#comments | Logs for 2018-01-17

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[00:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:59] <exec> 08└─"... So now you've made the big shrink Meanwhile we'll keep acting big We well-bred beautiful people Who says we have to go too? Cops and Mason businessmen Were exempted from the ovens As if you weren't already. The rest of you are all our termites now " People are there to be mined and spied on not...
[00:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:01] <exec> 08└─This shrinkage is insufficient. I want facebook gone from the planet. Of course some asshat would promptly replace it with something worse.
[00:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:03] <exec> 08└─Agree, Fakebook needs to die. Why is it every time I hear that website mentioned in conversation, it's some fake drama or insignificant interpersonal bullshit? I know precisely why; Fakebook is "the internet" for narcissistic imbeciles who appear unaware that most of their bullshit is legally action...
[00:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:05] <exec> 08└─Hopefully it would take Twitter down with it.
[00:01:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Lofts Clandestine NRO Satellite Into Orbit - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:35] <exec> 08└─Having a car would make it a hell of a lot easier to get to the pharmacy. As it is I spend over an hour each way on the bus.
[00:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Lofts Clandestine NRO Satellite Into Orbit - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:37] <exec> 08└─I Am Absolutely Serious.
[00:02:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Cherry's New Low-Profile Switches may Help Bring Mechanical Keyboards to More Laptops - 286 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:32] <exec> 08└─> Why can't we just have the keyboards that Thinkpads had about 5-10 years ago? Because Apple. The slim laptop and copy-Apple crazes killed the good keyboard. Still have a small Dell at home with a great real keyboard. Off my cold dead carpal-tunneled hands! (anyone has a spare H key?)
[00:03:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06The Faces of Blockchain Success - 21 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
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[00:04:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03termigator [4271] 02 - 06The New York Times Profiles Jeff Bezos, the World's Richest Man - 902 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:14] <exec> 08└─And you consider Walmart better than Amazon? If you are avoiding Amazon because of its business practices, Walmart is no better, and historically, much worse. We can thank Walmart for promoting the lowest common denominator, destroying local businesses, suppressing worker rights, out-sourcing of man...
[00:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hands on With System76’s Beautiful Linux Distro Pop!_OS - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:16] <exec> 08└─On the one hand, System76 gets to do the branding via their Linux spin for n00bs. On the other hand, folks who don't cotton to that particular distro and were going to pave over what shipped with the hardware anyway and install their preferred distro will be certain that all the hardware has Linux s...
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[01:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:04] <exec> 08└─Now when someone speaks of the lies, deceit, crimes committed by the treasonous jews, it gives them a feeling of being useful and generally positive. Fb being a creation of spy agencies has been exposed of destroying society in a systematic way "people get a high when someone 'likes' their comment"....
[01:01:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:05] <exec> 08└─Mark Zuckerberg said the pages managed by those businesses are likely to reach far fewer people in 2018.
[01:01:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:07] <exec> 08└─It was sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow It required commitment and thought, selsfies..Not possible, pictures...
[01:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:10] <exec> 08└─Twitter wasn't that bad, never had an account but did read a handful of accounts for the news. Recently, they just lost the plot - neoliberals trying to buy or censor their way to "absolute truth" to support a dead and bankrupt ideology.
[01:01:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 59 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:18] <exec> 08└─from the remember-when-the-internet-was-a-safe-place? dept.
[01:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:21] <exec> 08└─Did he really ork your cow?
[01:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:23] <exec> 08└─At one time people were worried about worms, viruses and other spyware on the internet. Now when you buy a hand-held computer (with a phone function), you are buying spyware. (They spy on you and make you pay for it!). In addition to that, installing spyware that was developed by and is being monito...
[01:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Lofts Clandestine NRO Satellite Into Orbit - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:46] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, American infrastructure crumbles. Homeless everywhere. Crime, lack of education, no outlook, jobs outsourced. And the American government sends Billion-dollar spy satellites to find out what someone on the other side of the planet had for dinner.
[01:02:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:33] <exec> 08└─Straight to the soylent processing plant with this one!
[01:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:34] <exec> 08└─Spy agencies say you're ugly. Prove them wrong. That is what they want: keep you occupied so they can clean-out your bank account and suck out your living soul.
[01:03:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cherry's New Low-Profile Switches may Help Bring Mechanical Keyboards to More Laptops - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:00] <exec> 08└─Coffee is definitely a vital bodily fluid for many. But I suspect the topic was rinsing the blood of the coworkers dumb enough to point out your clicky keyboard disturbs them. The good-old IBM ones are fearsome weapons.
[01:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The New York Times Profiles Jeff Bezos, the World's Richest Man - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:27] <exec> 08└─Who do you think owns all the farms? It's sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi.
[01:04:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan Dies Aged 46 - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:52] <exec> 08└─The song is called "Zombie" and if you travel to Thailand, I am told you will hear it 24/7.
[01:05:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Temporarily Pulls Ads for Addiction Treatment Centers Worldwide - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:33] <exec> 08└─"I was in Washington's Western State Hospital for six months". [...] Only females with mouths to feed qualify for admittance to Western State Hospital.
[01:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Corpse of Circuit City Will Rise Again on February 15 - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:03] <exec> 08└─Hey, if you can't stand the thought that a TV might cost you anywhere from 0.02 to 0.05 BTC, depending... then you're obviously not ready for the bleeding edge of currency development. In seriousness, I could see "bidding" up to 0.032 BTC for the transaction, and if the vendor can get the hard curre...
[01:07:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Corpse of Circuit City Will Rise Again on February 15 - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:05] <exec> 08└─Last time I went to a Radio Shack (about 10 years ago, now), they didn't have solder - had to go to Sears to get some retail, right away.
[01:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hands on With System76’s Beautiful Linux Distro Pop!_OS - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:36] <exec> 08└─Going back to 2009, Linux advocate Ken Starks[1] contacted System76 and they didn't have time for him. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [blogspot.com] To me, they sounded like Red Hat: just using Linux because it's gratis; those folks don't really get behind the *libre* thing (and the community). Perh...
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[02:00:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:58] <exec> 08└─... but not so much that it's illegal. Rather the central government called on local governments to tell the miners to wind down gracefully. China has good reason to forbid mining: their hashrate is a substantial fraction of the total. Mining is cheap there because coal is cheap. Perhaps the PRC is...
[02:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:00] <exec> 08└─After the switch to Digital why did they never come out with anything of significance, Nikon and and Cannon survived the switch, also I'm I misremembering wasn't the CCD developed by Kodak?
[02:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:02] <exec> 08└─I always believed that wasting energy on production of bitcoins is insane.
[02:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:04] <exec> 08└─https://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/Press_center/KODAK_EKTRA_the_Camera_First_Smartphone_Launches_in_the_United_States/default.htm [kodak.com] https://www.kodak.com [kodak.com]
[02:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:19] <exec> 08└─Don't worry about those bombs going off outside, tell me how you feel about this picture of a kitten riding a tortoise. It makes you feel happy doesn't it? Very happy.
[02:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:20] <exec> 08└─I think for once I agree with you. There is something very strange going on with all the narratives that have been pushed lately in the media. Now net neutrality goes away. The nuclear clock approaches midnight. And now Facebook is backing out of the news aggregator business? Something has me very w...
[02:02:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:02:43] <exec> 08└─How long do infants stare at the face in the mirror before they recognize that it is their own ? My cat very quickly realized that, but my Dad's 6 year old Maltese still attacks itself in the mirror everyday.
[02:02:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:02:45] <exec> 08└─If I had a UBI, I'd stop working as a network security consultant for assholes who really don't give a damn and start making brownies, beef jerky and guacamole for a 'living'. I love all three and people line up for my stuff at the farmers market. I usually sell out in about 15 minutes, but the time...
[02:05:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Temporarily Pulls Ads for Addiction Treatment Centers Worldwide - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:05:44] <exec> 08└─"I mouthed off to a judge."
[02:06:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Device Creates Particles With "Negative Mass" at Room Temperature - 825 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:18] <exec> 08└─Since you have to add a photon (positive energy), you end up with a state that has more total energy, and thus more total mass (as E=mc²). The negative mass is only the effective mass of the quasiparticle describing its movement relative to the material. It is mostly unrelated to the real mass that...
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[03:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:02] <exec> 08└─Ignoring proportions, the reaction given is: CO2 + N2 -> NH3 + H2 + CH4 We can conclude that this is an endothermic nuclear reaction that fissions oxygen into hydrogen.
[03:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:31] <exec> 08└─Speed has nothing to do with it. Normies and casuals ruin everything and there's no going back. Enjoy your memories of the golden age of the internet.
[03:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:32] <exec> 08└─He can't figure out how to use email
[03:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:34] <exec> 08└─For the entire campus to share. We were all happy with it
[03:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:37] <exec> 08└─I see what they did there. Advertising in feeds had gotten obnoxious on Facebook, to the point of making messages from other users get drowned out, so they pulled back the "advertising." With it, they pulled back the ability of different working-class interests to connect. Expect the internet to ten...
[03:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:39] <exec> 08└─I need 1 Gbps. Maybe 56 Gbps.
[03:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:41] <exec> 08└─Their research indicated that people want to see more stuff from their friends (the original killer feature of Facebook was that "everyone" you know is on there) and less stuff they could find by going to news.google.com or the individual Facebook pages of the news outlets. They also had PR problems...
[03:02:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 86 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:25] <exec> 08└─Did we really need a new diagnosis for it? It's it just another version of Narcissism?
[03:02:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 266 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:36] <exec> 08└─Surely there must be underlying psychologies here that lead to all manner of repetitive, unhelpful, and sometimes dangerous behaviors. But whatever. March on, Western Civilization. [Blah Blah recognizing aberrant behavior equals societal mind control rant rant etc.]
[03:02:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 170 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:52] <exec> 08└─The ancient Greeks have a possibly contradictory saying: Know Thyself. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] But, you know, Moderation in All Things.
[03:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:05] <exec> 08└─Constantly doing ANYTHING voluntarily is often a sign of mental illness.
[03:03:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:07] <exec> 08└─Hard at work flat on your back? Only the cheap ones have no skills.
[03:03:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:09] <exec> 08└─(Body, mind) :: (obesity, hubris) Why not 'selfosis'? At least that implies some sort of abnormality that isn't specific to inflammation. Then again, considering most of the people I see taking selfies, maybe 'selfitis' is appropriate.
[03:03:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06Cherry's New Low-Profile Switches may Help Bring Mechanical Keyboards to More Laptops - 1304 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:18] <exec> 08└─Unlike PC keyboards, where you can buy and plug in any keyboard you want thanks to the USB standard (and PS/2 before that), with a laptop you're stuck with whatever POS keyboard they stick in there, unless one of these keyboard companies decides to offer aftermarket replacement keyboards for select...
[03:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Faces of Blockchain Success - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:28] <exec> 08└─MDC just invested over $2K in mining hardware and will probably throw a couple hundred dollars in electricity after that. He might make a profit, might not, but either way, if he gets any cash out of this, it's coming from investors.
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[04:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:01] <exec> 08└─Seriously...ammonia AND methane. In other words, FERTILIZER AND BIOGAS. Holy. Shit. Can we do some crisper-drawer voodoo on some e. coli and plop this enzyme into them, then set up bioreactors the size of the empire state building and capture the outputs? Please? It's like everything's going to hell...
[04:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:02] <exec> 08└─That isn't the reaction that is "given". It's the reaction you deduced from the incomplete summary and article. From the Nature article's [nature.com] abstract: Here, we report that wild-type iron-iron (Fe-only) nitrogenase from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris reduces CO2 simultaneously wit...
[04:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:04] <exec> 08└─You lost the oxygen. Water is not listed as a product.
[04:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:16] <exec> 08└─Is this a new scam where people/companies launch a new type of coin with zero liquidity but high "exchange rate" and then claim to suddenly be rich/not bankrupt?
[04:01:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 788 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:17] <exec> 08└─It could be a way to artificially inflate a balance sheet. I hope that accounting firms are wise to this, and SEC rules make it clear how much of a company's net worth is "backed up" by questionable cryptocurrencies. The more thinly traded cryptocurrencies have a lot in common with thinly traded pen...
[04:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:19] <exec> 08└─OK but they made the first digial camera in 1973
[04:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:42] <exec> 08└─Facebook doesn't want to die: it wants to know more about real people to exploit and monetize the shit out of their personal data, and stop hosting sterile business content for free that doesn't generate any revenue.
[04:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:44] <exec> 08└─The last thing Facebook wants is the kind of protests that have hit companies like Uber. Or the user malaise on Twitter. Given the scale of Facebook and the censorship demanded by various parties (corporations, regressives on both the left and the right, many governments, law enforcement), there is...
[04:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:46] <exec> 08└─Facebook is all about data mining interactions between real humans. It's why it exists. It's what makes it valuable to the agencies. Unfortunately facebook is mostly used passively by people now, reading news, looking through local even announcements and so forth. People are much less often giving u...
[04:01:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:58] <exec> 08└─So much for "careful curation" saving us from malware.
[04:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 1421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:59] <exec> 08└─Oh gawd what a moderation nightmare.... you show great insight but troll like a sunuvagun. As far as I am concerned, my phone is a handheld whore, not to be trusted with anything, but - despite her shortcomings - at least she's useful for a few things. But downloading apps willy-nilly? I don't beli...
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[04:02:01] <exec> 08└─The interoffice memo said he did! And the big boss signed it!
[04:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trouble in the NAND Memory Chip Market... Or Not - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:55] <exec> 08└─I would expect a drop in prices if the fabs over-estimated demand and overshot it with production capacity increases. Plus the smartphone market has leveled out, I'm sure the consumer SSD market has leveled out, and the enterprise market is still growing but SSD storage is quickly becoming standard...
[04:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Device Creates Particles With "Negative Mass" at Room Temperature - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:06] <exec> 08└─They don't break conservation of energy or momentum. The increased kinetic energy of the positive mass is exactly balanced by the negative kinetic energy of the negative mass. Likewise for momentum. The negtive mass has momentum pointing in the opposite direction to where it's moving.
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[05:00:54] <exec> 08└─Secret dump, secret dump, secret dump, secret dump! I'm secreting dumping in this silverware drawer! Wow, why do you look absolutely worthless, as if your life has no meaning at all? Wait... someone hid their hopes & dreams in this drawer, and it's covering in dump! But hold on... there's a single s...
[05:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:01] <exec> 08└─The Public Domain Starts Growing Again Next Year, and It’s About Time [eff.org] Do the works become public domain on the 1st of the year, or do they become public domain on the date X years after they were released, and "Public Domain Day is just a cute time to remind everybody in January?
[05:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:03] <exec> 08└─Youtube flagged me for using a recording of Flight of the Valkyries originally recorded my Thomas Edison.
[05:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:05] <exec> 08└─By Thomas Edison.
[05:01:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:07] <exec> 08└─Mickey mouse extension act in 3...2...1
[05:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:18] <exec> 08└─This is great news! now we can get rid of all those cows!, think about how all that land can be re purposed for the rich while increasing climate disaster for everyone else
[05:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:19] <exec> 08└─Can we do some crisper-drawer voodoo on some e. coli and plop this enzyme into them, then set up bioreactors the size of the empire state building and capture the outputs? Please? It's like everything's going to hell and nature is revealing this stuff to us as a last-ditch effort not to get broiled...
[05:01:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Justin Case [4239] 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 139 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:41] <exec> 08└─This shrinkage is insufficient. I want facebook gone from the planet. Of course some asshat would promptly replace it with something worse.
[05:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:59] <exec> 08└─Your wrong speed has everything to do with it, when it take an hour or two just to get the subject lines from usenet or several 15 or 20 mins to get a high res porn pic those people stop and do not use it, they will use irc, chat etc but a lot of the bullshit that is the current internet is not poss...
[05:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:01] <exec> 08└─Seek help IRL not online, or you know just kill yourself
[05:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:03] <exec> 08└─Internet too slow; can't find IRL friends on Facebook VR.
[05:02:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:05] <exec> 08└─Well I think you know what to do
[05:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah. Piss on your grave under the bridge.
[05:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:10] <exec> 08└─Banks of 56k modems should be easily available from the remnant of AOL these days, BBS and I don't mean rule 34
[05:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:12] <exec> 08└─Look just because I'm living under a bridge doesn't mean I'm wrong, things have gone far afield and is harming people, it's not necessarily a bad idea to call for an INTERNET INTERVENTION junkies and sick people don't necessarily know what they are doing and in this case we need to take all of silic...
[05:02:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 884 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:14] <exec> 08└─I guess I see Facebook/Twitter kinda like a hangout place in the mall. Lotsa people seem to like it. But there is nothing much there for me. I'd rather hang out here. You guys and me at least share some experiences in common. There, well, do I really give a damn what some girl wore to a prom? Or wh...
[05:02:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:29] <exec> 08└─A big reason people started using "smart phones" was to get away from the crap running on desktop PCs. And now that these smart phones have reached a critical mass, this same crap has migrated to their smart phone. Time to go back to "dumb" phones.
[05:02:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Lofts Clandestine NRO Satellite Into Orbit - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:02:53] <exec> 08└─Where I live I can walk to CVS faster. With the bus fare I can't afford, I could have my pick of CVSes.
[05:04:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03dwilson [2599] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Cherry's New Low-Profile Switches may Help Bring Mechanical Keyboards to More Laptops - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:13] <exec> 08└─You can get the closest thing to the original IBM keyboards here [pckeyboard.com].
[05:05:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The New York Times Profiles Jeff Bezos, the World's Richest Man - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:45] <exec> 08└─I do have an account and I choose to post as AC (there is a nice little check box for this option). I'm always logged in, and view at -1 nearly all the time. Here's one of my earlier posts on this topic, https://soylentnews.org [soylentnew...
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[06:01:11] <exec> 08└─CS forester and anything walt disney himself did comes into the public domain up here in the frozen north so we have that going for us... which is nice...
[06:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:01:13] <exec> 08└─Your saying if I electrocute elephants I could become famous and lionized instead of being condemed as the first and really prolific patent troll?
[06:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:01:26] <exec> 08└─Dumby! we can burn the methane from cows to get that energy until we reach infinite negative mass energy has you not been reading all of the things people proclaim, Sociology is the only science and the narrative is the only conceptual space allowed Foult was accurate.
[06:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 1334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:02:15] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily. Currently too many people might be getting ads and "featured posts" from businesses that they won't be buying from anyway. And might not even be interested in seeing at all, not even once. And those businesses paid for those ads. While businesses paying for unprofitable ads is good...
[06:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:02:16] <exec> 08└─Facebook? Shrink? Laughing SO hard, I think I ruptured something. Oh ouch! Sh^*&^t that hurts! Posts and dials emergency number...
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[06:02:57] <exec> 08└─I wait for the bus then go from central Vancouver to downtown, wait for another bus then go back to central Vancouver, but on a different street.
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[07:00:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:55] <exec> 08└─Since you hired me to be in charge of the security of your dry, dry, dry, dry, dry sack, I intend to take this job seriously. As such, I've hired that kid who papoohies all over nutsacks to guard your nutsack as people worship its dryness. He knows the most about papoohies, so he should be able to s...
[07:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:56] <exec> 08└─Suprised I am at nasty capitalist bastards censoring truth and justice, for more profit. I recollect much the same going on during the Black Death in the 1300's.
[07:00:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:58] <exec> 08└─Look while I hate socialists as much as the next anarchist. but there is a lesson here. DON"T DEPEND ON CAPITALISTS TO GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT Facefuck is a plague go back to songs and human contact FFS it is drop dead simple... except no action can be taken without the tubes. what was that saying agai...
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[07:01:01] <exec> 08└─MESH NETWORTHS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE THE SHARP STAKE OF DEATH INTO THE HEART OF CAPITALISTM. MESH!
[07:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:01:03] <exec> 08└─DON"T DEPEND ON CAPITALISTS TO GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT
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[14:17:00] <exec> 08└─I've removed the spy box from my car, so far it is not required to be there for the car to work.
[14:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:02] <exec> 08└─from the you-have-no-idea-how-old-my-truck-is-do-you dept.
[14:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:04] <exec> 08└─Cash for Clunkers 2.0! We gotta get this man IoT'd!
[14:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:15] <exec> 08└─Hear hear! Hooray for transparency, not treating us like an audience and, of course, boobies! by nerds for nerds
[14:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meteor over Michigan - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:24] <exec> 08└─Splendid bunch of videos on CNN.
[14:17:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 259 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:35] <exec> 08└─Pop music was big during the 60s with the advent of recording and home listening. I think music as a way to change the world (as it was seen in my parent’s youth) has been superseded by the internet and other things, it’s now just a form of entertainment.
[14:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:46] <exec> 08└─"ps. It may not have been completely corrupt, but there were numerous pay-to-play scandals." That's very true, the difference being that back then, it was a scandal. Today, it's institutionalized. Business as usual.
[14:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:47] <exec> 08└─Back then pop music was about engagement, today it's all about entitlement. As someone else already mentioned above in some way, engagement has moved to the internet. Although entitlement is pushing it away there as well.
[14:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:50] <exec> 08└─What do you mean?
[14:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Cloud to Add Five New Regions With Three New Undersea Cables to Support It - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:58] <exec> 08└─Seems like the stocks people are holding are actually starting to relate to something tangible :P
[14:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Cloud to Add Five New Regions With Three New Undersea Cables to Support It - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:01] <exec> 08└─kinda what we imagined or hoped for when 'we' built web 1 ... just not that a data0slurping govt agency would be doing it.
[14:18:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 654 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:32] <exec> 08└─"Gullible" youths? Or "Disenfranchised" youths? Socialism will spread amongst a poverty stricken workforce like flames spreading amongst oil soaked rags. Just the time the elite think they have things all under control, have 99% of the populace obedient to them, they rise up and the 1%'ers find them...
[14:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:01] <exec> 08└─Too cold to fish? You need to discover ice fishing. Drag a hut out on the lake, saw a hole through the ice, watch TV and drink beer.
[14:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:02] <exec> 08└─If you go by what Karl Marx wrote, socialism is the intermediate stage between capitalism and communism. Communism is technically anarchy, because after people have learned to live with communally owned means of production the need for government will disappear.
[14:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:04] <exec> 08└─You're conflating socialism with communism. Communism is the "democracy in the workplace" you're talking about. Socialism is the intermediate step where the state is directing production because the proletariat is still suffering from the false consciousness they were indoctrinated with under capita...
[14:19:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:06] <exec> 08└─I traded all my Brians for three Phils and a Bob.
[14:19:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:57] <exec> 08└─Of course, now show us your work on what % of global financial transactions that 1/40th energy consumption supports.
[14:20:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:39] <exec> 08└─"Neoliberals" does not mean liberals the way you think it does. It describes a school of thought in economics where markets are self-correcting and should be allowed to do that without government intervention.
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[14:20:41] <exec> 08└─Talk to Chuck's mother, Aunt Molly. Or get his address from his sister Jan. That's how we did it in the old days, and it still works. Facebook is a parasite on our natural human interpersonal networks. It does not create them, as much as they'd like to. It was briefly interesting to find out what a...
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[14:20:43] <exec> 08└─The Internet had walled gardens at the beginning, too. They were called portals then. AOL was one. Yahoo was another. There were a handful of others whose names aren't springing to mind now. Microsoft arrived late to the game and tried to set up theirs, too, but people had begun to move on by then....
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[14:20:45] <exec> 08└─That's why it's important to project a persona, not your reality, on social media. It does a couple things for you. First, it preserves your privacy. Second, it spares you further scrutiny because absences are as suspicious as presences. Third, it serves as a canary in a coal mine that can help you...
[14:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Faces of Blockchain Success - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:53] <exec> 08└─Nice theory, in practice it won't be much different from a simple open authoritative central database, especially if they deviate at all from standard blockchain practice.
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[15:17:04] <exec> 08└─Cash for Clunkers 2.0! We gotta get this man IoT'd!
[15:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:06] <exec> 08└─You must have something to hide! Even without the spy box in your car, a mobile phone can provide location information. Location information can be correlated to identify how many mistresses someone has.
[15:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:08] <exec> 08└─That assumes you take your mobile phone to your mistresses.
[15:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 1158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:10] <exec> 08└─Is it common in the US for drivers to have such an unhealthy relationship with their vehicles? Or is this the reason behind such high divorce rates there? Do you not interact more often with your spouse than your car? Do you not have a broader range of interests than your driving habits? Does your c...
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[15:17:23] <exec> 08└─They've been named in order so far. That we wound up with reactive metals as our load balancers, reactive gasses as our web frontends, and noble gasses as our db servers was just a really weird coincidence. We're only up to magnesium so far (carbon and nitrogen got decommissioned and their services...
[15:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:56] <exec> 08└─What the f*** is wrong with you
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[15:17:57] <exec> 08└─(extract the essence and turn a blind eye to his lack of writing clarity) ... https://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11614941&cid=55937515 by AHuxley ( 892839 ) on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:58AM 1. Pop music has become slower. Pop music is not music made by a computer to get repetiti...
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[15:17:59] <exec> 08└─Pretty much. It's not that the latest music is bad so much as it's lacking in soul. I'm fairly sure the only reason anybody listens to it is a combination of peer pressure and the fact that it's what's available on the radio. Compare it with even the music 10 years ago and it's even less soulful tha...
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[15:18:02] <exec> 08└─#4 isn't really right. 80% of the hits from the last couple decades come from just two writers, so to suggest that anybody can write this dribble is suspect. It sounds like anybody could write it, but in practice it's a small number of writers responsible for most of the crud.
[15:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:04] <exec> 08└─> Also: the oldies need it louder, they listened too loudly when they were young. If it isn't loud, it doesn't work. (Quote nicked from Blank Reg.)
[15:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:06] <exec> 08└─Most kids have selective hearing.
[15:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:08] <exec> 08└─A pop musician plays 3 chords for 3000 people, a jazz musician plays 3000 chords for 3 people.
[15:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:21] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately there's a span in between "not too cold to fish" and "cold enough for ice fishing" where you freeze your entire ass off.
[15:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:22] <exec> 08└─WTF do you use your ass for, anyway? To sit on, right? So, just make yourself a new chair that doesn't require an ass.
[15:19:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:24] <exec> 08└─Or maybe a prosthetic ass... Another twenty years and I'll need one anyway. Might as well avoid the Christmas rush.
[15:19:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:26] <exec> 08└─IF, as you say, anarchy and socialism are related, then you have things kinda backward. Anarchists had their thing going long before Karl Marx wrote his shit. If you're referring to the ages old communal kind of living, that has damned near nothing to do with today's socialist governments, or commun...
[15:19:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:29] <exec> 08└─Oh. For that, insulated waders.
[15:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:31] <exec> 08└─forgot--whiskey, too.
[15:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 749 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:33] <exec> 08└─One must always consider the audience she is writing for if she wants articles to be accepted. Many of your submissions I see in the queue, while amusing, also contain an incendiary tone. Seems you've backed away from the homophobia, which is appreciated, but IANAEditor so that's just, like, my opin...
[15:20:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:20:25] <exec> 08└─I think it's the pump-and-dump of the week. 1. Buy stock X. 2. Announce business X is making its own cryptocurrency. 3. Sell stock X. 4. Profit. 5. Short the stock. 6. Announce "We didn't mean it." 7. Cover your short. 8. Profit^2.
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[16:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:06] <exec> 08└─This is why they're called Useful Idiots instead of just idiots.
[16:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:07] <exec> 08└─But who are the idiots? This stuff plays great on the TVs and facebook/twitter posts back home.
[16:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:10] <exec> 08└─the Wild West where ISPs are free to offer premium service to only the wealthiest customers while average consumers are left with far inferior options.
[16:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:12] <exec> 08└─Oh, they still are. They just managed to accidentally be right on an issue for a change. Given the current setup, we need both the Useful Idiots and the Useful Shitheads. I'd like to see us get to a point where that's not the case but I'm not holding my breath.
[16:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:14] <exec> 08└─Oh, they still are. Well, if that's what it takes to keep winning reelection, I can certainly understand why they would play the part. I think you got it all wrong. The idiocy is truly one sided.
[16:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 2733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:16] <exec> 08└─That is an important point. A couple decades ago it wasn't so important that everyone have great internet service. But now the internet is a global communications network that touches all areas of our lives. Employment. Doing our jobs. Being able to get a job. Entertainment. Communication with frien...
[16:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 1639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:18] <exec> 08└─Well, it seems to me that Mr. Schumer (being the mental giant he is) has it backwards. Net neutrality is what allows the internet to be the "wild west" of ideas. Without net neutrality, we're looking at a very real risk of the Googles, Facebooks, and Twitters colluding with ISPs (in ways that everyb...
[16:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:21] <exec> 08└─The ISP can choose to run its last mile (fiber, cable, or maintenance of copper) only to wealthy people, leaving people in less wealthy postal codes stuck on satellite or cellular. That's when it's time to call in the cavalry [si.edu], and make sure all lawsuits against it are dismissed with extreme...
[16:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:33] <exec> 08└─I believe that Onstar can usually be completely disabled by pulling its fuse. (which used to be separate.) Even if you do not subscribe to Onstar it has the ability to spy on you and does if you do not physically disable it. Glad my car does not have it at all.
[16:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:34] <exec> 08└─OnStar is one good reason not to buy a GM car. There's many others, of course.
[16:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:37] <exec> 08└─My car is a 2015 model and doesn't have this problem either. The key is to not buy a car with OnStar, or that has a built-in cellular modem to communicate with the automaker.
[16:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:39] <exec> 08└─You would make a lousy advertising exec. Don't be such a party pooper!
[16:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:41] <exec> 08└─So what about when you take your car in for service, and they spend a half hour with a Windows XP laptop connected to the "diagnostic port" of your vehicle? How many GPS coordinates do you suppose they can fetch in a half hour?
[16:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:43] <exec> 08└─With the upcoming spy^H^H^Hassistance box mandate in Europe, expect all cars to be fitted with them soon.
[16:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:46] <exec> 08└─Or that he/she brings his/hers. Or that you don't take the batteries out first. But why can't you just stay connected in case of emergencies without your mobile network provider, or google trying keep track of everywhere you've been? Oh, and Facebook realizing that two people who have no other obvio...
[16:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:59] <exec> 08└─If anyone can show us stable actinides, it's you lot.
[16:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:00] <exec> 08└─Hear hear! Here's to a long and intellectually worthwhile future for SoylentNews!
[16:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meteor over Michigan - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:10] <exec> 08└─And residents in the area are well to remember the meteorite identification flowsheet... https://explainxkcd.com [explainxkcd.com] and it's slightly more serious and true cousin.... http://meteorites.wustl.edu [wustl.edu]
[16:18:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 695 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:27] <exec> 08└─You can find music created by real musicians, but you have to look in different places. My wife discovers them through podcasts. Others go to live performances. Corporations do control the old channels so processed pablum is all that a person will find there anymore. I took a different route. In the...
[16:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:42] <exec> 08└─My goal this year is to go out and see more live local music more. I did it quite a lot last year, and loved it. I found some amazing bands, great shows, and a lot of the time stuff outside my normal sort of comfort range for listening. Because of the "safety" of going through metal detectors and be...
[16:18:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:44] <exec> 08└─Corporate Music sucks. Learn to play and make your own music. I retired and decided to teach myself acoustic guitar. Having fun at a local weekly jam session.
[16:18:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:46] <exec> 08└─Finally, some real evidence that I was right. I'm so sick of people telling me, "you just have nostalgia, today's music is no better or worse than when you were young". It's bullshit. Today's music really is worse, and it's measurably different, as proven in this article. A lot of things were differ...
[16:19:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Ford to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Vehicles and Produce 40 Hybrid and Electric Models by 2022 - 793 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:06] <exec> 08└─My brother is an engineer at Ford, in their R&D division. We went to visit him in Michigan last summer and he said the new CEO had held pow-wows with the department heads in which he told them they weren't competing against the GM's of the world, but rather Tesla. This confirms he was serious. If Fo...
[16:19:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bobs [1462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Vehicles and Produce 40 Hybrid and Electric Models by 2022 - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:08] <exec> 08└─Thanks for posting - interesting. Yet it sounds like they are not sure what to do and are going to try everything: Throw it all at the wall and see what sticks. That is NOT the Tesla approach, nor Apple. I submit it might be better to come up with fewer, great products and focus on making those exce...
[16:20:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:06] <exec> 08└─However, for many people, Facebook is the internet. Should we worry about entrenched services such as Facebook and Google using their positions to suppress information? Maybe those people should stop thinking Facebook is the internet, when it isn't. If this simple fact is too hard to comprehend for...
[16:20:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:25] <exec> 08└─Copyright terms in many countries, including the United States, are explicitly extended to the end of the Gregorian calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
[16:20:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:26] <exec> 08└─Prior to the Sound Recording Amendment, which took effect in 1972, the United States did not recognize copyright in sound recordings. Instead, sound recordings made prior to 1972 are subject to copyright laws of the several states. The federal copyright statute (Title 17, United States Code) preempt...
[16:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Lofts Clandestine NRO Satellite Into Orbit - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:33] <exec> 08└─That is a bit odd, they seem to have different once for different things. This, the link, seems to be some sort of textile patch for the uniform and the one I linked was the one they had painted onto the rocket. So I guess they differentiate between mission patch and launch patch or something and it...
[16:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Constantly Taking Selfies May be Sign of Mental Illness - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:32] <exec> 08└─No, the problem is the system. The system rewards people for doing pointless make-work and reinventing the wheel: companies which are rich incumbents make more money by pointlessly "improving" a product and selling a new version, instead of just calling it "done" and moving on to something more prod...
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[17:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:03] <exec> 08└─Back in 2012(?), when stinky green polluted air blew across the Sea of Japan from Mainland China, they also had these annoucements throughout Tokyo telling everyone to stay indoors. it is also used for the earthquake early warning system, they will announce when an earthquake is coming 15..60 second...
[17:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:05] <exec> 08└─When we visited Hyundai in Ulsan, S. Korea, late 1980s, we were taken to various local points of interest. Most of them had loud speakers blaring full time, even in residential areas, you couldn't easily get away from the sound. Our hosts could understand it (we didn't understand Korean) and seemed...
[17:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:07] <exec> 08└─I never really saw the point of eating Fugu, why risk it. It's not like one goes about eating other potentially tainted meats for the kick of it might be lethal. Sure it might taste great but for all I know cyanide might taste awesome to but I still dont want to use it as a condiment for my steak. I...
[17:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:09] <exec> 08└─<sarcasm> Muricans use those speakers for really cool shit. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Kinda like some early Twilight Zone, or Outer limits, right? Murica is always one step ahead of your "civilized" countries!! Murica, FUCK YEAH!! </sarcasm>
[17:17:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 2733 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:20] <exec> 08└─That is an important point. A couple decades ago it wasn't so important that everyone have great internet service. But now the internet is a global communications network that touches all areas of our lives. Employment. Doing our jobs. Being able to get a job. Entertainment. Communication with frien...
[17:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:24] <exec> 08└─I said it was one-sided, no? Democrats think with their hearts, which is exactly as intelligent as thinking with your ass. None of the above is in regards to the voters, mind you. Anyone with loyalty to either party is nothing but a sheep who lets others tell them what to believe.
[17:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:26] <exec> 08└─It took quite a while (decades) for telephone to be mandated as an essential service to be delivered to all homes regardless of how remote, and at an affordable price. And that was in a regulated monopoly atmosphere that allowed long distance charges to be > 10 hours of minimum wage pay for 1 hour o...
[17:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:28] <exec> 08└─None of the politicians on either side think with what you said they do; they all think with whatever itches their greed the most. Could be money or power or recognition or something even darker. But there is a reason that the majority of their time is spent in one of the many call rooms, press room...
[17:17:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:31] <exec> 08└─None of the politicians on either side think with what you said they do; Who cares what they think, it's how they act that matters. And Dems consistently act towards a neutral internet. While the Reps consitently act to neuter the internet. I know which I prefer.
[17:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 914 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:33] <exec> 08└─What greater barrier to entry can there be, than needing tens, hundreds or even thousands of millions of dollars to pay the ISP's to allow your traffic through? Google and Amazon and Facefook can all set up budgets of billions, to pay for that bandwidth. Startups? Even with things like kickstarter,...
[17:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:35] <exec> 08└─I think you are a bit confused about who is fighting for neutrality and who is handing the TelCo-Cable industries a blank check over our lives. Senator Schumer and the Ds are fighting the Trump administration's rejection of net neutrality.
[17:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:37] <exec> 08└─Right, I didn't mean "one sided" between republicans and democrats. There is little to nothing to distinguish them. And aside from idiocy, there is little to distinguish them from the voters either, but that is the one sided part. The only "idiot" politician is one that loses, or gets caught and los...
[17:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 943 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:57] <exec> 08└─Well, it is alleged that the average commute is about 30 minutes [wtop.com], one direction. So that's 1 hour total round trip. No details are given there about whether parking time is included and the geographical distribution of the drivers. Obviously there are going to be more drivers in congested...
[17:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:59] <exec> 08└─Does your car know you leave your socks on the bedroom floor? Does your car know your favourite movie/food/music (well maybe music).
[17:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:01] <exec> 08└─Don't you and your mistress turn your phones off while you are at it? Nothing is more deflating than the phone ringing in the middle of things, especially if it is your wife calling. Anyway, they don't need your location - just who calls who.
[17:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:03] <exec> 08└─DannyB wrote :- Has Facebook no idea about privacy?
[17:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:05] <exec> 08└─My car forgives me for farting, leaving my laundry in the corner, for spilling drinks on the upholstery, and much much more. And, the car simply doesn't give a damn why I'm seeing some woman - doesn't even care how old she is, or whether she's prettier than my wife. It just doesn't care about any of...
[17:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 1098 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:07] <exec> 08└─My vehicle isn't really terribly old. It has Onstar, and other modern gadgetry. But, it's old enough that a lot of enthusiasts work on their own vehicles. Enthusiasts generally congregate on the internet, on forums. They discuss things like disabling those stupid daytime running lights, disabling On...
[17:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:10] <exec> 08└─People would say Yes I have been under a rock, since I've never had, and never will have any FaceTwit. But my perspective is different as I watch all the FaceTwit users with their face glued constantly to their phones. written while I engage in the immensely valuable activity of posting on SN
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[17:18:25] <exec> 08└─Boobies are always worthwhile.
[17:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:27] <exec> 08└─Your man-boobies are appealing to me and I want to see selfies.
[17:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meteor over Michigan - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:38] <exec> 08└─I was in the basement, didn't notice anything and dinner came on time, so it couldn't have been much of a meteor.
[17:18:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Flyingmoose [4369] 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 259 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:46] <exec> 08└─Pop music was big during the 60s with the advent of recording and home listening. I think music as a way to change the world (as it was seen in my parent’s youth) has been superseded by the internet and other things, it’s now just a form of entertainment.
[17:18:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 332 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:57] <exec> 08└─After my family forced me to listen to pop radio (northeast US) for a couple of weeks, I realized there are really only four songs being played: white girl dissing her boyfriendblack girl dissing guys in generalblack guy self-congratulating on all the action he's gettingwhite guy whining about not g...
[17:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:14] <exec> 08└─Tl;dr: billboard is almost certainly irrelevant to most under 20s
[17:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 953 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:16] <exec> 08└─> ... the oldies need it louder, ... Years ago I worked with a friend and his sound contracting company, after some testing we concluded that louder sounds better to us. Specifically, we concluded that this can be a tiny bit -- less than the nominal "noticeable amount" of 1dB. When we compared two d...
[17:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:18] <exec> 08└─Missing the crossover from country -- my truck broke down and my dog died.
[17:19:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:20] <exec> 08└─the RIAA irritated me so much that I began teaching myself to play music.
[17:21:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 788 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:26] <exec> 08└─It could be a way to artificially inflate a balance sheet. I hope that accounting firms are wise to this, and SEC rules make it clear how much of a company's net worth is "backed up" by questionable cryptocurrencies. The more thinly traded cryptocurrencies have a lot in common with thinly traded pen...
[17:21:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03idiot_king [6587] 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 167 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:50] <exec> 08└─Don't worry about those bombs going off outside, tell me how you feel about this picture of a kitten riding a tortoise. It makes you feel happy doesn't it? Very happy.
[17:21:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Shrink - 783 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:59] <exec> 08└─The last thing Facebook wants is the kind of protests that have hit companies like Uber. Or the user malaise on Twitter. Given the scale of Facebook and the censorship demanded by various parties (corporations, regressives on both the left and the right, many governments, law enforcement), there is...
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[18:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:08] <exec> 08└─Do you remember what they were saying?
[18:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:10] <exec> 08└─Thank goodness they don't use that to play Justin Bieber.
[18:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:12] <exec> 08└─I've had sashimi fugu. It doesn't have a strong flavor and it's a bit chewy (not very chewy, just chewier than other fish sashimi, less chewy than squid and definitely less than octopus). Wasn't super expensive but I'd prefer yellowtail or amberjack sashimi. Uni (sea urchin gonads) is good too but k...
[18:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:14] <exec> 08└─Guess it's kind of the culinary equivalent of bungee jumping.
[18:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:16] <exec> 08└─I guarantee you that McDonalds food's nutritional content (47% fat calories, 34% carb calories in a Big Mac) has killed more people than Fugu. So why risk eating McD's? I know you were making a different point, but in the eyes of a Fugu eater maybe not so much.
[18:17:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 1639 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:29] <exec> 08└─Well, it seems to me that Mr. Schumer (being the mental giant he is) has it backwards. Net neutrality is what allows the internet to be the "wild west" of ideas. Without net neutrality, we're looking at a very real risk of the Googles, Facebooks, and Twitters colluding with ISPs (in ways that everyb...
[18:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:38] <exec> 08└─I don't think this is true. Dems vote very authoritarian as soon as copyright infringement comes up. It's not surprising considering who funds them. And it's still pushing for corporate control of the internet, just a different set of corps than republican corporate masters.
[18:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:40] <exec> 08└─That's why we need a more sensible division of services this time. More like in the era where local service was the monopoly but anyone could provide long distance. One example would be where local governments provide last mile connectivity (perhaps just dark fibre to the home). Anyone could use it...
[18:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:42] <exec> 08└─I've got multiple sets of wires running into my home and a monopoly service provider on each. Somehow the Houston area managed to allow a dozen electric power service providers to compete, while sharing the same infrastructure. I'd like to see more of that model for internet service delivery: no mon...
[18:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:09] <exec> 08└─Think of the productive time that can be reclaimed once self driving cars rule the rhodes. the average commute is about 30 minutes, one direction. So that's 1 hour total round trip.
[18:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:11] <exec> 08└─Does your car share this information with Google, Alexa, Cortana, Siri, Roku, Samsung, your hospital, doctor, insurance company, employer, and others? Maybe there needs to be a new industry organization: Personal Information Gathering Association. Or just: PIGA Or maybe Personal Information Sharing...
[18:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:13] <exec> 08└─Has Facebook no idea about privacy? That people might prefer to keep their associations secret Yes, Facebook does know about privacy. They simply don't agree with it. They've publicly stated in the past that people shouldn't expect privacy. Quite simply: they don't believe in personal privacy, and i...
[18:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:15] <exec> 08└─I don't take my car in for service. It's trivially simple to change the oil myself, in fact it's the easiest car I've ever changed oil on, thanks to the oil filter being located right next to the drain bolt and mounted with the opening pointed up so it doesn't spill all over the place when removed....
[18:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:17] <exec> 08└─Europe isn't going to mandate OnStar; I don't believe that for a second. OnStar is a product of American carmaker GM, though they've sold it to some others (I think one of the Japanese makes maybe). If Europe mandates anything, it'll be something created by a EU company like Bosch, not something fro...
[18:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 816 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:19] <exec> 08└─> Is it common in the US for drivers to have such an unhealthy relationship with their vehicles? Yes. In America, men love their cars more than their women. For some men, the car is an extension of their manhood, and the primary way to show off (or fake) wealth, power, and status. There was a brief...
[18:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:37] <exec> 08└─.... I never realized how much infrastructure there is behind Soylent - it's so home-y to me (with familiar commenters) that it just never entered my mind that it would need more than one server. So thanks for keeping it rolling!
[18:18:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:39] <exec> 08└─I used Mohs Scale of hardness for my server names. Talc is my once awesome but now terribly antiquated and slow Pentium II computer, safe from any bugs that might still be lurking in later processors, or so I hoped until Meltdown and Spectre. For laptops, I used names of different kinds of lava. In...
[18:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:41] <exec> 08└─Can I buy Plutonium? I have a big back yard and want to do some...testing.
[18:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:43] <exec> 08└─Boobies are always worthwhile.
[18:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meteor over Michigan - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:54] <exec> 08└─Does that mean the meteors are a liberal conspiracy?
[18:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:34] <exec> 08└─I blame the Shazam Effect myself: https://www.theatlantic.com [theatlantic.com] The article is a good read about the ramifications of Shazam providing almost real-time ratings of pop music. Where before Shazam DJs were the ones who decided what musi...
[18:19:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:35] <exec> 08└─I believe, and have no way to prove, that the attitude was different too. Even heartbreak songs were upbeat, optimistic. I’m not a musician so I can’t say whether it was the rhythm, the cords or whatever but to my ears older music sounds upbeat and more recent “creations” sound more pessimi...
[18:19:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 960 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:37] <exec> 08└─I agree, and will expand by refuting that bands based on image are new to 2018. New Kids On The Block was openly admitted to being a manufactured phenomenon. [wikipedia.org] Going back another couple of decades, The Monkees were hired first for their looks and acting ability, and and their musical a...
[18:19:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:39] <exec> 08└─Upbeat? Did you miss all that music during the Vietnam War era? Although I guess you could argue that that wasn't "pop".
[18:19:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 747 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:41] <exec> 08└─You could listen to other countries pop music... There's k-pop, j-pop and other countries: France: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Romania: https://www.youtub...
[18:19:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:44] <exec> 08└─Both, but I don't bother with tabs or sheet music. Neither do I perform. I play for my own enjoyment, and it doesn't bother me if I don't reproduce a known tune exactly. If I did want to, or to play with others in a band or something, then I'd probably go to a library and take a picture of the sheet...
[18:19:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:46] <exec> 08└─by, say, 0.5 dB,
[18:20:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ford to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Vehicles and Produce 40 Hybrid and Electric Models by 2022 - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:09] <exec> 08└─Hard to believe that was the whole message at Ford -- since most of what Tesla has built is for the high end luxury market. And Ford primarily makes pickups and other trucks. I'm assuming that Ford's product mix will continue to be based (for the most part) on what is selling...and that is trucks (s...
[18:20:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Vehicles and Produce 40 Hybrid and Electric Models by 2022 - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:10] <exec> 08└─Ford makes most of its money from its trucks. The rest are there for market presence. The Tesla's Model S outselling Mercedes and BMW in its category, which are the revenue centers for those two, has shaken up the industry. They had written Tesla off as an eco-hippy freakshow, but Tesla stole a marc...
[18:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 709 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:09] <exec> 08└─This kind of censorship is inevitable when the communications medium is controlled by a single provider. The real problem here is that tons of people picked convenience over all other concerns and came to rely on a fundamentally biased and unreliable communications medium. We can demand that Faceboo...
[18:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 2621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:11] <exec> 08└─It's been awhile, but that sounds about right. By Marx's standard there's never yet been a communist government. But he was wrong. Communism is one of the oldest forms of government around. Most families use it internally. Of course, you could also focus differently as say most families use dictator...
[18:21:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Don’t Let Upload Filters Undermine the Public Domain - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:31] <exec> 08└─But..but...but...he was trying to protect us against Westinghouse!
[18:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:08] <exec> 08└─After the switch to Digital why did they never come out with anything of significance, Nikon and and Cannon survived the switch
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[19:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03starvingboy [6766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:03] <exec> 08└─Ouch. I read the finding on the McCain collision. What a cluster THAT was. The B team was running the ship, and multiple levels of failure occurred. The captain was 15ft away, sleeping, with order of "Wake me if anything happens"... but, this can't be good news for him.
[19:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:05] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, he'll just get his bonus, cash his golden parachute and stock, and someone else will clean up the mess ... What ? We haven't privatized Navy ships yet ?
[19:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:07] <exec> 08└─A lot of things in the Navy have changed. Some good, some not-so-good. This may be one change that is very, VERY long overdue. Holding officers accountable? Who'da thunk it? In days past, an officer couldn't be prosecuted for much of anything. Mutiny, insurrection, gross disrespect, disobeying a dir...
[19:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:09] <exec> 08└─Hang them from the neck until dead. For God, Trump, and Country.
[19:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03starvingboy [6766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:12] <exec> 08└─Most of the time when things go THIS wrong, it's not that one person F-d up really bad. Instead, it is a culmination of small mistakes and bad timing. The leadership should be held accountable, but, dang, sometimes it just looks like fate conspired to ruin the day.
[19:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:27] <exec> 08└─About as well as I can remember any long string of nonsense syllables (not at all). It was all in Korean, and as I said I don't understand Korean.
[19:17:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:29] <exec> 08└─> Are public loudspeakers common in other countries? The EU recognizes noise as a form of pollution.
[19:17:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 263 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:47] <exec> 08└─None of the politicians on either side think with what you said they do; Who cares what they think, it's how they act that matters. And Dems consistently act towards a neutral internet. While the Reps consitently act to neuter the internet. I know which I prefer.
[19:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:55] <exec> 08└─Fair nuff.
[19:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:57] <exec> 08└─They just managed to accidentally be right on an issue for a change.
[19:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:59] <exec> 08└─There is little to nothing to distinguish them.
[19:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:01] <exec> 08└─I'll believe it when I see it, and probably not even then because I'd be following the money to find out who paid them off to sink the rule change. Congress doesn't do anything because it's right. They do it because the winning interest bribed them more. On rare occasion, it's because the winning in...
[19:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:34] <exec> 08└─With many phones, the batteries aren't removable. But you can put it in an insulated box. Box is really the wrong term, what I mean is you can sandwich a fine metal wire screen between two pieces of cloth, shape it into a close-able pocket, and stick the phone in there. Of course, a solid metal box...
[19:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:36] <exec> 08└─Instead they're mandating eCall: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[19:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:58] <exec> 08└─Technically, it doesn't. Our dev VM runs just fine on a box with less going for it than either of our web frontends or db servers. The redundancy's just there because downtime sucks. Also, it lets us do things like run a varnish cache and keep more of the db resident in ram for faster page load time...
[19:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:00] <exec> 08└─Did you remember to keep a replacement beryllium sphere on board, this time?
[19:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meteor over Michigan - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:12] <exec> 08└─They are indeed accused by most scientists of being able to change the climate ...
[19:19:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:59] <exec> 08└─I don't know where you are in the world but if you can South by Southwest seems to attract unusual artists, as well, though in the smaller venues around town more than on the main stages. There are even buskers all over downtown who can't or don't want to pay the registration fees for the smaller pl...
[19:20:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:00] <exec> 08└─Am I missing anyting?
[19:20:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:02] <exec> 08└─FUCK! Posting because i hit the "Overrated" moderation INSTEAD of "Underated". Carry on as if nothing happened, please.
[19:20:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 1510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:05] <exec> 08└─I dunno, I like some of the new stuff. The late 1990s to early 2000s were a bit boring and the "gatekeepers" were quite strong. That artistes like Alicia Keys could sweep so many awards in that period should show you how weak and poor the competition was that the gatekeepers allowed through. In cont...
[19:20:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:07] <exec> 08└─Hmmm...I just read that posting does not cancel out moderation...Arik, sorry, I owe you one. +1 Today Your Love :)
[19:20:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 839 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:09] <exec> 08└─>> ...better than 0.1dB It was a long time ago, late 70s, my friend borrowed a true RMS volt meter (from a test lab) to match the levels between the amps -- the kind of meter that uses a little thermocouple heater to give wideband response...and takes a moment to stabilize as the heater warms up. Fo...
[19:20:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:11] <exec> 08└─> New Kids On The Block was openly admitted to being a manufactured phenomenon. see The Monkeys (appeared shortly after the British invasion got going) - also a manufactured phenomenon.
[19:20:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:13] <exec> 08└─Oh, the good old days were good.... But you also had Payola in the 60's, so you could say it was also the advent of record label dominance and that Pop music was not necessarily chosen by the people. And music was just as big business back then - they suborned the dream in the same way that the chil...
[19:20:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Cloud to Add Five New Regions With Three New Undersea Cables to Support It - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:24] <exec> 08└─> The Los Angeles to Chile cable will be Google's first private undersea cable. I like how they start small ... Hey, Alphabet, I need your fiber cable to my house! That cloud computing stuff can wait until after I get reliable affordable bandwidth!
[19:21:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:41] <exec> 08└─But it's also true that coops can succumb to bad management. I know of one example that worked well for about 60 years, and then elected a board that was expansionist, and went bankrupt within a decade, even though it still had lots of community support. You *DON'T* take a low margin business and tr...
[19:21:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:42] <exec> 08└─Odd, I'd vote Amazon for that title.
[19:21:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:44] <exec> 08└─The problem is, they may not deserver freedom from censorship, but *we* deserve their freedom from censorship. The acceptable rules of behavior, laws, etc. are all shaped by what the mass of people believe.
[19:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:44] <exec> 08└─This one never left. Still carries and age old dumbphone that talks UMTS, that can optionally be paired up with a computer or "smartphone" (PDA more like it) for mobile data connectivity when the need arises. Just need a bit more pocket space than the pervasive t-shirt and skinny jeans allows for...
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[20:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:02] <exec> 08└─Someone didn't contribute enough to someone else's "campaign fund". Does anyone really think these 2 issues can be dumbed down enough so a CongressClown can understand the hows and whys of this?
[20:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03starvingboy [6766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:03] <exec> 08└─My thoughts exactly. Congress people bloviating in order to get their name in the media, nothing more, and nothing will come of it.
[20:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:05] <exec> 08└─Congress will do ANYTHING but what they are supposed to do. Having resolved the budget, corrected the FCC, solved the immigration issues, and dealt with the tax reform, they then move on to telling a tech business they can't possible understand how to fix its problems. Go Congress Go...
[20:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:07] <exec> 08└─Ron Wyden might actually be able to follow it halfway. I'm not sure about anyone else in the Senate though, not even dear Bernie.
[20:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:19] <exec> 08└─We haven't privatized Navy ships yet ?
[20:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:20] <exec> 08└─> sometimes it just looks like fate conspired to ruin the day. Still my "favorite" illustration of Rube Goldberg tragedy: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] When Hollywood relies on that many coincidences, I usually call Bullshit...
[20:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:22] <exec> 08└─Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!
[20:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:25] <exec> 08└─There are also some rumors that the somebody (state actors [snopes.com]) was spoofing the GPS, one or both ships were not running radar at the time, and one or more of the watch keepers were not at their stations. (The mentioned Chief is likely one of these). https://newstarget.com
[20:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:27] <exec> 08└─This may be one change that is very, VERY long overdue.
[20:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 755 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:29] <exec> 08└─There was an episode of This American Life that discussed these accidents. There were lookouts who should have alerted the bridge to impending collisions. Why are they not being prosecuted? The fundamental problem is that the ships are undermanned and there is a culture within the Navy of not being...
[20:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:31] <exec> 08└─Definitely. The fact that so many individual people somehow missed the BFO on CBDR (constant bearing, decreasing range) meant they were half asleep, not running a tight watch. Doing that out in the middle of the ocean is something you can get away with but still shouldn't. Allowing that while close...
[20:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03gottabeme [1531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:34] <exec> 08└─There are supposed to be levels of backup for everything. Multiple Radars, covered by watch standing, GPS nav, covered by old fashion course plotting, etc. Its designed such that not everything can go gunny sack at once.
[20:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:36] <exec> 08└─Both incidents were too much like a 3 Stooges skit. There was a fundamental problem in the leadership. With tragic consequences. The focus is on course on the skipper. His carrier is over. His retirement probably should be adjusted to that of lower officer. Taking his freedom seems extreme. Especial...
[20:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:38] <exec> 08└─In peace time, the captain's duties are: 1) protect the ship's integrity and maintain readiness 2) don't embarrass the brass 3) be where you're supposed to be, on time 4) pesky annoyances, paperwork, and others... I believe someone failed at the important ones. You're describing a readiness issue, w...
[20:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:40] <exec> 08└─His carrier is over.
[20:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:58] <exec> 08└─You live by fish, you die by fish. Arigato.
[20:18:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:24] <exec> 08└─They just managed to accidentally be right on an issue for a change.
[20:18:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 47 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:25] <exec> 08└─There is little to nothing to distinguish them.
[20:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Woosh [6715] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:29] <exec> 08└─I read the cliff note version of this. "Close but no cigar."
[20:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:32] <exec> 08└─I believe that such thinking is the most dangerous to the future of US society. You can believe what you want. But for any positive change to take place, the republican/democrat monolith has to at least be reduced to a bit part with more independents in congress. If you don't think that there is any...
[20:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:34] <exec> 08└─More Reps voted for the DMCA than Dems. [govtrack.us] While I'm no fan of the (historical*) Dem position on copyright the worst you can say about them is they're almost as bad as the Reps on that issue. *With the recent left wing backlash against things like SOPA I doubt the Dems are nearly as align...
[20:18:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 1375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:36] <exec> 08└─Obama originally didn't want net neutrality. He went for it after it became clear that enough people cared, but prior to that he was obeying his corporate masters. Today, democrats are putting on a show to gain political advantage. Their corporate owners will tolerate it because a veto is certain. I...
[20:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:38] <exec> 08└─There is little to nothing to distinguish them. And they'll keep repeating this lie even in a thread about 100% of Dems trying to do the right thing while 98% of the Reps try to do the wrong thing.
[20:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:40] <exec> 08└─Comprehension fail. I wasn't advocating for not voting. I was advocating for voting. I believe that voting is very important. I believe that the idea that there is no difference between the parties is false and that we all have a reason (and a duty) to vote. I would not be surprised if the idea that...
[20:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:43] <exec> 08└─But if the threat of Trump gets them to temporarily align their actions with something that might accidentally be good for voters, then again I'd have to say Trump has been better in the Whitehouse than Hillary would have been. And somehow you'll still say this with a straight face on the day Trump...
[20:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:45] <exec> 08└─You're ignoring the end-user net neutrality, which is what matters more and is what people see. InfoWars and Brietbart are getting censored. If you search for them, google will put up a little sidebar to scare you away. That doesn't happen for left-leaning sites, even if maximally bullshit. If you p...
[20:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:47] <exec> 08└─It was Obama policy, overturned by Ajit, Trump's man at the FCC, on purpose, as part of long-standing Republican policy. Yeah, well, everybody helps their own. What party was it that appointed this guy to the FCC?
[20:18:48] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:49] <exec> 08└─C'mon, TMB, own this! Republicans are against liberty! It was Obama policy, overturned by Ajit, Trump's man at the FCC, on purpose, as part of long-standing Republican policy.
[20:18:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:51] <exec> 08└─I wasn't advocating for not voting. Where did I say you were? From you: If you don't think that there is any difference, then there is no reason to vote. And where ever do I say the lack of differences between republicans and democrats is a reason not to vote?? In fact I explicitly warned against it...
[20:18:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:54] <exec> 08└─What party was it that appointed this guy to the FCC? Republicans
[20:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:56] <exec> 08└─He's not going to "own it," and for pretty much the same reason all these shithead politicians never "own it" when they fuck up: ego. The darkly hilarious part of this is that he thinks he's somehow different from them deep down. I guess the horseshoe effect works for individuals as well as collecti...
[20:19:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:31] <exec> 08└─Try THAT with your Tesla! One of the few, but very significant, criticisms I have of those products; I suspect the car's functionality is inextricably entwined with this capability, whether it is used by the manufacturer or not.
[20:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:33] <exec> 08└─What? where is this spy box?
[20:19:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:35] <exec> 08└─The service manual for your car will tell you. In my case it was behind the radio, connected to the GPS and data antennas.
[20:19:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 442 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:48] <exec> 08└─They've been named in order so far. That we wound up with reactive metals as our load balancers, reactive gasses as our web frontends, and noble gasses as our db servers was just a really weird coincidence. We're only up to magnesium so far (carbon and nitrogen got decommissioned and their services...
[20:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:05] <exec> 08└─Lolol no problem, one moderation here or there doesn't really matter. Glad you liked the point. Less is more.
[20:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03gottabeme [1531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Vehicles and Produce 40 Hybrid and Electric Models by 2022 - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:32] <exec> 08└─If Ford realizes this, and other mass-market brands follow suit, the oil companies are done for.
[20:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:37] <exec> 08└─Facebook is full of socialists who regularly suppress alt-right viewpoints. This one time, a socialist gets suppressed because the video is about bypassing facebook's suppression. Boo hoo. Want my sympathy? Support freedom of speech for me too, your arch enemy.
[20:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Can Produce Methane - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:11] <exec> 08└─And what's that we have in the sky, a four trillion trillion watt incandescent bulb with a Wien's Law peak at 5800K? Why yes, yes it is.
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[21:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:10] <exec> 08└─They don't really need to understand anything beyond "they fucked up badly". I know it's too much to ask of Congress, what with their horribly empty pockets, but I'd like to see an example made along the lines of "there's no such thing as too big to have to pay for your mistakes".
[21:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:12] <exec> 08└─What exactly is congress expecting? That the management of these chipmakers, or even people designing the chips, could foresee this particular type of weakness? When I read a decent explanation [raspberrypi.org] of how information can be leaked from the kernel, I was thinking, who could have foresee...
[21:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:14] <exec> 08└─significant patching problems, including an AMD patch that briefly prevented Windows computers from booting up
[21:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:16] <exec> 08└─Ohhh, I think we know the answer to that [businessinsider.com]. You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away and know when to run.
[21:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:19] <exec> 08└─Who is more dangerous - an engineer who designed a faulty bridge or a computer "architect"? Congress should as a bare minimum require licenses for developing software similar to engineers, doctors, and most importantly dentists. Existing "dentists" with at least 10 years of American experience shall...
[21:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:21] <exec> 08└─Congress will do ANYTHING but what they are supposed to do. Pass a law requiring Intel to provide FOC all necessary information to anyone interested in _selling_ replacement chips for out-of-warranty Intel chips with the problems. For some people (with old CPUs) the value of the system far exceeds t...
[21:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 616 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:23] <exec> 08└─For many years now, there have been mumblings about how caches or hyperthreading could be used to leak secrets. Although neither is fundamental to Spectre or Meltdown, both are part of the currently published attacks. There is also a little bit of similarity with rowhammer. Some of the same research...
[21:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:25] <exec> 08└─It makes one wonder what NSA backdoors Intel chips have that AMD chips don't have. The press obviously does not want the public aware there are still two vendors for x86 chips.
[21:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:28] <exec> 08└─Your suggestion sounds a lot like the Medieval Guilds, and they wound up opponents of innovation and often ran cartels. [wikipedia.org]
[21:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 3004 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:51] <exec> 08└─Things do conspire to ruin lives. Small mistakes and bad timing, yes. But, that is a big part of leadership. When lives depend on the actions of several men, and many sensors, the drills are in order, until each man understands his part in the entire process. Hopefully, he understands more of the pr...
[21:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:52] <exec> 08└─The captain was 15ft away, sleeping, with order of "Wake me if anything happens"...
[21:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 712 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:54] <exec> 08└─There are "career ending mistakes" which are kept out of the public view, and there are courts martials. How many officers in decades past have been put on public display, and charged with heinous offenses? Negligent homicide is a damned serious charge. One which the Navy would prefer be kept hush-h...
[21:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:57] <exec> 08└─I pretty much disagree. Any lookouts will likely face intense grilling, and possible prosecution. But, ultimately, the ship's commander is responsible. Always and forever, amen and pass the ammunition. If the lookouts are poorly trained, the captain and his executive are responsible. Department and...
[21:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:59] <exec> 08└─**career is destroyed, can no longer be carried?
[21:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:01] <exec> 08└─Awww, Heck!
[21:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 1275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but the problem I see here is that the leadership is trained based on policies that are set at a level far above even a commander or captain, and really goes up to the Pentagon or even Congress. What's the captain supposed to do when the Navy itself refuses to provide proper schooling in marit...
[21:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 3742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:05] <exec> 08└─At least one of these cases certainly sounds like that sort of situation. [cite=https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2017/11/01/navy-crews-at-fault-in-fatal-collisions-investigations-find/] Sanchez ordered the crew to set sea and anchor detail at 6 a.m. instead of an hour prior, when the ship e...
[21:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:08] <exec> 08└─How the hell is the captain responsible for rust on his ship if the Navy refuses to fix it, for a hypothetical situation? What's he supposed to do, invade some foreign port and force them to drydock the boat and fix it? The captain cannot physically be responsible for everything; he can only work wi...
[21:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:10] <exec> 08└─Why would I own something I disagree with when I voted against the guy who appointed him?
[21:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:11] <exec> 08└─Houston's grid operator is a regulated natural monopoly, not unlike my proposal for last mile internet.
[21:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:13] <exec> 08└─Obama originally didn't want net neutrality. Obama was campaigning on Net Neutrality as far back as 2008. (that was his first campaign since you seem to be lacking some historical knowledge)"“I will take a backseat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality,” [youtube.com] Support network...
[21:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:16] <exec> 08└─*ahem* [fcc.gov] He had previously served as Commissioner at the FCC, appointed by then-President Barack Obama and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate in May 2012. Don't shoot!
[21:19:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:53] <exec> 08└─My car is cheaper than any woman. (And it is a semi-luxury model.) My car rarely complains. My car is dependable. My car is not terribly pretty, but she's got it where it counts. My car goes on almost every journey with me. But my car does not mind when go off on my own with an airplane. My car woul...
[21:19:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:55] <exec> 08└─Google has a lot of Very Bad Sites when one looks for howtos for this operation. Did you DIY without references? Or did you use some kind of guide? If the latter, could you share? Interested parties are interested!
[21:20:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Meteor over Michigan - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:31] <exec> 08└─When you come out of your basement you might find everyone has turned to dust and there's a strange glow in the sky.
[21:20:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 215 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:54] <exec> 08└─"ps. It may not have been completely corrupt, but there were numerous pay-to-play scandals." That's very true, the difference being that back then, it was a scandal. Today, it's institutionalized. Business as usual.
[21:21:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 862 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:06] <exec> 08└─Finally, some real evidence that I was right. I'm so sick of people telling me, "you just have nostalgia, today's music is no better or worse than when you were young". It's bullshit. Today's music really is worse, and it's measurably different, as proven in this article. A lot of things were differ...
[21:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:27] <exec> 08└─You can find music created by real musicians, but you have to look in different places. My wife discovers them through podcasts.
[21:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:29] <exec> 08└─An old Zappa video comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[21:21:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:31] <exec> 08└─Mrs. ... Oh you meant the podcasts. Never mind.
[21:21:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Cloud to Add Five New Regions With Three New Undersea Cables to Support It - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:41] <exec> 08└─Google sues U.S. over government contract exclusion [reuters.com] The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Google for compensation data [techcrunch.com]
[21:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ford to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Vehicles and Produce 40 Hybrid and Electric Models by 2022 - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:00] <exec> 08└─I currently drive a Toyota RAV4 (and am pleased with it), but what I would really like to drive is a small to mid-size electric pickup. Hopefully Ford will eventually offer an all-electric Ranger someday before I get too damned old to drive one.
[21:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:06] <exec> 08└─You've made the observation of Dunbar's Number, a.k.a. The Monkeysphere.
[21:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:07] <exec> 08└─Did even one single neuron fire in your frontal lobes while you typed that, or was it straight from your ass to your hands without involving the ol' wetware?
[21:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:09] <exec> 08└─I don't think this can or will ever happen. Humans simply do not work this way. I would be very surprised if even one in fifty humans were "angelic" enough to make something like that work.
[21:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:12] <exec> 08└─Is he attacking their masculinity, or is he shining a spotlight on how freaking fragile it is and then poking it a bit to demonstrate? There is a difference. It's not nice, but neither are they, so...
[21:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:14] <exec> 08└─Could have sworn it was the other way round, that capitalism would encounter a crisis that lead to the government taking over control of the means of production, thus resulting in communism. Then at some point later, the government would dissolve and leave the workers in control of the means of prod...
[21:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:16] <exec> 08└─The mass of people doesn't believe privacy is important, otherwise Facebook wouldn't be as popular as it is now. Therefore, the acceptable rules of behavior are to ignore privacy issues.
[21:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:18] <exec> 08└─The free market is indeed powerful, but the problem is that the majority of consumers are too stupid to pick things in their own long-term self-interest, which is why we have this situation with Facebook. That's why we generally need government regulation, to correct this problem, but even this does...
[21:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:20] <exec> 08└─controlled by a single [private] provider Wilson, NC and Chattanooga, TN each have an ISP that is a public utility in every sense. Those are owned by all residents of the city, in common. If the service strays from the path of righteousness, the voters can select new people to set things back to rig...
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[22:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:02] <exec> 08└─New laptops are drawing upon features/attributes associated with smartphones, such as […] walled gardens: If it is a walled garden, it's not a laptop. It's a smart device in laptop form factor.
[22:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:04] <exec> 08└─New laptops are drawing upon features/attributes associated with smartphones, such as […] walled gardens: If it is a walled garden, it's not a laptop. It's a smart device in laptop form factor. *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) It's a smart clamshell.
[22:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:06] <exec> 08└─I don't want a locked down laptop running some half-assed OS.
[22:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:26] <exec> 08└─> What exactly is congress expecting? That the management of these chipmakers, or even people designing the chips, could foresee this particular type of weakness? I'm ready to give Spectre a pass -- we do speculative execution, we *have* to touch the cache, which then we can't un-touch if we guessed...
[22:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:27] <exec> 08└─T: "Can't you chip people stop making loooser chips? I know chips better than Frito Lay, beliebe me! I put them in my McTaco salad all the time. And they don't have security problems: always come out of the right hole the right way at the right time. Bigly efficient. Enjoy!"
[22:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:29] <exec> 08└─You credit the press with too much intelligence. Malice and stupidity and all that.
[22:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:31] <exec> 08└─What exactly is congress expecting? That the management of these chipmakers, or even people designing the chips, could foresee this particular type of weakness? When I read a decent explanation [raspberrypi.org] of how information can be leaked from the kernel, I was thinking, who could have foresee...
[22:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:34] <exec> 08└─No matter what label is attached to it, but that's how professionals work in this country. Programmers so far are not professionals and that's why we have all this. Yes, I know that every new profession started this unlicensed way but ones it became important it had to be licensed. BTW, no, I don't...
[22:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:36] <exec> 08└─I agree with you about both Spectre and Meltdown. Got to have speculative execution. But why leak timing info for memory you aren't allowed to fondle. But this is the biggest insight in what you said, and I don't have mod points left: We'll never know, but that's what we'll have to live with as long...
[22:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:38] <exec> 08└─In a microprocessor instruction set, not every possible binary pattern is used as a valid instruction. I wonder if or how many undocumented instructions there are? What they might do? Imagine trying to explore that. Might they all trap as invalid opcode unless some other special condition is met? Su...
[22:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:40] <exec> 08└─I wrote it after this comment, but further down is a hypothetical type of invalid opcode compromise that could be baked into a microprocessor.
[22:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 888 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:43] <exec> 08└─> And we still have to worry about software binary problems like "Trusting Trust" There's David A. Wheeler's proposed solution for that: Diverse Double Compilation [dwheeler.com] where you take your suspect compiler's clean sources, and build them with itself (A) and another, unlikely-to-be-maliciou...
[22:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:45] <exec> 08└─Yes. That is why it would be good to have a number of C compilers written in other languages. Especially a few written in interpreted languages. Python. JavaScript. Lisp. Etc. (Even if JIT'ed) These C compilers aren't meant to be fast or to generate great code. They are merely intended to work and p...
[22:18:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 20 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:07] <exec> 08└─His carrier is over.
[22:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:17] <exec> 08└─To be fair, Rogers didn't wreck his ship and was engaged with unfriendly vessels at the time. He was also awake at the time.
[22:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:19] <exec> 08└─You meant wake you BEFORE anything happens and not after
[22:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:21] <exec> 08└─Those two commanders ought to have perused this fine work [amazon.com]. It actually might have saved their ships, and their careers.
[22:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:23] <exec> 08└─> For God, Trump, and Country. But why say it thrice?
[22:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:25] <exec> 08└─In that case, were I the captain, I would at the very least get a paper trail showing how I had made every effort to keep my ship rust-free, but I had not been granted the resources I needed to do so. I have thus still taken responsibility, but not the blame because the poor condition of the ship is...
[22:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:27] <exec> 08└─You're describing a readiness issue, which is ultimately the captain's job to enforce, as long as he has enough crew.
[22:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:29] <exec> 08└─If he filed paperwork logging his severe concerns that being under-crewed is affecting readiness and safety, and is not otherwise at fault in maintaining discipline prior to the collision, then he can escape being the scapegoat. He may still be pushed aside for PR reasons, but is less likely to be d...
[22:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:32] <exec> 08└─That makes the order a self-obeying one without any human interaction required.
[22:18:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:50] <exec> 08└─> ...and at 5pm (or 6pm in some towns) every day, they play a 30 second jingle over the same loudspeakers, as an indications to children that the day is over and it is time to go back home to Mom and Dad... :-) I live in Tokyo, and good lord those daily jingles (and their accompanying spoken announc...
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[22:18:52] <exec> 08└─It may well have been propaganda. Depending on when you were there, the current government may have been unpopular. South Korea was run by a series of dictators propped up by the CIA (usually) and is seen even now as a "flawed democracy".
[22:19:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 1452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:40] <exec> 08└─It's really fascinating to see your cognitive dissonance at work here: "Democrats are bad, but Democrats agree with me while most Republicans don't. Does not compute, does not compute ..." * head explodes * Among the dumbest political decisions you can possibly make is to assume that a political par...
[22:19:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:41] <exec> 08└─*ahem* [wikipedia.org] In 2011, Pai was then nominated for a Republican Party position on the Federal Communications Commission by President Barack Obama at the recommendation of Minority leader Mitch McConnell. Imagine the shitstorm if Obama refused the recommendation for a Republican position.
[22:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:43] <exec> 08└─Mitch McConnell?
[22:19:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:46] <exec> 08└─I'll tell you, there was no executive order. I didn't do an executive order. I can't, unfortunately. I appointed the FCC Commissioners. The Five. They make the decisions. I don't make the decisions. And when they make a bad decision, I don't fire them. They get 5 years, then I can pick new ones. Or...
[22:19:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:48] <exec> 08└─He didn't have to pick that republican. He obviously should have listened to somebody besides McConnell. That was Obama's main problem, his predilection for appeasement. If he put up a fight, people would have respected him and the party a bit more. but, you know, business is business, and everybody...
[22:19:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:50] <exec> 08└─I wasn't advocating for not voting.
[22:19:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:52] <exec> 08└─Yes, when you say, and I will repeat once again: If you don't think that there is any difference, then there is no reason to vote. That statement is wrong. I was quite explicit about why. The comprehension issue here is not mine.
[22:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03e_armadillo [3695] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:54] <exec> 08└─Don't ruin a good story with the facts. Oh, wait, that is for "good" stories . . . carry on DM.
[22:20:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:34] <exec> 08└─Of course the only reason your warranty is not voided with the older vehicle is that you don't have one. If you don't mind not having one, why care about voiding it?
[22:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:09] <exec> 08└─Could be muslim
[22:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:11] <exec> 08└─Thief! How dare you steal from hard working middlemen! You should be taxed at a rate of 200% for 10 years to make up for your transgressions.
[22:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:13] <exec> 08└─It's not the old days anymore, listeners are incredibly fragmented. There's literally millions of artists producing content in thousands of scenes, and it's all instantly available. Kids don't listen to radio, they listen to YouTube.
[22:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:15] <exec> 08└─From TFA: but if pop songs are now simpler and louder and more repetitive than they used to be, that might make up for it. In fact, a 2011 report called Music and Emotions in the Brain: Familiarity Matters, compiled by a team led by Carlos Silva Pereira suggests that the human brain enjoys knowing w...
[22:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 896 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:57] <exec> 08└─I'm not a big consumer of Facebook, but that's not the impression I get. "Authoritarians" might be closer to the mark. "Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship" doesn't sound like Socialism to me. It sounds much more broad-based. socialists who regularly suppress alt-right viewpoints "Alt-Right...
[22:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:58] <exec> 08└─You forgot. When you get old, you forget a lot. But you can touch your name, you can touch SUBMISSIONS. And it shows the ones they accepted, which are a lot. The one about the trans bots, the one about my beautiful THERMONUCLEAR tweet (thank you!) and many more.
[22:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:00] <exec> 08└─I have respect for Jeff Bezos, but he bought the Washington Post as a toy and to have political influence, and I gotta tell you, we have a different country than we used to have. He wants political influence so that Amazon will benefit from it. Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. He's using...
[22:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:02] <exec> 08└─Communism is the "democracy in the workplace" you're talking about In your dissertation, your description of the forms is good. At this point, we just disagree on the terms. I would call Mondragon "Socialist": "The collective ownership of the means of production by The Workers". I would not call it...
[22:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:04] <exec> 08└─I've never seen Fake News on the World Socialist Web Site. Because I don't look at that site!
[22:24:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:07] <exec> 08└─Capitalists are the only enemy.
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[23:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Lawmakers Urge AT&T to Cut Ties With Huawei - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:03] <exec> 08└─AT&T vs Huawei vs. Congress bugs...
[23:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Lawmakers Urge AT&T to Cut Ties With Huawei - 958 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:05] <exec> 08└─It makes news when the US government blocks foreign control. That should tell you something: it isn't the norm. Mostly, all of our stuff is up for sale. We sell ownership of companies. Our companies think they are moving into China when they get 49% ownership of a joint venture being operated by pat...
[23:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:15] <exec> 08└─Or will it be a year of a source-based distro? (Assuming you can root the device.) Since no legacy binaries will likely run on it.
[23:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:17] <exec> 08└─I certainly hope you can run your own OS on it. This doesn't necessarily mean the year of Gentoo, though: Debian for example is compiled for the following architectures: * amd64 * arm64 * armel * armhf * i386 * mips * mips64el * mipsel * ppc64el...
[23:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:19] <exec> 08└─Fallacy: No True Scotsman. These are laptops, like it or not.
[23:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:21] <exec> 08└─Then don't buy it. This isn't the first time Microsoft tried hawking Windows 10S. If people buy these things in droves and in a year or two everyone's forced to run Win10S with its walled garden, we only have ourselves to blame.
[23:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:23] <exec> 08└─Tablets and ebook readers. These devices seem somewhere between laptop and smartphone, but not suitable for work (laptop) nor portable communication device (phone). But it turns out to be a good form factor for media consumption - viewing ebooks and technical manuals, retail data for salespeople, br...
[23:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:25] <exec> 08└─All in all it sounds like Microsoft simply didn't learn anything from their Windows RT attempt back when Windows 8 launched.
[23:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:55] <exec> 08└─It's fun to watch clueless old guys try to understand technology. More likely they are shaking down companies for bribes/donations.
[23:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:57] <exec> 08└─So, you're thinking of a HCAYD (halt and capture all yer data) opcode then? I wish i were merely joking, but this is precisely the kind of sneaky shit I'd do in this situation. Once I read about undocumented opcodes the first concern was "shit, THIS is where the boys at the puzzle palace have their...
[23:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:59] <exec> 08└─Programmers so far are not professionals and that's why we have all this.
[23:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:01] <exec> 08└─Ron Wyden is the only one who has consistently vote for sane tech laws. And while I can't remember what else, he's at least been a voice of reason on a few other issues, compared to most of the muck there.
[23:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:03] <exec> 08└─Was literally warned about back in the 1996-1999 range. I had multiple people arguing with me about it, and I had mostly scoffed because at the time it would have essentially required pegging the cpu and degrading system performance for a non-trivial length of time to get most of the data out. With...
[23:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:06] <exec> 08└─Israeli techies or pro-Zionist Jewish sympathizers involved at Intel. Intel ME is now wholly developed in Israel. Much of the 686 development since the 90s and especially today is coming out of Israel. And how much of the really black art computer espionage research that has been DOCUMENTED has come...
[23:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:08] <exec> 08└─Just heard some media dipstick refer to an AT-6 as a jet. Where do they come up with some of these people?
[23:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:10] <exec> 08└─Congress should as a bare minimum require licenses for developing software similar to engineers, doctors, and most importantly dentists.
[23:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Questions Chipmakers About Meltdown and Spectre - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:12] <exec> 08└─Screen Actor's Guild Writer's Guild Maintenance Engineer's Union Welder's Union Machinist's Union etc. We have Guilds today, some of them named as such, some of them not. Some actually invest time in innovation, while others spend time in legislation. The real problem here has nothing to do with cer...
[23:18:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:25] <exec> 08└─We haven't privatized Navy ships yet ?
[23:18:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 1275 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:42] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but the problem I see here is that the leadership is trained based on policies that are set at a level far above even a commander or captain, and really goes up to the Pentagon or even Congress. What's the captain supposed to do when the Navy itself refuses to provide proper schooling in marit...
[23:18:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:53] <exec> 08└─Right, that's what I would expect too. This whole idea that the captain is somehow punishable for things totally outside his control really rubs me the wrong way. And these latest charges just reek of scapegoating. The ultimate problem was the top brass, and probably also Congress. Why aren't they b...
[23:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bobs [1462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 1810 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:55] <exec> 08└─I agree witth StormW [soylentnews.org]. The Captain is responsible, is God on that ship while underway. Clearly, there is a systemic problem, too, as it happened on multiple ships across the fleet in a short period of time. Congress and their inability to pass a budget are making everything harder....
[23:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:57] <exec> 08└─The captain was 15ft away, sleeping, with order of "Wake me if anything happens"..
[23:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:59] <exec> 08└─Holding officers accountable? Who'da thunk it? In days past, an officer couldn't be prosecuted for much of anything
[23:19:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City Uses Emergency Loudspeakers to Warn of Toxic Blowfish - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:20] <exec> 08└─When I first read the title my reaction was "oh great, nanny announcements you can't ignore". But after reading the details, it seems quite reasonable: -The threat was imminent -The threat was specific -There is a high probability people will die if they don't get the information Good job, Gamagori....
[23:19:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03captain normal [2205] 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 239 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:41] <exec> 08└─I think you are a bit confused about who is fighting for neutrality and who is handing the TelCo-Cable industries a blank check over our lives. Senator Schumer and the Ds are fighting the Trump administration's rejection of net neutrality.
[23:20:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:17] <exec> 08└─Why would I own something I disagree with when I voted against the guy who appointed him? And your Senators, are they in the nay section? [senate.gov] The ones I voted for sure as hell are.
[23:20:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:18] <exec> 08└─What is so special about 2008? It isn't when Obama was born, at least not according to the forgery.
[23:20:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:20] <exec> 08└─Once again, you completely ignored the statement that I picked out in which you accuse me of advocating for not voting: Don't try to twist into advocacy for not voting.
[23:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:23] <exec> 08└─Politics is the art of the possible, said a great German once.
[23:20:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:25] <exec> 08└─He didn't have to pick that republican.
[23:20:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:27] <exec> 08└─Well, if that's your hang up, have a nice day :-)
[23:20:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:29] <exec> 08└─I guess you are more than welcome to continue playing your *good cop/bad cop* soap opera. We have alternatives. Their viability totally depends on your choice to try them.
[23:20:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:31] <exec> 08└─Well, you have to depend on the luck of the draw. Democrats had their chance and blew it, and they're still passing blame.
[23:20:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats Say They Have 50 Votes in Senate to Overrule Net Neutrality Repeal - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:34] <exec> 08└─Sometimes, Government monopolies can be a good thing.. Australia had a Commonwealth Post Master General running the telephone system from Federation in 1901. Calls were charged based on distance, but not at the exorbitant rates that seem to be charged to US phone users. https://en.wikipedia.org
[23:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:15] <exec> 08└─OTOH, perhaps those plastic envelopes that they transport ICs in would work.
[23:21:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated] - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:40] <exec> 08└─were I work we use a boring scheme, functions-(dev|prod|...)-\d\d.ogazisationalunit.domain sodium would be named loadbal-prod01.infra.soylentnewes.org Those named are binded to private address and not published externally, the active load balancer is given a public vip I came up with the naming sche...
[23:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Has Pop Music Lost Its Fun? - 856 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:56] <exec> 08└─Flower Power to Corporate Raiders isn't a from-to. The whole 60's hippie thing (by which we mean the last three years, but somehow it all gets classified as the whole decade) is just as selfish and self-indulgent as the 80s corporate thing (and don't forget the "Me Generation" 70's in between). That...
[23:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 1581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:45] <exec> 08└─Actually, it does. (You must be a USAian, where your country was set up as an Oligarchy and where the propaganda says it is a Democracy.) N.B. Public financing of political campaigns would go a long way toward straightening out things. ...and, for contrast, see Switzerland. [wikipedia.org] Note also...
[23:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:47] <exec> 08└─Mmm... Bias you say. Imagine an academic setup for a workplace, University of some kind. How would you like a democratic (as opposed with meritocratic) decision process in regards with the choice of curricula? Wanna take the risk of 'your ignorance is as good as my knowledge. The old definition of s...
[23:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:49] <exec> 08└─The "NeoConfederate or KKK Wannabes or NeoNazi" types are at least somewhat socialist, perhaps with exclusions for disfavored groups. They certainly aren't alt-right. The alt-right is probably 1/3 of America. They are the hard-core patriotic types who rejected Rubio and Jeb! They tend to be fairly c...
[23:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03iru [6596] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:51] <exec> 08└─> Not real socialism I have the feeling I’ve hear that before.
[23:24:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Blocks Users from Sharing World Socialist Web Site Promotional Video - 1662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:53] <exec> 08└─That has happened in USA, on average, every 80 years: The Panic of 1837 (till 1842); The Long Depression (1873 - 1896); The Great Depression (1929 - 1941)[1]; the Bush-Obama-Trump Depression (since 2007)[2] [1] A government jobs program had the economy off its back and growing again by 1937. Lend-Le...
[23:26:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Games With Pornographic Ads Sneak Into the Play Store, Get 3 Million Downloads - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:54] <exec> 08└─"Careful curation" will not save us from malware anymore than posting security guards around bridge pylons will save us from a Tacoma Narrows type disaster. The solution is simple: You must construct additional pylons.
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