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[00:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:25] <exec> 08└─Fuck them
[00:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:26] <exec> 08└─I'd agree but it breaks standards. I'm old enough to remember the last time browser makers thought that was a good idea and that is not a road I want to go down again.
[00:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 1312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:29] <exec> 08└─Not that I see very many ads myself, but whenever I see the "personalized" ads other people are getting the suggestions are terrible. For instance, people will often be bombarded with ads for something they have already bought. I think the old model of choosing the ad based on the content it is bein...
[00:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:31] <exec> 08└─Don't require cookies. Serve your own ads. Don't support huge spying networks. Don't make obnoxious ads. I bought that washing machine 6 months ago, quit showing me ads for them. In other words, don't fuck with me and I might, just might, let you show ads. Until then, fuck off and die. Hopefully ver...
[00:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:33] <exec> 08└─Exactly what browser standard does it break? It's not talking about Mosaic/Netscape/IE specific html tags from the 90's that weren't supported in other respective browsers, but this is about blocking ads. Ads are part of the www, but were never a www standard.
[00:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:35] <exec> 08└─Pretty much any time someone says it is "Bad for consumer choice" they mean the exact opposite... It is bad for their business model of spamming you incessantly! :) Not so much for making the consumer actually go out and find the product they really want or need rather than having the scungiest play...
[00:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:37] <exec> 08└─I skip the Sierra upgrade, but this news has motivated me to start looking at Safari as my primary browser and I plan to quickly upgrade from El Capitan to High Sierra because of this one feature.
[00:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:40] <exec> 08└─Good for Apple, and good for their users. I don't consider the online advertising "industry" to be engaged in a legitimate economic activity. They are constantly devising ways to circumvent the *deliberate and intentional* measures I have taken to prevent being tracked online. Do Not Track was their...
[00:39:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mr_bad_influence [3854] 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 509 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:54] <exec> 08└─Not funny for some folks. Out here in the country where your steaks come from, the only other provieder (Mid-Rivers Communications) is not taking any new customers (due to capacity maybe). Loss of Verizon service may affect safety. Steve Leitner of Hogeland (north of Harlem and 11 miles south of Can...
[00:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:00] <exec> 08└─So is eveyone ready to get rid of POTS service now? Hm? I'm sorry, I couldn't make out what you were saying, it sounded like choppy robot throwing up. [NO CARRIER]
[00:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:02] <exec> 08└─It is you, fustakrakich, who is not funny. [soylentnews.org] Neither are you correct about trying to "force open markets" using city or state government power, as it is federal government itself that has a stranglehold on who is or isn't allowed to do business in most wireless technologies, specific...
[00:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:04] <exec> 08└─Silence! you bubble-headed boobie!
[00:40:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:06] <exec> 08└─Try adding "niggers" to bypass the filter.
[00:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03McGruber [3038] (Score: 2) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:09] <exec> 08└─Grandma who makes 3 calls and downloads 200MB per month isn't being overcharged enough to subsidize the heavy users.
[00:40:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 685 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:19] <exec> 08└─How come they'll keep my emails, 15 GB worth, forever (not quite sure if it's actually forever but sometimes I forget to check the gmail account for months at a time and it's still there) but they will only keep phone backups for two weeks? There should be just as much "interesting" data for them to...
[00:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:28] <exec> 08└─So according to Google, two weeks is a "long" period of time?
[00:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:30] <exec> 08└─Two Words: Very long passphrases [aescrypt.com]. After two whole weeks, no one will remember such things. ;) Strong encryption and plausible deniability are a powerful combination. Besides, using some automated spying tool from Google to back up your unencrypted data, rather than strongly encrypting...
[00:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:32] <exec> 08└─if your only back-up was google cloud, then nothing of value could be lost. If it is important, thenyou have a local back -up, a second local back-up, and an encrypted off-site, off-line back-up in a trusted friend's safe. What people sometimes call paranoia is just the flip side of awareness of fra...
[00:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Savaged by Systemd - 908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:14] <exec> 08└─I couldn't disagree more WRT "simplicity" and Redmond. MICROS~1's junk is sludge piled on top of more sludge. It's not an example of simplicity; it's a Klein flask. [google.com] A favorite topic of blogger and Linux advocate Robert Pogson is MICROS~1's needless complexity. [google.com] Here's M$ guy...
[00:42:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Virindi [3484] 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 109 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:26] <exec> 08└─This will be a huge security issue and only geeks that know how to install an OS from scratch will be spared.
[00:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:32] <exec> 08└─Maybe you should add a new mod, Fuzzer, for those that help finding bugs.
[00:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:35] <exec> 08└─Rather just offer him a SN hat. I think we're gonna get a few dozen made up here soon for the folks who contribute the most to the site. Significantly better quality and aesthetics than the ones in the store. And we can write them off on our taxes as advertising.
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[01:39:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:26] <exec> 08└─Don't require cookies. Serve your own ads. Don't support huge spying networks. Don't make obnoxious ads. I bought that washing machine 6 months ago, quit showing me ads for them. In other words, don't fuck with me and I might, just might, let you show ads. Until then, fuck off and die. Hopefully ver...
[01:39:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03drussell [2678] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 553 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:28] <exec> 08└─Pretty much any time someone says it is "Bad for consumer choice" they mean the exact opposite... It is bad for their business model of spamming you incessantly! :) Not so much for making the consumer actually go out and find the product they really want or need rather than having the scungiest play...
[01:39:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03julian [6003] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 791 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:31] <exec> 08└─Good for Apple, and good for their users. I don't consider the online advertising "industry" to be engaged in a legitimate economic activity. They are constantly devising ways to circumvent the *deliberate and intentional* measures I have taken to prevent being tracked online. Do Not Track was their...
[01:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:33] <exec> 08└─Keeping cookies until they expire is. Sure, allow users to nuke them any way they see fit if you like. Breaking standards as a default is a bad thing though.
[01:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:35] <exec> 08└─Sure they keep them until they expire. They expire in 24 hrs.
[01:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:38] <exec> 08└─But tracking makes me paranoid
[01:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:40] <exec> 08└─If you download a 43 byte file it's likely to be a transparent gif.
[01:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:42] <exec> 08└─You are absolutely right. After all, look at all the money poured into TV advertising... its not like TVs can do any ad tracking or personalization at all. (Unless you are stupid enough to have a "Smart" TV ;) )
[01:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:44] <exec> 08└─Some cookies expire before they are even set! Amazing. And, isn't it nice that cookies are set, like just set out there to cool, or something, rather than violently inserted against my will! NOBODY expects the Violent Imposition of the Cookies! Mostly because the corps will not tell you about them,...
[01:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:46] <exec> 08└─Where are our DN posts, Buzzard? What have you done! Did you break standards, or just censor some innocent AC?
[01:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 861 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:49] <exec> 08└─What? Microsoft tracking became an unavoidable standard in Windows 10, at least not without severe challenges for the unprepared. If the breaking of cookies used to track me somehow disrupts an economy that I don't benefit directly from, then those sites that don't work right won't work right and I'...
[01:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:51] <exec> 08└─just do what the other two guys that got downmodded said
[01:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:15] <exec> 08└─I note that you, fustakrakich, default to impotent attempts to tell others on the Internet to shut up, particularly when they point out your pathetic errors posing as postulation. I expect it will work as well this time as it has the last [soylentnews.org] several [soylentnews.org] times [soylentnew...
[01:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:51] <exec> 08└─What she sed is AWKward.
[01:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Savaged by Systemd - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:18] <exec> 08└─Artix, an admittedly somewhat rough fork of ArchLinux, seems to work well enough. I had some issues with the Calamares installer; it's best to partition your drive manually and then just have Calamares mount the partitions, not format them, apparently. And initial install takes a while since it's mo...
[01:43:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 116 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:23] <exec> 08└─Actually make Wayland do what X can do (rather than handwaving about vague possibilities) and people might adopt it.
[01:43:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rich [945] 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 5269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:33] <exec> 08└─As Hanlon's Razor "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." goes, I occasionally wonder if malice can be found in this area to keep Linux away from mainstream success. The X architecture and its detail solutions are so squarely off, that it is impossible to improve...
[01:43:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 993 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:35] <exec> 08└─As someone who once made a block of shared MEMORY network transparent using mmap and a segv handler, I call bullshit. Now, my network shared memory was dreadfully inefficient mainly because it had to be bolted on to a protocol that never considered network transparency, but it actually worked, and d...
[01:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 2154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:44] <exec> 08└─Now that was awfully apologetic. The software just beneath X11, the Linux kernel, shows how a large scale project is properly run. It may have its rough edges, but in terms of cleanliness, compared to the graphics stack above, it is about two magnitudes ahead. And it took like what, two decades, unt...
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[02:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:26] <exec> 08└─Still black. Still stiff. Dick Νiggers. You know we never fuck no old pussy. And you know we fuck a lotta young pussy. Girl you can run all yo want, this thick nigger dick still fittin up yo snatch at the end o the day. Dick Νiggers.
[02:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:28] <exec> 08└─...when he said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail?
[02:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:30] <exec> 08└─Did he tell his girlfriend he meet Mark Sanford ....
[02:39:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 9 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:38] <exec> 08└─Fuck them
[02:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:55] <exec> 08└─When a cookie expires should be a user's decision. Adding a 24-hour limit on ad targeting cookies
[02:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:56] <exec> 08└─There is not much you do on the web that needs cookies to last longer than a day.
[02:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:58] <exec> 08└─For instance, people will often be bombarded with ads for something they have already bought.
[02:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:01] <exec> 08└─It's important to note that Apple is providing this as a user-configurable option. You can choose whether to automatically expire 3rd-party cookies after 24 hours, or not. Does that make a difference, TMB?
[02:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:03] <exec> 08└─Buzzard wants to have a silly feud with a troll, that's fine. But he should not be causing collateral damage to the site to pursue his personal vendetta.
[02:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 1779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:05] <exec> 08└─There's a very simple reason. In the classical notion of business you are selling a product and people are buying that product. Your customer is your users. There's a mutual alignment of interests. When they're happy, you're making money. Now enter ad-driven "free" services. This bastardizes the ent...
[02:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:07] <exec> 08└─I bought that washing machine 6 months ago, quit showing me ads for them.
[02:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:09] <exec> 08└─Where I am going is that TFA is really about how they want to track and not about making effective ads. "The internet needs tracking to survive!!" stinks of an excuse come up with by the "masters of the universe" to support their "know everything about everyone" goal.
[02:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:12] <exec> 08└─Not much new here that you couldn't get with UBlock and similar. With Apple it will always work they way THEY want it. With browser addons you have a chance of making it work the way you want it.
[02:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:14] <exec> 08└─Consumers don't really love that garbage as much as the producers think they do.
[02:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:16] <exec> 08└─Where are our DN posts,
[02:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:18] <exec> 08└─I like the idea of the default being no cookie survives the session. Close your browser, and it's all gone. That's consistent with the original idea for a cookie; Enhance site operation and remember limited user data for the next session. You have to add sites to a white-list when you want cookies a...
[02:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:21] <exec> 08└─You can choose whether to automatically expire 3rd-party cookies after 24 hours, or not.
[02:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:23] <exec> 08└─Our posts, frojack, not mine! They belong to all Soylentils, as a side benefit of our total commitment to free speech, even Nazi free speech. I am sure you know that DN is not my style at all.
[02:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:49] <exec> 08└─Well let's see. Well let's see. Well let's see. (hmmm, didn't need it)
[02:41:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:26] <exec> 08└─Insightfully insightful! Glad they are finally admitting it.
[02:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:54] <exec> 08└─Do they accept Yuan? Do you have to mail it to them? You know China has restrictions on sending money out of the country. The funny bit is where you think they will be able to use debit cards without the Chinese government knowing about it, and declaring them illegal.
[02:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:55] <exec> 08└─I'm not certain bitcoins were a major consideration in BRICS' decision to move away from the US dollar after the riots next year. The major concern was the capability to buy oil without being tied to a dying empire's currency. As we all learned one winter morning in 2025, that dying empire would rat...
[02:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:57] <exec> 08└─The reason Bitcoin is so popular in China is that China has draconian currency control measures. Citizens are not allowed to take more than 20,000 yuan (~$3,050) outside of the country. Of course that's hardly enough money to do much of anything, so everybody violates it - and Bitcoin has been one o...
[02:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Savaged by Systemd - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:00] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with Klein flasks? You're just jealous because I have a Klein bottle hat with several Acme guarantees about its topology and you don't.
[02:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:21] <exec> 08└─What about using a Bayesian text classifier like dbacl? Train with a good chunk of past posts, spam and not spam, then new submissions get tested and the flagrant autorejected. Every now and then retrain with newer posts. Probably other tools can retrain on the go, but I remember playing with that t...
[02:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:23] <exec> 08└─(Uh, I thought I clicked reply this in page showing only the thread) What about using a Bayesian text classifier like dbacl? Train with a good chunk of past posts, spam and not spam, then new submissions get tested and the flagrant autorejected. Every now and then retrain with newer posts. Probably...
[02:44:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Players Get Varsity Treatment at More US Colleges - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:47] <exec> 08└─...pushing a ton of steel up to 200MPH, inches away from other guys doing the same...
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[03:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:28] <exec> 08└─There was a "three-mile off-trail accidental detour that also added 1,500 feet of elevation" somewhere. Where? I'm kind of hoping he went down the "Six Husbands Trail" by accident, then bushwacked back up to the ridge. :-)
[03:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah, kudos to them for doing so. I have nothing whatsoever against users doing whatever they like with their machines. That should be an affirmative, opt-in setting though. Or change the standard official-like. Either works for me.
[03:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:09] <exec> 08└─You think I'd use an Apple product on purpose?! I'd rather super glue my balls to the back of a man-hating lesbian's motorcycle and tell her she has a nice ass.
[03:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:11] <exec> 08└─Nice dodge, but the fact that you did says much. Is political office your ambition? Which standard?
[03:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:15] <exec> 08└─Yes. The "unknown physics" could even be a rather boring artifact of their data analysis method. The light-curve fitting that is necessary to derive supernova intensity is only thinly justified. It wouldn't be surprising if the dark energy signal is really due to ancient novae acting differently fro...
[03:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:46] <exec> 08└─Mmmhmmm
[03:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fiber Shut Off Customer's Service Because She Owed 12 Cents - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:06] <exec> 08└─The AI was polite, respectful, efficient and error-free. It's still futuristic.
[03:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 756 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:13] <exec> 08└─Nah. I'd prefer us to affirmatively have to pay attention to everything we decide needs blocking as spam. If we're going to deny any speech based on content, some human needs to be accountable for it. Dunno about preview vs submit. I didn't monkey with those bits of the code at all. Just told the re...
[03:44:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Players Get Varsity Treatment at More US Colleges - 814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:38] <exec> 08└─I've always found the existence and elevated importance of College Sport to be anathema to the purpose of a College or University - that is, to engage the mind. The fact that someone can make their way into college simply by virtue of being able to 'stop that guy getting past me' or 'kicking a ball...
[03:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Players Get Varsity Treatment at More US Colleges - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:40] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure the buzzard was referring to auto racing, whose competitors direct a machine with a mass in excess of 1000 kg at speeds close to 320 km/h.
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[04:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:30] <exec> 08└─Must be nice to be physically fit. My fat ass would have sent me home on day three at the 5 mile mark in search of a beer and a pastrami sandwich :-D
[04:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:31] <exec> 08└─I have an idea for fat asses like us. The Trans-America Couch Trip. You have to go across America on a mobile couch you drive with a tablet. It's like Forest Gump, but sitting down eating the fine gourmet food found on the side of the Interstates instead. AI couches are banned, but cruise control is...
[04:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:13] <exec> 08└─this news has motivated me to start looking at Safari as my primary browser and I plan to quickly upgrade from El Capitan to High Sierra because of this one feature.
[04:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:15] <exec> 08└─YOU HATE AMERICA
[04:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:17] <exec> 08└─The issue is that this change breaks the kind of advertising that these companies provide. If you want to serve ads they need to target what a user is doing right now in order to have maximum effect. Targeting the user is usually a waste of money for businesses as there's no guarantee that the ads g...
[04:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:19] <exec> 08└─If they wouldn't use stale information that wouldn't be an issue. Not only does it creep potential customers out, but it's a waste of money. The right way to do it is search ads or content helping customers understand their needs and how the product solves or addresses those needs. There are other o...
[04:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:46] <exec> 08└─Ah, so since you're basically a living robocalling agent, can we Spam mod you? :)
[04:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:47] <exec> 08└─Ah, so since you're basically a living robocalling agent, can we Spam mod you? :)
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[05:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OurMine Hacks Vevo After Employee Was Disrespectful to Hackers on LinkedIn - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:19] <exec> 08└─Security seems to be weak everywhere for many reasons. Lol. So if what could possibly be a big scary hacker is being nice to you, a good policy might require politeness in return and gratitude for information on how they did it? Fuck off should be avoided at all costs, and a more, "please speak with...
[05:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:17] <exec> 08└─Collateral damage? I salute TMB for his work in keeping this site running. If his regexes are hindering yet more postings of dn spam here ( and I do trust it was properly moderated as spam ), good work! This looks to me like a Bayesian filter keyed on crowdsourced spam moderation to disallow future...
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[05:44:26] <exec> 08└─I wish folks would quit posing this nonsense. systemd is -not- compatible with *BSD. GNOME -is- compatible with *BSD. QED: GNOME does not require systemd. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[06:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:29] <exec> 08└─I think you should take another look at cookies. A lot of cookies do expire in 24 hours. Then, you've got things like supercookies that never expire. https://www.techopedia.com [techopedia.com] There is an entire spectrum of cookies, in between. Your banking institution...
[06:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:31] <exec> 08└─I agree - mostly. There are some places that I choose to allow the site to set a more durable cookie. But, that durability should be the user's choice. Unless I click the "remember me" button, the cookie expires with the session, or within 24 hours, and I'll be happy.
[06:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:33] <exec> 08└─Oh, fuck, don't do that to me Buzzard. Coffee on my keyboard and screens, and I couldn't even catch my breath from trying to laugh. Damn you man . . .
[06:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:35] <exec> 08└─Ditto here. I block most ad servers. The few ads I do see, are for things I've already bought, and things that are similar to things I've already bought. I suppose that Amazon has the most intelligent advertising that slips through my filters. "People who bought this, also bought . . . " Now and the...
[06:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:37] <exec> 08└─Really? Some people actually LIKE to be spammed? Maybe you're right - I don't hear a lot of people in day to day life bitching about advertising. Personally, when I want something, I research options using a search engine. I get very specific, and look at specifications. I don't just ask for a doodi...
[06:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:39] <exec> 08└─Damn right! +5 for sure!
[06:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:42] <exec> 08└─lie content marketing
[06:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 1692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:45] <exec> 08└─Thanks for your concern about the accountability, TMB. I thoroughly agree the "spam" moderation is extremely serious and require accountability along with severe penalties for misuse. I would like to see the "spam" mod being the only mod being able to push a score below -1, say, all the way to -5,...
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[07:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford Invests in Michigan's Autonomous Car Testing Grounds - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:24] <exec> 08└─The company just announced that it's making a $5 million investment in the American Center for Mobility. "This is an investment in the safe, rapid testing and deployment of transformative technology that will help improve peoples' lives," Ford's CTO Ken Washington said in a press release (PDF).
[07:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06OurMine Hacks Vevo After Employee Was Disrespectful to Hackers on LinkedIn - 1371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:32] <exec> 08└─My own guess is security is weak because most of us are trained to buy something, not fix it, or design it. We live in a world of auto drivers, while the auto mechanics are limited to do field replaceable unit work. Very few people understand how it works. As intended by those who want to hold us...
[07:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:39] <exec> 08└─How on earth did the advertising industry survive in the pre-internet time? I don't think there's a way to track who has seen an ad in a magazine, or a TV ad (note I'm speaking about traditional TV, which is a pure receiver). There's no way to personalize ads on buses and trains. Billboards show the...
[07:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 938 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:40] <exec> 08└─Yeah that's not what the marketers want. The type of people they are after will see something, hear some hype about it, and start getting really excited about the item. They will start telling their friends how this item is so great and a really big step up from the items of the past. After a short...
[07:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:42] <exec> 08└─If you don't want to buy things based on hype and then immediately move on to the next thing and never even use the item, you hate america. And you're a drain on the economy. The economy only works because people spend spend spend!! When the "velocity" of money decreases everyone loses!!! GO GO GO
[07:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:44] <exec> 08└─Special offer, act fast! Anti-paranoid cream, rectally applied. Now only $7.99 if you order this instant!
[07:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:47] <exec> 08└─But how would Trump get elected in such an environment?
[07:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:49] <exec> 08└─Cookies should be done away with. Web sites use Javascript for everything nowadays, so just keep login information in a Javascript object. That would fix every problem caused by cookies - tracking, information leak between tabs, etc.
[07:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:41:18] <exec> 08└─So, venture outside your little circle and your phone goes dead?
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[08:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:24] <exec> 08└─Did Uber really think that it is a good idea to piss off those who are regulating that market?
[08:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OurMine Hacks Vevo After Employee Was Disrespectful to Hackers on LinkedIn - 1860 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:40] <exec> 08└─Well yes, you can even see it in the shift of terminology. at some point in the past, those who bought your product were "customers". I don't know when exactly, but that changed and we are now referred to as "consumers". The implication being that we are the black hole down which they dump their "p...
[08:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:22] <exec> 08└─No, venture outside your little circle, and you get coverage at no additional cost. I'm guessing your circle is about basement sized, and you have no idea about how the rest of the world works.
[08:45:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:45:05] <exec> 08└─X11 is 30 years old, and the competition is still trying to catch up. RDP wishes it was as transparent as X11. Oh, there are some extensions to allow sending windows rather than screens, but 1) I've never gotten them to work, and 2) they are a hack consisting of allocating a huge desktop and never a...
[08:45:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:45:06] <exec> 08└─> I don't extend it to the rotten network protocol (that needs its own "-X" switch in ssh That's as retarded an argument as saying that taxis are rubbish because you have to ask the driver to open the boot in order to put your luggage there. Setting up an X tunnel is an overhead that most poeple don...
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[08:45:08] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why you wrote "no." To handle requests from X clients, one must by definition have an X server. Perhaps if the X server were integrated into Wayland in a monolithic fashion, you'd say "yes." As a practical matter for users, I'm not seeing that the choice of running Wayland implies...
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[08:45:10] <exec> 08└─Wayland implies loss of functionality because as soon as programs are changed from X clients to Wayland clients, you lose the ability to open them remotely (except for crutches like VNC), and that both on computers running Wayland and on computers running X. Also with some applications talking direc...
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[09:39:21] <exec> 08└─If Uber yielded to regulators, the company would likely not exist today. At any rate, you'd be unlikely to have ever heard of them. They massively lower barriers to entry in transportation, enable cheaper fare for consumers, and enable individuals a way to make a living (or just earn a nice side inc...
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[09:39:23] <exec> 08└─So, criminal enterprise, eh? Nice you can call it "disruptive technology", but how is Greyballing any different than yelling "La Migra!" in a crowded sweatshop?
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[09:39:25] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure if that's the most awkward strawman I've ever read, or is just inherently incoherent. Can you string together a more clear statement?
[09:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:53] <exec> 08└─You have to go across America on a mobile couch
[09:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:44] <exec> 08└─So this means when your device breaks and you have to have an extended battle to get it fixed or replaced, they will delete the backup if you aren't aware of this policy and go get a local copy first.
[09:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:04] <exec> 08└─See also: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[09:44:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sulla [5173] 02 - 06America's Luckiest Lottery Players - 27 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:12] <exec> 08└─Made me think of ringworld.
[09:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06X11 has Turned 30 Years Old - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:45:12] <exec> 08└─I won't complain about netcat adding what's needed to get commands through, but I will complain about the underlying protocol design, that, on a system where "everything is a file and can be piped together", makes issuing remote system commands an interactive exercise in terminal capability negotiat...
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[10:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:09] <exec> 08└─Lovely, they're not even firing them. This ensures these execs will get their nice fat golden parachutes likely earning more money in "retirement" than they would have in years had things not gone tits up. Corporate America is amazing.
[10:39:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:45] <exec> 08└─Must be nice to be physically fit. My fat ass would have sent me home on day three at the 5 mile mark in search of a beer and a pastrami sandwich :-D
[10:39:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Virindi [3484] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 1312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:58] <exec> 08└─Not that I see very many ads myself, but whenever I see the "personalized" ads other people are getting the suggestions are terrible. For instance, people will often be bombarded with ads for something they have already bought. I think the old model of choosing the ad based on the content it is bein...
[10:40:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 1779 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:18] <exec> 08└─There's a very simple reason. In the classical notion of business you are selling a product and people are buying that product. Your customer is your users. There's a mutual alignment of interests. When they're happy, you're making money. Now enter ad-driven "free" services. This bastardizes the ent...
[10:40:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 160 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:28] <exec> 08└─You think I'd use an Apple product on purpose?! I'd rather super glue my balls to the back of a man-hating lesbian's motorcycle and tell her she has a nice ass.
[10:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:49] <exec> 08└─I find your lack of stamina. . . Normal..
[10:40:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:50] <exec> 08└─There's no breaking of standards. A few relevant parts from the standard: Because user agents have finite space in which to store cookies, they may also discard older cookies to make space for newer ones, using, for example, a least-recently-used algorithm, along with constraints on the maximum n...
[10:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:52] <exec> 08└─By having worse alternatives on the ballot.
[10:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:54] <exec> 08└─Depends on where the ads are coming from. Amazon is really bad for this, because their recommendation system is built for books. You bought a book? You'll probably want to buy books in a similar genre. It works really badly for other types of product though (you bought a USB flash drive? You're prob...
[10:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:56] <exec> 08└─Not usefully by default. The Self Destructing Cookies Firefox add-on does this with a much better model though. It actively deletes known tracking cookies almost immediately, and deletes all cookies when you leave a site, but doesn't actually destroy them, it simply moves them to a place where they...
[10:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:59] <exec> 08└─"Welcome to X we use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies. Do you want to know more? " "Welcome to X we use cookies to enhance your experience. Please click "Allow persistent marketing" in your browser to continue. Do you want to know more?"...
[10:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:09] <exec> 08└─> "However, this mysterious quantity is essentially a place-holder for unknown physics" > ... > Helluva way to say, "We've no clue, so we made this up." I agree with this statement; but only in the context that ALL of physics is "made up"; we choose the best model for the data, which is still Dark E...
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[11:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 7787 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:36] <exec> 08└─"Choosing to not serve individuals who's sole purpose in existence is to either remain neutral or interfere with how you would like to operate your business, is not illegal." Tell a court that interfering with the operation of your industry's regulator isn't an attempted fraud/deception. "City trans...
[11:40:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 931 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:53] <exec> 08└─I think you should take another look at cookies. A lot of cookies do expire in 24 hours. Then, you've got things like supercookies that never expire. https://www.techopedia.com [techopedia.com] There is an entire spectrum of cookies, in between. Your banking institution...
[11:41:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheRaven [270] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 349 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:07] <exec> 08└─There's no breaking of standards. A few relevant parts from the standard: Because user agents have finite space in which to store cookies, they may also discard older cookies to make space for newer ones, using, for example, a least-recently-used algorithm, along with constraints on the maximum n...
[11:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:12] <exec> 08└─That would be both this one [ietf.org] and the even older de facto standard implemented by Netscape in 1994 and used by every browser with more than three users since 1995.
[11:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:14] <exec> 08└─They're deeply concerned about less than 15% of all browser users? That sounds so serious. We all know ad targeting is lousy anyway.
[11:41:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:17] <exec> 08└─If a user agent receives a Set-Cookie response header whose NAME is the same as a pre-existing cookie, and whose Domain and Path attribute values exactly (string) match those of a pre-existing cookie, the new cookie supersedes the old. However, if the Set- Cookie has a value for Max-Age of zero, the...
[11:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:19] <exec> 08└─I'd love to see all bowsers make that the default policy.
[11:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:21] <exec> 08└─No, they just want you to wear nicer clothes and spend more money.. It only takes one ebay user to click on a "suggested" item and buy it for them to figure *you*, The Mighty Buzzard, will buy Calvin Klein undies, if they just show you the ads often enough.
[11:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:23] <exec> 08└─If advertisers cared about consumer choice they would respect the DNT HTTP header, and if they did that Apple would have no reason to limit tracking.
[11:41:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:26] <exec> 08└─If any part of that posting belongs to me, its like dogshit on my shoe. I am quite happy TMB has an interest in making the spam pooper drop it somewhere else.
[11:41:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:28] <exec> 08└─And Safari has just defined a resource accounting policy.
[11:44:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Slaps Lenovo on the Wrist for Selling Computers With Secret Adware - 1392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:37] <exec> 08└─I was actually speaking of the spam filters we set up if a specific type of spam persists and is brought to our attention (as it was specifically designed to be) by the Spam mod but yeah, moderation doesn't need to ever be automated either. Appreciate the ideas. Always happy to back and forth someth...
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[12:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon is Building a Haunted House to Hype its Spooky 'Lore' Series - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:29] <exec> 08└─"The scariest stories are often true."
[12:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 1164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:38] <exec> 08└─...not normally this badly. I think this is an excellent reason to discuss the concept of professional liability. Obviously, in the first instance, the company is liable for the damages done. However, at what point should individual people be on the hook? I'm not (necessarily) suggesting that indivi...
[12:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:40] <exec> 08└─So their IT and IT security screw up and are replaced with more people from the failing organisation. I can understand this if their replacements have previously reported about the problems, asked for budgets to fix things but were denied etc... Then it would make sense to promote them, but it woul...
[12:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:42] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't Equifax just go bankrupt from lawsuits and fines from mishandling PII? Then there would be no money/benefits to give the executives.
[12:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:44] <exec> 08└─"Shouldn't Equifax just go bankrupt from lawsuits and fines from mishandling PII? Then there would be no money/benefits to give the executives." CxO types take care of each other. Bet that they already have the bonuses, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have vested (i.e. fully-funded) pensions, pr...
[12:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:46] <exec> 08└─How far down the food chain does personal responsibility go?
[12:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:49] <exec> 08└─Can someone more familiar explain whether this company can survive somehow? Who are their actual customers? Do they still want to do business with Equifax?
[12:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:51] <exec> 08└─Corporate America is amazing.
[12:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:53] <exec> 08└─Their "actual customers" are businesses that want to run credit checks on ordinary people. Which, since many businesses use credit rating as a measure of overall responsibility, is more than you might think. For instance, it's pretty common for employers to run credit checks on people they're consid...
[12:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 1474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:55] <exec> 08└─Their customers are companies considering giving credit cards or loans to individuals. They pay Equifax, and get information on the individual. Supposedly, this is the same information that you see when you ask for a copy of your credit report. However, numerous anecdotes would seem to indicate that...
[12:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:07] <exec> 08└─But it's EASILY overridden and I guarantee the first thing they will do is go get a warrant to do just that using the reason "He's refused consent to search, Your Honour, we'd like you to order him to comply".
[12:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:09] <exec> 08└─I guarantee you 100%, if I'd been true to "my rights", I could have said nothing, make him check the police database (which would have shown the car was on the road legally and passed the same test), not answer most of his questions, been obstructive etc. And what would have happened? Not only would...
[12:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:11] <exec> 08└─> If the mafia yielded to laws, the mob would likely not exist today how is this a good point?
[12:40:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ford Invests in Michigan's Autonomous Car Testing Grounds - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:20] <exec> 08└─The company just announced that it's making a $5 million investment in the American Center for Mobility. "This is an investment in the safe, rapid testing and deployment of transformative technology that will help improve peoples' lives," Ford's CTO Ken Washington said in a press release (PDF).
[12:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford Invests in Michigan's Autonomous Car Testing Grounds - 878 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:22] <exec> 08└─It's not just a motto, it’s a pledge. The era of economic surrender for the United States is over, thanks to me. We are going to be cutting taxes massively for both the middle class and for companies. And that’s massively. We’re trying to get it down to anywhere from 15% to 20%. We think we ca...
[12:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:59] <exec> 08└─More than anything, I like playing with the regexes. A well designed one is a work of art, even if it does look like line noise to most people.
[12:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:01] <exec> 08└─Speak for yourself. SN functions quite acceptably with javascript disabled entirely.
[12:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:03] <exec> 08└─I'm exceedingly dubious that resources were their motivation.
[12:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:05] <exec> 08└─Should be an "or" after the *you*, sorry!
[12:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:17] <exec> 08└─On the microscopic scale, we have no available interpretation for dark energy; but we can't probe scales appropriate to make any useful statement about anything to do with gravity. Put another way, gravity is such a weak force that we have no way to measure it in particle colliders.
[12:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:49] <exec> 08└─After a Few Harsh Statements from Executive Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Ltd., and Morgan Stanley Purchase Bitcoin ETNs https://news.bitcoin.com [bitcoin.com]
[12:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:50] <exec> 08└─It might be an incentive to use BTC for the intended use, as a form of payment, as it will be essentially the only way to get BTC while inside China. OTOH, it might be that China also will crack down on BTC payments by simply blocking client connections.
[12:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:52] <exec> 08└─Hmmm … if I understand correctly, he now has to fire himself, right?
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[13:39:22] <exec> 08└─Hey, ease up on posting M$ spam to the site.
[13:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03FakeBeldin [3360] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:46] <exec> 08└─I think this is an excellent reason to discuss the concept of professional liability. ... However, certainly at the level of CxO, I do believe personal liability is appropriate.
[13:40:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Unixnut [5779] 02 - 06OurMine Hacks Vevo After Employee Was Disrespectful to Hackers on LinkedIn - 1860 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:17] <exec> 08└─Well yes, you can even see it in the shift of terminology. at some point in the past, those who bought your product were "customers". I don't know when exactly, but that changed and we are now referred to as "consumers". The implication being that we are the black hole down which they dump their "p...
[13:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:31] <exec> 08└─If I wanted to get from Georgia to Maine quickly, I'd take advantage of the highways, rail lines, or airplane flights to get there. The whole point of the Appalachian Trail is to take in and enjoy what's along the way. These efforts to turn it into a race course ignore that it's really not supposed...
[13:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:51] <exec> 08└─This is why I cringe every time I see one of those EU warnings that "This site uses Cookies"
[13:41:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:52] <exec> 08└─That doesn't matter. The UA is free to pick a policy for how it assigns storage resources to sites. Personally, I'd view even using storage on my computer for 24 hours to be too high a resource allocation for people engaged in online tracking, and prefer policy from the Safari self-destructing cooki...
[13:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:54] <exec> 08└─The Self-Destructing Cookies add-on for Firefox implements the perfect cookie policy. When you close a session, all cookies associated with it are moved to one side. After a while (configurable - given the amount of space they take, a year or two is fine), they're permanently deleted. If you go back...
[13:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:56] <exec> 08└─The EU law doesn't require warnings, it simply forbids setting cookies without consent
[13:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:59] <exec> 08└─The standard that says: User agents should allow the user to control cookie destruction.
[13:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:01] <exec> 08└─In fact, no. That is not what it looks like. Defaulting to destroying them after X-time-period is not remotely what that looks like. That looks precisely like letting the user do what they damned well please but defaulting to storing cookies until their expiration time. If you don't like the standar...
[13:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:03] <exec> 08└─You're twisting meaning to suit yourself. Stop that. Users are free, and always have been, to take affirmative actions that are not standards compliant. The RFC even acknowledges this. User agents are not. Not without violating the standard.
[13:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:55] <exec> 08└─Two Words: Very long passphrases
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[13:44:48] <exec> 08└─Systemd provides more punishment than even a linux masochist could ever hope for. Windows can be sadistic in its simplictly, and by extention that can lead to issues caused by ignorance; systemd just cuts to the chase and turns any sysadmin session into something out of Pulp Fiction... (then again,...
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[14:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:26] <exec> 08└─NBU experts say attackers used a technique known as typo-squatting to upload Python libraries with names similar to legitimate packages — e.g.: "urlib" instead of "urllib." It seems to me that many things like this, and especially instances where someone takes advantage of cases where letters and...
[14:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmn32480 [443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:44] <exec> 08└─I could not agree with this statement more. I've hiked some sections of the AT, and a large piece of it is being able to appreciate the beauty and being out in nature. Don't get me wrong, 45 days to hike/run the whole thing is frickin' amazing, but it is NOT how I would want to do it. If I could get...
[14:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:46] <exec> 08└─Yes, it misses the point of leisurely enjoying the trail. Just as you miss the point of running the train. It's a completely different experience, and even you prefer to do it leisurely, it doesn't mean others can enjoy racing it.
[14:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:13] <exec> 08└─No, unlike you, I'm reading the standard. The RFC explicitly states that cookies may be deleted before their stated expiration by the UA in response to a user configuration or by the UA in response to exceeding resource allocation constraints that the UA is free to define. Both of these are valid ju...
[14:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:15] <exec> 08└─in response to a user configuration
[14:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 2002 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:17] <exec> 08└─First: Internet != WWW Second browser compatibility has always been about being the most busted. Formatting dialects are highly variable even within the same markup language. The brass ring in the browser wars is making even the most busted markup render pleasantly. So the idea that there is a "stan...
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[14:42:19] <exec> 08└─Well, there are works of modern art that are harder to understand. ;-)
[14:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:21] <exec> 08└─Okay, so we've established that you can't read standards, even when the relevant parts are quoted for you. I don't think there's any more of value to say on this topic.
[14:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:24] <exec> 08└─Cookies should be done away with. Web sites use Javascript for everything nowadays, so just keep login information in a Javascript object. That would fix every problem caused by cookies - tracking, information leak between tabs, etc.
[14:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:26] <exec> 08└─Honestly, I don't have too much of a problem with being tracked by the website I go to, using a cookie linked to that site's domain. If my bank or some other site wants to keep a cookie on my computer showing when I last logged in, I don't see a problem with that. And for a lot of sites, it is handy...
[14:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:28] <exec> 08└─I was going to say the same of you. My statement would have the benefit of actually being true though. You're attempting to twist a well-documented standard to mean something entirely other than what it means. You sound like SCOTUS talking about the Commerce Clause.
[14:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:59] <exec> 08└─Haha, "it's not censorship, it's a filter for lameness!". Pretty weaselly way around the ideological violation. I've been saying for a while that TMB is full of shit and only holds to his personal ethics when it is convenient. Hahaha lamesness filter!
[14:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It Seems China is Shutting Down its Blockchain Economy - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:17] <exec> 08└─Well their 5 yearly love in is just around the corner. Thats the critical time for them to show how smoothly everything is running. Better to force a little crash now and show they are on top of things than risk something 'unexpected' happening later.
[14:44:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fiber Shut Off Customer's Service Because She Owed 12 Cents - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:39] <exec> 08└─As a marketeer in TFA remarks: Google should have had systems in place to detect that the amount of money was so tiny, losing a customer was definitely not worth it. It's easier to forgive 12 cents than to gain a new customer.
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[15:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:22] <exec> 08└─oh yeah
[15:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:23] <exec> 08└─The main characters are called orogenes, and they have the ability to control geophysics with their minds, quelling and starting earthquakes
[15:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:32] <exec> 08└─just remove those packages? How did they get accepted in the first place? If I wanted to apt-get install thisisavirus on my Debian, I sure would like the people maintaining the Debian repositories to make it clear to me what the software is going to do. And I sure would like them to verify it at lea...
[15:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 940 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:35] <exec> 08└─They did. As to why they were initially accepted, probably just a lack of human review. I saw internal discussion about another package manager potentially making near matches to existing names off-limits, but obviously there are legitimate cases that would be caught, so maybe near matches should ju...
[15:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:37] <exec> 08└─Experts say the malicious code only collected information on infected hosts, such as name and version of the fake package, the username of the user who installed the package, and the user's computer hostname. Collected data, which looked like "Y:urllib-1.21.1 admin testmachine", was uploaded to a Ch...
[15:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:39] <exec> 08└─That's funny, because just yesterday I came across an article about Python setuptools (didn't know there were so many different ones) and how they all depend on each other's integrity: How to bootstrap setuptools from source #980 [github.com] That issue doesn't show the year (just "Feb") so I don't...
[15:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft Pix Uses AI to Make Whiteboard Photos Better - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:48] <exec> 08└─I want a camera app that men can use that would be the equivalent of the snapchat filters that women use. The women take their selfie and then all their pimples are gone, makeup is magically applied, and cute little dog ears appear. I would like one that adds a 6-pack, broadens my shoulders, and add...
[15:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:13] <exec> 08└─The "LLC" means "Limited Liability Company", which means the suits can't be personally liable for ANY problems legal or otherwise with Equifax business practices.
[15:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:15] <exec> 08└─Which is why "we the people" should take justice into our own hands. These scumbags, should be doxxed, then gutted and left to bleed out slowly and painfully. This day is coming soon. Hopefully, I will live to see it.
[15:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:17] <exec> 08└─Something something trickle down
[15:41:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 509 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:01] <exec> 08└─If I wanted to get from Georgia to Maine quickly, I'd take advantage of the highways, rail lines, or airplane flights to get there. The whole point of the Appalachian Trail is to take in and enjoy what's along the way. These efforts to turn it into a race course ignore that it's really not supposed...
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[15:41:05] <exec> 08└─If I could get a 6 month (paid) leave of absence, I'd do it in a heart beat.
[15:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 1179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:07] <exec> 08└─They are two entirely different experiences. Running the trail is a trance with rhythm, breathing, and pain that you transcend into euphoria. Work, the weather, worries fade away and there's only the next footfall. The first fifty steps are agony, and the last fifty you want to be another fifty, and...
[15:41:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 576 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:44] <exec> 08└─I like the idea of the default being no cookie survives the session. Close your browser, and it's all gone. That's consistent with the original idea for a cookie; Enhance site operation and remember limited user data for the next session. You have to add sites to a white-list when you want cookies a...
[15:42:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 330 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:03] <exec> 08└─How on earth did the advertising industry survive in the pre-internet time? I don't think there's a way to track who has seen an ad in a magazine, or a TV ad (note I'm speaking about traditional TV, which is a pure receiver). There's no way to personalize ads on buses and trains. Billboards show the...
[15:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:43] <exec> 08└─Pretty much most of the major tech companies, you can assume the truth is the exact opposite of whatever they say in their public statements. ISPs, advertisers, Microsoft, Sony, Oracle...
[15:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:44] <exec> 08└─Really? Some people actually LIKE to be spammed? Maybe you're right - I don't hear a lot of people in day to day life bitching about advertising. Exactly. Most Americans actually like it, they just don't talk about it. But look at how many Americans 1) watch TV with ads, and don't bother to mute the...
[15:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:47] <exec> 08└─I think we've found the next Windows startup sound.
[15:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:49] <exec> 08└─Not that I see very many ads myself, but whenever I see the "personalized" ads other people are getting the suggestions are terrible. For instance, people will often be bombarded with ads for something they have already bought.
[15:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:51] <exec> 08└─I guess most of those are actually "we don't really have a clue, but we heard somewhere that the EU requires us to show a warning if we set cookies so here it is"-warnings.
[15:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:53] <exec> 08└─That's some nifty mental gymnastics you just performed to make something say the opposite of what is explicitly stated elsewhere in the RFC. You looking for a SCOTUS seat along with TheRaven?
[15:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:26] <exec> 08└─Hmmm, somebody didn't catch the reference... or didn't like it...
[15:44:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:10] <exec> 08└─I wonder what the reason is for making it look like the universe is expanding, and that expansion is accelerating. After all, the universe isn't even real; it's just a big simulation that we're living in. That's why we have fundamental limits like the Planck length: these are the resolution limits o...
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[16:39:25] <exec> 08└─I haven't read it, but the obvious explanation based on TFS is that the orbiting obelisks are controlled by symbiotic nanobots that reproduce inside of their hosts, the orogenes. The obelisks are being used to send extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves which excite the ionosphere, as describ...
[16:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:26] <exec> 08└─"If you (see/read/listen to/consume) only one (media format) this year, it should be (promoted item)." They pimped Star Wars Episode 1 so hard using that phrase. And then they delivered the limp, soggy disappointment that was Star Wars Episode 1. I'm not going to be fooled a second time.
[16:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 942 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:29] <exec> 08└─Is it me, or does this sound a lot like a rip-off of GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire? A fictional world, with a bunch of different cultures at odds with each other (the various feudal houses of Westeros, plus the Dothraki and various other cultures from Essos), a long and complex history (the First Me...
[16:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 1567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:31] <exec> 08└─I haven't read any of these books, but you're making a terrible comparison. This blurb is about book 3 in a trilogy, with the previous 2 books having come out in the last 2 years. Those two books apparently won some prestigious awards, so the expectation is that this one will be just as great. This...
[16:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:33] <exec> 08└─There are no new stories, just new ways of telling them.
[16:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:45] <exec> 08└─That issue, that I just referenced in my previous comment, talked about using something called "distutils" to bootstrap "setuptools". Can anyone more familiar with Python (i.e. anyone) explain how I can install distutils from source? Do I need pip, wheel, python-six, python-setuptools, python3-setup...
[16:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:46] <exec> 08└─aka the windoze model Well done, well done indeed. I hope your new servitude will please you well. (somehow I doubt it)
[16:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:49] <exec> 08└─Distutils and ensurepip are in the standard library. If you install python, then both are installed by default. If you want to install distutils from source, then all you need to do is install CPython from source (or copy the .py files into the path, I suppose). Also of note, when you install CPytho...
[16:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:51] <exec> 08└─policing this stuff is a thankless job Perhaps, but you don't see this shit happening with Debian, and you do see a very serious commitment there to making sure every package has a proper maintainer and is verified to not be some kind of garbage. I think the blame should fall on the individual autho...
[16:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03terrab0t [4674] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:53] <exec> 08└─The same thing recently happened to Node Package Manager (NPM) [scmagazine.com]. They were looking at automated ways of detecting these kinds of similarly named packages. I think they have the same problem as PyPl. No one has time to manually audit each package submission.
[16:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Pix Uses AI to Make Whiteboard Photos Better - 1241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:03] <exec> 08└─I could use that app - although, (without reading the article), I would not be surprised if the whiteboard image is uploaded to Microsoft servers, processed there, and the reprocessed image sent back, giving Three-Letter Agencies an opportunity to have a look. I'm either overly paranoid or cynical....
[16:40:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 583 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:21] <exec> 08└─"Shouldn't Equifax just go bankrupt from lawsuits and fines from mishandling PII? Then there would be no money/benefits to give the executives." CxO types take care of each other. Bet that they already have the bonuses, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have vested (i.e. fully-funded) pensions, pr...
[16:40:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 1474 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:26] <exec> 08└─Their customers are companies considering giving credit cards or loans to individuals. They pay Equifax, and get information on the individual. Supposedly, this is the same information that you see when you ask for a copy of your credit report. However, numerous anecdotes would seem to indicate that...
[16:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:32] <exec> 08└─"Because otherwise we can't hire a good person for the job"?
[16:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 925 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:35] <exec> 08└─Apparently it is a spying company, the most lucrative business today. (see e.g. goog) Such scum flourish mostly because stupid and naive people spill their guts on the internet (especially "social media" interactions and unprotected web browsing in general). I don't know whether they will survive th...
[16:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03nwf [1469] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:49] <exec> 08└─While it's definitely incredibly sleazy, the performance of their software is pretty impressive. They correctly identified 16 people and only blocked one incorrectly. Now if they only put that much effort into being an upstanding corporation, they'd change the world.
[16:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:51] <exec> 08└─Just because you are having software direct your illegal employees, sorry, "unlicensed contractors", away from the officials charged with regulating them instead of shouting a warning when Immigration authorities are about to "regulate" all your illegal immigrant employees whom you have no idea how...
[16:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:08] <exec> 08└─I can vouch for this claim. I disable JS entirely in my browser and still much of the web is perfectly accessible, including SN. Sweet, thank you! Of course if you don't care about zero days and criminals violating your privacy and using your hardware to commit crimes in your name... go ahead, enjoy...
[16:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03purple_cobra [1435] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:10] <exec> 08└─I don't have too much of a problem with, for example, buying a book from Amazon then, after I've added it to the basket, an element on the same page displays other books of a similar subject that might be worth looking at. Being tracked from site to site is not something I'm happy about though.
[16:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Supernova Analysis Reframes Dark Energy Debate - 1040 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:30] <exec> 08└─Without an expanding universe, you'd have no dark night sky. [wikipedia.org] But without a dark night sky, no life on earth would be possible. So if there are universes with all sorts of parameters (as you might expect if someone is exploring the evolution of universes through simulations), then onl...
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[16:44:31] <exec> 08└─Bingo. Dark Matter/Energy might as well be invisible rainbow ponies or empty flying spaghetti bowls.
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[17:39:18] <exec> 08└─this is why we need Decentralized/distributed anonymous apps! blockchain power! to the max!
[17:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:33] <exec> 08└─anyone who liked Dune and Dune: Messiah will probably also like Children of Dune
[17:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 1231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, not science fiction. Call it fantasy, and it makes more sense - but then you don't need the extraterrestrial artifacts. But that's not the biggest problem. From TFA "The brown urbanites from the tropics think the pale, rural people of the poles are ugly idiots", or from the author "I'm trying...
[17:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:36] <exec> 08└─Ars Tech must have been taken over by the same marketing agency that took over the Hugo Awards. They have been pushing Jemison hard and it's not for the quality of her writing.
[17:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:38] <exec> 08└─God, every time you idiots fight over sci fi vs. fantasy, I wanna PUKE. Worse, when you idiots think you're being intellectual with hard/soft science, high/low science, science fantasy, Star Wars: sci fi or not sci fi, etc.! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[17:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:55] <exec> 08└─Debian is targeting a certain crowd a users, and I don't fault them for that. I don't think every distro should vet their packages by hand, though; a decentralised, uncensorable repository sounds lovely. Our disagreement is ideological.
[17:39:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:57] <exec> 08└─this is what happens when you are lousey with mac using hipsters. they were too busy twisting their handlebar mustaches to care about security.
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[17:39:59] <exec> 08└─whitelist
[17:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03liberza [6137] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Pix Uses AI to Make Whiteboard Photos Better - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:10] <exec> 08└─This is the sort of stuff you learn how to do in an image processing course, and doesn't really sound like "AI" has much, if anything, to do with it.
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[17:40:39] <exec> 08└─Lovely, they're not even firing them. This ensures these execs will get their nice fat golden parachutes likely earning more money in "retirement" than they would have in years had things not gone tits up. Corporate America is amazing.
[17:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:57] <exec> 08└─but how is Greyballing any different than yelling "La Migra!" in a crowded sweatshop?
[17:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:59] <exec> 08└─If the mafia yielded to laws, the mob would likely not exist today
[17:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford Invests in Michigan's Autonomous Car Testing Grounds - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:09] <exec> 08└─Ok, let's rephrase in a(n equally pointless) form: improving Fields' single life by $3M (19% of $18.8M) is more than half as valuable as improving many others people life.
[17:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:20] <exec> 08└─American Association of Advertising Agencies, the American Advertising Federation
[17:43:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03McGruber [3038] 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 116 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:44] <exec> 08└─Grandma who makes 3 calls and downloads 200MB per month isn't being overcharged enough to subsidize the heavy users.
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[18:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:13] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying [wikipedia.org] https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] http://www.euronews.com [euronews.com] https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] There's more: https://www...
[18:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:22] <exec> 08└─Watch Google stock going down when the paying customers in EU dumps Google. On the plus side, having less reason to stay EU, Google's may lower its expenditure in the bean-counters who prepares sandwiches with Dutch and Irish stuff that Cayman Islands keeps in the fridge. the administration of Presi...
[18:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:24] <exec> 08└─> MAGAAA. Make America Great And Alone Again.
[18:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:26] <exec> 08└─This sounds like yet another excellent reason to not incorporate in the USA in the first place. I can't really see the advantage of it at this point, can someone explain to me why it's still a good idea? And it seems like US security and law enforcement have no problem hurting one of our only indust...
[18:39:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 1231 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:41] <exec> 08└─Yeah, not science fiction. Call it fantasy, and it makes more sense - but then you don't need the extraterrestrial artifacts. But that's not the biggest problem. From TFA "The brown urbanites from the tropics think the pale, rural people of the poles are ugly idiots", or from the author "I'm trying...
[18:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:44] <exec> 08└─That sounds like a good description of every book I have ever enjoyed.
[18:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:46] <exec> 08└─So, puke you worthless fuck. If you had any intellect, AND if you had any intellectual honesty, you would understand what 'science fiction" is all about. Heinlein mastered Science Fiction before he attempted to make social statements with that science fiction. And, Heinlein never allowed his social...
[18:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:49] <exec> 08└─I thought "The brown urbanites from the tropics think the pale, rural people of the poles are ugly idiots" was some over the top white guilt/"cuckery" but no, just another dumb negroid spewing racist propaganda unchecked.
[18:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:51] <exec> 08└─Jesus, this post should would the Most Political Tripe award of the year. To quote a sci-fi standard: " Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Guess you're still a caveman, can't fathom neurally linked massive energy projectors. Yup, total fantasy route there! SJW stu...
[18:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 1037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:53] <exec> 08└─"every time you idiots fight over sci fi vs. fantasy, I wanna PUKE" Sci-Fi vs. fantasy matters, because people want to find books to read. Look, suppose you like reading mysteries. And every time some new romantic fiction comes out, the reviewers say "Look at this great mystery". So you go to Amazon...
[18:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:55] <exec> 08└─*BBZZZT* wrong you're just falling for the same problem we all experience as we get older. We see the underlying patterns and realize SO MUCH is not overly new. There are still new stories, but harder to tell the "new" sometimes when its built on familiar patterns. Even then, there still are origina...
[18:39:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:58] <exec> 08└─Well this site has been taken over by blowhards so apparently there still is balance to the Force.
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[18:40:28] <exec> 08└─we don't want any MS shilling here, skank ho.
[18:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:59] <exec> 08└─So we need to cross our fingers that whoever is behind this breech sells it to their "actual customer" for less and undercuts Equifax's business.
[18:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:01] <exec> 08└─http://www.marketwatch.com/story/equifax-ceo-hired-a-music-major-as-the-companys-chief-security-officer-2017-09-15 [marketwatch.com]
[18:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:20] <exec> 08└─The obvious rebuttal... DRINK!
[18:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:22] <exec> 08└─Choosing to not serve individuals who's sole purpose in existence is to either remain neutral or interfere with how you would like to operate your business, is not illegal. Yes, it is. Regulated industries always have "must allow investigators" as part of their regulation. This software proves inte...
[18:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:01] <exec> 08└─As Joe McConaughy set up camp on his second to last day on the Appalachian Trail, he did some quick meth.
[18:42:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mhajicek [51] 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 61 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:20] <exec> 08└─Sure they keep them until they expire. They expire in 24 hrs.
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[18:43:46] <exec> 08└─> Not once have I ever bought a designer brand of ANYTHING, no Calvin Kleins, no Nike, nothing of the sort. But, they think I'm into men's styles. Go figure. Maybe it's just their way of indirectly criticizing your current wardrobe :)
[18:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:21] <exec> 08└─In earlier days we resolved the same problem in rural America with electric and phone coops. Maybe we should somehow invent cellular service coops?
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[19:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:22] <exec> 08└─I wish more people around me would take on the very Finnish sport of cellphone-throwing. I've seen Dart Championships broadcast on TV. Pretty sure knife-throwing is a more ancient sport, along with axe-throwing. I can imagine that bars and pubs do prefer the occasional tiny hole in the wall or groun...
[19:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:24] <exec> 08└─Don't forget air guitar world championship and swamp football (soccer) world championship.
[19:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 1611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:26] <exec> 08└─That's so fucking awesome it should be quoted here. I love the rules: The original course was a rough, rocky terrain with fences and brooks, but it has been altered to suit modern conditions. There is now sand instead of full rocks, fences, and some kind of area filled with water (a pool). These are...
[19:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:28] <exec> 08└─None of those are half as entertaining as the day Ed Ames taught Johnny Carson how to throw a tomahawk on live tv. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[19:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:39] <exec> 08└─If Trump wasn't in power, this would be solved by preserving proper jurisdiction (SCOTUS siding with MS), followed by a discreet Treaty with the EU about "Collaboration Internationale Anti-$scarecrow" (in French to make it impossible for their ego to oppose, despite the unbalanced we-get-yours-you-d...
[19:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:41] <exec> 08└─Wasn't Comey putting the screws on M$ for the same circumstances back when St Obama was still president?
[19:39:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JNCF [4317] 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 580 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:51] <exec> 08└─I haven't read it, but the obvious explanation based on TFS is that the orbiting obelisks are controlled by symbiotic nanobots that reproduce inside of their hosts, the orogenes. The obelisks are being used to send extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves which excite the ionosphere, as describ...
[19:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:07] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry, I'm just not going to read anything written by a woman, even if George Lucas likes it.
[19:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:08] <exec> 08└─Feminist tech writer on left-leaning somewhat tech site promotes female sci-fi author.
[19:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:11] <exec> 08└─You have got to be kidding me. It is clear you are a certain type of person, specifically the type where cognitive dissonance reigns because you are incapable of introspection. Heinlein had plenty of woo-woo scifi, the biggest example being Stranger in a Strange Land. "Heinlein explored some of his...
[19:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:13] <exec> 08└─I read his son's work out of pure dedication to the universe. I just try and remember them like historical timelines and would have been perfectly happy with a single book that condensed them all into a history book format.
[19:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:15] <exec> 08└─Isn't by the same standard A Song of Ice and Fire just a rip-off of Lord of the Rings?
[19:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:17] <exec> 08└─Science Fiction has always tried to use future technology to make social commentary. Bradbury did it. Dick did it. Granted, they didn't do it like this; ancient technology is not the same as future technology. But if you expect your "Science Fiction" to start from anticipated tech and derive the soc...
[19:40:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:20] <exec> 08└─And Sauron's ring was a cloaking device that bent light waves around the wearer, so Lord of the Rings was actually science fiction too!
[19:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:22] <exec> 08└─Nope, cause the ring was "magic" quite specifically, part of Sauron's soul. This is about semi-humans who are able to access ancient machines. Guess you're too triggered for common sense.
[19:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:24] <exec> 08└─If you limit that statement to before _Number of the Beast_ then I'd probably agree. After that I'm not sure what the Hell they were writing. I did still read most of it but I certainly wouldn't pretend it was Science Fiction.
[19:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:26] <exec> 08└─Anytime someone breathlessly tells me I MUST READ something, I usually make my excuses and run away before the rant starts. I've read a lot of sifi. I've read less Fantasy. But somehow when something doesn't hang together and can't make a realistic case for plausibility It takes much much MUCH more...
[19:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 1338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:47] <exec> 08└─I read the article and noticed that indeed they did. However, you mention that there are obviously legitimate cases that would be caught: any person doing minimal research or review should at the very least have been suspicious about a package proposal for a package named bzip, to be malicious. If a...
[19:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:48] <exec> 08└─Meh, I've seen serifed 1's and l's often look similar.
[19:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:50] <exec> 08└─Perhaps, but you don't see this shit happening with Debian, and you do see a very serious commitment there to making sure every package has a proper maintainer and is verified to not be some kind of garbage.
[19:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:52] <exec> 08└─If I wanted or had time to check all the code of all dependencies I use within a software development eco-system, wouldn't I also have time to just git clone it from github and compile it all myself?
[19:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Pix Uses AI to Make Whiteboard Photos Better - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:04] <exec> 08└─I'm either overly paranoid or cynical. Or both.
[19:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Pix Uses AI to Make Whiteboard Photos Better - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:06] <exec> 08└─The women take their selfie and then all their pimples are gone, makeup is magically applied, and cute little dog ears appear.
[19:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:40] <exec> 08└─> it seems entirely likely that the judgements will drive Equifax bankrupt They'll settle out of court with the DOJ for a ridiculously small amount, and people will be rewarded for a job well done. Can we attack the real problem: Why the [bleep] is your SSN, DOB and address all anyone needs to compl...
[19:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 2696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:01] <exec> 08└─Do you remember back in 1998 when the US government began anti-trust proceedings against Microsoft? Their major crime was bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. Now, nearly 20 years, later we have them selling an operating system that is fundamentally spyware, leading an initiative for "secure boo...
[19:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:03] <exec> 08└─Please do share the section of the criminal code relating to this. You won't find it because it does not exist. If an OSHA inspector comes to my place of business, I can legally refuse to allow them entrance to my business (even if there was e.g. a recent incident) unless they have an administrative...
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[19:42:05] <exec> 08└─Makes it easier to convert people to their libertarian "no gov!" fantasy. Like the people who stretch the truth about abortion and welfare to the point of insanity.
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[19:42:44] <exec> 08└─Almost exactly like that. Except a 5-point restraint harness, and undoubtedly, a recliner mode.
[19:44:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:31] <exec> 08└─I agree. The Stupid Tax is quite high, but I think we all pay it in different areas. All we can do is educate the people around us about it, and if they're willing to receive information/help, we inoculate them against the bullshit and engage their defenses. That's all we can do. It is death by 10,0...
[19:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:32] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with session cookies? You log on, you get a session cookie. Don't interact with the site for so many minutes, your session cookie expires.
[19:45:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 36 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:18] <exec> 08└─YOU just won't be able to get to it.
[19:45:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups if Phones not Used for Long Periods - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:29] <exec> 08└─> Just because you lost her phone in the lake is no reason to have google retain backups for the police to scoop up after you've moved to a new target. Fixed that for ... a friend who was asking.
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[20:39:19] <exec> 08└─Buy now [nsf.gov], upgrade later.
[20:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:31] <exec> 08└─Why wouldn't knife throwing be a sport when you have archery, rock throwing, javelin, skeet/trap, biathalon, wrestling, any number of martial arts, or boxing? Probably I missed more than a few. Anyway, the headline strikes me as extremely stupid. Glad I have the NYTimes in my /etc/hosts file (along...
[20:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:33] <exec> 08└─Wynyard the frog? From "Meet the Feebles". Would he qualify, or would he be ruled out for substance abuse?
[20:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:35] <exec> 08└─Combine it with "knife dodging"!
[20:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:37] <exec> 08└─> Anyway, the headline strikes me as extremely stupid. It's a pun on the SFX of a knife blade hitting a wooden surface (*THUNK*). Of course, the pun is still stupid, so that doesn't help much :)
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[20:39:48] <exec> 08└─This sounds like yet another excellent reason to not incorporate in the USA in the first place. I can't really see the advantage of it at this point, can someone explain to me why it's still a good idea? And it seems like US security and law enforcement have no problem hurting one of our only indust...
[20:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:52] <exec> 08└─You can be sure Obama heard his friends in the tech industry scream about it. The rules being ambiguous (uncertainty in the context of Snowden sucked for business), and Congress being useless to fix them, it's not impossible that getting smacked by SCOTUS was a desired outcome.
[20:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:28] <exec> 08└─Here's another example of the jmorris bot showing off the limits of its capabilities. Looks like it was built to work in tandem with religious nutjobs. Still working on its end-game, devs haven't made that one easily apparent.
[20:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:29] <exec> 08└─You said it was a rip off of GRRM's... but then everything you said was in Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. fictional world, with a bunch of different cultures at odds with each other
[20:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 2101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:31] <exec> 08└─Yeah, after I wrote this, I started comparing ASoIaF to LotR and Dune and it does seem there's similarities. But there's some differences too (note that I haven't read the books that are the subject of today's article; I also haven't read ASoIaF, I've only seen the TV show): In Dune and LotR, the pl...
[20:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:34] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots [wikipedia.org] or maybe 9: http://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com [how-to-write-a-book-now.com] Yes, there are many ways to present the plots -- as many ways as books in the world -- the question I guess is whether the plot is the...
[20:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:36] <exec> 08└─The whole ancient technology bit gets really old, and is often over used. Especially when said tech is somehow carried through secret history, known to only a few, or found in some cave on earth, or something similar. The appeal to ancient technology lost to modern science is so pervasive in Sifi an...
[20:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:38] <exec> 08└─fictional world, with a bunch of different cultures at odds with each other Men, Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, Goblins, Dragons, Eagles, Ents ... Sauron One big difference I see here between LotR and ASoIaF is that in LotR, the different cultures aren't actively warring against each other, they're divide...
[20:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:40] <exec> 08└─The story is in the telling. The plot is just the vehicle.
[20:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 1988 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:43] <exec> 08└─The whole ancient technology bit gets really old, and is often over used. Especially when said tech is somehow carried through secret history, known to only a few, or found in some cave on earth, or something similar. You act like the entire idea is ridiculous. Why? You seem to be assuming that good...
[20:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:45] <exec> 08└─This list is interesting and sounds comprehensive... until you realize it isn't. For example, they don't have: 1) Survival stories (such as "The Martian") 2) Slice of Life stories (such as "Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko") 3) Philosophical plot-twisting stories (like "I Am Legend" the book, not the movie/et...
[20:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:47] <exec> 08└─The aqueducts!
[20:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:49] <exec> 08└─Will not someone spam mod this spam, if spam it truely be? Do we have Sad Pubbies with Red Pillars in the house? An entire thread is kindled askew when forjack is the only one making any sense. Nice to see that bradley11 is still colonizing the Canton, though.
[20:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 1018 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:14] <exec> 08└─I suppose Ubuntu's Launchpad is for you, then. It allows individual software developers to easily provide you with a repository upon which their packages and made available. You can add their launchpad to your list of trusted repositories. I guess a system that publishes popularity of such repositor...
[20:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:15] <exec> 08└─Well, pulseaudio and systemd's package maintainers at least provide security updates for the malware their upstreams created and get discovered. The package maintainer of bzip in pip will probably not respond with a security update of the package now that malicious code has been discovered. So it ha...
[20:41:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Pix Uses AI to Make Whiteboard Photos Better - 847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:29] <exec> 08└─This is the sort of stuff you learn how to do in an image processing course, and doesn't really sound like "AI" has much, if anything, to do with it. If the smartphone/camera back-end processor is doing it without human intervention, then Artificial Intelligence may well be involved. 1) Identify the...
[20:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:03] <exec> 08└─Bet that they already have the bonuses, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have vested (i.e. fully-funded) pensions
[20:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:28] <exec> 08└─As much as I'd like to see Uber go down for this (well, for anything given how they treat their workers), I have trouble seeing the distinction between what they did and cases where I slow down and rigidly adhere to traffic rules when I spot a traffic cop. Admittedly they are spotting a cop 'with a...
[20:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:29] <exec> 08└─Driving is regulated. I have a radar detector and GPS software that warns me about hazards. What have I done wrong?
[20:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ford Invests in Michigan's Autonomous Car Testing Grounds - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:41] <exec> 08└─Ok, let's rephrase in a(n equally pointless) form: improving Fields' single life by $3M (19% of $18.8M) is more than half as valuable as improving many others people life.
[20:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06OurMine Hacks Vevo After Employee Was Disrespectful to Hackers on LinkedIn - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:51] <exec> 08└─It and it isn't. You never see the stories "hacker phishing scam fails to impress anyone" so if you base your opinion on solely what gets published, it is easy to think it is weak everywhere. But as usual the real trick was social engineering.
[20:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnxioUSpolarBEar [6710] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:13] <exec> 08└─You funny Americans and your quaint measures! What would that be in parsecs?
[20:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Unsupported Runner Joe McConaughy Broke the Appalachian Trail Record - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:14] <exec> 08└─0.0000000000042 parsec
[20:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:03] <exec> 08└─did you confuse Runaway with the mighty buzzard? i do too
[20:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Descrambling Split-Band Voice Inversion With Deinvert - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:32] <exec> 08└─yeah, mine went eeeeeeEEEEE CRSSSSHSHSHSSHSHSH and then I got a login prompt!
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[21:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:35] <exec> 08└─That makes it worse!!
[21:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:37] <exec> 08└─Instant ratings: People will definitely watch the "Celebrity Edition"
[21:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:39] <exec> 08└─This is ridiculous. While it sounds like an engaging pastime, someone could put an eye out -- wait, never mind [soylentnews.org].
[21:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:53] <exec> 08└─Hurt? I don't think so. Nobody is going to stop using google's services because of this, just a few nerds. If you bend to USA demands, it will reward you with contracts and will use its diplomatic muscle to help you overseas. So, being incorporated un USA is a good move. The sad truth is that nothin...
[21:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:40] <exec> 08└─Finally, a car analogy! Now I get it. Thank you.
[21:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:41] <exec> 08└─I think you need an intervention.
[21:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:44] <exec> 08└─I'm not familiar with the references in 2-4, but wouldn't a survival story just be a monster story where nature is the monster?
[21:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:46] <exec> 08└─God forbid you ever expose yourself to any ideas you don't already agree with.
[21:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 1814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:48] <exec> 08└─"One big difference I see here between LotR and ASoIaF is that in LotR the different cultures aren't actively warring against each other" Yes and no. The lord of the rings events leads up to a final showdown with Sauron, but until he rose and threatened *everybody*, they were NOT allies. There is so...
[21:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:50] <exec> 08└─I guess today is alt-reich marching day, upmod the whiners, downmod the people calling out the whiny stupid bullshit! Carrion eater is trying to bury posts so it can dig them up later for personal consumption.
[21:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:53] <exec> 08└─For all the people who are claiming that it is some sort of ancient nanobots and it really is science fiction spoiler warning Second level orogeny is literally magic. Not as in I am comparing it to magic, it is called magic, and is what you would expect from the name magic. The writing was not my st...
[21:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:55] <exec> 08└─And, Heinlein never allowed his social statements to overshadow the sciencey part of his science fiction.
[21:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 790 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:57] <exec> 08└─So that's what... LotR with what, medieval england politics with a bunch of flawed nobles of varied wealth, power, status, and inbreeding vying for influence and the throne. :p I am really curious how it's going to wrap up. Obviously, they're pitching this new romance (with some inbreeding) between...
[21:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:12] <exec> 08└─There is additional information they show their real customers, yes. Among them: you have a separate credit score for car buying, for example. In my experience it is typically lower than your main credit score. This is not included among the free ones you can request. There is also a separate one fo...
[21:45:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad Industry “Deeply Concerned” About Safari’s New Ad-Tracking Restrictions - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:10] <exec> 08└─What I see in Cookie Management: Because user agents have finite space in which to store cookies, they may also discard older cookies to make space for newer ones, using, for example, a least-recently-used algorithm, along with constraints on the maximum number of cookie...
[21:45:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 068,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of “Substantial” Data Use - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:46] <exec> 08└─The story is about Verizon customers who use a lot of roaming data. Roaming means they're using towers that don't belong to Verizon.
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[22:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CCleaner Hacked for a Month - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:23] <exec> 08└─Step 1: Release small but useful tool Step 2: Accept large cash donation to ignore compromised server Step 3: Woops, step 2 included the profit. Step 4: Apologize profusely but otherwise do nothing
[22:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CCleaner Hacked for a Month - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:25] <exec> 08└─On Ubuntu with BitCleaner, but man do I know a lot of people with CCleaner. Probably because I installed the damn thing...
[22:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Linatux [4602] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CCleaner Hacked for a Month - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:27] <exec> 08└─I've used it several times to clean up friends Windows machines. After a few scan/clean/reboot cycles I've (mostly?) un-installed it. Haven't used it for quite a while, but it seemed to work OK. Just not my place to leave new stuff on other peoples PC's
[22:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CCleaner Hacked for a Month - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:29] <exec> 08└─We've got AIs that can beat Go or Chess players, but somehow we still haven't figured out "hey, $legit_task just randomly connected to a non-local server to download code and pass the PC to it, maybe I should suspend this and ask the user again" Actually, we could easily have this. But PEBKCs would...
[22:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:54] <exec> 08└─Bin that knife! Is this sport allowed in the UK?
[22:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:56] <exec> 08└─I have an "athletic" letter from my high school for... rifle team. it was a different world then.
[22:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Stops Challenging Most US Warrants for Data on Overseas Servers - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:12] <exec> 08└─Since the EU has some pretty strict privacy laws and a tendency to apply ever increasing fines on those that knowingly break them, it will be interesting how high the fines with have to be to get google to start fighting the warrants again.
[22:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:08] <exec> 08└─If they are connected to machines that perform the "magic" then it is still scifi. Telepathy is a common scifi tool, so I think the doors are pretty wide open for this story. If the second level orogeny doesn't use the machines then fine it starts falling into a more fantasy realm, if the characters...
[22:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:10] <exec> 08└─If you read one series over the next 15 years, it should be the Stormlight Archives. Also has a third book coming out this year, though it's not finished yet. (Meant to be a 10 book series, in two sets of 5.) Also has deep mysterious history. (What doesn't?) Also has magic tech. (Though Sanderson is...
[22:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:12] <exec> 08└─A ha! Just as I thought! Not really spam at all, just something that tweaks the conservative nose in its own political incorrectness, which happens to also be artistic and scientific incorrectness! Well, sorry, but Fascism lost, both militarily and in the Judgment of History.
[22:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:26] <exec> 08└─You've been upvoted funny, but I really wonder about the truth of it.
[22:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:28] <exec> 08└─This ensures these execs will get their nice fat golden parachutes
[22:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:54] <exec> 08└─I have no idea where you live, but you have no idea of how the US legal system works. If a police officer wants to search, you can refuse consent. Obviously. That's quite simple and you don't have to be an idiot about it. But it's EASILY overridden and I guarantee the first thing they will do is go...
[22:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OurMine Hacks Vevo After Employee Was Disrespectful to Hackers on LinkedIn - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:17] <exec> 08└─Well yes, you can even see it in the shift of terminology. at some point in the past, those who bought your product were "customers". I don't know when exactly, but that changed and we are now referred to as "consumers".
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[23:39:28] <exec> 08└─if you installed a new version in August or September, you should probably....
[23:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CCleaner Hacked for a Month - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:29] <exec> 08└─Same here, and frustratingly none of my scanners caught it, including MS's and McAfee Stinger and Real Protect. Real Protect has caught stuff before- awesome philosophy- just watches for attempts to write to critical Windows files. Bugs me- these malware articles come up all the time, but you rarely...
[23:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:11] <exec> 08└─You haven’t read the series, so your comment is irrelevant.
[23:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:12] <exec> 08└─(such as "The Martian")
[23:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:15] <exec> 08└─Heh, nope now you need therapy after the intervention. Pegged the wrong AC, I goose step for no one!
[23:41:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Review: If You Read One Sci-Fi Series This Year, It Should Be The Broken Earth - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:17] <exec> 08└─You need to check your facts. Roman Concrete is neither unique. Its structure was well known for as long as concrete was made. It wasn't lost knowledge. It was merely the unavailability of two ingredients. Volcanic Ash and Sea Water located close enough together to make concrete economically. Then y...
[23:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:33] <exec> 08└─creating an environment in which a severe security issue could go unpatched for so long is *precisely* the fault of the CIO and CSO.
[23:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Equifax CIO, CSO “Retire” in Wake of Huge Security Breach - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:34] <exec> 08└─So what!? The Music major did everything right. It was the CS graduate admin tech with the degree and training that failed to follow the Music Major's orders and applied the patch to ALL the servers except THIS one. The guy with the appropriate training screwed the pooch.
[23:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:02] <exec> 08└─Do you remember back in 1998 when the US government began anti-trust proceedings against Microsoft? Their major crime was bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
[23:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:04] <exec> 08└─I guess we'll have to wait.
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