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[00:28:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 0, Offtopic) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:52] <exec> 08└─We are going to discuss this piece of fluff, while the most important study on climate change is being ignored? Is it perhaps that the climate study change has a conclusion that doesn't accord with the biases of the administrators here?
[00:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:53] <exec> 08└─Web programmers were traditionally the "starving artists" of the computer science world. They were once considered the lowliest of the low. Now, the burden is upon them to utilize their skills and laugh at pure Java scum and others to get things working. Let me explain. I knew years ago that every h...
[00:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:56] <exec> 08└─Fuck you and your co2 nazis.
[00:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 923 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:58] <exec> 08└─You got your email, IRC, Usenet, Tor, Freenet, etc. You can communicate with others using PGP. If you don't want to use GOOG/FBOOK as a gateway for news content, you can use RSS. It all works to a degree. If you have email spam list problems, you can write off certain services as walled gardens/pris...
[00:28:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:00] <exec> 08└─Your story was posted a few minutes ago by martyb. Submissions that were made before yours are normally prioritized. This one was posted on Nov. 1. Whining about your own non-breaking sub that has been around for less than a day? Not really a good habit. But go ahead and throw some shade on the edit...
[00:29:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:02] <exec> 08└─It's also the only way I have to communicate with my cousin. He has no clue how to send or receive email. He was valedictorian of his high school class.
[00:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:05] <exec> 08└─The Portland javascript admirers meet up always has lots of free pizza.
[00:29:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:07] <exec> 08└─...and they have their circle-jerk, and then pose an implicit series of questions to determine why they all like each other, believe the same things, etc. They're the same bunch of idiots who still believe that open workspaces were a good idea. Good thing the rest of the world isn't Portland, or the...
[00:29:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:09] <exec> 08└─The price of housing has shot way up. Rent too, with the result that many long-time residents are now homeless. Oregon law allows no-fault eviction. So if you're not getting enough rent, you evict your tenants then rent to some whiz-kid from California.
[00:29:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:11] <exec> 08└─The internet began dying in September of 1993. http://www.catb.org There was an important shift in 2014, for sure, but was only the last little bit of destruction. "In a nutshell, traffic from mobile and tablet devices now surpasses that from regular des...
[00:29:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:14] <exec> 08└─Lol I swear I changed 11 to 21 before I posted it but apparently I reloaded after or something, I don't know, but y'all knew what I meant.
[00:29:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:16] <exec> 08└─I'm honestly surprised that "the web" ever took off in the first place. Back before ~1992 or so, there were a bunch of proprietary online services, and they would have loved to keep it that way. The only real reason it didn't stay that way is that most proprietary service providers didn't know what...
[00:29:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 590 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:54] <exec> 08└─We were told back in the early 2000's that our biochemistry degrees would merit us at least a $60,000 salary within five years. It hasn't exactly panned out that way. This new number looks more accurate. Like many other fields recently, the biotech companies expect assloads of experience in the fiel...
[00:30:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:18] <exec> 08└─Yep, which means they're less qualified overall and should not have equal representation in the field.
[00:30:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:19] <exec> 08└─I'm not advocating for forcing abortions on other people, but rather a process where I can opt out. Fill out a form, pay 1/2 the cost of an abortion, possibly a little extra to cover time off work or to help make up for the ordeal. After that, it would be up to the woman to either abort or raise the...
[00:30:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:21] <exec> 08└─When can men opt out of a pregnancy? Men never had that disadvantage to begin with, so it's irrelevant.
[00:31:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03UncleSlacky [2859] 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 764 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:33] <exec> 08└─>A government is inherently anti-capitalist; Industry-funded lobbyists ensuring capitalist-friendly laws get passed don't real... >there's no way I would voluntarily pay for the service of throwing people into cages for smoking a plant in the comfort of "their own" homes—you'd have to take my mone...
[00:31:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JNCF [4317] 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 60 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:42] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number [wikipedia.org]
[00:31:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:59] <exec> 08└─Zuckerjew? Don't you mean Jewkerberg?
[00:32:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kanweg [4737] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:01] <exec> 08└─In the US, free speech is revered. Truth, not so much. If people were taught that opinions aren't equal and that an opinion that is in line with reality deserves more respect than one that isn't, then matters would be different ....
[00:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Boredom Does to You - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:38] <exec> 08└─Um, what are you talking about, dude?
[00:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Open Whisper Systems Releases Standalone "Signal" Desktop App - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:29] <exec> 08└─Wierd. I was happy to learn to tie my own shoes and did it pretty quickly. Didn't like having to hold still for someone else to do it. It was reading that I resisted. Because I enjoyed being read to so much, I was afraid when I learned to read for myself that would quit happening. I started first gr...
[00:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Whisper Systems Releases Standalone "Signal" Desktop App - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:30] <exec> 08└─- all day. That beta milestone check is getting closer and closer. I'm going to spend it all on hookers and blow. No in reality I'm going to buy a car. That won't help with the commute I have right now, but it will enable me to take contracts in places that public transport doesn't run. It will also...
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[01:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:48] <exec> 08└─In no way do you want to glorify violence
[01:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:49] <exec> 08└─Please. It is a video game. It glorifies blowing people into chunky kibble. The players are expected to enjoy blowing each other into kibble. It will have team play where half the players will be wearing Axis uniforms. This is all expected and normal.
[01:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:51] <exec> 08└─God damn video game thinks it will teach history. "In no way do you want to glorify violence, but at the same time you can't ignore it," says Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey.
[01:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:54] <exec> 08└─Don't care but did see this in GNews earlier: https://news.google.com [google.com]
[01:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:56] <exec> 08└─WWII media is popular and easy to write because it gives access to such unambiguously evil set of bad guys. People can indulge their violent impulses guilt free because Nazis deserve it! Of course now we have a counter narrative seeking to mitigate the evil of the third reich, So perhaps future game...
[01:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:58] <exec> 08└─I got this when visiting your link: Google News in Spain We’re incredibly sad to announce that, due to recent changes in Spanish law, we have removed Spanish publishers from Google News and closed Google News in Spain. We understand that readers like you may be disappointed, too, and we want to s...
[01:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:00] <exec> 08└─Are they ordinary pedophiles or actual rapists?
[01:29:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:03] <exec> 08└─The German version will erase Nazi symbols. That's always the sign of a liberal democracy, amirite?
[01:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:05] <exec> 08└─https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/3/16602680/call-of-duty-wwii-loot-boxes [polygon.com] https://www.gamespot.com [gamespot.com] http://www.ign.com
[01:29:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:09] <exec> 08└─As a Vajrayana Baptist I am triggered by your comment and demand that you retract, redact, deconstruct, reconstruct, rinse, repeat, and finally repent. Do not deny the legitimacy of my narrative!
[01:29:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:11] <exec> 08└─This is why google links are not actually web links, they're noise pollution and should be filtered as such They don't point to a document. The same link will give you and I different results. They'll give me different results when I open a different browser, for that matter. They are counterfeit UR...
[01:29:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:36] <exec> 08└─You have a better timeslot than they do. 8 AM eastern instead of the 3:30-6:00 AM eastern no man's land.
[01:29:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:38] <exec> 08└─It's no different here. But then again those who can make a living on the cheap won't tell you about the sweet spots. We have plenty of Oregonian scum headed south towards here, unfortunately, only the douchebaggist of them, as we are attracting only the douchebaggist from all provinces, counties, a...
[01:29:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:40] <exec> 08└─Perhaps it will turn out to be a cyclical thing, like mainframe / pc / server / desktop / cloud. In seven years we might all be sitting here dissecting the great bulldozing of the walled gardens and the renaissance of open web. of course it won't be called the open web, it will have to have some stu...
[01:29:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:42] <exec> 08└─"The biggest practical problem is the inability to operate your own servers on many consumer ISPs, but if you want to pay for a little freedom, you can." You have to pay more than a little. Even if I were a billionaire I'm not sure how I would go about getting decent service here. There are two nomi...
[01:29:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:44] <exec> 08└─FYI, I spent approximately 10PM to midnight, my local time, queuing up stories for this site last night. And I was up at just after 6am to get ready for work. Then, after a full day at work, I got some groceries, made and ate my dinner, caught up on site happenings in our IRC channels, and then took...
[01:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:47] <exec> 08└─OK typo "author" means 2004
[01:29:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:49] <exec> 08└─"The big driver was of course "mobile", which is largely the industry's polite way of saying "Not Windows."" I thought it was the industries way of saying 'fuck you, humanity.' But I guess I can see how you read it that way too. Gargle took the linux kernel and managed to build an OS that was even l...
[01:29:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:52] <exec> 08└─Juhgghggh
[01:29:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:54] <exec> 08└─This site is NOT your personal sounding board to post stories at YOUR whim. We have a community here, of whom you are one member. The editors try to find a balance of stories that we think will be of interest to as many in the community as possible. Part of that process is being aware that, say, rel...
[01:29:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:56] <exec> 08└─Or DARPA gave tons of money to face fork. google and twit to create a global surveillance system to abuse and harm people for their own benefit. you know could go either way
[01:29:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:58] <exec> 08└─They licensed it
[01:30:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 1754 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:38] <exec> 08└─Two problems with your ideas. First, sometimes damn good people get eliminated because of bad teaching material. When I was a senior in college, my dad tried to change careers by taking an introductory programming class at a local community college. I couldn't do his homework assignments after the t...
[01:31:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:04] <exec> 08└─Spot on. And, if a confounding factor were deemed likely, reasonable people would not make unreasoned assumptions about the nature of that confounding factor. They would understand that it may be a societal factor, a biological factor, or some mix of both, but they would not rule out one or the othe...
[01:31:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:05] <exec> 08└─Can't speak to EE, but as far as CS goes, the company I work for has only hired fresh college grads recently. They're cheaper, you see. Just hope none of them expect anything silly like a raise or a promotion, especially not for silly reasons like record profits.
[01:31:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Post-Nihilist [5672] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:07] <exec> 08└─They says in the abstract that it can frustrate diversity effort. I guess being proved wrong by cold hard fact is frustrating to some, when it should be an humbling opportunity to get a better understanding of a situation
[01:31:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:10] <exec> 08└─... did you at least find $5?
[01:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:12] <exec> 08└─Yeah, and you'll also get to work in a deeply unethical industry that mostly opposes things like Free Software on a fundamental level so it can make more money. We live in a world filled with computers, yet it is also a dangerous world where most of those are black boxes. Education and independence...
[01:31:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:15] <exec> 08└─Second and more importantly, race, creed, and color contribute to comfort. I was a white heterosexual Christian male in a CS classroom full of white heterosexual Christian males taught by white heterosexual Christian males.
[01:31:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constructing Buildings with Reuseable Components - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:39] <exec> 08└─I'm picturing standard-sized reusable panels with build in electrical, networking, etc. Plain, with windows, with door, etc.
[01:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:32:56] <exec> 08└─Hm, is that really how you all feel about EU regulations?
[01:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 1483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:32:57] <exec> 08└─It's hard to imagine a world in which Facebook and YouTube censored your stuff, but try. Wouldn't you find that horribly offensive? What could you realistically do about it? Let's just take things to an extreme. In this alternate world, major web sites are all far-right. Negative comments about Trum...
[01:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:00] <exec> 08└─Is free speech revered? What about obscenity censorship (it might be used sparsely but the courts accept it), NSLs, free speech zones, laws against public nudity (which I consider this a form of expression), censorship by the FCC, DMCA takedown notices, and the restrictions on circumventing digital...
[01:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:02] <exec> 08└─If you kill someone against his will, then you are re-appropriating that person's capital involuntarily. Well, capitalism is voluntary appropriation of capital. So... NOPE. Not capitalism. faggot.
[01:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:04] <exec> 08└─By censoring, complaints can not be seen or heard. People are unhappy, but they hide it. At some point, society reaches a breaking point. Europe is only a generation or two away from this at most. There will be a flood of refugees. I don't know where the losers (non-Sunni) will go. Perhaps they will...
[01:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Hidden Chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:10] <exec> 08└─Suppose there were bits of grain in every crevice. Maybe it is even full, merely seeming empty to muon imaging due to the low density of dry grain. Maybe we open things up, the grain pours out, and a few archaeologists perish underneath the resulting pile. I'm betting nobody would bother to apologiz...
[01:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Hidden Chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:11] <exec> 08└─DNA evidence from mummies shows that they were very similar to the people in modern Syria. That could be "white" depending on your definitions. Meanwhile, modern Egyptians have significant amounts of sub-Saharan DNA. Again depending on your definitions, this might be enough to say that they are not...
[01:35:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ryder Adds 125 Electric Vans to Its Fleet - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:59] <exec> 08└─In the near future, there probably won't be a way for you to charge it--unless they come with one of the standard connectors. My guess is they have to be back every night to charge at the company. Worse than that--what if someone (clueless about the short range) drives it until the battery is flat?...
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[02:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:49] <exec> 08└─While you forfeited a chance at fleecing some bozos of their money, your contribution to the quality of art was worth it. With Sturgeon's law, improvements are not possible or at least severely hobbled as long as worst "art" is not culled.
[02:28:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 1037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:50] <exec> 08└─Modern art has been shown to be a fraud many times. Again and again people fool so-called 'expert' with works done by novices, toddlers, or even chimpanzees. The Baltic in Newcastle is a fine gallery, Unfortunately, they very seldom find anything to put in it worth looking at, let alone journeying...
[02:28:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:52] <exec> 08└─And, just because the emperor SAYS his clothes are beautiful, doesn't make them so. He still has a fat wrinkled ass, and a shriveled pecker, hanging out in front of everyone. The entire imperial court can be fawning over the fat bastard, but he's still uglier than an old boar hog.
[02:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:55] <exec> 08└─A friend and I inherited the contents of our older friend's house (friend died with no children or other relatives). The house is filled with postage stamps, seems that their parent collected stamps starting c.1900, there must be something over 20 000 stamps and only about a quarter are sorted into...
[02:29:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 41 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:02] <exec> 08└─In no way do you want to glorify violence
[02:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:14] <exec> 08└─Why would the nazis hide? I mean they have been funded by the american people since the end of the war, I am unclear why fascists believe they are feedom fighters
[02:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:16] <exec> 08└─I'm fine with that, as it gives me insights into other people's interests. Like when a politician or company executive, completely clueless about how Google Search optimizes for each particular user, complains that the first page of results is full of porn and pirate links. Geez, I wonder why :D It'...
[02:29:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:18] <exec> 08└─Append ?hl=en if you want English.
[02:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:20] <exec> 08└─Pot, meet kettle. Why is it so hard to get this idea across? While the "left" works so hard to erase nazism from history, they are resorting to the same methods that their worst enemies used. In Germany, it's against the law to possess an image of a swastika? And, you bitch about fascism? That phras...
[02:29:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:23] <exec> 08└─Faggots. fags. fagfucks! Hahahhahaahhaa
[02:29:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:25] <exec> 08└─People can indulge their violent impulses guilt free because Nazis deserve it!
[02:29:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:27] <exec> 08└─Stop getting triggered over words, you hypersensitive douchenozzle.
[02:29:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:29] <exec> 08└─The relevant German law (Strafgesetzbuch § 86a): (1) Whoever domestically disseminates or produces, stocks, imports or exports or makes publicly accessible through data storage media for dissemination domestically or abroad, means of propaganda: 1. of a party which has been declared to...
[02:29:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03martyb [76] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1501 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:29:58] <exec> 08└─FYI, I spent approximately 10PM to midnight, my local time, queuing up stories for this site last night. And I was up at just after 6am to get ready for work. Then, after a full day at work, I got some groceries, made and ate my dinner, caught up on site happenings in our IRC channels, and then took...
[02:30:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:06] <exec> 08└─OK, fair enough. I'd like to see a link though if you can. I've looked for a licensing agreement or even announcement a few times and not found it. The lack of a lawsuit was still a fair reason to suspect it. Still, the mental gymnastics are incredible. 'Yes, I know I agreed to an insanely one-sided...
[02:30:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:08] <exec> 08└─I'll exploit this ill-conceived whinethread for an opportunity to thank martyb and the other editors and staff for their work in keeping SN running for us social misfits. We complain because we love :)
[02:30:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:10] <exec> 08└─This is why it's important to create unsafe spaces. People that have always been coddled and never forced out of their safe zone are often shockingly naïve and willfully stupid. Someone needs to love your cousin enough to look him in the eye and tell him to quit being a lazy, stupid fucktard.
[02:30:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:12] <exec> 08└─Twitter is self destructing now, Facebook will implode from the same cause.
[02:30:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:14] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, at this point, they've managed to make themselves so integral to such a large portion of our effective technology, that 'quit feeding them' is virtually impossible.
[02:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:17] <exec> 08└─and eventually so is the fate of the web. We are about 3 or 4 generations away from ceasing to be human in the classic sense. Homo sapiens is evolving toward extinction, to be replaced by homo robitiens, AI-programmed, DNA-engineered commodity beings with no vestiges of individuality, critical think...
[02:30:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:19] <exec> 08└─And thus our Greco-tragic hero Aristarchus is fighting the good fight.
[02:30:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yaa101 [4091] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:21] <exec> 08└─Smartphone==Heroïne so good luck trying to keep people from using...
[02:30:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Qualcomm Files New Lawsuit Against Apple, Alleging it Shared Confidential Information with Intel - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:34] <exec> 08└─OK, I give up, what effect are you trying to achieve with the /, //, and /// ? > / that only works once > // then some gym rat gets to be CEO > /// and the geek gets to be the pseudo CEO
[02:30:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crafoo [6639] 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 288 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:44] <exec> 08└─Difficult material to master. Requires dedication, motivation, willpower. When you do you are rewarded with long hours and difficult work. Also you will be given technical direction from MBAs. The people opting out to get into business, marketing, and management are the intelligent ones.
[02:30:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Aegis [6714] 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 169 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:53] <exec> 08└─If people are equal, and women are truly equal to men, and all races are equal, then what difference does it make whether an office is full of white men or black women?.
[02:30:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 574 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:58] <exec> 08└─Ha. Ha! You really think STEM pays well because we work hard at it? LOL. First of all, STEM != Computer Programming. The latter is a lucrative subset of the former. Second, Computer Programming pays well because...the people that pay for it don't understand it. A programmer's productivity can't be m...
[02:31:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:31:34] <exec> 08└─Women don't get put in jail as much because they don't commit as many crimes, especially violent ones.
[02:31:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:31:35] <exec> 08└─The vast majority of people seem to think of schooling as a way to make more money. With that mentality, they'll only ever be mediocre at best. I have no idea why colleges and universities make their classes so easy that such people can actually graduate, but I guess it's because there is no incenti...
[02:32:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Constructing Buildings with Reuseable Components - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:32:01] <exec> 08└─>... homologation ... The word you were looking for is harmonization (of rules & regulations).
[02:32:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constructing Buildings with Reuseable Components - 1544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:32:02] <exec> 08└─And you think people will want to reuse these things after a half-century or more, and that styles and standards aren't going to change after all that time? People deride US houses for being cheaply made and not lasting that long, but even here they don't get torn down before at least 40-50 years at...
[02:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:25] <exec> 08└─I think you'll admit that there is plenty of suck in the way our tech industry does business. It seems that all of them view American citizens/consumers/whatever as assets to be exploited. Although we, as a group, do little to inspire respect, American business makes it's disrespect obvious. Europe...
[02:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:26] <exec> 08└─Used to be a nice anonymous email service operating out of Finland until the Americans forced them to shut down due to the types of speech they were enabling.
[02:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:28] <exec> 08└─Like the right to free speech? Naw. They give not a fuck about the people. They're just pandering for votes same as any politicians.
[02:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:31] <exec> 08└─Huh? Those anti-pot laws were bought and paid for by a capitalist, namely Hearst, who had invested heavily in pulp paper and his investment was threatened by cheap hemp paper. That's capitalism, investing your capital to get your product to market and government is just a means to save money by buyi...
[02:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:33] <exec> 08└─Truth, not so much.
[02:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:35] <exec> 08└─I was referring more to rights like privacy. Corporations have no right to data mining. I do have a right to privacy, however poorly defined that right might be. Pandering for votes, of course. But, if the votes demand that US corporations respect privacy, then so be it. And, if Euros don't care abo...
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[03:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:53] <exec> 08└─If only it were just modern art. Why is it that the value of a painting that might have been painted by an old master depends very heavily on whether it is genuine or not? From an pure artistic point of view who created the art should be much less important than the quality of the art.
[03:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:54] <exec> 08└─"How can we know that we aren't tossing away a valuable stamp? Or being hoodwinked by a dealer (or a few dealers that collude with each other)?" Research, of course. I collected coins, and that is comparatively easy. They are easy to identify, date, and grade. There are many catalogs available, list...
[03:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 960 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:56] <exec> 08└─If an 'expert' in the field can't tell "real" stuff from a toddler's scribbling, that field as a whole is worthless. This applies to basically the whole of Postmodernism. Including: • theatre where a play consist of guys mostly sitting for an hour, with content limited to a shout "Art! Poetry!" in...
[03:28:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 968 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:59] <exec> 08└─As art, you're right. So clearly most of the value in these objects is not as art. They're 'collectors items' instead, which means that their value depends more on historical significance. Or I should say perceived historical significance. "Cary Grant was once told, "Every time I see you on the scre...
[03:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:01] <exec> 08└─Boris Vallejo is an amazing draughtsman, but his works are not good art.
[03:29:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:03] <exec> 08└─There're very good reasons so many artists over the years have used naked women as their subjects. The primary two of course being they enjoy seeing naked women and so do a whole lot of other people.
[03:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:05] <exec> 08└─Or course, if you want something done right do it yourself, no quibble with that, but some people have a busy life already. How long does it take to research a stamp? If AC gets good, could it be as fast as five minutes on average, is that possible? If there are 20,000 that is 100K minutes or 1666 h...
[03:29:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:32] <exec> 08└─So unambiguously evil, yet we have so-called anti-fascists marching openly with hammer and cycle icons and paraphernalia. What's the joke? "Communism, always one murder away from utopia." It's difficult to understand the mental gymnastics required by a gaggle of red-faced children screaming, sprayin...
[03:29:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:34] <exec> 08└─You are right. Censorship of speech and suppression of wrong-think is the bread and butter of the regressive "liberal" left these days.
[03:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:36] <exec> 08└─I remember the original Castle Wolfenstein, the game that put iD games on the map. Nobody cared about killing Nazis, no bag limit on Nazis, but the usual suspects bitched about glorifying the killing all of the German Shepherds. Now I like doggies too, but seriously, OK to kill Nazis but not OK to k...
[03:29:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:38] <exec> 08└─You know, sometimes when people write words, they mean what they write, you don't have to try analyze it to find some hidden message. Glorifying violence against nazis is still glorifying violence.
[03:29:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:40] <exec> 08└─In the U.S., we've got guns. If the "authorities" tried to pull that shit on us, we'd defend our Universe-given rights, which existed before government and supposed to be protected by government, not restricted by government.
[03:29:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:43] <exec> 08└─> It's difficult to understand the mental gymnastics required by a gaggle of red-faced children screaming, spraying people with spittle over hatred of Nazis while wearing a hammer and cycle t-shirt. I'm trying to work the mental gymnastics and sheer ignorance required to claim that one of the most s...
[03:29:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 152 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:58] <exec> 08└─It's also the only way I have to communicate with my cousin. He has no clue how to send or receive email. He was valedictorian of his high school class.
[03:30:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1114 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:07] <exec> 08└─We gave the world an open Internet with access to the sum total of human knowledge. They moved in, looked around and within a generation decided "Nah, give us AOL back." The big driver was of course "mobile", which is largely the industry's polite way of saying "Not Windows." People will use a phone...
[03:30:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:24] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, at this point, they've managed to make themselves so integral to such a large portion of our effective technology, that 'quit feeding them' is virtually impossible.
[03:30:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:28] <exec> 08└─Why do I get the feeling you want to force people into listening only to groupthink that aligns with your political beliefs, likely removing all other discourse so people have no choice but to listen to you or listen to nothing, and subsequently to be pressganged into silence or crybullied into pseu...
[03:30:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:30] <exec> 08└─Worse and sooner. Generation Zyklon rises, yet Facebook is obsessed with real names and starting to swing the SJW banhammer. As they get tossed off for Crimethink they won't be getting back on like people do twenty or more times on Twitter. Btw, twitter is now demanding a phone number to create an a...
[03:30:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:32] <exec> 08└─Californians ruin everything. They are the dumbest people I have ever met. They vote for idiots. They vote for retarded laws. They destroy the local economy. What do they care that their ridiculous, shit-for-brains policies make life unfordable for the average resident? Fuck those people! Don't they...
[03:30:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:34] <exec> 08└─Change for the sake of breaking things sickens systems. They may recover, or they may die. However, this article is hysteria. The web is NOT dying. The one irksome change that occurred sometime this summer was port 80 being blocked somehow. I have no explanation for why my web site is no longer visi...
[03:30:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:37] <exec> 08└─The big 3 (or 4) sites put quite a bit of tenuously-verified trust in their users' inputs. They trade on this data so it's an obvious weak point. I think the real harm done is widespread denial of personal servers. The internet was designed to be a bidirectional thing. ISPs not providing "real inter...
[03:30:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:39] <exec> 08└─As there are no longer any barbers, I get my hair cut at hair salons. During one such haircutting session, the hairdresser realized I had an iPhone 4, and begged me to sell it to her. It's not like she couldn't get one at the mall. No she had to have mine and RIGHT NOW. I contemplated offering it in...
[03:30:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:42] <exec> 08└─His battle may be honourable, I... don't know why, but I just have this nagging feeling the battlefield is wrong.
[03:30:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:44] <exec> 08└─https: any chance it's being pushed by people selling certs?
[03:30:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:46] <exec> 08└─"As there are no longer any barbers, I get my hair cut at hair salons." You should move back to America, we still have barbers here.
[03:32:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:00] <exec> 08└─If you don't want your kid aborted, then only have sex with a woman who agrees beforehand to have your kid. Otherwise, it's not your call, since it's not your body being used as an incubator. Funny how you expect someone else to do all the work and suffering for something you want, and you don't wan...
[03:32:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 1046 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:01] <exec> 08└─I wasn't even indirectly referring to computer programming. I was talking about all of STEM. All of it. I'm not a programmer really so I don't know what that field is like. Engineering and mathematics (mat=quant=wallstreet for the most part) get paid pretty well. I absolutely do not think ground lev...
[03:32:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:04] <exec> 08└─What, like the representation of women plumbers, miners, electricians, ditch diggers, high-rise construction workers, crane operators, longshoremen, deep sea welders, arctic fishermen, whalers, dry wall hangers, ... ? Oh, how about teachers and nurses? Watching your mind go from 0 RPM to RACISM! is...
[03:32:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:06] <exec> 08└─Some would say the lesson from this is that there is no such thing as a one night stand, not really. You should also take responsibility for your actions. If you can't stand the person to be around them to raise a kid, maybe don't have sex with that person? Or be prepared to shoulder the responsibil...
[03:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Whisper Systems Releases Standalone "Signal" Desktop App - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:30] <exec> 08└─Criticism is easy. Writing easy-to-use software for encrypted messaging is hard. We users use what we can -- the things that are free and which offers usable security. If you think Signal isn't done right, then please write something you think is better so we can use it.
[03:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Whisper Systems Releases Standalone "Signal" Desktop App - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:32] <exec> 08└─:-( Yeah that does suck. F-Droid is terrific and allows loading apps one can be sure is open-source. Apps that are open-source are better for security because the software can be reviewed. I hope Open Whisper Systems releases another open-source version that can be uploaded to F-Droid.
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[04:29:09] <exec> 08└─Seriously? Razor blade wrappers? Sorry, no offense to your dad, but WTF? Hmmm. Maybe I should start collecting candy bar wrappers or mac & cheese boxes. Apparently, people will pay money for anything!
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[04:29:12] <exec> 08└─Weirdest collection I've heard of is sugar packets -- the ones that restaurants put on the tables. Don't think these have any monetary value, but I could be wrong. And I suspect SN posters will come up with something even weirder!
[04:30:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 1437 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:30:15] <exec> 08└─"The big driver was of course "mobile", which is largely the industry's polite way of saying "Not Windows."" I thought it was the industries way of saying 'fuck you, humanity.' But I guess I can see how you read it that way too. Gargle took the linux kernel and managed to build an OS that was even l...
[04:30:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:30:40] <exec> 08└─I welcome this future.
[04:30:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03driven [6295] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:30:41] <exec> 08└─Not unless they have found a way to filter out all the spammers. The signal to noise ratio on newsgroups are absolutely horrible.
[04:30:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:30:43] <exec> 08└─replaced by (...) beings with no vestiges of individuality, critical thinking, or originality.
[04:30:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 710 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:30:45] <exec> 08└─My teenage daughters are already there. They think FB is simply barbaric. Email? What's that? Instead, they have created a whole new language based on "memes". Seriously, think emojis but with memes. They have whole conversations via so-called texting these images to each other, also over instagram,...
[04:32:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:32:05] <exec> 08└─Don't forget: -- getting out of traffic tickets by acting vulnerable -- getting better tips as a wait person -- getting away with saying "nice bottoms, hon" to another woman without it being "abuse" (actual thing that happened to my teenage daughter while we were on a walk) -- the list goes on and o...
[04:32:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 2575 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:32:06] <exec> 08└─Ok, I've been trying to hold my tongue. It sounds like your friend did it right. I also have a CE friend who's flat broke. He's begging people for a paycheck. He learned the math and the chemistry, but he didn't learn the *real* lesson. Anyone who's taking STEM just to get a good paying job is doing...
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[04:32:08] <exec> 08└─PhD molecular immunologist here. I'm only qualified for postdoc positions at ~40k after ~10 years of lab experience.
[04:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:02] <exec> 08└─> can you tell me what the european services were for email, search engine use, and social networking happened to be? maybe a character limited instant messaging service as well. The Pirate Bay.
[04:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:04] <exec> 08└─> There's a library close by. Socialist!
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[16:05:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:43] <exec> 08└─In principle, this is obvious - a 3D printer can reproduce to the resolution limit exactly (almost!) what a model describes. Image recognition has the major problem that wetware (us) doesn't have the cognitive processor that allows us to weight many things we "know" against a pattern we are presente...
[16:05:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tara Li [6248] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:44] <exec> 08└─Yeah, yeah, I know it's SciFi - but really, patterns that will make an AI see something that looks obviously like one thing is another - something majorly different - well, I would have thought that was SciFi. http://ansible.uk [ansible.uk] - or - http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com
[16:05:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tara Li [6248] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:46] <exec> 08└─From what I was seeing in the article, it's not just a static photo - the object is printed and colored, and is erroneously recognized from most if not all angles. At least, the turtle is, apparently the baseball doesn't work quite as well.
[16:05:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:48] <exec> 08└─So what does a self-driving car see during a ticker-tape parade? Or with various kinds of visual noise added to a scene -- wind blown leaves, confetti, etc? Do these cars "hallucinate" in whiteouts (blowing snow)?
[16:05:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:51] <exec> 08└─It's rifles all the way down.
[16:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:53] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjWpZmxDgg [youtube.com]
[16:06:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:03] <exec> 08└─Your application for Superfund site has bean approved.
[16:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:05] <exec> 08└─The grasslands of Greenland are still there, at least according to the Danish tourist bureau [greenland-guide.dk]. That said, there's been repeated claims that Erik the Red named it "greenland" more as a marketing ploy than anything else.
[16:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03kanweg [4737] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:07] <exec> 08└─Are you sure it wasn't Erik the Orange? ....
[16:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:09] <exec> 08└─...abandoned sheep farming areas can be revived now that climate changes...
[16:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:11] <exec> 08└─I see what you did there: http://www.homophone.com [homophone.com]
[16:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 1313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:13] <exec> 08└─Those pussy hat protesters, and that annoying march in New York, were the work of Russia. SoylentNews has the scoop, still waiting to get a time slot: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] Before the Senate Judiciary panel, Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch...
[16:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:16] <exec> 08└─And what about the pyramids in Antarctica?
[16:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:18] <exec> 08└─You must be an acoustic child.
[16:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:20] <exec> 08└─You must be that fellow dating "methane" Rose [soylentnews.org].
[16:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:37] <exec> 08└─There are always losers in the game of life, nature doesn't hand out consolation prizes.
[16:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:38] <exec> 08└─This it's why wake and bake is a bad idea.
[16:06:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:40] <exec> 08└─I dunno, I think Rick Scott looks more like a snake, so there may be more than one breeding vector. Another supporting piece of evidence for multiple vectors is that Mitch McConnel is obviously a turtle. But, for the love of Odin, what the hell is Ted Cruz?
[16:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:43] <exec> 08└─Didn't a divorce lawyer offer Eve the apple?
[16:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:45] <exec> 08└─If 1/3 the population of the world is now overweight is the average weight still about 70-80kg? Have about 2/3 of the pop been starving themselves so equal out the numbers?
[16:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:47] <exec> 08└─https://xkcd.com/1338/ [xkcd.com] http://www.bbc.com [bbc.com]
[16:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:49] <exec> 08└─Have about 2/3 of the pop been starving themselves so equal out the numbers?
[16:06:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:51] <exec> 08└─"per species"... makes hell of a difference here.
[16:07:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cable-Chomping Cockatoos Give Internet Firm a Big Bill - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:14] <exec> 08└─Never Trump?
[16:07:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Alibaba Revenues Surge 61% On Online Shopping - 13 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:22] <exec> 08└─^ Trump voter
[16:08:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:19] <exec> 08└─But "Two Swipes With a Hot Dog and Bun" is sheer passion and brilliance. Why do you hate art so?
[16:08:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:20] <exec> 08└─Believe it or not, not all people are pigs.
[16:08:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 1239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:22] <exec> 08└─Either do the work of researching these things or accept that you're only going to get a heavily discounted price for them from someone who knows their actual value. Let's suppose that you have a $100,000 stamp hiding in that pile somewhere. How are you going to find it, particularly, if you don't h...
[16:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:24] <exec> 08└─And the only thing Americans have shown time and again is that we're absurdly susceptible to propaganda.
[16:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:26] <exec> 08└─Nope, I'm going for the, some people are evolved enough to see the body as more than something to fuck argument. The fact that you're accusing me of being having the values of a Puritan pretty much backs the assertion I made. There's nothing inherently wrong in getting off on a naked body, but it's...
[16:08:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:29] <exec> 08└─That's the nature of art. There are some things that are universally reviled in a painting/sculpture/song, but that special it factor that some works have and others don't isn't something that anybody can count on showing up. The best the artist can do is work to learn how to express themselves, lea...
[16:08:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:31] <exec> 08└─The problem with individualism is that it was always exaggerated and it was mostly there because we didn't have the resources to have a social safety net and those that couldn't hack it ultimately suffered in ways that aren't acceptable in a developed society. These days it's just an excuse used to...
[16:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03dak664 [2433] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:11] <exec> 08└─Exactly! The more violence you use the more degenerate you become. It's a subtle thing.
[16:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:25] <exec> 08└─Thanks for sharing. I don't use any of those services or own a "smartphone". I intend to keep it that way, even a bit more after that read.
[16:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03pr [5942] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:26] <exec> 08└─Thanks to the editors from me too. The stories are great. And thanks to the submitters and the posters for that matter. Cool. I'll go back to lurking now!
[16:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constructing Buildings with Reuseable Components - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:20] <exec> 08└─In the case of better insulation in walls and windows, etc, wouldn't re-usable, modular panels make this much easier? It's rarely done now, even though the energy savings might be significant. The old panels could be used for outbuildings or moved to more moderate climates for re-use. Just a thought...
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[17:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:37] <exec> 08└─No, that was an investment banker: Eve was convinced by being told about the great payoff she would get.
[17:08:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:11] <exec> 08└─Did anyone understand WTF AC just mumbled?
[17:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:08] <exec> 08└─Thanks for that info. Could you use a generated self-signed cert. for your LAN https?
[17:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:09] <exec> 08└─I tried to warn people about Google and that whole "don't do evil" thing. I guarantee you that the vast majority of people at good (with the exception of a handful) actually see themselves as doing good. The problem is that Google is an amoral machine that doesn't care about intentions, it focuses o...
[17:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:35] <exec> 08└─You triggered fools are a sight to behold.
[17:11:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 1073 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:36] <exec> 08└─For starters, in this case we're talking about sexism, not racism. Also, you are right that we should be doing the same sort of shift for other professions. And there has been: For example, there has been an increase of women in mining [minesmagazine.com], and an increase of men in nursing [modernme...
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[18:05:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:45] <exec> 08└─[But what would you cover them with? ;) --martyb]
[18:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:46] <exec> 08└─Not at all. They have a saying over in Russia.: Cat. Head off, Tail off. Rabbit.
[18:05:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:49] <exec> 08└─Do you miss me now? - Arnold
[18:05:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:51] <exec> 08└─Gooks and other feral Asians eat puppies and kittens all the time. But I am all for this law. My buddy breeds the finest American Bullies [google.com] and also offers their services as stud dogs. Of course, those are Nigger-dogs, but I wouldn't say that to my buddy's face! He's also a Nigger.
[18:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:53] <exec> 08└─The editors ran this right after the story about the 3-D printed turtle. I get the message. 3-D printed pets have many advantages. They're easy to clean, they're lightweight (so they float), they come in a wide variety of colors and they don't decay. This is a good opening for the 3-D printing indus...
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[18:05:55] <exec> 08└─No, not really. - Most regular people
[18:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:08] <exec> 08└─I don't know what a turtle looks like, but the photo looks like photos I've seen of rifles. This one looks like it's plastic.
[18:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:09] <exec> 08└─Self-driving cars are shit and people who suggest they be used are also shit. SHIT!
[18:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:30] <exec> 08└─Whoosh....
[18:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:31] <exec> 08└─Ignoring the Russian control over the left, and then protecting this on the right, doesn't make the truth go away. The history goes back literally a century. This stuff is STILL happening.
[18:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:33] <exec> 08└─Due to the use of ochre [wikipedia.org] for red in those days, shouldn't it be 'Eric the Ochre'?
[18:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:35] <exec> 08└─" Just picked up another case of refried beans the other day. "
[18:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:38] <exec> 08└─That was just her trans/cosplay persona. On weekdays she was just a mild mannered civil engineer named Hilde from Stavanger. But call yourself Erik, glue a.red beard to your chin, craft a.helmet with horns on it and its pretty easy to blend in and out drink, out rape and out pillage a bunch of scraw...
[18:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:03] <exec> 08└─There definitely was no great technological civilization. In fact if we are to loose just one generation of educated adults, intelligent life on earth will probably never recover. The reason is that we used up all the easily accessible resources such as surface copper and iron. Yes, there is no shor...
[18:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:05] <exec> 08└─Indeed, considering how much food it takes to feed a human, there's no way that we would have more mass than just the food needed to feed us alone. Not to mention the food needed to sustain other species. But, if we restrict it on a per species basis it's very different.
[18:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:07] <exec> 08└─0kg? I assume that's a typo, but yes, this is very much a skewed distribution. Every person has a minimum possible weight before they completely starve to death. But, the maximum possible weight is much, much further away from the mean weight. And if you can convince people to bring you food while y...
[18:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 1532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:41] <exec> 08└─I have no idea about Banksy, but you both underrate and don't understand Picasso. That said, I don't really understand him, and I don't really like him, but the idea that everyone should like every artist is ... to be charitable, stupid. Now if you'd criticized Andy Warhol I might have agreed. He's...
[18:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:43] <exec> 08└─Yup, puritanical asshole then. Mentally healthy people know there is nothing wrong with sex and enjoy having it as often as is practical. Were you abused as a child or something? Show us on the doll where the babysitter touched you.
[18:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 1340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:45] <exec> 08└─1900? I don't think that there are many really valuable stamps from that period, but you could look for a US air postage stamp the has the plane upside down. That one was pretty rare. That said, I'm not expert, and haven't collected stamps since grade school. But check what possible valuable there a...
[18:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:47] <exec> 08└─It's not that simple. Even masters in the years of their greatest quality will occasionally turn out a work that isn't quality. This shouldn't be surprising. Even good programmers occasionally write crap programs, and even my favorite authors occasionally turn out inferior works. One particular auth...
[18:10:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:45] <exec> 08└─You know what makes it a wasteland? Mexicans.
[18:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:46] <exec> 08└─ai will probably have to decide what is best(rank who the experts really are instead of who has money?) then the herd wont be dependent on whoever happened to have used/stole/whored his way to the top. right now the ignorant herd just listens to whoever is on top whipping them. it would be nice if t...
[18:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:13] <exec> 08└─Out of curiosity, how obvious is it from casual inspection that you're an American Indian? There are lots of people that are part Native who don't look like it and thus don't receive any kind of discrimination because of it. One of my employers rejected a potential candidate for a developer job sole...
[18:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Alzheimer's Disease: A "Whole Body" Problem? - 3013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:38] <exec> 08└─Amyloid-β is definatley not even the biggest problem: Gene variant linked to Alzheimer’s disease is a triple threat [sciencenews.org] For more than 20 years, researchers have known that people who carry the E4 version of the APOE gene are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s. A version o...
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[19:05:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:53] <exec> 08└─We have enough Shortniggers, thank you very much.
[19:05:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:54] <exec> 08└─There is a huge alt-animal conspiracy going on here on soylent. Any article that goes against the pro-animal agenda is repressed and kept out of the public eye, this is so people are not able to learn the truth about the downside of pets and animals in general. If you follow the moderation trends an...
[19:05:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:57] <exec> 08└─i agree that commercial breeding is not the best thing in the world. i, myself have decided to only adopt from now on (unless civil war demands i breed war dogs with callous methods) but a law from the state? no thanks.
[19:05:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 1287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:59] <exec> 08└─It's an issue of how the breeding is done as much as anything else. For dogs and cats there are so many of those out there that the only reason to get one from a breeder is if you absolutely have to have a particular breed. This law seems to be a gross overreach. Requiring that the shops change how...
[19:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:01] <exec> 08└─Perhaps, then, your momma should have been bred by a Black bull. Oh, wait.
[19:06:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:16] <exec> 08└─Sounds like something didn't agree with you last night, Eth, hope the diarrhea clears up soon!
[19:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D Printed Turtles Fool Google Image Classification Algorithm - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:17] <exec> 08└─Huh? Either troll or very ignorant! The 3D printed toy on this page: http://www.labsix.org [labsix.org] certainly looks like a small turtle to me.
[19:06:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fritsd [4586] 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 50 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:28] <exec> 08└─LMGTFY. Then where are the grapes in Vinland (...)
[19:06:43] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 69 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:43] <exec> 08└─Nah, I appropriated their culture and did my own yard work this year.
[19:07:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:13] <exec> 08└─Cyanobacteria are enough like algae that we used to call them algae.
[19:07:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:14] <exec> 08└─Damned desktop links! Here's a mobile page for those of us who don't have huge screens. https://m.xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[19:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:16] <exec> 08└─> 0kg? "between 0.00177 mg and 0.0042 mg" by another netizen's calculation [answers.com]
[19:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:19] <exec> 08└─hold on. the copper and iron that was used is still easily accessible in car graveyards and transformer boxes (the electricity thing with a lot of copper). couple that with the burning of wood, and you can easily recover technology at the middle age level.
[19:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 1039 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:21] <exec> 08└─Well, the middle ages level requires access to iron, and that's pretty much gone. What there is access to is steel. You might get to something pretty much equivalent based on reusing steel, but that would be very different in detail. But from that you could develop glass in ways that our ancestral c...
[19:07:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alibaba Revenues Surge 61% On Online Shopping - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:52] <exec> 08└─Jeff Bezos, eat your heart out. Or the Chinese will do that for you. Can't really bring myself to shed a tear for Amazon, either, since Alibaba is just "out Amazoning Amazon". On the practical side, the one transaction I've made with Alibaba so far went perfectly well, and there hasn't been any dete...
[19:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 1383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:01] <exec> 08└─There *is* modern art that I like, but, not being a connoisseur of brush strokes, a good copy works as well for me as the original. But there are people, and I know a few, for whom the actual 3-d shape of the brush stroke is important, and if you are following the details of the interaction of color...
[19:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:42] <exec> 08└─yes. just way too impatient. i think he should have stayed in the first few countries longer. just build up the war machine quietly. "don't mind us, we're fully satisfied with our reclamation of the Reich", etc. then, once you've gotten all your geese in a row, BLITZKRIEG!
[19:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:44] <exec> 08└─yes. it doesn't matter what weapons we have if we're so fucking brainwashed we won't use them.
[19:10:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 155 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:38] <exec> 08└─Now, I would have liked to have just kicked my feet up and watched a DVD or somesuch, but instead decided to volunteer my limited spare time for this site.
[19:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:30] <exec> 08└─Depends on the time of year. In the winter it's strictly bone structure and hair. Once the sun starts warming up though I go from zero to getting mistaken for mexican PDQ. Now that I've answered that though, why are you interested? Were you planning on telling me my heritage doesn't count because of...
[19:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alzheimer's Disease: A "Whole Body" Problem? - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:56] <exec> 08└─Just sayin'.
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[20:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:46] <exec> 08└─I worked on the project (Python/C) all OSS(MIT license though). Linux VM's track slightly behind the curve for new features, but they run bat-shit fast compared to using WDZ VM's. 😁 FreeBSD is also available.
[20:05:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:48] <exec> 08└─Does Microsoft Office run faster in Windows operating systems? Yes, it does.
[20:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:06] <exec> 08└─The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals supported the bill and said the animals “generally live in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions” and “without adequate veterinary care, food, water or socialization.”
[20:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:08] <exec> 08└─Unless i'm misunderstanding, you can still buy pets from commercial breeders. A pet store, however, cannot sell pets from commercial breeders.
[20:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:10] <exec> 08└─There's nothing more American than a bulldog bred into a pot belly pig.
[20:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:12] <exec> 08└─However, for other types of pets, the breeders are the best option. [snakes]
[20:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:14] <exec> 08└─Miscegnation is a crime. Don't believe me? Ask Kim Kardashinan.
[20:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:08] <exec> 08└─Did they ever "correct their stats"? http://www.pnas.org [pnas.org] Have the standards changed so that they have corrected the model criticized in that paper? I bet somehow it "didn't matter anyway" and they just continue pumping out the statistical significance.
[20:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:09] <exec> 08└─GP here. You've linked an IgNobel prize: The results were set aside and not looked at for a good while, until one of the other authors of the study was running a seminar on how to properly analyze fMRI data. They wanted to do some improper analysis on something improbably, and remembered that they h...
[20:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:12] <exec> 08└─Thank you. At least somebody here is interested in science instead of authoritarian follower (both SJW and alt-right) navel-gazing. We cannot have science without criticism, because harsh criticism is what enables us to find the truth.
[20:11:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:13] <exec> 08└─孙子兵法: 九地: 孙子曰：用兵之法，有散地，有轻地，有争地，有交地，有衢地，有重地，有圮地，有围地，有死地。
[20:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 1217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:42] <exec> 08└─Do I think the racial discrimination I directly observed is real? Yes. Do I think it's wrong? Yes. Not just morally wrong, but leads to sub-optimal institutions, because the capable people that don't fit the desired stereotypes aren't hired, promoted, or otherwise rewarded. I think, as the vast majo...
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[21:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:46] <exec> 08└─So Captain Obvious notices the back end of the Internet runs on Linux. (And counting Android and settop boxes, a majority of the end points too.) Azure is about the only place people would host Windows and even there they are barely half the machines running. The only sites hosted on Windows are par...
[21:05:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:47] <exec> 08└─From a reliable anonymous source within the company, that windows didnt scale well enough to pull this off, and the entire Azure infrastructure is actually just a boatload of containers running on FreeBSD hosts.
[21:05:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:49] <exec> 08└─True, oh intoxicated one! Few of those using the VM's in Azure are using them for remote terminals. Lot's of servers, though. 👽
[21:05:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:52] <exec> 08└─I wonder how many of those Windows servers on the Internet reported by Netcraft, if not running a massive domain parking network are running Exchange/OWA?
[21:05:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:54] <exec> 08└─They are using CoreOS [coreos.com] - which hosts the Fabric controller containers. Sorry no BSD. (McDonald's is reputed to use BSD for their cloud infrastructure - but you didn't hear that from me 😈) I heard (before I quit for another reason) that the new CoreOS would be based upon MSFT's Linux k...
[21:05:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:56] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't know. Please continue to speak of your knowledge and wisdom! The world is listening.
[21:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:19] <exec> 08└─Outlaw any 'mill' and if you get caught all your funds get used to support the animals you are abusing and you get turned into food for them. Painfully.
[21:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:20] <exec> 08└─tyrants usually have Reasons
[21:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New US Government Report Says the Climate is Warming and the Cause is Human Activity - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:03] <exec> 08└─The report states that the last 115 years are "the warmest in the history of modern civilization."
[21:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:38] <exec> 08└─... decline in technology and society? Maybe there was some great pre-bottleneck lost civilisation.
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[22:05:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Search for Dark Matter Comes up Empty - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:44] <exec> 08└─It DOES NOT exist!?!?! Sheesh...stop spending money chasing Leprechauns.
[22:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Says 40 Percent of All VMs in Azure Run Linux - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:00] <exec> 08└─If I were picking a close US service for the first time, and wanted to run Windows, I would probably pick Azure. Makes sense, no? I expect the number of Windows VMs is lower (and Linux, higher) everywhere else.
[22:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:25] <exec> 08└─Making the animals eat the mill owners maybe further mistreatment of the animals..
[22:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:27] <exec> 08└─Not in the hands of the right chef... [youtube.com]
[22:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:29] <exec> 08└─unless civil war demands i breed war dogs with callous methods
[22:06:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:31] <exec> 08└─Yup. Her father fucked a horses ass.
[22:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:33] <exec> 08└─That was extraordinarily weird.
[22:07:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 539 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:22] <exec> 08└─I've heard this before, that there was a time when we were down to less than a few thousand. There's probably no way to find out, but I'd love to know the human race was like before that bottleneck. How big was the population? Did the decline in population coincide with a decline in technology and s...
[22:07:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:51] <exec> 08└─Surprised the summary didn't mention the massive eruption from the Toba supervolcano about 75000 years ago that may have pushed humans to the brink of extinction. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] I figured that with the 70000 years ago point in time, the article...
[22:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Threw Away a Work of Modern Art - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:36] <exec> 08└─Can you summarize the message of the video? It took them too long to get to the point.
[22:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t) - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:07] <exec> 08└─Okay, let's come at this from another direction then. Discriminating against people based on skin color is foolish and creates hatred in those discriminated against. When you discriminate in favor of someone based on skin color, you necessarily discriminate against everyone else based on the same. T...
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[23:05:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Search for Dark Matter Comes up Empty - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:49] <exec> 08└─We got ourselves a great misinformed first comment here. A fine specimen of its kind. This doesn't mean that there is no evidence of dark matter (there is a lot [wikipedia.org] of [wikipedia.org] it [phys.org]), but that they didn't find evidence of dark matter in the vicinity of Earth. You'll note...
[23:05:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03toph [5509] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Another Search for Dark Matter Comes up Empty - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:50] <exec> 08└─Not evidence of dark matter. Dark matter was imagined to fit the evidence and it's not very good at it. Check out Physics from the edge [blogspot.ca].
[23:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Search for Dark Matter Comes up Empty - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:52] <exec> 08└─The vicinity? How about the path! As Sol and everyone in the system have traveled quite far in 16 yrs you should probably use words that have a connection to time here.
[23:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:37] <exec> 08└─Give your meat a good old rub. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
[23:11:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06What the Web Was and What It Has Become - 730 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:26] <exec> 08└─That measure has existed for a long time. It's called killfile or score file (the latter is a more refined thing). Add some Bayesian Filtering to the mix (which seems to work quite well for email, so I don't see why it shouldn't work for Usenet). And then there are moderated newsgroups, where spam i...
[23:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constructing Buildings with Reuseable Components - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:43] <exec> 08└─Now that's a pretty good idea: make modular panels that are easy to replace so you can upgrade. They actually have something like this already, called "SIP" (structural insulating panel). It's basically like what you say here: they're basically two engineered wood panels with foam sandwiched in betw...
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[23:16:34] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********