#comments | Logs for 2018-02-12

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[00:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:01] <exec> 08└─California should never be used as a model for anything but failure. Their government is bankrupt, and constantly getting bailouts from everyone else.
[00:00:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 65 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:14] <exec> 08└─maybe you are fine that I use your car without your authorization
[00:00:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:33] <exec> 08└─I disagree that this is about Copyright, which typically is about control of something that is made available to the public (a work of art or play). Apple never intended for its source code to be made public, so in effect they have lost something here - the secrecy of the code. Now, we may disagree...
[00:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Demena [5637] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 1077 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:34] <exec> 08└─No, proprietary software is not wrong. If I spend time building something it will be proprietary because it is my property. You have no right to demand the benefits of my work, period. If I choose to distribute it, well that is another thing. If you come demanding rights to what I have written - be...
[00:00:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:36] <exec> 08└─Did this rage incident knock your fedora off?
[00:00:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan Raps Coincheck, Orders Broader Checks After $530 Million Cryptocurrency Theft - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:47] <exec> 08└─Windows and high tech security things are not the problem here. (Or not the only one). The real issue is that Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and all the other bankers have not figured out how to get their cut from crypto currencies yet, and until they do, unregulated = bad. Until the banks are getting a cut...
[00:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:21] <exec> 08└─Can't you just compile it yourself and not enable those features you don't want? Or just use mpv or go even more minimal and use ffplay directly.
[00:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:56] <exec> 08└─It's on Gizmodo, so it is highly likely indeed...
[00:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:57] <exec> 08└─Dear frojack, steampunk mods for clocks, computer enclosures and what not is a timeless art/craft. I'm on my phone now, posting links is bitch, but I'm sure you can google for some images - some are quite beautiful.
[00:01:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 942 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:59] <exec> 08└─> Remote updates are a mixed blessing. Problems can be fixed easily. But features can also be taken away. Very much so, and why many stay away from updating various net connected devices even though they should. Because the patch notes are never comprehensive enough, and there is simply no way to ac...
[00:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:01] <exec> 08└─Well, I was under the impression you speak in the context of 'open source IoT for masses' not for hobbyists or enthusiasts. As in Until there are (open source, I presume) devices that don't phone home (because they are home) to do the typical smart-home things (door locks, AC switches for lights and...
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[00:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:17] <exec> 08└─How many Glen Campbells does it take to eat a Llama? *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) GCs = EPs - 2 (or, Elvis Minus Two)
[00:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:31] <exec> 08└─Some seem's my fetid, diseased cock has unilaterally decided to self-insert into your rancid asshole. Ah! What's this...!? Your rancid hole contains goodies beyond my wildest expectations...! Not only is it filled with mushy feces that clings to my smelly cock, but the fecalness contains squirming p...
[00:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:33] <exec> 08└─And how often do you hang out with losers who spend all their money on cerveza and lottery tickets
[00:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:35] <exec> 08└─This kind of idiocy is not uncommon..the Brits run their warships on Win XP [telegraph.co.uk]
[00:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sierra Nevada Corporation Gets Approval for its First ISS Commercial Resupply Services Mission - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:45] <exec> 08└─I came here to comment that I am toasting them with Hop Bullet.
[01:00:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:09] <exec> 08└─Do you really want random gig workers handling your food with nobody else around? A lot of small restaurants have their own delivery people who are at least accountable to the boss there.
[01:00:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:44] <exec> 08└─Copyright is applied automatically to effectively all items that are written down or recorded in any way, even unpublished items [archivists.org]. Copyright law does apply. At the end of the day though, this is about sharing trade secrets, which is covered by trade [wikipedia.org] secret [wikipedia....
[01:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:45] <exec> 08└─Poor Vandals [wikipedia.org], everyone has been stealing their good name from them...
[01:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:47] <exec> 08└─We can't have anything nice, and why we need to replace all workers with robots and AIs. It will then become crystal clear that humans who aren't smart enough to be born with the right parents are just parasites who should be terminated with extreme prejudice. Obviously, this "intern" is either brow...
[01:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:50] <exec> 08└─"Because the alternative is effectively taking a stance of "I think your position is wrong, therefor I will disregard your rights and opinions"." I will, when necessary, ignore your opinions. Not your rights. Very different things. You don't have a right to supervise what I do with my equipment, nor...
[01:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:52] <exec> 08└─"Taking a copy of the software he did not own is theft." But he did own that copy. He made it himself.
[01:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan Raps Coincheck, Orders Broader Checks After $530 Million Cryptocurrency Theft - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:02] <exec> 08└─Initially read the tiltle as Japan Rapes Coincheck, Orders Broader Checks After $530 Million Cryptocurrency Theft
[01:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:38] <exec> 08└─I dunno, the computer should cater to my preferences, not the other way around. Most users prefer to have space breaks between words (for English at least, not sure about other languages)... no wonder "The year of the linux desktop" never got anywhere
[01:01:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:39] <exec> 08└─This will be the year of the Gentoo desktop!
[01:01:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:42] <exec> 08└─Huh? I just use the Home app on my android to cast/mirror screen and launch VLC on my android device. I don't see a big deal with that, once VLC starts playing on my android device, the screen shortcuts seems to work fine. Sure its not an app native cast but its works and not a big hassle.
[01:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:20] <exec> 08└─An analysis of ET's postings reveal that ET is actually a black, jewish homosexual. Or she is really into black, jewish homosexuals. Or just incredibly stupid. Hard to say for sure.
[01:02:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:21] <exec> 08└─Caption: When visiting a new house, it's good to check whether they have an always-on device transmitting your conversations somewhere. [explainxkcd.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[01:02:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 914 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:23] <exec> 08└─I see. No, I'm not concerned too much with the masses. They have their farcebook, their twaddle, etc. There's no hope for them. I am a firm proponent of the idea that we can't fix stupid. Yet. So what I am suggesting is that those of us who are woke, to abuse a somewhat pop term, can do better, both...
[01:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:25] <exec> 08└─I think the answer to this is: "Anecdote" is not a synonym for "data." ...and also... A specific person's behavior is not guaranteed to be the population's behavior.
[01:02:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police May Have Caught the Los Angeles Venmo Scammer - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:42] <exec> 08└─Martyb is probably to stupid to get paid for that ad.
[01:04:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Stand-Alone System to Produce Drinking Water by Means of Solar Energy - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:21] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, The Clouds... You like fart jokes [mit.edu]? Faith! whether permitted or not, I must, I must crap!
[01:04:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Stand-Alone System to Produce Drinking Water by Means of Solar Energy - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:23] <exec> 08└─Whoops! Ignore previous post! I meant: Oh! adorable Clouds, I revere you and I too am going to let off my thunder, so greatly has your own affrighted me.
[01:05:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Reads Privacy Policies so You Don't Have to - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:26] <exec> 08└─Inception result [pribot.org]
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[01:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:59:28] <exec> 08└─The term "compromised" is wholly redundant when talking about a Windows system.
[02:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 882 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:03] <exec> 08└─To expand: By itself, Progressive Cali subsidizes the existence of several of the Reactionary states. Blue State Voters Subsidize Southern Red State Voters, Not the Other Way Around [truth-out.org] Mitt Romney received his greatest support from a significant portion of Americans he referred to as "m...
[02:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:42] <exec> 08└─You don't have a right to supervise what I do with my equipment, nor to allow or disallow me from using it as a I feel fit. If I bought it from you, you should have taken that into account before selling it. There is no right to retain ownership in things after you sold them - quite the opposite!
[02:00:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:44] <exec> 08└─You're being hysterical. The party that was harmed was Apple. If Apple's users were depending on Apple's iSecurity through obscurity, they were harmed when they decided to buy the iThingie. Apple's iSecurity through obscurity certainly does not deprive Apple's customers of the product they purchased...
[02:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:46] <exec> 08└─Agree, I understand what is meant by stolen. Maybe it comes from too many Hogan’s Heros episondes where the German’s secrets were stolen.
[02:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:48] <exec> 08└─It's not off-topic it's in fact precisely on the bulls-eye of the target. This is about the property rights of the iphone owner versus the copyright privileges of the seller. Rights trump privileges.
[02:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:37] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the 7 proxies. [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[02:02:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:02:19] <exec> 08└─Seriously, if there was a market for this, don't you think it would be a lot more obvious by now?
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[02:59:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:23] <exec> 08└─I might be the only who didn't really like Winamp. I always thought it was gaudy and it ran really badly on my PC. I can't for the life of me remember what I used to listen to MP3's however. To be fair, the 1990's were hardly a golden age for computer multimedia. does anyone else remember having to...
[02:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:24] <exec> 08└─I tried it, works as intended, that's to say playing a MP3 and bringing back good memories from 1998.
[02:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 675 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:26] <exec> 08└─The rest of us had DOS apps that could do most of its features for a number of years. As to music: Go look up the chiptunes archives on textfiles.com and scene.org. Like the music industry in general there was stinkers, ripoffs, and original amazing works. You just have to go and find them. Personal...
[02:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:28] <exec> 08└─For the time frame of its development it really was an astoundingly good mp3 player. Did everything it needed to do. Even after later attempts to monetize it, there was not match that could match it. Everybody started coming out with those full screen music players, as if people had nothing to do on...
[02:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:31] <exec> 08└─Used WinAmp until it died, switched to Linux for all desktops but still awaiting a player providing that solid and reliable experience. In the meantime, mpd plus Cantata are OK. Must admit that the OSS experience of having your desktop environment go down in flames periodically is getting really old...
[02:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03buswolley [848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:33] <exec> 08└─I don't see much today that is better than Winamp. It was responsive. It did its job. It had a sexy look, and if you didn't like it, you could skin it. There were some cool visualizations (remember milkdrop2; https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] ). Then there was shoutcast.
[02:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:36] <exec> 08└─Audacious works pretty good, it supports Winamp 2.x skins if you want and several input plugins. I love MPD, but it doesn't play half the formats that Winamp/Audacious/XMMS can play.
[02:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:38] <exec> 08└─I always thought it was gaudy and it ran really badly on my PC.
[02:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:40] <exec> 08└─I couldn't find a way to load an input plugin for file formats associated with classic video game systems, such as NSF, SPC, and the like. That's most of what I used Winamp for at some stage back when I used it. I know loading x86 code isn't likely to happen, and I had hoped that there might be some...
[02:59:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 465 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:51] <exec> 08└─Problem 1: Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Problem 2: employees allowed to play on critical systems Problem 3: "critical systems" being, among others, an HMI computer running Windows Problem 4: with access to the internet Problem 5: with a web browser Problem 6: without an ad bloc...
[02:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:00] <exec> 08└─Yup. Clearly, somebody didn't read the EULA before clicking Accept. Doing mission-critical stuff on a toy OS is just nuts. The document that permits you to use their stuff says as much. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[03:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:02] <exec> 08└─What kind of idiot runs critical systems on Microsoft Windows?
[03:00:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:38] <exec> 08└─Yeah, that individual got the proper verdict. If, however, this decision is broadly applied to gig workers who work for only 1 company and aren't slackers, that would be a travesty. Bad cases make for bad case law. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[03:01:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:23] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I don't agree with the editors' postings, either. The Hillary Clinton Campaign posted their own submission, [soylentnews.org] and it was rejected. Which goes to show that the editors care not for the real truth, but only bullshit. They are politically-motivated. They will bury the outright tru...
[03:01:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:24] <exec> 08└─Here's another example why from a common language perspective 'steal' seems fine (not suggesting legal). Going way back to Shakespare is the idea of stealing someone's thoughts. The thoughts still belong to the person, but they're now possessed by another. The best-regarded virgins of our clime Have...
[03:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:26] <exec> 08└─Poor Vandals [wikipedia.org]
[03:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:16] <exec> 08└─I count a single space in the name of this file I just loaded in VLC: %E7%AC%AC01%E8%A9%B1%20%E3%80%8C%E5%A7%8B%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8A%E3%81%A8%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8A%E3%81%AE%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%80%8D.mp4 "Stupid freaking Windows users"? Get off of your high horse, you mo...
[03:03:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:00] <exec> 08└─Searching the Ubuntu packages I find this: bottlerocket - Utility to control X10 Firecracker devices for home automation Back around 2000, I was at a company that controlled a whole bunch of X10 devices off of a telnet-to-serial converter box.
[03:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Conditional Prison Sentence for Information About Popcorn Time - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:46] <exec> 08└─Freedom of speech (Amendment I) and the Congress's power to secure exclusive rights to authors (Article I, section 8) are coequal parts of the Constitution, enacted within a couple years of each other. I doubt that it was the intent of the author of the Bill of Rights to repeal the copyright power o...
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[04:00:00] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I remember Realplayer. What I remember most clearly about Realplayer, was that it was a resource hog. Winamp played music, in the background, while I did whatever it was that I intended to do on the computer. The little jingle about the llama's ass was funny, and it made me like Winamp even mo...
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[04:00:01] <exec> 08└─Might be talking past each other. WinAmp 1 and 2 used basically the same skin (2 was a shinier version of 1), as seen here [wikimedia.org] but WinAmp 3 threw that out the window with modern [wikimedia.org] version. It was so bad that they sort of did a backport of the skin to 3 (which didn't quite l...
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[04:00:03] <exec> 08└─> Used WinAmp until it died Um, when did it die? Sure, it's not under development anymore, but it still plays most music files. I still use it (version 5), there's nothing better. It's a stable, mature piece of software, there are a bunch of skins and plugins available, and, partly thanks to it's ag...
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[04:00:05] <exec> 08└─I might be the only who didn't really like Winamp.... To be fair, the 1990's...
[04:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:07] <exec> 08└─as if people had nothing to do on their computers except play music Going back a lot of years, KMandla was an enthusiast of old hardware (laptops only). He would pick up stuff from the secondhand shop and see how much more service he could get out of it. A major element of that was identifying comma...
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[04:00:10] <exec> 08└─I also remember that later versions of Winamp began using more and more resources, with zero improvement in performance. The llama whipping crew lost control of their work, and the corporate world took over. That was the end of Winamp.
[04:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:12] <exec> 08└─Shoutcast is still around, fyi. Still has a decent selection of music too. (Although not as much as it used to.)
[04:00:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:14] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately the linux world has followed suit, and finding a decent music app is a chore.
[04:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:34] <exec> 08└─Oscilloscope manufacturer [google.com] (Tektronix 'scopes started running Linux last century.) -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[04:00:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 856 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:59] <exec> 08└─People sign up to do work for these companies. Some people apparently do well, others less so. It doesn't matter - no one forces them to do the work. If they find it's not worth their time, or - in the worst case - they are even losing money? Then stop, and go do something else. Key strawman argumen...
[04:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:11] <exec> 08└─California's laws as to what determines employee vs contractor seem to indicate less people would be employees than the fed? Or maybe the other way around? If I recall the feds stipulation is that if the company controls when you show up for work, where you show up for work, and how long you work, y...
[04:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:13] <exec> 08└─It would also cause trouble for the new employer who were required to collect income taxes on the "employee" for the year but did not. My wife was an indipendent contractor at an aflac office as the office manager. When we were doing taxes I realized that she qualifed as an employee. I talked to the...
[04:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:02:05] <exec> 08└─"Taking a copy of the software he did not own is theft."
[04:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:02:56] <exec> 08└─But it has a lot of excess features thrown in that I wish were separate like blue ray support and streaming servers. Just give me a compact, stable, sleek player that can handle any codec and source with good hardware acceleration.
[04:02:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:02:58] <exec> 08└─Usage caps. Limited bandwidth. Can get a lot of movies by making a trip to the library. Used DVD's are also cheap at the thrift store.
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[05:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:56] <exec> 08└─Great, instead of downloading a MP3 and playing it on your own local computer under your control, let load a web page for it instead. Wait... are they bringing back auto playing embedded music files? *runs*
[05:00:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:57] <exec> 08└─What if you need to make a Myspace clone, or spruce up your GeoCities page?
[05:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:59] <exec> 08└─Winamp + DFX sound processor addon is the best, still I haven't found anything that sounds as good. It runs great in Wine and I use it every day, still !
[05:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:02] <exec> 08└─Worst new interface of the year, 1997. And idiots are still aping that. The reason it was a noteworthy program is because it gave everyone with windows and a sound card a free mp3 player. The shitty UI and unbelievably lame skinning system were drawbacks, not features.
[05:01:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:22] <exec> 08└─You do, if the government certified vendor of your reactor cooling pump gives you a windoze control box.
[05:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:23] <exec> 08└─Problem 1: Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems
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[05:03:40] <exec> 08└─Is it still a thing where people visit friends? [google.com] Do you take with you a hard drive full of media so that your friends can make a copy? Do you have an empty partition on that where you can copy his new media files? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[05:59:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 1209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:12] <exec> 08└─Nuts, just nuts. Even if Kratom was an opiate (botanically it is not; it's more closely related to coffee) it would be the least prone to abuse and dangerous opiate known. I suspect that the reason it's disfavored by regulators is that it's an herbal product, not a refined pharmaceutical. It can't e...
[05:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:47] <exec> 08└─and then made version 5
[05:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03notrandom [5820] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:48] <exec> 08└─Yesss! nice. I still use winamp everyday on windows & wine. It's just the best player period. I am also a musician. You guys know that Justin Frankel (winamp maker) is also the one that makes REAPER. Which is basically "It really whips ProTools' ass" :))
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[05:59:51] <exec> 08└─https://i.imgur.com/hChheBK.jpg [imgur.com]
[06:00:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 313 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:02] <exec> 08└─What kind of idiot runs critical systems on Microsoft Windows? The stupidity here, on the part of not only managers and executives but also many engineers, is really astounding. Would you run a nuclear power plant or an aircraft avionics system on Windows? Of course not. So why would you run anythin...
[06:00:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Whoever [4524] 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 78 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:03] <exec> 08└─Would you run a nuclear power plant or an aircraft avionics system on Windows?
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[06:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:19] <exec> 08└─You have a right to the pursuit of happiness Where did you get that notion? That "right" to pursue happiness you think you have is endowed by a fictional character. But last I check, he ain't the one running the government...
[06:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:21] <exec> 08└─Kratom's chemical properties are not under the jurisdiction of the FDA. Someone should let them know. This is insanity.
[06:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:23] <exec> 08└─For every action, government has an over reaction. Fact 1: people are dying from opiate addictions. Fact 2: kratom has been mentioned in the same discussions as opioids. Conclusion: Opioids and kratom must be outlawed, and very strictly regulated. Course of Action: A new War on Drugs, this time incl...
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[07:00:00] <exec> 08└─some cool visualizations (remember milkdrop
[07:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:02] <exec> 08└─QCD, later Quintessential Media Player. Still use it.
[07:00:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:25] <exec> 08└─The exact OS is relatively unimportant. You could have relatively "critical" machinery running on *DOS3.1, so long as it does not: Problem 2: employees allowed to play on critical systems Problem 4: with access to the internet Problem 5: with a web browser Problem 6: without an ad blocker Problem 7:...
[07:05:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After the Falcon Heavy Launch, Time to Defund the Space Launch System? - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:05:07] <exec> 08└─So which is more reliable? The cost of a launch is not the only thing. The cost of a launch failure matters too. If Musk is close with his guess of the 50% chance of succeeding then it might not be good enough. For example in some cases if you don't launch successfully at a particular window you hav...
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[07:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 1685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:25] <exec> 08└─There's a serious reason why herbal products are no longer used directly in today's medicine, and it has nothing to do with the fact that herbal medicines can't be patented: the amount of active ingredient in a particular herb varies greatly from plant to plant, and for many medicines the line betwe...
[07:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:27] <exec> 08└─You should check out the concept of negative rights based governments. Americans have a negative rights government so if you are American you have that right.
[07:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:29] <exec> 08└─Results: More dead Americans - an easily replaceable resource, considering the number of illegal aliens clamoring for citizenship.
[07:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Voksi Releases Detailed Denuvo-Cracking Video Tutorial - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:37] <exec> 08└─Couldn't agree more. Don't fund creating digital handcuffs.
[08:00:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03chromas [34] 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:05] <exec> 08└─and then made version 5
[08:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:11] <exec> 08└─I used winamp's visualisation studio to make some abstract wallpapers back in the day. A 1600x1200 display on a 486 slowed the framerate right down, then I took a printscreen when it looked good. I still use one of them as desktop wallpaper on one machine.
[08:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:13] <exec> 08└─I wonder what happened to WASTE? An encrypted, private P2P network. Seemed like a great idea then, and an even better one now. I know AOL pulled it, but it was open source and published online, so i always thought i would get forked and live on. Yet, i never heard about it again. Anyone know what ha...
[08:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:15] <exec> 08└─Big shoutout for DeadBeeF [sourceforge.net], a lovely open source program that plays music. And pretty much nothing else. If you don't want or need a multi-media,plays everything ever created and catalogs it, sorts it, make suggestions, skins itself inside out, visualizationizes, and includes not on...
[08:00:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:38] <exec> 08└─Better than running on Linux where the hardware ABI breaks regularly and that's intentional. With stuff like Windows XP it's a good bet that your hardware will still work as badly in 2018 as it did in 2008. All bets are off for Windows 10 - the updates seem to bork it regularly. If you say "don't up...
[08:00:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:40] <exec> 08└─Nice to see that the Mightery Bussard is also free, as in not just 50% free, or 90% free, or even 99% free, but full on Free Software Foundation Free. We all praise the TMB.
[08:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:02:06] <exec> 08└─Words matter. Keep calling BS when you spot it.
[08:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:02:07] <exec> 08└─Was it yours? No. Did you take it without permission? Yes. It is stolen. But all I took was a copy! Was it yours to copy? No. You stole that copy! It's simple!
[08:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:02:09] <exec> 08└─In their opening argument, lawyers for Waymo claimed that Uber stole the trade secrets because it was worried that it was going to get beaten in the race to develop self-driving cars
[08:02:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:02:11] <exec> 08└─Because the alternative is effectively taking a stance of "I think your position is wrong, therefor I will disregard your rights and opinions".
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[08:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:59:24] <exec> 08└─Discuss real news, not bullshit https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] Bruce Perens Wants to Anti-SLAPP GRSecurity's Brad Spengler With $670,000 in Legal Bills
[08:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:59:38] <exec> 08└─Fifteen deaths in the United States between 2014 and 2016 were potentially kratom-related.[15] Examples of other substances found in autopsies along with kratom have included: propylhexedrine; acetaminophen, morphine, and promethazine; temazepam, diphenhydramine, and dextromethorphan. (In this last...
[09:00:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 62 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:39] <exec> 08└─What kind of idiot runs critical systems on Microsoft Windows?
[09:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:02:14] <exec> 08└─No, proprietary software is not wrong. If I spend time building something it will be proprietary because it is my property.
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[09:59:38] <exec> 08└─You have a right to the pursuit of happiness in the same way a greyhound has a right to pursue the mechanical rabbit during a race. Your not allowed to catch happiness and the means of pursuit will be via high taxed means.
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[10:59:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:15] <exec> 08└─It is the same with lotteries and schools. The states mismanage the money in some way or another, making sure the actual legitimate services are underfunded, then need to raise more money (debt, taxes). It is all really annoying. Another example is near me they tried to tax "sugary drinks", claiming...
[10:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 2294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:29] <exec> 08└─Video games are tough competition for board games. There's been some convergence, lot of board games adapted into computer games, but sometimes the format really gets in the way. Many board games don't translate well, and sometimes it's because the game was a lot more bookkeeping work than actual pl...
[10:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03xorsyst [1372] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:30] <exec> 08└─How much was Mayfair sold for? 1 Ore, 1 Sheep and 1 Wheat?
[10:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:47] <exec> 08└─Quickly, ban sleeping in bed and using blankets or sheets.
[10:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:48] <exec> 08└─Wow, I thought drowning in your own bathtub, with only an inch of water present, was the most pathetic way to die. But strangling with your own bedsheets is arguably worse. Falls now, those are more respectable. Stairs are much more dangerous than people realize. I've slipped on stairs carpeted with...
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[11:00:34] <exec> 08└─Best linux music player I had was one of the earlier versions of Amorok, 2-point-something I think. Then it upgraded itself to a later version and it started trying to connect to servers and download shit. If you accidentally enabled options like cover download you couldn't turn them off again. The...
[11:00:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:35] <exec> 08└─I downloaded it back in the day (the files are dated Oct 1999) and have been using it ever since. I also have a pile of plugins for chiptune formats. As I recall, it could just barely play a 96kbps MP3 on a 486DX4-100. I wonder how the JS implementation fares :p
[11:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:01:01] <exec> 08└─If they were XP systems, I gotta wonder if the hardware was even useful for mining. How many old single-core Celerons does it take to equal one modern GPU?
[11:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:01:03] <exec> 08└─Free as in speech; expensive as in good scotch.
[11:02:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 1219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:02:33] <exec> 08└─Not quite. There is no physical evidence, is there? You can't steal an IP, or imaginary property. Please stop trying to conflate theft with what is happening out here in the real world. Theft involves some kind of physical asset. If I steal your lunch, you can't eat it. If I steal your car, you can'...
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[11:59:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 1399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:16] <exec> 08└─I currently live in GA. About 20 years back, a "trauma center" fee was added for all cell phones. It was created by special statewide referendum during an election. It specifically said that the fees where to go to funding the creation of trauma centers across the state. (which is why the voters app...
[11:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:18] <exec> 08└─The reason this shit is still going on is because we haven't started putting our elected representatives in bodybags over this malfeasance. I suppose you could also try voting them out, but it seems far more likely the next guy will do more of the same, whichever party they are from, unless you set...
[11:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Clock Protein Controls Daily Cycle of Gene Expression by Regulating Chromosome Loops - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:25] <exec> 08└─It's well known that the human body functions on a 24-hour, or circadian, schedule.
[11:59:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 1714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:36] <exec> 08└─I've not plated Catan, but a few friends who have describe it as a single-player game that several people play at once. The big advantage that board games have over computer games is the social[1] aspect. Even when you're playing a computer game in a multiplayer mode, your attention is mostly on the...
[12:00:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 235 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:22] <exec> 08└─I also remember that later versions of Winamp began using more and more resources, with zero improvement in performance. The llama whipping crew lost control of their work, and the corporate world took over. That was the end of Winamp.
[12:00:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:39] <exec> 08└─> Wait... are they bringing back auto playing embedded music files? *runs* Why would they? Now there are autoplaying embedded video ads! So much better!
[12:00:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:41] <exec> 08└─The rest of us had DOS apps that could do most of its features for a number of years.
[12:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:43] <exec> 08└─Any particular reason you didn't upgrade to the latest 2.xx version? They even put a few new updates out after 3 bombed.
[12:00:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:45] <exec> 08└─Tying playback to UI feels like a step backwards. I prefer Music Player Daemon, which runs as a background process and doesn't consume any UI space, but which I can control from a variety of desktop, mobile, and web apps. [musicpd.org]
[12:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:47] <exec> 08└─Amarok and it's 1.x the good major version. I stopped using it after the 2. They took away all the good stuff and replaced it with buggy, useless crap. It became total POS. Clementine is a fork of Amarok 1.4
[12:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:50] <exec> 08└─See, I'm a luddite there. I specifically do not want bells and whistles in my mp3 player. If I'm gui-ing it, I want a small gui player that plays my tunes and nothing else. If I'm cli-ing, there's mpg123.
[12:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:52] <exec> 08└─Is there something wrong with XMMS? I can use winamp skins too apparently.
[12:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:54] <exec> 08└─Yeah, you're right. So long ago that I forgot, but 2 was the shitty version not the good one. I should check out clementine. thanks.
[12:01:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 148 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:03] <exec> 08└─Pay a Basic Income from the revenue generated by all that water mining, and folk won't need to resort to hijacking the control systems with malware.
[12:01:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:22] <exec> 08└─Some systems actually have a real time kernel, that windows kernel runs on top of. Crashing the windows won't crash the RT kernel. The time slot for windows kernel is given by the RT kernel, and that quarantees RT execution. Not that i see much benefit in having windows running there at all. HMIs ar...
[12:01:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 150 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:56] <exec> 08└─California should never be used as a model for anything but failure. Their government is bankrupt, and constantly getting bailouts from everyone else.
[12:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:02:02] <exec> 08└─He'd likely still have been entitled to his salary, but he'd also have been fired. His employer may also have had a case for fraud against him, though it probably wouldn't have been worth their while to take him to court.
[12:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:02:04] <exec> 08└─Their government is bankrupt, and constantly getting bailouts from everyone else.
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[12:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:18] <exec> 08└─I understand where both the devs and the consumers are coming from there. It's a pain in the ass to keep updating code for ancient hardware (when it's even possible) but if I buy something I expect it to keep working as well as when I bought it until it physically breaks. As for the bean counters? F...
[12:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:19] <exec> 08└─Smart users get dumb devices.
[12:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:21] <exec> 08└─Wise people buy do, yeah. We've got a lot of smart people around here who'd spend thousands of dollars worth of hours designing their own system, with blackjack, and hookers though.
[12:59:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:23] <exec> 08└─This kind of horse-shit is why I am very leery of spending money for the latest technology. If I do not understand it, or worse, having to agree to remain ignorant of how it works, I really question my sanity about actually spending money for the thing. Do I really need this thing? Are they flat do...
[12:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:26] <exec> 08└─I feel there should be a law somewhere. Something like: The smartness compensation law: the sum of the smartness of a user and of the devices s/he uses is constant.
[12:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:28] <exec> 08└─Wise people duy bo-yeah
[12:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:30] <exec> 08└─We have a couple of older Sonos speakers, which we use to play music from our NAS. Since they released their newest product (the one with a microphone, that supports Alexa, etc.) we have been bombarded with updates. Generally, you can't ignore them, because the system often stops working until you u...
[12:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:32] <exec> 08└─I'm still caffeinating this morning. Coherent English isn't due to arrive for another fifteen ounces and two cigarettes.
[12:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:34] <exec> 08└─It's a pain in the ass to keep updating code for ancient hardware (when it's even possible)
[12:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03iwoloschin [3863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:37] <exec> 08└─How hard would it have been to just freeze the code? You could even put up a disclaimer saying there's no more patches, even for security, so it's truly a "use at your own risk" device. I've got a couple of embedded projects at work that are in a "mature" state. The code is not really being actively...
[12:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 2512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:39] <exec> 08└─Oh, incidentally, about those lithium batteries... I have gone to quite a bit of trouble to make sure everything I buy is built around "18650" lithium ion batteries... so that if I do have a problem, I can change it out. My laptop uses them, my power tools use them, and every flashlight I have uses...
[13:00:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03xorsyst [1372] 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 58 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:02] <exec> 08└─How much was Mayfair sold for? 1 Ore, 1 Sheep and 1 Wheat?
[13:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:04] <exec> 08└─More important than Settlers of Catan to me, Mayfair Games was responsible for the single best tabletop role-playing game period, DC Heroes [wikipedia.org]. It uses a system that easily lets players play characters like Superman and Batman side-by-side. It's been out of print since the late '90s, bu...
[13:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:07] <exec> 08└─Catan is as social as Monopoly or Rummy or many other games. I have a lot of friends that play board games pretty often. So even with the wild popularity of computer games, I'm surprised by this. On the other hand, there is a lot of good competition. My kids and I play the Dungeons and Dragons parod...
[13:00:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:24] <exec> 08└─Did they publish a list somewhere? As someone who *actually* has designed molecules, it would be nice to see their methodology. Especially, since this would suggest some new thinking...
[13:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:26] <exec> 08└─From TFS: David Herman, Chairman of the AKA, called upon FDA Commissioner Gottlieb to pull back the curtain on the "black box voodoo computer model" that was unveiled by the FDA to justify their continued 'War on Kratom,' this time claiming their computer model conclusively shows kratom is an opioid...
[13:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:20] <exec> 08└─They skipped 4 so we couldn't have Winamp 4 skins 😢.
[13:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:21] <exec> 08└─>It's a stable, mature piece of software This. It's not often software reaches this point and stays there without getting bloated year after year.
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[13:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:31] <exec> 08└─We're talking a "smart" appliance here. Google or some other external API you use a lot would update and break compatibility and everything that uses it would need updated. This is precisely why I hate syndicating our headlines to Twitter.
[13:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:33] <exec> 08└─You seem to be recovering from sleep quite fast. It usually takes me a week to recover, just to discover that a new week has started in which recovery is required.
[13:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:35] <exec> 08└─I am on an older version of the firmware (7.3) because I disagreed with them collecting all my information. I block all traffic to *.sonos.com with my Pi-Hole. the downside to this is that I can no longer use the android app as a reinstall needs telemetry access. The Windows client works fine for wh...
[13:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:37] <exec> 08└─It's a pain in the ass to keep updating code for ancient hardware
[13:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:48] <exec> 08└─They want us to think that as little as copying a song is a crime? But doing stuff like this is just "playing the game"? But who has the guts to hold a LawMaker accountable?
[14:04:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:57] <exec> 08└─Until there are (open source, I presume) devices that don't phone home (because they are home) to do the typical smart-home things (door locks, AC switches for lights and the like, etc.) and smart hubs that don't have to go out on the net just to figure out WTF you just told it,
[14:06:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After the Falcon Heavy Launch, Time to Defund the Space Launch System? - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:36] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=24020&cid=636384#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] SpaceX may end up testing the second stage of BFR (the spaceship one) before the Space Launch System's first launch. Worst case scenario for SLS, the full BFR could fly before SLS Block 1B or SLS Block 2. And as t...
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[14:59:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:14] <exec> 08└─Fast and ultra light telephoto camera lens would be major development. The full range should be available shortly after I shuffle of this mortal coil.
[14:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:37] <exec> 08└─We've got a lot of smart people around here who'd spend thousands of dollars worth of hours designing their own system, with blackjack, hookers and blow though.
[14:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:38] <exec> 08└─Class action lawsuit.
[14:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:40] <exec> 08└─Customer satisfaction is what gets you strong long-term profits Without sufficient demand from the collective, it just won't happen. You have a similar story about Linux support in Razor laptops. Nothing moves until you get a rise out of the crowd. It is more likely that providing a little extra cus...
[14:59:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:42] <exec> 08└─I was talking about the Bender quote not cmn32480's cats.
[14:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:44] <exec> 08└─I resisted moving to those 18650's for quite awhile. When I finally got my first 2-cell flashlight that uses them, I decided to move EVERYTHING to them. No more rechargeable AA or AAA. My multimeters are the only things left - one uses AAA another uses a 9-volt, and I still don't know what the ampme...
[14:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:47] <exec> 08└─I was talking about the Bender quote not cmn32480's cats.
[14:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:49] <exec> 08└─What? You don't want to re-purchase our product ever several years? Be a good little consumer nigger and buy what we tell you to buy. Look, they have blue LEDs! Niggs love blue LEDs!
[14:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:51] <exec> 08└─We've got a lot of smart people around here who'd spend thousands of dollars worth of hours designing their own system, with blackjack, and hookers though.
[14:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:53] <exec> 08└─That we have a tendency to spend hours automating something that saves seconds mostly. If you go OSS with it and count the seconds it saves everyone, that's a good deal. If you only count the time it saves you, not so much.
[15:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:03] <exec> 08└─This is a widespread tactic the government uses. The Feds do it with the Patent office; that's part of why its such a mess, it has less funding than it appears to on paper. Money made from patent applications and related fees is supposed to be reinvested into the Patent office to maintain and improv...
[15:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:05] <exec> 08└─But this isn't marketing, this is a fraud.
[15:00:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 4700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:25] <exec> 08└─Hmm mayfair rail games are complicated, I reach across the desk to pick up the manuals for Pendragon a COIN series game, 44 pages of rule book, 72 pages of playbook, about a dozen pages of cardboard cheat flowcharts, 83 playing cards, hundreds of meeples. This is still a lightweight game compared to...
[15:00:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:27] <exec> 08└─"Sheriff of Nottingham" yet another super fun game to play with the kids, and every dollar spent at Arcane Wonders is a dollar that did not keep Mayfair Games alive. The barrier to entry for mid-level euro games is extremely low, so its a hard market to sell in, as shown by the failure of Mayfair. I...
[15:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03arulatas [3600] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:29] <exec> 08└─Agree completely. Table lookup was the only slow part of the game. Created an easy app to do table lookup with plugging in 4-8 numbers.
[15:00:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:48] <exec> 08└─Results: More dead Americans - an easily replaceable resource, considering the number of illegal aliens clamoring for citizenship.
[15:00:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:50] <exec> 08└─You should check out the concept of negative rights based governments. Americans have a negative rights government so if you are American you have that right.
[15:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:52] <exec> 08└─Even though Scott Gottlieb is just about as big a pharma shill as they come [respectfulinsolence.com], I don't see how this ban benefits the pharma companies much either.
[15:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:47] <exec> 08└─"Monetize" means to literally "use as money" not to "make money from."
[15:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:49] <exec> 08└─You're an idiot.
[15:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:51] <exec> 08└─Yes, you're the oh so cool guy that hated the thing everyone else loved. F off.
[15:05:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:31] <exec> 08└─Seriously, if there was a market for this, don't you think it would be a lot more obvious by now?
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[15:59:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:15] <exec> 08└─Yeah, yeah, yeah, wake when they can match the South. The fat cheeto face kid in his basement is laughing so hard right now. He got you all shooting at each other. Better than a swatting.
[15:59:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wodan [517] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:23] <exec> 08└─If they can make those big enough for glasses, that would be an enormous improvement.
[15:59:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03iwoloschin [3863] 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 1005 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:39] <exec> 08└─How hard would it have been to just freeze the code? You could even put up a disclaimer saying there's no more patches, even for security, so it's truly a "use at your own risk" device. I've got a couple of embedded projects at work that are in a "mature" state. The code is not really being actively...
[15:59:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 2512 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:40] <exec> 08└─Oh, incidentally, about those lithium batteries... I have gone to quite a bit of trouble to make sure everything I buy is built around "18650" lithium ion batteries... so that if I do have a problem, I can change it out. My laptop uses them, my power tools use them, and every flashlight I have uses...
[15:59:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:55] <exec> 08└─It depends how often you spend seconds on something, and how much you have to maintain the automation in question. If, for instance, it saves you 15 seconds every hour, and took you 30 minutes to come up with it, and there's no maintenance effort, then you're in the net-positive range in a couple of...
[15:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:56] <exec> 08└─Nobody should be allowed to keep patents and copyrights on things they refuse to sell or service. If you want respect for patent and copyright laws, there must be compulsory licensing. Can't have one without the other.
[15:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:58] <exec> 08└─Suckers! Monster cables and pet rocks are a better value
[16:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:01] <exec> 08└─"Welcome to shitlist" You know right there next to Sony.
[16:00:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:13] <exec> 08└─But who has the guts to hold a LawMaker accountable? Only the major financiers... They feel they are entitled to the services they pay for.
[16:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:15] <exec> 08└─A distinction without a difference
[16:00:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 588 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:50] <exec> 08└─Fifteen deaths in the United States between 2014 and 2016 were potentially kratom-related.[15] Examples of other substances found in autopsies along with kratom have included: propylhexedrine; acetaminophen, morphine, and promethazine; temazepam, diphenhydramine, and dextromethorphan. (In this last...
[16:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 1875 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:00] <exec> 08└─Why spend money investigating such a product? Tell me something, what is the status of the patents on oxycodone? It was discovered in 1916. Hydrocodone? Discovered in 1920. Fentanyl? Discovered in 1960. The patents for all of these opioid drugs expired long ago, meaning nobody has to pay anyone roya...
[16:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:59] <exec> 08└─On SN we discuss and debate but don't spew useless insults, certainly not without having an account yourself. Try again but this time with arguments.
[16:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:01] <exec> 08└─Big REAPER fan here. I prefer the way it works over Cubase and the price is really good too. Did you know they have a hidden native Linux build (not running under Wine)? I just started running that and it's working. The latency of REAPER under Linux is better than Ardour and it is more reliable too.
[16:02:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:03] <exec> 08└─Mmph. Can't remember specifics (insufficient coffee?) I tried to install it but there was an issue of compatibility with other software on this workstation. Graphics libs|versions maybe?
[16:02:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:32] <exec> 08└─While I'm obviously no fan of running Windows on anything at all, and certainly not embedded devices, to be fair, an oscilloscope really isn't a "critical service", the way a nuclear power plant is.
[16:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:06] <exec> 08└─On this site we all know the difference.
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[16:59:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:15] <exec> 08└─If you want freedom you have to stay independent. If you wanted cash you have to sell out. The new overlords have a honeymoon period while they learn to suck your marrow dry, but it wasn't going to end any other way.
[16:59:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 29 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:39] <exec> 08└─Smart users get dumb devices.
[16:59:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 520 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:57] <exec> 08└─I resisted moving to those 18650's for quite awhile. When I finally got my first 2-cell flashlight that uses them, I decided to move EVERYTHING to them. No more rechargeable AA or AAA. My multimeters are the only things left - one uses AAA another uses a 9-volt, and I still don't know what the ampme...
[17:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 1666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:07] <exec> 08└─I bought a couple of IP cameras about 6 years ago. One was a cheap, low res PTZ that I could access from within the home network, and potentially open a hole in my firewall if I wanted to get at it from outside. I didn't use it much, and it died after 3 years of electrical failure. Another was a che...
[17:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:09] <exec> 08└─Class action lawsuit.
[17:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:11] <exec> 08└─I disagree. I have spent quite a lot of time (months) on some PowerShell scripts that take server QA checks from 2 hours down to 60 seconds. A massive saving. The value add comes when you can now order a QA check of an environment and compare it against last months. Without my automation, this would...
[17:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:13] <exec> 08└─It depends a lot on the complexity of the thing versus the off-the-shelf implementations. I moved to using an off-the-shelf WiFi AP a year or so ago, because the one my ISP provides is fast, has sensible firewall config, almost sensible DHCP config, and is less effort to maintain than the one I was...
[17:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:15] <exec> 08└─I understand where the consumers are coming from. The devs? Not in the slightest. If you're going to do anything, push an update that puts a notice on power up, "This device is no longer supported and is not receiving security updates, and may no longer work with other Sonos components. Visit sonos....
[17:00:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 437 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:25] <exec> 08└─The reason this shit is still going on is because we haven't started putting our elected representatives in bodybags over this malfeasance. I suppose you could also try voting them out, but it seems far more likely the next guy will do more of the same, whichever party they are from, unless you set...
[17:00:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 777 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:32] <exec> 08└─Lottery funded schools are the biggest joke going. Of course the lottery doesn't (yet) completely fund the public school system, so even if 100% of lottery funds are indeed given to education, all that happens is that other education funding sources are diverted or reduced to compensate. Now, in the...
[17:00:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:34] <exec> 08└─Transparency and accountability in politics? Ain't nobody got time for that.
[17:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:56] <exec> 08└─wood for sheep
[17:00:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:58] <exec> 08└─with the exception of Wizards of the Coast with their very, very expensive collectible card game, Magic the Gathering, that made them a huge pile of money. (Can you afford to sink $10k into a card game? No? Then stay far away from MtG!)
[17:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:00] <exec> 08└─I've not plated Catan, but a few friends who have describe it as a single-player game that several people play at once. The big advantage that board games have over computer games is the social[1] aspect. Even when you're playing a computer game in a multiplayer mode, your attention is mostly on the...
[17:01:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03julian [6003] 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 1209 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:07] <exec> 08└─Nuts, just nuts. Even if Kratom was an opiate (botanically it is not; it's more closely related to coffee) it would be the least prone to abuse and dangerous opiate known. I suspect that the reason it's disfavored by regulators is that it's an herbal product, not a refined pharmaceutical. It can't e...
[17:01:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stormwyrm [717] 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 1685 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:12] <exec> 08└─There's a serious reason why herbal products are no longer used directly in today's medicine, and it has nothing to do with the fact that herbal medicines can't be patented: the amount of active ingredient in a particular herb varies greatly from plant to plant, and for many medicines the line betwe...
[17:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03OrugTor [5147] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:25] <exec> 08└─That's an interesting observation. Now, 'Creator' can be interpreted broadly - it could be the Big Bang. Anyway, a more compelling reason (IMO) to discount the 'right' is that it occurs in the Declaration and thus has no legal standing.
[17:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:26] <exec> 08└─>> A pharmaceutical company that did research on the active ingredients in kratom could stand to make a very large amount of money if they could isolate the sources of its pharmacological action The same pharmaceutical company should also look at https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org...
[17:02:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:29] <exec> 08└─Defunct (2008), although their code is still available on a Sourceforge repository. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[17:03:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:03:00] <exec> 08└─If you say "don't update your Linux kernel" then you have about the same problem as not updating Windows.
[17:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:04:34] <exec> 08└─lawyers for Waymo claimed that Uber stole the trade secrets
[17:05:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:05:29] <exec> 08└─I'm thinking Germans may not care as much or at least be a bit more used to it. "rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" is an actual word, though obsolete. https://theweek.com [theweek.com]
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[17:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:22] <exec> 08└─https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/24/what-happened-to-android-at-home/ [techcrunch.com] Nest destroyed it. What goes around, comes around, Tony.
[17:59:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:24] <exec> 08└─Your linked article never even mentions Nest, or Dropcam, or thermostats. If you had a point, you couldn't have buried it deeper.
[17:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:33] <exec> 08└─Does that count as an advertisement?
[17:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:43] <exec> 08└─Are glasses overly heavy and cumbersome as they are?
[17:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:45] <exec> 08└─Some people's glasses are quite clumsy and heavy. Most people don't have that much of a problem. Personally, I wouldn't want thinner and lighter glasses, because they'd be excessively fragile, but different people have different problems.
[17:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:48] <exec> 08└─...could improve cell phone cameras and allow manufacture of thinner cell phones.
[17:59:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:50] <exec> 08└─I was thinking that this will revolutionize the design of telescopes. Exciting times!
[18:00:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 164 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:01] <exec> 08└─I feel there should be a law somewhere. Something like: The smartness compensation law: the sum of the smartness of a user and of the devices s/he uses is constant.
[18:00:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:30] <exec> 08└─Inalienable rights are inalienable, click-throughs fail every test of informed consent. The best thing that could happen here would be a lawsuit that bankrupts the bastards. Burn their buildings, sow their fields with salt, they deserve no less.
[18:00:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:32] <exec> 08└─"Are they flat downright telling me they have already planned to be a pain-in-the-ass, and want me to legally acknowledge?" Yes, exactly. And at this point they have every reason to think that the consumer is SO stupid, SO short-sighted, SO bloody brain-dead that they can get away with it. Don't buy...
[18:00:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 810 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:34] <exec> 08└─One of the purposes of an EULA is to convince you that you've signed away rights that the local laws don't allow to be signed away. Don't believe the EULA. They'll throw in anything that might convince you that you can't stop them. Perhaps it's right, but it doesn't need to be, and often isn't. OTOH...
[18:00:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:36] <exec> 08└─Very possible since Apple just recently got in trouble over deliberately weakening the batteries in older iphones. To put what they're doing in physical terms - Apple went in and replaced the batteries in everyone's older phones with weaker batteries. This company is rounding up everyone's old devic...
[18:00:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:38] <exec> 08└─Amen! Besides... Killing my machine is THEFT, period. Maybe BAIT and SWITCH... You took my money and gave me a BRICK. It is easy to block the device from getting access to update itself. Hell, MS has done that with their Windows Update tool. These guys are another APPLE, take way your use of your p...
[18:00:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 139 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:51] <exec> 08└─But who has the guts to hold a LawMaker accountable? Only the major financiers... They feel they are entitled to the services they pay for.
[18:00:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:55] <exec> 08└─.... I'll pay attention to the FCC complaining about states robbing that fee when either A) 911 service stops, or B) Congress stops robbing the Social Security Trust Fund. https://www.huffingtonpost.com [huffingtonpost.com] https://...
[18:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:47] <exec> 08└─In fairness, this is an FDA ban on domestic sales of kratom, not a ban on its possession or import. A pharmaceutical company that wishes to isolate and market active chemicals here would in no way be precluded from doing so, especially since this ban doesn't in any way weigh in on the sale of the ac...
[18:01:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:48] <exec> 08└─Considering what most citizens of 1st World countries think of as "poor", you would be right. There is a Huge population of people living in extreme poverty. The issue, is that most of them are a continent away. A majority of African countries have a large population of extremely poor people. I don'...
[18:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:51] <exec> 08└─So, a software bug / feature? The only reason to have a "black box" is to protect something. In aviation, it's flight recorder data, which you want to be able to survive practically anything. When applied to software, it's called, making sure I can milk them for all they're worth. I.E. Money.
[18:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:53] <exec> 08└─The DEA is not far behind. They pulled back after an outcry, but they will probably try to use the FDA's "evidence" to support scheduling it.
[18:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:02:56] <exec> 08└─Real Alternative is what I've been using, if I've needed Real Player compatibility. I wouldn't knowingly install RealPlayer, especially the modern version. Real Player always seemed like a bad implementation of Flash to me. Any place you could have made use of Real Player, a real video without the r...
[18:06:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03HiThere [866] 02 - 06The House That Spied on Me - 740 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:18] <exec> 08└─To me this sounds like the author intentionally set this up as an example. Most of the reactions seem to have missed that this is the likely purpose. There's not much there that hasn't been reported on technical sites already, so she probably knew what would happen, and had an article to write...and...
[18:07:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02 - 06Apple's "HomePod" Sinks Users Deeper Into a Walled Garden - 336 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:06] <exec> 08└─I ripped them all then loaded them onto my iPhone with iTunes. I use the Cyber Acoustics "Party Speakers". While I don't care for the colorful lights they possess, they were the only Bluetooth speakers I could find that plugged into a power outlet. I'm listening to Otis Redding just now. I will be d...
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[18:59:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 1192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:19] <exec> 08└─Everybody and their dog is suing Opioid manufacturers these days. Cities, States, - but somehow the captured FDA missed the memo. Maybe the drug companies are starting to see these actions as eating all the profit they stand to make on the drugs. More people are killed by opioid overdoses [drugabuse...
[18:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:20] <exec> 08└─They are all big dealers turning good people in to junkies. Throw all Big Pharm Pushers in to prison and toss away the keys.
[18:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:22] <exec> 08└─The Nancy Reagan style of puritanical drug-warriors that have sadly come back into style only serve to create more laws, more prisoners and a bigger government. Any Libertarians in the house who find themselves allied with these non-conservative Republicans should be speaking up. We should learn fro...
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[18:59:24] <exec> 08└─She brought home a pad of paper each page of which said "Stellazine: A Classic Antipsychotic". My friend gave it to me because I was actually taking Stellazine at the time. Do drug companies give t-shirts to doctors?
[18:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:27] <exec> 08└─I think that drug companies cutting back on marketing is much more effective than the limp wrist authoritarian stuff being pushed by Sessions. Sessions was a bad pic in my mind, doubling down on the pointless drug war that does nothing but piss away taxpayer money. I am always really torn on drug us...
[18:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 807 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:37] <exec> 08└─$50 buys a programmable thermostat that does everything the Nest thermostat does except spy on you. (And nest can't handle multi-zoned houses). So Nest never did have a realistic product to sell until they bought Dropcam. When they bought dropcam, they promised to run it as a separate business so Go...
[18:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:39] <exec> 08└─What do you expect from a precursor to AI?
[18:59:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:50] <exec> 08└─Sending Kim Yo Jong (Un's little sister) to woo CNN [cnn.com] has to be something of a master stroke. She probably does not have to fear an Anti-Aircraft [newsweek.com] gun in her future.
[19:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:03] <exec> 08└─Thinner lenses would be good for those who need a stronger prescription.
[19:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:04] <exec> 08└─We need foldable phones.
[19:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:07] <exec> 08└─They can be, resulting from combinations of diopter, wedge, cylinder and multifocal designs. Graded index (GRIN) lenses have always been somewhat magical. What would be great is if the metasurface layers could be "printed" onto GRIN blanks such that they accomplished all the variations needed. I hav...
[19:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:09] <exec> 08└─Exactly. My prescription in one eye requires much more correction than the other. So much so that until high index glass became available, my glasses were so heavy on one side that they tended to sit lopsided on my face due to the weight difference. I see this as far more important than making a cel...
[19:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Crash [1335] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:54] <exec> 08└─Anyone that bought Sonos got what they paid for. Speakers should be as dumb as your computer monitor. Chromecast Audio Pucks + Dumb Speakers for the win.
[19:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:56] <exec> 08└─Burn their buildings, sow their fields with salt... I would prefer to just move into their house and fuck the maid.
[19:00:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:58] <exec> 08└─Killing my machine is THEFT, period. Maybe BAIT and SWITCH... You took my money and gave me a BRICK.
[19:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:16] <exec> 08└─For at least a decade Canadian cel phone companies charged a monthly, itemized, 911 fee, even to customers in remote areas that didn't have 911 services.
[19:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:12] <exec> 08└─Oh yeah, and absolutely zero change in addiction rates.
[19:03:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:16] <exec> 08└─LMAO!
[19:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:28] <exec> 08└─California is dependent on the rest of the country for water though.
[19:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:30] <exec> 08└─- between the consultant and client, or employee of manager. There a number of factors that go into the distinction. If your employer sets your working hours then you're an employee. If you bear the financial risk of the project then you're a consultant. If the employer tells you how to perform your...
[19:05:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:26] <exec> 08└─This is about the property rights of the iphone owner versus the copyright privileges of the seller. Rights trump privileges.
[19:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Former Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iOS Source Code to the Jailbreaking Community - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:27] <exec> 08└─Rather than chastising people who fight against proprietary software companies, you should chastise the proprietary software companies for abusing users.
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[19:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:29] <exec> 08└─Part One: Don't let Big Pharma "market" drugs to Doctors. Part Two: Don't let Big Pharma market drugs to Consumers. A significant if not dominant part of the cost of some drugs is not the R&D but the marketing of that drug. Gee, remember when prescription drugs weren't marketed to consumers? I don't...
[19:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:30] <exec> 08└─remember when prescription drugs weren't marketed to consumers?
[19:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:32] <exec> 08└─I don't have a problem with people being able to take whatever drugs they want. A lot of people don't have a problem with that. I don't have any problem with narcotic pain killers. I might go months without taking one. But then there are people who just can't say no. So how do we protect people1 fro...
[19:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:34] <exec> 08└─I'd mod you insightful if you didn't lump in LSD with PCP. A lot of mainstream news articles about cannabis (or kratom) say something along the lines [cnn.com] of "Marijuana, which is listed on Schedule 1 along with hard drugs like heroin and LSD". But LSD is one of the safest recreational drugs [ia...
[19:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:37] <exec> 08└─There can be only one. Introducing new KuewrZall®. It cures everything from the common cold to insomnia, ingrown toenails, left handedness, baldness, impotence, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, seizures, color blindness, internal hemorrhage, hearing loss, skin conditions. So try it today! Ask your...
[19:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:39] <exec> 08└─You make a good point about the ridiculous waste of drug advertising. Part 3 could be to legalize weed. [drugabuse.com] Researchers quickly noticed that the rates of fatal opioid overdoses were significantly lower in states that had legalized medical marijuana. In 2010 alone, states with legalized m...
[19:59:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:41] <exec> 08└─So legalized medical marijuana leads to lower sales of highly profitable Big Pharma drugs!1 The next danger is that once states realize the increased tax revenue, and the fact that people don't seem to be harmed by medical marijuana2, this will lead to recreational marijuana. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1...
[19:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:43] <exec> 08└─Introducing new KuewrZall®
[19:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:45] <exec> 08└─My wife and I just about died laughing the first time we heard the side effects of Olestra, including "oily discharge..." who, exactly, would use a dietary supplement that causes "oily discharge" and more to the point, who would pour massive amounts of money into marketing such a thing? https://en.w...
[19:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:48] <exec> 08└─And all this while the gov is supposedly waging a war on drugs.
[20:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:00:09] <exec> 08└─Anyone want to bet that this story will bait ET into saying something profoundly stupid? I know she really, really wants to!
[20:00:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 501 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:00:32] <exec> 08└─I understand where both the devs and the consumers are coming from there. It's a pain in the ass to keep updating code for ancient hardware (when it's even possible) but if I buy something I expect it to keep working as well as when I bought it until it physically breaks. As for the bean counters? F...
[20:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:14] <exec> 08└─Err, have you *seen* the maid? >><<
[20:01:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03koick [5420] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:15] <exec> 08└─Bought mine over 10 years ago, long before chromecast was even a word.
[20:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:17] <exec> 08└─none of that stuff is charging me a monthly fee.
[20:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:00] <exec> 08└─(Looks at card.) No, I wanted the wood! We just traded a sheep for a sheep!
[20:02:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:32] <exec> 08└─No better than legislating the value of Pi to "3"... Kratom's chemical properties are not under the jurisdiction of the FDA. Someone should let them know. This is insanity.
[20:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:34] <exec> 08└─>> Quickly, ban sleeping in bed and using blankets or sheets. It looks like Darwin has taken care of the problem already and will continue to do so?
[20:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:36] <exec> 08└─a list somewhere?
[20:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:38] <exec> 08└─Hmm, yeah, but I was smoking weed before it was recreational. Civil disobedience will start to be really effective when you have jury nullification. I believe that is what happened with the J20 prosecutions. The jury could see that it was about regulating unpopular speech and suppressing legal prote...
[20:06:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VLC 3.0.0 Released, With Better Hardware Decoding and Support for HDR, 360-Degree Video, Chromecast - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:47] <exec> 08└─And as for bloat in the application itself, it tries to really be a kitchen sink. Don't get me wrong, it's a great program and I use it as my media player of choice. But it has a lot of excess features thrown in that I wish were separate like blue ray support and streaming servers. Just give me a co...
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[20:59:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:43] <exec> 08└─* zombification
[20:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:44] <exec> 08└─Throw all Big Pharm Pushers and their crony big prison buddies in to prison and toss away the prison.
[20:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:46] <exec> 08└─Way more than just that. https://www.medscape.com [medscape.com]
[20:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:49] <exec> 08└─Sometimes that opinion is hard to deal with when I see at least one drugged out person a day on my way to work wandering the streets screaming at the top of their lungs and trying to claw their eyes out.
[20:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:51] <exec> 08└─Yo dawg, I heard you like prisons, so I threw you in your own prison that you bribed politicians to open with "3 strikes" drug laws.
[20:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:53] <exec> 08└─I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I am for the legalization of weed for the same reason I don't intend to use it, I feel that I should be in control of what I do with my body.
[20:59:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:55] <exec> 08└─This drug will make you healthy for the rest of your life. Technically.
[21:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:07] <exec> 08└─Wait, have I been thinking his name is Uncle Al, as in Al Buddy, when it is AI, as in Artificial Intelligence? Damn sans-serif fonts.
[21:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:08] <exec> 08└─*Al Bundy
[21:00:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Absorbs Nest, Nest Co-Founder Quits - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:10] <exec> 08└─Damn spellcheck, I meant "Al Bundy" Though now I am thinking about an Artificial Intelligence Al Bundy. Also, it would be useful if Soylent would tell you why it refuses to post a comment.
[21:00:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:22] <exec> 08└─Where's NKPop?
[21:00:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wodan [517] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:39] <exec> 08└─more importantly they suffer from Chromatic aberration at higher prescriptions, if I look through the edge of my glasses red and blue are about 2 centimeters away from green, really annoying.
[21:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:32] <exec> 08└─This. If Google fucks up with Chromecast audio I'll loose $35 per device on my network but I'll still have a fully functional set of speakers. BTW Does anyone know why the Audios are out of stock ? Are they phased out ?
[21:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03koick [5420] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 910 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:33] <exec> 08└─I have two CR100's (got them over 10 years ago for the non-techy wife). I replaced their batteries about a year ago, and I'm miffed that they are being bricked, but not surprised because Sonos is a money grabbing POS company and I would never buy a product from them again. [Side story: I used to liv...
[21:02:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:19] <exec> 08└─> (it turns out the two-player mode is a lot easier than four-player!) Since it's a legacy game with a plot, it's also a lot easier if you already know what's coming. I know for a fact that there's things I'd do differently in both Seasons 1 and 2 if I played them again.
[21:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mayfair Games Closes After 36 Years of Board Games - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:21] <exec> 08└─Good point. I've only backed a few Kickstarter board game projects, but so far the results have been good. I remember Zeppelin Attacks! from Evil Hat Productions, I haven't played it much but it's fun when I do bring it out.
[21:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:57] <exec> 08└─"There's a serious reason why herbal products are no longer used directly in today's medicine... the amount of active ingredient in a particular herb varies greatly from plant to plant... Take digoxin, for instance"
[21:02:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:58] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't convict somebody of possessing Kratom, much less distributing it.
[21:04:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:04] <exec> 08└─In the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy: You might be an old-geek if... you've played MP3's from a floppy drive.
[21:04:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:05] <exec> 08└─I use mpd and mpvc (which does the same thing for mpv) to remotely control my media center box. Press a hotkey, ncmpcpp slides out, plus I have the play/pause, next, previous hotkeys. Another hotkey will show my videos and ask me which screen and audio out to use. It's very convenient for my setup,...
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[21:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:19] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter how great they make KiCAD. EAGLE will continue to be the standard, no matter how awful its licensing gets, because tons of hobbyists and engineers working on at-home projects keep recommending it for some reason, probably because a bunch of them have been using it for ages and all...
[21:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:20] <exec> 08└─After reading a bunch of the comments on that article, though, I have to say I really like the attitude those commenters have towards Autodesk/Cadsoft, and their pointing out the corruption at hackaday.com.
[21:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06That Mega-Vulnerability Cisco Dropped is Now Under Exploit - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:28] <exec> 08└─And, that's probably only busines/corporate owned stuff. Few home users are going to even notice this exploit. Maybe, just maybe, they'll become aware of it after their network has been hacked. Far more likely that only a couple percent of Cisco products are going to be patched.
[21:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06That Mega-Vulnerability Cisco Dropped is Now Under Exploit - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:30] <exec> 08└─Ah, but it is VPN stuff, the savior and first recommended solution to every mention of spying or hacking. And its probably something those VPN termination sites use. 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliance (ISA) ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewal...
[21:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06That Mega-Vulnerability Cisco Dropped is Now Under Exploit - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:32] <exec> 08└─I love how the word "security" is in the name of almost all of their security failures.
[22:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 3177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:03] <exec> 08└─Your post makes me believe that you have missed a point, Sulla. It isn't the opioids, so much, as the hard core PUSHING of those drugs. The drugs should be available, of course. They are valuable, when they are actually needed. But, they should be pretty much out of sight, and out of mind. Any reaso...
[22:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:04] <exec> 08└─Intention was to have pronunciation similarity to "cures all".
[22:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:06] <exec> 08└─Yep. Same here. I'm for legalization. I don't plan to use it any. Or possibly only in small amounts. I just think I should have the option. Amusing thing. I vacationed on Colorado last June. Visited a dispensary with friends. A box of 8 chocolates was like $30 or something. A bottle of 30 hydrocodon...
[22:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:08] <exec> 08└─The car crash rate has got every technerd in a rage to get human hands off of the steering wheel regardless of how immature the technology for doing so is. But ask these same people about the right to kill themselves with manufactured drugs and its suddenly a freedom of choice issue (as long as trea...
[22:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:10] <exec> 08└─IIRC what allowed drug companies to market to doctors and patients/prospective patients was the freedom of speech. I can't remember if the case reached SCOTUS or not, but a restriction of that magnitude may need an amendment.
[22:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:13] <exec> 08└─Sometimes drug use is caused by mental illness but mostly it is caused by a lifetime's worth of bad decisions made one day at a time. I have absolutely no sympathy towards filthy junkies shitting and pissing on my property and breaking into cars and houses in my neighborhood. In fact, I chase them a...
[22:00:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:39] <exec> 08└─Extra-Terrestrial? Entertainment Tonight? Evanka^W Ivanka Trump? Someone else? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:00:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:40] <exec> 08└─ET = Evil Twin (of that AC). :-)
[22:00:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:42] <exec> 08└─Or just lots of people trying to connect to it at the same time and it couldn't handle it. Like the Australian Census website a few months ago, which suffered a major outage on the actual Census date and they claimed they were attacked by a massive distributed-denial-of-service from IP addresses all...
[22:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:52] <exec> 08└─The copyrights would be solved by open sourcing it (putting it under a FOSS license). Patents could be held by some other party, where the manufacturer of the device only has a license to use it, and can't give it away, even if they wanted to.
[22:01:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:54] <exec> 08└─I would be pretty happy with a mother in law that wanted to suck the life out of me.
[22:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:56] <exec> 08└─No, wrong, The idea of compulsory licensing is to fill a demand. The owners of the copyrights/patents are entitled to a royalty, not control. The shortages and crippled technology we suffer are because of present day law allowing control of use and distribution.
[22:02:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 173 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:07] <exec> 08└─They want us to think that as little as copying a song is a crime? But doing stuff like this is just "playing the game"? But who has the guts to hold a LawMaker accountable?
[22:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06911 Fees Paid by Phone Customers “Stolen” by States to Fill Budget Gaps - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:17] <exec> 08└─The High courts of Arizona have declared that the state legislature can and regularly does have the right to use fund s from any source to spend any way they want. It is the state legislatures business and right to determine when and where funds are spent, and no rider on any bill that dictates wher...
[22:03:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 620 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I remember Realplayer. What I remember most clearly about Realplayer, was that it was a resource hog. Winamp played music, in the background, while I did whatever it was that I intended to do on the computer. The little jingle about the llama's ass was funny, and it made me like Winamp even mo...
[22:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:29] <exec> 08└─+ 1 Informative I must have stumbled upon Winamp when the resource hog part was happening.
[22:05:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Compromised Microsoft Windows-Based Industrial Control Systems Mined Cryptocurrencies - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:00] <exec> 08└─Now, have it as part of a system doing certifications of other systems. Now, connect it to a network that is part of a data acquisition setup. Things can quickly snowball--particularly with an OS that requires that band-aids be pasted all over it for "security". -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[22:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03BananaPhone [2488] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:27] <exec> 08└─Give it time. LibreOffice was built in a day either.
[22:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:29] <exec> 08└─Not a great comparison. LibreOffice descends from StarOffice, which was commercial software; it wasn't a hobbyist project initially. Also, LO has far wider appeal than EDA software, since most desktop computer users want an office suite. Finally, KiCad has been around for many years now, it's not ne...
[22:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:31] <exec> 08└─I switched a friend to kicad and he switch a few people at a maker club, even if the target audiences differ the technique behind the gospel is the same
[22:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:33] <exec> 08└─Among professionals, it's even worse, as from what I've seen, hardware engineers (esp. American ones) are generally big fans of Windows and proprietary tools and turn their noses up at Free software.
[22:59:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 378 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:59] <exec> 08└─You make a good point about the ridiculous waste of drug advertising. Part 3 could be to legalize weed. [drugabuse.com] Researchers quickly noticed that the rates of fatal opioid overdoses were significantly lower in states that had legalized medical marijuana. In 2010 alone, states with legalized m...
[23:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:18] <exec> 08└─T-Shirts I haven't seen. Doesn't mean they don't exist. Post its, pens, notepads, letter openers, paperweights, mousepads, flashlights, and every type of promotional gewgaw under the sun. If it is an office supply and can have the drug name put on it, it's probably had it. Lunches or dinners for phy...
[23:00:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 1232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:19] <exec> 08└─Generally speaking, EMT-B's mostly can't give the drugs - not the ones you're speaking of. An EMT-B's scope is oxygen, oral glucose, oral charcoal, aspirin, and maybe possibly nitro, albuterol, and epipen (though usually the last three are help patients to self-administer if they already have them.....
[23:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Purdue Pharma to Cut Sales Force, Stop Marketing Opioids to Doctors - 2227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:21] <exec> 08└─They are stopping marketing to doctors... How is this going to help now?!? Already a large portion of the population is addicted to opioids. Stopping marketing will not stop their desire/need for more. Opioids are already the first thought of many doctors when it comes to painkillers, whether the pa...
[23:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Winter Olympics Website Downed by Cyber Attack - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:51] <exec> 08└─...and, not to be outdone, South Korea had a figure skater who had a wardrobe malfunction. [google.com] N.B. Both of that skating pair hold USA citizenship. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[23:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:09] <exec> 08└─Are glasses overly heavy and cumbersome as they are?
[23:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:11] <exec> 08└─Sigma currently markets a fast 200-500 zoom lens for only about $26,000, for I believe a Canon mount. Sure would be nice to see similar lens as common and as inexpensive as some of their 18-70 or 18-250 lens for all major mounts.
[23:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Metasurfaces Enable Improved Optical Lens Performance - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:13] <exec> 08└─We need foldable phones.
[23:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:10] <exec> 08└─But since this is just the remote control, they have 100% control over the API between it and the speaker. There's no reason they shouldn't be able to freeze the code for the controller. More concerning is the whole battery thing Sonos threw into the discussion. Either it's pure FUD to frighten peop...
[23:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sonos Will Be Deliberately Breaking Existing Products - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:11] <exec> 08└─I've been keen on getting a Sonos for years, partly for the non-techy Mrs Zombie, but also because the wireless streaming of my music collection from my Serviio server seems like such a convenience. It turns out a Raspberry Pi, touchscreen and case paired with a pair of (quite nice) powered speaker...
[23:04:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Whipping the Llama's Ass" with this Javascript WinAmp Emulator - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:44] <exec> 08└─> I can't for the life of me remember what I used to listen to MP3's however. I used a program called - if memory serves - MAPlay+. No, I didn't much like WinAMP's UI either. If it's not the standard widgets I get twitchy.
[23:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grubhub Drivers Are Contractors—Not Employees—Judge Rules - 2096 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:59] <exec> 08└─California is dependent on the rest of the country for water You're talking about -Southern- California. ...but we still produce manufactured goods for the rest of the nation, are a major handler of imported goods via our ports, and refine a lot of petroleum for the western states. We also export el...
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[23:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Lithium Collection Method Could Boost Global Supply - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:18] <exec> 08└─There is a pattern that's emerging: New technology enabled by new materialUse begins to outstrip supplyMild panic with promises of future doomScience solves the supply problem or obviates the need Profit?
[23:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Lithium Collection Method Could Boost Global Supply - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:19] <exec> 08└─4. Science solves the supply problem or obviates the need
[23:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Lithium Collection Method Could Boost Global Supply - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:21] <exec> 08└─CSIRO blog [csiro.au]. Full text of TFSANP [sciencemag.org] (that's The Fine Scientific Article No Paywall): "Ultrafast selective transport of alkali metal ions in metal organic frameworks with subnanometer pores"
[23:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 1119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:33] <exec> 08└─StarOffice [started as] commercial software Yes, StarOffice started out as closed-source stuff. It was written by a single individual, Marco Börries, for an 8-bit system. He later ported it to other platforms. It took him a year before his thing was incorporated, and I can't find any evidence which...
[23:59:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:35] <exec> 08└─[Users of proprietary tools] are going to fight any change to what they use Good luck with that, guys. The big fish swallow up the little fish, then stop supporting and/or make obsolete the wares of their former competitors. ...particularly in the ECAD market. I saw it repeatedly in the days I was r...
[23:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What's Coming In KiCAD Version 5 - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:37] <exec> 08└─I guess the LHC is a kind of hobby
[23:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06That Mega-Vulnerability Cisco Dropped is Now Under Exploit - 854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:48] <exec> 08└─The security advisory [cisco.com] from Cisco states that: The vulnerability is due to an issue with allocating and freeing memory when processing a malicious XML payload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted XML packet to a vulnerable interface on an affected system. An...