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[00:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:54] <exec> 08└─THIS MAN HAS STOLEN MY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. WHILE I"VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION IT IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT TO ADD THE FOLLOWING TWO LINKS TO YOUR HOSTS FILE: 127.0.0.1 WWW.GOOGLE-ANALYTICS.COM 127.0.0.1 SSL.GOOGLE-ANALYTICS.COM IF YOU DON"T KNOW WHAT A HOSTS FILE IS ASK SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY INTO YOUR CO...
[00:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:55] <exec> 08└─news from 2015: [zdnet.com] Amazon has force-reset an unknown number of accounts, after passwords may have been compromised. A number of readers told ZDNet they received an email from Amazon saying the company has reset their account password. The message was also sent to their account message cente...
[00:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:57] <exec> 08└─That's the way all sites should be designed. All hosts should have privacy in mind. While compromises have to be made, website designers should opt for privacy whenever possible. That should be the "default" when considering any and all options. Don't invite Google, Amazon, Facebook, and dozens of a...
[00:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:00] <exec> 08└─How do you add something to a hosts file? I'm using OSFree, can you please help? You got my attention, NOW HELP ME!
[00:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 1257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:02] <exec> 08└─Should... But most people seem to have a sense of derision for anyone that wants privacy. The brainwashing and stupidity is real folks! Even smart techies will say "meh, I just assume everything is public so whatever" and "I don't care if they know I bought a shirt from amazon" or whatever. The "if...
[00:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:04] <exec> 08└─SO YOU"LL HAVE TO ASK ANONYMOUS COWARD.
[00:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:21] <exec> 08└─Hey little Bot, can I give you 5 bucks to get lost, while I make out with your big sister?
[00:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 1229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:43] <exec> 08└─If you are downloading software from someone, AND that someone says they are going to give you "free cryptocurrency," then I would recommend a healthy dose of skepticism. Sure, maybe it's a world of advertisers paying you, but it's also possible you're mining cryptocurrency for them. Especially if y...
[00:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 2514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:31] <exec> 08└─No, the problem is that the old system is the one with the people with guns and the power to put you in gaol insist that all currency shalt be used in the approved manner, and if the new system hopes to survive it shalt pay homage to the people with the guns and the power to put you in gaol. Which i...
[00:41:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:33] <exec> 08└─the dollar has lost around 98% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve became responsible for managing it.
[00:41:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:35] <exec> 08└─Not just counterfeit but also seize when they don't like something you've done. They don't usually bother with small fish, but it's always a possibility that you lose effective title to everything you own, especially including your liquid and credit accounts, due to a law enforcement agency's claim...
[00:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:37] <exec> 08└─All those with entrepreneurial spirit and a respect for the rights of the individual (especially in the face of authoritarian Tyrannies) left your country long ago for the United States. The world was never moved forward by men of your ilk.
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[01:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 1472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:04] <exec> 08└─A heavily obese man known as Edwardson stood on the city sidewalk. At first glance, this man's appearance was nothing special. But that was only someone's initial impression. The stunning truth was that diuretic feces constantly leaked from Edwardson's foul anus. Yes, this man was extraordinary; it...
[01:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:23] <exec> 08└─For a while I was doing my gmail with Tor just so I could contribute some encrypted traffic to defeat the NSA. DuckDuckGo has a .onion hidden service. Perhaps Facebook could be convince to as well.
[01:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:24] <exec> 08└─If the robot doesn't immediately spy on users when it comes out, then it doesn't matter. Don't pay any attention to future threats, and become dependent upon these devices, Consumer.
[01:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 1062 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:26] <exec> 08└─Yeah...all I need is a robot following me around, getting stuck in doorways and on carpets and breaking down all the time, just so I can say "Alexa, order me a new robot cos this one just broke down and now I'm stuck here waiting for an Uber car to come and pick us up so I can fecking get home even...
[01:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:29] <exec> 08└─Hehe you are a funny guy, ac. I'll blend you last.
[01:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:31] <exec> 08└─Wildcards would shrink that list to about 5 or 6 lines, and not require constant updates.
[01:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:33] <exec> 08└─The Alexabot will keep track of the weeks to automatically refill the drawer with tampons and/or pads, and chocolate.
[01:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:36] <exec> 08└─You forgot tranquilizers.
[01:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:59] <exec> 08└─the response was to go even deeper into the rabbit hole, taking us to our current Orwellian state of surveillance.
[01:40:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 354 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:12] <exec> 08└─Wow, so she was there at the very beginning of Japan's rise to global power when they beat the Russians in the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, watched their military power peak in WWII, then defeat, then their economic might crest in the 80's, then slide into malaise. It's hard to imagine a more dramatic s...
[01:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:51] <exec> 08└─After WWII, the devastated countries realized that the only way to keep the global currency system working was to based every currency on the U.S. dollar, which was based on the Gold Standard, but then to maintain the enormous power that this gave the United States, the U.S. government unilaterally...
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[02:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:55] <exec> 08└─From the 99 warnings of beer dept. Use a VPN.
[02:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:57] <exec> 08└─Where can I buy mp3s of most books and be able to copy those mp3 files onto my dumb, tiny, and multi-day battery life MP3 player? I've only found services which let you download DRMed files. The audio versions are also often more expensive than the physical copies. That's simply unacceptable. When a...
[02:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:59] <exec> 08└─I'll think about it when I actually get the first one, so it will definitely require at least one.
[02:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:01] <exec> 08└─I'm not worried because I don't pirate anything. If I want it bad enough to listen to it or watch it I buy it. The content creators deserve their piece of the pie.
[02:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 2381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:03] <exec> 08└─Poverty-stricken neighborhoods and lawlessness go hand-in-hand. That's why the seedy-looking building on the edge of a certain neighborhood went largely unnoticed; it blended in perfectly with its surroundings. What was in this building, and what was its purpose? An ordinary person would be afraid t...
[02:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:06] <exec> 08└─How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop?
[02:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 927 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:08] <exec> 08└─GOT suffered from piracy, but that helped it take off. People bought the books (,I did and bought a set for my dad) then pirated the show, found out it was amazing and am buying the box set. Some people buy the shirts, etc. Piracy HELPED GOT and look at the franchise they've built with rumours of pr...
[02:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:10] <exec> 08└─At a CDDA store However I torrented shamelessly when I was homeless But now I buy totally honest CDDA media
[02:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:12] <exec> 08└─Your refusal to accept additional/new definitions of a word, or the expansion of the English language, doesn't stop a word from meaning what you don't want it to. In fact, willful ignorance undermines any other arguments that you make.
[02:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:15] <exec> 08└─You've got it all wrong. It isn't the creators pie being guarded. It's the corporate pie. Those silly bastards in suits can't write songs, or stories. They can't act. They can't do jack. Instead, they write contracts for gullible artists to sign. They toss the artist a few crumbs, while they devour...
[02:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:17] <exec> 08└─How do you know you'll like it if you can't see it? If you don't have HBO, how do you know Game of Thrones is worth subscribing to HBO? https://www.smh.com.au [smh.com.au] GOT director saying piracy helped GOT due to...
[02:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:19] <exec> 08└─And, you've got that backward. When we accept the terminology that someone pushes on us, then we have allowed them to create and set the narrative. File copying is not piracy. Piracy involves rape, pillage, death, theft. File copying results in zero death, zero pregnancies, zero pillaging, and no lo...
[02:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:21] <exec> 08└─It is not a consumer's responsibility to manage the accounting practices of the publishers, et al. If the artists are not getting their fair share then that is their battle to wage. Pirating the content - especially when pretending to do it because you don't like corporations - does not put a penny...
[02:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:24] <exec> 08└─How do you know you'll like it if you can't see it?
[02:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:26] <exec> 08└─Have you, my dear friend, figured out why the children scream when ugly obese men force them to play 'Privates'? Well, have you? Because I have. I have, and I love it.
[02:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:28] <exec> 08└─And, you've got that backward. When we accept the terminology that someone pushes on us, then we have allowed them to create and set the narrative.
[02:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:31] <exec> 08└─But at the same time, there's no reason that we have to use their inflammatory language to describe an activity that we are fine with. Just because a word exists doesn't mean you have to use it, or that you can't criticize others for using it.
[02:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:33] <exec> 08└─A "Troll" for paying for things? Is this really what has become of our culture? I work hard for a living and I can spend my money anyway I see fit, and that includes paying for music or movies or whatever entertainment I choose to consume.
[02:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:35] <exec> 08└─ISP: International Seas Police (Naval Interpol) As for email, let's see: Ensign mail? You know, when they wave the flags around to send a message? Sure, that must be it. Yeah. As in: "Larboard side, send the Admiral an email to tell him to get bent! ...oh, he already IS bent....huh...he's always com...
[02:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:37] <exec> 08└─As part of society, I reject that type of thing. Most intelligent people do as well. Piracy is violent. File copy is not. You have accepted the brainwashing imposed by the MPAA and other maafiosa.
[02:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:40] <exec> 08└─Exactly. Now, once I purchase something, I'll gladly liberate it from DRM if it's so encumbered, but I will purchase content I want to read/watch/listen to as I want to support the creators and show both the creator and publisher that there is demand for said content.
[02:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:42] <exec> 08└─Just like hacking/cracking. People have accepted the dumb media's definition of hacker over cracker. Hackers hack: crackers crack, but now everyone is evil hackers. Now if only we could get the media to start calling dumb fucks 'sheeple', we could have a real larf! :) "Tonight at 11, sheeple gets st...
[02:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:44] <exec> 08└─It is the consumer's responsibility to spend his money wisely. There's no point in making the suits richer. Going down to your local bar, and tipping the live band does more for culture than paying the suits for their exploitative contracts.
[02:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:46] <exec> 08└─But at the same time, there's no reason that we have to use their inflammatory language to describe an activity that we are fine with.
[02:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:49] <exec> 08└─As someone who's done some "content creating" in my time, and knows other folks who are more in the industry than me: GP is right, the benefits usually go to executives at the handful of companies that control almost all media in the US [businessinsider.com]. The main method they use for this is by...
[02:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:51] <exec> 08└─Not a troll for paying for "things". Maybe a troll for paying for imaginary property, and for conforming to all the DRM hoops imposed on you. Unless . . . you're just another shill. There are plenty of those around!
[02:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:53] <exec> 08└─What is a CDDA store? Are they located close to Walmart?
[02:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:07] <exec> 08└─HE SAYS NOTHING THAT WOULD HELP HIS READERS PROTECT THEIR OWN PRIVACY.
[02:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:32] <exec> 08└─Yeah...all I need is a robot following me around, getting stuck in doorways and on carpets and breaking down all the time, just so I can say "Alexa, order me a new robot cos this one just broke down and now I'm stuck here waiting for an Uber car to come and pick us up so I can fecking get home even...
[02:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:57] <exec> 08└─Just add the proper user agent or cookies or whatever to wget -p -O /dev/null https://wherever.example [wherever.example] https://somewhere.else.invalid [somewhere.else.invalid]
[02:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:49] <exec> 08└─Do you mean harvesting the organs of convicted criminals? That's great!
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[03:39:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 241 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:19] <exec> 08└─It is the consumer's responsibility to spend his money wisely. There's no point in making the suits richer. Going down to your local bar, and tipping the live band does more for culture than paying the suits for their exploitative contracts.
[03:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:25] <exec> 08└─We got a warning, years ago. Then we got another a few years later. Each time, I have taken steps to prevent being targeted. Most torrenting in this house is done by the wife, and she has lapsed. I really need to get her to using the VPN again. Maybe I find some horror stories to send her, and tell...
[03:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:27] <exec> 08└─As part of society, I reject that type of thing. Most intelligent people do as well.
[03:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:29] <exec> 08└─Should we afford them the same courtesy?
[03:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:32] <exec> 08└─A troll for paying for content? Music is not imaginary. Movies are not imaginary. And anyone who would dare to comment that they pay for content must be a shill? Don't you mean anyone who disagrees with your practice of not paying for content is a shill? You proudly shout from the rooftops that you...
[03:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:34] <exec> 08└─I don't disagree that many artists get screwed by bad deals. But they agreed to the terms of the contact and should have had their lawyers review the deal and warn them of the dangers and pitfalls. At some point people are responsible for their own actions, including entering into contracts.
[03:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimios [201] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:36] <exec> 08└─I'm an avid anime watcher. I HAD subscriptions for all major platforms (Crunchyroll, Funimation, Amazon). However since I can't watch most of the shows due to licensing/regional restrictions I unsubscribed after 1-2 months (I made sure to have paid at least one month and I let them know the reason w...
[03:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:38] <exec> 08└─Most people want to believe they are intelligent. And, of course intelligent people are harder to brainwash. But, your assertion that you are intelligent doesn't make you intelligent. Just how high did you rank on all those tests you took in high school and/or college? How many of them did you just...
[03:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:41] <exec> 08└─Most on the bands I listen to do not play at my local bar. Many of them are no longer together, nor where they when I bought the CD. Some of them were even dead at the time or are dead now. Your plan really limits what I can listen to (unless I download it without paying like you do).
[03:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:43] <exec> 08└─Have you tipped any artists, lately? I have.
[03:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:45] <exec> 08└─So, do you imagine that the money you spend on vinyl, or cd or whatever is benefitting those dead artists? How does that work?
[03:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:47] <exec> 08└─Right. And, at what point does society, as a whole, reject those bogus contracts? "You, the artist, are obligated to produce art, for as long as we can profit from your art. In exchange, we'll make you famous, and we'll treat you like a pampered pet, for as long as the company can profit from doing...
[03:39:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:50] <exec> 08└─First of all, use a VPN. Stream. Switch to more available productions that are freely distributed (podcasts, indie music, etc). Publishers do not respect the general population or copyright law. They have openly perverted it through lobbying and trade agreements. Therefore, I no longer respect copyr...
[03:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:52] <exec> 08└─BTW - thanks for exposing yourself. I believe that you are the same ac who expressed concern for starving artists above. Your most recent post clearly states that you don't give two shits about those artists. You're a shill, and not a very good one. Thank you for confirming that.
[03:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:54] <exec> 08└─How high did I score? Full scholarship off my pre-SAT. Never took the SATs and I graduated as a junior (I even skipped the 5th grade). Never was suspected of cheating because tests always came easy. What about you? Or do you not like the term "cheating" to describe getting around the test rules beca...
[03:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 1159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:56] <exec> 08└─I tip by attending gigs/performances, and buying merchandise. I buy music from artist's sites, directly, or from the band, at the gig. My money goes to the artist, not "the record company" I buy cds and rip them to whatever format I need.. FLAC, mp3, whatever. Record companies had a place, before in...
[03:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:59] <exec> 08└─The estates of deceased artists, performers, writers, authors, etc continue to get their residuals. For someone who claims to be more intelligent than everyone else you sure ask some dumb questions. Here's the difference between you and me when it comes to this topic: I don't care that you download...
[03:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:01] <exec> 08└─I am not the AC who mentioned or offered support for starving artists. I'm the one who said artists are responsible for any contract they sign. Just a reminder - just because someone disagrees with you does not make them a shill.
[03:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:03] <exec> 08└─Society should reject contacts that individuals enter into willingly? What kind of communism are you preaching? Look, at some point people are responsible form their own actions whether it is signing a contract thinking they are going to become a big star or pirating content because they feel that p...
[03:40:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:06] <exec> 08└─The estates of deceased artists, performers, writers, authors, etc continue to get their residuals. Yeah, well, that's the rip off. Those people did nothing to earn that. Bunch of damn rent collectors is all they are. Fuck them! I support the creator/performer, not some stupid license holder.
[03:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:08] <exec> 08└─What kind of communism are you preaching?
[03:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:10] <exec> 08└─I tip everyone, from the counter girl at the deli, to any waitstaff (including the local restaurants were I eat for free), to my mechanic, to the landscapers who make sure I've left for the morning before starting up their noisy machines, to the local youth sports teams that collect money or have ca...
[03:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:12] <exec> 08└─Just how high did you rank on all those tests you took in high school and/or college?
[03:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:27] <exec> 08└─Choosing NOT to inject your web site with malicious, third-party scripts will also improve performance and reliability. Of course by malicious I mean Google, Facebook, Amazon, 3rd party fonts, etc. There is nothing wrong with writing a simple, static, HTML (and CSS if you must) web site and dropping...
[03:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:54] <exec> 08└─Somewhere, deep in the bowels of amazon's NSA Outreach Division, someone asked the question, "How can we 3D map everyone's home, search for contraband, and provide ourselves a limitless supply of dick pics?" And here, finally, we have the answer.
[03:41:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 785 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:11] <exec> 08└─You can't have an Ad-blocking browser that also serves ads. It's an adware version of anti-ad technology, which just another way to say that it's a militarized browser designed to protect a single advertising platform, while strategically denying all opponents the ability to operate in the same mark...
[03:41:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:20] <exec> 08└─Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of the Brave browser.
[03:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:22] <exec> 08└─Investments mostly work on the power of psychological influence. If it was on actual innate value, stocks would crash too.
[03:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:16] <exec> 08└─It is way worse, actually. Every time you "push Bitcoins all over" you have to record each transaction and report it to IRS in dollar amount and pay capital gain taxes if any. No, you can't submit a summary similar to 1099. You have to submit each and every transaction period. Messing with IRS? Good...
[03:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Food Allergy Linked to Skin Exposure and Genetics - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:02] <exec> 08└─wait a minute, she developed an allergy to this product, but kept using it on your kid? Something doesn't compute here...
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[04:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:50] <exec> 08└─did they at least consider these: https://www.neuticles.com [neuticles.com] ?
[04:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:52] <exec> 08└─That stands for "dick shot off". It has a long history, dating back at least to a world war. This is one of the more terrifying possible injuries. You can lose an eye or a foot and still feel 100% manly.
[04:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:56] <exec> 08└─1. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] 2. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] aka yellow dots
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[05:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fadrian [3194] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Exascale System for Earth Simulation Introduced - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:53] <exec> 08└─Well, I guess the administration can repurpose the system to simulate nuclear weapons. That's in the same department. Who needs this sciency stuff more than our valiant warriors anyway?
[05:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:02] <exec> 08└─It originally stood for Distinguished Service Order. Then, along came the humourists.
[05:39:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 47 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:15] <exec> 08└─How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop?
[05:39:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 415 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:19] <exec> 08└─You've got it all wrong. It isn't the creators pie being guarded. It's the corporate pie. Those silly bastards in suits can't write songs, or stories. They can't act. They can't do jack. Instead, they write contracts for gullible artists to sign. They toss the artist a few crumbs, while they devour...
[05:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:59] <exec> 08└─When are copyright holders going to deliver what customers want?
[05:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:01] <exec> 08└─Oh, people should be much more careful about what they sign, no doubt about it. Doesn't counter the point that the media companies are evil and you're stupid for obeying their dictates and internalising their corrupted definitions as your own.
[05:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:05] <exec> 08└─So increase it to 300,000 per second - the threshold is entirely arbitrary, based on a large number of very adjustable variables.
[05:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach - 1700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:05] <exec> 08└─All news sites suck. The just suck in different ways. The best counter to that is to try to use articles that are as close to the primary source as possible. Bleeping Computer is almost always a layer or two further away from the primary source than the more timely sites. If you aren't receiving th...
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[06:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:52] <exec> 08└─So essentially races on those super earths would have to realize that when they try to leave the planet, they should do so with the intent of immediately setting up a permanent living structure/base/etc on a nearby moon/planet/etc since it would not be feasible to keep making trips to and from the p...
[06:39:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 677 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:39] <exec> 08└─As someone who's done some "content creating" in my time, and knows other folks who are more in the industry than me: GP is right, the benefits usually go to executives at the handful of companies that control almost all media in the US [businessinsider.com]. The main method they use for this is by...
[06:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 1723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:06] <exec> 08└─I think everyone will agree that artists deserve compensation. But copyright is fundamentally broken, and unfair to all of us. Technology has advanced to make the distribution of music far, far cheaper than ever before. The music industry has grudgingly, after great pressure, conceded that 99 cents...
[06:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:08] <exec> 08└─Wikipedia says [wikipedia.org] "ℵ1 is the cardinality of the set of all countable ordinal numbers, called ω1 or (sometimes) Ω. This ω1 is itself an ordinal number larger than all countable ones, so it is an uncountable set."
[06:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 869 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:10] <exec> 08└─No, I don't think so. If you're not a shill, you are brainwashed, and you'd do well to listen humbly and try to understand. You might even thank us. Surely you've heard the "copying is not stealing" argument? No one said they didn't want to compensate the artists. When you suggest people "don't want...
[06:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MadTinfoilHatter [4635] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:12] <exec> 08└─Maybe I find some horror stories to send her, and tell her to fire up the VPN.
[06:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:28] <exec> 08└─Or you could ask APK:)
[06:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:29] <exec> 08└─I THINK your caps lock might be stuck:)
[06:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:55] <exec> 08└─I read you or first link, but that's not how we measure dates today. The first century started in 1 CE (An arbitrary year). One hundred years makes a century. Therefore the first century spanned from 1CE to 100 CE. The second century, then, started in 101 CE. This puts 1899 and 1900 in the 19th cen...
[06:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:20] <exec> 08└─The 2016 audit found Unisys itself was meeting standards, but the department of Internal Services was lacking on security controls. Hundreds of old user accounts still had access to unauthorized data, managers failed to take part in required meetings with the contractor and documents sent to the pro...
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[07:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:57] <exec> 08└─Anything goes up here, eh?
[07:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:58] <exec> 08└─I'm surprised the article makes no mention of space planes.
[07:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:00] <exec> 08└─I suspect the article's conclusion is probably correct, but perhaps there are other technologies than chemical rockets they could use to overcome gravity instead and might eventually discover. Another issue might be the desire to go in the first place; in an environment that's not even particularly...
[07:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:03] <exec> 08└─Same problem. You need much more fuel to generate the necessary lift, even allowing for a potentially denser atmosphere (which is another challege to reach orbit - more atmospheric friction), which probably makes conventional aircraft, hot air balloons, and all the other methods that we use to get a...
[07:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:05] <exec> 08└─Many are the Terrans who are similarly tethered by the force of gravity, especially many Americans, who are too fat to even fit in a space ship, even if there was enough fuel to launch them out of the gravity well. Who wants "Fatties in Space"?
[07:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:23] <exec> 08└─Your refusal to accept additional/new definitions of a word, or the expansion of the English language, doesn't stop a word from meaning what you don't want it to.
[07:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:24] <exec> 08└─Such a situation is created and enforced by copyright law. That's its original purpose: to criminalize competing with leading publishers who basically act as oligopoly. If you had a slightest chance to go to other publisher who doesn't rip you off so much they wouldn't behave so. But such a publishe...
[07:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:43] <exec> 08└─WITH MY LEFT PINKY> I DID THIS SOMETIMES AT KURO%HIN BUT NOW KURO%HIN IS IN THE GREAT DATA CENTER IN THE SKY>
[07:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:44] <exec> 08└─I've always used my thumb for the Caps key, once you get used to the whole crossing your arms while typing thing, it's much faster:) Try it for a week!
[07:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:11] <exec> 08└─Don't forget to piss on their graves.
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[08:39:04] <exec> 08└─> perhaps there are other technologies than chemical rockets they could use to overcome gravity instead and might eventually discover. Yeah, the biggest hole in the article is that it assumes intelligent aliens living on alien (non-earthlike) planets would develop technology along the same lines as...
[08:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:05] <exec> 08└─It depends a lot on the atmosphere. When we launch a rocket, the first stage is basically to get it through the atmosphere, with the second (in a two-stage rocket) accelerating to orbital speed. A thinner atmosphere would allow the first stage to be smaller. A thicker atmosphere would make using an...
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[08:39:08] <exec> 08└─Same problem. You need much more fuel to generate the necessary lift, even allowing for a potentially denser atmosphere (which is another challege to reach orbit - more atmospheric friction), which probably makes conventional aircraft, hot air balloons, and all the other methods that we use to get a...
[08:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:23] <exec> 08└─I hope the doctors are happy with themselves -- this sounds like a total dick move.
[08:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:28] <exec> 08└─Windows was on top for over a decade, and Office still rules the roost, because of illegal copying -- people with windows/office at work brought them home, installed them on their own computers, and that was what everyone grew up with. If you had to buy Office and Windows in the 90s, I suspect the P...
[08:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:30] <exec> 08└─They are the ones responsible for signing those contracts, but the rest of us shouldn't be. We shouldn't be the ones paying for the artists' mistakes. We should be allowed to do the capitalist thing and vote with our wallets to support the artists, not the executives. The whole corporate communism i...
[08:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:32] <exec> 08└─Depends on the method of warning. Since I don't have an email via my ISP one from my ISP would indicate a high degree of knowledge about me that would be very chilling. If they managed a single phone call to me it would really have an impact. Could you imagine the scenario... "Good Afternoon Neo, th...
[08:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:34] <exec> 08└─I've noticed an interesting thing with the younger generation: They can see that copying is not actually stealing, so it becomes copying is just like stealing, except it's not. Stealing is illegal. Which ends up with the conclusion that copying is just like illegal, except it's not. Because the narr...
[08:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kawumpa [1187] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:37] <exec> 08└─Perhaps you should pira download a more current dictionary?
[08:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:39] <exec> 08└─I am so smrt, so very smrt....SMRT
[08:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:41] <exec> 08└─Let's set up a simple rule: Start at zero. Every time you get a copyright warning for illegally downloading, add one. Every time you watch a copyright warning you paid for (e.g. a DVD or at the cinema), subtract one. When the result is positive, pay for what you watch. When the result is negative, t...
[08:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:43] <exec> 08└─For someone who claims to be more intelligent than everyone else you sure ask some dumb questions.
[08:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:45] <exec> 08└─Weasel alert! Change of subject detected! Let's get back to "poor artists" angle.
[08:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:48] <exec> 08└─GOT director saying piracy helped GOT due to buzz, etc.
[08:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:07] <exec> 08└─Short version: Don't be a cut'n'paste moron like the ones you'd find on StackOverflow and a bunch of similar sites. No, you don't need jQuery to create a manu with links to your three sub-pages. No, you don't need Youtube to host your cat videos. No, you don't need Google Analytics... Take a look at...
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[08:43:58] <exec> 08└─Fnord666 writes: This hasn't been the best week for WikiLeaks, to put it mildly. Coinbase has shut off the WikiLeaks Shop's account for allegedly violating the cryptocurrency exchange's terms of service. In other words, the leak site just lost its existing means of converting payments like bitcoi...
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[09:38:53] <exec> 08└─"Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland," What god damn people are that dumb?
[09:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:00] <exec> 08└─Enough proof that violent video games affect the mental state of players :)
[09:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03lgsoynews [1235] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 1042 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:02] <exec> 08└─I'm french. I learned english (and spanish) at school (80s and 90s). But as you probably all know, learning in a school environment is very limiting: to really learn a foreign language nothing beats being immersed or at least having some "real world" practice... The reason I got good in english (but...
[09:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:17] <exec> 08└─Getting altitude is only half the battle. the real trick is to be going fast enough so you can get a stable orbit. Source: Kerbal Space Program.
[09:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:19] <exec> 08└─Walt Disney, tremendous builder, very smart guy. He saw so many rockets launching in Florida. He built Disney World in Florida. But, Florida is VERY FLAT (very hard to be a 10). So he built Space Mountain. Best place in our Country for rockets!
[09:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:37] <exec> 08└─Seems the young man can put the truck balls away now.
[09:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:38] <exec> 08└─That requires a name server (e.g. dnsmasq) though.
[09:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:07] <exec> 08└─EMAIL was a big problem for Crooked Hillary. She lost very badly because of it. And when we lock her up it'll become a bigger problem for her. And it's a problem for me. Folks ask for my EMAIL address, I tell them "no." I tell them I don't do EMAIL. But it comes anyway. So much comes! Big waste of m...
[09:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Electronic Book Format Unveiled: WebBook - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:49] <exec> 08└─These systems look promising. I'm guessing this software will work only with DRM-free books. -- hendrik
[09:47:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Electronic Book Format Unveiled: WebBook - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:51] <exec> 08└─Not only that, I'd like to be able to write software that runs on the device.
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[10:38:52] <exec> 08└─Lots, including many in the USA: http://mentalfloss.com [mentalfloss.com]
[10:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:54] <exec> 08└─Have you meet people? There are some that are dumber.
[10:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:19] <exec> 08└─I should probably add that once you are above the atmosphere, orbital speed still depends on the size of the planet. A larger planet requires a larger orbit, which requires a higher speed. A larger planet is usually also more heavy, which means more gravity, which requires a higher speed to reach or...
[10:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:21] <exec> 08└─Yes, you're going to get more lift, but you're also going to be expending all that extra lift on the increased weight of the aircraft, fuel, passengers, cargo, etc. with the higher gravity, and that's before you factor in any increase in mass required to deal with the extra stresses that higher grav...
[10:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:23] <exec> 08└─Nuclear rockets. We developed them, but not to use due to primarily to politics (not sure to radiation, investigateme designs are very clean, and most are cleaner than true open air testing we did do). This appears to be yet more 'science' since by people with no ability to investigate or research o...
[10:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:41] <exec> 08└─In 2016 someone successfully transplanted an entire penis and scrotum into the White House.
[10:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:42] <exec> 08└─Castratii rejoice!
[10:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:13] <exec> 08└─Google wants that, Facebook wants that. If they merge, maybe, probably, they'll get it. It's called a monopoly, everybody wants it. Somebody will get it. Maybe Brendan will get it, he's a smart guy. I just want it to go to AMERICANS. So we can keep the jobs in our Country!
[10:42:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:14] <exec> 08└─I don't think you have to print this one. I think it's pure cyber, like BitCoin. If you have to print it, not great. Because you need computer and printer. You don't need computer. But, very hard to print from a phone, believe me!
[10:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:48] <exec> 08└─Very nice and "smart," tweet. Beautiful reminder about Jesus -- tremendous guy, a truly great leader, possibly the greatest before me. I love to go to church and drink my little wine and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of forgiveness. I do that as often as I can because I feel cleanse...
[10:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:50] <exec> 08└─Some people are old at 70, some are sprightly at 95. This 105 year old guy could probably beat me at 36 on a bike: https://www.telegraph.co.uk [telegraph.co.uk]
[10:45:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:45:18] <exec> 08└─He has a GoFundMe. But, very DUMB to donate to it!
[10:45:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:45:19] <exec> 08└─Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process? We have so many hackers. In Canada, in England, in Russia, in many places. This one hasn't been convicted. I think he's guilty, but I'm not the judge.
[10:48:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Electronic Book Format Unveiled: WebBook - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:04] <exec> 08└─It's primarily used in Russia.
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[11:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:49] <exec> 08└─But believe me, Saudi is having big problems with drones. The kind that KILL. And the rebels in Yemen don't ask for permission. But I made a great deal so Saudi Arabia can defend itself. Without the HUGE subsidies they were getting. They're paying their own way, that's so important!
[11:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:59] <exec> 08└─He was originally thinking iSwatini, but didn't want to raise the ire of Apple. Swatini 365would confuse people when a leap year came around. And mySwatini is so last decade. The main thing was to get a recognisable brand so they could maintain their tiered subscription model.
[11:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:02] <exec> 08└─There was that episode of "are you smarter than a 5th grader?" where the lady wasnt sure if europe or paris or rome were countries and didnt believe a country could be name hungary but if it did exist then it should take over turkey.
[11:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:12] <exec> 08└─#Me too. I really liked the old 1980s Sierra adventures games where you typed in commands to make the player do things before they went point and click. School all the way to university had precious little to teach me afterwards.
[11:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:33] <exec> 08└─New reality TV weight loss channel: "Lost, in space"
[11:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:34] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing that larger planets will have very high wind speeds at higher altitudes. If I were that alien, I'd design a ship that could take advantage of those speeds. It wouldn't be enough to get off the planet, but it would require a lot less fuel than the article is assuming.
[11:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:55] <exec> 08└─She's pregnant? But you said you wouldn't fuck her with my dick!
[11:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:11] <exec> 08└─File copying results in zero death, zero pregnancies, zero pillaging, and no lost property. That is not true: my girlfriend's second pregnancy was the direct of copying a file. (Details withheld to protect the guilty) -- You have the right to a 5 1/4" floppy
[11:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:13] <exec> 08└─Courtney Love deserves Nirvana residules, why? Oh: because she married him, she should own the rights to Nirvana's songs over, you know, Nirvana's band members.
[11:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:15] <exec> 08└─Let's not be hypocritical - Amazon sells DRM free, un-watermarked mp3s, exactly what you want. They have for years.
[11:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 1319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:32] <exec> 08└─Somehow, I have the feeling that if Bitcoin could scale from 3 per minute to 300,000 per second without losing security or increasing power demand, it would have done it. At 3 per minute, we're sucking down more electricity than all of Iceland (pre-BTC processing). After 10 years, Bitcoin cash is bu...
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[12:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:10] <exec> 08└─"Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland," - What god damn people are that dumb? It depends on what you mean by dumb: ignorant, or stupid (intellectually challenged). Many people are ignorant, and you should not mock people for their ignorance: their life experience could be very...
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[12:39:11] <exec> 08└─I believe it's somewhere between Zamunda [wikipedia.org] and Nambia [bbc.co.uk]
[12:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kell [292] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:13] <exec> 08└─As much as I feel that the new name represents a progress move forward towards a digital future of the kingdom, I can't help but imagine "eSwatini" as being something a Jawa would yell.
[12:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:15] <exec> 08└─Nearly a third of the country's population lives in extreme poverty, and about as many are infected with H.I.V., one of the world's highest prevalence rates for the virus. Life expectancy is low, around 50. A recent drought and an infestation of armyworms, an invasive species, devastated crops.
[12:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:46] <exec> 08└─The only way I know to take advantage of wind (for flying) is to react against the ground, like a kite. The problem with kites for an initial "boost stage" is that they don't give you any orbital velocity (except whatever you get from planet rotation).
[12:41:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:25] <exec> 08└─Thank you Sam Cooke.
[12:41:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:27] <exec> 08└─Office, yes. Windows: I'm not so sure. Most computer owners just used whatever OS was on their machine when bought, and only change when they buy a new machine. (Hence Microsoft's pains at getting people to upgrade to later versions of Windows when the interval between individuals' computer purchase...
[12:41:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:29] <exec> 08└─Compare with the shareware approach of the 90s: get them hooked, let them get their friends hooked, and then offer a way for them to give you money.
[12:41:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 326 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:39] <exec> 08└─That's the way all sites should be designed. All hosts should have privacy in mind. While compromises have to be made, website designers should opt for privacy whenever possible. That should be the "default" when considering any and all options. Don't invite Google, Amazon, Facebook, and dozens of a...
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[13:38:50] <exec> 08└─... open source projects. Perhaps they still do. If you're on a tight budget ask for a .cx domain for your code.
[13:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:13] <exec> 08└─No, he should have gone with "eSwazblockchain". That would have gotten Wall Street and other idiots pouring money in.
[13:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:14] <exec> 08└─How about he rename it: Shithole
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[13:39:16] <exec> 08└─eSwatni is a great place racist-homophobic-fascist-Islamophobic-bigot! It doesn't need you! It is great already! Also, please let their refugees into your Western Democracies, they cannot survive back home!
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[13:39:19] <exec> 08└─Mswati argued that the kingdom's name had long caused confusion. "Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland,"
[13:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:21] <exec> 08└─eSwazFaceblockchain
[13:39:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03lgsoynews [1235] 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 1042 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:29] <exec> 08└─I'm french. I learned english (and spanish) at school (80s and 90s). But as you probably all know, learning in a school environment is very limiting: to really learn a foreign language nothing beats being immersed or at least having some "real world" practice... The reason I got good in english (but...
[13:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:33] <exec> 08└─Can you recommend any french text games?
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[13:39:56] <exec> 08└─This "article" was pretty heavily covered in the Niven Known Space series by multiple authors. When a species gets into space is heavily dependent upon the technical challenges of getting into space from their planet. Thus, the less socially developed - more war-like races come from smaller gravity...
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[13:39:58] <exec> 08└─Our missiles are powerful enough to lift our biggest and least healthy into space in comfort and safety. Therefore, they can also deliver terrifying weapons with a high rate of reliability. 2 shuttles blowing up is an embarrassment, but it's not a significant failure rate if you're talking about del...
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[13:40:20] <exec> 08└─There is a chance that the organs(s) may be rejected in a process known as impeachment.
[13:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:21] <exec> 08└─Nothing sounds more gay then a man buying a nut sack for his truck so he can be "inside" of his male truck. Good job closet queers.
[13:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:23] <exec> 08└─Fake testicles aren't going to help much if you don't have a scrotum to hold 'em. And even if you did, I doubt it would help your self esteem much to look down at your nice fat sack hanging there all by itself... On a related note, if this works successfully it could be the beginning of the end for...
[13:42:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users - 350 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:47] <exec> 08└─There are various 'messages' that advertisers claim to send with their 'campaigns' but whichever surface meaning you choose to promote, there is a subtext you cannot help but send. "Our brand is overpriced, and a portion of each purchase goes to harass innocent web users." Hey, thanks for letting me...
[13:43:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hartree [195] 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 470 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:22] <exec> 08└─I hope that it is the last century that we lose so completely. There are now no direct memories from then. Whether the ability to record information from the brain or some other means historians would welcome the ability to have access to the direct memories of the people alive at the time. They may...
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[13:45:04] <exec> 08└─I certainly hope you're right about the proof of work going away - it does seem a terrible waste. An alternative would be using the heat for something useful - but CPUs generally run at such low temperatures that it wouldn't be good for much beyond space heaters. As for the transaction rate - I don'...
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[14:39:02] <exec> 08└─I watched some of the videos, the shooting sounded like WW3 and went on for ever. What use are the Saudi's if they can't take down a fucking drone with a burst from an assault rifle?
[14:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03higuita [2465] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:04] <exec> 08└─yes, shooting a small drone, far away, that keeps moving is a easy task ...! That is why people are developing "drone guns", to make that task easier as it is harder than you think
[14:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:06] <exec> 08└─They're tremendous with swords. Maybe not so great with guns. But we're making them very safe. Because they're buying a THAAD. The same thing we have in South Korea. On the golf course. But this will belong to the Saudis, they're buying it. Not like South Korea. They're getting it for $15 billion --...
[14:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:27] <exec> 08└─Oh, you're from Austria? Well G'day, mate!
[14:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:38] <exec> 08└─And I learnt japanese from playing lots of JRPGs in japanese. Downside is a lot of my vocabulary is skewed to such environments rather than everyday use for example.
[14:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:39] <exec> 08└─And some countries don't dub all their TV shows.
[14:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03lgsoynews [1235] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 1680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:41] <exec> 08└─I only played a few in french, back in the day. I prefered the english ones, by far, and the french ones were rare. Because of the english language barrier, some french companies produced a few especially on personal computers (but the number does not compare to the english based production). For in...
[14:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:07] <exec> 08└─there are updrafts, that birds routinely use to climb up (just watch some hawks when you get a chance). relative to the air, they are falling in a spiral, but their terminal velocity is smaller than the upwards velocity of the air, so they go up. people in gliders also do this routinely. there are a...
[14:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:09] <exec> 08└─This is old news. Any one who understands both the rocket equation, and the relationship between planetary mass and orbital velocity already knew all this.
[14:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:11] <exec> 08└─I remember reading this a long time ago which nicely explains the impressive difficulties of getting to orbit. https://www.nasa.gov [nasa.gov] In short, your current technology limits the maximum fuel ratio (fuel mass / total mass) which in...
[14:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:13] <exec> 08└─No need to burn fuel getting off the ground, balloons will do the job far more efficiently. All you need to do is contain enough helium or hydrogen to reduce your balloon + payload density below that of the surrounding atmosphere. Gravity is irrelevant, and the denser the atmosphere, the less lift-g...
[14:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fadrian [3194] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:15] <exec> 08└─There are a lot of other ways to lift weight than rockets. A launch loop [wikipedia.org] would be feasible, for instance. Though, to be fair, having worked next to its inventor for a couple years, I do have a bit of an unfair advantage in thinking of this solution for our poor, gravity-bound aliens.
[14:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:18] <exec> 08└─Hot air balloons do it all the time. In fact wind-speed is their *only* means of propulsion.
[14:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:43] <exec> 08└─There was that case in South Africa reported a few years back [soylentnews.org]. Seems that operation was very successful, as he seems to have regained full function, even to sexual activity. In this story though it kinda looks like the patient lost quite a bit more than just his dick. It also menti...
[14:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:44] <exec> 08└─Did he get to pick from a selection of donors? Did he get to choose his size? What implications are there for this in the future for elective surgery? Will we end up with a society where every man with some money can get a custom penis?
[14:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:46] <exec> 08└─And there were no testicles included in that transplant either.
[14:41:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:05] <exec> 08└─And, you've got that backward. When we accept the terminology that someone pushes on us, then we have allowed them to create and set the narrative. File copying is not piracy. Piracy involves rape, pillage, death, theft. File copying results in zero death, zero pregnancies, zero pillaging, and no lo...
[14:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:07] <exec> 08└─So many websites have VERY LONG pages. And folks only read the beginning. Very hard to get to the bottom of some of those! But down below it says (Cambridge) about illegally copying movies & music. And that's what The Mighty Buzzard means. I know because the beginning of the article says it's about...
[14:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:09] <exec> 08└─Amazon MP3 is music, not audio books. Last I checked, the Amazon-owned audio book service Audible used digital restrictions management. Or when did this change?
[14:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:11] <exec> 08└─...Dude, if you scroll down a bit it also mentions the illegal downloading kind of piracy: the act of illegally copying a computer program, music, a film, etc. and selling it:
[14:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:13] <exec> 08└─If I want it bad enough to listen to it or watch it I buy it.
[14:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:16] <exec> 08└─Going down to your local bar
[14:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:18] <exec> 08└─There are several other perfectly viable business models, but the industry likes to pretend that they're no good
[14:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 842 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:20] <exec> 08└─Dear parents or guardians of RUNAWAY1956, We aren't sure if your child cheated, or should be sent straight to college. No child gets scores like your child got. In fact, few of our staff can get that high a score, and they created the test. Please don't enroll your child for any more of our tests. W...
[14:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:22] <exec> 08└─Mmmmmm . . . you're kinda on the right track, but, you've missed the target a little. Copyright seems to have occurred before the major publishers happened. Copyright wasn't created at the behest of publishers, it was actually meant to protect artists. And, in it's original form, it said little more...
[14:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:24] <exec> 08└─So says the person shilling for the music industry.
[14:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:27] <exec> 08└─I love to read, I don't always have time. A year and a half ago, who would have guessed I'd be reading the Dictionary of 1828? But I am. Amazing! And it says "a bookseller that seizes the copies or writings of other men without permission" is a pirate. In 1828 they didn't have movies, they used book...
[14:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:47] <exec> 08└─Not just privacy either. All the third-party JavaScript he cut for privacy reasons is also murder on slower connections. Even 1.5mbps basic DSL can hardly handle a fully-laden Analytics+Fonts+Videos+Comments+Search JavaScript package, even when 4/5 of those things are probably coming from the same v...
[14:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03starvingboy [6766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:16] <exec> 08└─So instead of a house-bot that will load/unload the dishwasher or help with the cleaning, I get a mobile Alexa? I can spend my money fast enough without help, thanks.
[14:45:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[15:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:50] <exec> 08└─white ain't right
[15:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:52] <exec> 08└─To have a set of rules and to uniformly and fairly apply those rules are two very different things. Facebook worries about users gaming the rules. Facebook has rules in place to specifically allow Facebook to game the rules while claiming fairness and impartiality.
[15:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:59] <exec> 08└─I guess I expected much more care to be taken in wireless signals transmitted to something that directly affects a patient's brain operation. In a world where Hollywood movies are protected by the best encryption available, and publishers are demanding end-to-end encryption of digital signals to pla...
[15:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:16] <exec> 08└─When I was in Davos for #WEF2018 [twitter.com] the Swiss Law Enforcement had what they call jammers. Looks like a gun, you think maybe it's a gun that jams a lot (Vietnam), right? It's not a gun, it's cyber. It doesn't shoot bullets, it shoots digital. And the drones fall out of the sky!!
[15:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:18] <exec> 08└─Saudi airstrike kills 33 at wedding in northern Yemen [wsws.org]: An airstrike by Saudi-led coalition jet fighters on a wedding in northern Yemen killed at least 33 people and wounded 55 others Sunday night. The bombs, supplied by the United States, rained down on a tent in the northwestern province...
[15:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1077 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:24] <exec> 08└─Assuming you can build a balloon large enough to lift the required payload, then sure. We've certainly been able to get balloons to the edge of space so that people can jump out of the capsule for the ultimate in freefall thrills. We've also launched aerospace craft from below other aircraft - X-15...
[15:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:52] <exec> 08└─...for this procedure. It's called "Addadicktome." #include <rimshot.h>
[15:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:54] <exec> 08└─How many more years until two trans-gender people can swap genitals? Then people paying $$ for a contract to get the big genitals of a guy after he dies? I'd be happy to accept 10k now if someone wants my dick in 20 years. Well, I guess my old limp dick wouldn't be fought after, so perhaps that mark...
[15:41:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 1723 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:53] <exec> 08└─I think everyone will agree that artists deserve compensation. But copyright is fundamentally broken, and unfair to all of us. Technology has advanced to make the distribution of music far, far cheaper than ever before. The music industry has grudgingly, after great pressure, conceded that 99 cents...
[15:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 846 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:26] <exec> 08└─Heh. One of my uncles ran the dinky little bar in the village back home. I never bothered him while I was in school. Never asked for a drink, never suggested that I might want a drink. After I joined the Navy, I swung by the bar one evening, and asked for a beer. Uncle was happy to serve a beer to h...
[15:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:27] <exec> 08└─Whoops, missed that parent was talking audiobooks, not music. You're right.
[15:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:29] <exec> 08└─Different times, I guess. There was little rote memorization when I was in school. Sure, there was some - the times table, spelling rules, some more, I suppose. But, back then, education actually required some thinking. Besides which, I always wanted to know why things were this way or that. It wasn...
[15:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:31] <exec> 08└─I might suspect that she plugged the ethernet into the wrong receptacle if the pregnancy was the "direct" result of copying a file. So . . . the kid isn't yours, but Ozzie Osbourne's kid?
[15:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:34] <exec> 08└─I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win. The best linquist.
[15:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:36] <exec> 08└─That's possible - depending on which test, and how it's weighted. STEM people don't spend a lot of time talking to their creations, and they certainly don't expect their creations to answer in some foreign language.
[15:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:03] <exec> 08└─I mean, they're basically convicted of practicing yoga. If you think that's a good excuse for a death sentence...
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[16:38:57] <exec> 08└─You seem to think that the rules should apply equally to rich and poor alike. We do not live in a world of equality. For instance the rich are underprivileged because they cannot commit crimes. Nothing they do can be defined as a crime.
[16:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:59] <exec> 08└─Then how do you explain the fact that it is mostly the left who are supportive of brown skinned people, and the right tends to take a contrary position?
[16:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:01] <exec> 08└─Most notably, it no longer disqualifies minorities from shielding from hate speech
[16:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:03] <exec> 08└─Facebook has rules in place to specifically allow Facebook to game the rules while claiming fairness and impartiality.
[16:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:05] <exec> 08└─Only Strunk and White can save us now.
[16:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:07] <exec> 08└─Facebook worries about users gaming the rules.
[16:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:16] <exec> 08└─Literally everything in medicine is proprietary and security by obscurity. There's a reason your hospital runs on out-of-date Windows - and we're talking XP or 7 here, never later than 7 - because their suppliers and software providers can't be bothered to make anything up to date or standards-compl...
[16:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:19] <exec> 08└─The first thing I thought when I was this was holy shi— What was I doing? Why is this comment box open? I'm certain there's nothing to worry about. Only a paranoid lunatic would think it could be used for mind contro— just a moment — just a moment — Oh! You also seem unaware of how important...
[16:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:21] <exec> 08└─He had a Pacemaker put in. For his heart. But he told the doctors, turn off the remote control. And they turned that off when they put in his Pacemaker. So the assassins couldn't EXPLODE HIS HEART!
[16:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:23] <exec> 08└─You troll a lot, but they actually did disable the wireless features in Cheney's pacer for security reasons. Not exploding (lol) but when you have a device set to deliver electrical impulses to your heart, screwing up the timing, frequency, or amplitude of those can cause death. If you're dependent...
[16:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shellebrating Christmas Island's Extraordinary Nature With Street View and Google Earth - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:33] <exec> 08└─"shellebrate"? Really morons?
[16:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shellebrating Christmas Island's Extraordinary Nature With Street View and Google Earth - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:35] <exec> 08└─Sadly they got rid of it due to violating the Christmas Island Domain ToS, but it was truly the eponymous troll of the late 90s to early 00s.
[16:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03OrugTor [5147] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:47] <exec> 08└─The bored guards were not as into downing the drone as they were shooting off their guns. I'm guessing they were shooting away after the drone was gone. Maybe at seagulls that might have been drones in disguise.
[16:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:10] <exec> 08└─My first thought was that they had sold naming rights of the country to some Internet company, like the GoldenPalace.com monkey [wikipedia.org]. eWhatever usually stands for "electronic", doesn't it? Or it's a hip and trendy new kind of martini SWAT teams like to drink
[16:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:12] <exec> 08└─eYouTwitFaceSwagYolo420BlockTube.com
[16:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:14] <exec> 08└─"Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland," What god damn people are that dumb Well, since you ask :-) I live in Switzerland. I have received mail that has been routed through Swaziland. That mail was sent from the US.
[16:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:00] <exec> 08└─...they could carry the rocket rather high before launch... or? -zug
[16:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Exascale System for Earth Simulation Introduced - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:08] <exec> 08└─Beat me to it. If we didn't spend so much effort improving the ways we kill each other, would we be routinely going to Mars and predicting Earthquakes, or would we still be up in the trees ?
[16:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 1262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:31] <exec> 08└─Well, assuming World War 3 isn't the end of modern civilization, after which will come another 1,000 years of darkness (it seems to be a cycle the humans like to go through), I'd give it 50 years. It's entirely another question whether that will ever be accessible to people in the working class. I'm...
[16:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:09] <exec> 08└─Sigh, people on the Internet just don't read.
[16:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:10] <exec> 08└─THIS! This is what the idiot "I'll just buy it" crowd does NOT understand.
[16:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:33] <exec> 08└─yeah but as a business owner I dont care about that i just want money selling your info is the best way I can do that if I have no other model or products. i mean really the defaults just give it away and google and microsoft and others have complete guides on how to monetize people. all this really...
[16:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 837 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:02] <exec> 08└─I was testing out Tor one time and accessed my PayPal account while using Tor. The site came up in Arabic, but I was able to login etc. Almost immediately PayPal sent me a password change request. I changed my password and haven't used Tor since. I have acquired a VPN service, but mostly just use it...
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[17:39:04] <exec> 08└─Because you don't have a left-wing. Liberalism doesn't derive from leftist thinking, because they support using immigration policy to undermine the wages and bargaining position of the working classes, and don't even consistently oppose foreign military operations which are the push factor in mass m...
[17:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:05] <exec> 08└─mostly the left who are supportive of brown skinned people
[17:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 771 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:07] <exec> 08└─In this use case it is actually "not antagonistic towards" as well as "understanding that brown skinned people experience a lot of prejudice as a fact of life." Actually supportive? Maybe with support for teaching with ESL, donations to human rights organizations, outreach etc. It is often quite obv...
[17:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:10] <exec> 08└─We do not live in a world of equality. For instance the rich are underprivileged because they cannot commit crimes. Nothing they do can be defined as a crime.
[17:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:21] <exec> 08└─It's actually worse than that, they don't just run an out of date MSWindows machine, they run one without many of the security patches. Because it would cost a lot to get the updated one certified...and the manufacturer is the one who would need to do the certification, and he'd rather sell you a ne...
[17:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:22] <exec> 08└─Why would they need any anesthesia to reset pacemaker controls? It's normally done with a magnetic loop...which needs to be within inches of the device, and properly positioned, to work. I trust the story didn't mean they turned THAT off, though I've never been sure what kind of wireless device his...
[17:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shellebrating Christmas Island's Extraordinary Nature With Street View and Google Earth - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:33] <exec> 08└─We asked Sean Connery about the pronunciation, but he said it sounded OK...
[17:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:48] <exec> 08└─So many rounds fired off in a populated area is dangerous and reckless. One or two might have a low probability of hitting a bystander, but "shooting sounding like WWIII" could have killed someone. Firing bursts into the air is irresponsible. I guess they care more about their macho "orders" than no...
[17:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:13] <exec> 08└─The facade is cracking, Trump couldn't do an aussie accent if his family's lives depended on it. Now maybe if HIS life was one the line...
[17:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:15] <exec> 08└─The new name isn't "eSwatini". The new name is: "the Kingdom of eSwatini". Details matter.
[17:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:29] <exec> 08└─Learning another language affects the mental state of said people? Perhaps, it's just knowledge, that said person can now use to do what they want. Violent video games are typically played for entertainment, just like watching violent movies. We have a much wider pool of people to test effects of vi...
[17:40:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 454 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:43] <exec> 08└─> perhaps there are other technologies than chemical rockets they could use to overcome gravity instead and might eventually discover. Yeah, the biggest hole in the article is that it assumes intelligent aliens living on alien (non-earthlike) planets would develop technology along the same lines as...
[17:40:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 327 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:45] <exec> 08└─Same problem. You need much more fuel to generate the necessary lift, even allowing for a potentially denser atmosphere (which is another challege to reach orbit - more atmospheric friction), which probably makes conventional aircraft, hot air balloons, and all the other methods that we use to get a...
[17:40:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03qzm [3260] 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 334 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:51] <exec> 08└─Nuclear rockets. We developed them, but not to use due to primarily to politics (not sure to radiation, investigateme designs are very clean, and most are cleaner than true open air testing we did do). This appears to be yet more 'science' since by people with no ability to investigate or research o...
[17:40:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 625 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:55] <exec> 08└─This "article" was pretty heavily covered in the Niven Known Space series by multiple authors. When a species gets into space is heavily dependent upon the technical challenges of getting into space from their planet. Thus, the less socially developed - more war-like races come from smaller gravity...
[17:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:07] <exec> 08└─> This appears to be yet more 'science' since by people with no ability to investigate or research outside their starting assumptions. Silly humans. One day you might understand how to properly use a Higgs Field Crawler and stop letting gravity keep you down.
[17:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:09] <exec> 08└─Correspondingly, getting into space on a smaller planet would be easy. Look how easy it was for the Lunar Lander to launch from the moon - almost trivial. Perhaps we are the ones who are trapped...
[17:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:11] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure that it makes those methods more viable, but it sure doesn't make them less viable. The problem is, once you get high enough, you still need to lift off against a greater gravitational pull. Orbital velocities are higher, escape velocity is higher, etc. You get this "higher velocity req...
[17:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:13] <exec> 08└─So, what you're saying is we're an easy world and we can expect WWIII to be "In Space!!!". We're definitely don't have the whole planet cooperating as a whole to achieve space flight. Our space program was actually brought about by competition with a potentially hostile force.
[17:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:16] <exec> 08└─The more war-like races probably can't live or fight well in the higher gravity environments of the less war-like races. The less war-like races, having overcome higher technical challenges, probably know how to build better weapons and defenses. The more advanced race might have done away with mark...
[17:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:18] <exec> 08└─This does seem not necessarily correct. Depending on the atmosphere it may be feasible to do a long, slow acceleration during high altitude flight, with high Isp propulsion. Such as, as previously mentioned, nuclear rockets...or ion style engines. Jeez, it's like these people have never played Kerba...
[17:41:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken [5985] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:49] <exec> 08└─Now we can be Dickheads all over again
[17:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:51] <exec> 08└─twig and berries catalog vol 3.
[17:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 2606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:31] <exec> 08└─Yes, crowdfunding is the biggest. Fix it? It's not that crowdfunding needs fixing so much as better support. We need better laws and other official support. Too many important services are in the hands of private corporations whose top priority is money, not service. They have never stopped trying t...
[17:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:32] <exec> 08└─I've always been skeptical when it came to crowdfunding. Please fund me, so I can do this thing I can't afford to do and haven't ever done before. Just doesn't inspire confidence in someone or their product. There's also a Ton of junk to sift through to find anything interesting, because it's easy t...
[17:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:34] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure any legitimate store that sells one of these would do. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[17:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:57] <exec> 08└─wait my outsourced coders in India... that is all they can do are you saying people with skill are required? i might as well go back to using frontpage 97
[17:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bloomberg: Amazon Working on a Home Robot - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:28] <exec> 08└─Why would they want a limitless supply of dick picks??? I'm pretty sure the majority of them are probably straight males and would be more likely to use them for other purposes. Unless they have some NSA gender equality directive. I mean they're a bureaucracy after all, can't be discriminatory towar...
[17:45:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:35] <exec> 08└─Which sidesteps the issue and does not address the fact that we know that arbitrary year 1 CE actually occurred 1 to 4 years earlier than it was attributed to. Or, put another way, there was actually been 2019-2023 or so years between your arbitrary 1 CE and now. The two notation systems are numeric...
[17:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WikiLeaks Loses Access to a Key Cryptocurrency Account - 1203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:04] <exec> 08└─Lol. Nice troll attempt. It would work better if you knew anything about me, but you don't. Advancement never comes without cooperation. Cooperation never comes without structure. Structure never changes without adjustments, and those adjustments never occur unilaterally without disruption of some s...
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[18:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 952 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:16] <exec> 08└─Leftist people want to support immigrants for humanitarian purposes, not to drive wages down. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a retard (like you). Why? Simple: the leftists are just as threatened by cheap labor (hello! tech industry?) as the blue collar industry is with immigration. But thanks to par...
[18:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 1197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:18] <exec> 08└─It depends a lot on what kind of leftist you're talking about. What you're describing is best labelled "neoliberalism". It's been the dominant policy ideal of the Democratic Party ever since 1992 or so, exemplified by Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as Barack Obama, and basically amounts to "equal...
[18:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:20] <exec> 08└─Two kinds of questions that can be used to figure out whether somebody's anti-immigration stance is really about immigration: 1. Ask about Puerto Ricans. The reason for this is pretty simple: Puerto Ricans are American citizens (a lot of racists will deny this, but it's been true for over a century)...
[18:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:22] <exec> 08└─For example, if someone is thinking that Norwegian immigrants are great, while Mexican immigrants are terrible, then what's motivating those opinions isn't economics either.
[18:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:24] <exec> 08└─Facebook moderation: Just say no. Don't fall for the "first one's free". Not even once. Zuck's wack.
[18:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:03] <exec> 08└─Was the drone actually any threat or did they just want to avoid someone having a camera nearby? Was it close enough for a small explosive device to hurt anyone? It sounds more like it was hovering around evading shots, rather than making a direct approach as a weapon would.
[18:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:04] <exec> 08└─This also happened in __Saudi Arabia__ around the Palace. They were protecting the Palace from a possible threat.
[18:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:07] <exec> 08└─Not true. The movements of the drone could be threatening or nonthreatening. And if you have been firing at it for a long time and missing and it hasn't made any sort of attack, it probably isn't going to.
[18:40:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pTamok [3042] 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 909 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:18] <exec> 08└─"Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland," - What god damn people are that dumb? It depends on what you mean by dumb: ignorant, or stupid (intellectually challenged). Many people are ignorant, and you should not mock people for their ignorance: their life experience could be very...
[18:40:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 117 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:23] <exec> 08└─No, he should have gone with "eSwazblockchain". That would have gotten Wall Street and other idiots pouring money in.
[18:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:34] <exec> 08└─Active ignorance needs to be distinguished from information triage. I've had people trying to push an argument who insisted that I could see their side if only I would read a lengthy book. When I said I didn't have time for that and that brief citations to bolster their argument should be enough, th...
[18:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:35] <exec> 08└─People in the United States of America think New Mexico is part of Mexico.
[18:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:51] <exec> 08└─I learned touch typing from computer games. I also learned using Math and Alphabet games. Games are great teaching tools. It's a lot easier to teach someone who's interested in what they are doing.
[18:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 1312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:52] <exec> 08└─I got this idea from how Star Trek shields works a couple of years ago: The spell damage mechanics in D&D style P&P RPGs could be made into a mathematical skill test using a chess clock. So, progression could be basic spells requiring you to memorize common polar and rectangular conversions. Magic s...
[18:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:48] <exec> 08└─They hang the man and flog the woman Who steals the goose from off the common Yet let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose
[18:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:50] <exec> 08└─Piracy warnings of various length and phrasing of course, based on encoded data that I shall happily supply.
[18:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 1558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:52] <exec> 08└─Just like hacking/cracking. I can understand continuing to fight a battle that was lost in the 1990's. What I can't understand is continuing to fight a battle that was lost in the 1590's. [wikipedia.org] The term "piracy" has been used to refer to the unauthorized copying, distribution and selling o...
[18:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:54] <exec> 08└─...this image that explains it all. https://www.geek.com [geek.com] http://rebrn.com [rebrn.com]
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[19:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:52] <exec> 08└─Nice 404 links at the end of the summary.
[19:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:53] <exec> 08└─https://www.sipsafe.com.au/ [sipsafe.com.au] Place a drop of your drink onto both spots. Smear gently.
[19:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:55] <exec> 08└─fixd
[19:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 1001 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:25] <exec> 08└─Both (legal) Mexican immigrants and Norwegian immigrants arrive under the same terms: They are generally ineligible for public assistance of any kind, and will be deported if they're caught doing anything they're not supposed to. The Mexican immigrant might be a brilliant hardworking person, the Nor...
[19:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 2432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:26] <exec> 08└─It's funny some people think I'm Left, but my immigration position is actually quite radical for everyone. Mexicans, or brown people from South America, are already Americans. It was simply our failure to recognize the truth. They're a fucked over abused class of people, scapegoated, forced to deal...
[19:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:29] <exec> 08└─You shithole, khallow! There! It's not politically correct, but khallow is a racist!!
[19:39:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03janrinok [52] 02 - 06Shellebrating Christmas Island's Extraordinary Nature With Street View and Google Earth - 75 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:51] <exec> 08└─We asked Sean Connery about the pronunciation, but he said it sounded OK...
[19:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shellebrating Christmas Island's Extraordinary Nature With Street View and Google Earth - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:53] <exec> 08└─Different Christmas Island? https://en.wikipedia.org(disambiguation) [wikipedia.org]
[19:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:11] <exec> 08└─I sometimes worry that you are too convincing and are actually getting some people to support that guy...
[19:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:13] <exec> 08└─It's mere presence in an extremely restricted area is already a threat.
[19:40:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pipedwho [2032] 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 277 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:23] <exec> 08└─He was originally thinking iSwatini, but didn't want to raise the ire of Apple. Swatini 365would confuse people when a leap year came around. And mySwatini is so last decade. The main thing was to get a recognisable brand so they could maintain their tiered subscription model.
[19:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:43] <exec> 08└─Ok, so Swaziland and Switzerland were not on that list, but Switzerland and Sweden were? That is arguably must worse. Slovakia and Slovenia is a bit more understandable, given that they sound a like, are both in that part of Europe with lots of smaller countries and came into existence recently at a...
[19:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:44] <exec> 08└─e and i are common prefixes in bantu langugaes, not sure what it does but i suspect denotes a noun or something like that
[19:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:47] <exec> 08└─Explains all the lost luggage.
[19:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:49] <exec> 08└─Did you know a majority of EU passport holders can't name all the member states if asked? That more than a few college surveys concluded students often can't name the states and capitals? That most Chinese can't tell which countries they border given a list of countries in the region to choose from?...
[19:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:06] <exec> 08└─Either there's a ton of psychopaths out there, because of violent movies that have been watched for entertainment.
[19:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:07] <exec> 08└─I played that game years ago. The only Italian words I recall learning from it are merde and cazzo.
[19:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:06] <exec> 08└─That's one thing that irritates me. You were old enough to die for your country if your ship sank (assuming you served on a ship), but not old enough to have a beer. I for one would most certainly let my 18 year old have a beer if it weren't illegal (IIRC in MN if I give him one in my own home it is...
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[20:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:53] <exec> 08└─After destabilizing the entire region for decades I think providing financial support to limit nuclear weapons development is FUCKING CHEAP! But Trump is a bigot who doesn't think the US should do anything for anyone else because we're the biggest dog so fuck you! Instead we should promote WW3 so we...
[20:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:55] <exec> 08└─I'm sure proving that the US has no problem reneging on a deal is going to help those NK discussion! And on top of that, John Bolton, Trump's National Security Adviser wants to overthrow Iran again. [theintercept.com] 'Cause that worked out so freaking well last time!
[20:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:57] <exec> 08└─If Trump starts WW3 all his supporters will just claim that Clinton would have started WW4!
[20:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:59] <exec> 08└─Before he took office as POTUS, Trump had zero experience in foreign policy. As Trump biographer David Cay Johnston says [alternet.org] Most importantly, he is literally ignorant about almost everything.
[20:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:02] <exec> 08└─Just nuke them and let what little remains of their society attempt to rebuild on the ashes and ruins of their fallen dictatorship. Perhaps in 200 years they will again be capable of communicating with the developed world.
[20:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:04] <exec> 08└─("Not counting partial European descent", according to Wikipedia) So, I don't know what you mean by "minorities". I also don't know why the US government owes anybody anything. What does the deal say? If the deal were actually worth anything, then it should specify well-defined outcomes for whatever...
[20:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:06] <exec> 08└─Jackass, willfully having shitty reading comprehension doesn't make you smart. Listing world-wide demographics when it is clear the US is being referenced, more stupidity Why does the US owe anyone anything? Probably the widespread imperialism where the US destroyed governments and extracted trillio...
[20:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:09] <exec> 08└─Why do we need international relations when we can simply obliterate their entire nation instantly?
[20:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:11] <exec> 08└─woah woah woah, you can't be throwing such BASELESS accusations around. Trump is the best! He knows the best people, the best words, and he is an unparalleled genious. What bug crawled up your butt today originalowner?
[20:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:13] <exec> 08└─That's what libertarians have been trying to tell you guys for decades (if not centuries, going back to Bastiat, or to the Founders of the U.S., or even to the philosophers who inspired them). Central planning (let alone governance by decree, as is the modern case with executive warmongering) DOES N...
[20:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:15] <exec> 08└─Also, one is owed only what one negotiates. Learn it. Live by it. Love it.
[20:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:26] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure anyone is going to wait 2 minutes before taking a sip. And remember, they have to keep the glass in sight the whole time, or they have to start over.
[20:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:28] <exec> 08└─Practically speaking, there is only one date rape drug, and this tool purposely ignores it. It's alcohol. Everything else is a rounding error. Testing for the exotic drugs is only slightly less crazy than testing for polonium, VX, and Sarin. Nearly every problem involving a drug in a drink is plain...
[20:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:31] <exec> 08└─Valid considerations, but I've known people who would use something like this even with the two-minute wait. It might not be practical for intermittent drinking and dancing, but in a more casual setting you could reasonably wait a couple minutes before actually drinking from a glass. Just fake a sip...
[20:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:33] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, the limitations aren't too onerous for my use-case: ensuring there ARE drugs in my drink.
[20:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:35] <exec> 08└─If you can't hold your drink for 2 minutes without drinking it, you have different problems.
[20:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:37] <exec> 08└─Everything else is a rounding error.
[20:40:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 100 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:05] <exec> 08└─Facebook moderation: Just say no. Don't fall for the "first one's free". Not even once. Zuck's wack.
[20:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:10] <exec> 08└─Racism is basically a short-circuit in the brain that convinces people that somebody's skin color, language, nationality, etc allows you to infer anything at all about their character.
[20:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2, Flamebait) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:12] <exec> 08└─Another classic example is its a white privilege to commit hate crimes, only whites are permitted that designation.
[20:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:14] <exec> 08└─Leftist immigration policy is access to white residential areas and welfare programs is a human right and any suggestion that non-whites should just build their own instead of parasitism is hate speech because ... who knows.
[20:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:16] <exec> 08└─The Mexican immigrant might be a brilliant hardworking person, the Norwegian immigrant might be a lazy idiot
[20:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:18] <exec> 08└─Another classic example is its a white privilege to commit hate crimes, only whites are permitted that designation. That is simply not true. Here is a recent example. [chicagotribune.com]
[20:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:21] <exec> 08└─Racism is basically a short-circuit in the brain that convinces people that somebody's skin color, language, nationality, etc allows you to infer anything at all about their character.
[20:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:23] <exec> 08└─Racism is basically a short-circuit in the brain that convinces people that somebody's skin color, language, nationality, etc allows you to infer anything at all about their character. It doesn't, and that fallacy does real harm to all involved.
[20:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:25] <exec> 08└─If we're talking about 1000 of them, it is probably OK. Filter out the commies and other dummies please. After we take in a million of them, and they have created Norwegian-speaking cities, and they are demanding Norwegian-language schools and ballots, and there are Norwegian radio/TV stations, and...
[20:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:28] <exec> 08└─^ for all you RWNJs out there don't worry, most "leftists" get along fine with conservatives and realize that Alex Jones does not represent the average conservative.
[20:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:30] <exec> 08└─Thexalon your responses are inspiring, actually giving good objective feedback. I have a hard time getting past this level of ignorance and taking an empathetic educational approach.
[20:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:32] <exec> 08└─ha ha! *nelson voice* VLM you need to accept the FACT that you are a bigot, only then can you begin to understand your journey through life. You can hide behind all sorts of "logical and factual" rationale all you want, but eventually the walls will crumble and you'll have to face yourself. Do it no...
[20:41:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 1009 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:49] <exec> 08└─For me the litmus test (or touchstone, if you prefer) is Richard Feynman's aphorism: "If you can't explain it in simple terms, you don't understand it." If someone is requesting that you put a lot of time into learning something, they need to be able to demonstrate that they themselves have learned...
[20:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:08] <exec> 08└─I played that game years ago. The only Italian words I recall learning from it are merde and cazzo.
[20:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 1562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:49] <exec> 08└─Why use helium? Hydrogen is a LOT more plentiful, slightly more potent, and not dramatically more dangerous as long as you treat it with due respect (LOTS of airships used hydrogen safely for years, the Hindenburg was never designed to do so - it was designed to use helium). There's also no particul...
[20:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:50] <exec> 08└─You build a plain old fission reactor, fueled with uranium or plutonium. The cooling system is open; the goal is in fact to boil the coolant at minimum. The coolant is chosen to produce exhaust containing simple molecules (few degrees of freedom to steal energy) that have low molecular mass. Hydroge...
[20:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:11] <exec> 08└─Therefore the 19th century of CE existence actually ended between 1895 and 1899.
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[21:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:10] <exec> 08└─If you want to be an immoral piece of shit that is your prerogative, thankfully the majority isn't quite so batshit crazy. Act on your crazy and prepare to be put in a small box for a long time, if you're lucky it'll be above ground.
[21:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:12] <exec> 08└─Israel says that Iran is a threat. What else do you need to know?
[21:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:14] <exec> 08└─Yuck. Your screed has a very disgusting odor, sort of like a human turd wrapped in naivety. You can smell the damned thing but you can't quite tell if it is dog shit, human shit, or unholy shit. No amount of flowery language can cover your shit stained loin cloth of a solution.
[21:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:16] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, the good ole' personal responsibility trope taken to ridiculous extremes. We should all spend our lives reading EULAs and creating flowcharts to figure out if company A or B is better. Then when the company breaks the rules we need to hope our corporate enforcer is better than their corporat...
[21:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:19] <exec> 08└─capitalism probably is required to achieve a great peaceful society but it is clearly not sufficient. You need sensibles laws against murder, rape, assaul, thefts and most importantly a group to enforce it and a group to check that group of enforcers. Without that you get Liberia, I hope you enjoy p...
[21:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:23] <exec> 08└─Trump's Marketing professor at Wharton had this to say [alternet.org] Professor Kelley told me 100 times over three decades that "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam[ned] student I ever had."
[21:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:25] <exec> 08└─I hope you enjoy paying protection money to your warlord....
[21:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:27] <exec> 08└─It's full of brown people who speak a language we don't understand. As an added bonus, they have different opinions about everybody's favorite imaginary friend than many Americans. Or, as Earth's greatest military commander, Zapp Brannigan, put it: "We know nothing of what they look like or their cu...
[21:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:29] <exec> 08└─Nope. Exploitation of The Working Class by a separate Oligarchical Ownership Class is absolutely not necessary for anything. There are thousands of worker-owned cooperative around the globe that demonstrate the fact. The violent mess that USA has made of the globe is proof enough for anyone not wear...
[21:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:31] <exec> 08└─Central planning DOES NOT FUCKING WORK....The only guiding philosophy that works is capitalism, Which is why we have so many successful nations that are run based on pure capitalism and have no central planning around things like laws and infrastructure. Oh wait.... there are zero of those.
[21:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:34] <exec> 08└─This is exactly why Iran needs nukes: they can't trust other countries to uphold international agreements. Nobody can, but Iran has very clear examples of this past and present. There are no words that are as dependable as the ability to strike back.
[21:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:36] <exec> 08└─This. There was and still is a massive amount of violence perpetrated to further capitalist interests. These tangentially benefitted the US as a whole, but then globalism came and the capitalists realized they could make a lot of money putting labor markets against each other. Immoral decisions made...
[21:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:38] <exec> 08└─Give up your religion; stop worshiping the State. Men are not Angels, and they never will be.
[21:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:40] <exec> 08└─Trump at least did business in numerous countries. Obama had ZERO experience. Bush Jr. had ZERO experience. Clinton had ZERO experience. Bush Sr.... OK, he had lots of experience. It didn't make him a great president. Reagan ran a border state, so that's something. Carter had ZERO experience. Consid...
[21:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:42] <exec> 08└─The US president has previously said he would scrap the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which he has called the "worst deal in history"
[21:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:45] <exec> 08└─North Korea is also doing the same thing, for the same reason. Kim Jong Un was so focused on getting nukes that could strike the US because he knew that was the key to his very survival. He didn't need Trump to tell him that, he could just look at the fates of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Saddam Hussein, Mua...
[21:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:47] <exec> 08└─Trump at least did business in numerous countries. Obama had ZERO experience. Bush Jr. had ZERO experience. Clinton had ZERO experience. [...] Carter had ZERO experience.
[21:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:49] <exec> 08└─They look like dorks! Lemme at 'em!
[21:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:51] <exec> 08└─There was and still is a massive amount of violence perpetrated to further capitalist interests Yup. Major General Smedley Butler, who came up from the rank of Private and was twice decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor, looking back on his years in the Marine Corps said in his book "War i...
[21:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:54] <exec> 08└─Sarah Palin ran a border state, just as Reagan did. So after Bush Sr. we find a 3-way tie with Trump, Reagan, and Palin.
[21:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:56] <exec> 08└─Ahem. They had ZERO experience with foreign policy. We had a peanut farmer, submariner, and non-border governor. We had a lawyer and non-border governor. We had an air force reserve pilot and governor. We had a "community organizer" (sounds like "unemployed") and short-term senator. Career politicia...
[21:39:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:58] <exec> 08└─No no no, because 4 is bigger than 3. Hillary would have started WW3, then the Republicans would've started--actually, you know what, 4 was the Dems' fault, too. More specifically, Obama's.
[21:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:01] <exec> 08└─morality is relative according to your progressive nonsense, like importing goat-fucking savages is OK and we should give them breaks for their "sexual emergencies" because it is not wrong in their culture to do these things. population control and genocide is also fine and dandy with you progressiv...
[21:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:03] <exec> 08└─Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized foreign-controlled oil, Saddam Hussein had started selling oil in Euros, and Muammar Qaddafi was planning to sell oil in gold dinars (in addition to having nationalized a controlling share of oil companies significantly earlier). I'm not saying there weren't other fac...
[21:40:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:19] <exec> 08└─The Sip Safe is a wristband designed for concerts and festivals that lets you test for drugs in your drink.
[21:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 2530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:20] <exec> 08└─This article [theguardian.com] presents a good summary of several earlier studies on this issue... In 2005, forensic scientists Michael Ham and Fiona Burton tested blood and urine for telltale markers of various drugs in 1,014 cases in the UK where DFSA was suspected. The drug most commonly found wa...
[21:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:23] <exec> 08└─high dose of EtOH (Ethanol CH3CH2OH) is a real good promoter of anterograde amnesia https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] And anterograde amnesia is the effect of the supposed rape drug GHB in high dose or in smaller dose combine with EtOh. GHB is kin...
[21:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:25] <exec> 08└─by hard synth I meant not something I can do safely in my basement without getting on some watchlist
[21:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 858 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:27] <exec> 08└─The idea that someone who is concerned for (one presumes) reasonable reasons as opposed to a generic paranoid schizophrenic, could reshape their conduct just with this one device at hand, is frankly insane. If you're genuinely concerned for your safety, you should do lots of things, including avoidi...
[21:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:11] <exec> 08└─And the sky is blue, so what?
[21:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:13] <exec> 08└─"Everyone knows houses in X County are much more likely to have white siding, and looking at white siding can trigger my epileptic seizures, so it is safer if I stay out of X County." No, there isn't a 100% safe place, and living in X County wouldn't make it 100% likely to have a seizure and then fa...
[21:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:15] <exec> 08└─There is still a bias. She got 200 hours of community service and four years of probation for beating someone. This guy http://www.foxnews.com [foxnews.com] got a year in jail for making a phone call that : "Court documents say the...
[21:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03J053 [3532] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shellebrating Christmas Island's Extraordinary Nature With Street View and Google Earth - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:40] <exec> 08└─As you can see, I actually have a .cx domain (have had it since the early 90s). I don't think they give them out anymore (the domain registrar changed a few years back), but they grandfathered in existing domain holders. I'm never giving it up (unless for the right price...)!
[21:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:01] <exec> 08└─What would you know about Vietnam? Hillary says you are a draft dodger unlike Brave McCain.
[21:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:36] <exec> 08└─eNjiggers gotta be eNjiggers.
[21:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:37] <exec> 08└─"You know how dumb the average person is? Well, half the people are even dumber than that." --George Carlin.
[21:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:58] <exec> 08└─Finalmente si può scrivere un commento in italiano su un sito americano :) Welcome to the italian-learning overlords :)
[21:44:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:03] <exec> 08└─There is a chance that the organs(s) may be rejected in a process known as impeachment.
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[22:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:53] <exec> 08└─Yup. Transgender [youtu.be]. Every time.
[22:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:55] <exec> 08└─That data easily overflows a crucial direct memory access (DMA) buffer
[22:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:57] <exec> 08└─Also in sadly unsurprising news, massive amounts of people buy devices that are intentionally hostile towards the idea that users should have freedom and control over them.
[22:39:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 472 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:05] <exec> 08└─After destabilizing the entire region for decades I think providing financial support to limit nuclear weapons development is FUCKING CHEAP! But Trump is a bigot who doesn't think the US should do anything for anyone else because we're the biggest dog so fuck you! Instead we should promote WW3 so we...
[22:39:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 91 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:08] <exec> 08└─If Trump starts WW3 all his supporters will just claim that Clinton would have started WW4!
[22:39:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JNCF [4317] 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 250 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:27] <exec> 08└─This is exactly why Iran needs nukes: they can't trust other countries to uphold international agreements. Nobody can, but Iran has very clear examples of this past and present. There are no words that are as dependable as the ability to strike back.
[22:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:41] <exec> 08└─Most are at zero. ("peanut farmer"? "community organizer"? Oh please...) A few have proven themselves bad at it. I did make one mistake. I need to promote Bush Jr. up a tad, given that Texas is a border state. It's thus a 4-way tie after Bush Sr.
[22:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:43] <exec> 08└─How many things has Trump called "the worst deal in history" now?
[22:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 745 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:45] <exec> 08└─I wish I had a time machine so that I could send these doofuses back to The Gilded Age. Big hint: It was only gilded for the super-rich. N.B. The Long Depression (1873 - 1896) overlapped that. ...then came the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and later The National Labor Relations Act and other regulations th...
[22:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:47] <exec> 08└─Also, one is owed only what one negotiates. Learn it. Live by it. Love it.
[22:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:49] <exec> 08└─Which goes to show that a degree from Wharton isn't worth the paper it is written on, if the student comes from a wealthy background. I think that sentiment goes for just about any Ivy League school.
[22:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:52] <exec> 08└─...and short-term senator You managed to leave out Professor of Constitutional Law. ...and a lot of good that experience did him when it came to administering civil liberties while he had the top gig. 8-( It's true he didn't have any hands-on foreign policy experience and that showed with his choice...
[22:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:54] <exec> 08└─It would be interesting to find out how Trump got into Wharton. As lazy as he is and as much as he hates to read, I seriously doubt he had the academic credentials to qualify. if the student comes from a wealthy background I think you've nailed it. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:56] <exec> 08└─He got in because it's all about money and connections. Meritocracy doesn't exist even in academia.
[22:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:58] <exec> 08└─Hey, don't go forgetting its border with that place known for its unfriendliness. Y'know, Canada. the U.S. state that borders Russia Her statement "I can see Russia from my house" was priceless. N.B. The shortest distance between the Alaskan mainland and Russia is a separation of 55 miles of the Ber...
[22:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:01] <exec> 08└─Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized foreign-controlled oil, Saddam Hussein had started selling oil in Euros, and Muammar Qaddafi was planning to sell oil in gold dinars ...then there's Venezuela's cryptocurrency, the Petro. How long do you suppose before they get bombed, invaded, and occupied by USA.gov...
[22:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:22] <exec> 08└─The study with 3,303 cases is paywalled, but the abstract says This research highlights the need for the early collection of forensic samples in cases of alleged sexual assault. Law enforcement agencies and health professionals should establish guidelines and procedures to ensure that appropriate fo...
[22:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:23] <exec> 08└─Statistical anomaly, rounding error, you know what I mean.
[22:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:25] <exec> 08└─I'm curious what happens when people find other substances to use or find something they can mix into the drink that renders the test inconclusive. Not to mention that the drug kits that the police use have had a history of unreliable results and are usually used as a preliminary screening. In the c...
[22:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:12] <exec> 08└─Are the published rules also the rules that apply to the more "senior" moderators? Or, asking a different way: are the 'published' rules the *only* moderation rules?
[22:41:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:27] <exec> 08└─A team of academic security researchers [...] have discovered that [...] electrical brain implants are quite insecure [...]
[22:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:38] <exec> 08└─on smaller planets there's no atmosphere, so there's nobody to get off the planet anyway.
[22:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:40] <exec> 08└─If by flight, you mean atmosphere breathing engines, that might help, but is insanely hard to do even at your planets lower speed requirements. (check out the SABRE engine https://en.wikipedia.org(rocket_engine) [wikipedia.org] Otherwise, the most efficient way to burn your focket fuel i...
[22:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:42] <exec> 08└─So, what you're saying is we're an easy world
[22:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:44] <exec> 08└─The more advanced race might have done away with marketing, advertising, lawyers and politicians in the sense that we think of such.
[22:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:18] <exec> 08└─Will we end up with a society where every man with some money can get a custom penis?
[22:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:06] <exec> 08└─They have never stopped trying to monopolizing markets so they can gouge customers.
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[23:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 1082 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:52] <exec> 08└─As the men were chatting, a certain sound interrupted them. Everyone present looked towards the source of that sound - that gurgling sound - with pure hatred. Why was that thing still alive? Everyone asked themselves that question. Then, all the men collectively sighed and walked over to the bloodie...
[23:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:02] <exec> 08└─Leaving aside the fact that 99% of users do not give a shit about tinkering with the Tegra in their device, what exactly do you plan on doing with your now-open video console? More precisely, does any of the things you want to do with it, make sense for the manufacturer to have to deal with the cons...
[23:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 991 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:04] <exec> 08└─"More precisely, does any of the things you want to do with it, make sense for the manufacturer to have to deal with the consequences of?" That's why you support car manufacturer's right to bolt the hood shut and require you to bring it to a dealer for service? What does any of the things you want t...
[23:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:07] <exec> 08└─Good. The faster we can bring all purchased hardware back under full control of the owner, the better. The faster all DRM is compromised and rendered ineffective, the better.
[23:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:09] <exec> 08└─Just in case you didn't notice: A car is full of serviceable parts, and requires access to the innards for normal operation, which includes basic weekly checks and maintenance. Pretty shitty analogy for a tablet. I'm not defending the manufacturers who lock down. I'm reacting to someone who bitches...
[23:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 1466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:11] <exec> 08└─"A car is full of serviceable parts, and requires access to the innards for normal operation" Nope. "which includes basic weekly checks and maintenance." I'm sure your manufacturer would love you to have to make a weekly maintenance pit-stop. You should be thankful they aren't allowed to do that. Bu...
[23:39:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 662 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:24] <exec> 08└─Jackass, willfully having shitty reading comprehension doesn't make you smart. Listing world-wide demographics when it is clear the US is being referenced, more stupidity Why does the US owe anyone anything? Probably the widespread imperialism where the US destroyed governments and extracted trillio...
[23:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:03] <exec> 08└─I feel better about funding universal healthcare and public schools that I feel about the money given to a dude in Libéria but looking at it autistically I see how one might confuse a proper gouvernement to a properly paid warlord.
[23:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:05] <exec> 08└─There was a failed coup fifteen years ago, of course. I have no guesses as to when the next one will come, or what form it will take.
[23:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:07] <exec> 08└─Right now, they're banking on the ruling party and President Maduro losing the next election. The CIA is doing everything in its power to make sure that's what happens. Just like how they jailed the former ruling party in Brazil.
[23:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 1994 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:09] <exec> 08└─Everything you say is correct. The problem is there's no workable alternative. Anarchy doesn't scale. It really *is* best to have the minimum necessary government at every level, and each layer of government governing a small number of cases. So, e.g., the Federal government should have no say over...
[23:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:11] <exec> 08└─Anarchy doesn't scale.
[23:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:14] <exec> 08└─At least three (this, NAFTA, and the TPP), if you include equivalent phrasings such as "worst deal ever." And what was the worst deal in history? I'm tentatively nominating the Treaty of Versailles, since it arguably led to World War II.
[23:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:16] <exec> 08└─The other day, I heard David Cay Johnston on Pacifica Radio (you're unlikely to hear him on Lamestream Media). He mentioned how previous candidates had gotten the third degree from The Fourth Estate e.g they knew the name of the guys with whom O'Bummer had smoked dope as a student. With Trump, there...
[23:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:18] <exec> 08└─The key is Separation of Powers; the most general form of this is competition, and the most civilized form of competition is a free market (which is implied by capitalism), whereby even the enforcers of the rules of interaction (contracts) are themselves in competition within that market. At the lev...
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[23:40:21] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but Maduro is getting ready to drop a new constitution. I'm not convinced he'll leave office just because of an election.
[23:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:23] <exec> 08└─So, there you go. Not Angels, as the OP said.
[23:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:25] <exec> 08└─That started the slippery slope. But... who will build the Roads?
[23:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:28] <exec> 08└─I'm not convinced that you understand the word. A lot of folks think that it means "chaos". That's NOT what it means. An == without Archy == rulers Anarchy is using the smallest amount of organization needed to get a task done. ...and dissolving the organization upon completion of the task. self-ann...
[23:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:30] <exec> 08└─"I make the biggest Armageddons, believe me! It will be Yuuuugely fantastic and everyone will clap loudly for days at the bright colors; bigly show! And, I'll make God pay for it. #MakeEndGreat!"
[23:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 756 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:53] <exec> 08└─The only people that I've known who ingested spiked substances did so via joints. I'm not sure what my female smoked, but people don't normally pass out from smoking pot. The other acquaintance smoked a joint laced with crack. Drinks themselves probably do get spiked occasionally, but the whole proc...
[23:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:55] <exec> 08└─I can see it coming: false negative happens (due to user error or something), user gets raped or something and this company ends up in court being sued because it didn't work. Really good idea but I hope its pretty bulletproof in its use. Or that they have good lawyers. In Australia, and probably ev...
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[23:40:57] <exec> 08└─I am not so sure that a quick comma is really what rapist want...
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[23:41:44] <exec> 08└─Good point. This is probably the actual motivation. I think there is a real internal motivation to unevenly apply the rules to mould public perception according to a particular ideology though. Above and beyond the primary concern of advertising money.
[23:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 2551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:59] <exec> 08└─Ha! My first day on the job with a Neurostim company (in the very early 2000s) I was shocked (not literally - that happens at defibrillator companies) to learn that the device comm protocol had an 8 bit and "open" checksum. Not only was the checksum only 8 bits, but it was also a simple calculation...
[23:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:01] <exec> 08└─The point is: they disabled wireless by putting in a new pacemaker. It's not like the standard software had a "send me this code and I will never listen to another wireless message again, I promise" code built into it, and it would have been much easier to trust if they just removed the receiver coi...
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[23:44:15] <exec> 08└─> Our missiles are powerful enough to lift our biggest and least healthy into space in comfort and safety. Sadly, most do not come with a fairing wide enough for a conference table, and the ample seats required for Mr Kim and Mr Trump.
[23:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:16] <exec> 08└─That was impressively short-sighted of you.
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