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[00:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:46] <exec> 08└─But I take exception to this: Putin also envisioned a future for war where drones, ostensibly controlled by artificial intelligence, would fight proxy wars between countries. "When one party's drones are destroyed by drones of another, it will have no other choice but to surrender,"
[00:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:51] <exec> 08└─There is, I do believe, still much of this attitude present, though it's not quite as all-pervasive as it used to be.
[00:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:53] <exec> 08└─And JavaScript too!
[00:27:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 1605 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:20] <exec> 08└─I think you're probably right, at least in this country. "A few days hard work"... Call it 3 to 5 8-12 hour days, depending on what else they did? , so 24-60 hours. Most of it probably relatively unskilled labor of the sort that a conscientious high-scool kid with a year of experience could do. Call...
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[01:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:08] <exec> 08└─" from the to-see-better,-avert-thy-gaze dept. " All the better to see you with, my dear.
[01:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 1262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:17] <exec> 08└─I agree, I was completely on board with Putins analysis up until the point when the decided to conclude that future wars would be some kind of Robo-war (or drone war) and when you run out of hardware it's game over and you just roll over. It's like Russia didn't learn a thing from the 1979 invasion...
[01:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 1051 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:19] <exec> 08└─Theoretically, drone aircraft can pull more Gs and have better capabilities than the equivalent human-piloted aircraft. Humans can't withstand certain accelerations, and drones don't need an oxygen supply and don't waste space storing a human. The big risk is getting hacked, and that's where AI can...
[01:26:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:21] <exec> 08└─I am hoping the realDonaldTrump or perhaps another in official capacity (as opposed to the officially incapacitated...) sits down with students and tells them what he thinks of Science.
[01:26:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:23] <exec> 08└─I am hoping the realDonaldTrump or perhaps another in official capacity (as opposed to the officially incapacitated...) sits down with students and tells them what he thinks of Science.
[01:26:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 917 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:25] <exec> 08└─Oh, more to the point, if the other side's drones enjoy capability and numbers advantages, sending humans to fight them will not be very helpful. You might as well surrender. If you do fight them, it will be costly for you to win since you can't easily replace the skilled human pilots. Drones can ac...
[01:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:27] <exec> 08└─Although humans may not last long against advanced AI controlled hardware, if the country is a nuclear power it will simply send up every warhead it has available prior to surrender.
[01:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 1188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:30] <exec> 08└─If the Pentagon's missile defense is more effective than previous lackluster public tests would suggest, maybe the nuclear deterrent is more of a nuclear facade. The X-37B can launch classified payloads. Maybe Reagan's Star Wars became real. Down to Earth, Russia and China have raised a stink about...
[01:26:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:32] <exec> 08└─From a person that is not able to think (only to react)
[01:28:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:41] <exec> 08└─Why did you limit yourself at water damage?
[01:28:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:42] <exec> 08└─For myself, I've given blood so many times, it's routine.
[01:28:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:44] <exec> 08└─A general thought on the OP: Like many states, Texas only requires liability insurance — only those that bought comprehensive coverage will be able to claim the loss on insurance.
[01:30:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0615 Fast Radio Bursts Detected From Distant Galaxy - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:34] <exec> 08└─Doesn't matter. They are long gone.
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[02:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:09] <exec> 08└─The good thing about fighting with robots is the human cost goes way down, in theory. But with a reduced human cost, wars could become considerably more frequent. I'm not convinced the human cost would really be reduced. Humans make for higher-value targets on a number of metrics. Mainly, we would p...
[02:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 2423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:10] <exec> 08└─Let me tell you, there's a lot of bad science. Very harmful. Man-made climate change, I’m not a big believer in that. It's just a very, very expensive form of tax. From which a lot of people are making a lot of money. China is making a lot of money from it. From the completely FARCICAL Paris agree...
[02:26:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02 - 06HPE Wraps Up $8.8bn Micro Focus Software Dump Spin-Off - 954 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:24] <exec> 08└─The only reason to care about the steaming pile dumped on MicroFocus's death cart is that it contains Suse Linux [suse.com] as well as Opensuse. They still offer their horribly overpriced COBOL as well as a boat load of crapware that the company has accumulated from dying companies. It seems like ev...
[02:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HPE Wraps Up $8.8bn Micro Focus Software Dump Spin-Off - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:30] <exec> 08└─So they bought a load of stuff just for the sake of it, and now they need to get rid of it...
[02:28:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:21] <exec> 08└─Based on the comments so far, it seems that not all cases of flooding and insurance buy-backs are recorded in databases like Carfax. If that's true then how is the average person able to determine if a car, possibly now located in another city or state, was flood damaged?
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[02:28:22] <exec> 08└─Texas Needs YOUR Blood!
[02:28:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:24] <exec> 08└─Nobody is spending a lot of money these days coming up with new ICE designs.
[02:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America’s New Ironman is Headed Home from Space—it’s Peggy Whitson - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:00] <exec> 08└─Orangutans are actually pretty technically literate, try googling "Orangutan zoo escape". The story told by zookeepers about the great apes when given a screwdriver. The Gorilla jumps back in fear, and then tries to eat it. The Chimp takes the screwdriver and tries everything except using it as a sc...
[02:29:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Murdoc [2518] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Begins Operations - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:08] <exec> 08└─So now we have a laser that images something at the micro, possibly nano scale as it obliterates it. Now all we need is to be able to reverse the process, and we have the transporter from Tron! Or maybe we could use 3D printers? I still wouldn't use it. I still haven't seen any convincing evidence t...
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[03:25:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:40] <exec> 08└─Yes, but "averted vision" is a real thing in visual astronomy. Often you cannot see dim objects if you look directly at them, but they appear if you look away and catch them "out of the corner of your eye." True with telescopes, but also noted by Aristotle, back in the day, for naked eye observing....
[03:25:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:59] <exec> 08└─War might not even be the right word for it. It could be virtual occupation. Drones bombing targets in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, Syria, and other countries. Multiple times every day of the year. No G.I. boots touching the ground. The cost of entry will be too high for most, so you ca...
[03:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:18] <exec> 08└─and the backdoors in M$ stuff that Redmond has handed over to the NSA.
[03:28:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:12] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, here in BC, gas has gone up to $1.44 a litre, or close to $4 American for an American gallon. First they jacked the prices for the eclipse, now due to the shortage in Texas (as if we get gas from Texas) they've jacked it more. What I really love is the competition, they manage to up the p...
[03:28:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:14] <exec> 08└─Might not be any way to be 100% sure. If it's a deal too good to be true, then it's probably too good to be true...
[03:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03https [5248] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Volcanic Carbon Dioxide Drove Ancient Global Warming Event - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:34] <exec> 08└─But that wouldn't feed the braindamaged "no society, only contracts" trope. Protip: without a society, contracts are unenforceable - unless you have guaranteed greater force, in which case why waste your energy on contracts? Rand had no coherent philosophy. She was a writer. Of fiction.
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[04:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:45] <exec> 08└─The couple can always have another baby since the current one is now defective.
[04:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:46] <exec> 08└─If it was really a homeopathic product, it would have zero active substance in it and wouldn't do any damn thing. Clearly the product is a sham: I would ask a refund!
[04:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:56] <exec> 08└─Yes, but "averted vision" is a real thing in visual astronomy. Often you cannot see dim objects if you look directly at them, but they appear if you look away and catch them "out of the corner of your eye."
[04:26:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 1285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:15] <exec> 08└─If the tech is sufficiently advanced, it only takes the first example to demonstrate the futility before the others potentially avoid the cost and take the option surrender after their robo-army loses. For example, think Matrix revolution like machine capabilities (sentinels et el) but controlled by...
[04:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HPE Wraps Up $8.8bn Micro Focus Software Dump Spin-Off - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:35] <exec> 08└─SUSE is managed as an "independent" company inside MicroFocus. MicroFocus sees SUSE as important for future growth while the rest of the heap is managed under the MicroFocus umbrella. This is why SUSE and openSUSE remain its own brands. If you look at MicroFocus history, they've had great success at...
[04:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:26] <exec> 08└─Me. Apparently I'm running Mozilla on Windows NT 10. In reality I'm currently running Mageia linux. And yes, it's because some .gov.au sites refuse to even serve content to linux.
[04:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:35] <exec> 08└─The point is to illustrate that there are two kinds of water flooding and one is way worse than the other.
[04:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:36] <exec> 08└─So, how much did you end up benefiting from the ordeal? What did the insurance pay you out? How much did you have to pay the insurance to buy the car back? Did you insure it afterwards with the same company?
[04:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:38] <exec> 08└─If all your speakers are good you know that the warer never was that deep inside, nor was it submerged for all that long. Looks and runs good for three years is an easy test to pass. Your car is still rusting away, and chances are you will be able to Fred Flintstone that thing down the street if a f...
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[05:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:41] <exec> 08└─Isn't this one of those cases where the greater good for the species would be *not* to intervene? (Yes, this is a callous and mean comment)
[05:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:42] <exec> 08└─> (Yes, this is a callous and mean comment) No need for you to chime in, khallow will be here soon enough to cover this aspect of the discussion.
[05:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:44] <exec> 08└─Sort of Darwinism-by-proxy?
[05:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:46] <exec> 08└─Now really Rosco, y'all knows Boss Hogg is the one sellin' 'em. He was really a'hopin' Uncle Jesse would buy 'em and give 'em to them pesky Duke boys. But since this unfo'tunut event, he's a-gonna wan' you to find a way to pin it on them, so git yo' butt down there an' plant some brace-a-lets in tha...
[05:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:48] <exec> 08└─fortune: It's hard to think of you as the end result of millions of years of evolution.
[05:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:51] <exec> 08└─I disagree in principle because the parents imposed that bracelet upon their kid. Just because the parents are dumb doesn't mean that the kid will be as dumb as they are. Especially since information is so readily available nowadays.
[05:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:53] <exec> 08└─Especially since information is so readily available nowadays.
[05:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chemo-Boosting Drug Discovered For Leukemia - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:26] <exec> 08└─I have seen some of my friends go through cancer and chemo and survive. It is incredibly painful, so anything that decreases the time of full-course is just a very good news.
[05:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HPE Wraps Up $8.8bn Micro Focus Software Dump Spin-Off - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:42] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4 [youtube.com]
[05:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:33] <exec> 08└─"most people are on the internet with a phone or tablet, and most of them are Android, which is in fact Linux" Considering the amount of malware on Android, is this something to be proudly proclaiming? It's quickly chasing MS down the infected rabbit hole.
[05:28:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:28:44] <exec> 08└─I, for one, will not be, since I have gay cooties. Apparently this is a condition that exists with an HIV negative result. Texas might catch t3h g4y from me, since they're apparently unable to test for HIV. If I can prevent it, I never want to accept donor blood. I don't have or want AIDS, and their...
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[05:28:46] <exec> 08└─My parents had a write-off on the road for a while (hail damage). Essentially, you get third-party liability, and that is about it.
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[06:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:46] <exec> 08└─that idiot boy to insult China in some manner that China finds impossible to ignore. Maybe he'll demand that senior members of The Party worship him, since he's a demigod, and deserving of worship. Maybe he'll find some other way to piss on Chinese heritage and tradition. Maybe he'll fire a missile...
[06:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:47] <exec> 08└─I, and, apparently all my "devices," are "emoji-illiterate"... What does the following mean: がんばれ! 你能行的!! 화이팅!!! ???
[06:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:49] <exec> 08└─North Korea is utterly dependent on China. What I don't get is: why does China tolerate this idiot on their border. He's a fruitcake, half-baked at best. Maybe China doesn't care about random tests, but if he nukes Tokyo or (more likely) Seoul - the resulting warfare will hurt China as much as anyon...
[06:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:51] <exec> 08└─"It's illegal to threaten the President, even if you're joking." -- Clint Eastwood, "Line Of Fire"
[06:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:53] <exec> 08└─Apparently its something like "do the best you can do fighting " written in Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Me a whiz? No, I'm no linguist... I cheated [google.com]. I use Google Translate a lot when trying to decipher IC spec sheets . A helluva lot of stuff I now design with involves Chinese datasheet...
[06:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 1173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:26:10] <exec> 08└─Good god, what links. Ya gotta love this: "These are more than just bracelets, they are bracelets with meaning and will transform your life by manifesting miracles." Selling snake oil [wikipedia.org] is a long and venerable tradition. In this specific case, likely the jeweler had read some book abou...
[06:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:26:11] <exec> 08└─Finally we have proof that homepathy works!
[06:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:26:14] <exec> 08└─Homeopathy is about diluting something in a certain way so you supposedly take microdoses or get some benefit from the solvent previously containing an active compound. It doesn't seem possible for a bracelet to have anything to do with this? Is any quack thing being labeled homeopathy now?
[06:26:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:26:24] <exec> 08└─Aristotle learned that trick from hoplites. Soldiers learned that looking at a spot made enemy soldiers invisible. Scanning an area works well, and if you thought you saw something, you look off to one side of that spot. The earliest sailors knew how to train a lookout as well. Use an unfocused gaze...
[06:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Propose New Theories Of Black Holes From The Very Early Universe - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:20] <exec> 08└─Well, at least this irrelevant paper is about dark matter. But it has little to say on the subject of what form dark matter might take (other than that the author seems to prefer MOND, but MOND is not plausible today as it was in 2003). https://www.xkcd.com [xkcd.com] Nothing in this paper wou...
[06:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:59] <exec> 08└─And yes, it's because some .gov.au sites refuse to even serve content to linux.
[06:28:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:28:00] <exec> 08└─Actually it's Micro$oft dying https://news.netcraft.com [netcraft.com]
[06:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:28:03] <exec> 08└─ref provided https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[06:29:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Volcanic Carbon Dioxide Drove Ancient Global Warming Event - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:29:37] <exec> 08└─In the name of science (and literacy), I thank you!
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[07:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:32] <exec> 08└─Yo, @realDonaldTrump, you're running out of time to actually contain this mess. You were right when you said words won't work - the current state is proof of that. Question is, what'cha gonna do? It's in NK's self interest to become a nuclear power since that's the only realistic way they can get ri...
[07:25:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:34] <exec> 08└─Somehow, this whole thing strikes me as a kid in the neighborhood playing with guns. Now, I am against laws forbidding gun ownership as a lot of people are, and believe he should do as he pleases in his own house. I am well aware of the ability to defend oneself minimizes one'e probability of becomi...
[07:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 943 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:36] <exec> 08└─You probably didn't realize the irony of your post. The answer to your question is quite obvious. They tolerate this idiot because he has nukes. Same as Mexico and Canada have tolerated the various fruitcakes moving in and out of that tacky faux-classicist white building in Washington DC. Because th...
[07:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:38] <exec> 08└─I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
[07:25:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03aliks [357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:40] <exec> 08└─Because its in China's interest. The US policy is to put a cordon of US friendly countries around any enemy state. South Korea fits the bill. China wants to weaken the link between S Korea and the US, so letting N Korea have some leeway fits the bill. S Korea gets to see that the US cannot protect...
[07:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 1261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:42] <exec> 08└─It's not just the nukes, or the buffer between them and the massive US military presence in South Korea which is the real reason China has historically supported the DPRK. As the DPRK's largest trading partner by far, China could quite easily cripple the DPRK by halting trade - they have enough othe...
[07:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:02] <exec> 08└─If its advertised on TV, its quack. So far, I have seen no exceptions to this postulate.
[07:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:03] <exec> 08└─Looking at that bracelet as a parent, that thing screams "Choking Hazard" all over the place. Sure, lead poisoning isn't something to be happy about, but these things shouldn't even be sold as a product for a child below the age of 4.
[07:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 785 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:06] <exec> 08└─This is yet another example of those librul freaks destroying the free market! Setting acceptable levels of lead exposure for children? Where will it end? I'll tell you where! The evil left is going to take all your children and place them in "re-education" camps [disclose.tv] set up by the Obama ad...
[07:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:08] <exec> 08└─Who said the lead is the homeopathic part. It's clearly the magnetic hematite stones that should do the healing.
[07:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:26:38] <exec> 08└─You might as well surrender.
[07:27:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 194 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:47] <exec> 08└─I spoof UA on linux and windows. My fake virus popups tell me my mac is running slow :) Spoofing UA will lead to sites running the wrong exploits against your device and that is worth it for me.
[07:29:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:29:09] <exec> 08└─Based on the comments so far, it seems that not all cases of flooding and insurance buy-backs are recorded in databases like Carfax. If that's true then how is the average person able to determine if a car, possibly now located in another city or state, was flood damaged?
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[08:25:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 1261 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:51] <exec> 08└─It's not just the nukes, or the buffer between them and the massive US military presence in South Korea which is the real reason China has historically supported the DPRK. As the DPRK's largest trading partner by far, China could quite easily cripple the DPRK by halting trade - they have enough othe...
[08:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:53] <exec> 08└─Which flavour is your Kool-Aid, Oxycontin or Tetraethyl Lead?
[08:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:55] <exec> 08└─Switzerland. Look it up.
[08:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:57] <exec> 08└─i believe that if any sort of organized evacuation of Seoul takes place (and other cities vulnerable to classic artillery from North Korea), NK will immediately attack. everything it can, probably... and I think this is why nobody has attacked NK.
[08:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:59] <exec> 08└─Oxy-rub.
[08:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:01] <exec> 08└─To be fair, he could be referring to the other idiot boy with a bad haircut who controls nuclear missiles.
[08:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:03] <exec> 08└─He may be an idiot but he's their idiot.
[08:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:06] <exec> 08└─er, NK is sponsored by China. They will never bite the hand that feeds them (food and technology).... you think the Norks developed an H-bomb on their lonely ownsome? No, developed by you buying sh!t at Walfart and crap from the Dollar Stores.
[08:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:08] <exec> 08└─Those are not emoji (絵/e/picture + 文字/moji/character), those are just moji. "がんばれ" is in Japanese and means something between "work hard" and "good luck". "你能行的" is in Chinese, and "화이팅" is in Korean, but I don't speak those. I'd guess they mean something similar.
[08:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 767 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:10] <exec> 08└─The NORSAR [norsar.no] link says an estimated yield of 120 kt TNT, which is about in range what is carried by Trident subs, https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] , so possible for a thermonuclear weapon but definitely on the low side. I suppose that lends some credibility to it being des...
[08:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:12] <exec> 08└─It's a sad state of affairs that I'm only ~70ish% certain which big fat boy in charge of dangerous toys you're talking about, and the percentage is that high only because of context :/ We're doomed.
[08:26:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:36] <exec> 08└─Leave khallow alone! He would never suggest that poisoning children is a good thing, unless it lead to the profits of the superior race that had inherited superior libertarian like genes. Cause, you know, intelligence is inherited. But what khallow forgot, is that sometimes it skips a generation. E...
[08:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:38] <exec> 08└─The bracelet contains trace amounts of homeopathy.
[08:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:40] <exec> 08└─I saw an ad for a politician. Looks like you may be right.
[08:26:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 1262 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:57] <exec> 08└─I agree, I was completely on board with Putins analysis up until the point when the decided to conclude that future wars would be some kind of Robo-war (or drone war) and when you run out of hardware it's game over and you just roll over. It's like Russia didn't learn a thing from the 1979 invasion...
[08:28:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:33] <exec> 08└─I admin a public library with the lab computers running CentOS.
[08:28:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:35] <exec> 08└─What is a "microsoft"? *Posted from my Android tablet, running free and open source software that Gill Bates can never get his hands on, ever. *
[08:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:37] <exec> 08└─Considering the amount of malware on Android, is this something to be proudly proclaiming?
[08:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:39] <exec> 08└─The problem is there is no way to identify who is spoofying the UA string
[08:28:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:41] <exec> 08└─Which rock have you been hiding under? People here are (or the green site) quite unhappy about the browser situation, and discussions about Firefox gets tons of comments. The difference is that IE got big because Microsoft forced it on Windows users, so we blamed Microsoft. But Chrome has gotten so...
[08:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:54] <exec> 08└─A big component of the trouble has come from people that really should know better.
[08:31:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0615 Fast Radio Bursts Detected From Distant Galaxy - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:31:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe it does matter. If they beamed out details about their technology, it could improve our own, even if they stopped existing millions of years ago.
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[09:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:35] <exec> 08└─Maybe now, but seriously, this is a bit of a stretch, especially for ancient times. Crete was it's own civilization, you may have heard of it, it was called Minoan Culture. In fact, we Greeks may have had a hand in bringing it down, if you take the myth of Theseus seriously. Killed the Minotaur, you...
[09:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:37] <exec> 08└─Fossil footprints laid down more than five million years ago in what is now Crete could belong to a previously unknown primate, and perhaps even an ancient hominin
[09:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 3332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:06] <exec> 08└─Doesn't anybody see this is just a smoke screen? Yes, this time around (Weapons Of Mass Destruction, anybody already forgot?) there is a little bit more proof (maybe), but after all somebody might remember that the other "imbecile" (GWB) did some years ago, and also we have China nearby, not some st...
[09:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:07] <exec> 08└─How do you know he's a fruitcake? The US gov and their media lapdogs said so?
[09:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:09] <exec> 08└─Who is Bill and why is he so hard to fit? Surely George Zimmer can help. Wait, Shirley doesn't like George. We're buggered!
[09:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ben_white [5531] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:11] <exec> 08└─Seoul has approx 25 million people. No realistic way to evacuate them. This is why, as you suggest, his real deterrence is his enormous conventional arsenal pointed at Seoul. A war would be short as the DPRK has limited matériel to maintain hostilities, but at the end of this short apocalypse Seoul...
[09:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:14] <exec> 08└─Infowars much? I'm surprised you didn't manage to implicate Israel and India in your insane rant.
[09:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:40] <exec> 08└─For homeopathy, I have mixed feelings.
[09:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:52] <exec> 08└─As per usual, citation needed.
[09:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 1641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:28:49] <exec> 08└─Both the data supporting and rebutting the argument is flawed. Counting the number of packages doesn't really tell you anything, especially on Debian where, for example, LLVM and clang are combined in a single package but gcc is split into half a dozen (most of which are useless without the others)....
[09:29:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:29:52] <exec> 08└─Harvey disrupted gasoline production and delivery. On Aug 31, many gas stations in the Dallas Ft. Worth area ran out of gas. Prices jumped from $2.03/gallon to $2.59 and higher. Saw one station asking $3.39
[09:29:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 1073 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:29:53] <exec> 08└─Insurance companies were one of the reasons that Katrina turned into such a disaster. They hadn't properly modelled the correlated risks. Insurance companies attempt to diversify their risk so that there's a very low probability of their having to pay out everything at once. For example, if flooding...
[09:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Volcanic Carbon Dioxide Drove Ancient Global Warming Event - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:30:16] <exec> 08└─Voluntary wealth redistribution??? The word payment is a lot shorter.
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[10:25:41] <exec> 08└─5.7 million years ago there was no Minoan, Greek or any other kind of civilization. It is still interesting that the geographic area, that would one day become Greece, may have been part of the cradle of humanity, however. We Greeks claim that we have invented everything, giving the lights of civili...
[10:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:42] <exec> 08└─The Greeks invented romance, yes, but the Italians introduced it to women.
[10:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:16] <exec> 08└─Bullshit, everyone knows worlds top negotiator, Dennis Rodman, is actively mediating this crisis. Therefore all of your "arguments" are invalid.
[10:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:18] <exec> 08└─The Chinese do not fear a humanitarian crisis from potential NK refugees. They fear the political and economic fallout from "containing" said refugees. For context, see the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. China is about as humanitarian as Stalin's USSR. They just manage their economy...
[10:26:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:20] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, I often think that we should just nuke the capital when we know he's in town.
[10:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:22] <exec> 08└─We use the W76 because it is accurate enough to neutralize targets with a smaller blast, and allows more of them to be lofted on a single platform. In contrast, before their aiming got better, the USSR relied on big bangs to compensate for large CEP's. Either NK's tech is better than we thought, or...
[10:26:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:24] <exec> 08└─I'm at an undisclosed location, learning ballroom dancing. Why can't everyone have a good time? 🇺🇸
[10:26:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:26] <exec> 08└─against humans. would have been one thing, but this was again civilian targets.
[10:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:28] <exec> 08└─"lapdogs"? Isn't that an archaic commie agitprop term? Pro tip: Karl Marx is still dead.
[10:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:30] <exec> 08└─It's to their advantage. He distracts various parties with which they routinely have conflicts and provides negotiation leverage.
[10:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:33] <exec> 08└─> And after that - just how are going to explain to south korea that they just lost a couple of hundred thousand in Seoul? A while ago, in another NK-related story, some of our resident sociopaths have expressed their sincere belief that losing a few million South Koreans is perfectly acceptable to...
[10:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:35] <exec> 08└─No, i can bet my money and my life... NK is NOT a threat.
[10:26:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:37] <exec> 08└─Another reason is that several small explosives waste less explosive energy than a big one of going for area coverage. In the ball of an explosion the surface struck if roughly a disc, imagine filling the big ball with smaller balls, now rearrange said small balls in a 2D-honeycomb pattern, calculat...
[10:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:05] <exec> 08└─Judging from the serial flamebait mods, khallow will not be chiming in? Oh, how I miss khallow! We used to talk about renting out backhoes, capital intensification and the immiserization of the proletariat, but then for some reason he just seemed to no want to discuss thing so much any more. Maybe...
[10:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:07] <exec> 08└─Totally. Big Pharma needs to get their investigators involved, to track down the seller and manufacturer, to sue them for making a really potent, deadly ingested medication. That's Big Pharma's job!
[10:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03terryk30 [1753] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:29:16] <exec> 08└─Whether or not the current discussion gets into the pros and cons, for background reading there was a good one about 3 years ago: Playing Fast and Loose with OS Licenses [soylentnews.org]
[10:30:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:30:22] <exec> 08└─Too true. I know gas is far more expensive in Europe, but most of my fellow Americans haven't a clue. US prices peaked at a bit over $4/gallon in 2008, and people were trading in their SUVs for economy cars in droves. It's sad the simple gas saving measures that aren't being used. For instance, auto...
[10:30:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Volcanic Carbon Dioxide Drove Ancient Global Warming Event - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:30:45] <exec> 08└─But that wouldn't feed the braindamaged "no society, only contracts" trope. Protip: without a society, contracts are unenforceable - unless you have guaranteed greater force, in which case why waste your energy on contracts?
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[11:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:44] <exec> 08└─Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA
[11:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 1317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:55] <exec> 08└─Just because it walked erect doesn't mean it's homo-anything. We've figured out that man didn't descend from ANY of today's simian families. There was a predecessor common to both the hominids and the simians. Maybe this was the very first homo-something, and maybe it wasn't. They may well be lookin...
[11:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 1176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:40] <exec> 08└─Who holds the leash of this rabid pit bull? Whose front yard is this dangerous pet penned in? I can't for a moment believe that China is so paranoid about peninsula unification or committed to regional hegemony that they would deliberately allow a dysfunctional nuclear-armed third-world ghetto ruled...
[11:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:42] <exec> 08└─And yet, you post as AC. Why insane rant? to be honest, it does not seems much as insane to me. You don't have to believe any word of my post, just wait 10 years. Of course i hope i am right and the others are not, for the sake of everybody. I understand it's outside the official line... but... Thin...
[11:26:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:44] <exec> 08└─No i am not... USA is. I have no power to bet anybody's life. Well, they will just be another country with HB at their disposal. Why should'nt Pakistan sell it for example? Their internal economy does not seems to be much better. But you are still assuming they HAVE an HB. All they did so far seems...
[11:26:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:46] <exec> 08└─What's to explain, exactly? The S. Koreans aren't stupid. They will know quite well that we acted to eliminate a threat. Any "explanation" would be like, "Damn, sorry guys, sux to be u! Here's a few billion to rebuild with!"
[11:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:16] <exec> 08└─unless it lead to the profits of the ...
[11:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:48] <exec> 08└─When one party's hardware is defeated, that side will send in its humans. In war, human lives are the only currency that really matters.
[11:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:50] <exec> 08└─Also if everyone from Putin to Musk to whomever is feeling that AI is so god damn dangerous why do they keep developing it? Shouldn't they wanna kill that so it doesn't become the next nuclear missile arms race? Sure we develop it for the same reason we do other dangerous things, we don't want someo...
[11:29:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:29:12] <exec> 08└─Wow, 3%? IoT devices are selling like hotcakes! I need to invest in Intel!
[11:29:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:29:28] <exec> 08└─Yes. That one from three years ago also sources the same FUD factory refuted in the article (and debconf video): Black Duck. For that one, it even used data from M$ Ohloh. Having been founded by and stocked by M$ staff, nothing that comes out of Black Duck is going to be even slightly favorable to...
[11:29:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:29:29] <exec> 08└─gcc is split into half a dozen (most of which are useless without the others)
[11:29:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Supposed Decline of Copyleft - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:29:32] <exec> 08└─Here is the list of packages built from the gcc source package: https://tracker.debian.org [debian.org] [debian.org] . Going through that list, I can see language-specific compilers (gcc, g++, gccgo, etc), language-specific runtimes (libstdc++, libgnat, etc)
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[12:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 1471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:06] <exec> 08└─My initial response was disdain. Not only a politician, but an MBA. But then I got to thinking about Charles Bolden. Bolden is exactly the sort of person you want on paper. An engineer who turned to the military and eventually became an astronaut with multiple missions to space. On the other hand, h...
[12:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tonyPick [1237] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:07] <exec> 08└─Compare Trump's to Obama's NASA appointees. One chose a vietnam combat veteran and test pilot who served as an astronaut for 14 years, received 16 military awards, had a Bachelor Of Science from the US Naval Academy, a Master of Science from the university of Southern California and four honorary do...
[12:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 2032 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:09] <exec> 08└─I'll take a person who gives a shit [spacenews.com] over someone who doesn't. I think Bridenstine will be limited more by the usual politics (for example, bipartisan opposition in the Senate is probably why it took so long to get him appointed in the first place) than by his experience and knowledge...
[12:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:21] <exec> 08└─Ah, from the same site...
[12:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:11] <exec> 08└─But you are still assuming they HAVE an HB.
[12:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:13] <exec> 08└─And after that - just how are going to explain to south korea that they just lost a couple of hundred thousand in Seoul?
[12:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:15] <exec> 08└─That's not my read. The chinese know that the time of using NK to mess with South Korea, Japan, and the US is nearly at an end. If the US comes in and erases NK because China could not control them, it will be a catastrophic loss of face for them. They will be looking at an East Asia where a newly...
[12:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:17] <exec> 08└─This time, the North claims to have mastered
[12:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03starcraftsicko [2821] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:49] <exec> 08└─I doubt that this was sold as a teething bracelet or for children at all. This looks like the work product of a home "crafter" of fashion "accessories". Check your local hobby lobby or michaels to find more lead...
[12:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:50] <exec> 08└─They threw a bracelet into the sea, then scooped out a cup of water. They must of miscalculated and diluted the bracelet too far, giving the kid a super potent dose of bracelet, overdosing on the homeopathy.
[12:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:52] <exec> 08└─I disagree in principle because the parents imposed that bracelet upon their kid. Just because the parents are dumb doesn't mean that the kid will be as dumb as they are
[12:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:54] <exec> 08└─Evolution has no end result. Either you have offspring, then you are only an intermediate step, and your offspring is the next. Or you don't have offspring, then you are an evolutionary dead end.
[12:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:57] <exec> 08└─Also, I know I have a problem with overuse of exclamation points!!!
[12:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:28:09] <exec> 08└─http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/Lookouts/#S7 [ibiblio.org] http://greenfleet.dodlive.mil [dodlive.mil] chapter 4
[12:31:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:31:26] <exec> 08└─So about $500-$1200 in labor.
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[13:25:43] <exec> 08└─Compare Trump's to Obama's NASA appointees. One chose a vietnam combat veteran and test pilot who served as an astronaut for 14 years, received 16 military awards, had a Bachelor Of Science from the US Naval Academy, a Master of Science from the university of Southern California and four honorary do...
[13:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:46] <exec> 08└─Hey now, maybe this will go over like a Lead Balloon in America?
[13:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:48] <exec> 08└─Rubio isn't just what's wrong with the Senate, he's the embodiment of all that's wrong with politics. Saw him give a speech to a group he didn't care about once, saw that flash of "oh crap, how am I going to snow these people" go across his face before he lit up the smile and turned to the crowd to...
[13:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 1543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:50] <exec> 08└─O.K. - you're not wrong, but... the new guy actually has equal, perhaps better, chance of getting funding for NASA to actually do something great. Now, maybe those great things NASA will be doing are BS, wasteful, and an affront to "good science" - but wouldn't it be nice for NASA to actually do som...
[13:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:52] <exec> 08└─Constellation was the brain child of W, as such it was doomed to failure by idiotic conception.
[13:26:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:57] <exec> 08└─Actually, Korean unification might be in China's interest. It could both both make a strong trading partner and eliminate the need/justification for a strong US military presence. As a point for starting serious negotiation, what were the terms of the cease fire. Have these tests put NK in violation...
[13:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:59] <exec> 08└─Because they know, he's not an idiot (and get along with him ok for that reason). The situation is simple: Should NK ever attack anybody, the country will be burnt to ashes, and Kim has nowhere to run. NK is not going to do this. So why all their war rhetoric and muscle games, then? Because the only...
[13:27:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:01] <exec> 08└─Exactly my point. They almost certainly don't give a crap about the cause (the humanitarian crisis) because they don't really do that, it's the repercussions of the most likely effect (a few million DPRK refugees heading to China) that they fear. Closing the border and letting them drown en masse wh...
[13:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:03] <exec> 08└─Because starting a war, causing collateral damage to innocent parties, taking over their country, and trying to bribe your way back into their hearts with just enough money to pay for military equipment is a sure-fire way to instill peace and democracy in the region. Like just about EVERY Middle Eas...
[13:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 1294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:05] <exec> 08└─When it comes to Seoul in itself I'd actually be surprised if more than a couple of hundred thousands would die, mainly since they have this newfangled thing called bombshelters (capacity about 10M it seems). But I expect about 100k to die in the first 15minutes of shelling. Regarding the entire nor...
[13:27:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 62 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:21] <exec> 08└─Especially since information is so readily available nowadays.
[13:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:42] <exec> 08└─It doesn't seem possible for a bracelet to have anything to do with this?
[13:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03dak664 [2433] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Propose New Theories Of Black Holes From The Very Early Universe - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:54] <exec> 08└─Yes, local non-gravitational energy contributes to the stress-energy tensor for space-time curvature https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Local gravitational energy does not contribute to the Einstein stress-energy tensor but does interact with itself in the...
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[14:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:55] <exec> 08└─When the "best possible course" has consistently led you to bad outcomes, maybe it is time to try something different?
[14:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:56] <exec> 08└─Mr Bolden said: "When I became the Nasa administrator, he [Mr Obama] charged me with three things. "One, he wanted me to help reinspire children to want to get into science and math; he wanted me to expand our international relationships; and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way t...
[14:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 3330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:08] <exec> 08└─Reality within NK is seriously distorted. Well, much more than in the rest of the so called free world. A public radio transmission would do no good. Well, most of the people (who can afford to) already has access to "free" tv and radio, since radio waves from Japan, SK and China do not respect the...
[14:27:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 1908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:09] <exec> 08└─A few billion? So, after they've rebuilt a few 100 buildings in Seuol, then what? It is all fine? First up they'd be pissed you attacked without informing them (it's not like they don't have a preemptive strike plan ready, just coordinate), secondly they be _really_ pissed off at you for not sending...
[14:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:11] <exec> 08└─now you really tell me that ISIS is not a world threat anymore? With all the latest attacks in europe?
[14:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:13] <exec> 08└─120 kilotons is not a "wimpy fizzle", you ignoramus. It is EIGHT Hiroshimas. It is the same yield as a W-76 Trident missile warhead, you know, the weapon that makes up the backbone of the deterrent. The archaic old multi-megaton warheads, obsolete now, were ridiculous overkill. All they did was make...
[14:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:15] <exec> 08└─According to the U.S. propaganda outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [rferl.org], North Korea announced in 2009 "that it no longer considers itself bound by the cease-fire agreement." The same source says that South Korea was never a party to the agreement.
[14:27:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 166 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:26] <exec> 08└─If it was really a homeopathic product, it would have zero active substance in it and wouldn't do any damn thing. Clearly the product is a sham: I would ask a refund!
[14:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:54] <exec> 08└─Karl Popper wants a word.
[14:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:55] <exec> 08└─Take a look at the bracelet. A picture is in TFA. It looks like it's made from beads ive seem at the craft store. There's nothing magical, mystical, or medical about the materials or construction. It's pretty though. And rather than going on about homeopathy (the designated whipping boy of alternati...
[14:29:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:55] <exec> 08└─Well I suppose you could consider the emotional attachment some people tie to their browser of choice as being a religion, so I guess you could argue they are discriminating on religious belief. Seems like a stretch, though. There did seem to be a jihad against IE for years, though....
[14:29:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:56] <exec> 08└─woosh
[14:31:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:22] <exec> 08└─> ...who are gonna crash anyway. There is also a need for cars for demolition derby -- but somehow I don't think that all these special niches for a car that is "going to be crashed anyway" add up to more than a small fraction of the cars with water damage.
[14:31:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 1250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:23] <exec> 08└─Huh? A lot of this is totally wrong. Carmakers are still making all-new engine designs; the "SkyActiv" engines in Mazdas are only a few years old or so, and they're supposed to be introducing a HCCI engine in a year or two. Other automakers are much the same; no one's still using shitty old engines...
[14:31:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 1270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:25] <exec> 08└─US prices peaked at a bit over $4/gallon in 2008, and people were trading in their SUVs for economy cars in droves. Yep, but lately they've all been in a rush to trade those in on big-ass SUVs. Americans are so stupid. Gas was over $4/gallon as recently as 2012 in Connecticut, IIRC. For instance, au...
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[15:25:57] <exec> 08└─SEWP continues to experience incredible growth during the 2017 Fiscal Year. [...] To Date, SEWP has over $1.5B in orders – an increase of 10% over last year
[15:26:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 98 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:21] <exec> 08└─"It's illegal to threaten the President, even if you're joking." -- Clint Eastwood, "Line Of Fire"
[15:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:14] <exec> 08└─There seems to be quite heated spirits about this NK issue. There are plenty of books and even plenty of films on NK regime and history... A lot of people (western) wrote about their experience in NK. A lot of escaped people from NK too wrote books about the country and the regime. There is even off...
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[15:27:15] <exec> 08└─I did some duckduckgoing, mostly to find the proper english titles: https://www.goodreads.com [goodreads.com] https://www.goodreads.com [goodreads.com] https://www.goodreads.com
[15:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:17] <exec> 08└─If what you say is true then there is at least one big difference: With Iraq the entire world knew it was bullshit. We could all plainly see that there were no WMDs and it was all just a big pretext for a war of aggression to satisfy Dick "Blofeld" Cheney's PNAC masturbatory fantasies. There was no...
[15:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:19] <exec> 08└─You forget China is...Chinese. Saving face is everything, especially to the Party. To do anything that vaguely resembles acceding to US wishes is unthinkable.
[15:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:59] <exec> 08└─Did you rtfa? That bracelet doesn't look like if involved any soldering. The lead was in innocuous looking spacer beads probably purchased from a craft store. As for homeopathy...well, my favorite "homeopathic" product is Zicam. Its active ingredient is Zinc, which preliminary research suggests real...
[15:28:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:00] <exec> 08└─So if I read TFA it will explain how the active ingredient in a bracelet was diluted?
[15:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:03] <exec> 08└─I read both TFAs and even searched for "homeopathic bracelet", there is no explanation anywhere about what a bracelet could have to do with homeopathy.
[15:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 1593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:38] <exec> 08└─Depends very much on the robots we're talking about. Even without fancy AI, if you have good enough image recognition algorithms with sufficient CPU power and correspondingly fast&exact robotics, you can build a soldier robot that walks around and analyses its surroundings with a 100 FPS camera in r...
[15:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Propose New Theories Of Black Holes From The Very Early Universe - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:16] <exec> 08└─As originally noted, why is there a constant ratio of visible to black holes? You haven't offered any explanation for this and it is very strange (if dark matter is black holes) that many galaxies of different ages would have the same relationship.
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[16:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:05] <exec> 08└─I am Wilford Brimley and I would like to talk to you for a few minutes about diabeetus. About diabeetus and how it has affected me and my life.
[16:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX Successfully Tests Falcon Heavy First Stage Cores - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:12] <exec> 08└─The Heavy should eventually start to really open up space, restoring the heavy-lift capacity we've been missing for so long. Especially important now that Bigelow etc. seem to be ready to use that capacity to start making quick and easy pop-up orbital habitats. And in the meantime, we should hopeful...
[16:26:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:31] <exec> 08└─marco rubio is alleged to have said something. heh
[16:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:52] <exec> 08└─that idiot boy to insult China in some manner that China finds impossible to ignore.
[16:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:37] <exec> 08└─Homeopathy, like vee-guh-nizm, could only be developed by a mind warped by pseudo-teen-angst of the white middle class of the 90s.
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[17:25:44] <exec> 08└─Awesome. Pointless.
[17:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:45] <exec> 08└─Reading the hackaday article, it seems they have patented putting LEDs on the fronts of filing cabinet drawers (effectively). Of course there are a number of improvements, the drawers move in and out under program control...and they have at least tried to make the whole thing weather proof (an ice s...
[17:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:47] <exec> 08└─No amount of advertising will change the fact that: 1 - Is bad for your health. 2 - Tastes like shit.
[17:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:50] <exec> 08└─I'm curious what the expected lifetime is of these. They seem to be cantilevered slides, with probably thousands of actuations a day (if we guess once every ten seconds, we are looking at around 8000). In New York exposed to the elements. I know advertising in Times Square is hot and probably change...
[17:26:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:15] <exec> 08└─He said "something different" not "anything different". The actual left has little to no representation in congress; what you call the left is probably just neoliberalism with a veneer of identity politics.
[17:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:17] <exec> 08└─Not only that, but he is a homosexual. And by the type of homo I mean, the "Go wild!" type. There are pictures of him dressed like a Chippendale's dancer in attandance of foam parties -- gay foam parties. He looks like a bottom.
[17:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:19] <exec> 08└─Takes one to know one! Can't say I'm surprised, all that trollish anger is coming from somewhere.
[17:27:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Shimitar [4208] 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 3332 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:00] <exec> 08└─Doesn't anybody see this is just a smoke screen? Yes, this time around (Weapons Of Mass Destruction, anybody already forgot?) there is a little bit more proof (maybe), but after all somebody might remember that the other "imbecile" (GWB) did some years ago, and also we have China nearby, not some st...
[17:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:39] <exec> 08└─Any "explanation" would be like, "Damn, sorry guys, sux to be u! Here's a few billion to rebuild with!"
[17:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:41] <exec> 08└─Anyone have info on why China tolerates this?
[17:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:43] <exec> 08└─losing a few million South Koreans is perfectly acceptable to get rid of the North Yes, it is... Ain't war hell? HAHAHAHA! Drop the bomb. Exterminate them all. You public relation sissies need to get out of the way. We must fight to win for a change.
[17:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:45] <exec> 08└─The first bumbling steps in history of thermonuclear weaponry were plagued by scientific uncertainties and orders-of-magnitude "rounding errors". The Castle Bravo test shocked everyone who was unfortunate enough to be within range to perceive the fireball and shockwave, including the scientists and...
[17:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:47] <exec> 08└─Oh please! Stop with the melodramatics! Fighting to win is how we defeated the Krauts and the Japs. And they have over 70 years of peace, absolutely unprecedented, a new record every day. If we did the same with the ruskies and chinks, we wouldn't be in this mess. Apply the same rules to the middle...
[17:29:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:06] <exec> 08└─Russia has been doing the war-for-conquest thing lately. China seems like they might want to, but are holding back for the most part. But war like you describe (still legally war, even though the US never declares it) is even worse than the scenario I presented. It highly incentivizes war-for-conque...
[17:29:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:07] <exec> 08└─China's only holding back because their opponents are big and nuclear (US/Japan and India, and Russia isn't exactly a major historical ally). They're constantly pushing the boundaries to try and push the limits out as far as possible. Since they're not willing to stop doing this, there'll be a misju...
[17:29:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Propose New Theories Of Black Holes From The Very Early Universe - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:47] <exec> 08└─Is there any reason to believe quantum black holes *wouldn't* evaporate? Outside of the theoretical problem that they might leave behind a naked singularity? I'm not sure a naked singularity is a problem. Not one the size of a quantum black hole. It's not like virtual particles aren't a standard fea...
[17:30:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 74 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:30:03] <exec> 08└─Wow, 3%? IoT devices are selling like hotcakes! I need to invest in Intel!
[17:31:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bziman [3577] 02 - 06Remember "Katrina Cars"? They're baaaack! - 1287 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:31:16] <exec> 08└─During the flooding in Colorado a few years back, my car was caught in about three feet of water... all of the mechanical stuff and most of the electronics were completely submerged. After the water receded, I had the car towed to the dealer, who declared it a total loss, and my insurance concurred....
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[18:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03xhedit [6669] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:56] <exec> 08└─I just watched 90 seconds of advertisement for the first time in years. What the hell, SoylentNews? I thought you were better than this.
[18:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:58] <exec> 08└─I wonder how long it will be before bits of it start failing. I kind of doubt it is designed to be easy to fix.
[18:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:28] <exec> 08└─Perhaps he will be effective at finding funding, however he also will set priorities. And naturally Trump selected someone who does not accept the scientific consensus on global climate change. NASA is the last government organization that should ignore global warming; most of the research is derive...
[18:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:29] <exec> 08└─I'm inclined to agree, as you say, tentatively. Anything thing helps us get beyond flying in circles in LEL is a plus.
[18:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:31] <exec> 08└─And your over-achieving war hero got us...where?
[18:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:33] <exec> 08└─Why is that important? Does it mean he'll have trouble getting a budget passed? Does it mean he won't support a radio telescope on the backside of the moon? Seriously, I'm not sure it's not important, but I don't see any reason to think that it is.
[18:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:35] <exec> 08└─I don't expect to like the politics of anyone Trump selects. But it would be nice if they were competent. One of NASAs problems is lack of long term funding for specific projects. Would this guy be better than the current at obtaining this. Another problem is goals that are unfeasible under the oper...
[18:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:48] <exec> 08└─Excuse me, but I have trouble taking anything posted on/by hidden-truth.net seriously. Do you have some reason to believe them? I'm assuming they are affiliated with hidden-truth.org which says: Revealing Hidden Technologies and Truths on UFO's, Ancient Mysteries... Now that's all I could see, as ne...
[18:26:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:50] <exec> 08└─I went to the original article (elsevier journal, let's not talk about that). It's free to read, so you can too. I wanted to see the pictures, to get an intuitive notion of why they believe they have this result. In any case, they seem to make a good job of listing their reasons for both the age, an...
[18:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:52] <exec> 08└─Just because it walked erect doesn't mean it's homo-anything.
[18:27:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aliks [357] 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 602 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:09] <exec> 08└─Because its in China's interest. The US policy is to put a cordon of US friendly countries around any enemy state. South Korea fits the bill. China wants to weaken the link between S Korea and the US, so letting N Korea have some leeway fits the bill. S Korea gets to see that the US cannot protect...
[18:28:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:06] <exec> 08└─You people prefer killing them softly for the next century or two? Let's finish this once and for all while we still have the overwhelming advantage. Nukes end the wars, not start them. Public relations is a ball and chain, and it's clouding your judgement. Carpet bomb the place now, fire up a fatty...
[18:28:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:07] <exec> 08└─Not till we close the Mineshaft Gap there, General Turgidson.
[18:28:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 782 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:09] <exec> 08└─Casualties would run into the hundreds of thousands. Christ! Why the hell should we care? You're supposed to fight to win! Damn! We have become such pussies since the last real war! We're just making it easier for the damn Russians and Chinese to take over the world because you goddamn people won't...
[18:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:12] <exec> 08└─Anyone who ultimately draws his power from a population of serfs, laborers, techs, or whatever, and fails to provide for that population, has some damned irrational ideas. Even if you consider the serfs to be no more than cattle, any rancher knows that he must take care of his cattle.
[18:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:55] <exec> 08└─Help me Obi Wan Khallow. You're my only hope!
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[19:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:42] <exec> 08└─Yeah. Dick Niggers. Yeah so we never fuck no old pussy. We fuck a whole lotta young pussy. Dick Niggers shootin a nut tween yo folds.
[19:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:43] <exec> 08└─Displaced Russian diplomats from SF on vacation. After all, isn't Russia responsible for Trump, AGW, Hurricane Harvey, my flat tire last week, and the leak of Game of Thrones?
[19:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:45] <exec> 08└─This IS one of the consequences of allowing uncontrolled illegal aliens pass through the county. Few of the nations that those illegals come from have the health standards that the US enjoys. It means nothing for them to spread their random diseases around the world. In fact, it's a bit of revenge,...
[19:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:48] <exec> 08└─There's a skills shortage in the tech industry! The filthy homeless street shitters are just as good as filthy h1b street shitters, right?
[19:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:50] <exec> 08└─The flat tire? That was your fault. You shouldn't have been cruising the bar parking lots, searching out potential gay partners.
[19:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:52] <exec> 08└─Yes indeed our very own Michael David Crawford spent some time pretending to be homeless while he gathered enough sympathy for his personal brand to land a high paying tech job. His sob story was so compelling now he can afford to unlock the vault of riches which was holding his personal fortune whi...
[19:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:54] <exec> 08└─Hey man, I normally agree with that sentiment but hep A, unlike B and C, is caused by contaminated produce rather than nasty immigrant bummery. I'm surprised San Diego is actually doing anything about it -- we are well-known for our disdain for bums.
[19:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:56] <exec> 08└─It's worse than that. Mdc has admitted repeatedly that the real reason he pretended to be homeless was to get debt collectors off his back. It's the perfect scam. 1, hide assets in offshore accounts. 2, hide valuables in storage lockers in foreign countries. 3, live in a tent, be seen by witnesses....
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[19:26:10] <exec> 08└─Franky, It look like it could be easy to fix. Use a suspended scaffold(like window cleaners use) and just replace the broken modules.
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[19:26:12] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgFhZZ7emg4 [youtube.com]
[19:26:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03richtopia [3160] 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 410 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:41] <exec> 08└─Perhaps he will be effective at finding funding, however he also will set priorities. And naturally Trump selected someone who does not accept the scientific consensus on global climate change. NASA is the last government organization that should ignore global warming; most of the research is derive...
[19:26:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:47] <exec> 08└─the new guy actually has equal, perhaps better, chance of getting funding for NASA to actually do something great.
[19:27:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:03] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure Sappho has you beat on introducing romance to woman in general :) And the gauls have you beat on pretty much all forms of sex :)
[19:28:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:22] <exec> 08└─I'm at an undisclosed location, learning ballroom dancing. Why can't everyone have a good time?
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[20:25:52] <exec> 08└─This IS one of the consequences of allowing uncontrolled illegal aliens pass through the county. Few of the nations that those illegals come from have the health standards that the US enjoys. It means nothing for them to spread their random diseases around the world. In fact, it's a bit of revenge,...
[20:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:58] <exec> 08└─Which fat cat capitalist got the sweet government contract to sell portable hand-washing stations to the homeless? Where's OriginalSocialist to whine about how socialism would have fixed everything by giving the homeless jerbs selling portable hand-washing stations to each other? Where's CapitalistB...
[20:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:01] <exec> 08└─Fuck the debt collectors, I'm entitled.
[20:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:03] <exec> 08└─Apparently Hep-A can survive in wastewater flow, and if treatment plants don't have sufficient filtration/chemical reactivity it can make its way back into the 'freshwater' supply and recontaminate the populace. This was a common problem in the Carribbean when I visited a few years back. You only dr...
[20:26:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:05] <exec> 08└─Only if they're cisfemale. We need more crazy bag lady programmers!
[20:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:07] <exec> 08└─we are well-known for our disdain for bums. Yeah well, it is well placed. We should be rounding up the motherfuckers and drown 'em like the disease ridden rats that they are, turn 'em into chum, and send it to the salmon farms. If it wasn't for the fear of bad PR and these damn SWJs, we could solve...
[20:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:09] <exec> 08└─I'm surprised San Diego is actually doing anything about it -- we are well-known for our disdain for bums.
[20:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:12] <exec> 08└─Bar parking lots? That seems rather inefficient compared to truck stops. I guess he just has high standards, I suppose.
[20:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:14] <exec> 08└─I knew a lesbian vampire programmer who aged out of tech as soon as she became a cougar preying on the blood of young women. Ageist SJWs are intolerant hypocrites.
[20:26:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:16] <exec> 08└─Horseshit. Even East Village is crawling with cops and private security. Much of the streets there are smattered with piss and feces, and one morning there was a dude jacking up (injecting heroin) in broad daylight. But bum-on-non-bum violence is exceedingly rare in all parts of San Diego.
[20:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:18] <exec> 08└─The homeless might have jobs if the illegals and other Tijuana labor weren't so busy taking them.
[20:26:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:20] <exec> 08└─I don't know about MDC but phoney bums are a big problem here in San Diego, in the beachfront communities. They're basically rich-kids who in childish bouts of misguided rage got mad at daddy and their upper middle-class Connecticut lifestyles and decided to become drifters. They literally beg for y...
[20:26:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:22] <exec> 08└─I should know this - As of a few years ago I still had the antibodies of hep A in my bloodstream. I got it when I was 10, ate a bad batch of side-of-the-road strawberries. Not unpleasant at all, though, and not even remotely a menace to my liver when compared to...other habits. Still, everytime I vi...
[20:26:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:25] <exec> 08└─I'll tell you, getting out of debt is an art. I call it The Art of the Comeback, that's what I called my book. In which I tell how I was walking along Fifth Avenue in 1990. With Marla, we were married then. And what do we see on the most important and prestigious shopping street in New York City, a...
[20:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Offtopic) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:40] <exec> 08└─Mexican Coke (the kind that California hipsters and construction workers prefer because it's made with real sugar) is pretty decent. Now, Mountain Dew is a soda that tastes like shit.
[20:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:42] <exec> 08└─Keep in mind that Coke could sell ad time on it, sell it to another advertiser, or even offer consulting writing physical routines for other companies' ads.
[20:26:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:44] <exec> 08└─Offtopic, my ass, you fucking cocksucker! Looks like I found the Mountain Dew drinker.
[20:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:19] <exec> 08└─Eth, the problem is his OWN dick in his mouth, not someone else's. He's a walking, organic Klein bottle.
[20:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:55] <exec> 08└─To be clear, I have many options. One of which is a dance off. 🇺🇸
[20:28:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:56] <exec> 08└─(note: it's NOT the first time NK claims to have successfully launched missiles, rockets and even ICBM.. But this time around it made news. Why?)
[20:28:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:58] <exec> 08└─I'd love to see someone say "fight to win for a change" in front of a vet / active military.
[20:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:01] <exec> 08└─Not irrational, just completely unscrupulous. Completely without compassion. A narcissist psychopath. He takes care of his cattle by keeping them ignorant and subjugated. Let's face it, slavery lasted in some societies for a long time.
[20:31:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 1799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:53] <exec> 08└─There are all sorts of teaching fads. I have seen them come and go. A few years ago it was iPads. Many years before that it was IBM PS/2s (computer fads have been going on for a *long* time). This year it is chromebooks. except that these stats are -last- month's numbers, when school was out in the...
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[21:26:16] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 96 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:16] <exec> 08└─This IS one of the consequences of allowing uncontrolled illegal aliens pass through the county.
[21:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:18] <exec> 08└─Those aren't rich kids, they're leftover devs from Daybreak Games/SOE.
[21:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:38] <exec> 08└─I don't always downmod, but when I dew, I sip a Baja Blast.
[21:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:39] <exec> 08└─Hey now, there's nothing wrong with Mountain Dew. It's especially good when served as a homeopathic dilution in vodka or similar strong alcohol. I find the best results are around the point where you average 1/10th of a molecule of 'Dew per gallon of alcohol. :-D
[21:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:41] <exec> 08└─Holy Jesus fuck, there's a Mountain Dew Wiki?! [wikia.com] I want off this ride, man.
[21:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:43] <exec> 08└─I work for Boston Dynamics. Our traditional customers have lost interest in the robots we're famous for, but in the development process we gained much mechatronic knowledge. Such that advertisers and others interested in those displays are enlisting our services to design exhibits like the Coke disp...
[21:26:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:45] <exec> 08└─I certainly hope so. It really depends on how they are designed, little things like easy access to retaining bolts and cable connectors will be a big factor. most of the designers I've worked with over the years gave zero consideration to things beyond just building it. Oh, the horror stories I coul...
[21:27:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 439 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:04] <exec> 08└─Rubio isn't just what's wrong with the Senate, he's the embodiment of all that's wrong with politics. Saw him give a speech to a group he didn't care about once, saw that flash of "oh crap, how am I going to snow these people" go across his face before he lit up the smile and turned to the crowd to...
[21:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:22] <exec> 08└─And by the type of homo I mean, the "Go wild!" type. There are pictures of him dressed like a Chippendale's dancer in attandance of foam parties -- gay foam parties.
[21:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:39] <exec> 08└─This may or may not be a credible site. It would seem a lot more credible if the stories weren't written with such self-assurance.
[21:28:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Whoever [4524] 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 84 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:28:48] <exec> 08└─that idiot boy to insult China in some manner that China finds impossible to ignore.
[21:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:04] <exec> 08└─I've noticed a trend, people who use racist language are often the ones pushing for mass death. "Kill em all, glass it over, acceptable losses" etc. Racism is a dehumanizing of one group, I guess it makes sense that it would pair up with violence. You can play what-if all day and get nowhere, but I'...
[21:29:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:05] <exec> 08└─I have, and most of them agree with me. They understand how their efforts are sabotaged by the officers and politicians. Hell, even WW2 dragged on for so long due to official incompetence and corruption. So, you can kindly fuck off, you idiot!
[21:29:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:07] <exec> 08└─There's no need to drag any nukes into this if it comes down to military conflict. The US I'm sure is quite capable of levelling North Korea with conventional bombs (I'm sure we have some real beauties the military would just love to see in action), if done with enough precision they could likely ne...
[21:29:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:52] <exec> 08└─It seems a bit redundant to poison a baby that already has high levels of lead.
[21:30:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vladimir Putin Speaks About AI, War, and Mars to Students - 886 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:31] <exec> 08└─This is how it was explained to me. People everywhere are trying to build the AI. Lots of very smart people. Sooner or later, someone will build it. The AI will take over, it will run everything. Ruling like this world has never seen. And it will have a friends list and an enemies list. Who doesn't?...
[21:32:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Browser Marketshare Strikes Above 3% - 1022 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:02] <exec> 08└─MS is trying, oh yes, they're trying. So far they've been contributors to Linux kernel code, though as far as I know that's been entirely benign - patches to allow Linux to run better under Hyper-V and such. Also looking at the entire Linux subsystem for Win10 - how long until they're trying to add...
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[22:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Simple Methods Would Have Allowed Neanderthals to Distill Tar as an Adhesive - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:51] <exec> 08└─They'll put us in the museum. Maybe we'll get a direct hit. It will metamorphosize us. Superman, he can take a lump of coal...and he'd squeeze it, and it would make a diamond. Diamonds...you and me, Harry. You and me. Diamonds. Third date, Harry, I'm going to screw your eyes blue.
[22:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Simple Methods Would Have Allowed Neanderthals to Distill Tar as an Adhesive - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:52] <exec> 08└─Miracle Mile [imdb.com]? Haven't watched that in a while. It's one of my favorite films in its subject area.
[22:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Simple Methods Would Have Allowed Neanderthals to Distill Tar as an Adhesive - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:54] <exec> 08└─Denise Crosby's character ironically escapes death in a tar pit, having already died in a tar pit on Star Trek instead.
[22:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Coca Cola's 3D Times Square Advertising Sign Works - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:48] <exec> 08└─The sign is fairly deep. Think they've got ladders and gangways up against the building with a way to retract the screens? With some pivots and rails they could detach the screen from the actuator, then flip it up flat and pull it back.
[22:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06President Trump Nominates Congressman Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:26] <exec> 08└─Nice! [jezebel.com] High heeled boots even! [esquire.com] I approve! [towleroad.com]
[22:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 065.7 Million Year Old Footprints Challenge Hominin Evolution Timeline - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:45] <exec> 08└─This may or may not be a credible site
[22:29:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:12] <exec> 08└─I'd love to see someone say "fight to win for a change" in front of a vet / active military.
[22:29:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:13] <exec> 08└─You're the type of psychotic that paves the road to hell.
[22:29:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:15] <exec> 08└─were ridiculous overkill.
[22:30:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:01] <exec> 08└─My immediate thought was that the jewellery was probably imported from China, India, or another country fortunate enough not to suffer under the oppressive yoke of government over-regulation
[22:30:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:02] <exec> 08└─Sort of Darwinism-by-proxy?
[22:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kepler Space Telescope Observes Bright Pleiades Using "Halo Photometry" - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:16] <exec> 08└─I see no documents that pre-date Aristotle, nor any mention of him at all, nor any mention of hoplites or Spartans. This last bit is not surprising, since the Spartans were not that great, Navally speaking. So how is this citation supposed to show that Aristotle learned this from the military? (Act...
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[23:27:14] <exec> 08└─I wonder if they would have been so continuating if JFK hadn't been killed - was Apollo seen as a Kennedy legacy at the time? Johnson couldn't have overrode it, and Nixon even if he could would go down as an unorganised president - his name and signature on the moon long after the US and the rest of...
[23:29:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; Seismic Activity Reported - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:01] <exec> 08└─Also, Kim is adept at playing off China against the USA.
[23:29:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Homeopathic "Healing Bracelet" Poisons Baby With High Levels of Lead - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:50] <exec> 08└─Thank you for the link to the Time Cube, it's been years since I've read it, and it's as fresh as ever. Also, the healing bracelets will no doubt help me capture pure energy... Oh, no, they're for women only!
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