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[00:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:02] <exec> 08└─When there's a Linux kernel installed in every teen girl's pants, you know Linus has achieved world domination. A techy magazine for filthy neckbeard basement dwellers is redundant at this point in time.
[00:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:14] <exec> 08└─I think I got this right Google Maps [google.com]
[00:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:05] <exec> 08└─Oh man, it sure sucks being ahead of the curve huh? You must be one of the most autistic people here, incapable of understanding something as basic as human beings making laws against something most don't like. When you realize there is something wrong with the world it can be very hard to then deal...
[00:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:06] <exec> 08└─Getting a rebate of a few hundred dollars (at MOST) would not mean shit for the average family. It'd be nice, but not a world changing event that allows them to work less, educate more, and pay more for stuff. You fail basic everything, try again.
[00:07:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:08] <exec> 08└─If we'd stop giving money to the governments, they wouldn't have it to give to the corps.
[00:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:10] <exec> 08└─There needs to be a Separation of Government and Business.
[00:07:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:13] <exec> 08└─That was a long-winded way to say that you have nothing to say.
[00:07:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:15] <exec> 08└─Autistic confirmed!
[00:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:17] <exec> 08└─Why didn't you just say that from the beginning? "Government is magical." It would have saved a lot of arguing.
[00:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:19] <exec> 08└─"...I want to change things too maybe we can join forces", not slapping down dissenters because they aren't goodthink.
[00:07:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 1566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:21] <exec> 08└─The Founders of America tried to create a restricted government; the whole point of the Constitution was not to create or grant rights to The People, but rather to restrict the government. Nowadays, what is there that the Government doesn't stick its tendrils in? They promised Life, Liberty, and the...
[00:07:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:24] <exec> 08└─The government says "You have to pay for this", and you have no choice but to comply.
[00:07:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:26] <exec> 08└─It was really a lot of fun, until my boss woke me up to write more code.
[00:07:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:28] <exec> 08└─A warlord and his men constitute an organization that "can throw you into a cage (or worse) for not buying its services." So, as the other poster states, what you incorrectly call "private" is actually a government. Whether a warlord, a monarch, or a constitutional democracy, it's all the same: Gove...
[00:07:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:30] <exec> 08└─That would have been fine, if you had stopped at that rather than taunting people for wanting changes of their own. Perhaps you'll join us in that effort someday, right?
[00:07:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:33] <exec> 08└─At least that had the virtue of being shorter than saying "I have nothing to say."
[00:07:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:35] <exec> 08└─The fat cats aren't really good at what they do; within a few generations of free market activity, they will have squandered away their wealth and sold off their assets to more capable hands. You know, it's funny. So many people scream and moan about the need to reduce government so slowly that "cut...
[00:07:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:37] <exec> 08└─I'd rather money stay in the hands of the people who were smart enough to get people to hand it to them willingly. It's not at all clear that such money should be handed over (at the barrel of a gun, no less) to this one particular organization (the one that calls itself "government"); indeed, the o...
[00:08:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 1656 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:27] <exec> 08└─I've managed programmers before. How to manage programmers falls basically into 3 steps: 1. Hire smart and capable techies. Treat them like they're smart and capable, unless proven otherwise. 2. Give them a clear idea of what you want them to do, what standards you're expecting them to adhere to, an...
[00:08:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 88 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:29] <exec> 08└─I've managed programmers before. How to manage programmers falls basically into 3 steps:
[00:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:50] <exec> 08└─Service is the new thing
[00:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:51] <exec> 08└─Well, it's a field, so about yearly, it would seem.
[00:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:54] <exec> 08└─At least anywhere I've worked, and those weren't particularly bad places, at least not all of them. Then again, and without getting into anecdotes, doesn't it pretty much describe life itself in the parts of the world where most who post here live? Does for me. And society. At least for me there isn...
[00:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:56] <exec> 08└─So you say you know someone who retained exactly one recruiter and you claim there are jobs available. You are a moron. Recruiters call me every day. They match my experience and my skills against what employers say they want and nobody ever hires me. I have applied to thousands upon thousands of op...
[00:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:58] <exec> 08└─First you were awesome and now you're awesome multiplied by 2!
[00:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:00] <exec> 08└─TL;DR: Programmers will starve. Thank the blessed Stall-Man.
[00:10:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:46] <exec> 08└─Culture and DNA influence each other, making it really difficult to distinguish them in research.
[00:10:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:47] <exec> 08└─I was surprised to find out that the language has a lot of words similar to Romance languages.
[00:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:49] <exec> 08└─I can cope better in a afrench restaurant than an Italian one, despite spending more time in Italy than France, and not having done French since 1998.
[00:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:51] <exec> 08└─I was surprised to see Greek as being considered as difficult as Russian and other Slavic languages. Despite the different alphabet, modern Greek is not particularly difficult to learn, although not as easy as German. Now ancient Greek, that's a different animal. Anyone who has said that he's master...
[00:11:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kim Jong Nam Carried Antidote to the Nerve Agent Used to Kill Him - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:06] <exec> 08└─What's interesting in this case: Kim Jong Nam by all accounts had absolutely no interest in running North Korea. However, he still presented a threat to Kim Jong Un, because if his generals decided to go against him they have to find another member of the Kim family to rally around (otherwise, all t...
[00:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biohackers Disregard FDA Warning on DIY Gene Therapy - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:55] <exec> 08└─You can make your own cheeseburgers. Out of whatever you want. So, no.
[00:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biohackers Disregard FDA Warning on DIY Gene Therapy - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:56] <exec> 08└─Yes, mother. I'll be careful. Now fuck off.
[00:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biohackers Disregard FDA Warning on DIY Gene Therapy - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:58] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, this too shall pass. Sooner that you may like.
[00:13:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheRaven [270] 02 - 06Light Table - A Next-Generation Open-Source and Customizable IDE - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:19] <exec> 08└─Please, being a left-coder is the only sensible opinion. What kind of moron uses right alignment for code?
[00:16:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Why a Generation in Japan Is Facing a Lonely Death - 1155 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:30] <exec> 08└─I'll not argue that - but if more than 1/4 of the world's population continues to INCREASE while another 1/4 seems to be remaining stable, and another 1/4 is decreasing - what will be the end result? As I stated above - increased immigration is a recipe to smother and eradicate the existing populati...
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[01:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:07] <exec> 08└─Yep, pretty much. Linux won the hardware war, if not the PC war. Intel is killing the PC in 2020 though so... yeah strange times. I like Linux but I've found I prefer BSD when I am allowed to escape the Windows machine.
[01:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:09] <exec> 08└─When there's a Linux kernel installed in every teen girl's pants
[01:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:11] <exec> 08└─LJ was over-priced and every other page was an advert. No thanks...
[01:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:13] <exec> 08└─He's more of a burner phone type of guy.
[01:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 1782 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:26] <exec> 08└─Worked for Qualcomm. The dirty secret to a text message? Every n milliseconds the phone wakes up and asks the base station "got anything for me"?, base station sez yay or nay. The shortest packet that could be sent was 256 bytes, but the message only needed less than half that. So they invented SMS...
[01:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:27] <exec> 08└─The message read simply: "Merry Christmas."
[01:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:29] <exec> 08└─¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[01:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:32] <exec> 08└─When you only had 10 keys to type and 1 to 4 lines to display, a 140-character SMS was already plenty.
[01:06:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 73 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:42] <exec> 08└─Obviously Big Business has too much money. We need to tax them alot more.
[01:06:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 496 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:51] <exec> 08└─The fact that, by and large the free market had already created the monopolies before government stepped in to regulate them? There's lots of natural monopolies in the world, they come free with economies of scale, and can only be challenged by incredibly deep-pocketed investors that can "buy in" at...
[01:07:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 314 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:10] <exec> 08└─ook past your identity and start to think about the way things are structure, and how they instead could be structured. If you think of yourself as a member of Civilization, then you should be excited about figuring out how society could be organized to have as little coercion as possible. So, why a...
[01:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:38] <exec> 08└─A warlord and his men constitute an organization that "can throw you into a cage (or worse) for not buying its services."
[01:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:39] <exec> 08└─That would have been fine
[01:07:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:41] <exec> 08└─I'm 100% with you on this. The private sector has failed completely. This would have been better handled at the county and state level as a public utility. We are rocketing towards a cable-television future for "the interwebs". 100% a failure of unchecked and under-regulated private industry.
[01:07:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:43] <exec> 08└─But is any of it true? Was the tax collected 400 billion? Where's the proof. Was the tax turned in to the Government or retained by telcos? Where's the proof? Was there No Fiber built? Seems you can get fiber to the home in lots of places [broadbandnow.com]. Just because there is no fiber to your ho...
[01:07:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:46] <exec> 08└─In any other conditions, the poster just tries to sell an utopia no different than 'pure communism' or 'religious bliss' (as in 'generalized Buddhist Nirvana') - not gonna happen no matter how s/he peddles it.
[01:07:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 1566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:48] <exec> 08└─The Founders of America tried to create a restricted government; the whole point of the Constitution was not to create or grant rights to The People, but rather to restrict the government. Nowadays, what is there that the Government doesn't stick its tendrils in? They promised Life, Liberty, and the...
[01:07:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:50] <exec> 08└─The hint is in the title: "Americans ======>Taxed<====== $400 Billion".
[01:07:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:52] <exec> 08└─But that would be circular - Big Business has all the money they have from tax breaks, incentives, and subsidies. Take those away and there will be nothing left to tax.
[01:07:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:55] <exec> 08└─you should be excited about figuring out how society could be organized to have as little coercion as possible.
[01:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:13] <exec> 08└─Insightful comment. Watch what the company does and what policies it enforces most regularly. What kind of relationships does it form with suppliers and customers. Who/which disciplines spend most face-time with customers. What tactics do they use to gain new business and keep existing business. Wat...
[01:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:14] <exec> 08└─The jobs are there. If you are getting that many rejections, I would suggest: Reviewing your CV. Time to re-format it. One-pagers are pretty popular these days. Don't bullet-point all of the responsibilities of each role. Describe the problem faced, how you contributed to the solution and what the o...
[01:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:16] <exec> 08└─You call a meeting to "communicate" your political goals. You call a meeting to show your superiors your worker bees are "informed". You call an hour long meeting to impart info that I could have grokked reading a 1 minute email. I'm under schedule pressure, you call a mandatory hour long meeting wi...
[01:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Do Not Resuscitate" Tattoo Baffles Doctors - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:01] <exec> 08└─What an amazing and difficult profession. I can't imagine dealing with these kind of decisions daily.
[01:10:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Do Not Resuscitate" Tattoo Baffles Doctors - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:02] <exec> 08└─It stands to reason then that this should form part of the meaning of the amendment.
[01:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barnes & Noble Pivots to Books - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:13] <exec> 08└─No, no. It's 4 things, and they are: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery
[01:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Barnes & Noble Pivots to Books - 979 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:15] <exec> 08└─I see too many people using Barnes & Noble as a library. When someone is sitting in one of the comfy chairs and they are 3/4 of the way though a book, there is little incentive for them to purchase it. Get rid of the tables and chairs, and when someone is trying to read a book without paying for it,...
[01:15:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheRaven [270] 02 - 06Ban Glitter - 664 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:15:19] <exec> 08└─There are two problems with this approach. The first is attributing blame post facto: Here's a river, it's full of pollutants. Who contributed how much to it being in the current state? The second is that it's often too late by that point. The cost of moving to non-polluting manufacturing techniques...
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[02:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:01] <exec> 08└─Lots of things may be good for you in bulk (eggs, mushrooms, bran, turkey, carrots...) but having them as occasional tiny pills isn't going to make a difference. You need to chow down. Take this recipe for example: https://en.wikibooks.org [wikibooks.org] It's no...
[02:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:03] <exec> 08└─In two new studies, researchers conclude that new moms who consume their placentas experience no significant changes in their moods, energy levels, hormone levels, or in bonding with their new infant
[02:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:05] <exec> 08└─How do you even know its good for you? How is it different that fried thigh or broiled buttocks? You've already cooked out all the supposed benefits. All you are left with is the fad.
[02:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:07] <exec> 08└─I remember watching a video at school, where the mommy big cat ate her placenta after delivery, with the commentator saying something like "full of blood and very nutritious, it will help her produce good milk for her babies until she's ready to hunt again". Either biology has changed in 30 years, o...
[02:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:09] <exec> 08└─they are just cooking it the wrong way... https://paleoleap.com [paleoleap.com]
[02:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:12] <exec> 08└─I'll use a placenta, springy and juicy and salty. Open your mouth, here, let me shove it in. Now bite down and suck on the juice. Mmmmm.
[02:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:14] <exec> 08└─I prefer mine pan fried with Jalapenos and Limburger cheese, and wash it down with buttermilk (or breast milk).
[02:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:16] <exec> 08└─A survey of doctors a while back found that it is quite common for doctors to prescribe such placebos as real prescription drugs that in themselves don't do anything about their patients' complaints. That's why drug trials always compare the candidate drug to placebo - they don't compare the drug to...
[02:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:18] <exec> 08└─Breast Milk.
[02:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:21] <exec> 08└─Indeed. It also sounds like in other mammals the benefits are associated with chowing down, raw, shortly after giving birth. When stress levels are at their highest and the mother likely too exhausted to hunt/scavenge effectively. No reason whatsoever to assume that whatever chemical cocktail might...
[02:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 755 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:32] <exec> 08└─But they had no visible means of support. $6 for a 120 page monthly PDF. Not a lot of ads, even fewer subscribers. Typical back issues: http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org [missoulapubliclibrary.org] http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org [mis...
[02:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03J053 [3532] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:34] <exec> 08└─LJ is the only place I've ever gotten paid to write something. I'm sorry to see them go.
[02:06:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:36] <exec> 08└─I thought he'd be more of a landline phone type of guy. He probably doesn't even know what a smartphone is.
[02:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:38] <exec> 08└─http://www.adweek.com/digital/what-magazine-publishers-can-learn-from-the-latest-shake-up-in-the-print-industry/ [adweek.com] https://www.theatlantic.com [theatlantic.com] https://www.campaignlive.co.uk
[02:07:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03unauthorized [3776] 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:43] <exec> 08└─If the government didn't have so much power to sell, businesses wouldn't be trying to buy it.
[02:08:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:09] <exec> 08└─Agents of God used to hold the money, the power and the glory. Take away God's power to govern and people simply worship money [wikipedia.org].
[02:08:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:11] <exec> 08└─There's plenty of fiber in the long-haul backbones and even local trunk lines put down after the dot com bust, and I think a great deal of it is still dark. What we've been doing ever since then has been subsidizing the "last mile" vaporous hardware, due to roll out nationwide together with Duke Nuk...
[02:08:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:13] <exec> 08└─We've had a mostly fiber internet since the great glass installation boom in the very early 2000s, fiber is where all the dot com money went after the dot com bubble burst. As you say, speed of delivery is adequate (could of course always be better), but the real challenge is in the service provider...
[02:08:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:15] <exec> 08└─Get the government out of the business of allocating resources
[02:08:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 1566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:17] <exec> 08└─The Founders of America tried to create a restricted government; the whole point of the Constitution was not to create or grant rights to The People, but rather to restrict the government. Nowadays, what is there that the Government doesn't stick its tendrils in? They promised Life, Liberty, and the...
[02:08:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:20] <exec> 08└─Feeling of (my) guts: gift economy [wikipedia.org] has better chances to happen in real world than communism/anarcho-capitalism.
[02:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 1746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:41] <exec> 08└─Back in the day, when I was a manager, I did not have weekly status meetings. When I did call a meeting, if I had 10 minutes of info to impart the meeting lasted maybe 15 minutes. None of that "I booked this room for an hour, I'm gonna use this room for an hour". No, it was "we're done, back to work...
[02:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03pdfernhout [5984] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:42] <exec> 08└─Dan Pink on Motivation: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] (Community/Fraternity is not mentioned there but is well known from other sources...)
[02:10:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Do Not Resuscitate" Tattoo Baffles Doctors - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:29] <exec> 08└─I'm a bit shocked, but your link has the price of a DNR bracelet at about $6. Still, ordering from Amazon *does* leave an audit trail, though I have my doubts as to whether anyone would follow it, and it also requires a *bit* of preparation. You'd need to plan about a week ahead of time. Still, at $...
[02:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barnes & Noble Pivots to Books - 1442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:41] <exec> 08└─I go straight to Amazon, Half.com or ABE Books now. Only now, half.com is gone, closed by eBay a couple of months ago. I had sopped there since a couple of months after they opened--they beat Amazon all to hell, especially with combined shipping and displaying books grouped by grade, especially when...
[02:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Light Table - A Next-Generation Open-Source and Customizable IDE - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:24] <exec> 08└─Which raises the question of why, if you're writing Clojure, you don't just compile to the JVM instead of Node.
[02:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Light Table - A Next-Generation Open-Source and Customizable IDE - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:26] <exec> 08└─And what's with this fad of providing config options in barely documented JSON? Strikes me as just being too lazy to provide preference screens.
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[03:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:23] <exec> 08└─Extra bonus: Having fresh bloody meat attracts predators, so removing the evidence before it stinks is easier than hiding the pups. Which egg-wearing Hollywood starlet sold people on the idea that drying/pilling would have benefits? I guess I'm jealous I'm not as shameless as those people.
[03:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:24] <exec> 08└─Color me knocked down with a feather. Now, if I could butcher her buttocks and put some nice human shoulders in the crockpot with onion, cumin, salt and pepper;, well, something says this post is about to get me into trouble.... / if you don't cook, pork butt is actually the pig's shoulder // still...
[03:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:26] <exec> 08└─Any tips for getting enough milk? Can get into serious trouble trying to milk a lady, even when you bring your own equipment..
[03:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:29] <exec> 08└─I hear you. Honesty and integrity are among my least-entertaining vices...
[03:06:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:31] <exec> 08└─fostered by celebrities like January Jones
[03:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:33] <exec> 08└─presumably, with only so few participants, it would be almost impossible to achieve a significant result unless the effect itself was quite large. I can't access the elsevier links to see what actual numbers they're putting on things. It does seem like the experiment was set up to confirm that it's...
[03:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:35] <exec> 08└─I could have sworn there was a law prohibiting this. So I did a quick search and found this. http://www.weirduniverse.net Looks like these commie mommies better stay out of Idaho ;) Also according to another source it's legal in the UK. I have no idea on other co...
[03:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:38] <exec> 08└─Yes, the placebo effect is very, very real. It's the main thing used by traditional healers, shamans, witch-doctors, etc. The *good* ones probably have better rates of success than your doctor.
[03:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:53] <exec> 08└─Haven't run a Linux machine for 20 years now. Why? Cygwin. On the other hand I spent a good decade making a good living writing various device drivers for linux. Somehow my career went 180 degrees from where I thought it would. In other words, I use Cygwin so I can run Windows and still make money....
[03:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:31] <exec> 08└─who, in truth, have improved dramatically in the last 20 years, but still suck mightily.
[03:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Barnes & Noble Pivots to Books - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:54] <exec> 08└─sorry-forgot to close the quote tag...
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[04:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Have Created a Silicone Beating Heart - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:07] <exec> 08└─Heart disease is a leading cause of death IIRC, I wonder how long it will remain one.
[04:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Have Created a Silicone Beating Heart - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:09] <exec> 08└─As much as I approve of silicone for body modification and electronics for many, many things, we need a third and more manly option. I propose the diesel heart. Eight cylinders of pitch black smoke spewing power carried in a backpack and connected directly to the circulatory system via chromed blood...
[04:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Have Created a Silicone Beating Heart - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:11] <exec> 08└─Supercharger? So, you're naturally aspirated. Luddite. I'll take mine turbocharged.
[04:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:52] <exec> 08└─Germany still has a vibrant computer mag industry, and B&H here has quite a few Linux mags from Britain. I suspect there is more to US publishing failing than advertiser behavior.
[04:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:09] <exec> 08└─I remember having read about SMS from the European press, and then asked a US provider when they would provide it. They said they wouldn't because "there was no demand". A few years later everybody was texting. Fuck America. Always at the ass-end of deploying technical progress since Reagan. Always...
[04:07:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 261 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:43] <exec> 08└─The government says "You have to pay for this", and you have no choice but to comply. No other organization has that power. Indeed, that's what distinguishes an organization as a "government": It can throw you into a cage (or worse) for not buying its services.
[04:08:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kymation [1047] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:33] <exec> 08└─My current internet connection is about the same as parent's. However CenturyLink is busy stringing fiber all over town, with a completion date sometime in January. When they get the fiber in I'll have fiber to my house and Gigabit internet. I live in a small town (pop 10k or so) at the back end of...
[04:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:34] <exec> 08└─Was there No Fiber built? Seems you can get fiber to the home in lots of places [broadbandnow.com].
[04:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:36] <exec> 08└─CenturyLink here too... 20 miles down the way, a wide spot in the road has fiber for $40/mo. Here close to town, I limp along on (choice of one) 2Mbit DSL for $50/mo. That fiber cable is right across the highway from me, and might as well be on Mars.
[04:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:39] <exec> 08└─> Lucky you.... my boss is asking for that documentation due one month ago. Lucky you, I'm the boss and I have to fend off the customer while you finish the docs... The customer really wants this project done before the end of the year, and so do I because I don't want to have to go back for additio...
[04:10:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:02] <exec> 08└─Perhaps they see the "MikeeUSA" email address on your CV and immediately throw it in the trash.
[04:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:04] <exec> 08└─Get one of those beer hats and fill it with Soylent*. (*Other brands of nutrient-rich goop are available)
[04:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:06] <exec> 08└─We may have to make you sit in the comfey chair now.
[04:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ban Glitter - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:16:25] <exec> 08└─Yes, I meant of the starch based plastics.
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[05:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Have Created a Silicone Beating Heart - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:18] <exec> 08└─Nuclear or bust!
[05:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:44] <exec> 08└─The whole point of this study is it's good for the researchers who have to publish or perish... Then another batch of researchers can do another study with raw versions, then cooked (but not powdered) placenta. Can stretch this line of "research" for decades. From what I see Modern Science is not ab...
[05:07:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:02] <exec> 08└─When there's a Linux kernel installed in every teen girl's pants
[05:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:04] <exec> 08└─Well, you still have a machine that can boot Linux, but it is a bit more virtual in nature.
[05:07:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Text Messaging Turns 25 Years Old - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:22] <exec> 08└─Always at the ass-end of deploying technical progress since Reagan. Always afraid to try anything new until dragged into the last decade.
[05:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:48] <exec> 08└─Because I don't think it is. The existence of a state is inevitable, we can either have a representative democracy which at least nominally serves the people, than a plutocracy which serves the interests of morons who win the generational wealth lottery.
[05:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:50] <exec> 08└─You milk the cow, don't pull off the udders.
[05:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code - 3406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:17] <exec> 08└─I'd say you're lucky to have worked for departments and/or companies that actually want to accomplish useful things, and the coders were lucky to have a manger like you. I've often been in situations where there are several hidden agendas, and the office politics was vicious. Had individual managers...
[05:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Biohackers Disregard FDA Warning on DIY Gene Therapy - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:16] <exec> 08└─its good to want.
[05:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Light Table - A Next-Generation Open-Source and Customizable IDE - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:05] <exec> 08└─The main question is, how hackable is it? The main power of Emacs is that you can easily step through with a debugging or read the documentation or source code for literally everything. Every bug fix or new feature I ever needed to add to Emacs took 15-30 minutes, far less than I anticipated each ti...
[05:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06On Atari's Flashback Game Console - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:18] <exec> 08└─"EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory. Put a chip in a magic box and you can reprogram it." Kids these days, when I was your age we only had EPROMs and needed a UV eraser. ;-)
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[06:06:12] <exec> 08└─Hmmm. Haven't used a slide rule in at least 37 years. I wonder if I could make one work if I fired it off today?
[06:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:08:53] <exec> 08└─The government says "You have to pay for this", and you have no choice but to comply. No other organization has that power.
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[07:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Space Technology to Drive Autonomous Ships - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:33] <exec> 08└─It was called "Speed 2: cruise control"
[07:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Voyager 1 Fires Up Trajectory Correction Maneuver Thrusters for the First Time in 37 Years - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:42] <exec> 08└─Cool story, nasa.
[07:06:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Have Created a Silicone Beating Heart - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:54] <exec> 08└─Nothing less than Crank: High Voltage [wikipedia.org] is satisfying.
[07:07:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Placenta Eating Shows No Benefits in Initial Human Trial - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:07:21] <exec> 08└─If a leprosy sufferer loses a finger and someone eats it, it's still cannibalism? What about a finger lost during the mincing of your [favourite-hamburger-joint-name here]? What about the discards from the surgical interventions? If Tyler Durden would have use the human fat to fry doughnuts, it's st...
[07:07:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Linux Journal Ceases Publication - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:07:42] <exec> 08└─By "vibrant" you must mean the sole magazine worth reading: iX, right?
[07:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:32] <exec> 08└─You should read your history. From the violent thugs (one name that stands out was a man named Lynch) who drove anyone who disagreed with the revolution out of the country to the armed thugs that showed up at State legislative buildings to make sure certain amendments were passed to the armed thugs...
[07:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:34] <exec> 08└─Well that's really worked in America, every tax cut has resulted in less money being given to the corps as the American government would never borrow or print money. And they really wouldn't give away land, right a ways through your yard and various other goods. They'd never fight another country to...
[07:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:36] <exec> 08└─Sure the government didn't borrow that $400 Billion?
[07:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:38] <exec> 08└─I'll expect Duke Nukem 5 to roll out first... as well as its patch to actually make it work, and about 6 or 7 DLC's before the telcos and cable companies put down all the wire that our taxes have already paid for.
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