Trade Representative destroyed their economy. ...after USA.gov's failed War on Drugs turned their cou...
[07:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:20] <exec> 08└─So, now, crossing a border without permission has become a capital offense? (Unarmed drones are already in use, as are numerous other technologies where crossing is possible but unlikely.) -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[07:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:23] <exec> 08└─That's an oxymoron. [google.com] A Socialist earns what he gets. He does that as an equal owner of his company, along with all the other workers in that workplace. (There are no non-worker shareholders involved to siphon off profits.) Socialism is The collective ownership of the means of production...
[07:36:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 156 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:03] <exec> 08└─At least Phil Lord and Chris Miller can console themselves with the fact that, unlike Han Solo post Special Edition, they definitely did get to shoot first.
[07:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:26] <exec> 08└─Doesn't matter. If they're required to install the points, that's one thing. But being required to sell at a loss is another entirely. They already over-charge dependent on time of day of location (e.g. motorway petrol often costs more despite the same tanker having to pass by it en route to the sma...
[07:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:05] <exec> 08└─That's now how USB sockets work. The metal shield that provides retention is designed to be stronger than the cable, so that the cable is the part that wears out. In fact, with decades of data we have found that it's the plastic part that holds the contacts which tends to wear out with repeated use,...
[07:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Japanese Floating Illusions Reverse-Engineer What We See - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:23] <exec> 08└─Maybe I'm being stupid, but I think a degree of variation can even be made up for by grass and weeds.
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[08:33:18] <exec> 08└─call me julian
[08:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:27] <exec> 08└─Aaaand correct me if I'm wrong but the kernel doesn't appear to have been involved at all. Mention of it appears to be latest-greatest-idiot fearmongering. Apache was what was broken. An old version of Apache, yes, but additionally one without even security fixes. Running as ((nobody)). Cause, you k...
[08:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:39] <exec> 08└─so, do you lose your blood type antigens (and then get all the transfusion-of-wrong-blood problems), or do you just get the blood breaking down (in the absence of the structure provided by the sugar molecules)? blood attacking blood ("clumping"), or, just, death...? http://mentalfloss.com
[08:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:22] <exec> 08└─Canada is currently at war with no nation on earth. Deliberate killing of another human being, regardless of nationality, is murder.
[08:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:25] <exec> 08└─That's not Socialism (which is actually a method of production via worker-owned workplaces). It's Liberal Democracy. [google.com] Northern Europe just happens to do that a bit better compared to other places (e.g. USA's Oligarchy). -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[08:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:26] <exec> 08└─Ah, the famous "homogeneous" excuse, also known as "we can't have nice things because blacks". An example of "Schrödinger's Europe", it's either totally homogeneous or overrun with rapefugees bent on imposing Sharia law, depending on the needs of your argument.
[08:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:10] <exec> 08└─Power was one of the reasons that Firewire failed. For a start it was variable voltage. If you were building a Firewire device you had to accept a variety of voltages, which added cost to your design, and regulate them to something useful. The USB version of any device was always going to be cheaper...
[08:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:11] <exec> 08└─FireWire wasn't a security risk, some FireWire drivers were because they allowed device-initiated DMA without setting up an IOMMU (a number of Thunderbolt implementations do the same). Apple had a problematic relationship with this. They initially shipped with no restrictions on DMA. Then they reali...
[08:37:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 1449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:13] <exec> 08└─Isochronous was a killer feature for tape-based DV cameras, which would write data from the tape to FireWire at a fixed rate and had minimal buffering on the device side. Stutters writing to disk were fine, because the host could buffer in RAM, but any delays writing to the interconnect meant droppe...
[08:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:16] <exec> 08└─Having said that, you could safely use firewire for networking, *OR* peripheral devices, but using the same port for both was just asking for trouble.
[08:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 575 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:18] <exec> 08└─At least the Apple devices that shipped with FireWire had an IOMMU that could fix this (as I recall, the FireWire controller itself had one precisely to address this problem). They actually enabled it on some OS revisions, but they also had a feature where you could do a core dump of a dead XServe o...
[08:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondrake [2658] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:36] <exec> 08└─Right. But the criticism of OP is more general. Fundamental design issues with the Pi. So I was on purpose asking for a comparable device, with less problems. Note that I am not asking for a solution to a personal or work-related project. Though I occasionally play a bit with Arduino's for datalogge...
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[09:33:14] <exec> 08└─I see the date 2015.09.031 in the linked document. Still interesting read but can someone post link to the actual paper (w/o paywall)? Thanks.
[09:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:16] <exec> 08└─Sweetened with the blood of my enemies.
[09:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondrake [2658] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:18] <exec> 08└─Hmm...this story was in the news nearly 2 years ago... Original publication is here (probably pay-walled): http://www.sciencedirect.com [sciencedirect.com]
[09:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondrake [2658] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:20] <exec> 08└─I posted a link below. You may be able to find it on sci-hub, just search using the doi.
[09:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:22] <exec> 08└─DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.031 Just type the DOI into the "scientific hub". It can be found by converting these hexnumbers to binary: \x68\x74\x74\x70\x73\x3A\x2F\x2F\x73\x63\x69\x2D\x68\x75\x62\x2E\x61\x63\x2F
[09:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:24] <exec> 08└─drinking coffee is psychopathy anyways.
[09:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:27] <exec> 08└─Bring me wine in the skull of an enemy! [oglaf.com]
[09:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:29] <exec> 08└─Tea is the drink of evil people! http://teatra.de [teatra.de] http://tvtropes.org [tvtropes.org] http://tvtropes.org [tvtropes.org]
[09:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:45] <exec> 08└─In the described configuration, Apache shouldn't have had write access to anything interesting for ransomware to attack, so it would need a privilege escalation vulnerability. Fortunately, that kernel version has a nice selection to choose from.
[09:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:58] <exec> 08└─I did not find any in-depth info, and it's unlikely I would have understood it, either. But this bit from the article: These enzymes are the first strategy that has ever been effective in eradicating mature biofilms, and that work in mouse models of infection
[09:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:42] <exec> 08└─The skill of the JTF2 sniper in taking down an insurgent at 3,540 metres required math skills, great eyesight, precision of ammunition and firearms, and superb training.
[09:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:43] <exec> 08└─Hey, were were talking about breading cats yesterday, killing Daesh isn't so far removed. Tomorrow we're doing puppy recipes. Do try and keep up.
[09:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:46] <exec> 08└─That's cute that thing about the life and liberty, I might use that as a punchline one day. We're in the weird twilight zone set in motion by GW Bush and Alberto Gonzales, who came up with the brilliant idea that anyone who had *never been granted rights* in the first place was not being deprived th...
[09:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:48] <exec> 08└─Dude, every man with a gun thinks they can pull it off. Handgun at 2 miles? Sure, watch this POW POW POW. Ooh I gotta a woody! It takes the elite (isn't that a bad word?) expert (bad word) to calculate all those non-Newtonian corrections (gravitation and fluid). Or just a lot a trial and error. How...
[09:35:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:53] <exec> 08└─Or drones that alert the nearest patrol car? Still cheaper than a gigantic concrete wall.
[09:35:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:54] <exec> 08└─It were mostly homogeneous but rapefugees are being let in at a rate that can't be handled properly. So some parts function like homogeneous regions, while other are filled with chaos people. It's a gradual change over time. Regardless the calm response is likely illusory.
[09:35:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:56] <exec> 08└─These numbers would be a bit more informative if they were normalised relative to the population size of the countries.
[09:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:58] <exec> 08└─If you see a survey where Scandinavia is on top, all your antennas should automatically go up looking for propaganda. This is not to say USA is not failing at multiple fronts. But I am not aware of a lot of people who are immigrating from Germany or France to live in Finland. In fact, most people fr...
[09:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:01] <exec> 08└─There is also massive barriers just to basic business services in the US. For instance if you want to file a patent - god is that a nightmare. Costs run from the hundreds to the tens of thousands of dollars per fee. And it's really fun too because just because you do manage to get a patent on someth...
[09:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:03] <exec> 08└─I see, so it is both depending on what supports your argument. Got it!
[09:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 1404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:33] <exec> 08└─Yup. It's called The Los Angeles Basin for a reason. It's surrounded by mountains and all the crap that those legacy ICEs spew just hangs around. ...and with "the Santa Ana winds blowing hot from the north" [and east], that may (seasonally) blow all the crap out to sea, and you may then get to see T...
[09:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:34] <exec> 08└─A gal I knew took early retirement and went back to Iowa. A guy who was coming up on retirement was telling me he was headed for Alaska. A comedian I heard on The Frazer Smith Show said she had built a house in Costa Rica. They have no military. They put their money into their people (even moreso th...
[09:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:10] <exec> 08└─So are they required to sell at a specific price?
[09:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:11] <exec> 08└─Can't actually find any real details online (probably not many exist at this stage - and linking to sources doesn't seem to be in fashion) but a slightly expanded version of the announcement is: ...allows the government to require the installation of charge points for electric vehicles at motorway s...
[09:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:16] <exec> 08└─It's a cyclical thing. From a FreeBSD perspective, we have limited resources to support ARM boards. We want to support the ones that have the highest likelihood of giving us some return on investment (i.e. that will create new contributors). These boards are the ones with the longest support lifetim...
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[09:39:17] <exec> 08└─The ARM mBed systems are great for prototyping (expensive per unit) and there's little cost difference between a Cortex M0 and an 8-bit microcontroller: basically all of the cost at this size is in the packaging, not the silicon.
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[10:33:33] <exec> 08└─Let's have a cuppa.
[10:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:35] <exec> 08└─<blackquote>Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black</blackquote> What a coincidence, I'm drinking their coffee black too.
[10:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:37] <exec> 08└─OMG I like iced tea and I drink coffee black.
[10:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:39] <exec> 08└─LOVE oglaf! :)
[10:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:41] <exec> 08└─Oblig: https://m.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[10:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:50] <exec> 08└─"U.S. Postal Service to Issue Heat-Sensitive Total Solar Eclipse Stamp" /article.pl?sid=17/04/28/1533253 [soylentnews.org] khallow has a journal entry about the eclipse: /~khallow/journal/2338 [soylentnews.org]
[10:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:53] <exec> 08└─The US will be the only country to experience the total eclipse, and international visitors are expected to descend for the event.
[10:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:03] <exec> 08└─I believe things like this are precisely the reasons we need a very *simple* public general OS that is just about as hard to phkup as a hand-calculator.
[10:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:04] <exec> 08└─I don't know, did they escape a Vietnamese prison of war camp?
[10:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:06] <exec> 08└─> be the daesh guy > poc (the bullet hitting something nearby) > gneeeeeoooooooooo (its sound, you hear it right after it hits) > o look a sniper missed me > better stand still until he tries again
[10:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:08] <exec> 08└─I must of missed the cat breading discussion, so I'll chime in here instead. I prefer my cat deep fried with a tempura breading. Cornmeal breading just does not suit fried cat, IMHO. ;-)
[10:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:19] <exec> 08└─Gaaah it's a nightmare, all these leftist weasel words. Are the The Bad Guys? Just tell me who are The Bad Guys. Cuz I only trust a man who tells it like it is.
[10:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:20] <exec> 08└─Pssst, muslim is a choice. As are gay and poor.
[10:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:53] <exec> 08└─Birth control should be handed out like Halloween candy, worldwide. ...of course, there are Catholics in the places where this is needed. ...and, in the USA, with its tight-assed if-you-fuck,-you-should-get-pregnant prudes in many state governments, things are going in the opposite direction. OTOH,...
[10:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:16] <exec> 08└─It was backed principally by two companies who are notorious for their gratuitously-incompatible lock-in-enabling technology. It was pretty much predestined to fail as they mutated it to make sure you had to buy from them.
[10:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:40] <exec> 08└─+1. Awful hardware design, but a ton of support. Like the OP, my favourite low-cost embedded device is an Odroid, which is sort of like a Pi with the hardware done right. The downside is that there's a lot less support there.
[10:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:41] <exec> 08└─Haven't had one of my raspi's fail yet, but the sdcard interface was questionable, especially when I was still running r/w. Wishlist items are a real gigabit network interface, and a better interface to (external) storage.
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[11:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:43] <exec> 08└─Lactose intolerance means coffee is black. To be fair though when milk is added to coffee it makes it smell really bad.
[11:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:44] <exec> 08└─Cheap coffee tastes disgusting. You can disguise the taste of disgusting coffee by adding milk / cream / sugar / syrup / other crap. People who can afford decent coffee (and actually like coffee) drink it black. Psychopaths are more likely to be financially well off, as they have no problem exploi...
[11:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:47] <exec> 08└─You should have included a warning when linking to a SFW Oglaf page.
[11:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:49] <exec> 08└─If you start drinking IPAs, you end up having no problem drinking black coffee. I did a quick search to try to compare the bitterness of IPAs and coffee, and found this: Love Beer And Coffee? You Might Be A Psychopath [popsci.com] That's right, I found another version of the 2015 TFA I did not read!
[11:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:10] <exec> 08└─That's easy, as long as you want its functionality to be about as complicated as a hand calculator.
[11:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:14] <exec> 08└─Sooo proud canada canada canada Not really: but I guess cheaper than having him paint the target and have an expensive bomber fly over and drop an expensive bomb on a village. Just kidding... Just kidding about just kidding.... Just kidding..... LOOK!!! Donald Trump naked! Ewwwwww.... Just kidding....
[11:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:15] <exec> 08└─Probably not but not all of the credit can go to the shooter. The spotter had to precisely calculate windage for 2.2 miles worth of changing winds, among other things, so he deserves some props as well.
[11:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:17] <exec> 08└─Cinderella story https://m.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[11:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:19] <exec> 08└─You'd prefer we just let them sort it out, I suppose? You're totally good with entire villages of noncombatants getting wiped out? Chemical weapons being used on civilian populations? You're a real asshole, man. If they were just trying to hit legal targets using legal weapons, fine, let them sort i...
[11:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:22] <exec> 08└─Pfft... No gun owner I know thinks that shit. They may put a few bucks on some target practice but they're under no illusions of being as good as a trained sniper/spotter pair.
[11:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:24] <exec> 08└─Dude, I couldn't even hit the crowd at 2.2 miles with the exact same gear. You have no clue what you're talking about.
[11:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:27] <exec> 08└─We can prosecute them for war crimes right after we handle the Bush 43 crowd.
[11:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:40] <exec> 08└─Darlin, I'll put my alpha male confidence and sense of humor up against whatever you think you have any day of the week. If my bed's empty, it's empty because I needed a break from putting up with women's shit for a night.
[11:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:41] <exec> 08└─Nope, for most, Muslim is brainwashing from birth, which you do not chose. And if you are not exposed to credible (to the environment that brainwashed you, and in your brainwashed state) alternatives, you never get the chance to unchose it.
[11:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:43] <exec> 08└─You keep using that word. I don't think you know what it means.
[11:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:45] <exec> 08└─Ah, the classic "What? USA not #1? The survey must be wrong!" response. People don't tend to move from somewhere like France or Germany to Scandinavia because their standard of living is already pretty close to that of the Scandi/Nordic countries, so the personal upheaval is not justified. As for "l...
[11:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:48] <exec> 08└─In many cases and in many places including the UK, Aus and the US, leaving islam carries the penalty of death, or worse (usually involving acid). Sure, they have a choice. Live in pain or worse for life or die. Not much of a choice. They don't give 8yo girls any choice in the wearing of a head scarf...
[11:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:50] <exec> 08└─The US hasn't been in existence since the 1700s - if you think this (the state of the US after the 1700s) https://en.wikipedia.org is the same country as the current United States, you're delusional. And if you claim it is, then I claim I can pic...
[11:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:52] <exec> 08└─My cowardly comrade, if you aren't willing to put your life on the line for your convictions, you don't have any convictions.
[11:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:54] <exec> 08└─Being smug fucks back in the crack does not make them good citizens of the world.
[11:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:56] <exec> 08└─Draw the line wherever you like in time, people are people the world over. The U.S. may have lagged a bit on racial equality, or not depending on where you view it from. If you just focus on a specific country and look for negative things, you can find them and make anywhere look bad.
[11:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:52] <exec> 08└─Could it have been the "firestarter firewire hack" aka "Inception"? http://www.breaknenter.org [breaknenter.org] Really clever coding...
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[12:33:18] <exec> 08└─Use additional typographical symbols on level 3, brothers.
[12:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:19] <exec> 08└─At least it's not &mdaesh;
[12:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:50] <exec> 08└─At every workplace I've been to, coffee is boomer. Other groups drink coffee but none as much or as addicted as boomers.
[12:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 2004 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:51] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, millennials are making coffee "cool" again: How Cold Brew Changed the Coffee Business [nytimes.com] Cold brew was still a relatively niche market until 2015, when Starbucks introduced the drink in a number of stores; it is now available at every one of its more than 13,000 locations in...
[12:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:54] <exec> 08└─Psychopaths are more likely to be financially well off, as they have no problem exploiting other people to achieve wealth.
[12:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03shipofgold [4696] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:04] <exec> 08└─I booked my travel to see it. I read a description that said something to the effect "360 degrees of dusk and a hole in the sky showing the stars which makes it look like a portal into another universe....gotta see that. Next total eclipse in USA is in 2024 but I am not waiting.
[12:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:27] <exec> 08└─Implicitly, "person" means "person covered by this document". You know, consent of the governed and all that.
[12:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:28] <exec> 08└─I missed that one, too. Is there a difference between Persian and tabby?
[12:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:51] <exec> 08└─I think the wall is a stupid project, but this? "- would be built across vast expanses of uncrossable desert" It's not the heart of the Sahara with 400ft high sand dunes and no water for miles. It's desert, yes, but quite survivable and quite crossable. Also, it's beautiful. You should visit it some...
[12:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:53] <exec> 08└─Ah the classic "I will not read anything I just so superior and intelligent I don't need to read anything before opening my mouth" response. Which part of This is not to say USA is not failing at multiple fronts.
[12:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:27] <exec> 08└─California is not overpopulated. It is a huge state. Most of it is quite rural. Venture outside the Bay Area and Orange County and that quickly becomes apparent. If they filled up the rest of their acreage with the same density as the SF peninsula they could probably fit the entire population of the...
[12:38:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 196 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:20] <exec> 08└─When somebody realized the downside of a multi-master system that can invoke DMA, every corporate and government entity banned any hardware with a firewire port from being considered for purchase.
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[13:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Group Up for Sale - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:30] <exec> 08└─Could Intel buy them? And open-source the drivers for Poulsbo (aka GMA500 -- integrated graphics in early atom netbooks and UMPCs)? Yeah, I know. Not gonna happen -- the hardware's too old, not worth their trouble, etc. Still... it'd be nice.
[13:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:58] <exec> 08└─If you start drinking IPAs, you end up having no problem drinking black coffee.
[13:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03schad [2398] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:59] <exec> 08└─If you start drinking IPAs, you end up having no problem drinking black coffee.
[13:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:02] <exec> 08└─I checked, not worth it. I really am getting tired of these kind of "filler" research articles. It is just depressing to be reminded multiple times a day about the amount of taxpayer-funded misinformation being generated via p-hacking and the like.
[13:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:04] <exec> 08└─I posted about cold brew coffee in another comment and submitted [soylentnews.org] it as well. The article says: Cold brew is more than a slowed-down version of hot coffee; it's a noticeably different product. Hot water will bring out the acids in coffee, a characteristic that professional tasters c...
[13:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:06] <exec> 08└─I've got a few of these around: https://www.beeradvocate.com [beeradvocate.com]
[13:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:08] <exec> 08└─Non-dairy creamer is a thing now...
[13:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:11] <exec> 08└─a lactose intolerant diabetic who avoid artificial sweeteners.
[13:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:21] <exec> 08└─That 2024 eclipse will be just as awesome, cutting a long path from up around Maine down across Texas.
[13:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:35] <exec> 08└─That might not be the OS you would use to serve the websites of 3,400 companies.
[13:35:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 723 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:22] <exec> 08└─Let's be clear here. This isn't a war. The regime was changed years and years ago. There's no one who can surrender for the disparate opposing forces. This is an Imperialist occupation with no purpose except to keep feeding the military-related industries in the aggressor countries. Re-read Part Two...
[13:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:49] <exec> 08└─yeah, i mean, never mind if the 'target' (defined as non-human, so, it's all good) killed was actually who they said, actually a 'bad guy' (YMMV), and actually a necessary thing (basically, is Empire a necessary thing?)... . but, yeah, real cool to kill another nekkid ape from a long ways aways, ult...
[13:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:13] <exec> 08└─Why do I get the feeling Japan [youtube.com] is an [youtube.com] even bigger [youtube.com] contender [youtube.com] for [youtube.com] that [youtube.com]?
[13:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:15] <exec> 08└─How to fuck over a nation: Step 1: Implicitly allow uncontrolled immigration from third-world shitholes. Step 2: ???? Step 3: Your country is now a shithole. HINT: Step 2 is "wait" Waiting for the inevitable day Sweden and Germany are Second Tier countries (I think it will happen next Tuesday). PS:...
[13:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tonyPick [1237] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:37] <exec> 08└─the i.MX6 is getting really long in the tooth
[13:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Report: Iraq and Afghanistan WikiLeaks Disclosures Did Not Significantly Harm U.S. National Security - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:55] <exec> 08└─But that's a policy decision.
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[14:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03OrugTor [5147] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:29] <exec> 08└─that the ring road gets its own cycle bridge. I wish the US could prioritize like the Dutch.
[14:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 1212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:30] <exec> 08└─I'm simply not in any hurry to take a vacation in the Netherlands to test this idea. They use less concrete? Interesting idea. But, engineers already use as little concrete as possible. It's not like an engineer gets a huge kickback from the concrete plant or anything. New and different shapes? Agai...
[14:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:32] <exec> 08└─"By contrast, a printer deposits only the concrete where it is needed. This has benefits since in the production of cement a lot of CO2 is released" THANK GOD - WE'RE SAVED FROM GLOBAL WARMING !!!!!!!!!!!! The next logical step is to stop using cement altogether !
[14:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:35] <exec> 08└─Pre-stressed concrete has been in use since the late 19th Century. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[14:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:16] <exec> 08└─Tired of filler articles, or tired of filler research, or both? After the claims that the majority of "research" these days is not reproducible, I suspect that most research is just filler. Fill up some lab rooms with students, let them get crazy with shit, then write a paper on whatever the student...
[14:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:18] <exec> 08└─"I'll have a large coffee, black." "Hot?" "Uh... yes." Honestly, I thought it was a joke the first time DD asked me this. After waking up a bit I thought they meant iced coffee. I guess it makes sense that someone would eventually try sun tea with coffee though.
[14:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondrake [2658] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 1072 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:20] <exec> 08└─So after you wrote this, I read it. Psychology is not my field, and I am somewhat prejudiced in that I generally do not like the methodology in psychology (but some of that is probably inevitable when working with human behavior). While I see some short-comings in their approach, they acknowledge th...
[14:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:22] <exec> 08└─"meticulously crafted by hand" Yes, they meticulously took a scoop, placed a measure in a tea bag, and made sun tea. Except they were lamaist monks. In Tibet. At 13,000ft. And the water was meltwater from sacred glaciers. And the brew was carefully carried down precarious mountain paths by smiling c...
[14:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:33] <exec> 08└─Well, we'd rather keep you fucking terrorists from coming down and stabbing our security guards anyways, so I don't think we're going to miss you either. Besides, unless you have the time and money to chase these things around the world, these opportunities only come along a few times in a lifetime,...
[14:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 1734 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:48] <exec> 08└─Production environment is always a balancing act. Yes, absolutely do not patch the system for mere bug fixes. Just too much chance something will break. The most innocent seeming tiny change can cause problems. Don't try anything too edgy, such as btrfs, stick with ext4, maybe xfs. Lot of work to mo...
[14:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:03] <exec> 08└─No, no, no. If you want to have power over $OLD_POTUS, you need to use his Real Name, not just a pointer/reference. You need to call him Baraq Hussein Soetoro. In fact, perhaps EF's invocation of his True Name has been what kept the site from being shut down! If that doesn't work, just shout NEE! at...
[14:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:05] <exec> 08└─Yes. We should get out and give them the space to figure things out for themselves. It's an opportunity they deserve to have.
[14:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah - and how do you even DO that? So, the wind is blowing here, where you are, southerly, at about 5 mph. A quarter mile away, the wind is just eddying in the lee of a hill. A quarter mile further, the wind is southerly again, but 10 mph. Another quarter, and you have more eddies in the lee of a l...
[14:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:09] <exec> 08└─>Deliberate killing of another human being, regardless of nationality, is murder. I don't think you really know what "murder" means: https://www.law.cornell.edu [cornell.edu] "Definition Murder occurs when one human being UNLAWFULLY kills another human being."
[14:36:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03idiot_king [6587] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 521 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:20] <exec> 08└─Why with all its history of slavery, sexism, genocide of Natives, bigotry against immigrants, useless wars, failing school systems, second-rate infrastructure, and the obvious, yet somehow perfect embodiment of all these problems in the Cheeto-hewn-coil of Der Drumpfenfurher, it's obvious that we've...
[14:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03ewk [5923] (Score: 1) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:36] <exec> 08└─"women's shit" You're using them wrong... :-)
[14:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:37] <exec> 08└─You know that Kodac invented digital photography too right? Then it killed them.
[14:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:39] <exec> 08└─Yup, this is the right way to handle it. But it lacks the aesthetic of a wall.
[14:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kell [292] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:41] <exec> 08└─Or perhaps there is more benefit to living to make affect change, than making a hollow and ultimately futile point? The smart person works within a system to shape and direct it, rather than raging against a force beyond their ability to overcome in a petulant display of pique. That's why I respect...
[14:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:04] <exec> 08└─I understand this. Every odd board cannot be supported, but especially with FreeBSD, I would choose a BBB over a Pi any day, even if the former is less 'popular'. It doesn't have to be part of the biggest 'herd' to be the better choice for a given project.
[14:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Admits to Disabling Third-Party Anti-Virus Code if Win 10 Doesn't Like It - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:53] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing they mean doing something like Wine, but using their code. Your guess is as good as mine.
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[15:33:27] <exec> 08└─Gaff is not impressed.
[15:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 983 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:42] <exec> 08└─Granted, simple shapes like spheres, and even hollow "eggs" aren't incredibly difficult to cast, though they will still add substantially to the cost - takes a lot more man-hours to build the forms for a fairy castle than for a rectilinear slab. Where 3D printing gets *really* interesting is in doin...
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[15:33:43] <exec> 08└─No one is claiming otherwise. What *is* new is pre-stressed 3D printed concrete. Basically they've figured out a way to incorporate one of the major concrete-strengthening technologies with the convenience and flexibility of 3D printing. I suspect this will prove to be a tipping point in bringing 3D...
[15:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03number6x [903] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:29] <exec> 08└─I like my coffee like my women... Bitter
[15:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:30] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but the Millennials won't drink the nasty Folgers crap that the Boomers are making at the office in the shared coffee pot. They'll only drink something fancy (and I don't blame them; regular-brand coffee is utter crap).
[15:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:44] <exec> 08└─God help those who have to deal with you every day for the rest of the year as I am sure they will very quickly tire of your "I'm happy with my 70 percent coverage because I'M not going to travel down there. Am I right???"
[15:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:59] <exec> 08└─Sure, they could have updated, but then they wouldn't have gotten that sweet 9-year uptime. The admin bragging rights were totally worth the ransom.
[15:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:18] <exec> 08└─Probably not but not all of the credit can go to the shooter. The spotter had to precisely calculate windage for 2.2 miles worth of changing winds, among other things, so he deserves some props as well.
[15:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:20] <exec> 08└─Chemical weapons being used on civilian populations?
[15:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:51] <exec> 08└─You're not an alpha male. You're delusional and not respected by anybody. Part of being an alpha is that you're not so full of shit that nobody takes you seriously.
[15:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:52] <exec> 08└─Yeah, and if they followed this policy in 1933, Albert Einstein would have been thrown back to Germany, where he would likely have perished in a concentration camp. America became the great nation it was precisely because it encouraged the immigration of the best and brightest from around the world.
[15:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:48] <exec> 08└─I thought Chachi already went over to the dark side.
[15:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ron Howard Steps in to Direct Han Solo Movie - 911 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:49] <exec> 08└─Star Wars is done for. So is Star Trek for that matter. Oh, I forgot. Millenials are no-talent losers that can't produce nothing good. Wow, this is an utterly stupid comment. Star Trek has been ruined by JJ Abrams, who was born in 1966. Star Wars, if it is ruined by Ron Howard, will be ruined by som...
[15:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:07] <exec> 08└─You have a point! Seems it's the standard government reaction where when there's a need the instict is to follow the precedent instead of taking the whole picture into account. A quick guess is that petrol stations will have unused charge stations and motorway restaurants, tourist attractions, resid...
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[15:41:21] <exec> 08└─This is not the mentality of, for example, using Windows because it is "supported". A minority of Raspberry Pis will still be available in 10 or 20 years. For a similar scenario, the Nokia 3210, released in 1999 [wikipedia.org], is still widely available [ebay.com]&\160;- and that isn't because Noki...
[15:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:22] <exec> 08└─For a minority of cases, a Mac Mini is a good choice. It can be removed from its biscuit tin case and placed in a 19 inch rack with three PCI cards. Reluctantly, an x86 with ECC RAM remains the default choice.
[15:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:24] <exec> 08└─I noticed the cost.. about 45 US$ ;( Would almost be profitable to DIY..
[15:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Report: Iraq and Afghanistan WikiLeaks Disclosures Did Not Significantly Harm U.S. National Security - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:43] <exec> 08└─Pragmatism vs. idealism. Would you also argue we should disband the armed forces because war is unethical? And before you say that analogy is hyperbolic, no, if you assume most other countries are spying as well, it's well-comparable.
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[16:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:29] <exec> 08└─The 180 degree format sounds superficially similar to the IMAX Dome (formerly OMNIMAX) format [wikipedia.org] used for documentaries.
[16:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:30] <exec> 08└─There are two cameras, one for each eye, so you get 3D and can usefully move your eyes -- there is more than you can see without moving your eyes. What you can't usefully do it tilt your head (ruined 3D effect) move your head around (no data for behind you). Now of course, what happens if you do til...
[16:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:33] <exec> 08└─Couldn't they just make a format that has a variable scope of view. Instead of limiting beforehand on what can be done?
[16:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:56] <exec> 08└─There is a potential danger with using so little concrete in a "bracing" manner rather than a solid, bulk manner: the concrete in the "less material is used" structure is suddenly more critical. If it cracks or weathers away, failure will happen sooner than with a bulk cast concrete structure.
[16:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:57] <exec> 08└─It might help if the entire US had a mild maritime climate and was totally flat like the Netherlands.
[16:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Group Up for Sale - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:06] <exec> 08└─Just watch Apple buy them at a fire-sale price, having killed them by an announcement. "We said we would be producing our own, now we are up and running."
[16:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:46] <exec> 08└─In the end, we are just left with a weak correlation between preference of what people perceive as bitter, and questions that attempt to judge whether such people are more likely to have traits that are slightly socially frowned upon (its a very long way to true psychopaths I think).
[16:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:07] <exec> 08└─> America may well deserve a #1 ranking on most Byzantine health care system in the world Um, surely that accolade should go to Turkey?
[16:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 949 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:08] <exec> 08└─Tolerance has its limits, and fucktards like uzzie cross the line. We are tolerant of Muslims, yet intolerant of the ones who become terrorists. Tolerant of conservatives, intolerant of the ones who promote the destruction of our country through oppression of its people. You may not understand this,...
[16:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:10] <exec> 08└─Snowflake alert: "They released a report that didn't flatter our egos, woe is us they are so mean! Waaa waaa!!" My god you assholes just see everyone as the enemy don't you? Delusion sure is your strong suit.
[16:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03i286NiNJA [2768] (Score: 1) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:12] <exec> 08└─Really? Please tell us of your adventures in the military buzzy.. also I'm sure you've never backed down from a fight in your life. You're so full of shit if there was any truth to what you're saying you'd be dead by now. But it sounds cool right?
[16:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:15] <exec> 08└─Wow, fear much?
[16:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:17] <exec> 08└─Beauty, eh? Kinda like the Scandinavians, if Canada didn't get some social policies right everyone would leave because of the weather.
[16:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:19] <exec> 08└─Those figures need to be adjusted for: A) population of the country applying from, and B) cost of relocation from said country relative to wealth of applicants. Haiti would give Mexico a run for their money, when adjusted to show how much the people want to come here.
[16:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 1054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:20] <exec> 08└─Not that I'm a huge fan of the USB design, but... > Polled 1000 times per second (hello? hello?) Seems outlandish by human reference frames, but to the computer that's only once every few million cycles... Granted an interrupt-based design would be even more efficient. >Relies on a single host at th...
[16:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:22] <exec> 08└─The polling is an issue because it causes latency. And when there are many devices on the bus on different hubs to complicate matters that multiplies. Single host at the top of the tree to control the network makes it impossible to relieve the controller as a I/O bottleneck. And adds latency. If a f...
[16:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:24] <exec> 08└─Make it so that the operator must approve the use of the feature. It could be as simply as the BIOS enabling/disabling the feature.
[16:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:26] <exec> 08└─That would mean less equipment needs and low cost. Not a Apple thing.. Guess DIY would been a great thing here to workaround Apple.
[16:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:28] <exec> 08└─USB uses single ended shielding for some out of band messaging.
[16:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:31] <exec> 08└─Adding to the insult.. SCSI had this multiple computers one disc feature too. And people could handle it. Nanny computers sucks.
[16:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 1707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:01] <exec> 08└─An ARM micro-controller which only executes 16 bit Thumb instructions is a relatively good choice in typical circumstances. However, there are conditions where ARM should be avoided. This is mostly a generic consideration of 8 bit instruction sets, 16 bit instruction sets, 32 bit instructions, large...
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[17:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:23] <exec> 08└─There's a less complicated approach. Use the enzyme that causes mammals to go into hibernation. It's not freezing but lowers metabolic needs and lowers heart rate so the person saves on the life time used up. The problem with freezing is the complication with ice crystals and going into or out of th...
[17:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:25] <exec> 08└─I was working 20 hour days, sleeping 4 hours per night Monday through Friday, and sleeping 36 hours straight through Saturday and Sunday. Then I died.
[17:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:27] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews is the afterlife, eh? Enjoy your stay... forever.
[17:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:29] <exec> 08└─Don't cremate me.
[17:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 1173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:31] <exec> 08└─The problem, I think, is that there's no consistent enzyme used by all mammals to hibernate - hibernation is something that evolved independently many times. And in species that never evolved hibernation, the systems are not designed to handle it gracefully, if at all. An alternative option is to ga...
[17:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:42] <exec> 08└─Pairs well with this article: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] The major VR headsets have a FOV of about 90-100 degrees. They'll probably go wider in the future, but still... Now it would be cool to do a number of things with this format, such as render some...
[17:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:44] <exec> 08└─What you can't usefully do it tilt your head (ruined 3D effect) move your head around (no data for behind you).
[17:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:46] <exec> 08└─It's about the hardware. Apparently, their cheap front-facing camera design can take video with a 180 degree field of view. It sort of looks like a normal camera and will be much cheaper and easier to use than the 360° camera balls. Although I'm sure there will be a lot of video taken with somebody...
[17:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:48] <exec> 08└─I was thinking that the same footage could be mirrored to cover 360 degrees. Or black void. Or some crazy visualization that might be based on the video. Or a cartoon audience. There are many possibilities. How about a UI? You check out front facing video, and when you're done you can turn around an...
[17:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Group Up for Sale - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:20] <exec> 08└─Come to think of it, that would be the funniest shit ever. Would it be illegal?
[17:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:02] <exec> 08└─I have some off brand Folgers (the kind you get at Family Dollar that's like $5 instead of $6.50). I should cold brew it and sell it to post-Millennials.
[17:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:04] <exec> 08└─Meh. If you want to make millennial hipster coffee, you need one of these: Chemex [chemexcoffeemaker.com]. Actually, after the old coffee maker gave up the ghost I got one for the hell of it. Can't say I'm able to taste whatever difference I'm supposed to be able to taste, but it's at least easier t...
[17:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:33] <exec> 08└─Now that you point it out: * No update of kernel or Apache since 2008 * No backup One could be forgiven perhaps for one. But both of them just smells negligence a long way.
[17:35:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:47] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of the story of a doctor during the Civil War that had two patients dying under his care, one of cancer, the other of a flesh eating bacteria. He figured, hey, this guy has too much flesh (cancer), what would happen if... End result, cancer cured, sadly the guy died of flesh eating bacter...
[17:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 1007 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:55] <exec> 08└─Maximum effective range (area target) of a M4 is 600 meters. So the shooter would need something MUCH better then an off the shelf assault rifle to even come close to hitting a target at 3000+ meters. Note Area target essentially means broadside of a barn. Snipers also don't spray and pray as your p...
[17:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:56] <exec> 08└─Haha NOW you try and play the high road? Of course you do, gotta spin that MIC into a positive somehow! Hey look everybody, TMB is letting everyone know how stupid he really is! We're in the middle east to protect some innocent villagers, hoorah. Someone might want to let the military know, so far t...
[17:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:58] <exec> 08└─"One shot, one kill" These guys aren't supposed to pull the trigger when there's significant uncertainty about the shot. The ability to make that determination in a variety of conditions can be actually statistically tested in a training environment. I'm guessing the target was immobile though.
[17:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:00] <exec> 08└─Irrelevant, one and all. Napalm, MK77, and WP are not chemical weapons. Radiation had no treaty banning its use.
[17:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:03] <exec> 08└─Lack of bad luck, yeah. You don't get lucky on a 2.2 mile shot though. You either had that shit perfectly dialed in and the wind didn't change before you pulled the trigger or you just miss.
[17:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:05] <exec> 08└─You watch the grass/trees if there are any. You watch the dust if there isn't. You take visual measurements every so often along the range and calculate from that.
[17:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:45] <exec> 08└─Many Europeans wouldn't want to put up with the hassle of traveling to America.
[17:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:46] <exec> 08└─There is no country where the welfare is a desirable way of life. Stop swallowing the propaganda, stop listening to talk radio, stop reading your conservative rags.
[17:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:48] <exec> 08└─Nationalized airlines throw a chunk of the national budget at the problem. This is just showing off for reasons of national pride. It isn't profitable. It is in fact a sure path to bankruptcy. Sometimes US airlines make that mistake. Shareholders do not appreciate it. A better goal is to have the lo...
[17:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:51] <exec> 08└─Yeah those 8 year olds ought to be ashamed that there not willing to put there life on the line to stand up for your version of freedom, Freedom!, FREEDOM! can't... stop... eyes... from... rolling.
[17:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:53] <exec> 08└─Can't say as I remember ever doing so, no. Lost a few though.
[17:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:55] <exec> 08└─I think you need to learn what snowflake means. It's not a generic insult.
[17:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:57] <exec> 08└─"Number 28" is more appropriate
[17:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:59] <exec> 08└─Run grab a sociology book. You've no idea what you're talking about.
[17:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:06] <exec> 08└─Sure, they should poll faster. 1000 Hz is borderline for music. The UHCI interface is also kind of defective. The polling should happen fully in hardware, without needing to involve the OS. 6250 Hz, 8000 Hz, or 8192 Hz, or 10000 Hz, or 11025 Hz, or 12000 Hz, or 12500 Hz, would have been much nicer....
[17:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:39] <exec> 08└─I'm just thinking that when the minimum clock frequency for ARM is 48 MHz and memory sizes in 128 kB or more. It will not matter much that code density goes down? ie any advantages are nullified by the pure capacity in speed and memory.
[17:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:40] <exec> 08└─Pi3 at 6.7 watt isn't that much? considering how much a PC uses up..
[17:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:43] <exec> 08└─I got a little mixed up. For some reason I was thinking it was Arm V6 like the Pi B+. Turns out I was thinking of the i.MX3x series which is Arm V6.
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[18:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:23] <exec> 08└─If I have $10k in the bank I don't have to report anything when I cross the border, it's only if I'm carrying cash. They say "$10k worth of bitcoins in their posession." Does that mean you need to be carrying a device with the actual wallet on it? Do people actually do that? And if the wallet was st...
[18:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:35] <exec> 08└─Good effort but you forgot the "Hoo hoo hoo-hoo, hoo hoo hoo-hoo, ha haa haaa haaahhrrrrrrrr!"
[18:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:36] <exec> 08└─This is asking for the mother of all DVTs, probably in a lot of different places.
[18:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:38] <exec> 08└─So, hell is really Soylent People?
[18:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:41] <exec> 08└─Yes, SN is Hell. The evidence is everywhere: Phoenix666, Fnord666, aristarchus the ancient greek who lived and died thousands of years ago, a mighty buzzard will eat your boobies for eternity, the flaming lake of ethanol is always fueled.
[18:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:43] <exec> 08└─I was happily going along with you, right until you smacked me in the face with the harsh reality of being taken... down to the edge of death
[18:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:59] <exec> 08└─Can't wait to see the remake of A Clockwork Orange in this new format!
[18:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:00] <exec> 08└─Google VR180 seems to be completely contrary to Google's royalty-free AOMedia Video 1 codec [soylentnews.org] which could provide field-of-view angles and/or wrap-around flags. Instead, this requires "VR180 certification" and, presumably, a cryptographic signature or a proprietary format. It also re...
[18:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Bisects VR - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:02] <exec> 08└─> black void...select something from a catalog "My God, it's full of ads!"
[18:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:26] <exec> 08└─> No one is claiming otherwise. The summary could be read that way. Basically they've figured out a way to incorporate one of the major concrete-strengthening technologies with the convenience and flexibility of 3D printing.
[18:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:28] <exec> 08└─You mean overrun our country with terrorists? No thanks man. Also 52% income tax and another 21% VAT tax, yeah fuck yourself. You don't need a fucking bike bridge.
[18:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:30] <exec> 08└─How would that help US cities treat bicycle traffic like first-class traffic? Most cities are designed for cars and pedestrians. If you're on a bike, you need to choose to either impose on the space for cars or impose on the space for pedestrians. Also, I've been wondering about this one for a while...
[18:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:22] <exec> 08└─Yep, bitter and stimulating.
[18:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:24] <exec> 08└─This one was submitted because it was a chance for geek-flavored levity. To me it's obvious that psychopaths are not the ones drinking black coffee, but rather nothing but distilled water. And they never blink.
[18:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:26] <exec> 08└─Slap the core key words "sustainable" and "organic" and "fair trade" on the label and you'll be able to charge a larger mark-up.
[18:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:28] <exec> 08└─It is the key ingredient in the Infinite Improbability Drive [wikia.com].
[18:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:30] <exec> 08└─That's right, but then it's about two different coffee drinking experiences. Drink it quickly in volume to wake up and get to work means any old thing will do. Sip and savor it while watching the morning mist on the pond should be done with quality coffee and drunk black.
[18:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:33] <exec> 08└─I was afraid you were going to say "Ground to a fine powder and stored in a little bag in my freezer." Guessing you don't take your coffee black then (i.e., you're not a psychopath) :)
[18:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Drake_Edgewater [780] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:47] <exec> 08└─If possible, watch the eclipse from the top of a mountain or a high place. That way, you can also watch the Moon's shadow moving through the surface at tremendous speed. I heard that in an interview on the Planetary Society podcast.
[18:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:48] <exec> 08└─The 2017 eclipse cuts a wide swath through thinly populated areas but doesn't pass through any large cities. The largest city in totality is Nashville (~700,000) 2024 will darken Dallas (nearly 5 million). The weather is likely to better this year though. April and east of the Rockies does not bode...
[18:35:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:50] <exec> 08└─I'm fortunate that my daughter and son-in-law live in Nashville, so I'll be able to visit them, have a free place to stay, and see my first (and probably last) total eclipse. I already bought my Eclipse Glasses from American Paper Optics [eclipseglasses.com] in preparation.
[18:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:52] <exec> 08└─"...Most people I know have no desire to travel to US anymore..."
[18:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03shipofgold [4696] (Score: 2) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 858 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:09] <exec> 08└─Given the publicity of ShellShock bash vulnerability you would have thought that someone would have though a little about updates....I find it hard to believe that anyone running Linux would not have heard about ShellShock and at least gave an inkling to updating to a newer version of bash. I wonder...
[18:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:37] <exec> 08└─I'd agree if actual war crimes (rather than the bullshit we get accused of) weren't taking place. I give not a shit how many of each other they kill, so long as they keep it to lawful combatants as much as possible.
[18:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 1413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:26] <exec> 08└─He is my son. He started working at age 15 at Ace Hardware. He works 3.5 hours per week. He mostly helps deliver pool chemicals, filling and carrying jugs. Sometimes he stocks shelves. He isn't a critical employee. If minimum wage were higher, he wouldn't have the job. It's a starter job for a teen....
[18:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Named State With the Worst Air Quality (Again) - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:01] <exec> 08└─Cali should simply tax all gas/diesel vehicles to pay for even more EV incentives. Transform 50% of the cars on the road to electric, and a lot of the problem goes away
[18:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:08] <exec> 08└─For a micro-controller with 4KB of ROM, code density is very important. For a micro-controller with 64KB ROM, it is probably acceptable to be within 10% of optimal code density. However, as the size of the program increases, processor complexity acts as a magnifier for size and bandwidth. Where ener...
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[19:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:30] <exec> 08└─If two people have memorized the same private key, who owns the coins? If two people have each memorized one private key for a multisig address, who owns the coins? If one person has coins stored in a transaction with a locktime that will last many multiples of a natural human lifespan, do they own...
[19:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:31] <exec> 08└─And what you'll find is that failure to thoroughly answer those questions is gonna get the IRS 10 feet up your anus, out your mouth and up your ass a second time.
[19:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 679 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:34] <exec> 08└─This is the identical problem that the music industry had to grapple with circa. 1999 or so. And that the movie/video industry is currently grappling with. What is that problem: Digital data has no physical existence, therefore trying to apply the old rules for physical items to digital data is a...
[19:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:36] <exec> 08└─U.S. Congress wants to pass a bill that would put serious fines ($10K for bitcoins as opposed to $5K for cash, IIRC) and jail time (ten years, as opposed to five IIRC) if you cross the border without reporting your bitcoins (in addition to confiscating your bitcoins of course).
[19:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:38] <exec> 08└─I had this idea in my head that was mostly joke until I noticed Diane Feinstein. <Lagg> Holeh shit is this a stealth bill to perform a capone maneuver and knock down Trump's russian bitkoins!? P.S. I'm onto some shit you guys. The deep state has toggled my star. P.S.S. Why a <pre> if I have to use <...
[19:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:40] <exec> 08└─More of a Digital Liberty than Politics nexus story. Well at least you won't see another Politics story for a while. If you memorize your wallet key and then enter the country, you're breaking the law!
[19:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:43] <exec> 08└─My extension has a symbols list that includes almost every bit of Unicode you would want (and some you don't) with quick insertion of &, < and > at the top of the list. Made writing this crap pretty quick: &, < and >
[19:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:45] <exec> 08└─I don't think they'll accept my answers, though I'd be happy to volunteer if they were interested: "You can't own information, The Man!" I expect them to write their own rules, and I expect those rules to be a trainwreck when they eventually reach the courts.
[19:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:47] <exec> 08└─Exactly. This is either (a) politicians and bureaucrats who don't understand technology, or else (b) yet another random law that they can charge you for violating, when they can't get you for anything else [nationalreview.com].
[19:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:49] <exec> 08└─Any deposit of $10,000.00 or more. So you think you can get away with depositing $1000 on ten different days? The feds have an answer to that: it's called "structuring". Some restaurant owner had her life savings frozen by her bank because she deposited large amounts of cash, but never so much that...
[19:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:51] <exec> 08└─and I also expect partnerships have to report their cash if they carry $10k or more across the border.
[19:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:54] <exec> 08└─there is a limited number of possible bitcoins. The following will make the effective number decrease over time: Some people will die or become incapacitated without telling anyone the passphrase to their wallet. I plan to buy a bitcoin soon. Only one as I'm still leery of digital currencies but one...
[19:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 2312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:56] <exec> 08└─That's why the politicians are fucking morons with zero technical expertise, and they flat out ignore all the technical expertise screaming at them. It's as if they believe technology, math, science, and even reality will simply bend themselves to political will. Right before you cross the border, u...
[19:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:58] <exec> 08└─That's why the politicians are fucking morons with zero technical expertise, and they flat out ignore all the technical expertise screaming at them. It's as if they believe technology, math, science, and even reality will simply bend themselves to political will.
[19:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:00] <exec> 08└─I don't think they mean like 10,000 BC, I think they mean if you have an equivalent of $10,000 worth of BC. That will age better. I mean, any law that specifies a direct amount will have its meaning shift over time though as long as inflation continues. Someday $5000/$10000 will be chump change and...
[19:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:17] <exec> 08└─Why limit therapeutic hypothermia to space travel? Use it to get through a visit with your in-laws. 'Cause being on Mars is a GREAT excuse to avoid those visits altogether!
[19:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:19] <exec> 08└─I guess Christians were right, the afterlife truly is an eternity of suffering and pain.
[19:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:21] <exec> 08└─If medical technology can't handle that, we have no business going interstellar.
[19:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03sea [86] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Origami Anything - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:46] <exec> 08└─I believe this means that we've just automated away the job of origamists. From TFA, it seems that this will produce far superior origami structures than anything people can come up with easily, and it can do it fast. Combined with a robot to do the folding, it can mass-produce arbitrary origami str...
[19:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:08] <exec> 08└─A technical correction that adds nothing to the actual conversation... The best kind! When you pre-stress concrete it's actually to prevent damage from sheering stresses. Concrete has a fairly high tensile strength already.
[19:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:09] <exec> 08└─No, but pre-stressing 3D printed concrete might be somewhat novel.
[19:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:12] <exec> 08└─Furthermore, this implementation is actually called post-tensioned concrete, as the tension is added after assembling the bridge. Wikipedia article [wikipedia.org]
[19:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:14] <exec> 08└─> Call me a luddite, I don't care. That computer you used to post this message was designed by people who knew how materials behave under stress and over time. That SpaceX launch I just watched, was also made possible by engineers who know how materials react. Why wouldn't something as ancient as co...
[19:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Group Up for Sale - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:25] <exec> 08└─Would it be illegal?
[19:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:20] <exec> 08└─You forgot "conflict-free" and my (least) favorite, "no GMOs".
[19:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:21] <exec> 08└─Definitely a correlation: https://yakimapolice.org [yakimapolice.org]
[19:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:23] <exec> 08└─Psychotic people generally hallucinate and experience delusions. Psychopaths rain on your parade. I experience psychosis from time to time. I also drink my coffee black - but I'm not a psychopath.
[19:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:26] <exec> 08└─Strong, black, ground up and in my freezer.
[19:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:28] <exec> 08└─but one cannot buy hot coffee. At Starbucks in Portland, a hot coffee is $2.25 but you can't use food stamps. At most grocery stores around here, one can buy Stumptown cold brew for $4.00 - and you can pay with food stamps.
[19:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:30] <exec> 08└─Sodium caseinate. When I was a little boy, I was allergic to casein. I once saw my mother burst into tears while trying unsuccessfully to find a non-dairy creamer she could put on my breakfast cereal. There's a beverage called Muscle Milk. It says "Contains No Milk" on the front of the can. It's als...
[19:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:32] <exec> 08└─I also forgot "gluten free." Sigh. Marketing is hard.
[19:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06South Korean Web Host Running Obsolete Software Gets Pwned - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:07] <exec> 08└─...and Heartbleed. N.B. I love how big unpatched vulnerabilities in FOSS OSes are so rare that M$ fanboys make an effort to create cute names and logos for those. Too bad those folks don't put that effort into Redmond's software and curing its Vulnerability of the Day thing. ...or has it gotten to V...
[19:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 1393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:36] <exec> 08└─Before USA.gov bombed, invaded, and occupied that place (based on Dubya's and Cheney's lies, BTW), Iraq was a stable state. You may not have approved of the government there, but it was a sovereign nation with the right to work out its own problems. ...then along come Reactionaries (of your ilk) who...
[19:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:37] <exec> 08└─There are people, in your limited scope, who are not allowed to vote and choose the gov't: Too young; recent immigrant; imprisoned people; formerly imprisoned people (in some states). They are still covered by the Constitution. Additionally, I'm pretty sure that agents of USA.gov crossing into Canad...
[19:38:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Mykl [1112] 02 - 06America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country - 222 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:59] <exec> 08└─If you want to pick who to live with based on statistics, then you should move to an immigrant neighborhood. As noted on this site many times, immigrants tend to have a lower crime rate overall than the general population.
[19:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Report: Iraq and Afghanistan WikiLeaks Disclosures Did Not Significantly Harm U.S. National Security - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:29] <exec> 08└─There are ethical wars. Armed forces are useful for defensive wars and other stuff (defense vs real pirates). As for offensive wars, if leaders propose a war, a referendum should be required and held then if not enough people voted for war, the leaders who proposed war get put on death row. Later se...
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[20:33:24] <exec> 08└─!!!
[20:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:48] <exec> 08└─In my first question, either person could hand the coins over without consulting the other. In my second question, neither could. Do we break the law when we make a transaction with multisig outputs, when we cross the border with one of the keys memorized, or when we explain to the authorities that...
[20:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03ben_white [5531] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:49] <exec> 08└─Yes.
[20:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:51] <exec> 08└─Deposit Bitcoin in CoinbaseCross border; declare 0 Bitcoin in possessionWithdraw Bitcoin from Coinbase If you are genuinely up to no good this probably works even better if you pick a provider besides Coinbase. Or sell everything for another digital currency that provides more privacy like ZCash.
[20:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:53] <exec> 08└─If you are genuinely up to no good you can memorize a brainwallet [bitcoin.it] and then lie. This will work until congress approves funding for improved EEG headsets at border crossings in 2032, the shitty ones they roll out in 2026 will just be security theatre.
[20:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:56] <exec> 08└─$10,000 was chosen back when that was a shitload of money—when it hardly affected anyone. Now, it affects everyone; it's a perfect example of how a government's power grows in the most insidious ways.
[20:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:16] <exec> 08└─Why limit therapeutic hypothermia to space travel? Use it to get through a visit with your in-laws.
[20:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:17] <exec> 08└─One interesting possibility is longevity extension. Whether this is viable depends on whether aging is slowed while asleep and whether the delay in aging is significantly greater than the harm incurred by this sort of process. But if, for example, you can sleep for a few years and age at a considera...
[20:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:19] <exec> 08└─Probably it will be easier to move the human mind into a computer than to figure out how to deal with this mass of cells that is totally unsuitable for anything except running in the savannah, picking bananas, and dying from old age just in a few decades. My current prediction is that humans won't b...
[20:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:21] <exec> 08└─Why limit therapeutic hypothermia to space travel? Use it to get through a visit with your in-laws.
[20:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:24] <exec> 08└─Oh please. Biology is enormously complicated, it's true, but that doesn't make it impossible to modify it. We're already learning a lot about how the aging process works, and we have examples in nature of organisms which basically don't age such as the Hydra, and some trees: https://en.wikipedia.org...
[20:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Origami Anything - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:50] <exec> 08└─Just exactly as printing pictures has eliminated painters, or mechanical saws eliminated hand saws.
[20:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The World's First 3-D Printed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Starts to Take Shape - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:16] <exec> 08└─Short version: I'm simply not in any hurry . . Nope, I didn't think so. I think I'll wait a good long while, . . . Didn't think so. This reminds me . . . Call me a luddite, I don't care. I'll believe it when . . .
[20:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:41] <exec> 08└─"Never before will a celestial event be viewed by so many and explored from so many vantage points—from space, from the air, and from the ground," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
[20:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:14] <exec> 08└─Hypothetically speaking if the biofilm destroying enzyme just cleaved the sugars off of the blood cells it would essentially just temporarily turn your blood cells into type O, which is nearly a universal donor (ie it doesn't react to type A or type B blood cells). It wouldn't turn your type A cells...
[20:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:31] <exec> 08└─Had anybody made the same comment about $OLD_POTUS this site would have been shut down. Either that, or we'd have been invited to the whitehouse: Former Trump adviser who called for Clinton to be shot attends White House bill signing [thehill.com]
[20:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:32] <exec> 08└─International Law™, eh? If it covers us, it covers them, sweety, and we if the US did not enforce International Law™, there would be no International Law™. Who do you think is going to enforce it? China? Russia? There are only three nations on the planet actually capable of enforcing anything...
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[21:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Glass is Apparently Still Around — and Just Got its First Update in Nearly Three Years - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:21] <exec> 08└─Hololens, which seems like a useful tool to enhance a working environment, if appropriately integrated, seems much more useful than something that replicates the most minimal features of a smartphone but you don't need your hands.
[21:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Glass is Apparently Still Around — and Just Got its First Update in Nearly Three Years - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:23] <exec> 08└─;-)
[21:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Glass is Apparently Still Around — and Just Got its First Update in Nearly Three Years - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:25] <exec> 08└─I thought it was perfectly usable as a sex toy as it was, without any updates, no?
[21:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:53] <exec> 08└─It makes no sense; if a phenomenon exists in this universe, then it has "physical existence". To say that something "has no physical existence" is to say "I don't really understand what's going on here." That's it! Magnetic patterns on a hard drive platter, numbers written on a piece of paper, a lar...
[21:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:54] <exec> 08└─I dunno man. One of them brought in a snowball to refute Climate Change and Global Warming. They're fundamentally people that believe in control and power, and control and power never wants to believe that it can't have control and power. Reality simply doesn't matter.
[21:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:56] <exec> 08└─Chuck Grassley is (unfortunately) my senator. I would like to write to him in opposition to this. Does anybody have some suggestions for serious talking points, areas of further research, or politically meaningful phrases to drop?
[21:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 1642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:59] <exec> 08└─Wow. A super pedant here on SN :) Existence in of itself , and information involves quite the ontological discussion. Yes, even memories and love might be said to be tangible as it exists in physical and chemical processes within people. Even spoken language and history preserved by songs can be tan...
[21:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:01] <exec> 08└─No, it's called inflation. $10k thirty years ago is the same as over $20k today.
[21:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:03] <exec> 08└─This will work until congress approves funding for improved EEG headsets at border crossings in 2032,
[21:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:05] <exec> 08└─The Bank Secrecy Act [wikipedia.org] was passed in 1970; back then, $10k was worth about as much as $65k today! [bls.gov] Also, I'm not sure what your point is; you seem to be agreeing with the OP. Putting aside government's manipulation of currency, we can still ask the question: Why didn't the gov...
[21:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:08] <exec> 08└─So what you're saying is that the government ignores its own rules. MURICA
[21:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:10] <exec> 08└─We need a "Whoosh" mod.
[21:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:35] <exec> 08└─I jus' wanna get through Trump's bullshit.
[21:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:36] <exec> 08└─Done and done! oooooh, you said "DON'T". oooops.
[21:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:38] <exec> 08└─Aaaaaand. Loving it. --Maxwell Smart
[21:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:37] <exec> 08└─Interesting retort, thank you MDC. Hope all is well. Coldbrew is great stuff btw. So low-carbon :P
[21:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:38] <exec> 08└─What are non-cheap coffee you recommend, that is good for cold-brew and available at Costco?
[21:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-to-coast - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:58] <exec> 08└─That was actually a really good link to follow. They have a map of the total eclipse area, more accurate (less sensational) information than TFS, and links to several informative sources [eclipseglasses.com].
[21:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biofilms—the Eradication Has Begun - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:32] <exec> 08└─Exclusive photo of a large-scale biofilm in action! [blizzard.com]
[21:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:51] <exec> 08└─Which is my question: Like the viral internet videos, how many shots did he take before he made it?
[21:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:53] <exec> 08└─> And one missed shot will alert the target to take countermeasures. Depends on the miss. In a warzone, a bullet passing by or hitting nearby doesn't necessarily mean you change positions. unless it's really close, you're more likely to think your position is safe. That's if you notice it at all. Fo...
[21:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:55] <exec> 08└─Persian is like Fugu fish. If you don't clean it up properly, it makes a deadly mess ... well, unless you can self-Heimlich a hairball.
[21:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondrake [2658] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:26] <exec> 08└─thanks! Now that is somewhat unexpected...
[21:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 062017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:28] <exec> 08└─What I meant to say is that just any random USB power supply is unlikely to be stable given the Pi's variable demands.
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[22:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robocaller Faces Largest Ever FCC Fine - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:26] <exec> 08└─He made 97M robocalls using unlawful Caller ID spoofing, plus overwhelmed an emergency medical paging service, and they propose a $120M fine. That's only a little over $1 per call. It's not enough. He should have to pay $10 per robocall, plus $30M for screwing with an emergency medical service. That...
[22:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Robocaller Faces Largest Ever FCC Fine - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:28] <exec> 08└─$1 per call. It's not enough. He should have to pay $10 per robocall
[22:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robocaller Faces Largest Ever FCC Fine - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:30] <exec> 08└─http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20031014 [sluggy.com] http://www.sluggy.com [sluggy.com] http://www.sluggy.com [sluggy.com] 'nuff said.
[22:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:17] <exec> 08└─Sufficient stupidity and malice are indistinguishable.
[22:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:19] <exec> 08└─I would say that the information itself has no physical existence, but all representations of information do.
[22:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:21] <exec> 08└─Either there is a phenomenon in this universe, or there isn't. It's that simple. Indeed, as you say, humanity has nothing to do with it. There's nothing exceptional about outlawing certain behavior; it makes perfect sense to say that there could be a law forbidding a person from making a duplicate o...
[22:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:23] <exec> 08└─There is nothing but representation—something either exists in this universe, or it doesn't. So, one phenomenon (words written on paper) can be transformed into another phenomenon (a magnetic imprint on a hard drive platter) and then back to the former phenomenon (words written on paper) losslessl...
[22:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:25] <exec> 08└─I think they understand technology as much as the next Joe Average Ex-lawyer. IMHO, what we're seeing here is the start of the collision between: governmental/sovereign nation-level issuance/control of money,physical/tangible/traceable currency, anda non-centrally controlled value-store large enough...
[22:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:28] <exec> 08└─It's closer than you think.
[22:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:30] <exec> 08└─That might get his attention.
[22:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:32] <exec> 08└─"If you want to grab the world and run it I can see that you will not succeed." -- Lao Tzu
[22:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:34] <exec> 08└─So they have no right to touch it. But if they insist, just use a cloud based wallet.
[22:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 1296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:02] <exec> 08└─The deficiencies of water-and-protein based biology are well known; they are already slowing us down with the flight to Mars. These cells are fundamentally incompatible with requirements of the new humanity that is based in space. The life support system will be too large and too fragile to sustain,...
[22:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:04] <exec> 08└─We are like cars. Maintain the cars, run forever.
[22:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:17] <exec> 08└─You misspelled 'rotted'.
[22:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 1070 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:18] <exec> 08└─OMG yes - I was making use of your work but iirc we had custom 1394 drivers for our bus-filling needs. Multisource with one storage destination, where the savings happened by using mostly off the shelf at the destination. Iirc 1394 was incredible, we tried usb2 which nominally was a little worse but...
[22:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative Tech Torpedoed by Corporations - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:20] <exec> 08└─heh 1 bit registers - aka toggles. These are typically used for en/dis-abling peripherals, switching in/out-put lines. Sooooometimes they are tri-state on that one bit!
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[23:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millennial Men Are Bolstering the Plastic Surgery Industry - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:24] <exec> 08└─Piercings are so 2000s, tattoos are so 2010s, time for the next step in body mods to become mainstream. Either that, or someone forgot that they can filter their selfies before posting them, and that having a thick enough wallet for useless surgeries does cancel the need for them.
[23:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Millennial Men Are Bolstering the Plastic Surgery Industry - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:26] <exec> 08└─Finally, something millennials aren't killing!
[23:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millennial Men Are Bolstering the Plastic Surgery Industry - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:28] <exec> 08└─My finger magnet implants are triggered by your electromagnetic emissions.
[23:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robocaller Faces Largest Ever FCC Fine - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:39] <exec> 08└─Hehehehe.
[23:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03KGIII [5261] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robocaller Faces Largest Ever FCC Fine - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:41] <exec> 08└─You would condone killing someone, for this?
[23:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03TrentDavey [1526] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robocaller Faces Largest Ever FCC Fine - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:43] <exec> 08└─... with a telephone call every hour hooked up to mild electric shock ... that gets more "insistent" until he answers and listens to a pin he has to input. I've thought about this waaaayyyyy too long for a healthy minded individual.
[23:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:40] <exec> 08└─I suggest a couple of pallet loads of $100 bills. Otherwise, your concerns won't even register.
[23:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:42] <exec> 08└─Somewhat fitting considering it's citizens ignore their own reality.
[23:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:44] <exec> 08└─The terrorism angle is just a convenient hook to hang more regulations. What government wouldn't want people bringing in large sums of money?? That's just crazy. Stocks and bonds and foreign bank accounts, Bitcoins and IOs !! Bring them all! You're going to spend them somewhere, it might as well be...
[23:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03KGIII [5261] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:46] <exec> 08└─If you get bored, look up Hawking Radiation and the black hole information paradox. It may offer you a new way to look at it.
[23:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:48] <exec> 08└─If people bring in untaxed money and spend it on the black market, they might have a problem. It's still none of the government's good damned business, though.
[23:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:50] <exec> 08└─Haven't people learned yet to keep their mouth shut when in presence of government drones? and entrap their sleeping place such that any surprises are on the invader?
[23:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forfeit Your Bitcoin? Congressional Bill Draws Fire Over Border Check Rules - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:53] <exec> 08└─I think it's more a ground shaking movement of control that is for all to see the consequences of. Individual or associations of them have moved the border line in the sand for power over valuables and information such that the government has shrunk in influence or potential such. However the govern...
[23:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:23] <exec> 08└─What makes you think he'll last 8 years, let alone 4? My betting is that he'll be impeached before his first term is up.
[23:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 800 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:25] <exec> 08└─It's dependent on a background check. My background is a multitude of sins. When the recruiter mentioned it, I replied "I'm going to flunk your background check" then detailed my life of crime. I also told him that I have Bipolar-Type Schizoaffective Disorder. He didn't seem concerned that I was men...
[23:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:26] <exec> 08└─https://xkcd.com/641/ [xkcd.com]
[23:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canadian Elite Special Forces Sniper Makes Record-Breaking Kill Shot in Iraq - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:41] <exec> 08└─Didn't you read the summary? He killed a jihadi, not a human being. God is on our side... suck it, muzzies.
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