#comments | Logs for 2018-01-22

« return
[00:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[00:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625868
[00:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:58] <exec> 08└─In order to cause an earthquake, a fracking well needs to have a physical connection via the underlying rock to a fault that is oriented so that the pressure of fluid from the well can change the stress on that fault and increase the chance of it slipping.
[00:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:00] <exec> 08└─I suspect you'd have to practice in some rural backwater, rather than on the San Andreas
[00:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:02] <exec> 08└─Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - Ryan Schultz, a seismologist
[00:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:04] <exec> 08└─Tell that to the oil and natural gas companies doing the fracking. "The sciense isn't settled!"
[00:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:06] <exec> 08└─These types of articles are not intended for the educated populace. They are unfortunate requirements in a world where lawyers, judges, and pennypinching-types will deny all reason, common sense, morality, or courtesy until something undeniable is placed in front of them, and until that time, they w...
[00:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:09] <exec> 08└─Yeah, seems like another duh moment for the human species. Will we ever learn? Let's bring out the Surprise meter again.
[00:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:24] <exec> 08└─Are they trying to say they accomplished entanglement at an orbital distance? That would be ... bold.
[00:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:25] <exec> 08└─What about entanglement involving three or more particles?
[00:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:27] <exec> 08└─Only if you forget that nearly every network connection is logically and physically point to point.
[00:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:57] <exec> 08└─Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People
[00:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:59] <exec> 08└─Everybody gets a say, and sentencing will be democratic? Sounds fun, doesn't it?
[00:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:01] <exec> 08└─If YOU had read what you accuse others of NOT reading you would have noticed it switches mid stream (at about question #31) from an assessor's list of questions to a defendant's list of questions. Who knows how they finesse that change. Like bullet lead analysis, this whole thing seems like junk sci...
[00:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:03] <exec> 08└─Well clearly there is a boat load of questions, mean to be asked of a defendant, and not all of them are likely to be meaningful, and might just be there so that when a critical question comes up they answer of of habit, their mind being numbed by the tiresome questioning.
[00:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:47] <exec> 08└─But why not just read the official manuals/stds? Sometimes they are a bit dry, but all the information is there, and has been since more than 20 years ago.
[00:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:48] <exec> 08└─This is the second of your posts that I have been tempted to mod up--not down, up--today. You feeling okay?
[00:18:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:50] <exec> 08└─In fact, "Two statements may be joined by a semicolon, but not a comma" literally applies equally to English and to programming contexts such as C, SQL, and PHP... It is also one of the most "not that hard" things that could possibly apply here.
[00:18:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:52] <exec> 08└─Hit a nerve huh?
[00:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Centuries-Old Math Equation Used to Solve a Modern-Day Genetics Challenge - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:14] <exec> 08└─ANCIENT NUMBERS REVIVED FOR USE BY MIDDLE SCHOOLER HERE IS THE PROBLEM, AS OBSERVED AND DEPICTED BY OUR "REAL NEWS" """"PANEL OF EXPERTS"""" 1+1
[00:19:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Two Brothers" Mummies From the 12th Dynasty of Egypt Are Actually Half-Brothers - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:36] <exec> 08└─Two Brothaz...
[00:20:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google CEO: Tech Education Should Be More Than Just Coding - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:06] <exec> 08└─"research, to plan events, analyze data and more," IOW how to use Microsoft products. What company does this guy work for again? The way Youtube is behaving lately, and the way this guy is speaking, certainly doesn't seem to reflect a fiduciary interest in Googles core product lines.
[00:28:26] <exec> count new = 20
[00:28:26] <exec> count top = 0
[00:28:27] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[01:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[01:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625896
[01:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:05] <exec> 08└─What idiot needed a study to figure that out?
[01:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:06] <exec> 08└─I suspect the study is likely to limit drilling into faults in the future, while allowing drilling away from faults. I'd also be interested in the economics of drilling into a fault. Is is profitable? Do those wells produce as much oil/gas as non-fault zone wells? One would tend to imagine that a fa...
[01:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:25] <exec> 08└─My point, perhaps very weakly stated, was that the entire Earth has only a few people who can make advances in quantum theory. The current body of theory does not support implementation and the current implementation fits and starts do not inform theory. In this environment, skepticism is the approp...
[01:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:00] <exec> 08└─There absolutely is a due process concern here. Defendants must be able to interrogate the evidence used against them. This algorithm is purporting to provide evidence justifying longer or shorter sentences,
[01:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:01] <exec> 08└─In many cases, courts allow testimony to aid in determining sentencing.
[01:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:04] <exec> 08└─Hubristic Algorithms
[01:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:06] <exec> 08└─Victim statements are not the only testimony allowed at sentencing hearings. It depends on the venue and the judge, but sometimes you also get statements from "character witnesses" for the defense and occasionally expert witnesses. (Sentencing in death penalty cases can be particularly prolonged.) B...
[01:23:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Best Bang for Buck Television Purchase - 400 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:40] <exec> 08└─The smaller CRT TVs don't use that much power, heck I used to have a couple of small black and white CRT TVs that could run off of batteries. With the larger ones, space and weight are the really bigger issues. Besides, power bills are peanuts compared to modern cable bills. (So don't forget your on...
[01:28:26] <exec> count new = 7
[01:28:26] <exec> count top = 1
[01:28:26] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[02:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[02:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625903
[02:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Tackles Chromecast Wi-Fi Blasting Bug - 1326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:58] <exec> 08└─The problem was never in the phone. The problem was in the chromecast devices and it has been there since they were first introduced. From the get go, the advice on Google forums was to de-power your chromecast device if your wifi was becoming wonky, or nobody could connect. And this always worked,...
[02:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:13] <exec> 08└─takyon's "science isn't settled!" point being well taken... I suspect the study is likely to limit drilling into faults in the future, while allowing drilling away from faults.
[02:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:15] <exec> 08└─I think we will see someone argue that fracking earthquakes release energy from a plate/fault, lowering the chance of more powerful earthquake in the future. Along the lines of NASA's proposal to tap supervolcanoes for geothermal energy [soylentnews.org].
[02:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:17] <exec> 08└─Albert
[02:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:37] <exec> 08└─My point, perhaps very weakly stated,
[02:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 1704 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:18:16] <exec> 08└─Okay, let me be clear on a couple things -- in my previous posts I admittedly mixed in some facts vs. opinions. It is a fact that sentencing guidelines and any testimony that is part of sentencing hearings is at least theoretically subject to "due process" concerns. "Due process" is a Constitutional...
[02:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 1931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:18:17] <exec> 08└─The thing is -- it still depends. TFA only cites broad accuracy statistics, which are all in the ballpark of 63-67% in terms of predicting recidivism. But that's not the only thing that matters for an algorithm like this. What about the >1/3 of cases where it predicts WRONG? There are errors that ar...
[02:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:06] <exec> 08└─They're available in 7zipped JSON as well: https://archive.org [archive.org]
[02:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Centuries-Old Math Equation Used to Solve a Modern-Day Genetics Challenge - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:30] <exec> 08└─A computer working tirelessly would try all available approaches to solving a problem - why can't we automate this kind of discovery?
[02:20:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google CEO: Tech Education Should Be More Than Just Coding - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:21] <exec> 08└─I cried after watching office space. It was too real.
[02:22:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Project Davos: What's the Single Best Way to Close the World's Wealth Gap? - 677 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:37] <exec> 08└─Uzzard's another idiot Mammon-worshiper who knows the price (or so he thinks...) of everything and the value of nothing. Mark that post of his well: it's "fuck you, got mine" with a pretended veneer of sympathy for *other* people who are getting "stolen from." That tells you everything you need to k...
[02:26:55] <exec> count new = 10
[02:26:55] <exec> count top = 1
[02:26:56] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[03:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[03:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625919
[03:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 899 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:19] <exec> 08└─They've been saying that for a lot of years. There was a 7.9 event near Fort Tejon in 1857. Even today, that isn't near a major population center. [googleapis.com] (A smaller number zooms out.) The Frisco event of 1906 was a 7.8 event. The San Andreas Fault hasn't ruptured since then. Are we due? Mo...
[03:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:20] <exec> 08└─Tell that to the oil and natural gas companies doing the fracking. "The sciense isn't settled!"
[03:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:22] <exec> 08└─albert Who?
[03:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Adamsjas [4507] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 1875 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:24] <exec> 08└─Its long been argued back and forth for decades that a consistent patter of little earthquakes forestalling a big one. Modern geologists insist this theory first proposed in Richter's day is wrong, and usually provide wandering arguments about total energy to support their claim: https://www.quora.c...
[03:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:24] <exec> 08└─What is the actual recidivism rate? If it's around 65% the algorithm could just return "Yes" every time and be right 65% of the time.
[03:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:13] <exec> 08└─In fact, "Two statements may be joined by a semicolon, but not a comma" literally applies equally to English and to programming contexts such as C, SQL, and PHP...
[03:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03VanessaE [3396] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:14] <exec> 08└─I don't get it.... no racial epithets, no minority references, genuinely insightful content. Gotta be the first time I've ever modded-up something E-F wrote. Are we in the mirror universe or something?
[03:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook is a 'Living, Breathing Crime Scene' - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:44] <exec> 08└─His work centers on how technology can ethically steer the thoughts and actions of the masses
[03:24:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Best Bang for Buck Television Purchase - 1082 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:01] <exec> 08└─I bought a new TV a few years ago and found exactly what I wanted at Costco with a price that was basically exactly what it should have been. At that time Costco had Panasonic do a few production runs of a TV to their specifications: the best quality display module with the least amounts of smarts t...
[03:24:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Best Bang for Buck Television Purchase - 542 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:14] <exec> 08└─Sony 930D TVs keep turning the wifi connection on and setting up its own multicast network even if you turn it off. Also, it can't even adjust the audio volume without problems - it's too slow to keep up with button presses on the remote so you'll always overshoot. Finally, it is only recently that...
[03:27:04] <exec> count new = 8
[03:27:04] <exec> count top = 2
[03:27:04] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[04:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[04:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625931
[04:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:27] <exec> 08└─I have not read any of the linked information, nor do I really know any of the background for this, but... "Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes"
[04:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:28] <exec> 08└─...sounds like something that... uh... might be expected, even with a layman's grasp of geophysics....
[04:17:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:30] <exec> 08└─Alberta. Université de l'Alberta.
[04:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 1025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:31] <exec> 08└─I was talking with a judge once about the Victim Impact Statements and their effect on the sentences given out. According to him, in the majority of cases, they don't change a thing as they just aren't useful or reiterate stuff he already knows from other sources. In the minority of cases, they caus...
[04:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:33] <exec> 08└─I would go farther and say that the government should not be allowed to use non-free proprietary software user-subjugating at all. Why are we letting our government's computing be so dependent upon corporations? It's dangerous for everyone.
[04:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:35] <exec> 08└─Yep -- that's another obviously stat not discussed here. Though my impression from reading other stuff is that this algorithm generates a number on a scale rather than just "yes" or "no," so I'm actually not sure what the 65% or whatever accuracy means.
[04:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:37] <exec> 08└─(Obviously meant "per se"...)
[04:19:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03sbgen [1302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Centuries-Old Math Equation Used to Solve a Modern-Day Genetics Challenge - 972 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:19:51] <exec> 08└─You sound like you have training in mathematics. However, do you know the data analysis paradigm in use in the clinical and molecular genetics field from which the paper is? The most prevailing way to analyze data is Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST). This is a major problem because the ba...
[04:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook is a 'Living, Breathing Crime Scene' - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:58] <exec> 08└─If one of those check-out counter tabloids that has UFO headlines every other week becoming popular enough to shape the decisions of the idiotic sheeple, do we start to regulate it? If we do, and those said idiotic sheeple moves on to the next junk news/information platform, do we continue the with...
[04:27:02] <exec> count new = 9
[04:27:02] <exec> count top = 0
[04:27:02] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[05:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[05:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625942
[05:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:58] <exec> 08└─Deke Slayton was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts but never flew in that program.. He was slated to follow John Glenn as the second USAian to do an orbital flight. The docs found he had an atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, and he was grounded in 1962. He adopted a healthier lifestyle an...
[05:17:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02 - 06Google Tackles Chromecast Wi-Fi Blasting Bug - 1326 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:05] <exec> 08└─The problem was never in the phone. The problem was in the chromecast devices and it has been there since they were first introduced. From the get go, the advice on Google forums was to de-power your chromecast device if your wifi was becoming wonky, or nobody could connect. And this always worked,...
[05:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:51] <exec> 08└─It's susceptible to the usual attacks on the encrypted signal. This is just like using a preshared key that's exchanged out of band. As the GP said, this is an important first step, but quantum encryption could offer far more protection, such as the ability to detect whether somebody else is listeni...
[05:21:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06OpenSSL E-Mail and Crypto Policy Changes - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:15] <exec> 08└─With several decades of "improvements", is it safe yet to open an email attachment?
[05:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Best Bang for Buck Television Purchase - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:43] <exec> 08└─Shill with multiple accounts?
[05:27:05] <exec> count new = 4
[05:27:05] <exec> count top = 1
[05:27:05] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[06:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[06:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625952
[06:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:33] <exec> 08└─the "The sciense isn't settled!" is one he makes an honor-point from using
[06:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tom Petty Died of Accidental Opioid Overdose, Family Reveals - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:06] <exec> 08└─Many have little clue what the meds they are doing actually do This is what happens when you have puritanical laws that make certain substances illegal. You lose control of quality. Janis Joplin shot contaminated dope and died from the heavy metal impurities. Jazz guitarist Emily Remler had been buy...
[06:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tom Petty Died of Accidental Opioid Overdose, Family Reveals - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:07] <exec> 08└─Hendrix has been mentioned. Bon Scott was another (drugs). John Bonham was another (booze). Swing Era trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey ate a big meal, took a prescription downer, and went to bed. When he barfed up his meal, like the others, he aspirated it and was too bombed to cough it out. -...
[06:21:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tom Petty Died of Accidental Opioid Overdose, Family Reveals - 1244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:09] <exec> 08└─In his case it was just the small difference between a theraputic dose and a lethal dose that got him. He was in real pain from a broken hip and that's what caused the prescription. However, if he had gone on longer there would be little chance that he would avoid addiction. Depending on his type of...
[06:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06These High-Speed ‘Nano-Cranes’ Could Form Molecular Assembly Lines - 907 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:30] <exec> 08└─I think they have it right on... at those micrometer scales, my guess is that electrostatic fields around molecular bonding sites will be almost like neodymium magnets in our space frame. Design your bonding sites around molecular structures, whose dimensions are predicated by the atoms themselves,...
[06:27:10] <exec> count new = 5
[06:27:10] <exec> count top = 0
[06:27:10] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[07:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[07:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625965
[07:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:02] <exec> 08└─Many people make it their business to influence the public, usually to buy something, or to garner obedience. Salesmanship. Leadership. And hardly none of all this prattle benefits the recipient of it. Its put up to benefit some person sponsoring all that prattle. At least honest businesses tell t...
[07:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:03] <exec> 08└─Claims: People can't determine fake news from real news. People can determine credible sources of news. One of these is almost certainly incorrect. My money is on the second, particularly with the research done lately showing that when shown direct evidence against their viewpoints, they actually st...
[07:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:05] <exec> 08└─Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources
[07:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:08] <exec> 08└─I claim neither. I cite religions as prime examples. Same in politics. Skillfully presented shit is received as a delicacy.
[07:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 1186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:17] <exec> 08└─This astronaut was qualified and the front runner. NASA doesn't pull/bump people without good reason. Said good reason is, to be blunt, not the public's business. These things are typically due to health, personal tragedies, etc. This woman wanted (still wants) to go into space, serving her country...
[07:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:19] <exec> 08└─To piggyback on this, the people demanding NASA answer why apparently don't understand that there's probably better than a 50% chance they are legally unable to disclose that information - because it's health related, and that's covered by HIPAA. People are really embarrassing themselves. Editors, p...
[07:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:21] <exec> 08└─I'm going to be honest with you all: the color of your skin doesn't matter when you're an astronaut.
[07:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:53] <exec> 08└─One thing that I think people are missing here is that there is a difference between "Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes" and "Are More Likely to Trigger Small Earthquakes". If the energy input of pumping high pressure, low density water underground is not dissipated by a swarm of small earthqua...
[07:27:13] <exec> count new = 8
[07:27:13] <exec> count top = 0
[07:27:13] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[08:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[08:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625975
[08:17:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 520 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:00] <exec> 08└─Claims: People can't determine fake news from real news. People can determine credible sources of news. One of these is almost certainly incorrect. My money is on the second, particularly with the research done lately showing that when shown direct evidence against their viewpoints, they actually st...
[08:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:04] <exec> 08└─just about every mainstream/popular news source should be disallowed and untrusted given the grim state of anything approaching 'journalism' being done today.
[08:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:06] <exec> 08└─Facebook is deliberately choosing the wrong focus in this question. If they were in any way serious they would concentrate on how to find accurate sources. Trust has nothing to do with accuracy. That is most of the reason we have the mess we have. By deliberately avoiding pursuit of accuracy they ap...
[08:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:08] <exec> 08└─What if Russian bots start deciding CNN is trustworthy? Or somenewssitethatnoonehasheardoff.com? Maybe the trustworthiness report is really a native content ad, us dummies just don't know it yet.
[08:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:10] <exec> 08└─Does the user group include those paying to have content pushed on the platform? Do they get to vote, too? Do they vote with money?
[08:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:13] <exec> 08└─Trust has nothing to do with accuracy.
[08:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:15] <exec> 08└─It isn't like the NYT refrained from cheerleading for the Iraq war either. https://www.mediamatters.org [mediamatters.org]
[08:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:17] <exec> 08└─Fuck you and your red-scare mentality. Just go run off with Herbert Hoover and fuck each other silly. Yeah, he's dead, so do it underground. We don't need another cold war just because Democrats decided to try to shove down our throats, the most unlikeable, dishonest, bloodthristy, shillingest-of-th...
[08:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:19] <exec> 08└─CNN, Fox, Breitbart, Times, Le Monde, Guardian, Der Spiegel: ALL ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY NEWS OUTLETS ! (Trump is right) Only Xinhua has trustworthy news! Trust us! We did an online poll! Out of 3 billion US citizens polled, more than 2.5 Billion cited Xinhua, and only Xinhua, as their most reliable news...
[08:17:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:30] <exec> 08└─I'm going to be honest with you all: the color of your skin doesn't matter when you're an astronaut. NASA is going to put the best people up there, because it's so insanely expensive and making the effort worthwhile requires it. If it wasn't a serious ongoing health problem, she'll probably get her...
[08:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:31] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing, based on the name of the replacement, that it was of high importance to NASA that the 'female' and 'minority' bits were set.
[08:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Tackles Chromecast Wi-Fi Blasting Bug - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:40] <exec> 08└─I found it strange that many people point their finger to Google, and not the router manufacturers. Sure, selling a device that could DOS your network is bad, but a router should not crash when it sees too many packets in the first place. Now it is the chromecast that does this, next time it will be...
[08:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:18:07] <exec> 08└─The denialist idiots who continue to deny that fracking has problematic effects. This might only be common sense, but when there is a manufactroversy, every little bit of scientific evidence, no matter how painfully obvious, is ammunition.
[08:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:18:29] <exec> 08└─A much better demo would have been to have the end point at where now their first repeater was. It would have been the real thing. And we'd have establised a number to beat. (the distance) Now it's just smoke and mirrors, or magiQ...
[08:20:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:20:05] <exec> 08└─who can tell you, for example, every nuance of difference between y=x++ and y=++x with disdain, but who can't even grasp, much less recite or follow simple rules of grammar.
[08:20:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Centuries-Old Math Equation Used to Solve a Modern-Day Genetics Challenge - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:20:31] <exec> 08└─And I repeat - until now, nobody had thought of using this very obvious analysis approach. That is why this is news. It might be obvious to you, me, and to many others, but none of us suggested doing it before.
[08:27:33] <exec> count new = 15
[08:27:33] <exec> count top = 1
[08:27:33] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[09:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[09:15:55] <exec> last cid = 625992
[09:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:01] <exec> 08└─"Since the car is not arriving in the US until next year, Nissan decided to start taking reservations in order to gauge demand – though they are also incentivizing the reservations with free Apple Watches and Go-Pro cameras (only after converting a reservation into an order)." https://electrek.co
[09:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 928 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:20] <exec> 08└─Your dismissal of Russian actions as mere partisanship betrays your ignorance. The Russians spy on the U.S., prod and interfere where they can, and are controlled by a dictator who will be running for a fourth Presidential term (and hanging onto power longer than FDR during WW2). The contacts that R...
[09:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 738 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:22] <exec> 08└─Wow! I just saw a van with the words "VISUAL KEI" on the side drive past my house. It's... Keldo! He's now speaking in front of a life audience, and the speech is being broadcast internationally. Keldo is talking about... wow! Wow! Wow! He's talking about you! Hahahahahahahaha! Wow! He just said, "a...
[09:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:24] <exec> 08└─I'm using Facebook in my campaign. It's the biggest way to get your message out. It's not my favorite, but what can you do? You use it, or you lose big time. And I'm no loser. I'll tell you, Mark Zuckerberg is not ready to be President. Nowhere near ready. But I'll tell you, when some people said "o...
[09:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:26] <exec> 08└─Oprah-Zuckerberg 2020. Because Oprah can work a crowd while Zuckerberg continues his quest [nytimes.com] to grasp the essence [kwwl.com] of human emotions [shortlist.com].
[09:18:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:36] <exec> 08└─It's susceptible to the usual attacks on the encrypted signal.
[09:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:37] <exec> 08└─You can have a conference between two places, with several people at each of the two places.
[09:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:39] <exec> 08└─Are they trying to say they accomplished entanglement at an orbital distance? That would be ... bold.
[09:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:19:24] <exec> 08└─And there would be a huge supply of punished innocent people because the general public is generally quite fast in forming their opinion, typically without taking all (or often, any) facts into account.
[09:20:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:20:17] <exec> 08└─And what format is that? Note that the CC BY-SA license allows you to change formats.
[09:20:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:20:18] <exec> 08└─I guess a lot of people will be printing these out and putting them in their coding guidelines in the section "what not to do". Every time Google is being useless and points me to stack overflow, the results are the same: Most of the answers are not related to the question. Most of the remaining pos...
[09:21:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google CEO: Tech Education Should Be More Than Just Coding - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:21:36] <exec> 08└─And now you don't like it? Suddenly you'd like safe spaces and inclusion? You see there is a problem with persecution? This would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious. At least it isn't surprising.
[09:27:30] <exec> count new = 12
[09:27:30] <exec> count top = 0
[09:27:31] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[10:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[10:15:55] <exec> last cid = 626008
[10:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03FakeBeldin [3360] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:02] <exec> 08└─From the source: It also builds on the old Leaf's tech in a big way. A new 40-kWh battery sends the Leaf's overall range to about 150 miles -- and if that's not enough, there's an even bigger battery on the way that will let you cruise more than 200 miles between charges. The old Leaf could barely m...
[10:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:25] <exec> 08└─when government can't tell the difference between their methods and content of propaganda and 'fake news' they worry that their 'message' will be undermined when everyone else spots the similarities.
[10:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 2012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:27] <exec> 08└─If I had to choose, I'd probably go with your first choice. People can't even determine the truth accurately when there are issues within their own families, schools, towns, or workplaces. There you are, you live right there - you're part of things. And, you can't determine for sure which side is ly...
[10:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:40] <exec> 08└─the color of your skin doesn't matter when you're an astronaut
[10:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Tackles Chromecast Wi-Fi Blasting Bug - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:49] <exec> 08└─The bug is not in the routers, but in Google's "Cast" feature
[10:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:43] <exec> 08└─A SHA2017 presentation I recently saw that mentions in technical depth what the Chinese are up to can be found here: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[10:19:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:29] <exec> 08└─Yeah, that was a really bad typo: When reading it, I "auto-corrected" it to "an effect" which is exactly the opposite of what you wanted to say.
[10:19:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:31] <exec> 08└─Indeed, the only meaningful information is to give both the false positive and the false negative rate, separately.
[10:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:33] <exec> 08└─Several years ago I wrote a little program to predict the results of the National Lottery. Back in those days, there were 49 balls (numbered 1 to 49) and seven were picked out at random by a machine (philosophical point: it may have effectively just been highly non-linear but I'm sure thermal effect...
[10:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sabriel [6522] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Film Crew Arrested After Attempting to Sneak Fake Bomb Through Airport Security - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:22] <exec> 08└─That works both ways, AC. Ask yourself, what stance will you take if your loved ones get blown up, while they stood waiting in that very long, very large, very unnecessary bullseye queue?
[10:27:37] <exec> count new = 10
[10:27:37] <exec> count top = 0
[10:27:38] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[11:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[11:15:55] <exec> last cid = 626019
[11:17:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 711 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:26] <exec> 08└─Fuck you and your red-scare mentality. Just go run off with Herbert Hoover and fuck each other silly. Yeah, he's dead, so do it underground. We don't need another cold war just because Democrats decided to try to shove down our throats, the most unlikeable, dishonest, bloodthristy, shillingest-of-th...
[11:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:34] <exec> 08└─To be fair nothing actually exists.
[11:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:36] <exec> 08└─particularly with the research done lately showing that when shown direct evidence against their viewpoints, they actually strengthen their factually incorrect positions.
[11:19:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:19:45] <exec> 08└─The UK National Lottery. In theory, a sufficiently large experiment should be able to detect any systematic bias. However, I've never had the time or brain power to attempt to work out how many observations you'd need to get a statistically significant result. It's complicated by the fact that there...
[11:20:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:39] <exec> 08└─and you forgot the; Poster has added an answer "I fixed it" and left no details. and Poster has detailed their entire life story giving anyone all the information required to fix this issue but only has 23 views meanwhile another poster's question "It dont work" got 4096 views, has 18 answers, most...
[11:20:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:41] <exec> 08└─I know that you are being facetious, but the truth is that even with the connectivity of the internet and the relative low barrier of entry, people are still too lazy to learn on their own.
[11:27:37] <exec> count new = 5
[11:27:37] <exec> count top = 1
[11:27:38] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[12:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[12:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626026
[12:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:05] <exec> 08└─Yeah, if the big pharma firms don't kill this because it interferes with their profits, and goverment doesn't kill it because it interferes with their sensibilities, then you can expect the illegal drug industry to kill it because who the hell is going to risk arrest / death for buying ecstasy or LS...
[12:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:06] <exec> 08└─But you can also print * a 3D prison for yourself * a gun to kill yourself with * [your brand name here, now only $7,99 a month]
[12:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:08] <exec> 08└─Who says I'm not already? Mind your own business.
[12:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 1889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:11] <exec> 08└─LSD [wikipedia.org] is a good test case for a chemputer [theguardian.com]. It's one of the safest recreational drugs in existence. The effective dose is measured in micrograms (with single-digit milligrams being more than enough to go fully cosmic). A single chemist can make millions of doses of LSD...
[12:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:45] <exec> 08└─You're close to correct but it's not so much the government as "the establishment". The Internet giving everyone a voice really has their knickers in a massive twist because it means they simply do not have enough of a voice to shout down, ignore, or assassinate the character of anyone who speaks ou...
[12:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:47] <exec> 08└─Trust any of them? Not a chance in hell. The last vestige of trust that I placed in any news source, was CNN in it's early days. But, they screwed the pooch several times, even before they crawled into bed with the progressive crowd. What - I should trust Fox, because they are opposite CNN? That's p...
[12:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:18:01] <exec> 08└─Absolutely! Pull your weight and I'll appreciate you: don't, and I don't care what you look like, just go the fuck away.
[12:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:19:03] <exec> 08└─Rather than communicating as much information as possible, this title is deliberately uninformative. Clickbait. I expect better of SN than to let this fly. How about First Quantum-Encrypted Videoconference Session Created?
[12:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06These High-Speed ‘Nano-Cranes’ Could Form Molecular Assembly Lines - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:50] <exec> 08└─Yes but where is fun in that? No rituals, no solemn toasts, no monetary sacrifice (showing off), no bribery (buying someone a drink), no public display of amount of alcohol consumed (again showing off - one's liver), ...
[12:27:11] <exec> count new = 9
[12:27:11] <exec> count top = 0
[12:27:11] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[13:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[13:15:55] <exec> last cid = 626038
[13:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:04] <exec> 08└─i guess having the extensions page load with disabled extensions is a quick fix, the only prob being accessibility extensions that could be actually useful there
[13:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:05] <exec> 08└─All of this wouldn't matter if extensions were manually reviewed. Too bad Google never did this, relying on inaccurate heuristics (if we believe them, they probably don't even have that in reality) and Mozule decided to abandon because the Google cargocultists demanded it as part of their ongoing ch...
[13:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 3813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:17] <exec> 08└─One way for the individual to "easily" "print" drugs would be to use genetically engineered yeast: 'Home-Brewed Morphine' Made Possible [soylentnews.org] Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone [soylentnews.org] To my knowledge, the genomes of those yeast have not been publish...
[13:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:54] <exec> 08└─What a pair! One is looking for a brain.🧠 The other is looking for a heart.❤️ Dr. Jackson says I have both! He says I'm going to have "years of event-free living." I'm a very tough person, but I have a big heart.
[13:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:56] <exec> 08└─... the same way as we would treat someone who announced that he intended to not beat his wife as much this year as he did last year.
[13:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:58] <exec> 08└─Damn! I've logged into Slashdot by mistake again.
[13:27:26] <exec> count new = 6
[13:27:26] <exec> count top = 0
[13:27:27] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[14:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[14:15:55] <exec> last cid = 626051
[14:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03J_Darnley [5679] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:09] <exec> 08└─What? Didn't Mozilla nuke all their old extensions because they were "unsafe" and would let you use the browser in a manner not sanctioned by them? I thought the new, great, newest feature clone of Chrome was supposed to be the safest thing ever by letting you do nothing with the browser.
[14:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 734 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:22] <exec> 08└─This is simply a proposal to synthesise organic chemicals on a small scale. The authors have tossed in the idea of making the containment vessels by 3-D printing in order to get attention, although they could just as use moulded vessels. As a weasel-phrase, "3-D Printing" works like that. It used to...
[14:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 792 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:23] <exec> 08└─It still has the potential to be revolutionary, even if 3D printing was only a small part of the process. Here is a 2012 article about the same researcher: https://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com] Different buzzword which is all too applicable...
[14:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:25] <exec> 08└─It will be very convenient to 3D print some cough syrup!
[14:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:27] <exec> 08└─Codeine, Codeine You're the nicest thing I've seen For a while, for a while
[14:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:37] <exec> 08└─> the last Leaf was a bit too futuristic for my tastes What is so exasperating about these cars is people putting appearances ahead of more range, then whining that the range is too short. Just putting covers over the rear wheels, like on the 2000 Honda Insight, boosts range on the order of 5%. More...
[14:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 1) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:39] <exec> 08└─But I still don't understand the 13,000 preorders. The Chevy Bolt is on sale now, http://www.chevrolet.com [chevrolet.com] - four seats like the Leaf, 238 mile range (~350+ km) on the battery. I know General Motors earned an honest reputation for abysmal quality from the 198...
[14:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:11] <exec> 08└─NPR did, too. That was the day I knew we were in deep trouble as a country.
[14:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:12] <exec> 08└─Facebook's financial interest is served by keeping people on the site as much as possible. So that fundamentally puts Facebook into conflict with honest reporting - if they show a liberal rational, objectively presented evidence that supports a conservative position the person is liable to be bored...
[14:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:14] <exec> 08└─Visual Kei? *snort* lol You've got some issues, man.
[14:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 1301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:17] <exec> 08└─the most...dishonest. Most dishonest? How's that 30 day plan to defeat ISIS working out for you? The master of the "art of the deal" got his first legislative victory in office in December - and after he and his party spent the last eight years savaging the Democrats for the budget deficit they fun...
[14:18:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 1186 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:25] <exec> 08└─This astronaut was qualified and the front runner. NASA doesn't pull/bump people without good reason. Said good reason is, to be blunt, not the public's business. These things are typically due to health, personal tragedies, etc. This woman wanted (still wants) to go into space, serving her country...
[14:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:34] <exec> 08└─Either way, she almost certainly wishes this didn't blow up into some ill-informed political/race talking point.
[14:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Tackles Chromecast Wi-Fi Blasting Bug - 1378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:45] <exec> 08└─The devices shouldn't send those packets. But a router is your first defence against rogue / unknown / unwanted packets but can't handle a small burst of 10,000 or so packets on modern kit, without failling into a state that affects all users detrimentally? Both are at fault. But one is severely fai...
[14:19:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:40] <exec> 08└─Of course, the problem with OTP is that the key has to be as long as the message, which makes it impractical for just about anything.
[14:19:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:41] <exec> 08└─"the (chine-hehehe) satellite thus establishes a secure key between itself and, say, Xinglong, and another key between itself and, say, Graz. Then, upon request from the ground command, (the satellite called) Micius (put prunaunced "MyCove)" acts as a trusted relay" good one, that.
[14:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:27] <exec> 08└─The C++ standard is great to determine how a given construct should behave. It is not that useful if you want to find out which construct you should use to achieve a certain result. That's because it is not written to be a tutorial or even a reference manual, but to be a specification.
[14:26:08] <exec> count new = 16
[14:26:08] <exec> count top = 1
[14:26:08] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[15:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[15:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626069
[15:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:04] <exec> 08└─Too bad they had to resort to Silicon Valley investors to make it a reality. Question from the dark side: is their launch capacity sufficient to loft an NK nuke?
[15:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:05] <exec> 08└─This is a fantastic achievement, good on you RocketLab. Getting it right on your second launch is awesome. >> How will a cheap disposable rocket fare against reusable rockets? The market segments for these are different enough that I don't think a legitimate comparison exists yet. The Electron would...
[15:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:08] <exec> 08└─It is large enough to carry a nuclear weapon, but NK is unlikely to ask them to do so. NK has an indigenous launch-to-orbit capability; They don't need to buy it.
[15:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:10] <exec> 08└─NK's problem is apparently miniaturizing nukes to fit on missiles. Fat Man [wikipedia.org] was 4,670 kg (too heavy for a missile), and the B53 was 4,010 kg. That's probably around the maximum weight for a usable nuclear missile warhead. But then you have smaller stuff like the W91 [wikipedia.org] (1...
[15:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:21] <exec> 08└─The first time I needed to find some settings in Firefox I actually had to search for it online before I found that stupid about page. In the old days, I would just click somewhere at the top of the browser and some helpful menu would show up where I could find everything I needed. Seems they recove...
[15:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:23] <exec> 08└─Who would pay for the review of each extension? If Google, then where would Google get the money? Even if ad revenue from Search is enough to keep Search, Chromium, and the present Chrome Web Store alive, it might not be enough to fund the manual review that you recommend. Or would you prefer a situ...
[15:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:25] <exec> 08└─Well, Google already funds and produces the Chrome browser for free, so obviously they're getting some very significant business benefit from making what is now the world's most popular browser. The same benefit should pay for doing some better review of apps on the Chrome store.
[15:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:41] <exec> 08└─Nah, hydrocodone works much better. But most of the time over the counter cough syrup is just fine. And having it 3D printed would be great. Even better if you can also 3D print the bottle it comes in. Best of all if you can 3D print the bottle and the cough syrup together.
[15:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:42] <exec> 08└─I can tie my shoes digitally. If more people knew latin, explaining some things would be simpler...
[15:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 2540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:44] <exec> 08└─This is kinda the chemistry equivalent of writing "hello world" thus proving that ALL programming can be replaced by five minutes of noob work. Its not that simple. I looked up the product and was impressed with how bucket chemist it was. I'm assuming they're doing: http://icc.journals.pnu.ac.ir
[15:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:46] <exec> 08└─Someday soon, you might be making your own medicines at home. That's because (bunch of bullshit removed)
[15:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Disagree) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:57] <exec> 08└─Nissan are selling the Leaf everywhere, but GM are only selling the Bolt in California.
[15:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:58] <exec> 08└─Wrong. From https://electrek.co [electrek.co] It looks like Chevy Bolt EVs are maturing the US market now that the electric vehicle is ‘officially available’ in every state. While the vehicle is officially available everywhere, inventory is not exactly...
[15:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:01] <exec> 08└─> boosts range on the order of 5%. boosts freeway range on the order of 5%. ftfy Around town, 30-40 mph, aero improvement does very little.
[15:18:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 688 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:28] <exec> 08└─You're close to correct but it's not so much the government as "the establishment". The Internet giving everyone a voice really has their knickers in a massive twist because it means they simply do not have enough of a voice to shout down, ignore, or assassinate the character of anyone who speaks ou...
[15:18:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 219 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:30] <exec> 08└─What a pair! One is looking for a brain.🧠 The other is looking for a heart.❤️ Dr. Jackson says I have both! He says I'm going to have "years of event-free living." I'm a very tough person, but I have a big heart.
[15:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:38] <exec> 08└─How's that 30 day plan to defeat ISIS working out for you?
[15:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:54] <exec> 08└─fact is, it should never matter.
[15:21:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:48] <exec> 08└─At least in C it is perfectly legal to join two statements with a comma.
[15:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook is a 'Living, Breathing Crime Scene' - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:29] <exec> 08└─Trump's progress, legislative et. al. [washingtonexaminer.com]
[15:26:30] <exec> count new = 18
[15:26:30] <exec> count top = 2
[15:26:30] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[16:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[16:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626095
[16:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 1127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:02] <exec> 08└─This has come up in discussion before, its a very "white privilege" type of experience where it'll do great in my rich suburban white suburb demographic but not so practical for the rest of the world. Think of the kind of place where they couldn't keep pay phones working, or they'd be too trashed to...
[16:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:04] <exec> 08└─enables a shopping experience like no other
[16:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 1693 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:06] <exec> 08└─We should compare it to ALDI. ALDI does some cheap shit like requiring you to insert a quarter to unlock a shopping cart. And they have streamlined their selection of goods and sell their store brands at rock bottom prices. The cashiers are expected to do any job in the store, like stocking shelves....
[16:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 991 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:08] <exec> 08└─Some seem's as if the elites on the grapevine are discussing some sort of rumor about you. Let me check what sort of rumor this is. Wow! It's a dark rumor. To be precise, It's a super ultra mega calooby extremyoly of the whisp dark rumor! I wonder what the contents are, and I wonder why everyone on...
[16:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:11] <exec> 08└─Let's not be obtuse. Amazon Go is like no other grocery store where a customer walks in, grabs items, gets in line, pays for them, and leaves. I do however want to see what happens when someone tries to pull a fast one on Amazon. You probably get flagged right at the point of entry if your Amazon ac...
[16:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:13] <exec> 08└─This store is also a privacy nightmare, where the option of paying cash doesn't even exist. At least I have the option of paying with cash in other stores, even if many fools sell out their privacy for convenience. This 'cashless store' (or worse: cashless society) nonsense needs to be nipped in the...
[16:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:15] <exec> 08└─Gods, yes. This ^ Modded up. Rich hipsters make me fucking sick. They're not quite the same level of evil as their counterparts on the other side of the aisle, but I'm seriously tempted to rob them blind and force them to actually LIVE poor for a while and see how much they like it. It's a local ver...
[16:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 2419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:25] <exec> 08└─http://www.spacex.com/about/capabilities [spacex.com] Falcon 9 launch price is $62 million. This price could go down by 10-30% depending on reusability factors (will you use a "flight-proven" Falcon 9 and use it in partially reusable rather than fully expendable mode). Falcon 9 gets 22,800 kg to LEO...
[16:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:58] <exec> 08└─The biggest problem with "make it at home" is most people have pretty magical thinking about chemistry. There are people out there who are smart enough not to, for example, shit into their homemade bread dough, admittedly not a high bar. But those same people will see "windex with ammonia alternativ...
[16:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:12] <exec> 08└─Model 3 production from a couple of weeks ago, http://money.cnn.com [cnn.com] Tesla is still way behind on its Model 3 production goals -- but the company swears it's getting better. In a press release issued Wednesday, the ele...
[16:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:13] <exec> 08└─I know General Motors earned an honest reputation for abysmal quality from the 1980s through the early 2000s, but my understanding is that they're managing pretty well these days. So why spend $30,000 on a 150 mile range Leaf when you can spend it on a 230 mile range Bolt?
[16:18:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 1561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:51] <exec> 08└─Here's what's really going on: When you hear the phrase "fake news", what you probably think, and what you're meant to think, is "stories that are inaccurate, leave out critical information, or are outright lies." However, the anti-fake news efforts aren't about this at all, because the only thing t...
[16:18:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:52] <exec> 08└─I cannot understand how any group of people can exist if there is mistrust all around. I remember reviewing a paper where there was a correlation between societies' implicit trust and their efficiency and GDP. An example could be how completely useless it is the notary. Where resources are spent for...
[16:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:09] <exec> 08└─Exactly. You wouldn't make a biopic on MLK Jr. and cast a white guy as Dr. King, nor would you cast a man as Wonder Woman, or a woman as Thor. Sometimes you can get creative, though, like when the did a remake of Battlestar Galactica and made Starbuck a girl. That was fine, and actually worked well,...
[16:20:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:17] <exec> 08└─Can they have unicorn ponies as well?
[16:20:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:18] <exec> 08└─My point, perhaps very weakly stated, was that the entire Earth has only a few people who can make advances in quantum theory.
[16:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Centuries-Old Math Equation Used to Solve a Modern-Day Genetics Challenge - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:32] <exec> 08└─Yes, moving past ignorance is progress. But not all progress is worthy of attention by non-specialists.
[16:25:58] <exec> count new = 17
[16:25:58] <exec> count top = 0
[16:25:58] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[17:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[17:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626118
[17:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:07] <exec> 08└─I was waiting to see how the drone was caught in the rough surf.
[17:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:09] <exec> 08└─I had to re-read this to realize that the drone wasn't lost. I thought this was a story about the drone that famously had rescued two swimmers several days ago, and they were now saying the drone was sadly lost in some rough surf. Then I remembered how SN is always many days behind the mainstream ne...
[17:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:23] <exec> 08└─This is an experiment for Amazon, but it could lead to a real reduction in the cost of running a supermarket.
[17:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:24] <exec> 08└─enables a shopping experience like no other
[17:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:26] <exec> 08└─ID for everything!!! We must punish and abuse all people for the crimes of the few!
[17:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:38] <exec> 08└─They don't need to buy it.
[17:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:39] <exec> 08└─Being outside the US (and free of the ITAR bollocks) is a good thing, imho.
[17:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:41] <exec> 08└─BFR will probably be flying within 6-10 years,
[17:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:54] <exec> 08└─"All of this wouldn't matter if extensions were manually reviewed." Naïve and wrong. Manual review is an obvious step to take, but it's no cure-all.
[17:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03higuita [2465] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:55] <exec> 08└─yes, and when installing, you are asked a list of permissions that the addon can do... that list need to be more friendly, but the user is allowing the add-on to mess with the browser also, permitting the access to the add-on is probably a bug... it may be a regular internal page, but it should be e...
[17:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:32] <exec> 08└─My neighbor has extended the lease on his current Leaf. I assume that he has a preorder on the new Leaf. We are in California.
[17:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:33] <exec> 08└─I certainly hope none. Buying a car to get a watch seems like a ridiculous idea. ...but then again...Americans; probably all of them.
[17:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:13] <exec> 08└─I have determined that facebook is not a credible news source. Am I Russian to judgement?
[17:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:14] <exec> 08└─https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/01/521685923/literal-farm-to-table-heres-the-dirt-on-chefs-cooking-with-dirt [npr.org]
[17:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:16] <exec> 08└─I actually laughed at this one! Thanks.
[17:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:33] <exec> 08└─If she wanted it more than anything, she probably should have stopped her brother from playing the race card so quickly. Unless it was a race issue, in which case she should have played it herself.
[17:20:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:11] <exec> 08└─Or how about, Louis Armstrong was on the right track. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[17:20:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:44] <exec> 08└─No, the length of the pad isn't what makes it impractical. You can break up a message into blocks of whatever size you want and you could apply a new pad for each block. The impracticality of one time pads lies with the transmission of the pad itself. How do you transmit the pad to use securely? It...
[17:20:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:45] <exec> 08└─It's not clickbait, it's just been written by a newsman from the 1930s: Why, This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal!
[17:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:33] <exec> 08└─Just notice their disclaimer on content correctness. I browsed quickly through the Linux one and found a few errors there.
[17:24:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06These High-Speed ‘Nano-Cranes’ Could Form Molecular Assembly Lines - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:39] <exec> 08└─That's the whole point. If you're that blasted on alcohol you made inside yourself, you won't care!
[17:24:39] <exec> count new = 21
[17:24:39] <exec> count top = 0
[17:24:39] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[18:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[18:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626141
[18:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:06] <exec> 08└─"The Little Ripper", worst name ever for something involved in a Shark mitigation strategy? It's not a name that fills one with confidence. So how large is the drone? I guess one raft could be made fairly compact if it just has to house or support a couple of people. It doesn't seem like its an actu...
[18:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:23] <exec> 08└─Those programs use an app on your smartphone, so it is also a way to monetize the customer by tracking their habits and selling the data.
[18:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:25] <exec> 08└─Not all customer data is created equal. And those smartphone apps sure ask for a lot of permissions...
[18:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:27] <exec> 08└─I want cashiers to have a job
[18:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:29] <exec> 08└─It was quite attractive: birch plywood with oak trim I gave it to my ex when we split up Someday I'll make another
[18:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:31] <exec> 08└─You're voting with your dollar... for now.
[18:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:34] <exec> 08└─2) Nobody cares that you like Caraway Rye read or Ranch dressing. There's no money to be made by selling those facts. Why not? Companies selling rye bread or ranch dressing can use that info for targeted advertising: they can advertise their competing brand of dressing to you in an effort to get you...
[18:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:36] <exec> 08└─By that logic, you should never cut your own hair, clean your own bathroom, cook your own food, change your own oil, or even drive yourself anywhere, shave yourself, or brush your own teeth.
[18:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:51] <exec> 08└─How much are university customers paying to get there CubeSats launched alongside larger payloads on Falcon 9 rockets? Answer that and we'll see how viable the $4.9 million price tag is. Remember that Rocket Lab says they want to launch around 50 per year.
[18:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:52] <exec> 08└─$4.9 million price tag
[18:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:27] <exec> 08└─So far I've come to realize, that while 3D Printers have their place. They are far from being simple, cheap, or better quality than just buying something off the shelf. A 3D Printer for over the counter drugs or what not in your living room would need Tons of Quality Control. Sure there could be use...
[18:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:46] <exec> 08└─That sounds really dumb, but the old adage of "There's a sucker born every minute." still holds true. "The art of getting money" by P. T. Barnum http://www.gutenberg.org [gutenberg.org] is an interesting book as well.
[18:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:47] <exec> 08└─My 2013 Leaf has a mere 24 kWh battery, which means I definitely need to watch my range even around town. While limiting yourself to light 40 mph roads may get 75 miles of range, zipping around at highway speeds will bring it closer to 60 miles of range. Because I only initiate the multi-hour charge...
[18:19:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 75 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:20] <exec> 08└─NPR did, too. That was the day I knew we were in deep trouble as a country.
[18:19:30] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 2043 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:30] <exec> 08└─Kinda. Trump is the bad boy of the establishment, but he's part of the establishment, for the simple reason that he's always at least appeared to be rich, and that's all it takes for politicians to be fawning all over you. Also, when you look at what he's actually doing policy-wise, it's exactly the...
[18:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:32] <exec> 08└─It's a given that countries will attempt to influence the elections of other countries. At least Russia is not engaging in American style "regime change" against the US. Secondly, the entire RussiaRussiaRussia narrative is based solely on taking the word of the former generals, the FBI, the NSA, and...
[18:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:34] <exec> 08└─Trump sucks and I didn't vote for him, but at the time of the election, it is worth pointing out that he had never cackled in glee over killing anyone like Clinton did. He'll probably catch up but at that time at least, she was clearly the far more evil POS.
[18:19:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:53] <exec> 08└─So, what you're saying is Hollywood is Racist and Sexist?!?!?
[18:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:54] <exec> 08└─> Just like some roles just require a certain sex. Tilda Swinton [google.com] would like a word with you.
[18:21:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 1394 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:16] <exec> 08└─There absolutely is a due process concern here. Defendants must be able to interrogate the evidence used against them. This algorithm is purporting to provide evidence justifying longer or shorter sentences, but the defendant has no ability to examine said evidence. If the prosecution called an expe...
[18:21:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03https [5248] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:57] <exec> 08└─I think it would be very interesting to see what its accuracy rates are when partitioned by race.
[18:25:00] <exec> count new = 19
[18:25:01] <exec> count top = 3
[18:25:01] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[19:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[19:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626163
[19:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Patent Office Revokes "Broad Institute" CRISPR Patent - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:01] <exec> 08└─why is a publicly funded institution/grant programs allowed to patent anything? at most they should be able to obtain a patent for all the nation's citizens.
[19:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:11] <exec> 08└─More tied to modern slang: https://www.surfer.com [surfer.com]
[19:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:13] <exec> 08└─"The Little Ripper" ...fly it to the location, and drop the pod...
[19:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:15] <exec> 08└─Lennox Head on the state's Far North Coast
[19:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:17] <exec> 08└─It would help, but the source link has an .au domain suffix and immediately after that is "/nsw/". In addition, "NSW" is mentioned twice (including "NSW government" in the 2nd line of the summary). So it's pretty clearly in New South Wales, Australia. Would you be irritated if a news article talked...
[19:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:41] <exec> 08└─Or maybe Caraway Rye bread get the idea to make Ranch-flavor Caraway Rye bread because they notice some critical portion of their customers like ranch dressing...
[19:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:42] <exec> 08└─Maybe or maybe not related, but I'd expect this to be possible at "club stores" where you have a membership fee. This is stores like Sam's Club or Costco. From experience, those kinds of stores tend to attract a slightly more affluent group of people as clientèle, who might be on board with this fo...
[19:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:44] <exec> 08└─We have bread, and we have ranch powder [hiddenvalley.com]. We have the technology. Now I want to dump ranch powder [gimmesomeoven.com] into my next batch of homemade pita.
[19:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:47] <exec> 08└─I take a real taxi
[19:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:49] <exec> 08└─> ALDI does some cheap shit like requiring you to insert a quarter to unlock a shopping cart. Reduces the number of teens hired to shuffle carts around, and therefore saves money, and the frustration of customers who find a cart where they need it, not in the middle of the parking row blocking two s...
[19:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:20] <exec> 08└─The new extensions are actually safer but not perfect. The old Firefox way gave access to everything. The sandbox control is finer grained in the new system. The extensions system has long been a mess. Extensions often are to fix the flaws with the browser itself like making it easy to block javascr...
[19:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:21] <exec> 08└─Even if ad revenue from Search is enough to keep Search, Chromium, and the present Chrome Web Store alive, it might not be enough to fund the manual review that you recommend.
[19:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:03] <exec> 08└─The bolt's MSRP starts at $6600 over the Leaf's ($36.6k vs $30k). I didn't compare the options. That means that the leaf can be had for $25k, after incentives and tax. Don't underestimate the difference, because the extra range is not useful for daily commutes. One is a Nissan with a long history (t...
[19:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:04] <exec> 08└─> Honda caved, and the 2nd generation Insight did not have wheel skirts. They're back (partially) on the Honda Clarity. I'm curious to see how well that one will fare. The pure electric has a short range (sub-100), but it's otherwise an Accord-size EV/FC/PHEV for much cheaper than a Volt/Bolt...
[19:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Nissan Leaf Touts a Claimed 13,000 Preorders - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:07] <exec> 08└─I almost think this is an artificially constructed failing, keep the demand for Teslas high by keeping supply low.
[19:19:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 3404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:52] <exec> 08└─What's really in order: Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit applies to news as much as any other claim of a nugget of objective truth. Sagan's rules in bold, my commentary on how it applies in regular type: 1. Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the "facts." If a bunch of diff...
[19:19:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:53] <exec> 08└─You left out a couple of other characters: Nancy Pelosi is on a quest to locate her courage. And Ron Estes has recently learned that he's not in Kansas anymore.
[19:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:55] <exec> 08└─That's very unfair to men who beat their wives.
[19:19:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:57] <exec> 08└─Your dismissal of Russian actions as mere partisanship betrays your ignorance. The Russians spy on the U.S., prod and interfere where they can
[19:25:11] <exec> count new = 19
[19:25:11] <exec> count top = 0
[19:25:11] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[20:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[20:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626192
[20:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03number6x [903] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Patent Office Revokes "Broad Institute" CRISPR Patent - 985 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:08] <exec> 08└─Stable Stannous Fluoride was patented at the University of Indiana [google.com] and licensed for Crest toothpaste. For some time, only Crest had fluoride toothpaste thanks to their license. This was one of the most financially lucrative patents from a university. Patents make much more money for re...
[20:17:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 64 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:15] <exec> 08└─I was waiting to see how the drone was caught in the rough surf.
[20:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:23] <exec> 08└─I assumed California topics just were not safe for work.
[20:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:25] <exec> 08└─Exactly, NSW! But the Far North Coast of California is just Oregon, not Papua New Guinea.
[20:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:54] <exec> 08└─By any logic, you should never cut your own hair. Few exceptions exist.
[20:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:55] <exec> 08└─not me. i always use the automated checkout when avail. i don't want cashiers to have jobs (as cashiers anyways). i don't like to have to leave my house to get anything. i especially don't like waiting in line just because there's a human that has to physically take my money from my hand and put it...
[20:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:58] <exec> 08└─"allowing in only people with the store's smartphone app." yeah, i only side load FOSS apps onto my phone. guess i can't "shop" at your commissary.
[20:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:00] <exec> 08└─> Nobody cares that you like Caraway Rye read or Ranch dressing. There's no money to be made by selling those facts. Yep, I can't see any use for knowing your customers are pregnant before their own families do. https://www.forbes.com
[20:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 1663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:02] <exec> 08└─"i don't want cashiers to have jobs (as cashiers anyways)" What do you think 57 year old 'Carla' the cashier is going to be retrained as? A robot repair technician? Or the 18 year old 'Steven' working his first job? He's still in high school; and maybe he can be a robot technician, but at this point...
[20:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:04] <exec> 08└─That's pretty silly. Lots of people have very simple haircuts, or can get their SO to do it. Women with long hair for instance (and no bangs) really don't need a professional at all: just trim an inch or two from the ends every few months.
[20:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:37] <exec> 08└─And yet we have not seen extensions pull this with the XUL system, for whatever reason. Never mind that this would probably not be a problem if Firefox had treated addon management as a window and not a web page.
[20:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:59] <exec> 08└─"But it remains to be seen whether drug regulators will go along with a new way of making medicines. To do so, agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will need to rewrite their rules for validating the safety of medicines. Instead of signing off on the production facility and manufactur...
[20:19:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 330 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:40] <exec> 08└─CNN, Fox, Breitbart, Times, Le Monde, Guardian, Der Spiegel: ALL ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY NEWS OUTLETS ! (Trump is right) Only Xinhua has trustworthy news! Trust us! We did an online poll! Out of 3 billion US citizens polled, more than 2.5 Billion cited Xinhua, and only Xinhua, as their most reliable news...
[20:20:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:11] <exec> 08└─You appear to be unfamiliar with the meaning of the term "dictator". Dictators, by definition, don't run for re-election, because there is nothing resembling a real election in a dictatorship.
[20:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:13] <exec> 08└─You're misunderstanding what all makes up "the establishment". It's not remotely just Republicans. It's not even mostly Republicans; they're a very small part. Here're the major players that go into "the establishment": The Republican political machineThe Democratic political machineThe entire profe...
[20:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why This Intercontinental Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout is a Big Deal - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:46] <exec> 08└─That's not a problem if you can non-locally generate the key on the fly. Which is exactly what the quantum part provides.
[20:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:38] <exec> 08└─I've been working on them for years. I figure I'll be able to take on all the major commercial software vendors. Did I tell you about my own sorting algorithm, Donkey Sort? It's nearly as bad as Gnome Sort. I figured that the Americans might be interested in my lottery prediction program for screeni...
[20:25:19] <exec> count new = 15
[20:25:19] <exec> count top = 2
[20:25:19] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[21:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[21:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626209
[21:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:01] <exec> 08└─Kids need something to do with their spare time. We can't have them going outside without strict parental supervision, or else we have to arrest the parents for child endangerment, nor can we allow them to visit each other outside of strictly-supervised "play dates", so game consoles are a great way...
[21:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:03] <exec> 08└─There is sooo much truth to this.
[21:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:26] <exec> 08└─You know nothing about Oregon! http://cowandchicken.wikia.com [wikia.com]
[21:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:28] <exec> 08└─In Australasian slang anything that is "a little ripper" is really good, as in "get me another frothy mate? Beauty. You little ripper".
[21:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 2045 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:03] <exec> 08└─stereotypical hipster fetishism of blue collar working life While you can find plenty of jackasses in any group, I think you have your view on most hipsters focused on blue collar activities precisely backwards. It's not always, "I want to pretend to have a lower income job and make a ceremony out o...
[21:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:05] <exec> 08└─The only problem with your suggestion is that I imagine a lot of people will be moving into the plumbing, electrician, drywall, roofing, and similar areas. So you'll have more competition for work, and that will drive your wages down. I don't have an economy-wide solution. Supply and demand dictate...
[21:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 3032 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:07] <exec> 08└─What do you think 57 year old 'Carla' the cashier is going to be retrained as? A robot repair technician? A stockist (stocker? Whatever you call the person who puts items on the shelves). They still need those, and probably will for quite some time; taking stuff out of boxes and arranging them on sh...
[21:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:09] <exec> 08└─At some point, it's going to make more sense to just adopt UBI, so that unskilled people only capable of stuff like scanning groceries can survive and maybe pursue some more productive venture with their time. It's not worth it for the rest of us to subsidize their existence by giving them time-wast...
[21:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:12] <exec> 08└─The big question is, when is that point, and how many of us working poor will have been effectively genocided by economics before then?
[21:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:14] <exec> 08└─Then I guess it's time for the working poor to stop voting for the party that pushes policies that hurt the poor.
[21:18:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:16] <exec> 08└─You're forgetting the stock people and the grocery cart people.
[21:18:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Firefox and Chrome Extensions That Block Add-On Management - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:49] <exec> 08└─"How would a multi-fucktillion dollar business fund something" Yeah, I wonder.
[21:20:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:25] <exec> 08└─The entire professional mediaThe entire entertainment industryThe entire educational industryEvery government bureaucrat
[21:20:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:27] <exec> 08└─So news which is determined by popularity is trustworthy. Can we apply that to politics? Will the majority of the people select the most trustworthy person to be President? Yeah, I laughed too. The majority will determine what the most popular news is, not the most accurate.
[21:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronaut Jeanette Epps Bumped from Space Station Flight - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:48] <exec> 08└─Isn't she CIA? I wonder how much there really is to this story.
[21:21:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gault.Drakkor [1079] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:28] <exec> 08└─From the summary: a fracking well needs to have a physical connection via the underlying rock to a fault that is oriented so that the pressure of fluid from the well can change the stress on that fault
[21:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Popular Algorithm is No Better at Predicting Crimes than Random People - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:56] <exec> 08└─Anyone watch Max Headroom? Where the cops had a program that linked an arrestee's personality profile to the highest match among the profiles of criminals they hadn't caught? https://www.maxheadroom.com"Academy" [maxheadroom.com] The damn thing even has three of the...
[21:25:37] <exec> count new = 17
[21:25:37] <exec> count top = 0
[21:25:37] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[22:15:55] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[22:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626237
[22:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:01] <exec> 08└─What can you do about it? Not much. Except to realize that not one single Meltdown- or Spectre-based piece of malware is in circulation.
[22:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:02] <exec> 08└─https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/21/192 [lkml.org] By the way, could these "higher system reboots" be classified as a new security issue (now on millions of the patched machines)?
[22:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:04] <exec> 08└─I don't think it means what you think it means. Fix: "To restore to proper condition or working order; repair: fix a broken machine." https://www.thefreedictionary.com [thefreedictionary.com] When it makes matters worse and doesn't protect you from anything currently in circulation. I'm thinking...
[22:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:06] <exec> 08└─"Clusterfuck"
[22:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:09] <exec> 08└─The professionally built malware will not announce its presence, waving a black flag with skull and bones.
[22:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 846 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:11] <exec> 08└─https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00088&languageid=en-fr [intel.com] Ampersand needed between 00088 and languageid. The Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 (45nm and 32nm) are the first after Core 2 Duo, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org [wik...
[22:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:13] <exec> 08└─No, I would say, "bug" is a perfectly legitimate definition. They just had you update your system to install the bug specifically to fix a bug that hasn't been proven to be exploited, yet.
[22:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:15] <exec> 08└─Not really. I think they would be at best classified as "Denial of Service", seeing as how your whole computer will reboot spontaneously, just for funsies. But as it's not specifically triggerable, it's not really a security issue. Just a bug, like the "Don't Divide, Intel Inside" bug from way back...
[22:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:17] <exec> 08└─Can you see another cuckoo's egg rising from this?
[22:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:19] <exec> 08└─Fuck it, where's my abacus?
[22:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:22] <exec> 08└─Well, belay that order, private!
[22:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:24] <exec> 08└─Yup, we've got a Heisenbug [wikipedia.org] with the editor interface on the site... sometimes eats ampersands; thanks for calling it out... Fixed! (I hope!)
[22:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:34] <exec> 08└─game consoles are a great way of keeping kids occupied until they reach adulthood.
[22:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:36] <exec> 08└─I blame Trump MVGA *ducks*
[22:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:38] <exec> 08└─You blame Trump for making up new video resolutions [wikimedia.org]?
[22:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:40] <exec> 08└─Isn't that why they are all "yuuuge", and "the best ones ever"?
[22:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:42] <exec> 08└─I'll have you know, that's been the case since, the first Nintendo Console. Well, except for the crazy Child Endangerment issues with having your kids playing outside "without" supervision. I know when I was a kid, we rode our bikes up and down our road "without" supervision. It's a sad state of aff...
[22:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:45] <exec> 08└─I used to ride my bike (alone, or with a friend, no parents) all around my little town when I was ~7-8 years old, and to school. In Japan, kids are basically forced to walk themselves to school without their parents by that age. Luckily, America now knows how horribly dangerous this practice is, as...
[22:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:47] <exec> 08└─And after, as employment is falling due to automation. Within years a very accessible job of a driver will be seriously cut, for example. Exactly. Society will be better off if all young people simply stay at home where it's safe and only play games and socialize online through these games or with...
[22:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:12] <exec> 08└─Do you know how SN works? Do you know what a news aggregator is? Do you know the news before they happen? Be sure to submit those right away... Remember snowflake, SN is about the comments.
[22:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:55] <exec> 08└─Agreed, but when neither party really has their interests in mind, and the one that's worse for them is the only one that even pretends to be on their side, what do you expect? The Democrats owe people like me a 45+-year-long apology. After McGovern lost to that ambulatory shitstain Nixon they gave...
[22:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 1356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:13] <exec> 08└─It's going to be a really really long time before FH of BFR get down in price, if they ever do. I don't believe that you can conduct such a big operation for only $7M, period. Not now, and certainly not after another 10 years of inflation. Even $50M feels unnecessarily aggressive target for so much...
[22:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Two Brothers" Mummies From the 12th Dynasty of Egypt Are Actually Half-Brothers - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:21] <exec> 08└─The pharaohs routinely married their sisters (usually half-sisters), to keep the royal line pure. Oddly enough, it would seem that this practice of incest even extended down to the common people, though unequivocal evidence for it outside of the pharaoh's family is rare before the Roman period. Plen...
[22:25:53] <exec> count new = 23
[22:25:53] <exec> count top = 0
[22:25:53] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[23:15:56] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[23:15:56] <exec> last cid = 626274
[23:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Studies Raise Concern Over Chronic Wasting Disease from Deer Jumping to Humans - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:16:58] <exec> 08└─You're not Jonesy. Arrrrgh, there's ripley in my eye, and a shit snake is eyeing my asshole!@
[23:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Studies Raise Concern Over Chronic Wasting Disease from Deer Jumping to Humans - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:00] <exec> 08└─"No one should consume animal products with a known prion disease,"
[23:17:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DECbot [832] 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:11] <exec> 08└─The professionally built malware will not announce its presence, waving a black flag with skull and bones.
[23:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:20] <exec> 08└─But where does Intel say that all those products are recalled? Affected, yes, but recalled? No "recall" in the page.
[23:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:22] <exec> 08└─This is why those of us in the know still stick to 6502.
[23:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:24] <exec> 08└─It's been recalled: too easy for hackers with local access to start flicking beads back and forth. A fix is in the works. Please use fingers.
[23:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:26] <exec> 08└─I have seen the spoiler tag used a couple times where a submission has a large list appended to the end. How hard would it be to add a "Boring Details" tag with the exact same mechanics, but with a less confusing name?
[23:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:29] <exec> 08└─In other systems (Drupal?) it is configurable by the user: [collapse title=foo] bar [/collapse]
[23:17:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:31] <exec> 08└─My finger is too busy waving at Intel. At least one of them...
[23:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:33] <exec> 08└─In general, you don't want the Marines touching anything that can possibly break. As they say, you can lock a Marine in a padded room with two ball bearings and he'd end up losing one and breaking the other.
[23:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:35] <exec> 08└─What is the number of Unexpected Reboots that I am supposed to consider NORMAL when using Intel processors? How much higher is "higher than normal"? 25%? 50%? 100%? 500%? 1000%? What a fustercluck.
[23:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:38] <exec> 08└─> What is the number of Unexpected Reboots that I am supposed to consider NORMAL when using Intel processors? Intel hopes that you have used Windows 9x/ME a lot.
[23:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Breaking News: Intel Says you SHOULD NOT Install its Meltdown Firmware Fixes - 1168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:40] <exec> 08└─I'd like to report a bug with your finger counting system. I understand and accept the limitation of the 10 register (finger) system. However, I have an issue obtaining reliable, repeatable results. Whenever subtracting and removing a register (finger) it is impossible to reliably store a value on t...
[23:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:55] <exec> 08└─I blame Trump
[23:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:57] <exec> 08└─Japan encourages the elderly to be in the street at start and end of school, casually keeping a lot of eyes on the walking children. That kind of social behavior cannot be demanded from Americans, who will eventually be expected to each pay for armored cars and armed guards for their individual chil...
[23:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Video Game Consoles are Doing Better than Ever - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:59] <exec> 08└─Luckily, America now knows how horribly dangerous this practice is, as seen by the astronomical crime stats, especially child abduction, in Japan these days, and now will arrest any parents that neglect their children this way and lock them up in a corporate-run prison.
[23:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Patent Office Revokes "Broad Institute" CRISPR Patent - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:09] <exec> 08└─They are not 100% public funded. What's your percentage threshold whereby they must assign the patent rights to the public?
[23:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drone Used to Save Two Swimmers Caught in Rough Surf at Lennox Head - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:28] <exec> 08└─That is an odd name. I'd have called them Chazwazzas.
[23:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Amazon Go" Store Opens in Seattle - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:11] <exec> 08└─We're getting the government we deserve.
[23:19:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 1467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:29] <exec> 08└─Falcon Heavy won't have a long time to get down in price before being replaced by BFR. Falcon Heavy is not fully reusable, but the 2 boosters and the first stage are. It can also reuse the 2 boosters while expending the center - first stage. The second stage is always going to be expendable, practic...
[23:19:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab's Second "Electron" Rocket Launch Succeeds, Reaches Orbit - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:31] <exec> 08└─Using your numbers: 30 launches at $7M, with $500k fuel ... $210M income, minus $15M fuel ... $195M / year gross profit .... minus all those costs I listed in my previous post. Not happening.
[23:20:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ants_in_pants [6665] (Score: 2) 02 - 06You Could Soon be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks to 3D Printing - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:12] <exec> 08└─people manufacturing/distributing LSD generally aren't in it for the money. Even the DEA recognizes this.
[23:21:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:28] <exec> 08└─What are real elections?
[23:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Prioritize 'Trustworthy' News Sources - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:29] <exec> 08└─Here's a brief list of sites that are being demonetized: [wsws.org] World Socialist Web Site, Truthdig, Common Dreams, Alternet... basically any leftist website that is not owned by the rich and powerful Democratic Party backers.
[23:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fracking Wells With a Physical Connection to a Fault Are More Likely to Trigger Earthquakes - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:31] <exec> 08└─Alvin Lee and Ten Years After had a related idea (though their notion wouldn't necessarily involve dumping Capitalism, just lessening inequality). I'd Love to Change the World [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[23:24:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:58] <exec> 08└─..... with the first-shitpoast having the added bonus of drawing the fire of other morons with ill intent and short attention-spans.
[23:24:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Free PDFs About Programming From Stack Overflow - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:00] <exec> 08└─If it's Stack Overflow, nothing stops you from commenting on it to update something, or correct it. I've seen many authors of both questions and answers edit their own content for correctness. Community Participation does indeed fix this. I agree, a lot of people poo-poo Stack Overflow and deride co...
[23:25:48] <exec> count new = 26
[23:25:48] <exec> count top = 1
[23:25:48] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********