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[00:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:12] <exec> 08└─Temp regulation is some function of surface to volume ratio. Unless it's a really skinny cow, this is going to be similar for any cow shaped animal and I doubt that they will be able to design in much additional heat resistance. Larger animals must have special adaptations for cooling... (which I'm...
[00:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03KiloByte [375] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:14] <exec> 08└─Temp regulation is some function of surface to volume ratio.
[00:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:16] <exec> 08└─Elephant's ears come to mind - they are cooling devices.
[00:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:18] <exec> 08└─They will create spherical cows.
[00:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:20] <exec> 08└─Conveniently, the optimal milk preservation is in a 0K vacuum. Who said physicists didn't have practical applications?
[00:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:22] <exec> 08└─They'll appear to work fine at first but every few days they'll overheat and BSOD. Then, sometime later: GALVmed ScanMoo ____________________________________________________________________________ Because this bovinian was not properly shut down, one or more of your udders may have errors on it...
[00:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:25] <exec> 08└─Obviously they're trying to engineer the cow to grow its own radiator ports for its circulatory system.
[00:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:27] <exec> 08└─Frankenmoos r ppl 2 eat mor chikin
[00:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:29] <exec> 08└─Chikins r ppl 2 eat more Soylent
[00:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:08] <exec> 08└─Open Sores. From fucking people with STDs.
[00:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:10] <exec> 08└─Would have been more like *wet water.* Binaries were not considered software, and for many of us still are not.
[00:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:12] <exec> 08└─Trolls gonna troll.
[00:18:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 277 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:24] <exec> 08└─"We discovered that we could cut a lot of hassle and expense by changing this cumbersome storage, and uploaded all those docs to The Cloud. Coincidentally, my brother-in-law and nephew just started a company providing Cloud services for about half of the price of AWS or Azure"
[00:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:38] <exec> 08└─AUSTEO.... Does that mean that Australia's intelligence services are bad to the bone?
[00:19:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:58] <exec> 08└─3) slowpokes blocking the windy country roads that should be fun to drive on by driving 10-20mph under the already-low speed limit,
[00:19:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:59] <exec> 08└─I assume you mean where the mean lady refused to touch you.
[00:20:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:02] <exec> 08└─I assume you mean where the mean lady refused to touch you.
[00:20:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:04] <exec> 08└─Some of the men are even made of straw....
[00:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:48] <exec> 08└─I have a FB account - one without my real name. I use it to keep tabs on things, like snow and inclement weather days at work. I know that I've been tagged in dozens of photos, with my real name. I can't say whether FB has made the connection between the real me, and the fake me. I'm not offering th...
[00:20:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:49] <exec> 08└─Nonsense - this proves absolutely nothing. You don't know - you can't know - whether being gay makes a mark on your, or the marks exist before you become gay. Which is the cause, and which is the effect? Worse, we don't even have a proven correlation yet - just a single study that suggests some of t...
[00:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:52] <exec> 08└─ROFLMAO - what kind of mental gymnastics did you have to perform, to equate my person with your own? You really shouldn't stare into the abyss for more than a couple days at a time, before taking a break. You need to get out more. Or in, as the case may be.
[00:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:54] <exec> 08└─in nature, not nurture. Facial structure isn't set by choice
[00:20:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:56] <exec> 08└─how about identifing lying politicians?
[00:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:20:58] <exec> 08└─we'll have AI's can can identify ... whether someone is non-white
[00:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 803 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:14] <exec> 08└─First, as super_bob notes down in the (meta)thread, this story is a dup. ...and not the only one today. 8-( I hope they streamline the process Wishful thinking, I'm afraid. As isostatic notes just below us, this is a company store thing. Where single-payer universal coverage for all would make it so...
[00:22:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:26] <exec> 08└─Well, if you consider that terror works better for those who already have power, and that getting jailed as mere suspect, tortured and then released probably makes you hating your captors, you may just consider Guantanamo as a terrorist factory and have everything fit.
[00:22:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 155 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:34] <exec> 08└─Hey - why don't we just give weapons to whatever remains of ISIS/DAESH? They are, after all, trying to depose a regime that we don't like very much, right?
[00:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03beckett [1115] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Choose Omega-3s from Fish Over Flax for Cancer Prevention, Study Finds - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:15] <exec> 08└─I agree with this - Scientists must be extremely comfortable when they are wrong, as it should happen continuously and on a daily basis. It's called "research" for a reason. Scientists should always be willing to throw out ideas when the data does not support them. As you point out, nothing sways th...
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[01:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:25] <exec> 08└─A great many moos will be prematurely shut down by predators (lions etc.) and snakes.
[01:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:26] <exec> 08└─That's true. I don't remember Win95 boxes having too many natural predators. Maybe the odd one got carried off by a golden eagle. Or dropped from a great height by a disgruntled sys admin.
[01:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:29] <exec> 08└─cowsay Frankenmoos Frankenmoos \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
[01:17:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:31] <exec> 08└─Can you grow cow food in Africa? You know, nutritious grass, clover, hay, mad cow brains? Or is it too hot? Will they have to genetically modify the grass, clover, hay and mad cow brains so they can withstand the heat? Why not just modify the cows so they can fly? Lots of empty air space up there an...
[01:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:33] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguni_cattle [wikipedia.org] Origins The ancestors of Nguni cattle were brought by the Nguni people, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi people, during their migration to southern Africa between 600 and 1400 AD. Since then, these animals have played an important social and e...
[01:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:35] <exec> 08└─Then why not use those "pre-modified for africa" cows? Is it because they are not patentable?
[01:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:37] <exec> 08└─From the summary: By isolating desirable genetics traits from European and African cow breeds
[01:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:40] <exec> 08└─I doubt that they will be able to design in much additional heat resistance.
[01:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:22] <exec> 08└─Bruce Perens is Batman.
[01:18:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:49] <exec> 08└─I have great affection for Israel and its people. It's truly the land of opportunity. Tel Aviv is a tremendous city. Ivanka -- my daughter -- loves it. I planned a beautiful project for Tel Aviv, it was going to be the tallest tower. Trump Tower Tel Aviv. But it never happened. Because the people I...
[01:18:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:51] <exec> 08└─Or just busy bodies. I positively would have quietly scanned every single one of those documents in, but them in an encrypted database and studied them. Even if I had no intent to publish them, just for the entertainment value alone.
[01:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:15] <exec> 08└─Or perhaps I have a fondness for humor just about a blonde one above slapstick. How is it that while trying to appear to drop meaningful social commentary you just come off like a jerk? The question is who did you think you were going to impress? Only an idiot would deny there are differences betwee...
[01:20:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:16] <exec> 08└─Your post leads to a serious question: What percentage of men actually take notice of their wive's criticism of his driving? From personal experience, I allowed a girl's criticism of my driving to influence my driving to a very small degree, when I was young, and dating. After marriage, that influen...
[01:20:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:19] <exec> 08└─I think it may be less the predictable motion (curves, traffic, etc), and more the constant slight adjustments being made basically at random. Pretty much everybody wanders around the lane while driving, some by inches, some by a foot or more - generally speaking you steer towards whatever they're l...
[01:20:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:21] <exec> 08└─Yes. I agree wholeheartedly. As I said from the beginning, I don't disagree with your arguments, I just thought the examples you used weren't that good. So why don't we just agree to agree and snatch victory from the jaws of victory?
[01:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:23] <exec> 08└─As an old sailor, I'll vouch for the "watch the road" thing. Seasickness wasn't something that really bothered me - but in five years of sea duty, there were days that were worse than others. Generally, getting outside, on the weatherdecks, and watching the seas coming at you, relieved my discomfort...
[01:20:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:25] <exec> 08└─People who drive 2000 kilometers to a high school reunion are probably not worried about the TSA. Those of us who drive 2000 miles have more cause to be concerned with the TSA.
[01:20:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:27] <exec> 08└─when heads are rolling (literally)
[01:20:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 1505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:30] <exec> 08└─Well, actually Azuma is correct in this instance. It would be where the mean lady touched me. Agh, my kingdom to be attracted to women.... But alas, this life I get to experience being attractive to women (both genders actually) while finding women sexually repulsive. (I'm at an extreme on the Kinse...
[01:20:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:32] <exec> 08└─Only an idiot would deny there are differences between the sexes.
[01:20:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:34] <exec> 08└─Like the cybernetic elevators? http://absolutelypointless.net [absolutelypointless.net]
[01:20:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:36] <exec> 08└─On the rural roads anywhere near me, the speed limits are already set pretty low, so there's never any need for braking and jamming the gas just to go near the speed limit. You'd have to be driving an extremely poor-handling vehicle to not be able to handle the road at or near the conservative speed...
[01:20:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:39] <exec> 08└─The code in aircraft and spacecraft is generally extremely reliable. And even the code in the engine controller or ABS system in your car is reliable; when was the last time you experienced a software error with those?
[01:20:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:41] <exec> 08└─Fair enough then. And thanks for giving me an opportunity to vent. ;)
[01:21:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:31] <exec> 08└─could be used to predict personal characteristics
[01:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:33] <exec> 08└─Does that mean that all the Violin and Cello players won't all be hot sexy chicks anymore? Bummer.
[01:21:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[H]ardOCP: Blockchain Startup Takes $11, Leaves Penis - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:56] <exec> 08└─No no... you're way behind the bestest buzzword on da street nowadays is "AI Machine Deep Learning with Blockchain on Big Data in the Augmented Reality Cloud!"
[01:21:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[H]ardOCP: Blockchain Startup Takes $11, Leaves Penis - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:58] <exec> 08└─My new company: "AI Machine Deep Learning Blockchain on Big Data Augmented Reality Cloud and son, Ltd, LLC, fcuk." Invest now, peoples of the world.
[01:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 869 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:53] <exec> 08└─Drugs cost hundreds of times what they cost elsewhere Extreme hyperbole. You're gonna have a hard time coming up with a cite for that one. Sick minds came up with the healthcare system the U.S has Amen. a jew rat Purposely flirting with the folks who like to hand out SPAM mods? It's sad that you hav...
[01:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:54] <exec> 08└─predict they buy large swaths of mall space and become mega stores.
[01:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06IOTA Wallets Emptied; $4 Million Stolen - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:46] <exec> 08└─My password is hunter2. I can still see it in the preview. Does it appear as ******* to you?
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[02:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:09] <exec> 08└─Adult brains are harmed by zika, sometimes severely. Zika may be less bad for an adult, but still... I don't consider "only a little brain damage" to be OK. BTW, don't forget herpes and HIV. Both will directly attack the brain. Herpes is associated with Alzheimer's disease. Don't let grandma kiss th...
[02:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:10] <exec> 08└─HSV-1 and HSV-2 are two different viruses, and over half the U.S. population has HSV-1.
[02:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:13] <exec> 08└─Are you implying that it is harmless? It is not. Sure, it isn't polio or smallpox or ebola. It still causes permanent damage. Another good one is toxoplasmosis. It seemed kind of harmless in adults... but now we know that it leads to car crashes and schizophrenia. It really isn't OK to have viruses...
[02:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:21] <exec> 08└─So why did eBay choose to abandon PayPal for a smaller European competitor? 'Lower costs' for merchants The company explained in a statement Thursday that its decision to integrate Adyen's payment processor would result in lower costs and more control of finances for its merchants.
[02:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:24] <exec> 08└─Yes, by the time you add the eBay fees and PayPal fees together, it's a large percentage of the item you just sold. Especially on electronics - isn't it like 30% or something altogether?
[02:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:49] <exec> 08└─https://youtu.be/FQMbXvn2RNI [youtu.be] Moo!
[02:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe it would be more useful if they tried to genetically reduce methane production, which is likely a factor in causing that warmer climate that Bill's cows would thrive in.
[02:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:52] <exec> 08└─I really don't understand why a milk cow has to weigh 1,400 – 2,000 lbs to stand in a field all day, when a Wildebeest can run half way across Africa in giant herds and each one weighs in at only 260 – 600 lbs.
[02:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:54] <exec> 08└─Wrong sign -- spherical has the least surface to volume ratio. For cooling you want more surface area and/or less volume -- that's why heat sinks have lots of thin fins.
[02:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:57] <exec> 08└─Soylent r ppl. I guess we all starve.
[02:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:59] <exec> 08└─All the headers in this web format ruin the beauty of a nice cascade. In case you don't understand, try this page: https://kb.iu.edu [iu.edu]
[02:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:11] <exec> 08└─The bodies are still in the closets. Someone will find them when the govt building a will be sold.
[02:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:48] <exec> 08└─The code in aircraft and spacecraft is generally extremely reliable. And even the code in the engine controller or ABS system in your car is reliable;
[02:20:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:49] <exec> 08└─The popular wisdom that flying is safer may not be totally accurate. For distanced traveled, yes, flying is safer. But I have heard that if measured by hours traveled, flying is about equal to driving in safety.
[02:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Facebook Make a Move Towards Local News - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:24] <exec> 08└─First, Bulletin and website in TFS both link to the same page.
[02:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:03] <exec> 08└─Amazon Health Bot: "You have dysplasia." Patient: "I have what?" Amazon Health Bot: "Other patients who had dysplasia also had carcinoma." Patient: "Other ... what?" Amazon Health Bot: "Would you like to add carcinoma to your cart?" Patient: "Don't you mean chart?" Amazon Health Bot: "Would you like...
[02:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:37] <exec> 08└─That word doesn't mean what you think it does. pen != arch|uber|hyper http://www.google.com [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[02:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:38] <exec> 08└─Additionally, if his reason for accusing his neighbor was because he coveted that guy's wife|home|household goods, with the "bad" guy gone, the "witness" now has easy access to those. The levels of accountability in this "enemy combatant" paradigm are essentially zero. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews...
[02:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:41] <exec> 08└─The Gitmo population is down from over 700 to just a handful. In order to justify keeping it open, will Drumpf have to round up another batch of "enemy combatants"? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[02:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 1560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:43] <exec> 08└─I think it should have been televised, much more violent, much more demeaning, and sometimes more high-tech. I guess I'm a tiny bit angry. I suspect we could have gotten more torture for the money we spent, and the prisoners had it too easy. Start with torture to get information. For this, put them...
[02:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSMC Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for "5nm" Fab, Production to Begin in 2020 - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:52] <exec> 08└─Once AMD or Intel release their 12nm or 10nm CPU I will upgrade...
[02:24:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xerox Is No More - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:15] <exec> 08└─I'm quite certain that that accolade goes to Doug Engelbart and his Augmentation Research Center. [wikipedia.org] Now, Xerox did hone that to a nice edge at PARC. [wikipedia.org] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[02:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amateur Finds Lost NASA Satellite - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:32] <exec> 08└─followup != dupe
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[03:17:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:31] <exec> 08└─It's not that high, costs more in fees if you run a store I believe. Selling a car hurts in the fee dept. The last time I drew on PayPal to a bank account I think it was close to 10%, makes more sense for private sellers to leave it there ready for their next purchase sometimes.
[03:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:02] <exec> 08└─Temp regulation is some function of surface to volume ratio. Unless it's a really skinny cow, this is going to be similar for any cow shaped animal and I doubt that they will be able to design in much additional heat resistance.
[03:18:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 515 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:21] <exec> 08└─Someone on Kuro5hin called them "fellow travelers". For example China and Vietnam were fellow travelers. They weren't allies because China attacked Vietnam in 1975 or so. I mailed Richard to ask him about the distinction I drew: "It's not the license that determines whether something is open source...
[03:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:47] <exec> 08└─That probably depends on whether you mean physical bodies, or personalities.
[03:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:56] <exec> 08└─You shouldn't have to ask that question - by now, the answer should be obvious: It will be 100% proprietary software. It may incorporate and violate GPLed software, but you won't receive any source. Your car will phone home to the manufacturer continuously during operation. If you direct it to drive...
[03:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:47] <exec> 08└─Fantastic, now we'll have a place for the orange one before he goes to the firing squad.
[03:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 1404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:49] <exec> 08└─There are lots of Americans, some of whom are on SN, who think that there ain't no such thing as a Muslim who isn't a terrorist. And from that, they conclude, the way to solve the terrorism problem is to kill or at least lock up each and every Muslim they can get their hands on. Well, maybe torture...
[03:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:51] <exec> 08└─We need to keep creating terrorists, martyrs, and anything else necessary to keep the terrorists going. Hey - why don't we just give weapons to whatever remains of ISIS/DAESH? They are, after all, trying to depose a regime that we don't like very much, right?
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[04:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:11] <exec> 08└─Fuck off and Die
[04:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:13] <exec> 08└─Worker hostility detected. Haptic feedback increased to 11.
[04:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:15] <exec> 08└─1984 was a story conceived with the technology available in Orwell's time. A new magnum opus is waiting to be written.
[04:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:17] <exec> 08└─will they offer discounts on their new employee health care for workers who wear these, or will they make wearing these compulsory, then refuse the imsurance claims (and future employment) of those who "under perform"?
[04:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:19] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tDQ38uLPo [youtube.com]
[04:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:21] <exec> 08└─They solicit me to apply once a month or so. And why? Because Jeff bezos is in league with Satan
[04:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:24] <exec> 08└─Bezos is Amazon, Washington Post, and Blue Origin. You are thinking of the Zuck.
[04:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:35] <exec> 08└─Another good one is toxoplasmosis. It seemed kind of harmless in adults... but now we know that it leads to car crashes and schizophrenia. We are definitely fucked! I thought we might recover from the election. Now I see no hope for the species even. This is very bad. Now I'm hungry for some big-ass...
[04:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:46] <exec> 08└─If fees are that high for "Paypal Bucks" you might as well use bitcoin or something. That's a ridiculous "bank" transaction fee for a not-a-bank shop like Paypal.
[04:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 952 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:48] <exec> 08└─Yes, I know ranting doesn't work. I'm hoping that voodoo will. PayPal deserves to die a most painful horrible death. They would not properly communicate a simple debit card purchase to my bank, and left me with a nasty rep with various vendors and probably will find myself accused of fraud for it. T...
[04:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:50] <exec> 08└─Probably true, but I've never bought or sold anything on eBay ever in my life.
[04:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:22] <exec> 08└─Hey, it's fiber and protein in one, and a single cow-egg omelet is enough to feed the whole team!
[04:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:24] <exec> 08└─There's at least two different approaches to withstand higher temperatures: 1) Radiate heat better: big noses or ears with high blood flow, less fur, etc. 2) Tolerate a higher body temperature. For example a camel's body temperature normally fluctuates between about 34C at dawn to 40C by sunset,
[04:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:26] <exec> 08└─Aurochs were huge
[04:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:19:10] <exec> 08└─That's dissociative identity disorder
[04:21:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:19] <exec> 08└─While I agree with most of your post, I'm pretty sure that this part: > and I won't even count speeding. These are all things that a SD car would not do. ...is incorrect. SD programmers realized early on that their cars better move at the speed of surrounding traffic or they were going to get kicked...
[04:21:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 1698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:21] <exec> 08└─> ABS system in your car is reliable; when was the last time you experienced a software error with those? Last week, and every time I come to a snow-covered icy patch in a nearby mall, where the road is slightly downhill and then turns. These conditions are common here, all through the winter. The d...
[04:21:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:23] <exec> 08└─Per-trip, flying is more dangerous. In other words, every time you step into an airplane you are much more likely to die than when you get into a car. The big difference is that the typical person gets into a car hundreds, if not thousands of times a year, but into an airplane only a few times a yea...
[04:21:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:25] <exec> 08└─If I had a Hellcat, I'd want a maximum 50 hp (fifty) key to give to the parking lot valet.
[04:21:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:27] <exec> 08└─These drivers may in fact be the most dangerous because they simply do not understand the risks of what they are doing. You can be involved in a life-ending collision and never see it coming. You will have no time to react. Being "in control" of the vehicle or not will not matter. These kinds of acc...
[04:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:29] <exec> 08└─I'll have to agree. I see about 1-2 careless and/or dangerous actions every 10 to 15 minutes on the road. In a fairly low-population area. With low traffic. Lots of drifting over the centerline on undivided highways. Drifting across the fog line and into or nearly into the dirt. Cutting across a tur...
[04:21:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:21:32] <exec> 08└─I would trust written by the lowest of the low short-term contract Java web applet programer to control vehicles over the typical human I see on the road. The fact that it will pay attention to it's sensors and not poke around on a phone half the time will, taken by itself, save numerous lives. Imag...
[04:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:24] <exec> 08└─I do object to claiming this as a reversal of Obama's policy. Obama had eight long years to end this travesty, and failed to do so (despite it being one of his campaign promises).
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[05:17:24] <exec> 08└─At least the Zuck is only spreading fake news and hiding supposed wrongthink. Bezos actually generates fake news.
[05:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:25] <exec> 08└─Mr Johnson has another overactive wrist error.
[05:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:27] <exec> 08└─Why should they stop there. Make implants mandatory for all workers. Save the cost of developing robots to do the work.
[05:17:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:29] <exec> 08└─Futurama beat Bezos to the punch. Matt Groening should sue.
[05:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:32] <exec> 08└─[the dude] johnson? [/the dude]
[05:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:34] <exec> 08└─I prefer Go Fuck Yourself [youtube.com]
[05:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:36] <exec> 08└─A new magnum opus is waiting to be written.
[05:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:46] <exec> 08└─Oh my god?? Are you saying, "we are all doomed...doomed"!!! The bugs, germs and little tiny viruses are out to get us all!!
[05:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:34] <exec> 08└─Ever try to milk a Wildebeest? Cows are easy, not to sure about wildebeests.
[05:18:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:35] <exec> 08└─Uh...Mr Gates, I already know the answer. There is a bovine that can thrive in temps up to 115 F (46 C), can eat scrub grasses and only needs a little bit of water. It's called the White Face Hereford. People have been raising them for many years in hot places like West Texas, New Mexico and Mexico....
[05:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:37] <exec> 08└─Yup. African elephants in particular. Runner up in the ears department is the desert fox. [google.com] (Its overall small size is a good design as well.) -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[05:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:39] <exec> 08└─Well, if you are eating veal, it's likely a male born on a dairy farm. Dairy cows that have ended their value WRT producing milk are likely to turn up in hot dogs, baloney, and dog food. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[05:21:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:41] <exec> 08└─Well, avionics control software is closed-source so I'm going to guess this stuff will be as well. I agree with you though, it should all be open and audit-able by anyone who cares to.
[05:21:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:21:43] <exec> 08└─People who drive 2000 kilometers to a high school reunion are probably not worried about the TSA. Those of us who drive 2000 miles have more cause to be concerned with the TSA.
[05:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:57] <exec> 08└─I suspect medical billing codes are just a very complicated mechanism for tallying up a bill. Say the hospital wants $10,000 for your visit. They open up your insurance's billing catalog and go down the list. "Let's take the dolphin bite for $1,000, two saline bags and an HIV drug for $6,500, skin r...
[05:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 808 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:39] <exec> 08└─For all of life, not even just human, the rule is "kill or be killed". Given enough stress, normal humans will participate in genocide. This reaction is burned into our DNA. Those without it are lacking evolutionary fitness and will ultimately be selected against. It doesn't solve everything, but it...
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[06:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:17] <exec> 08└─UFS 3.0 also lowers flash power consumption and increases reliability in a wide ranger of temperature conditions
[06:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:38] <exec> 08└─They'll do that to help with any worker health issues [imdb.com] that may arise.
[06:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:40] <exec> 08└─1984 was a story conceived with the technology available in Orwell's time.
[06:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:42] <exec> 08└─There was this Greek Country-Western singer (we have both kinds!) name Johnny Paycheck, and he had this song, which was titled, Take This Job and Shove It! [youtube.com] What happened to left-wing populist Country-Western Music? We could use some Johnny Paycheck, and less Runaway1954.
[06:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:53] <exec> 08└─It'll get some of us, fer sure... but the ones who have the luck of the genetic defenses for it will live to reproduce.
[06:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:19:30] <exec> 08└─Someone's mother didn't love him, maybe? And I can see why...
[06:20:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:01] <exec> 08└─Right? Therefore, no security risk. Was it found in the cellar in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard"? Easy mistake to make. Especially if the light had gone.
[06:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:43] <exec> 08└─Humm...black page, white text, mystery links...The guys with the white coats with extra long sleeves are just about at your door.
[06:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:49] <exec> 08└─Penultimate in that context meant exactly what I intended it to mean; next to last on the list of invalid patriotic archetypes, higher only than their (imaginary) "God." They imagine they are placing themselves as the highest authorities; but are actually placing themselves at the lowest possible pl...
[06:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:51] <exec> 08└─If they are subhumans then we aren't torturing or detaining any humans so there isn't any problem.
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[07:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:17] <exec> 08└─Elon keeps disappointing people when things don't go boom. He's a failure, I tell you!
[07:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:48] <exec> 08└─I expect Amazon will buy Facebook someday.
[07:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:49] <exec> 08└─If we are going to get into Kafkaesque movies, I rather prefer "Brazil". https://en.wikipedia.org(1985_film) [wikipedia.org]
[07:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:51] <exec> 08└─Do you think Zuck can offer Elon a deal he can't refuse? https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[07:20:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Justin Case [4239] 02 - 06Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:20:59] <exec> 08└─The same incident in an automatic car will teach all automatic cars.
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[08:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:10] <exec> 08└─A case in which, if you are unable to take a decision, any decision - even one extracted with an electric show - is better: at least it offers a semblance of something functional. Not very dissimilar with the Army - an officer needs to show decision capacity, even if/when his decisions are mostly wr...
[08:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:18] <exec> 08└─A pity he exausted the Boring Company's flamethrower stock, he could put some into maintaining his reputation intact in this case.
[08:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:26] <exec> 08└─Is this the same UFS that is used in BSDs, or is it a deliberate attempt to name two different things with the same name? I prefer FFS anyway!
[08:17:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 43 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:46] <exec> 08└─A new magnum opus is waiting to be written.
[08:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:18:55] <exec> 08└─Or they could add more teats for a total of six or eight. Four cannot handle the output of the udders they've bred into today's cows. The udders already drag on the ground. More teats would be needed if output is to be further increased. Much of the agricultural antibiotic abuse on dairy farms is du...
[08:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:20:13] <exec> 08└─Maybe that's why the British MPs have been so reluctant to move out...who knows what will be found when they renovate!
[08:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:56] <exec> 08└─eave these platforms as they are just ways to further manipulate/pacify you
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[09:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:11] <exec> 08└─the article didn't say how bad Mrs Moore's functioning had been before the implant. Very hard to do randomised control trials when many patients won't get much worse, or get worse very slowly, even without treatment.
[09:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:13] <exec> 08└─Forget that. If you're going to impact electrodes into my brain then wire them up to the pleasure centers and let me rot away in sweet, sweet ecstasy. What a nice ending, forgetting everything but bliss.
[09:17:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:30] <exec> 08└─Why do PCs and phones have different storage standards?
[09:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:57] <exec> 08└─Gregor Samsa awakens one morning to find he has turned into a giant cockroach. His chief concern is that he will be late to work.
[09:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:59] <exec> 08└─And here is your receipt for my receipt [youtube.com]
[09:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:01] <exec> 08└─I guess that's one good way to catch the guy leaving the spooge in the company restroom...
[09:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03lx [1915] (Score: 2) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:25] <exec> 08└─*sigh* I hope someday we can develop an anonymous payment/purchase system that no one can interfere with, but there is hardly any demand for it, so I will die waiting... A million crypto nerds worldwide started frothing at the mouth soon after this sentence was posted. They didn't even read the post...
[09:19:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:19:53] <exec> 08└─so what do you call "binaries" then? I'm honestly curious, not trying to be argumentative. I thought "hardware" refers to the machine, and "software" refers to a list of actions that the machine should execute.
[09:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:19:54] <exec> 08└─But "Open Source" was always a sop thrown to PHBs, since "Free Software", the real thing, sounded too much like Communism! Can you imagine a world, without imaginary property rights? Oh, dude, that's not what we are saying. You can still own everything, it is just that it will be Open, and Bruce wi...
[09:24:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 720 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:24:08] <exec> 08└─I assume you are in the US? I have a friend in the US, whose wife went to an "in network" hospital for treatment. Ought to be fine, right? In the course of things, various random doctors came in, looked at her chart, often said nothing at all, and left. When she gets out, her bill had separate entri...
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[10:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:13] <exec> 08└─> After that date, the time counter flips over and starts over again at zero Are you sure it doesn't just become massively negative, and start to represent some date/time in 1901?
[10:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:14] <exec> 08└─Apparently it depends on the system or package whether the 32-bit value is signed or unsigned. So there is apparently no general solution. But you'll probably want to check with someone knowledgeable or find some other authoritative answer.
[10:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:10] <exec> 08└─Cyborg slaves. Now with Rectium™ inside.
[10:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:12] <exec> 08└─What happened to left-wing populist Country-Western Music? We could use some Johnny Paycheck, and less Runaway1954.
[10:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score: 2) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:38] <exec> 08└─In my experience (in the UK), when you sell something on eBay you can expect to keep about 90% of what the buyer pays (ignoring postage costs). eBay and PayPal take their cut, but all things considered, I'm not complaining. A couple of times a year, eBay do a promotion for sellers where the final va...
[10:19:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03therainingmonkey [6839] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:19] <exec> 08└─I have a friend who works in this field. Apparently adding garlic to the cow feed dramatically reduces the amount of methane they produce, unfortunately their milk then tastes like garlic. I believe those "odourless garlic" tablets you see were a spinoff from his research efforts.
[10:20:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:20:09] <exec> 08└─Bruce has long since then seen the light. Most hackers know that Free Software and Open Source are just two words for the same thing. Unfortunately, though, Open Source has de-emphasized the importance of the freedoms involved in Free Software. It's time for us to fix that.
[10:20:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:20:10] <exec> 08└─I haven't looked at the green site this year.
[10:24:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03julian [6003] 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 53 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:28] <exec> 08└─How can you shop around for reasonable prices when...
[10:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:48] <exec> 08└─How can you get a reasonable price until you've been examined and the examiner has some inkling clue of what is actually wrong with you? [...] You're asking for a fix for your body. The price will depend on just what the problem is, just like any other mechanism that breaks down and you need a repai...
[10:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:49] <exec> 08└─Drugs cost hundreds of times what they cost elsewhere Extreme hyperbole. You're gonna have a hard time coming up with a cite for that one.
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[11:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:12] <exec> 08└─Just push the damn button already.
[11:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:14] <exec> 08└─Lasers! The only solution.
[11:18:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 285 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:18:09] <exec> 08└─There was this Greek Country-Western singer (we have both kinds!) name Johnny Paycheck, and he had this song, which was titled, Take This Job and Shove It! [youtube.com] What happened to left-wing populist Country-Western Music? We could use some Johnny Paycheck, and less Runaway1954.
[11:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:18:30] <exec> 08└─Sometimes it's certainly warranted, perhaps here. But it's also a standard structure block of any scientific publication, like IMRAD.
[11:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:19:25] <exec> 08└─This is a Billy Gatesie article about genetically modified cows.
[11:19:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:19:26] <exec> 08└─Microsoft spends profits on cows. Drunk students push cows over. Students graduate. Students go to work for corporation. Corporation overpays for Microsoft products. Microsoft spends profits on cows...
[11:19:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:19:29] <exec> 08└─For the uninitiated https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Also, apt-get --help|grep Cow and then apt-get moo
[11:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:31] <exec> 08└─Anyone looking for a link between low testosterone in males, and high estrogen in males and females, need look no further than dairy products. Agrobusiness keeps the dairy cows loaded with hormones, antibiotics, and whatever else they deem "profitable". Milk and cheese is all-pervasive in the Americ...
[11:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:32] <exec> 08└─Can an AI predict proclivity toward criminal conduct? We have a Minority Report situation arising. Can an AI determine which of the many mental illnesses a person might suffer from? Bear in mind that shrinks claim that 20% (or more in some cases) of people are mentally ill. The cops will love a tool...
[11:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:35] <exec> 08└─I like how you separate the goodness of a potential technology, from it's probable use. Potential employer demands a photo ID - scans it - decides that you have a high likelihood of abusing drugs, and you never get a call. Worse, that decision goes into a widely accessible database, and you are simp...
[11:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 1437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:44] <exec> 08└─So much fail. 1 - Yes, genocide does seem to be a human instinct, under certain conditions. Yes, it is almost certainly an evolutionary thing that has been selected for over millions of years of tribal competition. but NO, that does not make it necessary, or desirable, or even acceptable today. Put...
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[12:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:05] <exec> 08└─Guns work. Plain old projectile weapons. Given a missile, with redundant targeting capabilities. Give it radar, infrared, and magnetic anomaly detection. If the radar fails to lock on a target, the infrared takes over. If the infrared fails, then it falls back to magnetic detection. Now, you are out...
[12:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 2389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:06] <exec> 08└─I think it's a different problem. Given thousands and thousands of square kilometres of empty air, detecting something moving might be relatively easy. But how do you have anything close enough to it, that can be authorised and launch quickly enough, that can then catch it up (wherever it may be wit...
[12:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:08] <exec> 08└─Lasers! The only solution.
[12:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 1588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:11] <exec> 08└─I don't press a button, I talk to a guy over the phone. On the biggest phone you've seen in your life. And that guy talks to the folks -- a lot of folks -- who press the buttons. Sounds complicated, it's not. I make a phone call on the very special phone, and I say it's time to press those buttons....
[12:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:20] <exec> 08└─Some other systems have a later epoch. I'm not sure what they do at the OS level, but Cocoa exposes a time with a 2001 epoch, so has a 2068 problem not a 2038 one (and they're likely to have killed off 32-bit software long before 2038 anyway). I think Windows has one somewhere in the middle. POSIX r...
[12:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:23] <exec> 08└─But the overflow only occurs if the value is signed. Also, if you are comparing the values yourself, and assuming it's an application that doesn't need dates before 1970, the fix should be as simple as casting to unsigned before comparing. Of course that will cause another overflow problem by 2106....
[12:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:18:20] <exec> 08└─Maybe both, in that order.
[12:20:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:20:21] <exec> 08└─A lot of LLVM developers have had similar experiences to yours, but the lesson that they learned was 'GCC has a horribly dysfunctional community' (it's improved a lot in the last few years, but it used to be really toxic) not 'don't contribute to free software'. Open source communities are just like...
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[13:17:11] <exec> 08└─when you can have Harry Potter's bagel. Or wind. Hold on, it was a wand if fact.
[13:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:13] <exec> 08└─http://www.bash.org/?111338 [bash.org]
[13:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 819 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:15] <exec> 08└─I'm feeling the need to retire my ancient workhorse Thinkpad at some point. I've seen a few students (high school and university) using Surface-style tablets/notebooks, and felt impressed with the shiny-ness of them: far more polished that the resistive-touchscreen-based N900 that I had back in the...
[13:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:17] <exec> 08└─"Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius." An Wang
[13:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:19] <exec> 08└─Assuming the stylus just uses the existing touch screen drivers, should be plenty of support. I usually keep one box running the very latest kernel release, and the support is very good and constantly improving.
[13:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:32] <exec> 08└─That's how a fighter pilot who scrambled during the Cuban Missile Crisis referred to his jet's nuclear antiaircraft missile.
[13:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:33] <exec> 08└─Perhaps somebody used an anti-anti-missile missile missile on the anti-missile missile.
[13:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:36] <exec> 08└─And pirates and ninjas and shit! https://www.kkbox.com [kkbox.com]
[13:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:46] <exec> 08└─All things considered it also depends on what the application uses the date for. Most calls to time functions are to set short term timers (unless the rollover occurs exactly during the lifetime of that timer nothing happens), print a date to screen/a log etc. A rollover would not have any effect on...
[13:19:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03captain normal [2205] 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 540 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:19:46] <exec> 08└─Uh...Mr Gates, I already know the answer. There is a bovine that can thrive in temps up to 115 F (46 C), can eat scrub grasses and only needs a little bit of water. It's called the White Face Hereford. People have been raising them for many years in hot places like West Texas, New Mexico and Mexico....
[13:21:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:17] <exec> 08└─Field tests don't mean anything. Damn near anything will field test positive.
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[14:17:22] <exec> 08└─So is this new miracle stylus (cynical about why two way communication and multiple setting options are needed at all).... is it going to be the nice fine-point style or the horrid and unusable for writing rubber-nubble that looks like an eraser? I've loved using styli since the Newton, but only the...
[14:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:23] <exec> 08└─Considering the specification is for any styluses, manufacturers could make either version.
[14:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:39] <exec> 08└─How many missiles could an anti-missile missile missile if an anti-missile missile could missile an anti-missile missile?
[14:17:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:46] <exec> 08└─> After that date, the time counter flips over and starts over again at zero Are you sure it doesn't just become massively negative, and start to represent some date/time in 1901?
[14:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:52] <exec> 08└─there's no need to support files created in the past
[14:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:03] <exec> 08└─It would be cheaper and less invasive to just hook you up to a constant drip of MDMA or LSD or something.
[14:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:13] <exec> 08└─He's said that the Falcon Heavy maiden launch has a 50% chance of failure. If it does fail, it should create about a 3x bigger explosion.
[14:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:54] <exec> 08└─So it can detect where it is, and if it is entering the right location... Next step, pair it with a robot hand akin to this: https://www.technologyreview.com [technologyreview.com] . Add some technology from DeepMind, and you've replaced people. Robots...
[14:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:55] <exec> 08└─No - Elon Musk isn't in it for the money.
[14:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:10] <exec> 08└─You can also get ill from walking in grass (ticks) and paddling in streams (rats). Best to lock the doors and never leave the house. Keeps you safe from bogeymen as well.
[14:20:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Red Hat Tries CoreOS On For Size – And Buys - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:17] <exec> 08└─Docker swarm? Required reading [lobste.rs]. You can also try minishift, which is based on k8s, it's very simple to set up and you get an integrated docker registry.
[14:20:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Red Hat Tries CoreOS On For Size – And Buys - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:19] <exec> 08└─While docker seems to just be a respin and repackaging of existing tech, and while it was initially rather buggy, I've been impressed with how easy it is to spin up new projects and manage systems with docker / docker-compose. I'd like to see docker swarm succeed as much as the others have.
[14:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:03] <exec> 08└─Especially if they get fed. I like the multiple-anon ones forming a chain trying to get others to bite in after someone else "has".
[14:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 4609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:46] <exec> 08└─Plumbers, electricians, and mechanics generally don't have an insurance system which requires submission of discrete codes to categorize their work. They generally do not have to order diagnostic tests that others will perform for any given episode of care. If they themselves deal with insurance at...
[14:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Amazon Planning a Disruptive AWS-Like Move Into Health Care? - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:48] <exec> 08└─So, to be clear, your arithmetic skills are terrible, your calculator is broken, and your dictionary doesn't contain "hyperbole". "Hundreds of times" would be a minimum of $2700. [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[15:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First IllustrisTNG Universe Simulation Results Published - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:09] <exec> 08└─... can a butterfly flapping its wings cause a new Big Bang in IllustrisTNG?
[15:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 1435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:23] <exec> 08└─How about a different strategy along the lines of portable bluetooth keyboard support under linux is excellent? Some of the kids at my kids school have their tablets in a tablet case with a built in keyboard. Congrats kids, you just clumsily re-invented the laptop. Speaking of laptops people freak o...
[15:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:24] <exec> 08└─Maybe try adding a Wacom tablet or something. They work pretty well, and you can avoid Gorilla arm syndrome.
[15:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:27] <exec> 08└─That's a good idea for a desktop setup (I've used my wife's Wacom Bamboo in the past for some photo touch-ups) but it doesn't really suit my use case of a portable replacement for a laptop.
[15:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:29] <exec> 08└─An interesting twist there, thanks. A chromebook should be easier to convert to Linux than a Microsoft Surface device, at first glance. Sadly, since partially outsourcing IT services my access to server resources isn't as easy as it might have been a decade or so ago, but it's still worth considerin...
[15:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 885 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:46] <exec> 08└─Life Magazine September 29, 1967 : Cover - ABM defense test : fired from California, ICBM re-enters atmosphere over Kwajalein. Exclusive interview with Secretary McNamara regarding the new ABM system. Crime - Louisiana Governor McKeithen and D.A. Garrison offer resignations over exposure of the Mob....
[15:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 2162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:47] <exec> 08└─Most of your points are valid, but I think a couple of problems are not as bad as you think: "A missile itself isn't going to be able to catch up another fast-moving missile" That's absolutely true, which is why that's not generally the goal. The goal is to meet the other missile, while travelling b...
[15:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:49] <exec> 08└─The long-time dream of US military brass has been to be able to nuke other countries without being nuked in response. Hence the ABM efforts, and also why ABM was delayed a bit during the Cold War because it was banned by SALT treaties with the Soviets. I don't blame them for having a hard time, thou...
[15:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:52] <exec> 08└─I don't press a button, I talk to a guy over the phone.
[15:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:54] <exec> 08└─I mean, it would not be called missile if it wouldn't miss, right?
[15:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:07] <exec> 08└─OMG! so are mine! do i have to patch my system?
[15:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:18] <exec> 08└─The catch is the person has to remember to use it.
[15:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:11] <exec> 08└─Interesting Plausibility that Elon Musk Could Become a Trillionaire with a City on Mars by 2040 [nextbigfuture.com]
[15:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:13] <exec> 08└─More 'other' Cash: https://m.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[15:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:42] <exec> 08└─PayPal is plenty dodgy, remember all those times they withheld payments from recipients?
[15:26:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:49] <exec> 08└─It is easy and normal to declare that somebody with very slightly different beliefs is an infidel, and then of course the religion requires that they be subdued and ideally exterminated.
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[16:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:12] <exec> 08└─and if they still sink then, have it move around?
[16:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:14] <exec> 08└─ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE
[16:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:16] <exec> 08└─If it's going to sink anyway, make sure there is a suitable "buoy" that can stay on the surface[1]. Use it to keep an antenna on the surface and send back sensor readings through a very long cable as the probe sinks. [1] This might be a hollow sphere made of some material that is strong and tough, a...
[16:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:18] <exec> 08└─Will they keep sinking and eventually come out on the other side or will we just have to build them with really long extendable legs? Can we just tie a really big balloon to the lander so it sort of just hovers over the surface and just doesn't really land?
[16:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First IllustrisTNG Universe Simulation Results Published - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:27] <exec> 08└─Damn theorists would kick off their models to run overnight then go to the pub (or play nethack), then have the audacity to claim the next day that they were working all night. Us honest brokers had to be in the lab playing nethack to claim we were working.
[16:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:46] <exec> 08└─Does anyone even make "rubber nubble" active syluses? I've only seen them on the crap "styluses" designed as a finger alternative for capacitive-touch screens.
[16:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:47] <exec> 08└─portable bluetooth keyboard support under linux is excellent
[16:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:11] <exec> 08└─This system isn't designed to protect anything. It is designed to extract large amounts of capital from taxpayers, and transfer it to the wealthy. And it's working!
[16:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:12] <exec> 08└─It's also a lot harder to hit it coming at you with a 2x closing speed than it is to catch it from behind.
[16:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:14] <exec> 08└─Just suck it up. The wealthy have got the world cornered, and whatever you do or don't do, they'll get large amounts of capital from everybody else. If the tax was left in your pockets, there would be more disposable income in circulation, and the prices would go up, so you would lose that money any...
[16:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:17] <exec> 08└─And no doubt hence things like the Russian "salted tsunami" nuclear torpedo whose existence I believe I heard had been confirmed recently. Their subs apparently have us pretty thoroughly outclassed, and while a torpedo has severely restricted targeting options, the majority of "interesting" targets...
[16:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 743 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:19] <exec> 08└─Prices are not determined by the customer's available money - they're determined by the market's available *alternatives*. Doesn't matter how much money you have, if somebody offers the same product at half the price, that's the one most people will buy. In anything remotely resembling a free market...
[16:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:21] <exec> 08└─I really hope that's not their motivation. That would be extremely destabilizing and likely push us into a global war.
[16:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:34] <exec> 08└─on the contrary my friend, say 5 minutes before the zero hour the funding will be at an astronomical level
[16:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:36] <exec> 08└─You could, unfortunately TachyonOS is the only viable alternative, and it only supports files created in the future.
[16:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:42] <exec> 08└─Put it on a dog, throw a ball around the warehouse. Wow... that worker is fast, give him a raise.
[16:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:56] <exec> 08└─Well, if you are eating veal, it's likely a male born on a dairy farm.
[16:21:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 111 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:42] <exec> 08└─Would have been more like *wet water.* Binaries were not considered software, and for many of us still are not.
[16:21:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 1107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:54] <exec> 08└─That's right, and that's why I had a similar, kind of puzzled reaction when I first heard about "open source" software back around 1998 or so. I wasn't in the Unix world, but the IBM mainframe/mini computer world was the same, i.e., when you bought software the source code was included. Everyone wan...
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[17:17:23] <exec> 08└─The intelligent life forms who live on Europa purposely made the surface porous to keep curious Earthlings from landing any probes on their world.
[17:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:24] <exec> 08└─The monolith intelligent life forms who live on Europa purposely made the surface porous to keep curious Earthlings from landing any probes on their world.
[17:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:27] <exec> 08└─All these lines are yours, except the dept. line. Attempt no reading there.
[17:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:29] <exec> 08└─Will they keep sinking and eventually come out on the other side or will we just have to build them with really long extendable legs?
[17:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First IllustrisTNG Universe Simulation Results Published - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:38] <exec> 08└─how black holes influence the distribution of dark matter
[17:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:59] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with just using a laptop? They're portable, they can be had with nice high-res screens in various sizes, they have an actual keyboard (not some sheet of rubber), or worse an on-screen keyboard, and they have more CPU power than thinner stuff. Unless you're some weakling who thinks a hal...
[17:18:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:29] <exec> 08└─Nuclear is not an attack weapon? Punishment ala Japan, yes. Last stand ala Yisrael, yes. Taking down a former superpower... no. if Russia wanted to exterminate usa's civilians, there is no need to use nukes or invade. Maybe larger concentrations of firepower like carrier groups would be reasonable t...
[17:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 1504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:30] <exec> 08└─I concur. The "liberal" side of the elite's One Party (the D team) is champing at the bit for World War 3. They are doing everything they can to cause World War 3 with BRICS. The "conservative" side of the elite's One Party (the R team) has the role here of normalizing nuclear warfare with the upcom...
[17:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:32] <exec> 08└─It's all a matter of how hard are you willing to hit back at the incoming target? If you can intercept far enough out and are willing to use Tsar Bomba as an intercept warhead, then it's not too difficult...
[17:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bobs [1462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 911 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:34] <exec> 08└─Funny. But that is one of the key problems with anti-missile tech: the counter measures are simpler, cheaper and readily available. And we have trouble hitting things during rigged demos with no counter-measures. Now imagine the effective intercept rate when they add in simple stuff like chaff, ball...
[17:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:09] <exec> 08└─February 6 is the target launch date for Falcon Heavy's first flight. The center core will be new, the outside two cores are flight proven. If fully successful it will launch Elon's shiny red Tesla into Heliocentric orbit and recover all three cores. If unsuccessful it will be a lovely fireworks sho...
[17:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:11] <exec> 08└─not sure i like the PR being posted as news
[17:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:22] <exec> 08└─Have you tried coming up with a set of 3-4 letter initials that aren't already in use by a half-dozen or more things? Much less initials that correspond to words even vaguely related to your project? Random unlikely letters just off the top of my head: KRM, XYT, LRQ, MZN - all of them have several d...
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[17:19:24] <exec> 08└─At a guess, spinning discs versus flash. Virtually all PC standards were designed around the very different characteristics of spinning-disc interfaces. Phones *never* use spinning discs, and thus present an excellent opportunity to discard legacy standards and design something around the characteri...
[17:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:26] <exec> 08└─Physical size probably. M.2 NVMe is the new PC hotness. The flash in your phone is not replaceable or upgradable. In theory a mobo maker could probably do the same thing? I'd think linux can already talk UFS 3.0.
[17:20:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:04] <exec> 08└─Why? Bezos seems to have made pretty good business choices so far: building the largest retailer on the Internet that's now making Walmart hurt, then getting into cloud computing services and dominating that, Washington Post probably isn't going to be a big money-maker but it probably won't lose any...
[17:21:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:18] <exec> 08└─Only takes one bull to service a herd of milk cows, the dairy farmers have to do something with the male calves. Visited a dairy a few years ago and the farmer's comment was that his bull was getting lazy (old), time to raise a new one.
[17:21:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:19] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't it be easier to just breed better camels?
[17:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:16] <exec> 08└─dude i invented email. i will sue anyone that sells closed source email platforms in a cloud!
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[18:17:09] <exec> 08└─Are they really going to compete on price, or on congressmen? > Later it was discovered that the site required stabilization No shit, Sherlock. I hope they mean "even more stabilization", because just looking at that area on a map (right by the border between Texas and Mexico at the sea), it's prett...
[18:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:10] <exec> 08└─Why would cartels take pot-shots? There's no profit in it, and much potential to attract unwanted attention. Besides, they're going to want to be on SpaceX's good side once the "pot shots" are slang recreational moon base supplies...
[18:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:13] <exec> 08└─If I was any good at conspiracy theories, I'd point out that cartels like money. Someone could (continue to) make hundreds of millions, even billions, if SpaceX rockets failed just a bit too often. But that doesn't sound plausible enough to be a good conspiracy theory. No US citizen or company would...
[18:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:15] <exec> 08└─This is huge. I know some people say it's too early to say this, but I think Elon Musk will go down as one of the most influential humans of all time, surpassing Einstein and Newton. He is responsible for so much and he's still young. He will be known for colonizing Mars and changing the human race...
[18:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:17] <exec> 08└─"I think Elon Musk will go down as one of the most influential humans of all time, surpassing Einstein and Newton." Henry Ford is rolling over in his grave. At least he built cars people could afford.
[18:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 1297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:31] <exec> 08└─You've just described, I think, most of the suggested Europa missions, which mostly plan to leave a tethered communications buoy on the surface and melt their way down to the ocean where the real interesting stuff might be. The real problem though is density - assuming the surface is water ice (0.9g...
[18:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:33] <exec> 08└─Oh ye of little faith - it'll be *surrounded* by ground, we just need to surround it with legs as well, and then it can stand just fine!
[18:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03aliks [357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First IllustrisTNG Universe Simulation Results Published - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:43] <exec> 08└─Because of course light is the only means of truly verifying something exists. . . .
[18:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:38] <exec> 08└─Yeah, well about that free market... Look, I'm as libertarian as anyone here, but with things like missile defense systems one does have a legitimate problem: There aren't a lot of potential customers, which means that there aren't a lot of companies competing to enter the market. That said, single-...
[18:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03flippynet [4986] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:54] <exec> 08└─Linux has had this fixed on x86_64 for years (this is on redhat 6.6!!): sizeof(time_t)=8 sizeof(timeval.tv_sec)=8
[18:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:56] <exec> 08└─> intel 32 bit platforms are almost completely nonexistent anymore. True, only a few hundred million embedded systems ... almost nothing ! Gladly, most will indeed be obsolete by 2038. But how many nuclear subs will not be?
[18:20:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:08] <exec> 08└─Probably not that long. Robots should be able to more efficiently pack boxes too, knowing the 3D shapes of the items, and then quickly computing the most efficient way to pack those into a box, and which box to use. They could probably save a lot of money over the human workers they're using now, wh...
[18:20:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:09] <exec> 08└─"I said we CUT OFF YOUR JOHNSON!"
[18:21:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Red Hat Tries CoreOS On For Size – And Buys - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:38] <exec> 08└─If a troll gets modded as spam does it make a sound?
[18:21:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Red Hat Tries CoreOS On For Size – And Buys - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:39] <exec> 08└─Thanks.
[18:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using AI to Make Inferences From Our Digital Footprints - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:44] <exec> 08└─Maybe not from photos. But I bet we've just seen the tip of the iceberg on the amazing things AI classifiers are going to learn. Maybe not from photos but from other patterns shared by serial killers or show patterns of mental illness.
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[19:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03XivLacuna [6346] (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:09] <exec> 08└─This will breed up resilient bacteria and we'll bring infected people over in the H1B visa program. All so corporations can save a few shekels.
[19:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:10] <exec> 08└─I've a fatalistic view of these types of things. Anything that requires a large number of people to sacrifice is doomed to failure. I'm not saying we shouldn't try, that's a difficult discussion entirely. But anything that requires conservation will end up failing in the long run. Antibiotics, natur...
[19:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:13] <exec> 08└─The article didn't mention they were giving chickens antibiotics for the purpose of eating them.
[19:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:15] <exec> 08└─They just don't give a fuck about disease and its causes. It's... frustrating.
[19:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:17] <exec> 08└─Sorry for the rhetorical question, but for what other reason would you desire to quickly fatten up a multitude of chickens?
[19:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:20] <exec> 08└─> The article didn't mention they were giving chickens antibiotics for the purpose of eating them. TFS: to make the poultry gain weight a little bit faster
[19:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:22] <exec> 08└─I'm glad the rest of the world is setting the example by never prioritizing profits above risks.
[19:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:24] <exec> 08└─Get your tin foil hats ready! Asia is not ignoring germ theory, it is part of their scheme. China's 100 year plan is to ruin the West economically. And their 1000 year plan is to breed a population with a superior immune system to destroy us immunologically. India has caught on to China's plot and i...
[19:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:36] <exec> 08└─...despite the recent failure of a secret "Zuma" payload to separate from a Falcon 9 rocket.. What failure? No one knows if it is a failure. And if zuma did not separate, it is not the fault of Falcon 9, as it has been repeated ad nauseam all over the internet. The possibility that the author of the...
[19:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:37] <exec> 08└─Or billions of dollars in gains. If SpaceX launches from a certain facility had a higher than usual failure rate that would raise suspicions. When SpaceX had the spectacular flaming ground explosion, they considered everything. Including sabotage, which was mentioned. And talk was about a laser rath...
[19:17:39] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 157 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:39] <exec> 08└─Nikola Tesla is spinning in his grave.1 Thomas Edison is spinning in his grave.2 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1generates an AC current 2generates a DC current
[19:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:42] <exec> 08└─Wow, and I thought I was a SpaceX fanboy. Originally I was going to post that Northrup Grumman was responsible for fucking up the payload adapter but it's not super relevant. The point of mentioning Zuma at all is to show that the Air Force is still confident in the operation of the Falcon 9 rocket...
[19:17:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 75 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:54] <exec> 08└─All these lines are yours, except the dept. line. Attempt no reading there.
[19:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:58] <exec> 08└─Instead of a balloon, maybe a very large surface area but low density unfoldable footprint which spreads the weight of the lander over a large area.
[19:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06First IllustrisTNG Universe Simulation Results Published - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:09] <exec> 08└─This article has nothing to do with TNG! Not a single reference to the Enterprise, Captain Piccard, Data, LeForge, Counselor Troy, or any other crew member. I would have even settled with DS9 or Discovery article teasing the TNG headline, but it has nothing to do with Star Trek!
[19:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First IllustrisTNG Universe Simulation Results Published - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:11] <exec> 08└─I dunno, it just seems like they have lots of detailed calculations about how invisible stuff A affects invisible stuff B with little that can be done to verify these either way. Not to mention that spheroidal dark matter halos around each galaxy sounds *exactly* like epicycles in 3D. It is like a l...
[19:18:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bziman [3577] 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 164 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:55] <exec> 08└─This system isn't designed to protect anything. It is designed to extract large amounts of capital from taxpayers, and transfer it to the wealthy. And it's working!
[19:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:06] <exec> 08└─Oh, I agree completely - but the post I was replying to was saying that leaving money in circulation (rather than funneling taxes into rich-people's pockets) would cause prices to go up and put the money in their pockets anyway. And that's not how even remotely free markets work. Certainly it's goin...
[19:19:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:08] <exec> 08└─You're neglecting up front costs of entry. If there's a high cost of entry, then a small group of vendors can have a rather high profit, because if someone new tries to enter they can temporarily cut prices below costs to drive them out of business paying for it by using the banked profits they got...
[19:19:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 1676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:26] <exec> 08└─I have a suspicion that the work is unnecessary, as most things will be changed within two decades. OTOH, it's something that *ought* to be done properly anyway. The question is "What does properly mean?" and that's extremely use-case dependent. For some purposes using even an extra byte is a mistak...
[19:19:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:39] <exec> 08└─Cures for the jewish rats. Lifelong painful expensive "treatments" for the rest of us. The medical establishment has been keeping cures from us in order to subjugate us. Alternative treatments are attacked from all sides instead of researching them or even allowing anyone to do research. We won't wi...
[19:19:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:51] <exec> 08└─I don't think Elon Musk is a real person. It is just a hologram that was created as the face of the organization. The individuals behind Elon Musk's organization make the decisions. They might be jewish and if they wanted the rocket, it will be retrieved. Just like when they wanted the Nazi (OMG!!!!...
[19:19:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:52] <exec> 08└─It's not PR per se. It was supposed to go Boom, because it won't get reused, so it should have ended at the bottom of the ocean. Turns out that their experimental 3-engine burn was timed/mistimed such that it did not go Boom as expected, and it is buoyant, so now they have to waste money dealing wit...
[19:20:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:06] <exec> 08└─What is the satandard on PCs? That patented Micro$oft filesystem? I thought that was the standard on mobile.
[19:20:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:07] <exec> 08└─I've taken to naming everything we design "TLA", to make it easier to remember.
[19:20:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:50] <exec> 08└─It will happen when the cost of labor exceeds the cost of a robot. As labor costs are rising (politicians like to increase minimum wage) more and more humans will be pondering that increase in the street.
[19:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:51] <exec> 08└─Damnit, now that song's gonna be stuck in my head the rest of the day!
[19:21:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06eBay Drops PayPal As First Choice For Payments - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:22] <exec> 08└─they are vile scum. they even try to steal your customers from you. if it weren't for banks and the government you wouldn't need professional whores like paypal to be in the middle just to allow you to do business. this is why we need something like monero. no bank, no gov, no paypal. just two peopl...
[19:22:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:10] <exec> 08└─eating them is one thing. chaining them down is quite another. no excuse for that shit.
[19:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:11] <exec> 08└─Apparently adding garlic to the cow feed dramatically reduces the amount of methane they produce Seaweed's been in the news recently for similar research. [nationalgeographic.com]
[19:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:11] <exec> 08└─Elk: Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. Ahem. [Impatient noises from Host] The term, by A. Elk. That's A for Anne, it's not by a elk. Host: Right.... Elk: This term which belongs to me is as follows. Ahem. Ahem. This is how it goes. Ahem. The next thing that I am about...
[19:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:12] <exec> 08└─Who's Particle Man, Stallman?
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[20:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:27] <exec> 08└─Another reason to eat less meat I guess. Like we needed one.
[20:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:28] <exec> 08└─Nature has a way of setting things right no matter what we monkeys with car keys chose to do. We just won't like the consequences when it does.
[20:17:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:30] <exec> 08└─Eat less meat != eat no meat, biased commenter.
[20:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:32] <exec> 08└─Since we're all nerds here who value accuracy, The Indian Rupee [wikipedia.org]
[20:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:35] <exec> 08└─No-one in the world eats less meat than India.
[20:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:37] <exec> 08└─I think that is closer to sheet-metal hat.
[20:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:39] <exec> 08└─I'll leave you all a page from Chew [blogspot.com], a 60-issue comic series I really enjoyed, one element of which is an avian flu that ostensibly got out of control.
[20:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:41] <exec> 08└─"Colistin is a decades-old drug that fell out of favor in human medicine..." [wikipedia.org] When people once again invest more time and effort, and yes, money into research, than into marketing and PR sob stories such as this one - then the problem will once again get a solution. Not one problem in...
[20:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:43] <exec> 08└─Hear, hear. May the next species to evolve the capability for high technology find the ruins of our great cities and spend a good amount of time in meditation. It could be that the first species to evolve technology on a planet will always destroy itself in its arrogance. Yet Earth abides. Another w...
[20:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:46] <exec> 08└─To finally solve those math problems that start with "First, assume a spherical chicken."
[20:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:48] <exec> 08└─Well, I can think of at least one other, but the article doesn't mention vaseline.
[20:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:50] <exec> 08└─https://m.timesofindia.com/india/70-of-Indians-eat-non-veg-but-veg-diet-getting-popular/articleshow/52663492.cms [timesofindia.com] 70% of India is non-vegetarian, and some regions are closer to 98%. In other words, India has more meat eaters than double the population of the United States. I expect...
[20:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 1377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:52] <exec> 08└─I find that conspiracy theory to be interesting. Most "man made HIV in Africa" theories blame the CIA for no apparent reason other than the CIA is traditionally blamed for anything bad. China as the bad guy looking for resources and land sounds much better for that theory than "the CIA is the root o...
[20:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 796 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:55] <exec> 08└─It could use some weather war, TBH. Egh, I guess nobody's going to come up with a good conspiracy involving the weather war unless I do it myself. The Chinese are using weather warfare to cause droughts in South Africa (note: this won't work perfectly because of BRICS) and the United States. (Insert...
[20:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:57] <exec> 08└─Personally, I'm interested in genetic studies that show that for some people, vegetarianism may be viable. That implies for other people, vegetarianism is not viable. This could be a way to reconcile the nutritional studies showing your claim that with the experiences of actual vegetarians who are s...
[20:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:30] <exec> 08└─https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2015/03/technical-details-on-zaptec-plasma.html [nextbigfuture.com] https://www.nextbigfuture.com [nextbigfuture.com] What we need is a plasma drill.
[20:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:31] <exec> 08└─ITS JUST REALLY SQUISHY
[20:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:33] <exec> 08└─The goatse mission plan, yes, familiar with that. It all depends on average particle size. The proverbial Mr Goatse himself was perhaps 50% air if your defined particle size is a cubic meter, but if your particle size is on the scale of a human cell he was either 100% solid human cell or 100% empty...
[20:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:07] <exec> 08└─A chromebook should be easier to convert to Linux than a Microsoft Surface device, at first glance.
[20:19:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:08] <exec> 08└─I've never had an issue with Bluetooth, don't use network manager though, I just use bluetoothctl, it works. Never have issues with sound either... Let me guess, pulseaudio?
[20:19:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:45] <exec> 08└─They gave me a little card, when it's time to talk on the very special phone I put the card in a slot. Easy stuff, and believe me, I'm very good at putting things in slots. There's no problem there, I guarantee it. But there's a guy here to help me with it.
[20:20:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:05] <exec> 08└─This will be fixed by Germans or Indians. The US no longer has the will to take the advice of scientists and take preventative action.
[20:20:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Reducing Year 2038 Problems in curl - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:06] <exec> 08└─I have a suspicion that the work is unnecessary, as most things will be changed within two decades.
[20:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:47] <exec> 08└─You are on the right track, Bill Gates is spending $40 million to discover Indicine Cattle ...
[20:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Donates $40 Million for Genetic Research on Cows - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:49] <exec> 08└─Also activated charcoal as well, though that may mainly help with the side-effects of a grain diet not the belching ...
[20:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Christine Peterson: How I Coined the Term 'Open Source' - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:51] <exec> 08└─No, hardware is the parts of the system that are fixed, while software is the part that's user modifiable. Binaries are hardware. Something like an obfuscated expansion board you can install or remove but cannot effectively alter. Software means source, and a working compiler.
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[21:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:11] <exec> 08└─and I'm not gonna trust these things until they hit at least version 3.1. Before that I expect the cars to have large placards "STUDENT AI DRIVER", and possibly flashing lights.
[21:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:12] <exec> 08└─Has anyone heard yet how the liability for software-caused crashes* will be allocated? I, for one, do not welcome our new AI overlords if I am expected to pay for someone else's sloppy coding practices and hurry-first-to-market test cycle. * I propose the term "blue windshield of death" (C) Justin C...
[21:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 888 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:15] <exec> 08└─Of course they aren't going to get it right the first time. Real technological progress involves a lot of stumbling, fumbling, and otherwise getting it wrong. That's why the humans are there paying attention right now: To deal with situations where the computer gets it wrong. Presumably, as the bugs...
[21:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:23] <exec> 08└─Learning from low-cost airline. It's the same $50M as before for the ISS tourist trip, room and board, one week. Add 1 Million for the Airlock operation, $1M for your spacesuit, $1M for the film/video, $1M for using the radio comms. Then there's a $46M "convenience fee" to be let back in.
[21:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:25] <exec> 08└─I wonder if that nice Mr Putin will be honoured with a free ride to the ISS on the first flight? He is a brave hero, a gentleman and a true patriot.
[21:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:27] <exec> 08└─He'll be the first human shirtless in the vacuum of space.
[21:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:57] <exec> 08└─Thank you, come again.
[21:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 1631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:59] <exec> 08└─Nationa and Li (2009) stated, “Colistin is a 50 year-old antibiotic that is being used increasingly as a ‘last-line’ therapy to treat infections caused by MDR Gram-negative bacteria, when essentially no other options are available” (Para 1). Biswas, Brunel, Dubas, Reynaud-Gaubert, and Rolain...
[21:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:01] <exec> 08└─"Another reason to eat less meat I guess. Like we needed one." Fuck off. I eat meat from a locally-raised (and affordable) supply of organically-raised beef, chicken, and pork. Did I mention fuck off?
[21:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 953 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:03] <exec> 08└─I'm with you. There is no way to stop things like this when people's livelihoods are at stake. Outlawing it may do something, but only education about the issue will truly solve it. Even then, you have the sociopathic section of our race that are pure evil, according to the definition of evil. What...
[21:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:06] <exec> 08└─I have yet to meat a Vegetarian or Vegan who had their canines removed.
[21:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 855 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:08] <exec> 08└─Oh, wait. I blamed Wikipedia in error thanks to your selective quotation where you did not quote (or perhaps read) the very next sentence. It remains one of the last-resort antibiotics for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter.[1] NDM-1 metallo-β-lact...
[21:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:10] <exec> 08└─We here in Murcia prefer the dignified method of not giving kids immunization shots. Doctors = evil. Christ > measles!!!!! Ain’t no backwater here. Love to trump. Yeehaw!!!
[21:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:12] <exec> 08└─I've read that vegetarians do not suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies more often than those who eat meat. They're more likely to suffer from particular deficiencies, but not significantly more likely to suffer from deficiencies in general. There's nothing magic about the vast, vast majority...
[21:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:14] <exec> 08└─Guess we just shouldn't allow anyone from India in the country.
[21:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:17] <exec> 08└─They just don't give a fuck about disease and its causes. It's... frustrating. Seriously, how is this any different from the conventional animal farming methods used in the US, except for the exact antibiotic being used?
[21:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:19] <exec> 08└─Eating meat is very healthy, and ensures that you do not suffer from chronic vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
[21:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:21] <exec> 08└─One could regularly test the birds, then dish out severe punishment as needed. At the farm, register the DNA. Anybody in possession of an unregistered bird gets punished. At the retail location, check for antibiotics and recheck the DNA. If antibiotics are found, or if the DNA for that bird was neve...
[21:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 944 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:23] <exec> 08└─Our H-1B program is a disaster. Right now, widespread abuse in our immigration system is allowing American workers of all backgrounds to be replaced by workers brought in from other countries to do the same job, sometimes for lesser pay. People don't like to say this, it's not politically correct, b...
[21:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:26] <exec> 08└─Those can mess you up. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[21:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:29] <exec> 08└─Is there a sacrifice, though? The evidence that antibiotics promote growth in animals is slim, while the costs of the antibiotics are significant. This may simply be a matter of education. This study [nih.gov] is evidence that the net benefit of using antibiotics is negative: "Positive production c...
[21:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:44] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't Edison be taking credit for the DC current produced by the spinning grave of someone who's slower at patenting ?
[21:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 1056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:06] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure there is a technical solution we can pull off. What you've described doesn't seem like anything could land on it, since it seems akin to landing a molten hot bowling ball on top of a 10 foot high column of Cotton Candy without the bowling ball sinking to the bottom of course. The ball i...
[21:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:42] <exec> 08└─Are our styluses going to go from Wacom's ingenious design to a battery-laden, thick, and stupid one? I wonder why Google cares so much about open hardware, but won't liberate their pixel phone hardware?
[21:19:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kazzie [5309] 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:57] <exec> 08└─Perhaps somebody used an anti-anti-missile missile missile on the anti-missile missile.
[21:20:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 2162 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:01] <exec> 08└─Most of your points are valid, but I think a couple of problems are not as bad as you think: "A missile itself isn't going to be able to catch up another fast-moving missile" That's absolutely true, which is why that's not generally the goal. The goal is to meet the other missile, while travelling b...
[21:20:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Brain Stimulation Could Treat Alzheimer's Disease - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:53] <exec> 08└─Fnord
[21:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:07] <exec> 08└─Summ.ly of your post: I don't think
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[22:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:17] <exec> 08└─Yeah, could the programmers please stumble, fumble, and get it wrong in the test environment -- not on the roads where real people are presumably wanting to stay alive? Testing in prod is criminally stupid, professionally incompetent, and should get everyone involved barred from their software relat...
[22:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03WalksOnDirt [5854] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:18] <exec> 08└─Also, I'm thinking of patenting "killing people with SDC" so that every crash will owe me royalties.
[22:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:20] <exec> 08└─Recent version http://dilbert.com [dilbert.com]
[22:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:22] <exec> 08└─Would a Ford ME be more dangerous than a GM Vista?
[22:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 1276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:24] <exec> 08└─Believe me, you can't just go to your local Car Store to buy these robot cars. Because they haven't perfected them yet. That's why they're testing them out in California. There's so much empty space in California. We use it to test our missiles, our ICBMs. An ICBM can go a long way, but California i...
[22:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:27] <exec> 08└─Space exploration Satellites Mining Submarines Nuclear power Horse riding Powered vehicles I'm not sure humans have made any progress without "testing in prod"
[22:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:37] <exec> 08└─It seems the russians announce a new spacship every few years, but none ever fly. Rember Kliper? PPTS? Parom? Years of promisses and no actual flights. The only realistic thing they have is continuous small improvements to Soyuz and that will probably stay that way for the next years to come. Note t...
[22:17:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 96 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:50] <exec> 08└─I'm glad the rest of the world is setting the example by never prioritizing profits above risks.
[22:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:23] <exec> 08└─India has more meat eaters than double the population of the United States
[22:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:24] <exec> 08└─And yet my statement is still true. They have the lead on vegetarianism by a mile. Don't worry no apology needed.
[22:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:26] <exec> 08└─Tell me honestly, how many Jews do you think are in India?
[22:18:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:29] <exec> 08└─Why don't you just say 1) you're a conspiracy nut, but the conspiracy isn't nutty enough/too anti-American and 2) you hope all the dark-skinned people die because somehow "they deserve it?" You waste a lot of words and electrons just to anti-virtue signal to everyone what a complete walking trash fi...
[22:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:31] <exec> 08└─Maybe someone can convince me I'm wrong?
[22:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:33] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter *what* you do with the chickens - they serve as incubators for antibiotic resistant bacteria, which then spread through the environment potentially sharing their newfound antibiotic resistance with other species of bacteria as they go, since bacteria sex is more like an inter-speci...
[22:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:35] <exec> 08└─But in any event, unnecessary antibiotic resistance from dosing animals without medical cause is a concern to anyone who works with any phase of epidemiology who has half a brain.
[22:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:37] <exec> 08└─From what I've read it's--surprise!--more viable for people who've been practicing it as a culture for thousands of years. Which would be mainly Indian people and those Asian populations who have a long history of Mahayana Buddhism. It doesn't seem very viable for Europeans and other Caucasian stock...
[22:18:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:40] <exec> 08└─You can get B12 from "nooch" (nutritional yeast) I heard. I dated a vegetarian for a while once and while she wasn't vegan, she was close enough that her doctor was giving her the kind of health advice usually reserved for vegans. Mushrooms supposedly also have it, but IIRC you'd need to eat like an...
[22:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:42] <exec> 08└─Yeah, H1B XPs were just fine, amirite? And screw these new H1B 10s.
[22:18:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:44] <exec> 08└─But what about all that wonderful food served in Indian restaurants. Without Indians there would be no Indian restaurants. I guess the realDonaldTrump is only fixated on BigMacs.
[22:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:46] <exec> 08└─At least not allow Indian chickens.
[22:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX and ULA to Compete for Air Force's EELV Contracts; SpaceX Seeks $5m From Texas for Launch Pad - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:03] <exec> 08└─the all-but-confirmed loss of a $1+ billion spy satellite that was lifted by a Falcon 9
[22:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europa Landers Could be in Danger of Sinking Into a Porous Surface - 1509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:25] <exec> 08└─My initial reaction was the same -but the more I think about it, the more I think it could actually be feasible. There's not necessarily any reason the ball has to be inflated during landing - it could potentially be inflated shortly after launch and carried, inflated, across the vast interplanetary...
[22:20:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and 3M Join the Universal Stylus Initiative - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:02] <exec> 08└─The only reason you would need those big rubbery tips is because the stylus is pretending to be your finger and it needs to simulate the conductive properties of said finger. Bluetooth styluses have no need because they operate completely differently. They have the secondary advantage that if you're...
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[22:20:04] <exec> 08└─Agree on screen resolution, especially on bigger laptops. I had an Asus Chromebook Flip, with 1280x800, and that's just bearable on a 10.1" display. Lately, though, I've been using a Samsung Chromebook Plus (Rockchip SOC; the Chromebook Pro is the same chassis with Intel SOC); 2400x1600 in a 12.x" d...
[22:21:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JEDEC Publishes UFS 3.0 - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:42] <exec> 08└─IDE and SATA mostly, this UFS is a hardware/communication bus specification positioned as an alternative to SD Cards, eMMC, etc., not a file system (there is also filesystem named UFS, but as far as I can tell it's completely unrelated)
[22:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Not Just Zika: Other Mosquito-Borne Viruses May Cause Birth Defects - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:39] <exec> 08└─The bugs, germs and little tiny viruses are out to get us all!
[22:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents. - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:21] <exec> 08└─What, you're supposed to man-handle a Cotton Mouth? Yes, a snake stick is a useful tool, no I'm not going to get that close to a venomous snake. No City Limits, No Animal Control.
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[23:17:11] <exec> 08└─On a forum I frequent, a number of non-English speakers post through Google Translate. They really don't understand how drooling retarded they sound. Any post that is not brief and to the point will leave everyone else scratching their head (or other parts of their anatomy) wondering what the fuck t...
[23:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Shallowness of Google Translate - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:13] <exec> 08└─غمیزه شیان د دوی ځینې یې ښایي معموال خلک وي، مګر دا باید ناممکن وي.
[23:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Shallowness of Google Translate - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:15] <exec> 08└─It's shown more improvement in the last year or two than in the preceding decade. And it's more important than ever given the rise of voice assistants, augmented reality translation (use your camera to translate text in real time), Google's pixel ear buds with a babelfish-like mode, etc. So it's a s...
[23:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Shallowness of Google Translate - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:17] <exec> 08└─Two parties are separate across sound-proof window, and they have to communicate with gesture to achieve various actions/goals. The result is the key - whether the "listener" perform the action desired by the "asker." After each session, asker recorded what they tried to ask, and the listener recor...
[23:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Shallowness of Google Translate - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:19] <exec> 08└─За нещастие някои от тях може би са хора, но трябва да е невъзможно
[23:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Shallowness of Google Translate - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:22] <exec> 08└─It's well established that I'm no linguist. But, you don't have to be a linguist to catch Google translate screwing up. Take nearly any text - a poem, maybe, or your favorite song - and plug it in to be translated to almost any language. German, a Romance language, Hebrew, Chinese. It simply doesn't...
[23:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:37] <exec> 08└─I would expect that in most of those ventures, the participants signed up for the risk they were taking. On the other hand, if your [spacecraft, satellite, mine collapse, nuke meltdown, wayward horse, non SDC car] injures an uninvolved third party, you are or should be liable. If it is criminal negl...
[23:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:39] <exec> 08└─Yeah, could the programmers please stumble, fumble, and get it wrong in the test environment -- not on the roads where real people are presumably wanting to stay alive?
[23:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:41] <exec> 08└─Probably better than Toyota Bob!
[23:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:43] <exec> 08└─Niiiiiiiiice! golf clap!
[23:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:45] <exec> 08└─Nobody's died as a result of any of this. Why are you implying that they did?
[23:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California had 2,304 Self-Driving Car "Disengagements" Last Year - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:47] <exec> 08└─So taking out our gps satellites will not only affect our military but getting to work? What will Rosie the riveter do to help the war effort then?
[23:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:58] <exec> 08└─Open the pod bay doors, Vladimyr...
[23:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:00] <exec> 08└─Chuck Norrrrrrrrris! He don' need no stinkeen shirt.
[23:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:02] <exec> 08└─is it a one way space walk?
[23:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia to Allow ISS Tourists to Go on Spacewalks - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:04] <exec> 08└─It is unlocked, tovarich. Just grab your wallet and swipe your credit card.
[23:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:02] <exec> 08└─Well, as practicing Jews, we can look at it this way. The CIA World Factbook [cia.gov] puts India's "religion" breakdown as follows: Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2%
[23:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:03] <exec> 08└─And their 1000 year plan is to breed a population with a superior immune system to destroy us immunologically.
[23:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:05] <exec> 08└─No need for any exotic yeast sources. Beer is notably high in B12, though I am sure that for best health you really should brew your own. That is my story and I am sticking to it, I brew as a nutritional supplement.
[23:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:08] <exec> 08└─I don't think you understand India. The gov't issues all kinds of rules, nothing changes. The corruption might be worse than in China(?)
[23:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:10] <exec> 08└─It's India.
[23:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:12] <exec> 08└─I guess you could allow Indian vegetarians.. But how could we verify?
[23:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:14] <exec> 08└─Mexicans make fantastic Indian food.
[23:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:16] <exec> 08└─They make terrific American food all over the world. Japan, they have a great cheeseburger, they named a cheeseburger after me. The Trumpburger. Such an honor!
[23:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anti-Missile Missile Misses Again, US Military Keeping Quiet Regarding Test - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:11] <exec> 08└─As you say, Ledow made some good points - but your view of the situation is closer to the bull's eye. If we can't shoot down our own missiles, what chance to we have of killing a hostile missile? Given the parameters of the test, a navy destroyer could have been positioned to intercept with guns. Th...
[23:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazingly, SpaceX Fails To Expend Its Rocket - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:59] <exec> 08└─SpaceX has gotten too good at making reusable rockets. In 2030 they'll invent a mass production process for antimatter simply to dispose of their growing number of rockets.
[23:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Patents A Wristband That Can Track Workers' Movement - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:58] <exec> 08└─I think Amazon is doing its best to replace its unskilled workers with automation. Considering that most people work in Amazon warehouses not because they enjoy the abusive employer relationship but because they literally have no other options, I don't think their future is going to be very bright,...
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