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[00:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:54] <exec> 08└─Any video referencing a censorship free alternative to Youtube.
[00:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:55] <exec> 08└─That'd be quite a trick. The bandwidth and hardware costs for that sort of startup are way the hell out of the reach of your average Joe and even most corporations. The only one I can think of off hand who already has anything of similar scale up and going is PornHub and they'd at the very least nee...
[00:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:57] <exec> 08└─Also, any video trashing any major advertiser
[00:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 1063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:00] <exec> 08└─It used to be just bullshit takedown notices. Then they gave big media companies the ability to claim (often falsely) that your video was theirs, then get money from ads in your video. Next came censorship. In non-English, this often takes the form of Islamic standards. French is done in Algeria, wh...
[00:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:15] <exec> 08└─This doesn't get us any closer to freedom; rather, this exposes the Tyranny that is growing, and it just helps the Tyranny become stronger. This is not a good thing.
[00:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:21] <exec> 08└─Roads! Healthcare! Also bombs that we drop on literal children, but let's not talk about that! Funding foreign wars of aggression to prop up the petrodollar feels bad, man.
[00:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 1480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:22] <exec> 08└─the world has always existed in a state of anarchy You are a complete fool. For starters, get yourself a dictionary and look up words that you don't understand--or that you think you understand BUT CLEARLY DON'T. Since the first cities--perhaps even the first villages--there has been heirarchy. Inva...
[00:40:24] <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
[00:40:24] <exec> 08└─Also, one is owed only what one negotiates. Learn it. Live by it. Love it.
[00:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:27] <exec> 08└─That said, some government is *NECESSARY*, but there's no effective way of constraining the top level of government in it's quest for additional power.
[00:40:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:29] <exec> 08└─Lol such childish reposting, def the series of contracts fool.
[00:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:31] <exec> 08└─Ah, yes. You've revealed yourself to be the uppity, angry, self-loathing, mutilated Jew that you are.
[00:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:33] <exec> 08└─Obviously the trump supporters forgot the basics as well. Let's see, calls to commit homicide / genocide, adultery, theft, claiming he could gun down someone; yeah the basics don't apply when a candidate is running on populism during a country's rough patch.
[00:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 773 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:36] <exec> 08└─...and to no small degree, intellect. Trump's cognitive abilities have always seemed to me to be average, at best. ...and Trumps knowledge base, as long-time Trump observer David Cay Johnston has noted, is extremely poor. I'm thinking about The Chief Executive's raw decision-making abilities. I woul...
[00:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:38] <exec> 08└─These are the doofuses that think public education is part of the moon matrix and they're so smart for avoiding as much of it ad they could.
[00:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:40] <exec> 08└─USA brought a form of Democracy back into being in the 1780s.
[00:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:42] <exec> 08└─Why must you be such a racist dickhead of a troll? You are not worthy to even use that insult.
[00:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:45] <exec> 08└─Dave Lister was Jewish?? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[00:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:47] <exec> 08└─There's considerable difference between that and the Oligarchy-from-the-start thing that USA has. The number of concessions made to the Southern slave-holding Aristocracy (Electoral College, appointed senators, no recall-by-the-voters of bad performers, etc.) made our system a new and different thin...
[00:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:14] <exec> 08└─I didn't look for the details of the study with 101 cases; even if it were conducted perfectly, the margin of error would be so high that calling a lack of evidence a statistical anomaly would be a stretching of the term. Any variable condition is a statistical anomaly if you have a small enough sam...
[00:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:16] <exec> 08└─Spiking your *own* drink won't get you laid.
[00:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:06] <exec> 08└─Where will you be when the dementia kicks in?
[00:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:56] <exec> 08└─So if a person walks into a "highly restricted area" and does not do anything else threatening, it would be natural for the guards to unleash a barrage of fire at them? No, this kind of thing is situation specific. That's all I'm saying, that just the mere existence of a drone on the grounds of such...
[00:45:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:45:14] <exec> 08└─the opposite of clickbait?
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[01:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06New Form Of DNA Discovered Inside Living Human Cells - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:52] <exec> 08└─The first link does not work for me, because of the single quote instead of the tick (whichever dumbass CMS puts special chars in the URI anyway...) Here's the proper link: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au’s-dna-not-we-know-it [unsw.edu.au]
[01:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Form Of DNA Discovered Inside Living Human Cells - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:53] <exec> 08└─Thanks, changed.
[01:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:05] <exec> 08└─I, for one, ... Ah, you know how it goes.
[01:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:21] <exec> 08└─What is the cost here? It costs extra to design intricate DRM systems into the SoC, it costs to implement the full lockdown across the entire software stack and ecosystem. Of course the upside is cash money, game console manufacturers can extract monopoly rents from software publishers for access to...
[01:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:40] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, I must have ignored the "form of" in your sentence. My apologies :)
[01:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:42] <exec> 08└─"Before he took office as POTUS, Trump had zero experience in foreign policy." He still has zero experience in foreign policy.
[01:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:44] <exec> 08└─Ah, yes. You've revealed yourself to be the uppity, angry, self-loathing, mutilated Jew that you are.
[01:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:46] <exec> 08└─So - the US should pay appeasement to Iran? http://www.acdwyer.com [acdwyer.com]
[01:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:49] <exec> 08└─"I can see Russia from my house" was said by a Sarah Palin impersonator named Tina Fey on the comedy show Saturday Night Live. Sarah Palin was being mocked for daring to suggest that Russia remained a concern for the USA. How times change!!! Back then, democrats were appeasing Russia (remember Hilla...
[01:40:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:51] <exec> 08└─Smeghead -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[01:41:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:20] <exec> 08└─I read GP's post, and it made sense. Alcohol has been the number one inhibition reducer used by men and women alike since time immemorial. The malicious use of other drugs probably does amount to little more than a rounding error compared to the intentional use of alcohol. On any given Saturday nigh...
[01:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 689 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:21] <exec> 08└─The topic was rape, not seduction. Were the topic seduction, I wouldn't be asking for citations (though I would be opposed to calling sex with a roofied person "seduction" unless it was part of some fringe fetish they consented to beforehand). If alcohol is used to debilitate a victim to make them e...
[01:41:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dissecting The AVR Debugwire - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:29] <exec> 08└─This story is still at zero comments because it lacked the one keyword that would attract attention.
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[02:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Form Of DNA Discovered Inside Living Human Cells - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:58] <exec> 08└─Does it prove that aliens fornicated with monkeys to create mankind?
[02:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Form Of DNA Discovered Inside Living Human Cells - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:59] <exec> 08└─To my non-biologist ear this sounds just like the ordinary knotted-up state of DNA when it has not been straightened out to be copied. Enlightenment would be welcome.
[02:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Form Of DNA Discovered Inside Living Human Cells - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:01] <exec> 08└─..the copyright notice: (C) 5000BC Sirus C.
[02:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:14] <exec> 08└─One of the other webmasters said he gets a good steady income from his own. I asked Bonita about this and she thought our very own pr0nsite would be just dandy. Actually she was heavily into it. Perhaps because at the time we were busted flat with no prospects of somehow becoming unbusted. But I dec...
[02:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:15] <exec> 08└─No. We are not going left in the U.S. on Youtube, it just looks like that based on the censorship of the far right. But the far left is getting censored too, just not in quite the same way. Indeed, as politics is more than one dimension, everyone is getting censored if they don't follow the real scr...
[02:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:17] <exec> 08└─Getting a steady income from one ain't the same as having the infrastructure to be able to host tons of videos that get millions of hits the first week they're up.
[02:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:20] <exec> 08└─Wait I thought the leftist agenda was all about censoring Christians while promoting Muslims?? I wish this site could keep the theories straight at least.
[02:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:36] <exec> 08└─Leaving aside the fact that 99% of users do not give a shit about tinkering with the Tegra in their device
[02:40:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:08] <exec> 08└─Give up your religion; stop worshiping the State. Men are not Angels, and they never will be.
[02:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:02] <exec> 08└─being qualified to be politicians
[02:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:04] <exec> 08└─I would like the smartest, most knowledgeable person available to have the job.
[02:41:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:06] <exec> 08└─Those weren't forgotten, they're what got him elected. "He's just like us", etc.
[02:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:08] <exec> 08└─Yes, being qualified for the job is usually a "good thing". But if you so sincerely believe otherwise, the next time you need to go to a dentist, ask a plumber to do it instead, and tell us how it turns out.
[02:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:10] <exec> 08└─I hope this is painted on the nukes headed to Iran... https://galacticwanderlust.files.wordpress.com [wordpress.com]
[02:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 1111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:13] <exec> 08└─Ya see, there's a problem here. "Politician" shouldn't be a career thing at all. That's a big part of what is wrong with our country today. We have a very small group of people who are firmly entrenched in Washington, driving this nation wherever it is that they want to go. career politicians and th...
[02:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:15] <exec> 08└─Laws and infrastructure are excellent examples on which to demonstrate the weaknesses of central planning.
[02:41:16] <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
[02:41:17] <exec> 08└─Also, one is owed only what one negotiates. Learn it. Live by it. Love it.
[02:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 834 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:48] <exec> 08└─Well, I'll point out that there are many different kinds of "rape". To gain support, empathy, or sympathy, women really ought to come up with some new words to describe those various levels of unwanted attention from the other gender. If Daddy's Little Girl goes to the bar, and gets thoroughly intox...
[02:41:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:49] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, if DLG has been drinking soda, coffee, or water all night long, and someone slips that date rape drug into her drink - I see a big problem.
[02:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 1426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:52] <exec> 08└─So the root problems are the fucked up "substance" laws. When will activists for (some) rape victims begin calling for a more libertarian approach to "substances?" Or at least decriminalization. Or at least, here's a concept: requiring a mens rea that's a tad bit higher than some nebulous, undefinab...
[02:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dissecting The AVR Debugwire - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:00] <exec> 08└─And despite that, it doesn't mean that it hasn't been read by many, nor that it doesn't deserve recognition. What it doesn't contain in bullshit that can easily corrected (therefore the lack of comments), it makes up in content and ingenuity. I for one would like to express my appreciation for it...
[02:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:44] <exec> 08└─You are, in essence, intentionally making decisions based on ignorance rather than data.
[02:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:46] <exec> 08└─Sounds like Minnesota, possibly Nord Dukota, or Western North Dackota (eastern Montana). Full of Norwegians.
[02:44:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 234 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:00] <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.
[02:45:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May be Trapped by Gravity - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:45:20] <exec> 08└─By flight I mean horizontal launch style spaceplane. Accelerating at the top of the atmosphere using high Isp but low thrust engines while wings keep you aloft. As you go faster, you need less lift from the wings and you can go higher which also reduces drag. Naturally, the composition of the atmosp...
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[03:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Hires the Former Vice President of Samsung to Tackle Korea - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:52] <exec> 08└─I did a little digging and read TFA. Apple at 17% market share, Samsung at over 50%. Good luck changing that on Samsung's home turf. Both companies are making rectangles at the end of the day. Maybe Huawei should go all in there and other markets with some cheap flagships given that their U.S. ambit...
[03:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Hires the Former Vice President of Samsung to Tackle Korea - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:54] <exec> 08└─The secret to Samsung's success is becoming one with the government, no need for lobbying, SuperPACs or any such silly pretenses. It is simply the national policy to expand their own home grown megacorp, less the Japanese do it to the Koreans again.
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[03:39:21] <exec> 08└─Censorship of Farsi and Turkic is done almost exclusively by muslims. The youtube shooter happened to be muslim, but she didn't always act it. She was thus censored. Essentially, they counted her as non-muslim (like a Christian or Jew or atheist or animist) because she was a female without her hair...
[03:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:12] <exec> 08└─Ah, yes. You've revealed yourself to be the uppity, angry, self-loathing, mutilated Jew that you are.
[03:41:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:13] <exec> 08└─#MakeEndGreat!
[03:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:15] <exec> 08└─Funding foreign wars of aggression to prop up the petrodollar feels bad, man.
[03:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:18] <exec> 08└─Iranians are not brown. They look like typical white people. It's OK to be white. But go on thinking that all non-Americans are brown and that this makes them morally superior ("noble savages" being the traditional term), totally free of the evil that infests all American minds.
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[03:41:20] <exec> 08└─Lulz. I'm rolling around on one to four cylinders, depending on the day. I'm still part of the problem, but these are not the Hummers you're looking for. And I think petrol is only part of the problem -- they'd be trying to proliferate the dollar through other means, including force, anyway. Global...
[03:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:22] <exec> 08└─That would be the one who agrees with me on everything, obviously. Geeez, do I really have to spell out this stuff. 8-) -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[03:41:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:24] <exec> 08└─Today's Dilbert strip made me smile. [dilbert.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[03:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 709 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:58] <exec> 08└─No, the root of the problem is that there are people out there that don't feel that the laws apply to them, legalizing things would make it somewhat more easy to report the crime, but not necessarily actually reduce the problem as then you'd have somebody doing one type of drug and arguing that the...
[03:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:00] <exec> 08└─All your Bayes are belong to us. We were discussing a rounding error, which is < 1%. With a sample size of 101, you have a perfectly reasonable chance of missing a small but > 1% effect. I'm not saying the study is bunk -- I haven't looked into it -- but they'd have to be dealing with ridiculous pri...
[03:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dissecting The AVR Debugwire - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:10] <exec> 08└─We shouldn't have to be reverse engineering DebugWire. But Atmel decided to be dicks about it and now the brand is merged into a bigger, less hacker friendly blob it probably won't get any better. Look at a datasheet, they fully documented the older protocols in great detail but DebugWire they decid...
[03:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dissecting The AVR Debugwire - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:12] <exec> 08└─I agree, but I'm not going to knock Atmel too much as I think they have had an overall very positive influence for hackers. It is common for the engineers to have to 'negotiate' something with management that they can leave out for the sake of ensuring the future flow of 'sheckels'. If they do get...
[03:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:23] <exec> 08└─eSwatini has a lot of potential; but iSwatini is more current. either way, you can always switch, later, if you need to rectify.
[03:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Students Learn Italian Playing Video Games - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:44] <exec> 08└─I've never played it. Is it Italian with subtitles, or a mixed up Engtalian?
[03:45:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Exascale System for Earth Simulation Introduced - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:42] <exec> 08└─People don't know this, we stopped our nuclear testing. And now we use computer, we use digital instead. To make sure our nuclear arsenal is PERFECTO. North Korea, they have some very smart cookies. And they just stopped their testing, because of me. Because I'm going to negotiate with them. I haven...
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[04:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The FCC Loses a Fierce Consumer Advocate as Mignon Clyburn Resigns - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:52] <exec> 08└─I thank her for her service. And Ajit thanks her for her service. We (I) will find another Dem to replace her. Hopefully someone who will be much tougher with Fake News @NBC [twitter.com] and the Networks. At what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!
[04:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FCC Loses a Fierce Consumer Advocate as Mignon Clyburn Resigns - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:53] <exec> 08└─Don't you get bored of this novelty account? It takes up so much of your life. Sad.
[04:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FCC Loses a Fierce Consumer Advocate as Mignon Clyburn Resigns - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:55] <exec> 08└─Shit! Not exactly a bright future, is it? Let's vote out ALL the democrats and republicans! This back and forth crap has gone on long enough. But if you all are happy with how things are going, then by all means, carry on with what you're doing. I'm sure you can keep the game running indefinitely. W...
[04:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:48] <exec> 08└─You're supposed to check the oil level on most cars fairly frequently. The 911's manual says to do it every time you fuel up.
[04:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:03] <exec> 08└─It seems you expect to just simply be privileged enough to never become victimized by a criminal, to the extent that you're willing to pursue an anti-democratic agenda. Let me know when men and women both become angels. You and the VIM guy need to get together. I'm looking forward to the paradise wh...
[04:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Securing Wireless Neurostimulators - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:15] <exec> 08└─But since any patch might break the drivers, there is no obvious way forwards except keeping them all isolated from the internet. Unfortunately, that would be inconvenient.
[04:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:27] <exec> 08└─Since the country has rounded corners they simply could not risk a lawsuit.
[04:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Johns Hopkins Performs the First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:46:13] <exec> 08└─I think you need a surgeon with a better grasp of anatomy.
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[13:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 1434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:52] <exec> 08└─This is why we haven't detected any alien civilizations. They destroyed themselves in nuclear wars, just like we will pretty soon as shown in this article. It's only a matter of time: any biological species that has emotions will inevitably destroy themselves once their technology advances enough. T...
[13:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:01] <exec> 08└─Still not quite getting your point, perhaps a car analogy would help? Is the right to drive inate, or granted by the state through a driver's license? Aside: My father had access to practice areas (off the public roads) and taught me to drive stick at age five.
[13:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:03] <exec> 08└─Please demonstrate the nature of the innateness. Is this innate property genetic ? if so: please point out the gene or genes that an absolute 100% of all humans possess that brings this innate property to expression. is it spiritual ? if so: please demonstrate the existence of souls/spirits.
[13:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:05] <exec> 08└─Yes but. In legal terminology, a "right" is anything you may exercise under the law. A "right" can be created by statute, contract, or be natural. What you are talking about are "natural rights", which is a subset of "rights".
[13:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Children Are As Fit As Endurance Athletes - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:17] <exec> 08└─children soldiers
[13:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:51] <exec> 08└─So, there's an uptick in the Diet Coke sales, but... did they really remove the artificial sweeteners, or just the public's perception of them?
[13:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:52] <exec> 08└─Mexican Coca Cola
[13:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:55] <exec> 08└─They sell flavored seltzer waters, lime, raspberry... I drank them for a little while when I was weaning off caffeinated sugar sodas, but eventually you realize that it's the water you need, not the bubbles or flavoring (caffeine is another matter..., I "cheat" with sweet tea for that.)
[13:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:57] <exec> 08└─On the rare occasion I'd be given fizzy drinks as a kid, my parents would typically choose the low sugar, diet option. As a result, I prefer the taste of the artificial-sweetener-based diet drinks to the full-sugar varieties. That's despite the ridicule of my wife and others saying "Diet? you don't...
[13:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:59] <exec> 08└─On a similar thread, I used to like a drink of hot chocolate as a kid. In my teens and twenties I drifted to tea instead, which I took without sugar as that's how my parents take it. After a few years, trying a hot chocolate again made me cringe at its sweetness. I experimented with homemade recipes...
[13:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:01] <exec> 08└─there is a spice I am missing, and I am not sure what its called
[13:10:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:03] <exec> 08└─They once test-marketed unsweetened soft drinks in Winnipeg. The unsweetened cola was terrible. The unsweetened lemon-lime drinks were delicious.
[13:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:05] <exec> 08└─You need a bit of anise or some other liquorice-ey flavoring in there if you like coke :)
[13:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 2862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:07] <exec> 08└─Corn syrup coke tastes weird compared to sugar based coke I grew up with. Yeah yeah I know genuine sugar coke is available at some effort, but at restaurants or bars or someones house, no chance of "real sugar coke" just the gross cough syrup stuff. On the other hand diet coke tastes just like it di...
[13:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:09] <exec> 08└─"Mexican" Coca Cola is certainly some weird marketing scheme as well:
[13:10:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Form Of DNA Discovered Inside Living Human Cells - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:47] <exec> 08└─It's not clear form the article what it's there for. It could be an intermediate form from the helix. But, it would be neat if it is some sort of bootloader that permits reading the helix.
[13:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:08] <exec> 08└─If you are anti-war: censored; anti-corporate: censored; anti-authoritarian: censored; etc.
[13:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Vocal Minority [2765] (Score: 1) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:09] <exec> 08└─A couple from my bookmarks, I'm sure there are more: https://d.tube [d.tube] https://www.bitchute.com [bitchute.com] Been around for a few months now at least.
[13:11:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:34] <exec> 08└─I think we need a "sad but true" mod :(
[13:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:19] <exec> 08└─Then stop driving oil-based-fuel-hungry SUVs
[13:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 1293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:21] <exec> 08└─You don't understand. Capitalism is just one of many possible forms of establishing a pecking order or power pyramid in human society. If we concentrate just on the methods, we are missing the big picture behind them. When capitalism had been rejected before, the hierarchy nevertheless emerged again...
[13:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iran To Trump: Stay In Nuclear Deal Or "Face Severe Consequences" - 5880 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:23] <exec> 08└─Correct. She actually said, "They're our next door neighbors. And you can actually see Russian from land here in Alaska" [youtube.com]. She was being mocked for her near total lack of foreign policy experience, and for responding with this to a line of questioning about why specifically being next t...
[13:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:56] <exec> 08└─What you are advocating, though, is "This is a house in X County, and everyone knows houses in X County are much more likely to have white siding, so this house probably has white siding,"
[13:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:58] <exec> 08└─Meaningless word salad.
[13:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 1008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:34] <exec> 08└─... and both border Austria, both were settled by the slavs in the 6th century, to be ruled over by King Samo, and to this day speak a slavic language. And their flags are both same three bands with just a small decal at the side that differs. There are of course even more confusing ones that aren't...
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[14:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:51] <exec> 08└─But maybe we can get some nice cheap desk ornaments now?
[14:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:59] <exec> 08└─I don't think I buy the idea that some magic AI will suddenly 'solve' the problem of guaranteeing a clean first strike. How will it do so? Magically determine the location of 100% of enemy assets? But, the enemy also has magic AI, can't they then use it to better hide their assets? RAND seems to be...
[14:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:01] <exec> 08└─We don't need rogue scientists or dictators. We are already working on eliminating ourselves, by simply rendering the planet uninhabitable by ourselves.
[14:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:03] <exec> 08└─If the first thing they do is replace all of these studies, authors and "think tanks" who come up with these "In the future, AI will...".
[14:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:05] <exec> 08└─Anytime I hear about RAND and Nuclear weapons, I think of Spies Like Us. "When we commissioned the Schmectel Corporation to research this precise event sequence scenario, it was determined that the continual stockpiling and development of our nuclear arsenal was becoming self-defeating. A weapon unu...
[14:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:17] <exec> 08└─Mass wishful thinking failed to magically turn it real. This is good. "almost everyone considered an issued patent a personal right", yeah sure.
[14:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:18] <exec> 08└─It looks like they'll have to stop pretending it is property and stop calling it that. The court decided that patents are franchises not property [arstechnica.com]. So now there is further legal proof that anyone using the term "intellectual property" is lying or confused.
[14:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:20] <exec> 08└─Yes, driving would be a right. Owning a car would be a right. Purchasing a car would be contract but the ability to negotiate a contract would be a right. Getting a car from the government/your company/your dad would be an entitlement. Mind you, we've surrendered at least pieces of many of the above...
[14:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Children Are As Fit As Endurance Athletes - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:33] <exec> 08└─Recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise -- even faster than well-trained adult endurance athletes.
[14:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:17] <exec> 08└─A caffeinated flavored seltzer with next to no sweetness would be awesome. But maybe the caffeine won't dissolve in something with few other ingredients? Non sugary seltzers do have trouble hanging on to their carbonation, not that I let them sit around long enough to go flat.
[14:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:18] <exec> 08└─The unsweetened lemon-lime drinks were delicious.
[14:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:20] <exec> 08└─Sure but could they handle YouTube class loads?
[14:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:08] <exec> 08└─Because rather than devising methods to screen people for "brilliant", "hard-working", "educated", etc, you're advocating screening people based on "Norwegian" and "Mexican"
[14:16:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:02] <exec> 08└─What do I know about it? All I know is what's on the internet. I think I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I've had tremendous success. I think I've done a lot. And I think people who...
[14:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swaziland's King Renames Country to "eSwatini" - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:47] <exec> 08└─+1 underrated, Troll moderation was unwarranted - my g/f attempted to post something small to New Mexico from only 2 states away, and the post office staff pulled out the list of international rates in order to know what stampage to put on it, and were in disbelief when told it was in the US.
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[15:08:50] <exec> 08└─Given that nothing has changed with human nature since the collapse of the Atlantic cod fishery in the 90s, which is sort of a vaguely similar "we're killing the ocean" story, we can assume there is no point debating if anything should be done or social status signalling about how bad it is. However...
[15:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:51] <exec> 08└─Reefs have also been reported here to protect against sea level rise ( https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] ). Most impressive.
[15:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:53] <exec> 08└─In this section, much of the damage was caused by the initial rise in temperature.
[15:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:05] <exec> 08└─The last line of the third paragraph handles that This undermines strategic stability because even if the state possessing these capabilities has no intention of using them, the adversary cannot be sure of that.
[15:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 900 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:06] <exec> 08└─In the really old days, Jesus was coming back to create all knowing all seeing centralized control of perfection on earth. Last century, massive central government control was going to create all knowing all seeing centralized control of perfection on earth. Now its AI. Yeah, sure, pull my other fin...
[15:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 5338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:08] <exec> 08└─With respect to liberal arts grads talking about AI, the only mental model they have is Harry Potter magic, so they tend to make stupid predictions having no connection with reality, like leftist economists or similar. In the 50s, a megaflop of processing power predicted the weather a couple days in...
[15:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:23] <exec> 08└─Any conceivable action you could either take or refrain from taking is a right. The idea "your rights end where someone else's begin" is not precisely true so much as it is a compromise you make to be able to interact with other human beings with neither of you feeling the need to engage in violence...
[15:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:24] <exec> 08└─Actually, legal rights are a subset of natural rights. Natural rights include any action you could possibly take or refrain from taking while legal rights are those that we have felt the need to spell out as something that other people should be barred from prohibiting you.
[15:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 1102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:26] <exec> 08└─Driving is NOT a right. It is a privilege and as such can and is granted by the state through a license. You may as well ask if piloting planes is a right, or manufacturing dangerous chemicals is a right. They are not, and neither is driving. "Whereas a right is something that can be done because it...
[15:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:50] <exec> 08└─Exactly, Adblock Plus and Eyeo cannot be trusted due to their paid whitelists. Everyone should have moved on to uBlock or some other ad blocker. Axel Springer just wanted to sue them out of existence so they could stop paying the extortion fee. If they somehow managed to get the court to declare all...
[15:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:52] <exec> 08└─Fuck both Springer and Adblock Plus. Oh, and Springer isn't the academic publisher, this one is known for its fake news tabloid "Bild".
[15:09:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 51 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:00] <exec> 08└─I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.
[15:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:28] <exec> 08└─I am pretty sure I have seen a failed caffeinated water product in the supermarket (failed because it was in the clearance). Not sparkling water, just water, IIRC. There are probably more out there: https://www.google.com [google.com]
[15:10:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:29] <exec> 08└─I used to like diet coke but couldn't drink it anymore after they switched to nutrasweet. Aspartame gives me a headache.
[15:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:31] <exec> 08└─Maybe contracts with corn syrup soda sellers require hiding the good stuff to get a good price on the rotten stuff.
[15:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:34] <exec> 08└─I like to brew a gallon of black or green tea (4-5 small tea bags) and then add ~4 of these [truelemon.com]. Amazon sells them in boxes of 500. I wait for it to cool down a bit and then stick it in a gallon dispenser in the fridge, and any overflow in a plastic bottle to toss in the freezer (so it c...
[15:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:36] <exec> 08└─Why can't we buy cola which has less sweetness
[15:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:38] <exec> 08└─If I had to choose between caffeine and carbonation (and I often do), I would take carbonation. Though, a lot of them are vile tasting. Probably healthier for me in the long run, though. The first hit on the search is https://goavitae.com, [goavitae.com,] which does have a sparkling version. I will...
[15:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:40] <exec> 08└─It's a triumph of the elites that a hard move to the right can get vast swaths of the proles such as GP claiming it's a move to the left. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. And all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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[16:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:57] <exec> 08└─probably a very large absolute number while also being a very small relative number on a planetary scale
[16:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:58] <exec> 08└─How is that baf science? Also per your SIG the next move is informing you that you are a trailer trash level asshole.
[16:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:00] <exec> 08└─The problem with a disagree mod is in four lines I somehow made six claims, all of which appear correct, maybe one is wrong, but surely the other five stand. Given that "nothing changed with human nature in the last decade or two" "Aus scuba diving" "small scale" "biomass relying on coral is gonna d...
[16:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:02] <exec> 08└─Hmm I was thinking about biomass on a planetary scale, like the oxygen level on the other side of the planet where I live will not collapse because the reef died, or if all that "reef stuff" died and decayed it wouldn't release enough CO2 or methane to affect the entire planet. Value on a human scal...
[16:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:04] <exec> 08└─The more expensive and risky it is to gather fish in international waters, the fewer new participants there will be. After enough of the old guard get sent to Davey Jones' Locker, the problem will be self correcting as fewer people each habitat fish rather than farmed fish, also helping spur on the...
[16:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 979 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:06] <exec> 08└─I looked into farmed cod fish because it seems obvious and a good investment opportunity. Its shockingly high tech; some animals are not suited to livestock lifestyle for various biological reasons; we don't eat Panda merely because they're momentarily rare; if we could turn them into livestock (whi...
[16:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:09] <exec> 08└─Can you not read? She made the claim that "much of the damage was caused by the initial rise in temperature" without providing evidence to support this. I did point this out. Nice use of the second person there. You win five Internets.
[16:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 1092 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:23] <exec> 08└─Maybe, but I'm not really convinced of that. Global warming isn't really threatening our existence, it's threatening our lifestyle. Rising sea levels will render lots of low-lying cities uninhabitable, sure, but there's plenty of land higher up; the problem is dealing with that. And extreme weather...
[16:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:24] <exec> 08└─But we are talking about real scorched earth war here. You don't win, there is nothing to win. You just destroy your prize in an attempt of winning it. Launching first strike in an nuclear war has purpose only if adversary has an massive invasion force ready and your defeat is imminent. Then you pre...
[16:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 3947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:26] <exec> 08└─Oh and in my nuclear war game, I forgot to express the odds: Without AI, the odds of winning a nuclear war that you start are 2:6 or one third, or the odds are two thirds you'll lose, so the odds of a war starting by either player are roughly zero because who ever starts a war has 2/3 chance of losi...
[16:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:29] <exec> 08└─1. XKCD [xkcd.com]: The AIs decide we're all idiots for having nuclear weapons and collectively destroys the weapons. This is probably the best possible outcome. 2. 99 Red Balloons [youtube.com]: The AIs mistake something completely harmless for a threat, and we all die horribly. 3. Dr Strangelove [...
[16:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 883 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:46] <exec> 08└─A "right" is not "anything you may exercise." Privileges may be exercised as well, and that's what patents are - privileges established by Congress under constitutional authority, but privileges nonetheless. Congress can establish privileges and it can take away privileges. Rights are something diff...
[16:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:47] <exec> 08└─Any conceivable action you could either take or refrain from taking is a right.
[16:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 1229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:49] <exec> 08└─It is in the possession of a few qualities that are fundamental to our existence; we are discrete individuals who are able to communicate with each other and also to understand and anticipate the consequences of our actions, and we have more to gain from coöperation than conflict. Given this, a cer...
[16:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:16] <exec> 08└─Your premise isn't entirely true. A number of ad blockers now will rewrite the DOM to explicitly delete ads. It's more akin to receiving a burger with onions and having a minion remove the onions before you accept the burger.
[16:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:17] <exec> 08└─When I get my completion check I'm going to try direct mail What I object to is tracking. If online ads were no more able to track the user than dead tree ads can track newspaper readers I'd be completely cool with them.
[16:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:59] <exec> 08└─and telling them lies. ... Thank god.
[16:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 1281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:00] <exec> 08└─I would endorse that although its weird that the market is flooded with ridiculous convenience items like pre-hard-boiled eggs or frozen pb&j sandwiches for those who can't figure out the recipe, but one simple recipe thats darn near actively censored from the marketplace is can of caffeine without...
[16:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:02] <exec> 08└─Diet Coke has had Nutrasweet / Aspartame for most of the time it's been in existence, if not the whole time. They only recently started experimenting with Splenda (Sucralose) instead of Aspartame.
[16:11:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FCC Loses a Fierce Consumer Advocate as Mignon Clyburn Resigns - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:18] <exec> 08└─> Rosenworcel will be the lone Democrat on the commission after Clyburn's departure. There are three Republicans. President Trump and the Senate will be responsible for filling the Democratic seat to restore the 3-2 split. In other words, it will remain a 3-1 split until the next President.
[16:15:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:53] <exec> 08└─before your latent hatred becomes ingrained and you end up as one of those old racist assholes people barely tolerate.
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[17:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Investors Wary of Alphabet/Google's Billions in Capital Expenditures - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:53] <exec> 08└─Alphabet is investing in their long term future. Wall street is pissed because they may make $0.01 / share less next quarter. Don't even get me started on Eddie Lampert and Sears, or Romney and Bain capitol. Our economy is run by leeches, for leeches. Tell me again why it's starting to look like Chi...
[17:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Investors Wary of Alphabet/Google's Billions in Capital Expenditures - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:54] <exec> 08└─The summary doesn't say what percentage of those expenses were related to the new tax cuts, but that WAS the biggest selling point of the tax breaks, that companies would use that money to invest in their people and capital expenditures. Maybe those investors are getting worried that some companies...
[17:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 1017 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:12] <exec> 08└─Ohhh-kay. Except, oxygen isn't exactly bio. Oxygen is a chemical, or more accurately, an element, which readily combines with itself to create a chemicl - O2. And, it just as readily reacts with several other chemicals, like iron, carbon, aluminum, hydrogen, etc. Biology as we know it is largely dep...
[17:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:14] <exec> 08└─So it is bad science because she needs to cite the thirty years worth of research on coral bleaching and temperature effects that you are apparently unaware of? Bad science because if YOUR ignorance?
[17:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:16] <exec> 08└─Bad science because of wetback faggot cunt nitpicking.
[17:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:18] <exec> 08└─Your expectations are appropriate for a scientific paper, not for a story in the popular press. Fortunately, there's a scientific paper linked.
[17:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:20] <exec> 08└─Why, yes. Absolutely. You simply do not get to make claims that you cannot point to supporting data about in science.
[17:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:22] <exec> 08└─Honestly, I'd prefer it to be cited in the press before it would a paper. Those reading an article in some random magazine are more likely to need the information than those reading a scientific journal.
[17:09:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 534 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:39] <exec> 08└─1. XKCD [xkcd.com]: The AIs decide we're all idiots for having nuclear weapons and collectively destroys the weapons. This is probably the best possible outcome. 2. 99 Red Balloons [youtube.com]: The AIs mistake something completely harmless for a threat, and we all die horribly. 3. Dr Strangelove [...
[17:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:41] <exec> 08└─This reminds me the movie Wargames [wikipedia.org] of 1983. We are not going to depend on unreproducible and unanalyzable mysterious machine Deep Learning to recognize faces, detect Spam, copyright infringement, driving a cars, etc, but to start a nuclear war. Fine!
[17:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:43] <exec> 08└─I think the theory of the story is something like right now "I donno the odds of winning but they're really bad" means you don't launch, but with advanced enough AI, "the best odds of winning are the afternoon of April 28th 2018 and the odds are trending lower for the next 50 years" means you kinda...
[17:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:45] <exec> 08└─I was going to ask how many people's minds went straight to WarGames from the summary. Shall we play a game?
[17:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:47] <exec> 08└─This is also dead on. Additionally: There is no way even the best AI is going to be able to give you 100% certainty of hitting every enemy weapon. So, any first strike comes with a nonzero chance of retaliation. There is little reason to take this risk except in the last stand kind of scenario, as y...
[17:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:49] <exec> 08└─Climate change isn't just about sea levels. It's about preserving the massively complex biosphere we live in. Changes in one system effect others, these arent isolated processes. My major concern is how this effects water supplies which is THE cornerstone to civilization. What happens when farmers c...
[17:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:51] <exec> 08└─We can only hope for #1. My guess is any development of military AI will be by guided by war dogs looking to ensure aggressive behavior so as not to appear weak. What good is a peaceful military computer AI? Better make sure it will overreact like a coked up bro who's frail ego has just been bruised...
[17:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 4138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:12] <exec> 08└─"Driving is NOT a right. It is a privilege and as such can and is granted by the state through a license." Eh, not quite. The privilege granted by the state is not "driving," it's "driving on public roads." There is a difference. You have every right to drive your own car on your own road, with no l...
[17:10:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Children Are As Fit As Endurance Athletes - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:27] <exec> 08└─My two year old can do pull ups on the table, use the refrigerator handles to rock-climb, and loves to run. Kids are still learning about the world and are quite happy to "exercise" (play). You could be fit too, if you ran everywhere all day with no worries about silly things like work. My kid also...
[17:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:26] <exec> 08└─You could just drink a Non-Caffeinated beverage and get your caffeine elsewhere. Izze soda / sparkling juice is pretty tasty and doesn't have a lot of sugar compared to regular sodas or juice.
[17:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:27] <exec> 08└─Try vanilla and white cinnamon. (Or was it cinnamon and white vanilla? I forget.)
[17:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:29] <exec> 08└─You both make good points. I think the key is in what the parent wrote: make it in bulk. There isn't much time difference in making 5 gallons vs. 1 gallon, so make 5 gallons at a time. What we're really buying when we buy the hard boiled eggs, the pre-made PB&J, etc., is laziness and dependency and...
[17:11:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:31] <exec> 08└─This is easily dismissed by the notion that thin people have no reason to drink diet Coke. What I've always said is, "sugar may not be good for me, but at least my body knows what to do with it".
[17:11:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:34] <exec> 08└─Greetings, brother. If you don't have a cheap espresso machine, get one. Pull a double-shot. Then dilute it to 50-50 with cold water. Next, pour over ice. Best iced coffee ever.
[17:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:36] <exec> 08└─Diet Coke was only made without Nutrasweet from August 1982 through about April 1983. Then it was a blend of aspartame and saccharin for a short time, then Nutrasweet alone. I like the new flavored Diet Cokes, myself. Particularly the Ginger Lime version. Mango is good, too. And re: New Coke: New Co...
[17:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FCC Loses a Fierce Consumer Advocate as Mignon Clyburn Resigns - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:52] <exec> 08└─3 votes beats 2 votes. The extra person is not harmful. The next democrat gets 3 people. It is better that one of the "democrats" is a DINO, always voting with the republicans.
[17:12:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 565 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:30] <exec> 08└─No. We are not going left in the U.S. on Youtube, it just looks like that based on the censorship of the far right. But the far left is getting censored too, just not in quite the same way. Indeed, as politics is more than one dimension, everyone is getting censored if they don't follow the real scr...
[17:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:42] <exec> 08└─Is that truly left wing? Sounds somewhat libertarian which basically morphed into alt/modern right.
[17:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:43] <exec> 08└─A septillion times THIS.
[17:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:45] <exec> 08└─Both of those quotes come from books that were written to expose and mock the horrible injustice of communism, the ultimate far-left form of government. That second one is really relevant to the SJWs, with people being "more equal" if they have more diversity points. It is also really relevant to so...
[17:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 1055 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:10] <exec> 08└─> what I program into MINE programmable device Therein lies the crux of the problem. You did not buy a user-programmable device. You bought a gaming platform, subsidized by the expected game attachment rate, on which the manufacturer tells people all players are equal, and invests a lot of money on...
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[18:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:50] <exec> 08└─Protect your children now with family focused parental controls! Whatever happened to good parenting? How about not being lazy turds and using a keyboard if you need to look something up? How about not allowing corporate spyware into your home and training your kids to implicitly trust it? We need t...
[18:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:51] <exec> 08└─data is only being used to make Alexa smarter and more tailored to each user
[18:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:53] <exec> 08└─However, the mic will always be listening for its wake-word just like other Echo devices.
[18:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:55] <exec> 08└─Robert Shields [wikipedia.org] was around 54 years old when he began his diary, the world's longest. Someone who starts at an earlier age could surpass him. To begin, say "Alexa open My Diary [amazon.com]".
[18:09:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Investors Wary of Alphabet/Google's Billions in Capital Expenditures - 332 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:03] <exec> 08└─Alphabet is investing in their long term future. Wall street is pissed because they may make $0.01 / share less next quarter. Don't even get me started on Eddie Lampert and Sears, or Romney and Bain capitol. Our economy is run by leeches, for leeches. Tell me again why it's starting to look like Chi...
[18:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Investors Wary of Alphabet/Google's Billions in Capital Expenditures - 1008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:06] <exec> 08└─I'm having pretty much the same problem you have with this story. Any business owner, large or small, should be investing in his business. That's how a business grows. The small town landscaper who won't purchase pruning shears, edgers, trash bags, mower blades, and all the other accoutrements of th...
[18:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:30] <exec> 08└─Point is, there are some findings that are so well established they don't require citation. For instance, if I employ "F=ma" in a physics paper, nobody's going to complain that I didn't go through in-depth data and research to prove it. My guess is that the effects of overheating on coral is quite w...
[18:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:31] <exec> 08└─I guess we're down to RTFS now. After the heatwave subsided, a team of scientists conducted tests to find out how the heatwave damaged the reef. Extensive aerial surveys were conducted. These surveys concluded that a great deal of the reef had bleaching that had killed off many parts of the reef. [....
[18:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:33] <exec> 08└─Heh . . . I initially dismissed your post as asinine bullshit. Took a few seconds. You get a partial point, I guess. Point 1 points sound reasonable? Nine more poss of equal quality, and you'll have one whole point. Phhhhtttt. On the other hand, you could make an actual contributing post, and get mu...
[18:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:35] <exec> 08└─the effects of overheating on coral is quite well established
[18:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:37] <exec> 08└─Ahh yes, the might Libertarian in his native habitat of narcissistic denial. Bullshit claims you make don't require any evidence because "if you need lots of words to explain something it is probably bullshit - TMB" but anything even tangentially touching sensitive topics like climate change require...
[18:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 859 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:39] <exec> 08└─The overwhelming majority who read these articles in random magazines wouldn't bother to read the actual science and probably couldn't determine the validity factor for themselves. It has been a long while since I've done lab work and statistical analyses so it would take me quite a bit of effort go...
[18:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:42] <exec> 08└─Yeah, someone should RTFS again but it ain't me. Keep looking at it until you see that nothing said there provides evidence to the statement you're arguing in favor of.
[18:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:44] <exec> 08└─Point is, there are some findings that are so well established they don't require citation.
[18:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:46] <exec> 08└─Denial? This is pedantry, thank you very much.
[18:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:48] <exec> 08└─A citation to a well written news article would be preferred but a scientific paper would do if none were available. This has nothing to do with my belief in the truth of the statement. It very likely is true. But claims need to be supported or it's either shitty reporting or shitty science.
[18:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:50] <exec> 08└─Come on Buzzy...you are supposed to be an editor. The Gazette article was merely a report on the study published in Nature (which I do not have access to). The Abstract actually hints at this: "... corals began to die immediately on reefs where the accumulated heat exposure exceeded a critical thres...
[18:09:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 1434 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:58] <exec> 08└─This is why we haven't detected any alien civilizations. They destroyed themselves in nuclear wars, just like we will pretty soon as shown in this article. It's only a matter of time: any biological species that has emotions will inevitably destroy themselves once their technology advances enough. T...
[18:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:16] <exec> 08└─then basically anyone can build a fusion bomb. If this actually happens in our reality, just imagine the implications: instead of some random nutcase shooting up a Waffle House or mowing down some women with a van, we'll have random nutcases setting off bombs that destroy entire cities.
[18:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:17] <exec> 08└─WarGames definitely has appeal. Fail Safe (1964) [wikipedia.org] is also a good film on this topic. Fail Safe and WarGames both focus on the high-level reason for a nuclear strike, and they give us the perspective of commanders whose shiny new hardware is not working as they had hoped it would work....
[18:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:19] <exec> 08└─We don't need AI to make humans take chances with Mutual Assured Destruction. All we have to do is put a madman, or multiple madmen into power who don't even understand what a Nuclear Weapon, let alone a Nuclear War even is. Someone who thinks a nuclear war is acceptable. Someone who has the right t...
[18:10:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:41] <exec> 08└─Yes. They're just ones we voluntarily surrender in order to have a less violent society. Consider it this way... Do you have the right to blow your nose? Why? Because there is nothing anywhere taking that right from you. We as a nation have decided that certain rights can not be exercised and mainta...
[18:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:43] <exec> 08└─> SCOTUS misunderstands what a right is. Why does this not surprise me? Because you don't have enough training in law to understand what you're talking about. SCOTUS deals with rights every day. Down to the finest minutiae that lower courts could agree on. Are you Dunning-Krugering ? SCOTUS just sai...
[18:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:45] <exec> 08└─Law has nothing to do with rights. Rights existed before law and will exist after every law currently in existence has faded to dust. Our founders understood this, which is why they wrote the constitution as they did; to prohibit the government from infringing specific pre-existing rights rather tha...
[18:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:47] <exec> 08└─Did I point out that this specific clause exists to prevent people from exercising their very natural right to copy ? I'm pretty sure "grabbing the same edible fruit" and "putting a similar sharp rock on a stick" long predate any silly notion that you could have a right not to get copied when you ha...
[18:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:49] <exec> 08└─As with many things in life, it's only a thing because people agreed it was a thing. "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." Obviously you can't "demonstrate" it because it's an abstract principle.
[18:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:51] <exec> 08└─I'm getting a headache trying to figure out what you're actually arguing. Siding with the US government, in a 7-2 opinion, the Supreme Court rejected Oil States' argument and found that patents are "public" rights, not "private" in an IPR context.
[18:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Children Are As Fit As Endurance Athletes - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:07] <exec> 08└─You may as well say a process that produces hydrogen monoxide is making water - that single proton makes for very different chemical properties. Lactate, being unable to donate a proton, would not be an acid. In fact, it will actually be a base since it will tend to bind to free protons already in t...
[18:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Children Are As Fit As Endurance Athletes - 733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:08] <exec> 08└─Self-moving strength is hardly a fair measure though - since as you scale down weight reduces much faster than strength, being smaller, have a much greater volume to area ratio. At the same proportions half the height means 1/4 the cross-sectional area, and thus roughly 1/4 the muscle strength - but...
[18:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:24] <exec> 08└─And what about my high-contrast mode with images turned off, or my friend's screen reader? Those also rewrite the DOM, stylesheets and more (if not explicitly, then implicitly). The fact is that the user agent has been rewriting and changing pages for years now, the difference now is that people are...
[18:11:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:25] <exec> 08└─What you say is true. On the other hand... "Nice website you got there. It'd be a shame if anything were to happen to it..." Likewise having to pay the phone company to not list your number in the phone book. I honestly can't see a huge difference between what AdBlockPlus is doing, and an extortion...
[18:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:27] <exec> 08└─Not me. I believe advertising to be deleterious to society. All adverts must be destroyed.
[18:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:18] <exec> 08└─caffeinated water product
[18:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 1012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:19] <exec> 08└─What you're really buying when you buy the hard boiled eggs, pre-made PB&J etc. is time. You are paying a convenience factor for the time spent in cooking the product and packaging it until you eat it (if applicable), and if buying it on-the-go the time spent figuring out you want X, putting it on a...
[18:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:21] <exec> 08└─My dentist would disagree with you. I was told to avoid carbonated beverages, sweetened or not, because the carbonic acid dissolved the teeth without waiting for bacteria to do the work. This created small pits that bacteria found just ideal to live in. OTOH, he doesn't like coffee or tea because th...
[18:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:23] <exec> 08└─FWIW, if you can afford the calories cocoa powder + powdered milk + hot water is a delicious beverage. You need to adjust the proportions to taste. You could even use heated full milk + cocoa powder, but you need to be careful to not overheat it. Sugar is not needed.
[18:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:25] <exec> 08└─Nope. We're talking about the normal clear, completely transparent bottled water, with no flavors or carbonation, but with caffeine added. It turns out I took a photo of it when I saw it back in May 2017 (because of the WTF factor for me). It was a 500 ml/16.9 fl. oz. bottle of Avitae purified water...
[18:12:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:27] <exec> 08└─See my post below. What I had found was half a liter of Avitae, non-carbonated. Just water, 45mg caffeine, and presumably minerals, at a 50% discounted price of $0.75.
[18:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:30] <exec> 08└─I had trouble locating powdered milk at Costco or ALDI. Is it a cost-effective alternative to $3/gallon whole milk?
[18:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:39] <exec> 08└─The poster child in the U.S. for being many of those things is the hippy movement. I'm curious if you think those people would be classified as right-wing under the conventional spectrum.
[18:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:40] <exec> 08└─Your feeling when you discover there are OTHER dimensions to political compass (it's not just Left/Right). If you keep trying to force everything onto your one dimensional line, you are just going to end up twisting the truth to fit your narrative, and very unsuccessfully.
[18:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:07] <exec> 08└─Use your words.
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[19:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:57] <exec> 08└─I have an older model of TV remote, one that doesn't require an Internet connection.
[19:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:58] <exec> 08└─I searched the WWW for "Amazon" together with "subpoena." In its motion [documentcloud.org], Amazon.com argued that the state of Arkansas was required to demonstrate a “heightened showing of relevance” to justify the release of Bates’ Echo data. Police seized the Echo device in a search of Bat...
[19:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:00] <exec> 08└─Amazon Continues to Resist Requests for "Alexa" Audio Evidence in Arkansas Murder Case [soylentnews.org]
[19:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:02] <exec> 08└─Gee, maybe the average 4-year-old doesn't think about the surveillance and privacy implications (ignored by the parents, who purchased it). They might consider it about a decade later, but by then the ubiquitous surveillance device will have long been normalized, and digital assistants will be featu...
[19:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 1300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:04] <exec> 08└─Have you seen the pics of Bezos? That guy's chosen fashion sense just screams gov/military involvement. Obama seemed to be in love with Amazon, and we know how pro-police state that fucker was. Being a lawyer he probably managed to sleep at night by weasel wording his campaign promises. He did bring...
[19:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:06] <exec> 08└─According to lots of companies their devices only listen for the keywords and then analyze what you say next, but I personally don't buy it. At the very least they could easily toggle permission settings remotely and turn the mic on at will along with building advanced voice profiles and aggregating...
[19:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:09] <exec> 08└─Hmm, what if the databases know exactly what you mean by a Butlerian Jihad?
[19:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:11] <exec> 08└─About as despicable as cartoon characters selling cigarettes to kids. Wrap dystopia in pretty colors so kids will like it!
[19:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:13] <exec> 08└─Gee, maybe the average 4-year-old doesn't think about the surveillance and privacy implications (ignored by the parents, who purchased it).
[19:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:15] <exec> 08└─Personally I'll wait for a digital assistant that can operate fully offline, requires approval to access the internet, and is open sourced so at least it is possible to audit.
[19:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:59] <exec> 08└─Missed a link in TFA, which apparently you did not read (maybe because you have a hard on to rag on Original Owner): " Many corals — especially those in the northern third of the reef — died immediately from heat stress." https://www.nature.com [nature.com]
[19:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:00] <exec> 08└─what does a post coral world look like?
[19:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:02] <exec> 08└─Come on Buzzy...you are supposed to be an editor.
[19:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:04] <exec> 08└─You are right in that it is not proven, but... * there is correlation, i.e. there was significant heating of the ocean correlated with coral die back * there is a mechanism, i.e. many years of research supporting coral die back being caused by heating * there are no known confounding factors ... so...
[19:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 1152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:33] <exec> 08└─First it was evil AI that would run amok (ala Westworld, the 1970s version, not the reboot, The Matrix, etc.), then it was "Grey Goo [wikipedia.org]" All manner of disasters from the development of "AI" have been predicted. This is just another bullshit doom and gloom scenario, albeit slightly more...
[19:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:34] <exec> 08└─who ever starts a war has 2/3 chance of losing it.
[19:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:36] <exec> 08└─There are already many different scenarios about how AI could go bad. There are probably many more ways it could go bad that we haven't even thought of yet. Either intentionally, or unintentionally.
[19:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:38] <exec> 08└─Don't worry! The illusion of unlimited, cheap, clean drinking water will be with us for as long as humanity exists! Oh, wait . . .
[19:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:40] <exec> 08└─From the headline, I was expecting this to be about the island of stability [wikipedia.org].
[19:10:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:43] <exec> 08└─The only thing to stop a madman with a fusion bomb, is a good guy with a fusion bomb. We all should have fusion bombs, so that we can resist an oppressive government ordering our neighbors bomb-toting military members to turn their fusion bombs against our fusion bombs.
[19:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:45] <exec> 08└─somewhat building on what GP said: this won't finish off humanity. If 90% of humanity died tomorrow, the human species would still be one of the most numerous mammalian species in the world. and the problems with water etc wouldn't really be problems any more.
[19:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 2022 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:47] <exec> 08└─No, it's not doom. Sure, you might have some nasty resource wars, and you'll probably have giant famines with millions or even billions dead, but think about this: what happens if 6 billion people died tomorrow? We'd still have over 1.5 billion people. That's not extinction, it's just a massive shif...
[19:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:49] <exec> 08└─The AIs decide we're all idiots for having nuclear weapons and collectively destroys the weapons. This is probably the best possible outcome. It won't happen the way shown in XKCD: ICBMs don't have enough power to achieve escape velocity. Submarine-launched ones are even worse.
[19:11:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Virindi [3484] 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 226 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:00] <exec> 08└─Yes but. In legal terminology, a "right" is anything you may exercise under the law. A "right" can be created by statute, contract, or be natural. What you are talking about are "natural rights", which is a subset of "rights".
[19:11:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:17] <exec> 08└─No? So if I owned a plane, and I was complying with all necessary safety regulations, you still think you have a right to stop me from flying it? Why?
[19:11:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:19] <exec> 08└─God didn't give us inalienable rights to unlimited length patents and copyrights?
[19:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:21] <exec> 08└─But what about profit? Imagine the patent licensing income to the guy (and his heirs) who "invented" fire! (It was an "invention" wasn't it? It would be profitable to license, so therefore it must be an invention!)
[19:11:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:23] <exec> 08└─The Supreme Court didn't say that whatever wasn't a right. They just ruled on what type of right it is.
[19:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:25] <exec> 08└─No, you were arguing the other side of it for some reason from my perspective. SCOTUS said it was a "right" of a different kind than they wanted. I said it was not a right at all.
[19:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:27] <exec> 08└─Shit, man, he didn't even give us britches to keep the skeeters off our tender bits.
[19:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 1079 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:29] <exec> 08└─"Erm...isn't one of the safety regulations that you have to be a licensed pilot?" Yes indeed, which makes that a corner case that's mostly useful as a hypothetical. If you think that there is a right involved here, then the licensing regime can only be legitimized by that public safety argument, so...
[19:11:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:31] <exec> 08└─Is "patents are not intellectual property, therefore there is no such thing as intellectual property" a fair restatement?
[19:12:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:06] <exec> 08└─Raise your hand if you've gone to a site that loaded, and then suddenly was replaced with: Something interfered with this website loading. I disable JavaScript for the site, and then it works fine. So it seems that what blocked the site was it's very own JavaScript code. (And no, just changing View...
[19:12:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:07] <exec> 08└─Adblock Plus screwed its own credibility just as NoScript had also done. Try uMatrix. It's nerdy. Definitely not for Grandma. But that probably won't bother anyone here.
[19:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:05] <exec> 08└─Sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola, apple juice, grape juice, and orange juice indeed are poison. The problem chemical is fructose. HFCS is not radically different from what's found in apples and oranges. There's only slightly more fructose. It does not matter if your apple/orange/grape juice comes fro...
[19:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:07] <exec> 08└─That is a very good point. Carbonic acid is not be good for your teeth. I wonder if its better or worse than the sugar in a sugary beverage. And a carbonated beverage with lemon or lime is a double-shot of acid without the sugar. Certainly the combination of the two is no good. But just like people...
[19:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:09] <exec> 08└─You can get it online from Amazon. I think it is cheaper, since its a dry good and has a longer shelf life. However I have never tried it as a milk-replacement. I have seen it used mostly as an ingredient in other things, such as baked goods, ice cream, or additive to a beverage.
[19:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:11] <exec> 08└─I'm also thinking of how it could be reconstituted, and then converted into gallons of yogurt.
[19:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:22] <exec> 08└─George Orwell was a socialist. You were probably forced to read 1984 and Animal farm in school (and none of his other works), so have a child's comprehension at best.
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[20:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:51] <exec> 08└─As I recall the moon is similarly dark, only appearing bright thanks to the intense illumination.
[20:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:52] <exec> 08└─The universe is full of cool stuff. Can we get rid of the idiots who act like we're so special, and $deity only cares about $us ?
[20:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:54] <exec> 08└─The Moon's [wikipedia.org] albedo is 0.136. This object appears to be 0.03, and it's a "hot Jupiter".
[20:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:56] <exec> 08└─Not sure who you're talking about. Bible believing Christians shouldn't have anything against there being Alien life that God created and cares about. We're just the only who totally messed everything up. The real story is that He cares enough to save us.
[20:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 843 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:58] <exec> 08└─Funny, when taking a photo of the moon you set the camera to normal daylight settings to get correct exposure of the moon's surface - would seem to say that the moon's surface is just about as reflective as normal terrestrial subjects. As for this study, albedo of 0.03 - varying? Sounds like somebod...
[20:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:01] <exec> 08└─The real story is that He cares enough to save us.
[20:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:03] <exec> 08└─https://www.sciencealert.com/hot-jupiter-wasp-104b-one-of-the-darkest-planets-ever [sciencealert.com] WASP-104b is even darker. According to researchers at Keele University in the UK, it absorbs more than 97 to 99 percent of light.
[20:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:05] <exec> 08└─- What's WASP-104b's favorite song? - "I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas."
[20:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:26] <exec> 08└─If and when Amazon can be shown to be abusing anyone's privacy, that's the time to bring out the pitchforks and torches. Until then, no. By all means, encourage vigilance. If the day comes when Amazon actually invades our privacy, we should burn the things.
[20:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:27] <exec> 08└─If you can't comprehend the privacy implications here then you are already lost.
[20:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:29] <exec> 08└─I'm going to sell a device that physically disconnects the Amazon/Google/FB device from the internet until its wake-up word is called. Will you buy it?
[20:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 809 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:32] <exec> 08└─It actually is listening all the time. It HAS to be in order to be voice activated. What it's supposed to be doing is simply erasing/overwriting what it hears, until the keyword is detected. Which seems reasonable, but how do you verify it? On a device that accepts updates? Impossible. If it cannot...
[20:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:34] <exec> 08└─I mean I want to kill. I want to see blood and gore and guts an veins in my teeth. I want to kill KILL KILL KILL!
[20:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:36] <exec> 08└─"Parker, you did delete those databases, didn't you?" "Yes, M'Lady."
[20:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:38] <exec> 08└─Amazon Echo devices come with a mute button that toggles the microphone on/off. Of course, you have to trust that it is actually doing so, or pull the power cord to be 100% sure.
[20:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:40] <exec> 08└─Whatever happened to good parenting?
[20:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:42] <exec> 08└─The interesting thing about those stories is they prove the lie about Alexa not recording far more than just the wake-up prompt. There are multiple published wake words. https://www.amazon.com [amazon.com] Who't to say there aren't more? [reddit.com] Yo...
[20:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:44] <exec> 08└─> If the day comes when Amazon actually invades our privacy, we should burn the things. It's a proprietary IoT device with Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity—a device which only works when connected to Amazon's servers—that's being mass-produced and offered for $80. That sounds like something that...
[20:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:47] <exec> 08└─Bezos and some NSA spook were in a bar, both a little buzzed. NSA Spook: "I wish we had the men and resources to just bug everyone and sift out the bad guys, but alas. So the terrorists win." Bezos: "Hold my beer a sec, you just gave me an idea. [furious scribbling ensues for a few minutes...] Behol...
[20:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:49] <exec> 08└─It actually is listening all the time. It HAS to be in order to be voice activated. What it's supposed to be doing is simply erasing/overwriting what it hears, until the keyword is detected.
[20:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:51] <exec> 08└─I'm going to sell a device that physically disconnects the Amazon/Google/FB device from the internet until its wake-up word is called. Will you buy it?
[20:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:53] <exec> 08└─If and when Amazon can be shown to be abusing anyone's privacy, that's the time to bring out the pitchforks and torches. Until then, no.
[20:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:55] <exec> 08└─"Alexa, set phasers to kill." "Alexa, I shot a man in Reno." "Alexa, I see dead people." "Alexa, how do I get rid of a dead body?"
[20:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:57] <exec> 08└─we have historical records showing that when shit is burning, it's already too late to erase the databases.
[20:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:59] <exec> 08└─that's being mass-produced and offered for $80
[20:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 1414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:02] <exec> 08└─"Amazon Echo devices come with a mute button that toggles the microphone on/off. Of course, you have to trust that it is actually doing so, or pull the power cord to be 100% sure." Is there a physical mute mechanism that physically disconnects the mic? If it has that, and I can get into it to verify...
[20:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Investors Wary of Alphabet/Google's Billions in Capital Expenditures - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:12] <exec> 08└─I feel the same conflict... And the point of all the business tax credits was to have businesses increase spending in order for the trickle down theory that everyone else will be better off. Here is a company taking their overseas cash, bringing back to the US and spending it... only to be penalized...
[20:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:51] <exec> 08└─There are a bunch of stories like this in June through December of 2017. http://www.abc.net.au [abc.net.au] Then in January Nat Geo published this: https://news.nationalgeographic.com
[20:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03redneckmother [3597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:05] <exec> 08└─You have every right to drive your own car on your own road, with no license, drunk as a skunk and with busted turn signals if you want.
[20:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:42] <exec> 08└─uBlock Origin is a straightforward drop-in replacement for Adblock Plus. Not as powerful as uMatrix, which I also use, but doesn't require any special knowledge to use, either.
[20:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:44] <exec> 08└─The German market was different. Saccharin/cyclamate was used for sweetening before aspartame took over.
[20:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:57] <exec> 08└─LOL, when I was 20 I knew for certain I knew everything. The older I get the more I know there is to know. At 50 I am pretty sure I know close to nothing, and that it is only going to get worse.
[20:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:58] <exec> 08└─You speak as if Christians or Muslims were a cohesive unity, rather than a hodgepodge of differing world view and conflicting interpretations. "I am a Cylon, so to is everyone else, we just are made by different factions."
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[21:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:03] <exec> 08└─Actually the proper exposure rule for the moon is not the sunny 16 rule [wikipedia.org] (set the f stop to f/16 and the shutter speed to the reciprocal of the ISO) but is instead the looney 11 rule [wikipedia.org] where instead you set the f stop to f/11 and the shutter speed to the reciprocal of th...
[21:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:04] <exec> 08└─See: The Bible Old Testament: World Created, People Sin, God's plan to save us pointed to (Jewish practice of sacrificing a perfect lamb). New Testament: God's plan to save us started, God successfully winning the battle with Satan (Jewish practice of sacrifice no longer needed. Curtain torn between...
[21:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:06] <exec> 08└─"Bible-believing Christians" for the longest time thought the Southern Hemisphere was uninhabited because anyone living there would fall off and/or couldn't have been saved (see Augustine). You're full of it, Freeman. The theology is rotten from start to finish.
[21:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Megahard [4782] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:08] <exec> 08└─The planet in our system with the lowest albedo is Mercury, at 0.06. Gas giants are much higher, and Venus is highest at 0.75. Maybe it's a hot rocky Jupiter?
[21:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:10] <exec> 08└─Maebae is mayd ob darc madder! Hyuk hyuk!
[21:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:50] <exec> 08└─I'm curious why this was modded troll? Did I offend some Obamaite? I voted for the guy but he was still a total douche. Charismatic and hip for a politician, not the worst douche ever elected (see successor) but still a douche that liked to drone people. "Folks we are talking about terrorists. They...
[21:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:51] <exec> 08└─This puts the lie to almost every singe thing you said: https://www.reddit.com [reddit.com] https://www.thesun.co.uk [thesun.co.uk]
[21:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:53] <exec> 08└─Alexa Jihadists like you
[21:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:55] <exec> 08└─Aye, it is getting ridiculous when your kids can be taken away from you for playing outside unsupervised. Back in the old country I walked myself to preschool when I was 4. Somehow I survived till now. Could not image the shitstorm if I had my kid walk to the preschool across the street.
[21:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:58] <exec> 08└─Yeah, no. They had a bug for a while. They fixed it. Keep googling.
[21:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:00] <exec> 08└─Also, I already discussed the patents here. [soylentnews.org]
[21:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:02] <exec> 08└─Poor bastard, I tried sleeping in 1 hour 45 minute intervals. After 2 weeks every aspect of my life deteriorated beyond belief to a point where I welcomed death if I was forced to continue.
[21:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:04] <exec> 08└─The summary says the Kids Edition has "parental control" software. That's a security feature.
[21:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:06] <exec> 08└─similar, more recent story: [theverge.com] [...] users with Alexa-enabled devices have reported hearing strange, unprompted laughter. [...] Amazon said its planned fix will involve disabling the phrase, “Alexa, laugh,” and changing the command to “Alexa, can you laugh?” The company says the...
[21:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:08] <exec> 08└─I've heard the term sleep fragmentation [medscape.com].
[21:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 1700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:10] <exec> 08└─"Yeah, no. They had a bug for a while. They fixed it." And they can "fix it" back again any time they like. This is EXACTLY what I mean when I say you can't trust it. The fact that they can do it is PROVEN correct by the fact they already did it! And no less so if they did it by accident. They can d...
[21:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:00] <exec> 08└─You probably got Disagree'd (and it wasn't me, if it was me it'd have been Flamebait, since we don't have a "-1 Stupid Solipsistic Jackoff" mod...) because your post *as a gestalt* was ignorant and wrong.
[21:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:02] <exec> 08└─The worst part is the dumb beaky bastard projects like a mile of movie theaters. I've rarely seen anyone so "driven by feelz" as he himself accuses others of being. And bare assumptions? The inside of his head has to register as a brothel, it's got so many bare naked assumptions in it.
[21:11:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:04] <exec> 08└─The Boy Who Cried Bullshit?
[21:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:06] <exec> 08└─Haha suuuure buddy, just further evidence that you libertarian types have hoooorrrible reading and critical thinking skills. My bet is Atlas Shrugged was a Deep State plant coded with linguistic viruses to turn readers into unwitting shills.
[21:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:08] <exec> 08└─s/Boy/Gal [soylentnews.org] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[21:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:10] <exec> 08└─Indeed, the warming that set this change off started years ago. It just takes time to kick in and have its deadly effects. Sir David Attenborough has a quite compact summary of the changes to the GBR, for example, which his teams (actually independent university researchers, but with a synergistic T...
[21:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:47] <exec> 08└─Hate to break this to you, but...Iran, North Korea, Russia, the United States...it's already happened.
[21:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:49] <exec> 08└─Yes. I am uncontrollably involuntarily sarcastic.
[21:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:51] <exec> 08└─But if people were only armed with knives, they would still kill other people! But maybe slightly fewer people than with a Fusion Bomb. And it might be easier for a couple able-bodied persons to stop them.
[21:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:53] <exec> 08└─1. XKCD [xkcd.com]: The AIs decide we're all idiots for having nuclear weapons and collectively destroys the weapons. This is probably the best possible outcome. However on the flip side it's also the plot for Superman IV, the worst superman film ever. (Apart from Man Of Steel onwards)
[21:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SCOTUS: Patent Reviews Are Constitutional - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:30] <exec> 08└─Then it must not be a right. (maybe a wrong or a left) Q. Who made the biggest mistake in history? A. Noah when he didn't swat the two flies while he had the chance.
[21:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Children Are As Fit As Endurance Athletes - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:48] <exec> 08└─I think the word you are looking for is "less," not "as."
[21:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German Supreme Court Rules Ad Blockers Legal, in Defeat for Springer - 940 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:10] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what you mean by "delete ads'. Once you've sent me the HTML, it's entirely up to me whether I create the DOM that you expect or not, so rewriting it without unwanted ads' IMG elements is within my remit. If instead you mean "request and receive the images that have been suggested, just...
[21:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:13] <exec> 08└─One thing that's let me get down to the low 160s is cutting out HFCS *and* artificial sweeteners entirely. I don't touch soda hardly at all these days, preferring tea or coffee, and it's always got stevia in it if I need sweet. Stevia and Luohanguo (monk fruit) seem not to mess with your metabolism...
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[22:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:13] <exec> 08└─He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. -- Job 26:8 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. -- 1 Kings 7:23 (circumference about 45...
[22:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:14] <exec> 08└─We're just the only who totally messed everything up.
[22:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:17] <exec> 08└─We show that the visual geometric albedo is lower than 0.03 at 95% confidence
[22:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:19] <exec> 08└─> We're in the last stage of God's plan to save us. You do realize that many people who believe that are happy with the chaos in the Middle-East, because all those deaths are essentially "helping us" get closer to that final phase of getting saved? How very Christian... I'll keep my "sin", thanks. G...
[22:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:09] <exec> 08└─These people do not understand the long-term societal impacts of having a society run largely by proprietary software, devices almost completely under the control of the manufacturers, and where people routinely use monstrous surveillance engines like Facebook (even if you, individually, can choose...
[22:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03J053 [3532] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:11] <exec> 08└─You need to sit over there on the Group W bench.
[22:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 2339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:13] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the opposite could be said. If a parent was diligently performing sysadmin duties, reviewing content policies, firewall logs, schedules, available packages, etc., how are they not parenting all of the sudden? Parenting doesn't exist in only meat space, but cyberspace as well. This is offerin...
[22:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:15] <exec> 08└─Dumb
[22:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:17] <exec> 08└─Yes, so if the devices start listening and building databases of our private speech, we should burn them. But it isn't. So we're not there.
[22:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:20] <exec> 08└─Whatever happened to good parenting? How about not being lazy turds and using a keyboard if you need to look something up? How about not allowing corporate spyware into your home and training your kids to implicitly trust it?
[22:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:22] <exec> 08└─Sometimes it looks like we are all lunatics, each possessed with one's personal madness.
[22:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Investors Wary of Alphabet/Google's Billions in Capital Expenditures - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:33] <exec> 08└─The shareholders would want the company to have only a CEO and a CFO, both sitting on cardboxes in a dark basement and bringing billions in profit.
[22:10:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:44] <exec> 08└─probably a very large absolute number while also being a very small relative number on a planetary scale
[22:11:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:19] <exec> 08└─No, it was just monotonous, tedious, and written by someone who I would not have advised to quit her day job.
[22:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:20] <exec> 08└─The inside of his head has to register as a brothel, it's got so many bare naked assumptions in it.
[22:11:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:23] <exec> 08└─If that's what they said, I'd have no beef. This is the wrong battle to fight though, don't you think?
[22:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:25] <exec> 08└─They dissipate energy from the waves: https://news.stanford.edu
[22:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:27] <exec> 08└─Given that nothing has changed with human nature since the collapse of the Atlantic cod fishery in the 90s, which is sort of a vaguely similar "we're killing the ocean" story, we can assume there is no point debating if anything should be done or social status signalling about how bad it is.
[22:11:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:29] <exec> 08└─To be fair, your post made a statement, and then asked a question. Assuming my reading comprehension is correct, you essentially asked a question. How does a disagree mod make any sense when applied to a question?
[22:11:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:31] <exec> 08└─Le sigh, the denial aspect comes from having a bias towards a certain position and going through ridiculous leaps of logic to deny anything that contradicts your assumption. Heat wave hits in 2016, no other obvious cause for coral die off, coral biology well understood to be sensitive to environment...
[22:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:33] <exec> 08└─So it is bad science because she needs to cite the thirty years worth of research on coral bleaching and temperature effects that you are apparently unaware of?
[22:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:35] <exec> 08└─lawwwwwwwwwwwwwl TMB has no assumptions everybody! Don't mind the million times he's had good evidence refute his statements, he is a purely logical fact-driven MACHINE! Much wow, so amazeballs.
[22:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:37] <exec> 08└─No, shoddy criticism. Own up to your shit and do some soul searching as to why you chose a bad nit to pick.
[22:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:40] <exec> 08└─Advocating for precision when it has already been addressed to the best of their ability AND when you haven't even done the basic research like RTFA then yeah, you're a fool.
[22:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:21] <exec> 08└─Modern wars often are waged not to acquire a prize, but to deny it to the adversary. The war is aimed at destruction of the enemy's country and killing of the country's leader.
[22:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:22] <exec> 08└─artificial intelligence has the potential to upend the foundations of nuclear deterrence by the year 2040.
[22:12:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:24] <exec> 08└─*clack* *clack* *clack* (in case you are wondering, that's me rubbing mechanical hands together)
[22:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06By 2040, Artificial Intelligence Could Upend Nuclear Stability - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:26] <exec> 08└─It won't happen the way shown in XKCD
[22:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:45] <exec> 08└─Lost about 5 pounds in about a month. Did not change anything else in my diet. No cola, water instead. I have experimented in the past with artificial. But I find it makes me *really* hungry after about 2 hours of consuming it. So I do not use that stuff either. I just stay away from sweet stuff.
[22:15:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube AI Bots Are Now Heavily Involved in the Task of Removing "Problematic" Videos - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:00] <exec> 08└─There wonder what happened to Khyber. I heard he could support 400TB/s of streaming video. Maybe he could start something.
[22:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The “Unpatchable” Exploit That Makes Every Current Nintendo Switch Hackable [Updated] - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:27] <exec> 08└─No, I buy a programmable device that the previous owner did not want me to blah blah. It is not an ASIC.
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[23:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:55] <exec> 08└─may e it is cultural. If the company employees have grown up with no expectation of privacy, why would they bother?
[23:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:56] <exec> 08└─Is this a Godwin or Stalin?
[23:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:58] <exec> 08└─Don't use their stupid launcher, download and install the games yourself! Still, sad to see the no DRM site falling into the devil's hands.
[23:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 1871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:01] <exec> 08└─A clown stood in front of a group of six kids and a woman in an ordinary fenced-in backyard. If one were to observe the backyard, they would see balloons of various colors, party hats, cake, and toys. Yes, this was a small birthday party. The clown - who was clearly very passionate about his work -...
[23:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:03] <exec> 08└─That's only going to stop it tracking what you're playing and when. The website still has your username, email, number of games owned, to share. I think it says by default you can search for people by email.
[23:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:06] <exec> 08└─For those of us who grew up in the 'Media is tangible proof of your ownership/license'. Everybody else can revoke you at will now, but only GOG purchases or pirated copies of games are 'future proof' as far as installation and playability goes.
[23:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GOG Debuts Profiles Feature, Users Flip Out - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:08] <exec> 08└─Can you Putin a discussion, or just an election?
[23:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06WASP-104b: An Exoplanet "Darker Than Charcoal" - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:32] <exec> 08└─In general, hot Jupiters exhibit a large range of visual geometric albedos (e.g. Sheets & Deming 2017), depending on their temperature which controls the cloud properties (Sudarsky et al. 2000). Typical visual geometric albedos of hot Jupiters are of the order of 0.1 (Schwartz & Cowan 2015) and are...
[23:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 2045 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:31] <exec> 08└─Am I missing something here about why the Echo is a novel concern for your argument? People have had microphones in their electronic devices attached to the internet for decades. Most of the time, they are turned on and off via a "software switch." It's well-known that they have been used (along wit...
[23:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:32] <exec> 08└─The vast majority of people with these devices do not monitor the traffic. Maybe 1 in 100,000 does. The streaming code may be in each device, waiting activation from outside or on secret code words (weapons, crime.) It is unwise to believe that the system does not permit uncommanded listening.
[23:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: More Expensive, Colorful Spy Puck - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:34] <exec> 08└─"People have had microphones in their electronic devices attached to the internet for decades." Well I'm a people and I certainly haven't. I think the word that fits better there is 'fools.' "I'm just not certain what makes it a significantly different concern from a cellphone, tablet, computer with...
[23:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:42] <exec> 08└─I was referring to TMB, thought that was clear.
[23:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:44] <exec> 08└─I figured you'd read it, you just put the crazy linguistic virus idea up a few notches.
[23:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:46] <exec> 08└─Arguments that come from underneath a pile of sand should remain buried below, preferably washed out to sea and eaten by a starfish who can convert it into rainbows.
[23:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Analysis: A Third of Great Barrier Reef Coral Died in Catastrophic 2016 Heat Event - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:48] <exec> 08└─Well, at least you got that one right. Didn't stop you from doing it though.
[23:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Beats Estimates With Diet Coke Rebranding; Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:54] <exec> 08└─Is it the diet soda or the rest of the Big Mac meal making them fat?
[23:20:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Releases Internal Moderation Guidelines - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:01] <exec> 08└─based on "Norwegian" and "Mexican"
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