#comments | Logs for 2017-07-25

« return
[00:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[00:19:35] <exec> last cid = 543936
[00:20:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:55] <exec> 08└─Nothing wrong with worksheets, pretty much every student needs to practice skills in order to become competent. That said, some worksheets are really stupid and a waste of time.
[00:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:57] <exec> 08└─Back in the 60's, when I was a young'un, during the summer we got rewards for reading x number of books over 3 months. My friends and I would do it in 2-3 weeks. We were readers. We hit the bookmobile every week, got 2-3 books each week, and read them all. As we got older we could ride our bikes to...
[00:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:59] <exec> 08└─I should point out that for us this was not a summer thing, it was our year long activity. We read a lot of books, school just added another book we had to read.
[00:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:01] <exec> 08└─We would swap books mid-week to get around the number of books you could check out at a time.
[00:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:03] <exec> 08└─Some? The vast majority of them rely entirely on rote memorization instead of requiring that students understand the material in order to solve them. I'm also not so sure that worksheets are the best way to practice skills in a lot of cases. Practical programming assignments seem like a better way t...
[00:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03mmh [721] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:05] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TPeWAgzwi4&hd=1 [youtube.com] You don't not have a worksheet Every student must have worksheet Your worksheet must be completed after the presentation Invalid worksheet
[00:21:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:23] <exec> 08└─First post managed to wrap everything into one nice sound bite, good job :D
[00:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.K. to Require Registration and Safety Tests for Drone Owners - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:33] <exec> 08└─That's why there should be parenting classes in school,
[00:21:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:56] <exec> 08└─Agreed; some of the NASA and military goals overlap; but that still doesn't look at the root of the issue; from my point of view. Likewise some military spending overlaps health care; but that doesn't really increase health funding to a significant degree. e.g. keeping wounded solders alive has prob...
[00:21:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:58] <exec> 08└─Well, if a future President wants to attempt "cutting" U.S. defense military spending, they could realign funding into programs that directly benefit NASA, health research, and other sciences. Buff up DARPA, create the Space Corps, launch more satellites (if SpaceX gets more Falcon 9/Heavy contracts...
[00:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:00] <exec> 08└─> Dropping their spending by 20% on military and reallocating that money to other endeavors Few Americans fully realize that the $50 Billion raise that Trumps wants to give the Pentagon is a mere 10% of the current half-trillion annual defense budget. Them numbers just dang too big...
[00:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 902 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:02] <exec> 08└─This is all good but there are other spending targets that don't overlap with military spending; education and infrastructure are two that popped off the top of my head that could use some of a theoretical military spending cut. If the US dropped 20% of its military budget; some could be reallocated...
[00:22:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:05] <exec> 08└─Just imagine going the other way; instead of spending $5.5Trillion (up by 10%) over the next 10 years on the military. Cut that to "only" $4Trillion (down by 20%). That remaining $1Trillion could do a lot of good in other places; How much good would an extra $100 Billion do for the schooling system...
[00:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 732 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:07] <exec> 08└─There are some interesting and involved discussions in reply to your question but none of them provide the 'real' answer. Which is: to our great misfortune, Dwight Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex was ignored. War became ultrabig business and it continues because it is insa...
[00:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:09] <exec> 08└─Every person I discuss this with, regardless of their current political persuasion, is all in favor of drastically reducing military spending and tending to the problems we are facing. Nobody in control cares what we think.
[00:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Sound' Research Shows Slower Boats May Cause Manatees More Harm Than Good - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:58] <exec> 08└─This is the reason for the (much maligned and much ignored) Hippocratic oath.
[00:31:00] <exec> count new = 16
[00:31:00] <exec> count top = 0
[00:31:01] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[01:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[01:19:35] <exec> last cid = 543953
[01:20:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:47] <exec> 08└─I don't want my appliances controlled by some kid on the internet. The best thing to do is simply stop metering electricity.
[01:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:48] <exec> 08└─I wanted to put panels on my roof (SoCal: 320+ days of sun), but I was told that I don't have a high enough usage. The guy seriously told me to buy an A/C, run it a lot, and request again in a couple months, once I have a higher use rate. My initial plan was to put the panels first, then get the A/C...
[01:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:05] <exec> 08└─Just because you never learned what a "library", nor "bookmobile" was, and had to buy your books before Crown Books was formed, is your problem, not mine.
[01:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03gznork26 [1159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:25] <exec> 08└─...until you need it to collect your welfare.
[01:21:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:26] <exec> 08└─Just holding your hand to the reader isn't very exciting. Why not add some drama? Design it so you have to wave your hand around in some specific gesture (like casting a spell) to call out the spirits of the RFID.
[01:21:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:29] <exec> 08└─Easy. They make it mandatory to receive healthcare. Within several years the problem will be solved! The holdouts are usually older people who need healthcare, or they die.
[01:21:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:31] <exec> 08└─You should've read the second line of the GP's comment before commenting.
[01:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:11] <exec> 08└─Maybe that could be the next soylent poll; "US military budget spend" answers: Dem - increase Dem - decrease Dem - same level Rep - increase Rep - decrease Rep - same level Ind / Non-US - increase Ind / Non-US - decrease Ind / Non-US - same level
[01:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Abuses Hide in the Silence of Non-Disparagement Agreements - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:00] <exec> 08└─Calm down! Unless you are the CEO, you haven't got a chance with any one of those gals. Just sayin'.
[01:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03J053 [3532] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:28] <exec> 08└─Exactly. I've been telling anyone who wanted to listen for months now that the basis of the whole Russia-Trump connection is that Trump and his companies, wittingly or unwittingly, have been laundering money for the Russian Mafia since around 1983. This is the big fact that Trump is trying to concea...
[01:30:47] <exec> count new = 10
[01:30:47] <exec> count top = 0
[01:30:47] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[02:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[02:19:36] <exec> last cid = 543963
[02:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:21:03] <exec> 08└─Is it a law that prevents you from getting panels? Might be in place to keep homeowners from selling too much electricity to the utilities. Here's another problem: http://www.latimes.com [latimes.com] And another: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com
[02:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:21:05] <exec> 08└─They will reduce costs for someone who allows their washing machine to be turned on by the internet to maximise use of cheap solar power on a sunny afternoon.
[02:21:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:21:46] <exec> 08└─For fuck's sake...no, 666 is gematria (number/letter cyphering) for, more or less, "Neron Qaisar" or Caesar Nero. The other symbolism is very clearly referring to the Capitoline Hills and the series of short-lived, embarrassing emperors. Revelation is mostly a coded anti-Roman rant.
[02:21:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:21:47] <exec> 08└─It's the next thing that's inevitably going to happen
[02:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:46] <exec> 08└─There were no verified or seriously suggested cases of voting fraud involving Russia. The entire fuss is about leaking information that was politically damaging to the Clinton machine. They are not arguing that any of the information was untrue, just that if Hilary had been able to keep her dirty la...
[02:31:00] <exec> count new = 5
[02:31:01] <exec> count top = 0
[02:31:01] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[03:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[03:19:35] <exec> last cid = 543968
[03:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 1180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:51] <exec> 08└─There seems to be a heavy confirmation bias in favor of finding archaic introgressions lately, and by lately I probably mean the past 20 years or more. There's not been a single solid bit of proof that this ever happened, but every little piece of DNA that could be consistent with the hypothesis see...
[03:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:53] <exec> 08└─It's my fault: I kissed Lucy, and one thing led to another...
[03:21:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:04] <exec> 08└─You're doing it wrong. Hang them out in the rain, it's nature's washing machine.
[03:21:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03krishnoid [1156] 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:18] <exec> 08└─We would swap books mid-week to get around the number of books you could check out at a time.
[03:21:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:23] <exec> 08└─I felt compelled to type because there are two gross errors here. Firstly, sarcasm is nearly always translated incorrectly on an internet forum - *sick* knows better, I hypothesize... And secondly, of course, no matter how good an idea it seems at the time: never feed the trolls. Good day gentlemen!...
[03:21:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:48] <exec> 08└─"It's the next thing that's inevitably going to happen, and we want to be a part of it," Three Square Market Chief Executive Officer Todd Westb" Source: http://kstp.com [kstp.com]
[03:21:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:50] <exec> 08└─A few years ago, tech site was chipping ops so they can get in to computer room. Bigger is no MRI anymore? Embed magnetic device in hand will not allow you near an MRI. NO meds for you.
[03:21:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:52] <exec> 08└─Chips are mostly silicon/sand -- not magnetic.
[03:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:33] <exec> 08└─On the weekend I commissioned an aircraft carrier. They painted it grey, which people say is the color of success. And they're entitled to that opinion. But my opinion is that gold is the color of success. I always gravitate to gold and I've been very, very successful. If I put my name in big grey l...
[03:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:37] <exec> 08└─Seriously though, it really does.
[03:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:53] <exec> 08└─That was Cardinal Richelieu bragging about how honest he was. For most people, it'd take zero lines in order to find something damning.
[03:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:54] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, there are a number of super-wealthy people who want to turn the USA into the type of democracy seen in Russia, or Brazil, or Chile a few decades ago (never mind that the Chilean economy crashed), with the assistance of the Supreme Court (Citizens United) and the sellouts mostly found...
[03:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Level Up: How Video Games Evolved to Solve Significant Scientific Problems - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:05] <exec> 08└─Proud warriors don't stab unarmed opponents in the back and declare mission accomplished.
[03:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Q: Ligatures in Programming Fonts? A: Hell No - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:25] <exec> 08└─His heart is in the right place, but there are so few "programming" fonts that pass a basic test that arguing that ligatures cause confusions doesn't really help. If you are using one of these crapping "programming" fonts, then adding ligatures may well decrease error rate. For reference, a good pro...
[03:29:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Hidden Ways Your Language Betrays Your Character - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:59] <exec> 08└─Why not say it like it is? Extroverts (or extraverts) are sluts for social attention.
[03:30:33] <exec> count new = 14
[03:30:34] <exec> count top = 1
[03:30:34] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[04:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[04:19:35] <exec> last cid = 543984
[04:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:51] <exec> 08└─The PC Paintbrush software that came with my Logitech ScanMan 32 was way better than Paint, anyway... :)
[04:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:53] <exec> 08└─MacPaint RULES!!!!@#!11
[04:20:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:55] <exec> 08└─Enquiring minds want to know
[04:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:57] <exec> 08└─Paint.net
[04:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:59] <exec> 08└─Oh, and yeah, BTW.... ....still to this day, I don't recall ever using any software that did a better job of stitching multiple scans together than Ansel did... And that was with a hand scanner!
[04:21:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:01] <exec> 08└─I'm not using the abomination that is win10 but I've been using paintshop pro 7 for around 17 years now, works like a charm in win7 and doesn't depend on any bloated frameworks and whatnot.
[04:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:04] <exec> 08└─There's so many examples of things like this really. As far as I can tell, software today not only hasn't improved substantially in the last 10 years or so, it's actually gotten significantly worse in many ways. Personally, I think software in general hit a peak somewhere between 2005 and 2010, and...
[04:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:06] <exec> 08└─Indeed... The Corel stuff has always been my favorite, for sure....
[04:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:25] <exec> 08└─I bet he's talking about a subsidy.
[04:21:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:26] <exec> 08└─I don't want my AC shutting down at peak demand when I need it most.
[04:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:28] <exec> 08└─It is either that, or a brown-out, which may damage the compressor on your AC unit.
[04:21:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:30] <exec> 08└─Had this 15 years ago in Alaska. The power company could send a signal over the power line (not the internet, not the phone line) and turn off my hot water heater, and heat in three bedrooms. Got a significant rate reduction. Where I lived all the power was hydro, with diesel and jet turbine peaking...
[04:21:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:49] <exec> 08└─reading is for fundies.
[04:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:17] <exec> 08└─Go with a conductive but not ferromagnetic (say, gold) implement inside MRI and come back to share your experience. Try something like a nose ring.
[04:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 1292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:03] <exec> 08└─Well, technically this is a sequel to the book series. I finished the book series except The Wind through the Keyhole a while back (before that 8th one came out). But that one takes place right before Wizard and Glass, right? Zomg, a legitimate use of the <spoiler /> tag below! *SPOILER* (click to s...
[04:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:04] <exec> 08└─I'm sure they're showing it. I just think it's a bit strange that the trailer took so long to come out. The release date also kept getting pushed back recently. Maybe it will be a horrible movie, and those things are the signs of that. I'm hoping that Idris Elba can carry the whole damned thing hims...
[04:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:06] <exec> 08└─So, they found 2 different ways to make it suck?
[04:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Q: Ligatures in Programming Fonts? A: Hell No - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:53] <exec> 08└─Why don't you use an editor with multiple cursors, like vis, kakoune, or sublime in a terminal that supports ligatures? You can easily align everything with multiple cursors, and it doesn't seem like it would be too hard to to write a plugin for elastic tabstops.
[04:28:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Yellowstone Bears Eat 40,000 Moths a Day In August - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:09] <exec> 08└─It also says the moths gather in crevasses, so probably a colony or two can supply a bear with 10's of thousands.
[04:30:26] <exec> count new = 19
[04:30:26] <exec> count top = 0
[04:30:27] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[05:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[05:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544005
[05:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:20:56] <exec> 08└─It's the rise of AB testing. This is just NHST which destroys every area that adopts it because people turn off their brains...
[05:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:20:57] <exec> 08└─There is no alternative. Really there isn't. I work on inspection equipment which perform image processing, and some times the customer needs to do something very custom. I can write a tutorial in Paint and know it is installed on their computer. If I tell them to go to some website and install open...
[05:20:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:00] <exec> 08└─I can write a tutorial in Paint
[05:21:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:02] <exec> 08└─GIMP
[05:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 991 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:04] <exec> 08└─They act like anybody should care whether pbrush is under active development. It never changed much after Win95 anyway until they went and made the GUI hideous in the Win7 version (or was it Vista?). Anybody who wants to run it most likely will still be able to. Win2k pbrush runs under Win7. Win7 di...
[05:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:14] <exec> 08└─I love Lucy, but I'm not in love with Lucy.
[05:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:16] <exec> 08└─Isolation of populations is used to explain regional difference in everything except humans.
[05:21:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:18] <exec> 08└─Previously, they've most been matching up DNA from closely related races - Neanderthals and Denisovans - with HSS Eurasian DNA and claiming it must be archaic introgression because it's not found in Africa. Now they're finding more somatic DNA that looks like it could be an archaic introgression fro...
[05:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:52] <exec> 08└─Rote Memorization is not all bad. For example, my kids are enrolled in Kumon [wikipedia.org] mathematics which, in the early stages, is rote memorisation of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The kids are now on to more challenging stuff now, but it's amazing how quickly they...
[05:21:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:54] <exec> 08└─Sounds like a personal problem. I'm sure there's a trophy in it for you....because.
[05:21:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:56] <exec> 08└─heh yeah, I'd read most of my textbooks in the first couple weeks of class, then be bored the rest of the semester.
[05:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06NASA Considering Flagship Space Telescope Options for the 2030s - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:05] <exec> 08└─Wait until the James Webb scope is successfully launched and deployed. Its sun shield has really complex unfolding steps and not a lot of forgiveness. And it's too far away for shuttles to visit even if shuttles were still around. I can picture a jam comparable to the Galileo probe's antenna. Its de...
[05:24:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score: 2) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:12] <exec> 08└─$7 dollars
[05:24:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Sort of Silicon Brain Do You Need for Artificial Intelligence? - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:31] <exec> 08└─BB-guns are fun with less mess, but you have to be home to target critters. If you automate them, you might shoot a pet or fire dept. member.
[05:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Sort of Silicon Brain Do You Need for Artificial Intelligence? - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:33] <exec> 08└─Warning: turn on Google Safe Search first.
[05:25:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 116 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:37] <exec> 08└─A interesting situation can show up if any of Trumps proteges is sued then Trump can sue Hillary for various crimes.
[05:25:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:55] <exec> 08└─Only irrelevant to hard-line Trump supporters or people of such little imagination that they cannot see the problems this brings.
[05:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:34] <exec> 08└─If the Russian mob is anything like the mob elsewhere in the world
[05:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:36] <exec> 08└─[citation needed]
[05:30:40] <exec> count new = 17
[05:30:40] <exec> count top = 2
[05:30:41] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[06:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[06:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544022
[06:20:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:47] <exec> 08└─The worst thing that can happen: everything proceeding normally even if it shouldn't - no idea/guarantee if the next time will work (and it won't), no data to show something is wrong.
[06:20:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:49] <exec> 08└─Yes and no; while I agree that if everything works they may lose a F9H next time. They will learn a great deal success or failure; the data feed from this first flight will tell them a great deal about how the forces are being applied to various parts of the vehicle. Especially this first flight I'm...
[06:20:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:51] <exec> 08└─They just need to work it out in kerbal space program first! ;)
[06:20:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:53] <exec> 08└─Not only that, but not blowing up does validate millions of lines of code and most major mechanical systems. If it fireworks the second time, you can compare the code paths that weren't taken and find that 16-bit integer cast that should have been a 64-bit, a lot faster.
[06:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:13] <exec> 08└─> maybe developers are now sufficiently full of themselves and drunk with power that they will start crapping all over backwards compatibility Have you heard of this guy called Pottering by any chance?
[06:21:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:14] <exec> 08└─It's because everyone's trying to be a fucking tablet. Gnome 3 would work well on the kind of single-tasking fondleslab that gets chucked out of Best Buy etc. for $100 a pop, but seeing that kind of interface on a machine that's ostensibly for productivity is damaging to the sanity. I tried it brief...
[06:21:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:16] <exec> 08└─Right. That would work very well when giving people instructions, especially in corporate environments :) A: "OK, first install GIMP..." B: "I'm reporting you to HR for harassment!" (I personally prefer Krita. I could never get used to the GIMP interface...)
[06:21:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:19] <exec> 08└─Just a comment for the eds: seems like there is not much interest here of late in the Micro$oft Fine Articles. Paint is one example, Blizzard was another, and earlier one on dropping some older CPU architecture. They get almost no comments. Could it be, that the day has come, only it is not the Day...
[06:21:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:21] <exec> 08└─https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/07/24/ms-paint-stay/ [windows.com] MS Paint fans rejoice: The original art app isn’t going anywhere – except to the Windows Store for free!
[06:21:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 1) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:23] <exec> 08└─I switched to Pale Moon a few years back due to Firefox killing off support for the old sync protocol: I run my own server and didn't want to upgrade it. Should I switch back? What am I missing?
[06:21:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:25] <exec> 08└─Well, in that case... https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[06:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:52] <exec> 08└─Nope, SCE refuses to connect panels to the grid (and set up net metering) if they exceed 110% of your usage. We wouldn't want individuals to actually feed the grid too much (and by grid, I mean all my power would all go 20ft into my neighbour’s house) Since I only use an average of 300W, they don'...
[06:21:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:54] <exec> 08└─Now that NEM2 rules are in place, the direction of your roof matters a lot for payback on solar panels. With NEM2 rules, you must switch to a time-of-use plan, which means that you need your panels to generate much of their electricity production during the afternoon. You need a roof that faces some...
[06:21:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:56] <exec> 08└─I think that you will find that it's 110% of the past 12 months of use, so installing A/C and running it for a few months won't help you: by the time it's installed and running, the summer will mostly be over and you won't be using the A/C.
[06:21:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:58] <exec> 08└─This is America. Maybe it's time for you to engage in that most American of traditions: the lawsuit.
[06:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:00] <exec> 08└─I have a 45 degrees SW roof and a 45 degrees SE roof. Given morning fog, the second-story SW-facing was gonna get as much as I could physically put on it, for sure. The SE side might have gotten a few panels for winter morning heat pump. Interestingly, there are so many panels out there that early a...
[06:22:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 283 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:45] <exec> 08└─For fuck's sake...no, 666 is gematria (number/letter cyphering) for, more or less, "Neron Qaisar" or Caesar Nero. The other symbolism is very clearly referring to the Capitoline Hills and the series of short-lived, embarrassing emperors. Revelation is mostly a coded anti-Roman rant.
[06:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Abuses Hide in the Silence of Non-Disparagement Agreements - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:30] <exec> 08└─But what about displaced water? At some point the performer volume will exceed the overflow level of the pool, causing cooler water to spill out (which has been replaced be already warm bodies). Plus, they could just be talking about the average temperature of all pool contents, which would include...
[06:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Abuses Hide in the Silence of Non-Disparagement Agreements - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:32] <exec> 08└─Further funding is required for this basic research. I understand that AngelList may be generously distributing funds related to this field.
[06:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:06] <exec> 08└─His predecessor already made it clear that the President cannot pardon someone in Edward Snowden's position. I defy the current President to prove otherwise.
[06:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US Army Seeks Internet-of-Battlefield-Things, Distributed Bot Swarms - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:37] <exec> 08└─If the military is anticipating conflict with more sophisticated foes, coming up with even more whiz-bang brittle but super expensive technology seems like the worst possible strategy. They should instead be focused on making more reliable simple tools, with fewer points of failure and less complexi...
[06:30:20] <exec> count new = 20
[06:30:20] <exec> count top = 1
[06:30:20] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[07:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[07:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544043
[07:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:20:57] <exec> 08└─We plowed this field just last week. What's new in this submission that warrants a rerun?
[07:21:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:21:24] <exec> 08└─Trashing MS is too easy.
[07:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:21:26] <exec> 08└─> making everything flat, contrastless, garish, and ugly. And most of all anti-functional. What's the most flat, garish, functional and contrasty? The shell! What's flat, full of useless unshrinkable whitespace, meaningless icons changed just because, and no visual structure to guide the user? Prett...
[07:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03radu [1919] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:21:28] <exec> 08└─Use case: take 2 screenshots, cut a portion of each, paste together as a new image; draw an arrow pointing to something, perhaps add 2 words besides that. Paint does that easily. I searched a lot for a Paint-alternative for Linux and eventually found this (available for Windows too, I haven't tried...
[07:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 616 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:21:30] <exec> 08└─Ubuntu :) But seriously, it depends on what you needed it for. For actual editing work, I use Photoshop CS5 which I'm fairly good with. MS Paint is very good at screen capture manipulation where I can paste, crop, and save very fast. If I need to make some notation, a scribbled arrow or some text is...
[07:21:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:21:32] <exec> 08└─Haven't used paint in years. You can't screenshot in it. (Snipping tool is pretty rubbish too). You can't save in nice formats. You can't resize easily. You can't do a lot of things. But a tiny bit of freeware (Irfanview) does it all and even does things like break out the individual icons from a .i...
[07:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 1089 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:26] <exec> 08└─Bill Hicks had some observations about reading [wikiquote.org]:- You know I've noticed a certain anti-intellectualism going around this country ever since around 1980, coincidentally enough. I was in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend and after the show I went to a waffle house and I'm sitting there...
[07:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:55] <exec> 08└─Inevitable, propaganda term for "there is no objective advantage for you, but we want to do this". Progress, propaganda term for "there is no objective advantage for you, but there is some for our plans"
[07:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 1570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:57] <exec> 08└─> 666 is gematria (number/letter cyphering) for, more or less, "Neron Qaisar" qaisar, an arabic term, the interpretation looks forced to me, in a book that is more oriented to greek and, when speaking of romans, latin. > more or less meaning? > very clearly referring to the Capitoline Hills https://...
[07:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:59] <exec> 08└─My theory is that implants give the elites a sense of more power, or that invading the body (see also tattoos) yields advantages according to some esoterism or to some forced prophecy fulfilling, or that implants are the boogeyman designed to keep attention away from subtler tracking technology. Non...
[07:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Level Up: How Video Games Evolved to Solve Significant Scientific Problems - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:21] <exec> 08└─What's the difference between picking off someone from the distance and stabbing them in the back?
[07:29:51] <exec> count new = 11
[07:29:51] <exec> count top = 0
[07:29:51] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[08:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[08:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544055
[08:20:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:20:50] <exec> 08└─It is certainly not a top of the line one, it has limited range and speed, but I got it from someone who was practically giving it away. I stuck a milk crate on the back and now I use it to go food shopping and do laundry. It saves me money on gas (charging it seems to have negligible effect on my e...
[08:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:02] <exec> 08└─Well you see we were 14 weeks away from the event last week. Now we're just 13 weeks away. Huge change.
[08:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:03] <exec> 08└─Huuuuuge!
[08:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:06] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, I've submitted a real SpaceX article.
[08:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:08] <exec> 08└─Like... you unmount a probe from some strut (showing "within limits") and suddenly the resonance frequency modifies enough that the stress amplitude slowly grows out of bounds after 2 minutes into the next flight. (grin)
[08:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:10] <exec> 08└─We're trying to keep up with Slashdot. Eventually, we hope to dup articles faster than them...
[08:21:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:43] <exec> 08└─Try PaintShop Pro. Even the old freeware versions are better than Paint or or that infuriating kludgefest Gimp.
[08:21:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:44] <exec> 08└─Gimp sucks, not because of the features but b/c the UI is an abomination and the default save formats are pure shite.
[08:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:46] <exec> 08└─The UI has improved a lot in newer versions, and any other quirks don't matter much after you've used it for years.
[08:21:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:48] <exec> 08└─Paint.NET for a Windows paint replacement, GIMP for ghetto photoshop work. I have used Inkscape (SVG editor/paint) in the past but I found it to be a mess. Maybe it has improved.
[08:21:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:51] <exec> 08└─Actually there are plenty of comments on this article.
[08:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:53] <exec> 08└─Including yours and mine! Of course, this had to happen once I made the point. But, carry on, eds, carry on. (And, does 25 count as "plenty" now?)
[08:21:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:55] <exec> 08└─Firefox is going The Way Of Webkit. So you may want to stick with palemoon for the foreseeable future.
[08:21:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:57] <exec> 08└─Yeehawwww! Found another fan IrfanView - high 5!!!!!!!!!! That is like the most essential software unavailable on Linux (but runs using wine).
[08:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:59] <exec> 08└─It's still GTK.
[08:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:02] <exec> 08└─XnView is largely identical and has a linux version. I've used both in windows and went with XnView in the end because it provides a library I can compile custom tools against.
[08:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:04] <exec> 08└─We apparently need to whore for the attention of M$ lusers. I didn't think things are that bad. After all, who is using M$? People who never tried anything else.
[08:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:06] <exec> 08└─They call it GTK+ [wikipedia.org] and it's so good that non-GIMP applications use it.
[08:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:08] <exec> 08└─If you used Inkscape as replacement for paint, you certainly were disappointed, because it isn't and isn't meant to be that.
[08:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:34] <exec> 08└─First you don't read TFA before commenting Then you don't read TFsummary before commenting Then you don't read TFtitle before commenting Then you don't read the comments before commenting Then you ditch the internet and comment directly unto the collective mind Then you comment directly unto God The...
[08:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:25] <exec> 08└─Repetitive and self-referential are pretty much the best ways to describe Episode VII.
[08:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:51] <exec> 08└─Laws are for the little people.
[08:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:52] <exec> 08└─=== There's your six lines. Good luck.
[08:30:33] <exec> count new = 23
[08:30:33] <exec> count top = 0
[08:30:33] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[08:35:11] -!- CoolHand has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds]
[08:40:09] -!- SoyGuest80953 [SoyGuest80953!~CoolHand@Soylent/Staff/Editor/CoolHand] has joined #comments
[09:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[09:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544081
[09:20:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:20:54] <exec> 08└─https://electricbikereport.com/cheap-electric-bikes/ [electricbikereport.com] https://www.electricbike.com [electricbike.com] Not going to be as good at the $5,000 one but cheaper options are available. I want my bikeshare to switch to e-bikes so I can take hills.
[09:20:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:20:55] <exec> 08└─50 lb is too much. These are expensive, you can't leave them on the street so you have to carry them up and down stairs. An ebike should have just one control - a handle throttle. That's it! Pedalec (autopower when using pedals) is confusing. When you need to go slow it is too much and you have to k...
[09:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:20:57] <exec> 08└─The lack of hand throttle is one thing the reviewer likes about this bike: Mashing on the pedals and shifting through the higher gears will result in a rapid pick-up in speed, but done so smoothly that there's no feeling of being propelled faster than you'd like (which is something that some throttl...
[09:21:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 201 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:21:33] <exec> 08└─> maybe developers are now sufficiently full of themselves and drunk with power that they will start crapping all over backwards compatibility Have you heard of this guy called Pottering by any chance?
[09:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:21:59] <exec> 08└─Next clue to make use of. Who appoints these "user experience experts" ? And who appoint the appointer of "user experience experts"..
[09:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:00] <exec> 08└─Have you heard of this guy called Pottering by any chance?
[09:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:03] <exec> 08└─old sync protocol = WebRTC?
[09:22:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:05] <exec> 08└─I like Irfanview for some things but have mostly used the Faststone Image Viewer for several years now when any simple editing and image manipulation is required (and sometimes some not so simple editing). It can even handle raw image files.
[09:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:07] <exec> 08└─And, does 25 count as "plenty" now?
[09:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:09] <exec> 08└─(0) People that are force feed Microsoft by their employer etc.. (1) People that lack cognitive abilities for anything else.
[09:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:11] <exec> 08└─Missing list! (0) (Hyper?)Terminal (1) Telnet? (2) MS-Paint (3) GW-BASIC / ROM-BASIC int 18h I'll guess they, Intel and Microsoft broken out of the 32 MB harddisc limit by now .. :P
[09:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:14] <exec> 08└─What is the way of Webkit?
[09:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:16] <exec> 08└─That's the point! It's simple and very basic with an extremely fast learning curve. None of the features you list are needed in a basic image editing tool. To capture an active window, use the print screen combo button. No need for a piece of software to bloat itself with features the OS already pro...
[09:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:18] <exec> 08└─The evil green slime made a tip: getpaint.net [getpaint.net] Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools....
[09:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:29] <exec> 08└─Careful, you were almost politically incorrect.
[09:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:50] <exec> 08└─Connect a big resistance heater installed outdoors. A few months later you can claim.. See LOADS of power needed! The evil person will make sure it measures mains frequency and when it's lower than normal it turns on extra load to load the power company just at peak usage times. Btw, is there any la...
[09:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.K. to Require Registration and Safety Tests for Drone Owners - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:56] <exec> 08└─Policeman: Nice drone you have there, let me see your licence Owner: Sorry, got this drone before 2017 registration Policeman: But it has the latest holographic video camera and this years, branded, super strong and light propellers! Owner: But the original was bought in 2016 and I have just been up...
[09:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Abuses Hide in the Silence of Non-Disparagement Agreements - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:29] <exec> 08└─You forget E) Went ahead and followed the agreement without signing it anyway. I don't see any names in your post...
[09:30:24] <exec> count new = 17
[09:30:24] <exec> count top = 1
[09:30:24] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[10:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[10:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544098
[10:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:21:06] <exec> 08└─Yes but I've also used pedelec on my own ebike - it sucks. I already have an "intelligent" sensor to detect when I want to go faster. I call it my brain. Adding smart guff that dicks with the pedals means I have to retrain my intelligent sensor to work around their intelligent sensor. Waste of effor...
[10:21:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mhajicek [51] 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 9 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:21:33] <exec> 08└─Paint.net
[10:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:18] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately Microsoft have had a revival from cloud business. Same business model - fleecing corporate sheep.
[10:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:20] <exec> 08└─Everything but Edge must go! Since Windows is going down and cloud is going up, the future is clear: remove everything but browser and networking from the OS and push people to use cloud services. With telemetry, Cortana, OneDrive integration, etc, it's already halfway there :)
[10:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:22] <exec> 08└─This error was in the Slashdot article as well. Microsoft licensed ZSoft Paintbrush and shipped it with Windows with the Paintbrush name (in 3.0 and 3.11 - it was Paint in 1.x and 2.x, but no one used those). Windows 95 and NT 4 had a complete rewrite as a Microsoft win32 app, which was shipped as P...
[10:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:55] <exec> 08└─Too cheap to meter? Heard that before. Basically, the capital cost is being shifted to the consumer.
[10:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:56] <exec> 08└─New rules will make it easier for people to generate their own power with solar panels, store it in batteries and sell it to the National Grid.
[10:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:59] <exec> 08└─It shouldn't be controlled remotely. The idea is that your smart metre will advertise the current spot price of electricity (of slightly more complex things, such as 1kWh free in 30 minutes if you reduce consumption by 100W for the next 20 minutes) and you will be able to configure appliances to tak...
[10:23:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03cafebabe [894] 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 1089 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:21] <exec> 08└─Bill Hicks had some observations about reading [wikiquote.org]:- You know I've noticed a certain anti-intellectualism going around this country ever since around 1980, coincidentally enough. I was in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend and after the show I went to a waffle house and I'm sitting there...
[10:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:22] <exec> 08└─whereas the benefits of nightly homework have yet to be backed up
[10:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:25] <exec> 08└─And, for a programmer, memorising power of two has a similar effect. Being able to do base-two logarithms in your head turns a load of multiplication and division into addition or subtraction of small numbers, and lets you work out the answer in less time than it would take to type the problem into...
[10:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:48] <exec> 08└─Ummmm what exactly is wrong with that list? 2 of those movies are my favs
[10:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:49] <exec> 08└─SMB and DOA if you are wondering
[10:29:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kai_h [1524] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Q: Ligatures in Programming Fonts? A: Hell No - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:29:50] <exec> 08└─Ligatures are generally used for display and printed output - you'll find that usually the underlying text is as it was typed. So, ligatures would be used to improve (depending on your definition of improve) on-screen display of code, but the raw bytes can and would still be ASCII (or Unicode to wha...
[10:30:07] <exec> count new = 12
[10:30:07] <exec> count top = 2
[10:30:07] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[11:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[11:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544110
[11:20:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:49] <exec> 08└─Mod it for the Army. Fill it with C4 and call it a Boomba.
[11:20:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03FakeBeldin [3360] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:51] <exec> 08└─You mean like this one [youtube.com]? ;-)
[11:20:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:53] <exec> 08└─More roomba-boomba [youtube.com] ;-)
[11:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:23] <exec> 08└─Convert everything into oversized icons. You have to hover over to see what anything does. Put the icons all over the place, left, right, side, top, bottom. I'm looking at you gThumb you useless piece of shit.
[11:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:25] <exec> 08└─You lasted 497 days without wiping your machine and reinstalling windows? Wow.
[11:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:27] <exec> 08└─To capture an active window, use the print screen combo button. No need for a piece of software to bloat itself with features the OS already provides. It's been well over a decade since I used windows on a regular or frequent basis, however paint's sole purpose was Print Screenwin-r, mspaint<enter>c...
[11:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:29] <exec> 08└─They act like anybody should care whether pbrush is under active development...
[11:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:31] <exec> 08└─Same business model - fleecing corporate sheep.
[11:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:34] <exec> 08└─My theory is a lot of the people with a clue cashed out ($$$$$$$!) or/and switched to more research oriented stuff. Leaving us with the retards who can actually think shit like the Metro UI is a good idea.
[11:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 784 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:10] <exec> 08└─Every trade or purchase is controlled by demand. The price point is controlled by scarcity or abundance of supply, but generally if there is no demand, the price is inconsequential. It would be insane to allow anyone to push power back into grid when there is no demand for it, and it would be crimin...
[11:28:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:29] <exec> 08└─My understanding of it was that Obama was (personally) not willing to pardon someone who had not been on trial. Nixon was pardoned without having been on trial. So it was a personal decision on Obama's part not to pardon Snowden.
[11:30:18] <exec> count new = 11
[11:30:19] <exec> count top = 0
[11:30:19] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[12:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[12:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544122
[12:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:02] <exec> 08└─For the best experience when robbing a house is to know its layout beforehand. Will iRobot be accessory to burglary for providing inside information?
[12:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:03] <exec> 08└─What would maps of someones home be used for except for burglary, SWAT teams and IKEA ? And as this article [hackaweek.com] shows [hackaweek.com] there's a central microcontroller that can be taken over either by reprogramming or replacing it such that roomba phone-home is thwarted. But I suspect th...
[12:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03infodragon [3509] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:05] <exec> 08└─Burglaries lead to.... DOOMBA [kym-cdn.com]
[12:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:08] <exec> 08└─Links give 404
[12:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:48] <exec> 08└─You can't Rote memorize math problems, only formulas and tables. That's called building a foundation. The rest is learning the mechanics and applying them to problems. The memorized tables just help things go faster.
[12:23:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 1168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:49] <exec> 08└─One problem I see is that the student already spends a lot of time in school, and now spends a lot of time outside of school sluggishly getting educated. If you look at something like college. It's generally twice as fast (that is in a semester, they generally do what a year of high school would do)...
[12:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03snmygos [6274] (Score: 1) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:17] <exec> 08└─After reading this review, I am more disgusted by the reviewer than discouraged to see the movie. Contrary to his first sentence that he wanted really to like the film he seem really determined to see the dark side of each thing. When someone say that the best part of a movie is it played in theater...
[12:28:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:28:47] <exec> 08└─>I think it's unlikely any US president will ever be impeached (so long as we have a two party system) for similar reasons. Or, for the paranoid, perhaps we have a two party system, in part, for this very reason.
[12:30:21] <exec> count new = 8
[12:30:21] <exec> count top = 0
[12:30:21] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[13:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[13:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544131
[13:20:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:50] <exec> 08└─So much quoting, yet the summary didn't quote the most important part of the article, the one which contains the result. Therefore I do it here: Add all of these up, and you get an estimate of around 645 million tons of CO2 per year. Yes, there are uncertainties; yes, there’s annual variation; yes...
[13:20:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:52] <exec> 08└─Even though it's only around 0.0001% the mass of our planet, the atmosphere makes our world habitable.
[13:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:54] <exec> 08└─> Humans emit around 29 billion tons of CO2 each year: a little less than 1% of present atmospheric CO2. Is this percentage in total? Or per year? I.e. has all human activity added less than 1% of present CO2 since records began, or is it adding 1% a year? It is the difference between human CO2 cont...
[13:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:56] <exec> 08└─It's easy to answer your question with the given data: By contrast, there are only about 3.2 trillion tons of CO2 (containing about 870 billion tons of actual carbon) in the atmosphere today.
[13:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:59] <exec> 08└─The answer is 645 million tons of CO2 per year according to the article that the very long summary managed to leave out.
[13:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:01] <exec> 08└─Without the atmosphere, our world would be some 33º C (59º F) cooler
[13:21:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:14] <exec> 08└─iRobot Roomba + Amazon Alexa = conspiracy + RICO
[13:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:16] <exec> 08└─The fix: Article: The All Terrain Robot from Roomba parts [hackaweek.com] Picture: main-board-motor-control-transistors.jpg [hackaweek.com] The central core seems to be a MCU in QFP-112.
[13:21:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:18] <exec> 08└─Beware of the Chopmba! It doesn't respond to meat bones.
[13:21:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:20] <exec> 08└─Or for Daesh and call it Allah Boomba.
[13:21:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:37] <exec> 08└─Adding smart guff that dicks with the pedals means I have to retrain my intelligent sensor to work around their intelligent sensor.
[13:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:59] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that a so-so operating system from, what was it, 1995? Is that still around? The only OSes I still encounter are OSX, Unix, and Linux, so, basically, all flavors of Unix.
[13:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:01] <exec> 08└─It looks like you're recommending Paint.NET, GIMP, IrfanView, or any other application available without charge. Good luck getting it past corporate AppLocker policy. Even outside schools and large businesses, good luck walking a user over the phone through downloading and installing it, particularl...
[13:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:03] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that a so-so operating system from, what was it, 1995? Is that still around?
[13:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:05] <exec> 08└─DPaint III on my Amiga. ...or The GIMP.
[13:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:07] <exec> 08└─You can't screenshot in it. (Snipping tool is pretty rubbish too).
[13:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:09] <exec> 08└─This. I don't think I've used paint for anything else for the past 15-20 years. It's also mind boggling how impressed Windows users, who often don't know how to screen-shot, are when they see me do this without touching a mouse.
[13:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:22] <exec> 08└─...has anyone matched it up to goat DNA.
[13:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 1713 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:21] <exec> 08└─When I was out in Rural Nowhere awhile ago, I had a tablet with me with a book loaded on it. It was one of the Dune books - I think the second one, awhile ago. I had just gotten off work and was extremely hungry. I stopped at the first place I saw - which turned out to be an old country pub / diner...
[13:24:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 147 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:49] <exec> 08└─Go with a conductive but not ferromagnetic (say, gold) implement inside MRI and come back to share your experience. Try something like a nose ring.
[13:25:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.K. to Require Registration and Safety Tests for Drone Owners - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:06] <exec> 08└─At last! It's high time they regulated bagpipe [wikipedia.org] owners.
[13:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03snmygos [6274] (Score: 1) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:51] <exec> 08└─A more seriious review: http://www.craveonline.com [craveonline.com]
[13:27:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03cafebabe [894] 02 - 06Abuses Hide in the Silence of Non-Disparagement Agreements - 143 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:39] <exec> 08└─Babak Nivi ... included a suggestion that the women, who were not employees, warm up the pool by jumping in and rubbing their bodies together.
[13:29:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Level Up: How Video Games Evolved to Solve Significant Scientific Problems - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:29:37] <exec> 08└─I'm making a note, huge success.
[13:30:11] <exec> count new = 22
[13:30:11] <exec> count top = 2
[13:30:11] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[14:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[14:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544154
[14:20:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:59] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what they plan to do with this... it will be too slow to train unless it is very small. I guess a lot of these techniques were devised on even slower devices though (but then you would wait weeks for a result).
[14:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:00] <exec> 08└─That is the amount for the first generation device, not the second (amount unknown). HoloLens 1 actually has 2 GB of RAM total. 1 GB is dedicated to the "holographic processing unit". https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[14:21:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:14] <exec> 08└─This is actually not true according to the author, who claims the temperature would only be 33K colder, while the moon is ~90 K colder. No doubt he believes that the Earth would still have the same heat capacity (due to water) and albedo (due to clouds) without an atmosphere.
[14:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:16] <exec> 08└─The question what does more (volcano/humans) is somewhat irrelevant. Carbon dioxide gets sucked away into the ocean forming corals/stone/... and moves to the mantle/core by means of oceanic plate submersion. Volcanos replenish the atmosphere with CO2 and life will die eventually due to ceasing volca...
[14:21:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:34] <exec> 08└─According to someone on Twitter [twitter.com] (via the Internet Of Shit [twitter.com]):- my vacuuming robot unscheduled left its dock, found my Amazon Echo, and pulled out the Echo's plug. Guess they had a fight while I was away
[14:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:10] <exec> 08└─As opposed to a counterfeit SpaceX article from a factory in China?
[14:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:22] <exec> 08└─No, Firefox Sync 1.1: https://blog.mozilla.org [mozilla.org]
[14:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:23] <exec> 08└─Careful not to cut yourself there edgelord
[14:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:25] <exec> 08└─Try Kolourpaint4 [debian.org]. Kolourpaint has similar features to mspaint.
[14:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:27] <exec> 08└─Try starting with yourself and you'll find it saves everyone a lot of trouble.
[14:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyper [1525] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:30] <exec> 08└─Try Kolourpaint4 [debian.org]. It has similar features to mspaint.
[14:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:32] <exec> 08└─Did Microsoft ever port a GUI to Xenix? Now that would be a horror story.
[14:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tara Li [6248] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:11] <exec> 08└─Such as the poster above complaining they can't connect to the grid because they don't waste enough. They should never have *started* allowing net metering. You want PV on your roof - you buy the battery capacity to store the excess, or dump it - you don't get to use the Grid as your free battery sy...
[14:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:14] <exec> 08└─Either the company wants you to do it, either the company don't care. If the company wants, the words "voluntary" or "option" lose their real meaning.
[14:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Sort of Silicon Brain Do You Need for Artificial Intelligence? - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:31] <exec> 08└─A squirrel is just a rat in a suit.
[14:29:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:42] <exec> 08└─...if you pardon someone (yourself?) do you have to state what the pardon is for?
[14:30:29] <exec> count new = 16
[14:30:29] <exec> count top = 0
[14:30:29] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[15:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[15:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544170
[15:21:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Z-A,z-a,01234 [5873] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:10] <exec> 08└─Some data: https://wattsupwiththat.com [wattsupwiththat.com] https://www.space.com [space.com] Without atmosphere it's f-ing cold.
[15:21:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:12] <exec> 08└─Well the data is coming from diviner, so best to use their report: http://www.sciencedirect.com [sciencedirect.com]
[15:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:14] <exec> 08└─It's not so easy. Only a fraction of all CO2 that's produced makes its way into the atmosphere. For instance the ocean works as a great absorber. Of course the more it absorbs the more acidic it becomes and the less effective an absorber it becomes. One of the many feedback systems that make calcula...
[15:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:33] <exec> 08└─Got two more http://phantasystar.wikia.com [wikia.com] http://starwars.wikia.com [wikia.com] (Wasn't sure if I wanted the link the 2nd one just because I don't want to encourage this practice of putting really bad fanfiction on the big screen.)
[15:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:52] <exec> 08└─Apparently this one is Electric, not Electronic or Environmental. Although presumably there are electronics involved and one could easily argue it's environmental inasmuch as it pollutes less than a car.
[15:22:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 31 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:28] <exec> 08└─I can write a tutorial in Paint
[15:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:27] <exec> 08└─There's a difference between saving the project and exporting an image. Are you sure you're complaining about the project save format?
[15:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:28] <exec> 08└─You can't screenshot in it.
[15:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:31] <exec> 08└─So in the "Creators Update" Microsoft is announcing the death of one of its classic tools for creating stuff. Why do I get the feeling none of the marketdroids can see the irony.
[15:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:33] <exec> 08└─And we're up to 73, minus a few for this thread.
[15:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:35] <exec> 08└─Deprecated and full of holes that won't be fixed.
[15:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03BenFenner [4171] (Score: 1) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:37] <exec> 08└─Same here. I've been using PaintShop Pro 6 since the late 1990s with wild success. I does all my light lifting, and most of my heavy lifting. The only limitation I've ever run into is that is doesn't handle modern transparent PNGs very well. And now that other apps have content-aware-fill, I've foun...
[15:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:39] <exec> 08└─Freedom is slavery etc.
[15:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:19] <exec> 08└─The amortized cost of solar is now less than the cost of the grid hook-up. So, yes.
[15:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:49] <exec> 08└─A retro move, or a smart one?
[15:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:50] <exec> 08└─if you're already spending 7-8 hours a day in school, then why are you also getting a bunch of homework?
[15:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:25] <exec> 08└─You could have the hand movements encoding your order. Now that would be pure magic: You wave your hands and get what you want!
[15:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:27] <exec> 08└─When there's a collective mind, there's no longer any "you" who could comment unto it.
[15:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 1) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:25] <exec> 08└─Rotten Tomatoes Critcial Consensus: "Critics Consensus: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets uses sheer kinetic energy and visual thrills to overcome narrative obstacles and offer a viewing experience whose surreal pleasures often outweigh its flaws." Check. Budget: Higher than necessary for...
[15:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:26] <exec> 08└─The plot is a little weak, and the movie style and European pacing is very different from what North American audiences and critics are used to. It's based on a young adult graphic novel and is mostly true to the feel of the source material. It has a bit of a feel of The Fifth Element, but the actin...
[15:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:29] <exec> 08└─Way better than Jupiter Ascending. JS was just a typical so-so Hollywood popcorn flick. Valerian is just different frim what NA critics and audiences are used to. The weakest part is actually the scene in Mega Market, the second sequence in the movie, something added by the director. Valerian is coc...
[15:30:32] <exec> count new = 20
[15:30:32] <exec> count top = 1
[15:30:33] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[16:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[16:19:35] <exec> last cid = 544190
[16:20:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:50] <exec> 08└─In fact we're soaking in it
[16:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:52] <exec> 08└─Didn't some of the Apollo moon landings touch down in the wettest spots? The Sea of Tranquility The Ocean of Storms
[16:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:54] <exec> 08└─Oh c'mon, you posted this story just to annoy that "than previously thought" soylentil. Admit it.
[16:21:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:08] <exec> 08└─What they plan to do? Based on recent experience .... "telemetry".
[16:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:45] <exec> 08└─Google search not too far in your future [staticflickr.com].
[16:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DARPA's Funding of "Post-Moore's Law" Technologies - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:52] <exec> 08└─Optical switches in nanometer scale or there is unlikely to be any post-moore performance gains. The alternative is to get the energy consumption down drastically. 100 GHz transistors exist, but they will overheat quickly.
[16:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:07] <exec> 08└─With TFA quoting a top speed of 28mph it does indeed become a viable replacement for at least a moped/scooter for urban commuting at least. However, it also comes with all the same costs, and because it does >15mph it _is_ legally a moped (where I am in UK at least, and I think all of EU), therefore...
[16:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:08] <exec> 08└─An ebike should have just one control - a handle throttle. That's it! Pedalec (autopower when using pedals) is confusing.
[16:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:50] <exec> 08└─I get your point but for those that are able to download & install there is hope. As for corporate policy, there's always the option to bring your own device (BYOD).
[16:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:52] <exec> 08└─Try it in a remote terminal. You take a screenshot of YOUR screen, not the remote one. If you were, for example, screenshoting a problem on a remote system. You then have to manually crop out anything that might in your screenshot that you don't want others to see. Additionally, PrtScrn can be remap...
[16:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:54] <exec> 08└─On Windows 3.11, sure. It wasn't sufficiently complicated to get too screwed up, and its default state was sufficiently screwed up that it was difficult to make it much worse.
[16:25:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03i286NiNJA [2768] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:05] <exec> 08└─"How are the children supposed to learn without ____________, It's common sense people come on!! Kids these days want a ______ just for _____!"
[16:25:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03i286NiNJA [2768] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:07] <exec> 08└─Plus even very stupid people are capable of memorization which looks great! If we could just get them to shut up about how the never needed to use the math the never understood then the system would be perfect.
[16:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03i286NiNJA [2768] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:09] <exec> 08└─More like learn to calculate without having to think.
[16:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:45] <exec> 08└─Valerian is a spacetime operative . He's basically a 007 timecop and the source material is very different from Ringworld. The only parallel is that, for the time, they both had very alien aliens.
[16:30:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:19] <exec> 08└─1. Other people in the Democrat-Hillary sphere might consider her worth to keep. Not minding that she can have her own dirty secrets to ensure she's not sacrificed by her own (Hoover style). 2. Regardless of evidence on Hillary. It doesn't seem far fetched to think it's a tit-for-tat. If no one pros...
[16:30:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:20] <exec> 08└─Russkies Nefarious Conspiracy? :p
[16:30:32] <exec> count new = 17
[16:30:32] <exec> count top = 0
[16:30:33] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[17:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[17:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544211
[17:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:57] <exec> 08└─Or the mainly foggy Mister of Bean
[17:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:58] <exec> 08└─Sure there's lots of H2O, but is there any oxygen? ;)
[17:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:01] <exec> 08└─Hmmm … how does H2O differ from the more conventional H2O? ;-)
[17:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:03] <exec> 08└─Easy. H2O is up there while H2O is down here. Also, drinking it will get you high. To the moon, potheads!
[17:21:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:05] <exec> 08└─Instead of two hydrogens, it has only one, but shaped like a square.
[17:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:07] <exec> 08└─Could we mine this, pack it into some sort of disintegrating bubble, and fire it at the atmosphere? OH- is useful in breaking down CO2.
[17:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:10] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure it would be easier to transition away from oil and gas. Cheaper too since you supposedly care about good financial planning.
[17:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:12] <exec> 08└─Is this trace amounts (150 ppm) of water at depth or hints on solid deposits deeper down? 150 ppm is less than Earthly Uranium deposits.
[17:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:27] <exec> 08└─Based on my 'ancient' experience.... "BSO telemetry". XD
[17:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:29] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's good for recognizing squirrels? (yesterday's article about using a Pi for scene recognition)
[17:21:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:31] <exec> 08└─So they stuck "AI" in a VR headset. I mean, yeah, it's a buzzword search-term grabber. But really? What's the point? What does it "learn"? (P.S. it doesn't, even the "deep learning" / "machine learning" stuff is still just snake-oil, especially on this scale).
[17:21:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 758 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:39] <exec> 08└─So much quoting, yet the summary didn't quote the most important part of the article, the one which contains the result. Therefore I do it here: Add all of these up, and you get an estimate of around 645 million tons of CO2 per year. Yes, there are uncertainties; yes, there’s annual variation; yes...
[17:21:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 857 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:50] <exec> 08└─i don't get it. one million tons of carbon dioxide? so how do i have to imagine this? i see a volcano (that is maybe half carbon-dioxide) that blows its top off. and a few weeks later an inspections finds that only maybe half of the original volcano matter is still around the rest turned into (gaseo...
[17:21:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:51] <exec> 08└─But then enough stays in the atmosphere to have increased the CO2 concentration from about 280 ppm in pre-industrial times (which also is roughly the value during previous inter-glacial periods) to 400 ppm at the moment. I.e., it increased by more than 40% within ca. 200 years. Compare that to the s...
[17:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DARPA's Funding of "Post-Moore's Law" Technologies - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:19] <exec> 08└─While I don't have the impression that Moore's law has run out yet, maybe this will usher in a renewed interest in efficient software -- and an end to bloat, endless layers of re-direction, etc?
[17:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:19] <exec> 08└─The stuff that keeps your bookmarks etc on a central site? Hard lesson in not-your-computer-zap.
[17:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:21] <exec> 08└─Seems it's currently a management problem..
[17:24:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:23] <exec> 08└─And yet, browsers on tablets suck, too.
[17:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:25] <exec> 08└─Uh oh, sounds like one of the shitty UI designers is offended!!
[17:24:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:27] <exec> 08└─GIMP. What else? I'm not paying a thousand bucks for Photoshop, and only idiots pirate software. Running pirated software is begging to be pwned. The only problem I've had with GIMP was its pitiful text handling, and I have an excellent solution [mcgrew.info] to that shortcoming.
[17:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:29] <exec> 08└─Hard lesson in not-your-computer-zap.
[17:24:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:32] <exec> 08└─No, it's a pile of shit that's poorly documented and constantly changing according to the whims of the Gnome devs. Many projects have switched to Qt as a result, including LXDE (now LXQt).
[17:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:34] <exec> 08└─Default formats?? That's not how GIMP works. "Save" saves the project in its native format, like Audacity and a lot of other programs. To save as a different format you use "export". It saves in every graphics format I've ever of except GIF, and you choose the format when naming it. Yes, the default...
[17:24:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:36] <exec> 08└─Win7 didn't include sound recorder but the one from Win98 runs. That's a TERRIBLE piece of software! I used EAC in the nineties and early this century until I discovered Audacity (great cross-platform sound recorder and editor). Had to search for a good sound recorder because the one that came with...
[17:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:38] <exec> 08└─From the linked page: Rather than use fonts installed in the computer’s operating system, it has its own, very limited set of fonts,
[17:24:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:40] <exec> 08└─But you had to consciously re-configure it to do that? All too often various software tries to sideline users into someone-elses-computer because it's so convenient. Well until it's gone ;) I specifically recall Mozilla wanting to sync bookmarks etc, because it was sooo much easier. And I was like "...
[17:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:21] <exec> 08└─Peak demand is when the sun is its brightest and solar produces its highest amount of electricity. Batteries are for when demand outstrips supply.
[17:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:23] <exec> 08└─That was the claim in the 1950s when they were selling the idea of nuclear power plants.
[17:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:57] <exec> 08└─Often I'll talk about reading in a bar, and whenever someone says they hate to read, I ask why and always get the same answer: they were forced to read as children. Instead, read to them every night when you tuck them into bed. Read yourself other times, children learn from their parents. If you rea...
[17:25:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:59] <exec> 08└─I read 20 minutes a night for years in elementary school. I don't know why this is such a big deal.
[17:26:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:36] <exec> 08└─" And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him...
[17:31:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:31:13] <exec> 08└─I've found something to hang you. It's a rope. :-)
[17:31:25] <exec> count new = 31
[17:31:25] <exec> count top = 1
[17:31:25] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[18:19:36] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[18:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544248
[18:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:57] <exec> 08└─I see what you did there.
[18:20:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:59] <exec> 08└─Yes, very punny. I just hope it doesn't go to his head!
[18:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:01] <exec> 08└─Hopefully they're draughting a peace treaty as we speak.
[18:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 793 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:03] <exec> 08└─Being serious this time. TFA and the headline imply a linkage between two facts: * There is very high tension between North Korea and the rest of the world right now, and * North Korea just decided to cancel a beer festival. The implication is the former is the reason for the latter. I'd like to cal...
[18:21:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:05] <exec> 08└─Don't forget to wipe down the phone receivers before you leave for the day.
[18:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:08] <exec> 08└─Right, wouldn't want this to spill over into international affairs. (I know, it's weak...maybe they only make 3.2 beer?)
[18:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:25] <exec> 08└─I just want to leave a really convoluted story for our ancestors (if there are any) - So why did the people of the 21st century ship OH- from the moon? - Too much CO2 on Earth - Why not use less fossil fuels? - Because that would mean the terrorists won - But it was harder - "We choose to go to the...
[18:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moon Wetter Than Previously Thought - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:27] <exec> 08└─To the moon, potheads!
[18:21:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:47] <exec> 08└─But really? What's the point? What does it "learn"?
[18:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:08] <exec> 08└─A planet in the hab zone can't keep its atmosphere for long without a magnetic field. The solar wind will strip it, as on Mars. Venus is earth-sized but has no real magnetic field. Why is that? It is shedding its atmosphere like a comet. So where did it come from?
[18:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:09] <exec> 08└─Fake news? Could it be the case, then, that individual volcanoes add more carbon dioxide to our atmosphere than human activity does?
[18:22:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:11] <exec> 08└─> or said in another way, say volcanos spew feathers. Would you like some tar with your feathers?
[18:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:14] <exec> 08└─Psshhh!! You and your well-established-science! Everyone knows the correct answer to the headline is "No!"
[18:22:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03BsAtHome [889] 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:24] <exec> 08└─For the best experience when robbing a house is to know its layout beforehand. Will iRobot be accessory to burglary for providing inside information?
[18:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:35] <exec> 08└─Companies that want to sell individually targeted ads to Ikea (Google) or replace Ikea as a place you buy stuff (Amazon). Facebook might buy in too, but they would just do something simultaneously useless and creepy with it, like automatically tagging everything you post with what room you're in. W...
[18:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:37] <exec> 08└─To make it all okay, the Roomba could be equipped with a camera that uploads video to the clod. For your protection. You would have remote web access to the Roomba camera from anywhere. You could see every room in your house. Remote childcare never was so easy -- especially with a two way voice opti...
[18:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:01] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you haven't driven a car with an automatic trans built after around 1990. Hint: drag racers don't use manual transmissions anymore.
[18:25:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:11] <exec> 08└─Or Reptilians.
[18:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:42] <exec> 08└─Maybe he needs to buy a heater too. Run both. Warm toes and cool breeze on his face.
[18:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:19] <exec> 08└─A retro move, or a smart one?
[18:26:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:57] <exec> 08└─If only YOU could be used for plural too... :D
[18:31:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:31:34] <exec> 08└─So, basically, you want to live in a dictatorship. Well done!
[18:31:34] <exec> count new = 21
[18:31:34] <exec> count top = 1
[18:31:34] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[19:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[19:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544269
[19:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:57] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews is apparently trying really hard for comment-bait titles and bullshit stories. The community has had issues for a long time, and there have been quite a few stories of questionable value coming from garbage outlets, but this one is special. No where in the article do they mention the mis...
[19:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:58] <exec> 08└─I hope all news reports warning of an impending nuclear attack use such clever wordplay from here out.
[19:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:01] <exec> 08└─Aww....everyone leave North Korea alone you bullies! It's not like they threatened to nuke us or anything...
[19:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:03] <exec> 08└─North Korea, proof positive that letting shit fester only makes it worse.
[19:21:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:05] <exec> 08└─Mhmm, stunning response. Stellar. Here, have a rotten banana since you're a fan of death. Here we see the birth of #fakenews, when people draw parallels for their own purposes. Again, nothing correlating their military threats with their beer festival. Nothing.
[19:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA's LISA Pathfinder Retired - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:32] <exec> 08└─It's a shame they didn't get funding to do the proposed extension mission [arxiv.org] where they'd have used it to search for evidence of MOND [wikipedia.org]. I'm sure Nobel prizes will be forthcoming anyway for the discovery of gravitational waves.
[19:21:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:46] <exec> 08└─> While predictive rendering introduces some glitches, it can be tuned to prevent more errors than it introduces. In talking to high end simulator suppliers (the multi million $$ simulators used in F1 and other professional racing), one consistent comment is, "Never give a false cue." I believe this...
[19:21:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HoloLens 2 to Include Machine Learning Accelerated Hardware - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:48] <exec> 08└─Evolution disagrees.
[19:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:12] <exec> 08└─No doubt he believes that the Earth would still have the same heat capacity (due to water) and albedo (due to clouds) without an atmosphere.
[19:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:14] <exec> 08└─No, right after that quote is a further little bit: In fact, even if we include the rare, very large volcanic eruptions, like 1980’s Mount St. Helens or 1991’s Mount Pinatubo eruption, they only emitted 10 and 50 million tons of CO2 each, respectively. It would take three Mount St. Helens and on...
[19:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:16] <exec> 08└─Tarbaby, Bro!
[19:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:39] <exec> 08└─> that uploads video to the clod. This may only be a typo, but it's brilliant. I suggest /cloud/clod going forward.
[19:25:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:00] <exec> 08└─Sounds like we pushed his buttons a bit. You can't blame us, though, there's no indication that it WAS a button...
[19:25:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:02] <exec> 08└─Retarded relatives and classmates of MBA's.
[19:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:17] <exec> 08└─What do you think the NULL hypothesis would even be? The DNA either naturally mutated (highly unlikely due to it's size), came from one of the 2 listed predecessors or came from some unknown predecessor (colloqually known as a ghost). Unless you're claiming aliens, it seems like the "ghost" predeces...
[19:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:19] <exec> 08└─What nonsense! Their read is that the traits were reintroduced via some "ghost" archaics. The alternative is that it never needed to be reintroduced because, in this population, it was never lost from this lineage in the first place.
[19:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:21] <exec> 08└─Reintroduced? Lost? The article doesn't say that either of those occurred... They found some unique DNA in a population of humans. This DNA doesn't exist in most other humans. When they traced the origins of this DNA they found close, but not full, matches in Neanderthal and Denisovans. It's not a c...
[19:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03TK [2760] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:52] <exec> 08└─Between countries? [wikipedia.org]
[19:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:31] <exec> 08└─"Retro" would be to recognize the value of homework and of repetition. Smart would be to recognize the value of homework and of repetition. This is neither. Is there any evidence to support that notion that there is value to homework and repetition? According to the article there is none. So, theref...
[19:27:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:10] <exec> 08└─You...*do* know that the correct pronunciation of "Caesar" is "Kaiser/Qaisar" don't you? And that Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew are Semitic languages with common roots? As an example, "Satan" (Hebrew) and "Shaitan" (Arabic) are equivalent, the root being {S[h]'t'n} or "adversary, one who opposes," hen...
[19:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:11] <exec> 08└─Revelation is mostly a coded anti-Roman rant. Fuckin' Romans, what've they ever done for us, anyway?
[19:28:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 121 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:37] <exec> 08└─At what point does a quarter BILLION dollar movie get to be called an "indie" movie with a straight face by the industry?
[19:31:49] <exec> count new = 21
[19:31:49] <exec> count top = 1
[19:31:49] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[20:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[20:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544291
[20:21:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:10] <exec> 08└─Beer goggles make any N.K. woman look goooood.
[20:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03bswarm [4564] (Score: 1) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:11] <exec> 08└─You found their secret beer recipe!
[20:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:13] <exec> 08└─People submit stories from a media who are all about clickbait titles and bullshit stories, so it's rather hard not to. But that has been true for a very long time, since the ancient before-time of Slashdot. My personal take on it is it gives everyone an opportunity to spoof on the clickbait title o...
[20:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:16] <exec> 08└─I am really surprised NK had a beer festival at all, given that soju is really more of the authentic Korean drink. I'm further surprised that they'd have enough grain to ferment for beer, given the constant reports of famine there.
[20:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:46] <exec> 08└─On a more serious note, I wouldn't be surprised if house messiness were used as yet another driver of credit scores.
[20:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 0, Redundant) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 725 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:26] <exec> 08└─Are you freaking high? The article is full of this, all you needed to read was the executive summary at the top: "In saliva, scientists have found hints that a 'ghost' species of archaic humans may have contributed genetic material to ancestors of people living in sub-Saharan Africa today. The resea...
[20:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:28] <exec> 08└─Again, where does that say lost or re-introduced? What is this, some sort of weird anti-evolution angle I'm just not getting? Your argument makes no sense.
[20:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:18] <exec> 08└─Yes I am familiar with the pronunciation. Still the audience was Greek/Latin, so I am not convinced. The reasons for the Satan epithet has itself other interpretations than simply assuming it means adversary, especially in hindsight when the denial of the sacrifice on the cross is considered THE dis...
[20:29:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:20] <exec> 08└─And if the total revenue doesn't come all in the first week, that is the "biggest loss"? Considering that the copyright owners keep milking the cow even after it's bones are well past the third ‎broth, with this most probably won't be a loss at all. Just not as quick bucks as they expected.
[20:30:13] <exec> count new = 9
[20:30:13] <exec> count top = 0
[20:30:13] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[21:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[21:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544302
[21:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:52] <exec> 08└─No, no, not the goats! At least let tourists give the goats one last blowjob before the slaughter.
[21:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:53] <exec> 08└─How did Jurassic Park III end again?
[21:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03BananaPhone [2488] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:01] <exec> 08└─Is there an RFC #? Didn't think so.
[21:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:03] <exec> 08└─This congestion control algorithm works by reporting back to Google all the traffic of every connection you make. You know, for the good of the internets.
[21:21:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:05] <exec> 08└─There isn't an RFC yet because it's still a draft. Jeez. https://tools.ietf.org [ietf.org] See? Fully documented and everything.
[21:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:07] <exec> 08└─Between wireless radio fade and bufferbloat causing buffered packets to be delayed, there's too much variation in ping times these days. It's a good idea to track the range of variation and try to fast-retransmit a few duplicate packets when delays occur predictably. Of course anticipating delay doe...
[21:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:10] <exec> 08└─"sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control" to see what your kernel has. "sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr" to set, assuming previous cmd reported it. Looked it up, added in 4.9 https://kernelnewbies.org [kernelnewbies.org]
[21:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:32] <exec> 08└─Don't worry. North Korea never had a successful launch with an armed warhead, though I suppose it's possible that in the bedlam the morning of N-day, they could have launched one. There would be no way to know. Presumably, Pyongyang is irradiated rubble, same way every other major city has been sinc...
[21:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:33] <exec> 08└─You're right. Let's just pretend the military threats aren't happening. While we're at it, let's also pretend the beer festival is happening. Here's a question...Between the stories: a) North Korea has canceled a beer festival, and b) North Korea has developed and stated intent to launch a (alb...
[21:21:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:35] <exec> 08└─I guess you missed this part of the article: But forget about it if you're an American passport holder. The U.S. State Department will announce a travel ban to North Korea for all Americans later this week. It follows the detainment of 22-year-old college student Otto Warmbier, who returned home las...
[21:21:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:38] <exec> 08└─Trying to draw parallels between unrelated things is what got the fake news tag. The threats are real, but are not tied to this event. Trying to do so makes SN look stupid.
[21:21:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:40] <exec> 08└─It does not imply a linkage. "As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival" "As X is happening, Y is no longer happening" does not say X caused Y. It is also convenient to roll in more than one story since it's all happening right now and it gives you more to discuss.
[21:21:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:42] <exec> 08└─Calling out people's bullshit is the only thing that can be done to try and get them to stop. I have submitted quite a few stories, but that has no bearing in this one. The submitter tied two separate concepts together that were not even a part of the linked story, that is atrocious. I would appreci...
[21:21:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:44] <exec> 08└─You are fake news. The headline does not say that tensions caused the cancellation, despite your failure to comprehend it. The summary does not say it. Putting details of what is going on with North Korea is legitimate, which is why there are multiple links in the summary, not just the NPR link. My...
[21:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:52] <exec> 08└─I was wondering how much of that 29 billion tons originates from fossil fuels, so how much we're actually adding to the atmosphere rather than emitting totally. According to this website actually about 34.1 billion tons originated from fossil fuels in 2015: http://cdiac.ornl.gov [ornl.gov].
[21:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:17] <exec> 08└─:) I assumed a typo of clod / plod; here in NZ and the UK I believe plod is a slang term for the police generally Mr Plod. As in "hide the $contraband boys here comes Mr Plod"
[21:27:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:08] <exec> 08└─All fair points, including how I never properly availed myself of the classic that is "Gone With The Wind".
[21:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida School District Replaces Homework ... With Books! - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:10] <exec> 08└─I knew they were farm workers because I overheard them talking about farm vehicles when I walked in (or maybe they were mechanics?). They came over - huge guys, all in flannel, strong serious drawl, said they heard that thing I was talking to the waitress about. They wanted to know more too.
[21:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 1042 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:52] <exec> 08└─Look, if we're going to get into the tenets of Christianity itself, you've already lost. In plain English, Yahweh sacrificed his son, who is also himself, TO himself, to STOP himself from throwing his own voluntarily-formed creations into the Hell he also didn't need to create and never mentioned to...
[21:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wisconsin Company To Offer To Implant Microchips In Employees - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:54] <exec> 08└─I did know this, thanks New Vegas.
[21:28:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.K. to Require Registration and Safety Tests for Drone Owners - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:28:07] <exec> 08└─People are morons and don't care about the consequences. FTFY
[21:29:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:59] <exec> 08└─$7 dollars
[21:30:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03steveha [4100] (Score: 2) 02 - 06$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film - 792 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:00] <exec> 08└─When someone say that the best part of a movie is it played in theaters that offer popcorn, you just show you are a jerk. That's a literary technique known as damning with faint praise [wiktionary.org]. Compare with a review of a movie he liked: http://www.schlockmercenary.com [...
[21:30:21] <exec> count new = 23
[21:30:21] <exec> count top = 0
[21:30:21] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[22:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[22:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544326
[22:20:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:55] <exec> 08└─Clever goat.....
[22:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:56] <exec> 08└─Goats are tasty.
[22:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:58] <exec> 08└─There's an existing COTS product [goat-simulator.com] they can use to dry-run this before going ahead with a potentially expensive plan. Here's hoping they follow good testing procedures.
[22:21:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:10] <exec> 08└─For the purpose of downstream transfer, only the server needs to be changed, which is always preferable to changing every client in existence.
[22:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:11] <exec> 08└─"Sender" does not always mean "server." Though I agree for many purposes in today's internet, most traffic originates at the server to be sent to the client and not the other way round.
[22:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 996 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:14] <exec> 08└─I wonder whether this technology would have any impact on the ongoing debate around network neutrality. As I read this, the sender of data would effectively ask the router "how fast can I send this?" and will throttle its transmission speed in response to that. This seems to make it really easy to t...
[22:21:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:42] <exec> 08└─Calling out people's bullshit is the only thing that can be done to try and get them to stop
[22:21:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:44] <exec> 08└─One could argue that the lack of beer may be what's increasing tension *within* North Korea...except I kind of doubt any of the common folk are getting to consume the beer.
[22:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:46] <exec> 08└─I agree that the formulation doesn't directly state a linkage. I'd argue it heavily implies one. Consider the following: * Amid a growing obesity epidemic, soft drink makers experiment with alternative sweeteners * Without their leader on the field, team rallies to win game * As tax day looms, post...
[22:21:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:48] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, the best kind of manipulation, the "somewhat true so its very hard to mount opposition" tactic. *golf clap*
[22:21:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:50] <exec> 08└─No, what is atrocious is combining stories to form your own narrative. Its bullshit from major news outlets, and its bullshit on a small indie site like this. Sorry you can't handle your own bullshit sir, next time I will be more of a gentleman to accommodate your delicate sensitivities.
[22:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:00] <exec> 08└─That's no moon!
[22:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much CO2 Does a Single Volcano Emit? - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:02] <exec> 08└─I'd guess clouds and oceans would mostly evaporate into space, only what got trapped in chronically dark areas or under the surface would remain. So you'd end up with a dark surface with non-lambertian albedo (reflects more light when it is coming directly at it than on an angle). Pretty much like t...
[22:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:49] <exec> 08└─Well, actually, if I'd originally allowed Firefox to sync with Mozilla's servers, they would have automatically migrated me to Sync 1.5, and I wouldn't have had a problem. The only reason there was a problem was I chose to run my own server, so an issue arose when they removed support for the old pr...
[22:30:31] <exec> count new = 14
[22:30:32] <exec> count top = 0
[22:30:32] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[23:19:35] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[23:19:36] <exec> last cid = 544340
[23:20:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lockheed Martin Repurposing Shuttle Cargo Module to Use for Lunar Orbiting Base - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:55] <exec> 08└─What no Michaelangelo?
[23:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lockheed Martin Repurposing Shuttle Cargo Module to Use for Lunar Orbiting Base - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:57] <exec> 08└─Pretty small space for anything but a toilet. Hook up all three of them together, and maybe you could live there for a short while.
[23:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lockheed Martin Repurposing Shuttle Cargo Module to Use for Lunar Orbiting Base - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:59] <exec> 08└─He had gone out to order pizza.
[23:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:11] <exec> 08└─One method is killing the animals with shotguns or high-powered rifles. The other is relocating them. And the last option is a combination of the two.
[23:21:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:12] <exec> 08└─Exactly. [outdoorsdirectory.com] This whole problem is solvable by issuing hunting licenses. People would Pay for the privledge, do all the work, and put the harvest to good use. Leave it to the government and they will waste both treasure and goats, and accomplish nothing.
[23:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Olympic National Park Planning to Kill or Relocate Mountain Goats - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:14] <exec> 08└─Didn't the republicans (try to) allow wolf hunting again? Seems to me that if you have too many wolves in one place, and too many goats in another, you can solve your problems with a truck.
[23:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:29] <exec> 08└─None at all. There are many TCP congestion control algorithms [wikipedia.org]. TCP BBR just happens to compensate for bufferbloat slightly better than others. You ascribe too much intelligence to the sender when you say it "asks" the receiver how fast to send. All it's really doing is measuring the...
[23:21:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Introduces New Congestion Control Algorithm - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:31] <exec> 08└─What do you thing RFC stands for? It was meant for drafts.
[23:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:05] <exec> 08└─You're totally correct, although I wouldn't consider my language "scorched earth" and just rather abrasive. I have lost pretty much all my patience for discussions on this site and definitely went overboard here, but Takyon won't see any reason between your comment or mine. There is only so much gen...
[23:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Tensions Brew, No More North Korean Beer Festival - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:07] <exec> 08└─Correct the record!
[23:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 And One E-bike to Rule Them All: Trek Super Commuter+ 8S Review - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:08] <exec> 08└─You forgot to mention the two heavy chains required to secure your $5000 bike.
[23:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After 32 Years, the Death of Microsoft Paint - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:07] <exec> 08└─Finally someone that gets it.
[23:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electricity Shake-Up Could Save Consumers 'Up to £40bn' - 1489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:59] <exec> 08└─Having a connection to the grid with zero net usage is not free [emss1.org]: Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Rate Schedule D serves domestic customers in houses, townhouses and condominiums, and in apartments and rental units. ... Every SCE Rate Schedule D customer pays one or more of the follo...
[23:30:26] <exec> count new = 13
[23:30:27] <exec> count top = 0
[23:30:27] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********