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[00:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:19] <exec> 08└─The trouble is, they're also free to include advertisements even if we do donate. The advantage of Firefox for me was always the plug-ins, which let me do things like block ads and stop flash. This made the free Firefox better than the free IE which came with my machine. Now the free IE has a workin...
[00:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:20] <exec> 08└─I met some guy at the Blanchet House Of Hospitality who had just gotten fired by Microsoft. His fatal mistake? He was a Windows 7 MCSE. Microsoft had just shipped Windows 8.
[00:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:23] <exec> 08└─Explain how a guy "who had just gotten fired by Microsoft" was immediately homeless. Was he an unpaid intern? Not collecting a paycheck? Incapable of saving any money? Formerly living in the break room at Microsoft?
[00:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:25] <exec> 08└─Cocaine is a helluva drug, and many old sysadmins are still stuck in the seventies and eighties.
[00:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:27] <exec> 08└─I believe he is using the word homeless tongue in cheek. Pretty sure you can safely assume he meant jobless.
[00:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:42] <exec> 08└─...by a SOUTH Florida company at that! No sir, totally on the up and up.
[00:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:44] <exec> 08└─Feces is up to 13.5% bacterial biomass.
[00:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:46] <exec> 08└─It's great to save a safe word to stop it when it gets out of hand.
[00:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:48] <exec> 08└─Just the tip, he said, just to see what it feels like, he said.
[00:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:50] <exec> 08└─The bacteria were quoted as saying, "This is some good shit!"
[00:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:52] <exec> 08└─Remember modern BDSM has safe words for a reason.
[00:26:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:46] <exec> 08└─Since the dawn of the U.S., if you tried to carry something across the border, it can be searched -- no matter if it's a sealed letter, a sealed Christmas present... or a darn filing cabinet on your shoulder. The fact that most people now carry around tiny devices that are the equivalent of thousand...
[00:26:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:48] <exec> 08└─Failure to maintain contact with reality has it's consequences, however "right" or "wrong" those consequences are. You call it "victim blaming". I call it self preservation. If you wander aimlessly through the forest, and come into contact with a hungry grizzly bear who eats you, did you not "deserv...
[00:26:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:50] <exec> 08└─Or, how about not keeping e-mails to your doctor about using blow in ANY e-mail account, for ANY reason? Sure, the mail provider may never forget, but to discuss such things in e-mail rather than in person is pure idiocy. Also, " Ecstasy, fentanyl and marijuana are smuggled into the U.S. from Canada...
[00:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:52] <exec> 08└─As retarded and worthless as this post is, I can always appreciate new ways to express things like convincing echoes using simple text tools. It evokes a feeling of not only reverb, but delay.
[00:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:57] <exec> 08└─I guess you can call yourself an editor now. It could have said "Curious Teenager." Oh look, I'm an editor too!
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[01:25:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 836 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:16] <exec> 08└─I get happy when I hear about Linux Based this or that, until I use it and find out it doesn't have a proper package-manager system for handling updates and adding alternative secure app store sources. I mean, that shit exists in the Linux ecosystem. It's not like there aren't several flavors to cho...
[01:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 1758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:18] <exec> 08└─There may well be issues making this happen. Case in point: I have an HTC OneMax [htc.com] which I purchased in early 2014. It's a nice phone. With fingerprint and IR Blaster support too! However, it runs Android 4.4 (KitKat) [android.com] and HTC will not be releasing any upgrades. As such, I'm lef...
[01:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:30] <exec> 08└─-GPONIES!! Using the cloud is supposed to enable you to cruelly fire all your administrators.
[01:25:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:32] <exec> 08└─but even so I never saved a penny of it. I always had more debt than my pay would cover. Here's how to deal with a collection agent: "I'm homeless. The only reason I get to eat is soup kitchens." They never called again.
[01:25:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:34] <exec> 08└─So that you can rehire all of them as stack operators! The spice must flow!
[01:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:36] <exec> 08└─> ...fire all your administrators fire all your well paid administrators and train up some former grocery store cashiers ftfy?
[01:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:38] <exec> 08└─No I'm not going to assume he meant jobless when he said homeless and he said he met the guy at a homeless shelter. I'm not going to put up with Michael David Crawford's bullshit is what I'm not going to do. He spins a fucking yarn about Blanchet House conveniently located at NW Flanders Street in P...
[01:25:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:40] <exec> 08└─Is this a DB error? Bug? AC posted in wrong article (last Firefox one was days ago)? The text makes sense... but not in this Azure article.
[01:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:42] <exec> 08└─Azure Stack on-premises cloud needs a special breed of sysadmin to keep it humming.
[01:25:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 268 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:51] <exec> 08└─Isn't it time we took off the training wheels and let the capitalist free market run riot in our country? I'm so tired of the nanny state "detecting lethal bacteria in the water" and boring crap like that. Take the chains off and let's see how fast this thing can fly!
[01:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:05] <exec> 08└─These guys are a full fledged pharmaceutical company. They make OTC generics used mostly in hospitals, clinics, etc., although you can buy them retail (Amazon for example).
[01:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Atomic Clock Receives an IEEE Milestone - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:17] <exec> 08└─All the methods of timing in tfa use atoms...the atomic clock just uses fewer atoms than the older designs of clock.
[01:26:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 299 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:45] <exec> 08└─"All she had to do was bring a burner and memorize some important numbers and everything would have been fine." So what you are saying is that this is all security theatre, sufficient to inconvenience travellers but not to pose any problem to genuine terrorist attackers? Yeah, I think you're right.
[01:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:48] <exec> 08└─Crooks always dee everyone else as crooked.
[01:28:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:50] <exec> 08└─Wrinkled bills? Around here they're plastic, saves money as they last and they go into machines nicely. Much better then getting stuck in a line with everyone using cards, shuffling through them to find one that works, screwing up somehow and having to start over, and if credit card, having to sign.
[01:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:14] <exec> 08└─I know this is way off topic, but of course I feel the need to respond... So, (cis)women have all collectively decided that none of them are going to even fucking try to learn the first fucking thing about the mathematics of information science, relational data, etc, etc. I mean, one thing I consist...
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[01:29:15] <exec> 08└─s/budybodies/busybodies
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[02:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 860 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:21] <exec> 08└─There was CyanogenMod. Arguably the single best Android version in the world. It was SO good, the rest of the industry had to devise a way to get them to an official company status so that they could manipulated and shut down. [androidauthority.com] But it too suffered the same problem postmarketOS...
[02:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 1230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:23] <exec> 08└─There is a rule in Open Source, you don't need a complete product when you make a wide announcement but you need "plausibility." That is a vague sense in most potential developers that the project has demonstrated the concept is sound, there is a working implementation of some basic level of functio...
[02:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:25] <exec> 08└─But if I want support for the fingerprint scanner and IR Blaster, I'm out of luck.
[02:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:27] <exec> 08└─what phone are you using?
[02:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:29] <exec> 08└─I say the hardware you dedicate to the project will end up abandoned because it is simply too ambitious.
[02:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:48] <exec> 08└─Maybe it should read 'Special', cause you needs to be on the little yellow bus to still be using windows!
[02:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:11] <exec> 08└─Get rid of the fda deciding what "works" or not and put all the funding to making sure the labels are accurate, etc; like it was originally. This is a good example.
[02:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:10] <exec> 08└─What do you mean? Should she have violently refused when only the BP has guns? Or maybe you mean we should vote, but you know that the average citizen has no impact on legislation without some millions to spend on bribes. Then there's the parties -- they come with Trump and Clinton -- sure we can al...
[02:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:12] <exec> 08└─That's some A class trolling. The law is a fact. It is a crappy law and if you as regular citizen can figure out how to end it, I'll be right there beside you working to eliminate it. Your indignation at the law however, like mine, isn't worth a damn. Right now, that law is as much a fact as gravity...
[02:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:14] <exec> 08└─Right and I suppose the fact that you can be barred entry into Canada because of a DUI in U.S. is just dandy? This is a non-story.
[02:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:00] <exec> 08└─> even the slight weight of placing these cloth bags in the bagging area is enough to freak the machines out This one has a solution -- scan item, put on bagging platform (but not in a bag). Once everything is scanned and paid, then move items from platform into your cloth bags. I do this with my sm...
[02:29:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:27] <exec> 08└─She's saying that if a woman had done what this young man did, the BKK would have given her a pass. In more than one sense of the word.
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[03:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:08] <exec> 08└─Open source software is OLD HAT for the Army. Aside from a public proclamation, there is nothing new here. When I got my first job out of college way back in 1995, it was writing software for the Army that ran on Linux laptops.
[03:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:10] <exec> 08└─Summary is supposed to summarize, a short gist of the main bits. TFA is neither short, nor contain anything of substance - is there actuallly any "main bits?"
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[03:25:24] <exec> 08└─This approach make you still depend on a transport provider. And no chance to get around this problem with old hardware. Do you not get this ? You want as much free and un-censor-able HF/VHF/UHF/... communication as possible. Everything that can be done P2P, like TXTs over spontaneous instant Mesh L...
[03:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:44] <exec> 08└─Microsoft's stuff is sufficiently opaque that a training course is probably justified. But if they wanted to be smart, it'd be a free course, or at least free to people who bought the damn thing. Because otherwise you'll just have a bunch of customers calling support and not enjoying their product.
[03:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Supplement Maker on FDA Blacklist After Deadly Bacteria Found in Water System - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:08] <exec> 08└─I would not use any product form a company named "Major Pharmaceuticals" or "Leader Brands". That is spam level sleaziness right there. Sounds like the sort of company that would send unsolicited emails promising cheap V1AGR4. No thanks.
[03:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:11] <exec> 08└─Naw, screw it. Let's let all the druggie scumbags and terrorists in. They can wreak havoc on our society while they collect welfare, because fuck our own citizens right? Oh by the way your taxes are going to go up to pay for it.. That's ok right?
[03:28:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03WalksOnDirt [5854] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:59] <exec> 08└─It only takes a few seconds. It's just that without a cashier to perform for it's easier to think.
[03:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:01] <exec> 08└─We've had automated (no human operator) checkouts here (not the US) for... I dunno, between ten and twenty years. It hasn't led to mass unemployment, hardships, food riots, and an armageddon-type war or whatever it is the OP is predicting. You just end up with a reassignment of jobs, or people shift...
[03:29:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:28] <exec> 08└─I don't see how feminism is in any way compatible with libertarianism. The support feminism has for big government interference in trans folks' lives is disgusting, simply from the principle that once you establish a precedent that government can control people's bodies and sex lives simply for bein...
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[04:25:23] <exec> 08└─is there actuallly any "main bits?"
[04:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:25] <exec> 08└─"ARL's belief is that [the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center] and other groups will leverage the code as they see fit to support mission and potentially improve ARL's code at the same time. This has been the case for extremely popular open-source projects such as...
[04:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:27] <exec> 08└─Open Source becomes open source through the use of copyright. But copyright does not apply to government software. It is either Public Domain or Classified. You know you need to be more specific when you say you wrote software for the Army. Did you write wholly original software which was Public Dom...
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[04:25:29] <exec> 08└─Tank emulator.
[04:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:29] <exec> 08└─There's nothing in Canada worth the fuss to spend your vacation time on anyway.
[04:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:31] <exec> 08└─Nothing there that other destinations don't have better. I think the most US tourists they get are from sheer convenience--Americans that live very close to the border.
[04:29:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:29:20] <exec> 08└─Same here. I'll stand in line for a cashier rather than use the vacant self-checkout. I regard self-checkouts as trial runs of cashier-free retail, and I'm not gonna encourage 'em.
[04:29:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:29:22] <exec> 08└─Also, I never remember to add panko to my shopping list, so it really helped to see it on the shelf last week...
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[04:29:24] <exec> 08└─The BBC had a story a couple of weeks ago about laser-tattooing grocer codes on avocados...
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[04:29:52] <exec> 08└─Perhaps, and that depends on how you define "feminism"*. However, for the purposes of this discussion, what I was objecting to was equating "feminism" with "all (cis)women". *I would say I am a "feminist" but my definition of it would require blind equality of opportunity and treatment for all indiv...
[04:29:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 1088 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:29:53] <exec> 08└─Allow me to clarify my alternate definition of "feminism" as well: My mom is a feminist. When she got her first job out of university, it was a job that had never been done by a woman before. When she went to the bank to open an account to deposit her paycheck, they told her she could not do so with...
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[05:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:23] <exec> 08└─So the big question is how do we modify daily schedules, in schools for example, to be more conducive to increasing physical activity?
[05:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:24] <exec> 08└─Well there's the proof you old people are going through your second childhood. No wonder you act like whiny babies when people don't vote the way you want.
[05:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:26] <exec> 08└─When I was a kid/young adult (60's/70's) I rode my bike all over, walked all over, and in general life made me move. As time went on biking got harder to do due to traffic, networking meant I could log into remote machines and work remotely, and in general all the things that made me walk/bike to an...
[05:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 1) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:29] <exec> 08└─Just because kids tend to be less physically active in the morning, does not necessarily mean it would be advantageous to force physical activity on them during that time. What matters is the total physical activity, not that it is evenly distributed throughout the day. The latter is a pretty arbitr...
[05:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:31] <exec> 08└─This is not a function of "when I was your age", this is a function of technology making moving around during the day less necessary.
[05:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:43] <exec> 08└─So, unless you provide a tank
[05:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:44] <exec> 08└─The infrastructure for the software (operating system, common utilities, etc.) was open source. I think that was clear.
[05:25:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:59] <exec> 08└─"The moral of the story is that similar issues will likely exist with a great many phones" That's true but it's not really a moral. The moral of the story is that swinehood hath no remedy. You bought a pig, you have a pig, you can put the pig in a dress and paint it with lipstick but it's still a pi...
[05:26:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:01] <exec> 08└─"I get happy when I hear about Linux Based this or that, until I use it and find out it doesn't have a proper package-manager system for handling updates and adding alternative secure app store sources." Forget about the bells and whistles, it doesn't even cover the basics. Like drivers that will co...
[05:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:03] <exec> 08└─On my planet*, all radio frequencies are free for everyone to use. We all communicate over the planetary mesh network. There is no jamming or censorship. * fictional
[05:26:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:23] <exec> 08└─later that day he planned to take a bus to Seattle so he could live with his sister.
[05:26:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:25] <exec> 08└─Their food was better than the Portland rescue mission's.
[05:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:54] <exec> 08└─I'd like to have due process here rather than a fairy tale about how much she had it coming. This story alleges that they accessed medical records (which is what an email to your doctor is) and no reason has been given for this two hour search. Sorry, I'm not willing to take it on high fantasy that...
[05:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:56] <exec> 08└─But did the border officials have absolutely every right to examine records she was carrying on her person?
[05:29:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:29:48] <exec> 08└─Sure, Hallow, the problem with the economy is *too much regulation protecting workers.* Not fractional-reserve banking or shady loans programs or skeezy multinational corporate contracts or money laundering.
[05:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:09] <exec> 08└─After a Lucy marathon, I might be tempted to wipe the planet out myself... - I much prefer Burns and Allen or Jack Benny.
[05:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:10] <exec> 08└─I watched In Search of... and read von Däniken and OMNI magazine back in high school, thanks! - That being said, does anyone remember an article (possibly in OMNI) where various Contact scenarios were repeatedly gamed, and inevitably led to war by (I think) Third Contact? I remember reading the art...
[05:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:13] <exec> 08└─Juno, I think ju may be right... Frigg the bastard!
[05:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:15] <exec> 08└─I think they will be sent back with tiny underpants inked on the human figures... - ...followed by alien missionaries.
[05:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:17] <exec> 08└─* We are the intended global extermination, seeded long ago, and working quite as intended, thank you very much. (I'm not sure whether the British or the American "quite" is better here--Read it both ways and decide for yourself.)
[05:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03kai_h [1524] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:20] <exec> 08└─Who even needs a map? An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted on by an external force. Barring close encounters with gravity wells, something pushed out into space will pretty much keep travelling in a straight line. Anyone who is both (a) capable of finding and intercepting Voyager a...
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[06:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:19] <exec> 08└─Sure let me pay the Apple tax to purchase a horrendously overpriced device to run iOS. But wait. If Apple Inc doesn't pay taxes, ever, why the fuck should I pay the Apple tax. That's like giving money to Scrooge McDuck when you know the only fucking thing he's going to do with the money is hoard it...
[06:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:20] <exec> 08└─Always love Apple advertisements, but I felt the summary lacking in showing off the true benefit of iOS compared to its competition. The greatest feature of this is the extra ~500 you get to spend that puts you in a unique club of attractive Apple users that will really put you ahead of the game whe...
[06:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:22] <exec> 08└─They are good for consuming content, and games. These things are just not for productivity. Phones can also do a passable job at pruning email, quick responses/staying in touch with other folks. That's really it. Why anyone would evaluate their device choices with this as the criteria makes absolute...
[06:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:24] <exec> 08└─Fuck Apple. Fuck iOS. Fuck You.
[06:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:36] <exec> 08└─Obviously the least physical activity is usually while they are sleeping. We should encourage sleepwalking to fight that nightly lethargy. ;-)
[06:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:37] <exec> 08└─Used to have to walk a half mile to the deployment site. Now I rlogin and my ass is still firmly in my chair. I'm more productive when my ass stays in my chair than I am when I walk to the problem. This is why people are fatter nowsays.
[06:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 1103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:52] <exec> 08└─You have written quite a bit about copyright for software written for a US Govt contract. It's too bad you don't know your subject. Here are the facts, excerpted from http://www.mccarter.com [mccarter.com] Copyrighted Material Contractor...
[06:27:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 1997 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:42] <exec> 08└─When you leave out the "@" I don't see it in my messages. But I saw your tweet. That wasn't me. But imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven't heard it. I mean, I just, I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. I...
[06:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneer and Voyager Maps to Earth: How Much of a Mistake? - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:24] <exec> 08└─"Juno replace us?" Ah, the eternal problem, can't live with them, can't live without 'em! But you know, the Amazons solved that one pretty neatly. Cut off one breast, so as the give free release to the bow string, and only keep men around until they served their purpose as sperm donors. Sounds like...
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[07:25:22] <exec> 08└─I've been working on it since 2009 [warplife.com].
[07:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:23] <exec> 08└─I also advertise linux and embedded, but get nary an inquiry for them. I recently bought an iPhone 7.
[07:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:25] <exec> 08└─I still recommend iOS devices to everyone who asks me. It will guarantee to reduce the amount of time I will have to spend supporting them later. My father's desktop PC runs Linux (Xubuntu, latest LTS release) but he lives 200ft away so I don't have trouble supporting his occasional issues. For ever...
[07:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:28] <exec> 08└─These things are just not for productivity. ... Why anyone would evaluate their device choices with this as the criteria makes absolutely zero sense.
[07:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:30] <exec> 08└─These things are just not for productivity. [. . .] Why anyone would evaluate their device choices with this as the criteria makes absolutely zero sense.
[07:25:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:32] <exec> 08└─Writing a book on a tablet? *shudders*
[07:25:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:34] <exec> 08└─I worked for a Mac productivity software publishers in the early nineties. Whenever we introduced a new product or even just a new version of an old product, we issued a press release. Quite commonly the trade rags would print our PR's verbatim, but with the name of one of their reporters as the byl...
[07:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:47] <exec> 08└─I guess if your productivity means more to you than your quality of life then death at 58 must come as a welcome relief. I know Japanese stuff is cool and all, but importing karoshi [wikipedia.org] seems like a really bad idea.
[07:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ayn Anonymous [5012] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:21] <exec> 08└─> On my planet* Have space suit, willing to travel.
[07:26:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:22] <exec> 08└─Try F-Droid [f-droid.org].
[07:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:16] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't that be Chelsea Womanning? Seems the conversion was not complete!
[07:30:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:30:10] <exec> 08└─I bet, at one point, people said exactly the same about barcode, price-stickers and everything else.
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[08:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:13] <exec> 08└─You can conveniently be strip searched for no reason, to solve no threat...now in new locations now that the TSA abandoned their naked body scanners.
[08:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:15] <exec> 08└─Real life demo [youtube.com] Safe for office, but may make your head 'splode [youtube.com]
[08:25:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:17] <exec> 08└─It's not just useless idiocy; it's unconstitutional idiocy. I don't even know what to say anymore in response to this cowardly authoritarian country that pretends to be free & brave.
[08:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:19] <exec> 08└─No threat? Islam is no longer a threat? What happened? They all died?
[08:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:21] <exec> 08└─Even if Islam is a threat, the TSA cannot solve it. Even if the TSA could solve it, safety is not worth giving up our freedoms for.
[08:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:23] <exec> 08└─at their option
[08:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:26] <exec> 08└─New market, people travel in all sorts of ways! next up millimeter scan for starting your car Was there not a story of a company that wanted to implement this wavelength for wireless everywhere a few months ago?
[08:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 2273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:43] <exec> 08└─I administer computers all day, every day, have for twenty years. Hundreds of iPads, dozens of Macs, hundreds of PCs. I can't imagine a worst piece of advice, the only redeeming feature is that you can just go "Oh, it's Apple, yeah, nothing I can do, take it back to the shop". I'm sure that works fo...
[08:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:44] <exec> 08└─Why do we have an Apple ad barely disguised as a story on Soylent? If you want a tablet that offers PC-like productivity [...] you're probably going to buy an iPad equipped with iOS 11.
[08:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:47] <exec> 08└─Thank you. I'm not sure why I read the whole thing, but I feel better now.
[08:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:49] <exec> 08└─Markedroids and slideshowmen think of them as productive.
[08:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:51] <exec> 08└─Are you saying that markedroids and slideshowmen avoid them like the plague? Like they avoid anything productive.
[08:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:53] <exec> 08└─Whether a tablet is good for productivity depends on what "productivity" means for an individual.
[08:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 1292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:08] <exec> 08└─As a European "walker" who has spent some time in US... US is built around the car. The infrastructure is completely screwed up compared to Europe. Most European conurbations are structured with shopping districts distributed about 30 minutes walk from housing. So one can conveniently walk to the sh...
[08:26:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:24] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I think that whole idea will tank.
[08:26:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:25] <exec> 08└─"we've found a way to get geeks to do stuff for us, and we don't even have to pay"
[08:26:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:45] <exec> 08└─Heavy silicon isn't a service industry. SoC manufacturers want to keep selling new chips and are deliberately avoiding long-term support for consumer products by stopping blob releases after a couple of years. That means that even if you could maintain and secure a kernel and user-land for a decade,...
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[08:27:32] <exec> 08└─SN is starting to see a quite robust level of trolling. Why, it brings a tear to my eye. But this story reminds me of a place I worked that had a system for recycling wash water (used on raw apples). It was treated with a chemical called tsunami, nevertheless there were some biofilms that managed to...
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[09:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:14] <exec> 08└─I intentionally specified an invalid URL at their web site, hoping to get an unhelpful 404 error. Instead, I got a very helpful "Unfortunately the page you are looking for no longer exists. We'd love for you to stick around, so visit our homepage to get started OR feel free to try a new search." wit...
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[09:25:15] <exec> 08└─Technically though the message of their 404 page isn't accurate. Unfortunately the page you are looking for no longer exists.
[09:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:17] <exec> 08└─Ah, the wonders of "This program has performed an illegal operation"... Next problem: how get users to read error messages.
[09:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:20] <exec> 08└─The problem with "Printing failed" as an error message isn't that it isn't clear, but that it's missing details: it doesn't say why the printing failed. Instead of trying to make wild guesses ("Is your printer turned on?") it would be far more useful to spend some development effort to provide more...
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[09:25:33] <exec> 08└─Isn't 600 people per hour a very small number? That many people could easily move through a busy central station in a few minutes. The system had better be scalable, if it is to have any chance of being put into general use. And what's this about the check being optional? Innocent passengers, feel f...
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[09:26:12] <exec> 08└─Fat kids are better adapted than thin kids. They have a natural defense against being shut inside a locker (ie. not fitting).
[09:26:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:50] <exec> 08└─Lucky you could unlock the bootloader at all. The next problem is as you discovered hardware support because API documentation is not a thing for these manufacturers.
[09:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:51] <exec> 08└─And the remedy is likely boycott and definitely some aggressive reverse engineering.
[09:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:53] <exec> 08└─Knows some company CEO in the states that have some hobby project called "Falcon" and "inter..transporter" ;-)
[09:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:16] <exec> 08└─Maybe its those damn Azure Stack sysadmins dicking around with the hot swap virtual drives again. I keep telling management that the best sysop is a man and a German Shepard Attack dog. The man is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to make sure the man doesn't touch the machine.
[09:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:18] <exec> 08└─just gotten fired by Microsoft" was immediately homeless.
[09:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:28:51] <exec> 08└─US requires you to hand over passwords for phones/etc.
[09:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ukrainian DNC Hack-Author has Turned Himself in and is Cooperating with FBI - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:45] <exec> 08└─Fucking frojack is "redundant"? Well, I guess I shoulda seen THAT coming, so to speak. Meta question: Are the Republicans now the party of white racism, or not? Somebody explain it to me.
[09:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ukrainian DNC Hack-Author has Turned Himself in and is Cooperating with FBI - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:46] <exec> 08└─Speaking of burning in flames, fricking Nazi witches! I am more in favor of tar and feathers, and running out of town on a rail. For one thing, if we make a mistake, we can turpentine off the tar, and take them off the rail. On the other hand, burning the nother-fucking MRA Nazi White supremacy libe...
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[10:25:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:16] <exec> 08└─"We Have Detected Radiation Coming From Your Keyboard. Please Remain Calm."
[10:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:18] <exec> 08└─printf("something isn't as it should be!\n"); ???
[10:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:20] <exec> 08└─lp0 on fire
[10:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:22] <exec> 08└─Error: "missile launch sequence abort" could not be executed.
[10:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:24] <exec> 08└─printf("Should not ever get here - abort\n"); exit(666);
[10:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:26] <exec> 08└─Error: "missile launch sequence abort" could not be executed, command aborted.
[10:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:29] <exec> 08└─When an error occurs in my program, I've always found that lighting up a giant '?' in the middle of the dashboard is fine as an error message. The experienced user will usually know what's wrong.
[10:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:31] <exec> 08└─No, error messages should go to stderr.
[10:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:33] <exec> 08└─Or written to c:\log.log
[10:25:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:35] <exec> 08└─Wherefore your moniker, then?
[10:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:37] <exec> 08└─Please insert disk in drive C:. Press any key when ready.
[10:25:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:39] <exec> 08└─You forgot to check the error code from your printf() call...
[10:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 2323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:41] <exec> 08└─Page 311 f.: "A good alert box message says what went wrong, why it went wrong, and what the user can do about it. Try to express everything in the user’s vocabulary.". From the First Printing, November 1992. In the Microsoft world, a lot of software fails as far as the second sentence is concerne...
[10:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:44] <exec> 08└─"Your Microsoft executed some bad Gates coding - Please upgrade to BSD or Linux NOW". Dumb fuck users - As Suckerberg(tm) would have said himself ;-)
[10:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:46] <exec> 08└─It looks like you are trying to abort the missile launch sequence. Would you like help?
[10:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:01] <exec> 08└─With what alternative?
[10:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:02] <exec> 08└─Isn't 600 people per hour a very small number?
[10:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:04] <exec> 08└─> Isn't 600 people per hour a very small number? The L.A. Times estimates "about 20" [latimes.com] scanners would be needed in Union Station (one of several stations). They cost "about $60,000 each." > And what's this about the check being optional? It was a two-day testing period. An official said...
[10:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:06] <exec> 08└─I bet they can get 1000x the throughput if they switch to meter wave scanners.
[10:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:08] <exec> 08└─be an hero and destroy that scanner and the rest of LA too
[10:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:48] <exec> 08└─Solution: bigger lockers!
[10:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:30] <exec> 08└─Obviously a need for AI powered reverse engineering.
[10:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 1644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:31] <exec> 08└─The problems any project that intend to put a free OS and applications on a computerphone ("smart"-phone) are: (0) The microcontroller chip is usually some ARM Cortex-Ax that have their bootloader locked with a cryptographic key. (1) Hardware lacks any documentation for things like 3D-accelera...
[10:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:57] <exec> 08└─Or do they mean another form of special?
[10:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:58] <exec> 08└─planned to take a bus to Seattle
[10:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spider Silk Made Stronger by Feeding Spiders Graphene or Carbon Nanotubes - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:34] <exec> 08└─Not sure what you are doing, either. for it to bee just trolling).
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[11:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:09] <exec> 08└─I remember recently reading Somewhere Online(TM) that the rules were not intended for normal usage in the first place, but only for systems requiring the highest level of security. Say, for a missile control system, yes; for a MySpace account or w/e, major overkill.
[11:25:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:10] <exec> 08└─https://xkcd.com/82/ [xkcd.com]
[11:25:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:12] <exec> 08└─On password strength.. https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[11:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 1474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:14] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the most annoying policy like this I ever encountered was a system that refused to accept any password with a string of more than two letters or two numbers in a row. Nominally, the rationale the system offered in explanation was to avoid dictionary-based attacks for passwords made up of wor...
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[11:25:17] <exec> 08└─Obviously this is on-point, but I'd just note that this XKCD cartoon is literally pasted in the source Gizmodo article, taking up roughly 20% of the length.
[11:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:43] <exec> 08└─"There has been an undetectable error in your system. Note: "your" system. Microsoft assumes no liability, expressed or implied. You may want to check on your children. NO, I cannot tell you why. There has been an undetectable error in your system." I always wondered, how did they know? And it was...
[11:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:44] <exec> 08└─> ps: Oh, you didn't know, what "NIM:HIG" means?! I took that for, like, totally, granted. It's "New Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines", ISBN 0-201-62216-5. Nitpick: isn't that "NIM:MHIG"?
[11:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 1487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:46] <exec> 08└─First let's differentiate between logs and developer traces. Log message is something the system tell the user/admin. It should be translated to the appropriate language and has to have these 3 artifacts: 1. What happened 2. What's the impact 3. What should be done to remedy the situation Example: "...
[11:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:48] <exec> 08└─Error trying to abort. (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore, (F)ail?
[11:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:50] <exec> 08└─The third ones, audit logs, are an entirely different thing and technically not a log.
[11:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:52] <exec> 08└─General failure reading drive A: (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? Or, more poetically, https://w2.eff.org [eff.org]
[11:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:55] <exec> 08└─Nitpick: isn't that "NIM:MHIG"?
[11:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:57] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately even the originating company doesn't adhere to it anymore.
[11:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:59] <exec> 08└─I meant not a log in a plain text file. It is a log.
[11:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:41] <exec> 08└─Two reasons: 1) An "Apple is Awesome" story is always going to generate some fun discussion. 2) The submissions queue was almost entirely full of political bullshit.
[11:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:42] <exec> 08└─Unless the device features a unlocked bootloader to make it possible to install a real OS [soylentnews.org] then don't buy these shit products. They just spy and break on you.
[11:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:18] <exec> 08└─Military -> RedHat -> systemd Incoming!! "sorry your system lacks /etc/poett/special/only/red/conslut/specialtypo.txt so can't reboot" .. ..... *BOOM* RedHat: No military user has ever complained.
[11:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:19] <exec> 08└─It depends on if the software was contracted or work-for-hire. In work-for-hire situations, he's absolutely correct; you do not get copyright on your work. This generally isn't going to be the case for software contractors though as we tend to charge way, way more if you want something written that...
[11:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:12] <exec> 08└─What Microsoft says is that Azure will be used to create a new breed of serfs that will be dependent for their income on Microsoft. You can of course defect but then you either have to write of your course investment and find new customers. Or you just continue to add another course on your unpaid t...
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[12:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:15] <exec> 08└─They are giving away their most personal info to these genetic testing companies. I thought "white nationalists" would be more appropriately paranoid about stuff like this. I guess I am not really familiar with their positions but I figured distrust of the state would be one.
[12:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:17] <exec> 08└─Some rejected the tests entirely, saying that an individual's knowledge about his or her own genealogy is better than whatever a genetic test can reveal. [...] Others, he said, responded to unwanted genetic results by saying that those kinds of tests don't matter if you are truly committed to being...
[12:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:19] <exec> 08└─The true utility of it (and also 'funded' projects like the 'free' Planned Parenthood clinics) is that they provide a way to tie people's personal information to their blood works and other tests, and given the discussions about PP selling 'medical waste' to third parties, that is a lot of genetic m...
[12:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:21] <exec> 08└─Find someone who believes a process roughly similar to the Armitage-Doll model explains cancer (slow accumulation of very low rate genetic errors in a single cell). Then show them that age-specific incidence peaks at around 50-70 for many cancers (you can get data for free from SEER). They will find...
[12:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:23] <exec> 08└─Stuff like facial recognition data tends to be hoovered up into law enforcement databases and you expect the same to happen with genomes. That would make it harder to get away with a crime (and you probably have or will commit one as a torch bearer). But it could also allow you to be framed for a cr...
[12:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:35] <exec> 08└─Now only if this guy rights a personal email to the head of IT in my company *sobs*
[12:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:36] <exec> 08└─So if a guy does something that takes away 60 seconds of 1 billion folks lives that's 1900 man years, or at least 20 life times. Who should take the prize in that category? I'd like to nominate the inventors of the TV and Smart Phone. The marketing folks causing the opioid epidemic might get honorab...
[12:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 1482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:12] <exec> 08└─That was a pretty good error message back in the days. There were a couple of types of printers, drum printers and chain printers, that had a revolving drum or chain running at very high rpm. So high that they were able to print a line in the time a normal printer could print a character. Because of...
[12:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:13] <exec> 08└─/* Cannot possibly happen */ while(1) printf("Bugger\n"); Support ticket 12345: User reports that his screen is filled with the word "bugger".
[12:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:15] <exec> 08└─General failure reading drive A: (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? Or, more poetically, https://w2.eff.org [eff.org]
[12:27:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:00] <exec> 08└─The whole 'it does what I need' mantra is very strange to me these days. Even the cheapest Chinese junk is generally good enough to do its job. I find that what spend all my time is fighting to force device to NOT do what I don't want or need them to do.
[12:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:18] <exec> 08└─Maybe we should give kids skateboards instead of laptops when they go to school.
[12:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:39] <exec> 08└─whatever. I say scipy is a lot better than matlab because it is free and open source, and its writers use it so they benefit.
[12:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:41] <exec> 08└─Here's the git hub site https://github.com [github.com] There are 6 projects there. 2 are not projects, but rather site usage instructions. 1 is a Python based network traffic decoder. 1 is a weather data format converter 2 are programming examples for a low power gpu c...
[12:32:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 62 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:10] <exec> 08└─"no good deed goes unpunished" is not an Anglo-Saxon monopoly.
[12:32:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 1156 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:13] <exec> 08└─El Reg has a more complete story [theregister.co.uk] As the outcry against the company's actions grew, Dabóczi [BKK CEO] was forced to defend himself Monday morning on the radio. He doubled-down, claiming that the boy has sent his emails to accounts that he knew the company would not read – one o...
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[13:25:26] <exec> 08└─The aging process itself is an accumulation of genetic defects that were not weeded out by natural selection because they impact the individual past the reproductive age.
[13:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:27] <exec> 08└─People have a complex web of ancestry given enough of generations. In the past the society was more chaotic and so ancestry becomes such too. The thing people has to keep in mind is what genes that matters! and then there's phenotype modifications that alter the use of those genes. And some aspects...
[13:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:43] <exec> 08└─First link (mentioned twice in the fine summary) is paywalled and useless. Second article is technical jumbo mumbo that's impossible to even wade through without falling asleep...
[13:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:45] <exec> 08└─This guy is being scapegoated for the incoherent system of so many different user accounts. It's not his fault that OAuth didn't exist 15 years ago, and remains thinly adopted. What's the alternative to trying to strengthen passwords? Having a few-word phrase like XKCD is not a great alternative, gi...
[13:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:47] <exec> 08└─The head of the company would just dismiss that person as some random nobody.
[13:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:49] <exec> 08└─It won't help. Even if the head of IT knows better, password policy will still have to conform to external audit's version of "best practices" that's 10 years behind the times.
[13:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:28] <exec> 08└─Microsoft tends to lump several user-visible error messages into one, and shows a couple of options that could maybe be the problem. The classic from IE: "The server was not found, or a DNS error occurred". If the server wasn't found, or a DNS error prevented you from getting the IP address of the s...
[13:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03romlok [1241] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:29] <exec> 08└─Blame is completely irrelevant.
[13:26:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:31] <exec> 08└─Uh, Microsoft normally fails all 3 criteria completely. It just says "Error: 0x...." You don't even get to know WHAT failed, you can only guess it from context. Certainly not why, and what to do about it? Microsoft themselves obviously don't know at least half the time, at least when one of their up...
[13:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:56] <exec> 08└─Is that all the tanks we get?
[13:28:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:22] <exec> 08└─Have space suit** a towel, willing to travel.
[13:29:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Nerdfest [80] 02 - 06Another Canadian Banned From the U.S. for Past Drug Use - 252 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:29:44] <exec> 08└─I'll go out on a limb here and guess this was an at least somewhat attractive woman ... the brownshirts were looking for naked selfies and found this. There was no reason to search her phone. What a terrified, authoritarian little world we're becoming.
[13:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 1865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:49] <exec> 08└─Right. I'm sure the discrimination your mother faced excuses the discrimination I've faced. Try again. Two wrongs don't make a right. You seriously don't think I've faced shit like that before? Yeah, and I'm sure I just deserve to face retribution for what happened to your mother, because I was assi...
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[14:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:15] <exec> 08└─Isn't this a variation on, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" At least now we know that the chicken & egg used to be dinosaurs...
[14:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:29] <exec> 08└─White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests.
[14:25:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:32] <exec> 08└─I'd like to see some proof or evidence for your claims because you seem to not be aware of HIPAA nor that your protections under it were not eroded by the ACA.
[14:25:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:34] <exec> 08└─It's OK. They are president now.
[14:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:36] <exec> 08└─People have a complex web of ancestry given enough of generations.
[14:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:38] <exec> 08└─I don't expect White Nationalists
[14:25:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:40] <exec> 08└─Hmmm.... - Set up business claiming to do different / better genetic testing than the existing companies. Use shell companies / fake names etc to protect from recriminations. - Charge a lot of money, and market it only on Stormfront / similar sites. - Take their money and their spit samples. Throw t...
[14:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:42] <exec> 08└─Yes, but the error rates (usually ~10^-8 per bp/division each) are too low for it to peak so early. That is why in the original paper they say the probability of accumulating n mutations occurring at rate p by* time t is (I am setting p_1 = p_2 =... = p_n here for simplicity): A = (p*t)^n
[14:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:45] <exec> 08└─What does HIPPA (mere legislation which can be voted away, not a Constitutional protection (for all those are worth)) have that makes it capable of standing up against a pure power play? You think some mid-level hospital administrator is going to give his or her life to valiantly and futilely protec...
[14:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:47] <exec> 08└─I LOVE being whipped into a constant frenzy over people I am allowed to hate or feel superior to! There are almost no groups left for this except white people like these! I NEED this outlet!
[14:26:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:26:05] <exec> 08└─... admitting that his research into passwords mostly came from a white paper written in the 1980s
[14:26:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:26:46] <exec> 08└─Oh, so you think time flows that way.... (The Bird/Guide MkII, HHGG Quandary Phase)
[14:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:07] <exec> 08└─Millimeter wave scanners for buses (extends like the wheelchair lift - driver pulls up to a stop, pops out the scanner, you step through, someone back at TSA HQ gawks at your blurry nethers and gives a thumbs up or thumbs down, and you board the bus (or not). That won't slow down traffic at all! TS...
[14:27:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 314 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:16] <exec> 08└─They are good for consuming content, and games. These things are just not for productivity. Phones can also do a passable job at pruning email, quick responses/staying in touch with other folks. That's really it. Why anyone would evaluate their device choices with this as the criteria makes absolute...
[14:27:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 2273 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:25] <exec> 08└─I administer computers all day, every day, have for twenty years. Hundreds of iPads, dozens of Macs, hundreds of PCs. I can't imagine a worst piece of advice, the only redeeming feature is that you can just go "Oh, it's Apple, yeah, nothing I can do, take it back to the shop". I'm sure that works fo...
[14:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:36] <exec> 08└─This reminds me of a tagline from the BBS days: If he is an idiot I send him to the Mac Store. When you recommend a computing device, unlike with any other product recommendation, it seems to imply a lifetime support contract for free. The beauty of Apple is you can explain that "Apple stuff is for...
[14:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:38] <exec> 08└─Sometimes, I have to scroll pretty far down past a lot of superfluous discussion to find out how a particular article affects MDC. Could the admins maybe make "How This Personally Relates to MDC" a regular part of the actual article body? Thx.
[14:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:40] <exec> 08└─If you want a tablet that offers PC-like productivity and a thriving app selection that bears more native, made-for-tablet apps than it does upscaled or incompatible phone apps, you're probably going to buy an iPad equipped with iOS 11.
[14:29:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03pendorbound [2688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:14] <exec> 08└─VMware has special courses and administrator certifications. This doesn't seem unreasonable. There's a lot of complexity to scaling all the parts of a large virtualized infrastructure and keeping it going.
[14:31:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03EvilSS [1456] 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 630 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:12] <exec> 08└─One the one hand I loathe things like self-checkout. The store is literally getting me to do work they would normally pay someone for, and not paying me or giving me a discount for doing it. Plus it takes me longer to checkout. On the other hand, I LOVE things like the Sam's Club scan-and-go app, th...
[14:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:43] <exec> 08└─The improvement in product package image quality related to barcodes eventually paid for itself because a packaged good can carry more information, reducing the need for store staff to answer questions. Fresh produce, on the other hand, often doesn't carry a barcode and thus still needs to be weighe...
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[15:25:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 519 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:42] <exec> 08└─Hmmm.... - Set up business claiming to do different / better genetic testing than the existing companies. Use shell companies / fake names etc to protect from recriminations. - Charge a lot of money, and market it only on Stormfront / similar sites. - Take their money and their spit samples. Throw t...
[15:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:46] <exec> 08└─Don't worry Anon. Scarfolk council has your back! [blogspot.nl]
[15:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:48] <exec> 08└─Is that irony?
[15:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:51] <exec> 08└─> normie news What the actual fuck.
[15:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:53] <exec> 08└─Of course, if you are one, you hate or feel superior to everyone else.
[15:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:55] <exec> 08└─I seem to remember a season 1 episode [wikia.com] where Dr. Franklin gets a visit from an old friend. The friend involved in an archaeological dig on a long dead world. The ancient Ikarran [wikia.com] race had died off a thousand years ago. They had created advanced biotech robot weapons to destroy...
[15:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:57] <exec> 08└─I have no intention to use these services, but when they advertise with 'customers' saying like "oh, i'm half jewish, half muslim" (or something similar, i forgot, but it was something like that) i just look at it and think "well, that's complete bullshit". I don't know how specific religions have a...
[15:25:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:59] <exec> 08└─Poe strikes again.
[15:26:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:02] <exec> 08└─Someone really should remind them that white people (Or indeed anyone but purely sub-saharan Africans) aren't even 100% human. They all have ~1-5% neanderthal DNA in them.
[15:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:04] <exec> 08└─HIPAA? WTF good is that when they're running the shit on networked computers running Windows XP?
[15:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:06] <exec> 08└─If you go back far enough, you find that every single human is a descendant of Africans.
[15:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:08] <exec> 08└─s/or/and/
[15:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:10] <exec> 08└─NiggerCommando and The Niggery Uzzard are shocked, shocked to find that they are actual niggers.
[15:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:12] <exec> 08└─You raise an interesting point with repercussions for standards of evidence in a court of law. If you can more easily fake video evidence, will it still suffice as proof of a crime? If you can synthesize and plant DNA at the scene of a crime, can it still be used as proof? Will we move to requiring...
[15:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:15] <exec> 08└─Given current events, I'd wager the percentage is considerably higher in certain demographics...
[15:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:17] <exec> 08└─Also Denisovans.
[15:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:36] <exec> 08└─Here is the most secure password [mostsecure.pw]. I won't post it here, for security reasons, so you'll have to visit the link. I tested that site on SSLLabs [ssllabs.com], and it scores a grade of A. So that is definitely the password I'm going to use from now on! All corporate managers should issu...
[15:26:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 1014 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:37] <exec> 08└─I'll give you a Funny mod, but on a Serious note . . . That example is an 11 character password. I'll assume it is from, lets say a 64 character alphabet. So 64 ^ 11 is something x 10 ^ 19 possible passwords. Now suppose you use only a simple alphabet of 26 lowercase characters, but have 25 characte...
[15:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:20] <exec> 08└─What if the user is at fault?
[15:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:21] <exec> 08└─Let's Keep It Simple Stupid. In fact, let's keep it succinct. To hell with clarity. "You're fucked." Or, maybe, "Self destruct initialized", but that was covered in the first posts. "Meltdown." I mean, is it really necessary to offer hints, or explanations, knowing that no one reads them anyway? Alr...
[15:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:23] <exec> 08└─Oh, how about, "Your financial credentials failed to email to 20,000 random email accounts. Try again?"
[15:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:25] <exec> 08└─Developers of newer moBILE themed soffware also desire to cut localization costs by using abstract text-less icons and as little other text as possible. It's all part of the (cost cutting) plan.
[15:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:27] <exec> 08└─"An error occurred. Windows will now futilely pretend to check the Internet for solutions to this problem."
[15:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:29] <exec> 08└─Trivial Updates: October 31 - Fixed a bug that would briefly turn you into CDMoyer, output the word "balls" and then log you out.
[15:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:32] <exec> 08└─"Critical PEBKAC detected. Contact the returns department with error code: id-10t. You will be provided with an abacus and a box of crayons."
[15:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:34] <exec> 08└─Cannot be the case. Don't write "wrong username or password", as that implicitly blames the user. Instead write "This username/password combination is missing from the database." SCNR
[15:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:54] <exec> 08└─sensors... quickly collect data on people who pass through the machine... [an] algorithmic model... determines if there is a potential threat... in a matter of seconds.
[15:28:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:25] <exec> 08└─AKA Stories that highlight things your personally disagree with.
[15:28:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:26] <exec> 08└─Show of hands here: Who all wants SN to turn into an all politics all the time bitchfest?
[15:28:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:45] <exec> 08└─"This is what comes from not teaching your kids how to fish." Dad loaded up the kids, and a whole bunch of poles, lines, lures, sinkers, floats, flies, etc, ad nauseum. Dad put line on reels, lures and stuff on the lines, got it all nice and pretty. Dad threw the whole mess out into the water, watch...
[15:29:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:34] <exec> 08└─Have space suit** a towel, willing to travel.
[15:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:32] <exec> 08└─I have decades of experience on that hypothetical (or not) 23 year old recent grad you speak of.
[15:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Teenage Security Researcher Reports Flaw in Budapest Transport Authority Site, Is Arrested - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:04] <exec> 08└─Well, I guess I can call myself a physicist now.
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[16:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Exoplanet Predicted Around Gliese 832, 16.1 Light Years Away - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:19] <exec> 08└─My newly built multistage-ion-nuke rocket will leave ASAP with a travel time of only ~163 years ;-) Do they have any immigration rules? :p
[16:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:27] <exec> 08└─This is not new. It is stage 2 in the Great Oxidation Event. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] What is not mentioned: the seas were opaque/green due to dissolved iron. As O2 rose, it oxidized & precipitated to the bottom, & the seas cleared. Meanwhile, UV went dow...
[16:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:29] <exec> 08└─Terraforming exoplanets will take some time. Bring some good books along.
[16:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:08] <exec> 08└─That's actually genius. I think they'd want to throw slight but acceptable variation into the mix to maintain believability. For example, tell them they're 100% white but 2% of that is Irish. Then watch the client run out and buy shamrocks to hang on their car mirrors and stuff. 2% Italian, and sudd...
[16:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:10] <exec> 08└─I'm glad you had the source, because I was going to cite the same example but couldn't remember the name of the episode.
[16:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:12] <exec> 08└─Now if we can just convince them to take IQ tests.
[16:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:14] <exec> 08└─Some tests are very accurate. A thorough exploration of the sex chromosomes and MTdna can reveal a fair amount of information about ones ancestry. This covers all immediate ancestors, and also a perfect sample reaching back as far as you want to go. But the more popular commercial tests recently see...
[16:26:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:16] <exec> 08└─Racial purity was a recurring theme in B5. The Hyach [wikia.com] caused their own eventual extinction by purifying their race when they genocided their Hykado ancestors. The Minbari [wikia.com] were made racially impure by one promiscuous Human time traveler.
[16:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:18] <exec> 08└─This highlights the distinction between DNA and identity. Most populations are going to run into this issue time and again if they're trying to base their identity on their genes. There are some edge cases like, say, Icelanders or isolated tribes from Papua New Guinea, where the purity is going to b...
[16:26:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:20] <exec> 08└─Is it a slow day for submissions, or what? There is nothing new about eugenics among ethno-purist nutjobs. It's boring. This article is nothing but hot, fresh flamebait and serves no constructive purpose. I would have thought better of SN editors.
[16:26:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:23] <exec> 08└─There are multiple studies that shows that witnesses are extremely unreliable. So there's not much left. Perhaps correlation?
[16:26:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:25] <exec> 08└─In what direction will the qualities of a human go when mixed with: A) Neanderthal B) Denisovans ..?
[16:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:27] <exec> 08└─The actual fuck is that normie news is usually devoid of important facts and sometimes with distorted facts.
[16:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:29] <exec> 08└─A sequence can occur through genetic mishaps, be it inflammation, entropy, wrong pH etc. Another entry point are virus, bacteria or fungi etc. These can then be mixed with other sequences.
[16:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:31] <exec> 08└─You assumed that the white nationalists got some kind of intelligence. The truth is that they are the dumbest of the people. This is why they believe the stupid propaganda they are spreading. An intelligent person would not believe their bullshit. So, fools they are on all levels.
[16:26:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:33] <exec> 08└─Well, it's a good thing then (not really) that the Shadows and the Vorlons had sufficient time to become racially pure. And ideologically pure. (Uh oh!) And ethically pure -- oh that reminds me of Forbidden Planet 1956 movie.
[16:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 2386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:36] <exec> 08└─"So horrifically brutalizing the science of genetics for simplicity, due to intermarriage lets say your code is 3897910563. And the sequence 791 is associated with BOTH race A and race B in location Q due to intermarriage 3000 years ago." Leaving aside the poor choice of words (they're populations n...
[16:26:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:38] <exec> 08└─I watched B5 again about six months ago. Remembered it was season 1, because of Sinclair. Couldn't remember episode. Googled for badly mangled spelling "icaran", "babylon 5", and got link to the Ikarran page, which then had a link to the episode page Infection at which point I mumbled "oh, yeah, tha...
[16:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:40] <exec> 08└─Wasn't the Garden of Eden in the Middle East? (ducks, hides under desk)
[16:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:42] <exec> 08└─I dunno man, today's Nazis are still saying what yester-decade's Nazis did, y'know "Blood and Soil" and all that. There's not really much nuance here, and even the supposedly subtle aspects of the white nationalist agenda still basically break down to "I'm ignorant of history and DEY TERK ERR JHERBZ...
[16:26:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:44] <exec> 08└─http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chelsea-handler-breaks-down-after-discovering-her-familys-nazi-ties-201378 Spent the last year screaming nazi at everyone.. Hey her family was nazis! comedy gold.
[16:26:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:46] <exec> 08└─The Vorlons can kiss my Zog.
[16:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:49] <exec> 08└─If you go back far enough, we are all descendents of that terraforming algae. On a more serious note, there are two groups out there: - True white supremacists, who say the rest of the human race is basically dog turds - People who say: be proud of you culture, whatever it is. I'm white, so I'm prou...
[16:26:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kaszz [4211] 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 55 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:58] <exec> 08└─On password strength.. https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[16:28:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 2422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:00] <exec> 08└─If you consistently provide error message which are helpful and useful, then users WILL read them. Error messages should be actionable. Don't just say "syntax error". Say "missing comma after Aardvark". Or better yet, if the program understands that to be the problem, then make it a warning, and try...
[16:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:01] <exec> 08└─Your error message should not merely indicate failure, your program should try to take action to correct the problem. Error: unable to format drive A:, formatting drive C: instead.
[16:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:03] <exec> 08└─All too long. All you need is a simple Oops.
[16:28:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:05] <exec> 08└─This shouldn't be hard. Say what happened as clearly as possible (and optionally also in geek-speak), why it happened (ditto), and what to do. "Error: Printing failed. 8.5 x 11 paper was not detected in paper tray. Please load paper and try printing again" -- much more informative that "PC Load Lett...
[16:28:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:28] <exec> 08└─Why don't they want the open free movement of weapons and explosives? Security is racist. California has told me so over and over.
[16:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:07] <exec> 08└─"Job creators," wow. You parrot the Narrative like you wrote it. Creating jobs? Where, China? Viet Nam? The Philippines? Robot factories? Ye gods.
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[17:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Wipes Out Vega 64 Stock - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:17] <exec> 08└─way to be on the driver, seriously. but we will need the hardware too, unfortunately. pls figure out how to do the supply part of the equation so that you can take full advantage of this "craze".
[17:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Wipes Out Vega 64 Stock - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:19] <exec> 08└─me again. i didn't notice that some dumb fuck decided it should be a windows driver. completely disgusting. please fire/slap that moronic whore.
[17:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:36] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure this is a different thing, the O2 catastrophe happened 2.5–2.4 billion years ago according to wikipedia. This event is much more recent.
[17:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:35] <exec> 08└─Their problem is low WIS more than low INT. I've actually seen some very, very intelligent alt-right types, like Steve Bannon. The man's mind is brilliant, but to borrow from Pterry, it's a broken, crazed, fractured brilliance, like a shattered mirror in pieces on the ground.
[17:26:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:36] <exec> 08└─Kaaaahhhhnnnnn!!!!!
[17:26:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 935 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:38] <exec> 08└─Define "white culture." You can't, because there's about a zillion different kinds of "white people" out there. My own ancestry just in the last 200 years is Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Ukranian, Polish, Austrian, German, French, and Russian, and somehow I ended up with "van Eck" as a surname. WHICH...
[17:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:40] <exec> 08└─I'm white, so I'm proud of white culture.
[17:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 679 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:43] <exec> 08└─Well, the Neanderthals appear to have contributed resistance to certain kinds of diseases, and the Denisovians are attributed with providing the ability to live at high altitudes. We don't really have very complete information, of course, but those two particulars seem well established. The thing is...
[17:26:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:45] <exec> 08└─Most of your point is true, but society is currently MORE chaotic than in the past. This is due to rapid transportation over long distances. Eventually we'll all look Chinese of a sort, and so what. (Mind you, there are several sorts of Chinese, but they resemble each other more than do Western Euro...
[17:26:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03ben_white [5531] (Score: 1) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:47] <exec> 08└─There aren't very many of the former, there are quite a lot of the latter.
[17:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:49] <exec> 08└─You misunderstand genetics. A mitochondiral analysis can tell you about your mother's mother's mother's .... people, and a y chromosome analysis can tell you about your father's father's father's ... people, but you've got 22 other chromosomes that tell different stories about their history, and jus...
[17:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 2167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:10] <exec> 08└─Yes, introducing a slightly larger alphabet doesn't hurt security, but it hurts memorability. Adding one uppercase character in a lowercase password will not double the entropy of the password. Say we have a 12-character password made up of lowercase letters. That has an entropy of 56 bits, or about...
[17:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:11] <exec> 08└─Good points. Throwing in a wild character somewhere may or may not hurt memorability, depending on the person and the password. 23WildInsaneMonkeyTantrums
[17:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 921 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:13] <exec> 08└─If your long password uses all "findable in a dictionary" word combinations, then you should be able to feed them to your password guessing algorithm first, then move on to random character brute force later. This is one reason why I think you need to add a bit of "h4x0r153d" changes to your passwor...
[17:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:15] <exec> 08└─modifying it slightly (like maybe use 2 spaces between one of the words or put numbers in one of them or etc)
[17:28:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:09] <exec> 08└─I'm a fan of Crockford's base62 [crockford.com], which is very similar.
[17:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:11] <exec> 08└─In a previous life as an FAE, I dealt with engineers using pretty specialized tools. Way too many see the popup with the red cross and five lines of explanation, and close it without reading, before asking me to fix the problem. Many of our error messages were actually pretty detailed and would give...
[17:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:34] <exec> 08└─> estimates "about 20" [latimes.com] scanners would be needed in Union Station That's L.A. shitty public transport for you. In NY, tokyo, or Paris, multiply that number a bit: Line A is one the busiest lines in Europe with over 1,200,000 passengers per day [wikipedia.org]. (numbers for Chinese citie...
[17:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:36] <exec> 08└─This system has facial recognition (which was turned off for the test), so I suppose they have some hope of identifying specific passengers.
[17:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Millimeter-Wave Scanner Trialed in Los Angeles Subway Station - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:38] <exec> 08└─Legitimate question: Can you legally carry in the LA subway?
[17:29:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:10] <exec> 08└─Writing a book on a tablet? *shudders*
[17:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:11] <exec> 08└─I still recommend iOS devices to everyone who asks me.
[17:29:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:14] <exec> 08└─I agree with you that one ought to avoid computing devices with Restricted Boot where possible [fsf.org]. But technically, you don't even need an unlocked bootloader to get a real OS. The GNURoot Debian and XSDL apps [xda-developers.com] turn even an unrooted Android tablet into a GNU/Linux tablet....
[17:29:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03slap [5764] (Score: 1) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:33] <exec> 08└─I'm 62. If most 19 year olds were as active as I am there would be no problems. I walk 20-25 miles a week at a brisk pace (Google Fit seems to think I am running), plank for 6 to 7 minutes, do 100 sit-ups, and 35-40 push-ups. And there are plenty of people my age that do far more than that.
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[18:25:17] <exec> 08└─Me again, one more time: Oh wait, what was I thinking! DUH. Nobody cares what OS you are running since nobody is using the the card as a video card they just load a binary blob on it and use it for mining. It would be nice if AMD just released a card with multiple GPUs and make no pretense of sellin...
[18:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Exoplanet Predicted Around Gliese 832, 16.1 Light Years Away - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:25] <exec> 08└─Not really. You're just required to safely go through the 160 Exa-meter bioscan.
[18:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:36] <exec> 08└─But a lot of dreamers, even here on SN, seem to handwaive terraforming into existence, especially here at "home in our back yard on mars". Its a done deal as far as these folks are concerned. You can identify these types because words like "gravity well" and "mine the asteroid belt" seem to be the f...
[18:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:37] <exec> 08└─There's plenty of reason to be confident in the upcoming progress of terraforming techniques, considering how dedicated some people are at trashing the place.
[18:25:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:40] <exec> 08└─Smaller scale projects may be more feasible. Such as an enclosed dome somewhere or a floating city on Venus. Mars, the Moon, Titan, and Venus all seem like top targets. The Moon has proximity. Mars has decent gravity. Venus has Earth-like gravity and possible Earth atmosphere like conditions high up...
[18:26:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:46] <exec> 08└─Not sure about your point, but that's definitely true. Somehow pea plants ended up with hemoglobin in their root nodules. A bacterial infection mediated by viral transmission from some mammal is about the only plausible mechanism.
[18:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1009 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:48] <exec> 08└─despite the nerds below nitpicking about "white culture" as a pissy nerd way of trying to change the subject to make you look like a nazi. your point is true. the media scum is purposely picking the most radical site they can find and saying here (an obvious neo nazi/fbi website) is what a "white na...
[18:26:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:50] <exec> 08└─But if I understand correctly the separate evolution of lactase persistence in some of the populations used a different mechanism than in other populations. I forget whether there were two or three different mechanisms, but they weren't all the same mutation, they just had the same effect. And I wou...
[18:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:52] <exec> 08└─"Define "white culture." You can't" Sure I can. In the US (and we are specifically discussing US events here), you have a mix of all sorts of different groups. The ones who have been there a while have largely lost touch with wherever they came from. You just listed 9 nationalities in your backgroun...
[18:26:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:54] <exec> 08└─As a non-white nationalist who thinks that VLM thinks what white-nationalists think, I think that we should get VLM tested. Screen for Lyme and Mange at the same time. I hear that CRSPR can now edit out defective genes, so there may be hope for those with this defective white nationalist gene.
[18:26:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:57] <exec> 08└─No. WIS comes from experience ultimately. You can have very conniving and smart White Supremacists like Bannon. Which, at this point, let's drop the fucking pretense. It's not White Nationalists anymore, but White Supremacists, and all about the fear of White Culture losing power. Which could very w...
[18:26:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:59] <exec> 08└─White nationalists have always expected - and received - special treatment from the government. Look at what the police did in Charlottesville: total hands off approach. Compare that to the history of virtually every left-wing protest over the last 70 years. A huge part of this is the part of their...
[18:27:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 858 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:01] <exec> 08└─That would profit you, but harm society. Taking money from white supremacists to tell them they are 100% white makes them more sure of themselves and their extreme political opinions. Giving that money to anti-racism causes validates those causes and make them more sure of themselves and their (much...
[18:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:03] <exec> 08└─And the news cycle has just fulfilled your dreams -- NY Times reports that Steve Bannon is out, https://www.nytimes.com [nytimes.com] Might be worth a whole story of it's own, but that would take a couple of days to get through...
[18:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:05] <exec> 08└─I'd have to agree there. I'm a very strong Neutral Good temperament, and my type hates Lawful Evil above all else for what ought to be obvious reasons. The purpose of Law is to show the Good for those who lack the willpower, intelligence, or character to do it themselves, so those who pervert the La...
[18:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:09] <exec> 08└─despite the nerds below nitpicking about "white culture" as a pissy nerd way of trying to change the subject to make you look like a nazi. your point is true.
[18:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:21] <exec> 08└─Ah, I see where you're going with this. Unfortunately, this "melting pot" means the bad as well as the good. This also means that my "culture" would include massive amounts of genocide and slavery, some of it within living memory, of the people who were here before us or who were forced to come here...
[18:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:44] <exec> 08└─It doesn't work on my luggage. Would not recommend. Back to 123456.
[18:28:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:41] <exec> 08└─You want people to try again and focus harder to avoid mistakes? Ask the experts [youtube.com].
[18:28:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:42] <exec> 08└─Provide support people tools to look up the code U13AK and find the complete text of the exception
[18:28:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:44] <exec> 08└─Put it all on line, and get google sort it out. But you need some unique-ish thing to search.
[18:28:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:47] <exec> 08└─Unique error codes, which you can google with the tool name, are pretty good, if someone already had the same problem. I tried to lobby to release a database of error codes (where it comes from, why, what to do), but when the tool is over 10GB (now 30) with over 100k files, it's too late to start...
[18:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:49] <exec> 08└─The problem with "Printing failed" as an error message isn't that it isn't clear,
[18:30:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:09] <exec> 08└─Under desk ellipticals [ebay.com] are cheap.
[18:30:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:10] <exec> 08└─Walking is when I have some of my best insights into how best to fix the problem in the first place. That's means for good measures of productivity, I'm more productive if I get up and walk then sit still pounding out the first thing that popped into my head.
[18:30:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 0619-Year-Olds as Sedentary as 60-Year-Olds, Study Suggests - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:12] <exec> 08└─Here in SoCal, recess is outside most days, and the kids run a lot. Drives me nuts that they put them in front of a movie at the first sign of rain or heat wave, but at least that's the rare exception. Not too many fat kids (only a few badly unhealthy ones, mostly Latinos). In the cold/wet areas of...
[18:31:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:31:31] <exec> 08└─He was a Windows 7 MCSE. Microsoft had just shipped Windows 8.
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[19:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:17] <exec> 08└─Patching the issue means changing how the CAN standard works at its lowest levels.
[19:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:18] <exec> 08└─How is this any worse than someone cutting your brake lines like in the old movies? If someone has physical access to the inside of your car, there's no telling what they can do. But if the CAN bus is exposed to the internet somehow, that's definitely a massive design failure and should be harshly p...
[19:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 739 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:21] <exec> 08└─Think you miss the point. CAN = Car Area Network. Everything in the vehicle connects to CAN. Everything. And anything that can connect to it can send commands to any other node and there is no security. Crawl under a car, attach to something like the transmission and remotely crash the vehicle at yo...
[19:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:23] <exec> 08└─> it's infeasible to drive a tank GM/Ford/Chrysler: "Challenge accepted!"
[19:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:25] <exec> 08└─All of the older protocols are fairly wide open. The security was the impossibility to get AT the cable. That is no longer true. Then with IoT the bend it to be wide open on the internet. Usually behind some proprietary protocol. If you are lucky they may SSH it. If you think it is bad. It isn't. It...
[19:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Wipes Out Vega 64 Stock - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:36] <exec> 08└─Would a multi-GPU Vega melt steel? Vega 64 used up to 150 W more power than the GTX 1080.
[19:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Exoplanet Predicted Around Gliese 832, 16.1 Light Years Away - 1259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:45] <exec> 08└─I don't think they take anybody who only has citizenship on a planet that hasn't been accepted to the Galactic Federation yet. There may be a "Mark Watney" loophole you can attempt, however. Stop by Mars first and grow a crop of potatoes. You've now colonized Mars, and by default that gives you dual...
[19:26:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 303 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:53] <exec> 08└─I dunno man, today's Nazis are still saying what yester-decade's Nazis did, y'know "Blood and Soil" and all that. There's not really much nuance here, and even the supposedly subtle aspects of the white nationalist agenda still basically break down to "I'm ignorant of history and DEY TERK ERR JHERBZ...
[19:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:17] <exec> 08└─Perhaps it's the inbreeding Gotta stay white somehow.
[19:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 788 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:19] <exec> 08└─a couple of comments: 1. I was born in Romania. I sincerely doubt I have any native americans in my genetic background (not that I would be upset about it, I just find it unlikely). So your 3000 years comment isn't really true. 2. The only reason subgroups of people leave their "home" is because the...
[19:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:21] <exec> 08└─On a more serious note, there are two groups out there: - True white supremacists, who say the rest of the human race is basically dog turds - People who say: be proud of you culture, whatever it is. I'm white, so I'm proud of white culture.
[19:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:23] <exec> 08└─"Sure I can. In the US (and we are specifically discussing US events here)," By all means, double-down on xenophobia. Joking aside, your description of white culture (even limited to the US alone) is way off. There are lots of distinctly different cultures of "white people" based on their ancestral...
[19:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 855 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:25] <exec> 08└─^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nazi apologists who try and whitewash (haha) the issue often have zero clue about how abusive the government has been, and how much special treatment they are receiving for being white. Racist militias are allowed to exist without problem, but the Black Panthers were harassed by the h...
[19:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:28] <exec> 08└─I guess what white nationalists actually say and do has no bearing? You'd think getting a result like that might make them stop and think about their position. But nah, that test they paid good money is totally fake. Makes you wonder why they would pay for a fake test in the first place...
[19:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:30] <exec> 08└─When you say... As a non-white nationalist
[19:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:32] <exec> 08└─Data forensics will become a courtroom staple. Experts will testify as to the veracity of video evidence, and eventually DNA evidence. There are already such experts, of course, but their testimony will adapt to the new challenges. It will be the same as it is now, with different standards. That is...
[19:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:34] <exec> 08└─I dunno man, today's Nazis are still saying what yester-decade's Nazis did They've also committed 62 acts of terrorism since 2001 (compared to 23 by Islaminsts during the same time). [gao.gov] When are white people going to admit they have a terrorism problem?
[19:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 1601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:36] <exec> 08└─I want to point out a couple of striking similarities between the rally that happened, the guy who ran his car into people and the Ukrainian revolution in 2013/2014. A couple things you can look up for your self: First off the guy who ran his car into people, Fields was part of a group that was in...
[19:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:38] <exec> 08└─Symptoms include sound bites, teaser headlines, and certainty of results. Probably also local tie-ins and anecdotes...
[19:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:41] <exec> 08└─You don't think it's appropriate to hate and feel superior to NAZIS? There are almost no groups left for this except white people like these! You're right. Everyone else learned from history.
[19:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:43] <exec> 08└─The MSM is deliberately trying to blur this distinction and call them all Nazis That tends to happen when you're carrying a swastika flag.
[19:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:45] <exec> 08└─HIPPA
[19:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:47] <exec> 08└─This is the essentially the conspiracy they expect from genetic testing. This particular recipe wouldn't really fit the Jewish Conspiracy (tm) they are expecting, but it's close enough in form. Maybe blame it on the Russians...
[19:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03mobydisk [5472] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:14] <exec> 08└─YES! I wish I had mod points! The article is completely wrong: it recommends error messages that provide no useful information. The author says that "Printing failed" is bad but "Printing failed. Please check your printer" is good. No! How about "Printer OFFICE14 is offline" or "Paper jam on printer...
[19:29:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:15] <exec> 08└─I thought the classic error message was Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue.
[19:29:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:17] <exec> 08└─Error messages should be actionable. Don't just say "syntax error". Say "missing comma after Aardvark".
[19:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:20] <exec> 08└─"For sale: sequence abort, never worn"
[19:30:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:20] <exec> 08└─For marketdroids and slideshowmen, waving shiny things around IS being productive.
[19:30:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:21] <exec> 08└─Agreed, we need to occasionally relax from the politics by having rational tech discussions about Emacs and Vi, Apple and MS, systemd, and the ratio of gender-specific bathrooms in LEO vs Mars space stations.
[19:31:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux-Based postmarketOS Project Aims to Give Smartphones a 10-Year Lifecycle - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:31:35] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQh8dktQReI [youtube.com]
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[20:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:17] <exec> 08└─it still requires an attacker to find and exploit a vulnerability in order to compromise SEP Yeah and no one uses ida pro.
[20:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:19] <exec> 08└─Keys want to be Free ! Shove your fat worm in my juicy apple !
[20:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:21] <exec> 08└─So, what do any of the people who said I was crazy for suggesting this was possible, back when Apple vs. FBI was the big media distraction from Things That Actually Matter, have to say now? I will repeat again! The device has to boot somehow!
[20:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:32] <exec> 08└─This is a feature not a flaw. I've used this for years to modify my vehicles systems and I would be really upset if it were changed.
[20:25:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:33] <exec> 08└─I didn't read the article. Or the summary. Read most of the headline. I presume the problem is people finally noticed that the so called "security" of these vehicles can be defeated with a sufficient quantity of explosives. I look forward to the practical testing to determine the precise amount for...
[20:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:35] <exec> 08└─CAN = Car Area Network.
[20:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:38] <exec> 08└─The security was the impossibility to get AT the cable. That is no longer true. Then with IoT the bend it to be wide open on the internet. What are you talking about? It still is true, at least on my '15 car. As I said before, if a car has exposed the CAN bus to the internet, that's a design fault,...
[20:27:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:43] <exec> 08└─non-nationalist-Grecian
[20:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:45] <exec> 08└─Princeton: Oh, Christ do I feel good. Gary Coleman: Now there was a fine upstanding black man! Princeton: Who? Gary Coleman: Jesus Christ. Kate Monster: But, Gary, Jesus was white. Gary Coleman: No, Jesus was black. Kate Monster: No, Jesus was white. Gary Coleman: No, I'm pretty sure that Jesus was...
[20:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:47] <exec> 08└─What about Tiki torches?
[20:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:49] <exec> 08└─You've described half a test. Let's say someone doesn't, in fact, show up with a Nazi flag or torches (tiki or otherwise). What then?
[20:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:51] <exec> 08└─No Trump got elected on a platform of lies and hatred of liberals. You can keep trying to convert the latent and overt racism into ancestral pride, but no one else is buying that shtick. Only the extremist liberals say all conservatives are racist, just like only the most extreme conservatives spout...
[20:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:53] <exec> 08└─I know, right? Let's go beat and maim some! It's fun, and nobody will ever call us on it. Let's help start a riot somewhere; I've got a rental car gassed up. You bring the communist flags; I'll bring the bats and chemical spray.
[20:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:55] <exec> 08└─Not quite the same thing, and not some sort of comedy gold. But sure, keep trying to equalize racist fuckers with people who don't like racist fuckers. Yeah, makes sense. Just an FYI here: all your comment does is cement you as a nazi yourself, or at best a sympathizer. If you are just complaining a...
[20:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:58] <exec> 08└─Oh plenty of white people are aware, but a large segment of the population tries to play it down. I mean just look at the comments in this story and others that involve this shit, so many apologists and attempts to project the blame on to the victims of these white supremacy groups. Undoubtedly part...
[20:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:00] <exec> 08└─^^ That is what the concern needs to be. As I said, go read up on HeLa cell line for the most well known example. Combine that with involuntary DNA extraction (There was some documented examples of this during the late clinton/early bush years in Texas. Feds were getting DNA samples from newborn chi...
[20:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:02] <exec> 08└─That makes no sense, why would the US help the Russians take over part of Ukraine? Got any sources, copies of said images etc.?
[20:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:04] <exec> 08└─Look at the apologist trying to project nazi methodology on to his "enemies". Lol, try harder brah.
[20:28:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:06] <exec> 08└─Acting as big brother and meting out arbitrary justice to us all. How many clones do you have left, comrade?
[20:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:08] <exec> 08└─Olive-skinned non-nationalist? nihil humani a me alienum puto
[20:28:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:11] <exec> 08└─Euromaidan in the Ukrainian coup that was sponsored by Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros. Yeah, Obama loved it so much he kicked 20 Ukrainian officials out of the country [biharprabha.com] over it.
[20:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:36] <exec> 08└─https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DannyB2 [ycombinator.com] We're always watchin'
[20:29:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:43] <exec> 08└─Next problem: how get users to read error messages.
[20:29:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:44] <exec> 08└─My favorite, from before USB was a thing: No keyboard detected. Press enter to continue.
[20:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:47] <exec> 08└─I always liked the log entries on the old AT&T system V system. If the temperature probe registered too high you would get "Core Meltdown Imminent". I always wondered what would happen if one of these machines were used by a nuclear power plant.
[20:29:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:49] <exec> 08└─Maybe if the user clicks OK too quickly to have possibly read the error message, pop up another box with a short quiz about what the error message they just clicked away actually said. :-)
[20:29:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:51] <exec> 08└─"Press any key when ready", the most misleading message of all times: You couldn't press any key; keys like Shift, Ctrl and Alt wouldn't work.
[20:29:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:53] <exec> 08└─much more informative that "PC Load Letter."
[20:29:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:55] <exec> 08└─+1 Informative - Thanks
[20:29:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:57] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure, but you seem to be suggesting tagging a certain error with a common error code. That is, many users might get a U13AK error. I was thinking that each time the exception is thrown, a new code is generated, and logged with the exception. That way when a user calls with code U13AK, what y...
[20:31:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:00] <exec> 08└─Exactly.
[20:31:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:02] <exec> 08└─That's like giving money to Scrooge McDuck when you know the only fucking thing he's going to do with the money is hoard it in a money bin and swim in hoarded money.
[20:31:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Reaps Benefits of Open-Source Policy - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:48] <exec> 08└─bzflag?
[20:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Azure Stack Will Need Special Sysadmins, Says Microsoft - 1102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:47] <exec> 08└─Virtualization stacks which is what this is, are becoming a sysadmin role in many orgs. On premise is a big deal in many industries where there is regulatory privacy and contractual up-time requirements. Many of those companies are rolling their own. That VMWare and MS are seeing that their customer...
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[21:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 1313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:20] <exec> 08└─Those people are simply fools who believe whatever a whitepaper / corporation says. I had a friend who said similar things, and when I really really pushed it finally broke him down and he admitted what was really up. "I just can't believe we are so fucked, if the major corps are putting in backdoor...
[21:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:21] <exec> 08└─the only way out of this mess is massive rebuilding of intelligence agency leadership with a focus on actual defense. Government transparency, dismantle domestic surveillance, etc.
[21:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:23] <exec> 08└─In 2003 I read of a classified chip that could perform thousands of decryptions simultaneously. Now imagine a Beowulf cluster of them
[21:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 820 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:25] <exec> 08└─"Decentralized technologies that disrupt these surveillance activities, keep power with the people instead of centralized servers that are easily compromised." That's what we should have been building back in the 80s but no one would listen to me. Now? I try not to be cynical but I think it may be t...
[21:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:42] <exec> 08└─Sorry to reply twice, but I have to add that it's also worse due to the totality of control that could theoretically be usurped. If someone cuts my brake line, I should start to notice the brakes getting weaker over time, or perhaps even that the brakes aren't working at all when I back out of the d...
[21:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:44] <exec> 08└─The transmission controller should not be accessible by simply crawling under the car.
[21:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 1815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:46] <exec> 08└─The other responder is correct in his two points, but I have a couple of points to add: 1) There's multiple CAN and LIN buses, among others, in any modern car. There is not a single CAN bus. There's usually low-speed and high-speed CAN buses, and maybe a medium-speed one too. Obviously, different th...
[21:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:48] <exec> 08└─If you're talking about taillights, all the taillights I've seen lately are still pretty simple, with on/off wires going to them. There's no bus there. The bus goes to the Body Control Module, which is somewhere inside the car. Now if you're talking about HID headlights that might have a CAN bus con...
[21:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:50] <exec> 08└─Total bullshit. You obviously have no idea what the hell you're talking about. Add to this that a lot of modern cars are drive-by-wire and have no physical linkage between the controls and the throttle, steering, or brakes Bullshit. You're lying. Prove it.
[21:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 1415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:53] <exec> 08└─on the green site. I got a degree in automotive technology. Everybody scoffed when I pointed out how just the standardized since the 90s ABS/airbag systems could be used for assassination, and how adding throttle by wire and steering by wire just made it slightly easier. Today, with entertainment sy...
[21:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:55] <exec> 08└─Or someone could put a bomb in your car that's connected to the ignition, so that it only blows up after you start the car. People have been doing that for ages; the IRA was infamous for it. Should we all be worried about car bombs now?
[21:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:57] <exec> 08└─So are you saying it's smart to buy cars not designed or built in the US? How many times has someone been assassinated by vehicle this way anyway?
[21:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:59] <exec> 08└─The CAN bus is not, by design, open to the Internet, in a sense it doesn't have a dedicated interconnecting device. Then again, it happily connects in peer-to-peer manner both safety-critical systems (brakes, steering, engine, transmission, lights) and the utter bullshit the modern cars are full of...
[21:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:01] <exec> 08└─The most likely hack is some kind of economic hack where you can cause $10B damage to the economy of XYZ country by a software virus that takes 5 years off the life of the cat converter or helps the car emissions increase or wastes gas. Nobody will patch or fix if it "looks and sounds OK" but unfort...
[21:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:04] <exec> 08└─It is a feature when you fiddle with the settings. OTOH, a single infotainment system exploit is enough for someone to disable your brake servo.
[21:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:28:49] <exec> 08└─:-)
[21:30:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:04] <exec> 08└─Besides, I just *asked* the computer to put files there. It should have known better than to fill it up and then complain to me about it.
[21:30:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:05] <exec> 08└─Error: unable to format drive A:, formatting drive C: instead.
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[22:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:20] <exec> 08└─Fuck me. I've been mucking computers since the 70s, making a living off it for several decades, and nothing in TFS make any sense to me.
[22:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:22] <exec> 08└─Ditto. I think it's to do with children's cartoons. Maybe you can design the grandchild of scooby-doo, or something? Can't be any worse than crappy-doo, or whatever it was called.
[22:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:24] <exec> 08└─Scrappy-poo? ;)
[22:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 803 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:37] <exec> 08└─I guess the hardware could be a problem if they are built to insert subtle errors into general math processing, but I imagine that would lead to tons of errors. I think the hardware level stuff is for more targeted attacks and wouldn't be overly helpful against decentralized and encrypted communicat...
[22:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:06] <exec> 08└─a lot of modern cars are drive-by-wire... and have no physical linkage between the controls and the throttle, steering, or brakes
[22:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:08] <exec> 08└─"The most likely hack" is to make the exhaust slightly less clean and stress the parts more so they have shorter maintenance intervals? I grant the possibility that someone will think of that (you just did, after all), but I balk at believing that that will be the most common nefarious activity asso...
[22:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:10] <exec> 08└─Noticed how the brakes die when you lose power? Oh wait, they don't! Critical stuff has mechanical links: drive, brakes... You can assassinate someone by hacking their "autopilot" maybe, but trying to kill by cutting the brake assistance or the power steering is only gonna work on a very limited sub...
[22:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:12] <exec> 08└─Drive-by-wire is where there's no physical linkage, as the parent poster asserted. DbW is indeed very commonplace on modern cars for the throttle. I challenge you to show me any example of a car which does not have a physical linkage for either the brakes or the steering. They don't exist; safety st...
[22:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 1493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:14] <exec> 08└─Ok, I went through your links briefly and it seems there is one car (a high-end Nissan/Infiniti) that has some really stupid drive-by-wire steering system. That's the first I've heard of this, and it certainly isn't normal for even the newest cars. It also retains a mechanical connection, but has an...
[22:26:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Exoplanet Predicted Around Gliese 832, 16.1 Light Years Away - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:34] <exec> 08└─Do they have any immigration rules?
[22:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:48] <exec> 08└─Sounds more like a variation on Snowball Earth, a name for the 2 or 3 times the entire world was covered in ice. I suppose this would be Pond Scum Earth.
[22:27:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 720 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:16] <exec> 08└─I seem to remember a season 1 episode [wikia.com] where Dr. Franklin gets a visit from an old friend. The friend involved in an archaeological dig on a long dead world. The ancient Ikarran [wikia.com] race had died off a thousand years ago. They had created advanced biotech robot weapons to destroy...
[22:28:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 241 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:10] <exec> 08└─On a more serious note, there are two groups out there: - True white supremacists, who say the rest of the human race is basically dog turds - People who say: be proud of you culture, whatever it is. I'm white, so I'm proud of white culture.
[22:28:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 260 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:16] <exec> 08└─I dunno man, today's Nazis are still saying what yester-decade's Nazis did They've also committed 62 acts of terrorism since 2001 (compared to 23 by Islaminsts during the same time). [gao.gov] When are white people going to admit they have a terrorism problem?
[22:28:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find - 138 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:21] <exec> 08└─The MSM is deliberately trying to blur this distinction and call them all Nazis That tends to happen when you're carrying a swastika flag.
[22:30:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Write Better Error Messages - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:19] <exec> 08└─There should be a distinction between anticipated error messages and un-anticipated. For example, if you can detect the PC or application is out of memory, then you can tell the user that the application doesn't have enough computer memory to continue. However, if you go to allocate memory and the a...
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[23:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:19] <exec> 08└─They're making virtual dress-up dolls with a japanese cartoon theme. I wonder how much tax money went into this.
[23:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:21] <exec> 08└─Site did not work for me And it didn't have options for cat, bunny and fox ears.
[23:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:23] <exec> 08└─It worked for me when I submitted it. Now it says "Network Error".
[23:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:25] <exec> 08└─Scratch that, it comes down to allowing javascript on the site. If you do that it will likely work. True story on the ears though. Maybe they are looking for a grant.
[23:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score: 2) 02 - 06University Researchers Band Together to "Make Girls Moe" - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:27] <exec> 08└─It's about low-grade Japanese animation technology. Crap that replaced Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, and Popeye. You know, Geezer stuff.
[23:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Decrypts Apple's Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:42] <exec> 08└─No one needs to decrypt anything when they can simply read it directly from memory before it gets encrypted.
[23:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unpatchable Flaw Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:16] <exec> 08└─Car security can also be defeated (for normal cars) by a hammer. Precise location for use of such a device is given away by the fact that they are "glass". This material is totally unsuitable for use in vehicles, and should be stopped immediately.
[23:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Algae Terraformed Earth 650 Million Years Ago - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:51] <exec> 08└─Terraforming makes it inhabitable, right? I'd start with Venezuela. Then Detroit. 🇺🇸
[23:29:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets It - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:07] <exec> 08└─The inventor of sex should get honorable mention too.
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