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[00:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:44] <exec> 08└─Relax, sheep, this is for your own good. We will tell you what to buy. We will tell you who to vote for. We will tell you that transgender people are normal.
[00:03:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 56 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:55] <exec> 08└─Airing that illegally exposed dirty laundry is, however.
[00:03:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1234 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:57] <exec> 08└─I've been an Independent since being old enough to vote, and while Team D usually gets my votes, it's been harder and harder to justify over the years. What the DNC did to Sanders was despicable, leaving aside that he may actually have managed to beat Trump. I hate dynastic politics, and sincerely h...
[00:04:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 646 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:02] <exec> 08└─Was there ever an FBI director that didn't support a war on encryption in the last 2 decades? Christopher Wray has had the exact same positions and talking points as Comey, and the next guy will say the same shit too. As for third parties, fat chance seeing a Green in office. We may see some kind of...
[00:04:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:08] <exec> 08└─The intent wasn't to expose wrongdoing or to serve the public - the intent was to interfere in the election.
[00:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:10] <exec> 08└─...and yet always manages to end up on the left. But of course this is a fleeting reversal of opinion due to wikileaks getting in the way of #HerTurn. As soon as wikileaks publishes something that endangers US servicemembers again, soylents will go back to wildly clapping and cheering for them like...
[00:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:12] <exec> 08└─Your real problem is that you the choice of two state-sanctioned political parties, which is how the owners of your country like it. I live in a country of about 4 million people and we have 5 parties in Parliament at the moment. The UK has eight. You are in a Nation of more than 300 million peopl...
[00:04:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:14] <exec> 08└─As soon as wikileaks publishes something that endangers US servicemembers again, soylents will go back to wildly clapping and cheering for them like slovenly, walleyed bugmen.
[00:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bug1 [5243] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:16] <exec> 08└─If they did something illegal they would have been charged with a crime. This is a civil suit alleging wikileaks exposed their "trade secrets", how they got the information is not relevant to that AFAIK.
[00:04:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:19] <exec> 08└─I agree that the Dems have proven themselves corrupt with their handling of Sanders and too cozy with business, but the way I see it is that voting for the right-wing party is not the solution to the problem of the Dems being insufficiently left wing. The solution (if any really exists) is found in...
[00:04:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:21] <exec> 08└─Fascism is not even 'right wing'. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] It is a socialist ideology which is a near offshoot of marxism. That is being foisted upon Republicans as a smear word. When the ideals of the DNC very closely match the original tenants of fascism. But no on...
[00:04:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:23] <exec> 08└─All the big things under Obama were incredibly right wing: - war expansion, both in the # of countries and troops - look forward not backward WRT torture - mass surveillance - socialize losses, privatize profits (for banks and Wall St.) - Obama even played the same games w/ PlanB that GWB did, to th...
[00:04:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 777 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:25] <exec> 08└─Sort of my history. My votes were Bush sr. Clinton. Third party in 96. Was for McCain over Bush jr(really hated the push calls Rove did against McCain) so voted third party again in 2000 and 04. In 08 I voted Obama. After reading his book I thought he could be change but that was a mistake and so th...
[00:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:27] <exec> 08└─wikileaks exposed their "trade secrets"
[00:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:30] <exec> 08└─The media reports what they know - that's what they do. Over the years, the media has exposed petty thieves, burglars, robbers, rapists, murderers, corporate misconduct, political misconduct, wars, peace, scientific achievements, genocides, births, deaths, and so much more. The DNC thinks that it sh...
[00:04:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:32] <exec> 08└─You confuse fascism and authoritarianism as being identical when really, they are more like a square and a rectangle -- one can say a square is a rectangle but not the opposite. To be clear, fascism is a form of right wing authoritarianism which favors corporate/business interests over the needs of...
[00:04:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Web Services Threatens to Kick Out Signal Messaging App Over Domain Fronting - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:56] <exec> 08└─Let me try to give an illustration to this. For two weeks already Russian government has been engaged in an all out Internet war against Telegram. The law requires Telegram to submit keys that Telegram obviously does not have. I guess they refused to build a backdoor so the department of communicati...
[00:05:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Opera Discontinues its Mobile VPN App - 203 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:04] <exec> 08└─So ... you acquire a company, add their product to yours, but it the original developers leave 3 years later, you have to pull it back out? Someone near the top needs to get fired for gross incompetence.
[00:05:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:49] <exec> 08└─Well lets see, first off any country with universal healthcare! No worries about getting buried under a mountain of deb due to some medical issue beyond your control.
[00:06:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snow [1601] 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 292 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:07] <exec> 08└─You forgot the backyard full of dog shit. That's a definite downside. Especially in spring when you have shit that has fermented all winter long. Sometimes it turns white and appears to grow hair. There are parts of having a dog I miss, but requiring shoes in the backyard is not one of them.
[00:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:43] <exec> 08└─You can see them? Air rifle time? Fire crackers? Traps? Poison honey?
[00:06:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:45] <exec> 08└─Isn't step 1 "Kill squirrel"?
[00:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:47] <exec> 08└─I could go on. Much of last year's warmer months I spent fighting them everywhere I went. I went camping with friends (about 12 people), we rented a group of cabins up in the mountains for a weekend. This happened after the first time squirrels broke one of my windows at home on about a Wednesday. O...
[00:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:49] <exec> 08└─While I personally will not be employing your methods, I am glad knowing somewhere out there someone has committed the appropriate level of dedication to their destruction and found a way to benefit at the same time.
[00:08:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GEDmatch: "What If It Was Called Police Genealogy?" - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:02] <exec> 08└─That they could do it with DNA is scientifically interesting, but hardly a reason to ignore all DNA evidence.
[00:10:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:47] <exec> 08└─I wasn't talking about my approval. I was talking about my money. The only relationship you'll have with it is when it goes to your former bosses. Yep, you're free to say pretty much anything on SN. You just forgot that mixing your personal stuff with your professional credibility would have consequ...
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[01:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:45] <exec> 08└─Yea, who could have predicted that after shittons of advertising that a lot of people would turn out for it?
[01:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:46] <exec> 08└─You forgot "biggest lineup of stars outside of Oscar night". Too bad they didn't invest some of that cash in a better scenario.
[01:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:48] <exec> 08└─If it weren't for them, the box office would have been over a trillion!
[01:03:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 756 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:51] <exec> 08└─[...]other studios trying to catch up have no way of predicting whether their latest attempts to hit big will do so. Actually, they might. Machine learning is everywhere, and artificial intelligence is no longer just a Spielberg-Kubrick collaboration. These days, Amazon can practically anticipate w...
[01:04:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:32] <exec> 08└─You, Sir, are drinking the Kool-Aid, and believing the narrative. Do you not understand that the Kool-Aid is laced with drugs? The intent may or may not be important in journalism. But this whole "vast right wing conspiracy" that Hillary promoted is so much bullshit. What happens when a conspiracy g...
[01:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:33] <exec> 08└─The portions of this lawsuit directed at Wikileaks and the Russian government are completely absurd, for one simple reason: Neither of them have ever been subject to US jurisdiction. Even if the DNC's theory of what happened was completely true (which I definitely question), and even if what Wikilea...
[01:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:35] <exec> 08└─The solution (if any really exists) is found in the primaries.
[01:04:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:37] <exec> 08└─It should also be mentioned that the Affordable Care Act, which was trumpeted as Obama's main left-wing accomplishment, was really a right-wing idea that functioned at least as much as a giveaway to the insurance industry as a way of granting access to health care.
[01:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:40] <exec> 08└─The democrats were always and still are the party of white trash, Richard Daley, George Wallace that use use worker gangs to shake down small businesses. They epitomize banal machine politics, with the Clintons being the shining beacon. The Democrats haven't been that since McGovern lost to Nixon an...
[01:05:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:57] <exec> 08└─The problem here is the mindset of most business owners who remove all humanity from the workplace.
[01:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:59] <exec> 08└─Funny how ACs have so much trouble with the concept of choice. Gig economy outlets like Uber are crazy popular. It's not because the participants have no choice in the matter. They choose to get involved. Maybe you should shut your trap and think about why that is?
[01:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:01] <exec> 08└─...like the "gig economy" Here's hoping your company outsources your job and all you can find is a part-time poverty-wage job so that you can get first-hand experience with just how awesome the gig economy is. rather than setting trends. Check out our renewable energy sector. It's pretty amazing. Wh...
[01:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:03] <exec> 08└─Here's hoping your company outsources your job and all you can find is a part-time poverty-wage job so that you can get first-hand experience with just how awesome the gig economy is.
[01:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 817 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:05] <exec> 08└─...then there are instances where the owners and the workers are the SAME people. [Foghorn Leghorn voice]: That's called Socialism, son. Paul Buchheit (one of my favorite Leftie writers) mentions taxi co-ops Green Taxi in Denver and another called Swift. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [commondreams....
[01:07:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:03] <exec> 08└─You forgot the backyard full of dog shit.
[01:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:04] <exec> 08└─What was wrong with your employer???
[01:07:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:06] <exec> 08└─I was told that spraying the area with coyote piss works wonders. Did not try it myself though yet. I have an issue with squirrels and with cats that killed most of my birds pure for sports (cats are not native to America so birds have no natural defense). Anyway, I just ordered a slingshot and will...
[01:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:08] <exec> 08└─I would expect random idiots to use the water gun on the birds as well.
[01:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Analyzes Forgotten Galileo Data from Flyby of Ganymede - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:02] <exec> 08└─There really is no excuse for not preserving EVERYTHING regarding Apollo 11, everybody at the time knew it was historic. Of course on the other hand everybody also thought it was the beginning of what would be missions leading to permanent settlements by now. So they knew it was historic, they just...
[01:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:08] <exec> 08└─You've never contributed any money for anyone to miss. Kind of makes your threat a non-issue. Yes, I'm aware that your type would love for me to censor myself for any reason you can come up with. It's harder for you to convince people to ignore the smell when someone points out that your bullshit is...
[01:11:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:10] <exec> 08└─As far as I could ever tell growing up here it means what you think it means. Per Merriam Webster a : a blustering, browbeating person; especially : one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable. As in - tormented by the neighborh...
[01:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Launches Barge Carrying Nuclear Power Plant - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:03] <exec> 08└─You must be American.
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[02:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:03:47] <exec> 08└─Exec: AI will this movie be a big hit? AI: Well to answer that, please answer my question first, were there any big spend on digitally erasing bodily hair on any of the cast? Exec: ummm... no.. AI: Well then, you have a blockbuster on your hands!
[02:04:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03archfeld [4650] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 433 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:03] <exec> 08└─Maybe, the DNC and its' members should stop writing about the stupid and illegal shit they do in emails to each other. The should look into investing in some etch-a-sketch toys and they could communicate with each other that way so in an emergency the could just shake the things and all the stupid s...
[02:04:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 485 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:19] <exec> 08└─Your real problem is that you the choice of two state-sanctioned political parties, which is how the owners of your country like it. I live in a country of about 4 million people and we have 5 parties in Parliament at the moment. The UK has eight. You are in a Nation of more than 300 million peopl...
[02:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:35] <exec> 08└─Utter bullshit. Yep, and it's working like a charm. They got the whole world doing the *Russia Russia Russia* jig... And they will still successfully keep Congress evenly split between them and their tag team partner, the republicans. The voters choose between evil and crazy. That's where the Golden...
[02:04:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:36] <exec> 08└─But here they are again. Hopefully my hyperlinks will be up to original gewg_'s standards. How Google, Facebook and Twitter are manipulating the Mexican presidential elections—Part 1 [wsws.org] and Part 2 [wsws.org]: The Google and Twitter deals were announced shortly after leading representatives...
[02:04:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:38] <exec> 08└─Should be fun to watch.
[02:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:40] <exec> 08└─The Democrats had a supermajority for a few years and yet didn't seriously try to get single payer or even a public option. Both things were mentioned briefly, but they gave up instantly. That tells you all you need to know about where their interests lie in general. It's not all because of Republic...
[02:04:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1042 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:43] <exec> 08└─100% agree with you. I've felt that way all of my adult life. 3rd parties occasionally make it into lower-level positions in local and state governments. I can only attribute the problem to money: wealthy powerful people, sometimes using corporations at their weapon of choice, buy all kinds of influ...
[02:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:06] <exec> 08└─Do specify: Solar - Wind - Geothermal - Tidal - -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[02:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 1335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:08] <exec> 08└─If you want to get a better understanding of where socialism lay in the spectrum of American politics, almost exactly one hundred years ago, you can do no better than to read Jack London's one and only effort at prognostication - "The Iron Heel". I stumbled upon it when I searched Gutenberg.org for...
[02:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:10] <exec> 08└─Do specify: Solar - Wind - Geothermal - Tidal -
[02:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:10] <exec> 08└─he wants to train the system well enough that it won't fire on humans or other animals such as cats and birds which might visit his garden
[02:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:11] <exec> 08└─And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you deal with an SJW trying to strong-arm you. You don't apologize, you don't capitulate, you don't promise an internal review, you don't go to rehab, you don't contribute to some charity, and you don't find a scapegoat to blame. You tell them publicly, in no u...
[02:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Video Game Loot Boxes are now Considered Criminal Gambling in Belgium - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:34] <exec> 08└─If you don't want to abide by a country's laws, just don't travel or do business there.
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[03:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:44] <exec> 08└─Now, we need the FTC to firmly place both boots in the "right to repair" camp. They need to address Apple, first and foremost, and Apple's warfare against third party repair shops. Some will ask, "Why Apple, and not companies blah blah blah?" I say Apple, because they are so high profile, and so ver...
[03:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:46] <exec> 08└─Also - "The manufacturers know that the litigation costs would be prohibitive in any given single case"
[03:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:48] <exec> 08└─They ain't coming into my house to remove no damn stickers. Noooope!
[03:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:50] <exec> 08└─I don't have the first clue how to find privately held hardware companies for Soggy Jobs [soggy.jobs]. Can you clue me in as to where I can look? What would be Reelee Kewal would be a list of fabless semiconductor firms. I personally prefer to work for small companies not because I have any faith in...
[03:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:52] <exec> 08└─It's weird, I'm a firm believer in "right to repair," but after 50 years of "warranty void if removed" in my face, I had come to accept it as just the way things are. In many ways, this is too little too late - 40 years ago anybody with a few basic tools could have a chance of repairing just about a...
[03:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:54] <exec> 08└─privately held hardware companies
[03:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:06] <exec> 08└─The AI angle does not turn this into a suitable article for SoylentNews, I am afraid.
[03:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:08] <exec> 08└─The comic book origins do though. They're proper nerdy.
[03:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:10] <exec> 08└─Maybe I'm getting old, but I won't even pirate this. I just get the feeling it's a movie I've seen several times over the past 20 years or so.
[03:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:12] <exec> 08└─The story arc they're covering is straight out of the comics, albeit with some (though not as much as usual) standard Hollywood molestation of the story thrown in.
[03:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:14] <exec> 08└─Oh it's at least worth pirating, though I'd wait for something other than a cam/ts before bothering. Too much contrast and too much fast motion in the movie for those to be worth watching.
[03:04:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:17] <exec> 08└─So many people are asking for more great realDonaldTrump stories. Thank you, working hard!
[03:04:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:19] <exec> 08└─Could AI Predict the Next Avengers: Infinity War?
[03:04:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:21] <exec> 08└─I think I must be too old....I have no interest in seeing it. Ever since the new star wars movie (the Han Solo dies and I didn't give s feck one) I've lost interest in the latest whiz bang gotta see movies. And since the Blair witch movie, and that Matthew Broderick Godzilla movie, i've been wary of...
[03:04:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:23] <exec> 08└─I'll watch it when it goes on Netflix and my wife is watching it cos there's nothing else on. What's that you say? Disney is breaking with Netflix? Guess I won't be watching it.
[03:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:26] <exec> 08└─Infinity War Infinity?
[03:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:28] <exec> 08└─Avengers: Age of Ultron (Bot = Bad)
[03:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:30] <exec> 08└─Could AI Predict the Next Avengers: Infinity War?
[03:04:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:32] <exec> 08└─It was actually a good movie with a decent, if dark story line. I just got back from seeing it and while I am glad I didn't go on opening weekend, I am glad I did go and see it on the big screen. The effects all supported they story rather than the other way around.
[03:05:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:04] <exec> 08└─As soon as wikileaks publishes something that endangers US servicemembers again, soylents will go back to wildly clapping and cheering for them like slovenly, walleyed bugmen.
[03:05:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1594 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:14] <exec> 08└─The portions of this lawsuit directed at Wikileaks and the Russian government are completely absurd, for one simple reason: Neither of them have ever been subject to US jurisdiction. Even if the DNC's theory of what happened was completely true (which I definitely question), and even if what Wikilea...
[03:05:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:24] <exec> 08└─Dennis Kucinich, the last congressman trying to hold out for a public option, recently talked about trying to negotiate with Obama about it. Basically, Obama made it abundantly clear to Kucinich that there was no way, no how, any kind of public option included in the ACA. The "Oh, the Republicans wo...
[03:05:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:26] <exec> 08└─Actually I think you are correct. There was a whole lot of stupid exposed but I don't think they ever actually found anything illegal. Very similar to the Clinton email server, a whole mess of administrative regulation violations but nothing downright illegal. You know what they say sometimes it is...
[03:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:28] <exec> 08└─"...sometimes using corporations at their weapon of choice..." I honestly think it is just the opposite; Extranational corporations using government agencies and elected officials as their weapons of choice. Money makes the world go 'round.
[03:05:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:30] <exec> 08└─I read that Intercept piece, and it just confirmed what I already thought. Both of your political parties are in the business of enriching themselves, and their interests don't coincide with yours unless you happen to be able to contribute to their reelection campaign. It's an odd way to run a cou...
[03:05:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 2752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:33] <exec> 08└─The US system is designed this way. We have first past the goal post winner takes all elections. This system has been shown to lead to a two party system (Duverger's law). Some states like California have completely disenfranchised 3rd party and independent voters. Proposed by a Republican senator,...
[03:05:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:35] <exec> 08└─The A/C comment above with "Fascism is Left Wing" in it is just a standard ignorant far right talking point.
[03:08:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:03] <exec> 08└─Do paint ball guns have glue gunner ammo ala BTD5?
[03:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Analyzes Forgotten Galileo Data from Flyby of Ganymede - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:59] <exec> 08└─You meant 1/2" wide, not diameter. Yes, 9-track (8 data bits, 1 parity) 1/2" is quite common and there are still many functioning tape drives in the world.
[03:12:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:07] <exec> 08└─Look up "operation google".
[03:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:09] <exec> 08└─Google gave me: n. "a person who uses strength or influence to harm or intimidate those who are weaker."
[03:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Comcast Won’t Give New Speed Boost to Internet Users Who Don’t Buy TV Service - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:50] <exec> 08└─I expect M4A is a better codec than is MP3 but I wanted tracks with the widest portability. There are some FLAC players for iOS but they all get really poor reviews at the App Store.
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[04:03:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:43] <exec> 08└─Was this the guy who injected himself at a TEDX?
[04:03:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimios [201] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:56] <exec> 08└─Well you see Mr. FTC, the product is actually rented, so we're not charging for a product and the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act doesn't apply.
[04:03:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:58] <exec> 08└─false. thruhole caps (electrolytics) are, by far, the most common failure component and they are super easy to source and replace. connectors can be reglued to the pcb and traces repaired with wire wrap wire. I wholly reject the 'no user service...' bullshit stickers. who are they to say what I can...
[04:03:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:04:00] <exec> 08└─Well this is your official notice that it's not too late.
[04:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:04:25] <exec> 08└─Yeah, you might be right. I guess when the DVD rips come out I suppose I could. The trouble is lack of time. I really need to water-blast the deck and sort the front garden out before it completely takes over. Maybe it will rain that weekend.
[04:04:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:04:26] <exec> 08└─The comic book origins do though. They're proper nerdy dorky
[04:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:04:28] <exec> 08└─Infinity War Infinity?
[04:05:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 501 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:10] <exec> 08└─You, Sir, are drinking the Kool-Aid, and believing the narrative. Do you not understand that the Kool-Aid is laced with drugs? The intent may or may not be important in journalism. But this whole "vast right wing conspiracy" that Hillary promoted is so much bullshit. What happens when a conspiracy g...
[04:05:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:26] <exec> 08└─Trump and Sanders were independent candidates working within the two-party system. In both cases, they faced obstacles within the party. Trump took advantage of the crowd of Republican candidates with very little support individually and manipulated the media into giving himself all the free airtime...
[04:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:28] <exec> 08└─> The A/C comment above with "Fascism is Left Wing" in it is just a standard ignorant far right talking point. Especially since both parties in the US are far right, if the Republicans still qualify to be called a party and if they have not wandered off the end of the scale. The purpose of their tal...
[04:05:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:30] <exec> 08└─You say that. But so does Trump. Any negative is always fake news. Any positive real news. But even you aren’t that naive. So why do you think Trump clean as a whistle? Is it just your inability to admit you are wrong? And don’t give me some johnny come lately BS as to why you are able to spot a...
[04:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:32] <exec> 08└─I know you've got me typecast as a right-winger so it may shock you to find out my favorite President (of those I've lived through) was Jimmy Carter. Interestingly enough, he's also the last President that the media opposed in something like the manner they currently oppose Trump. He was a liberal,...
[04:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Opera Discontinues its Mobile VPN App - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:09] <exec> 08└─tor
[04:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:08] <exec> 08└─Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include: Using tabs for indentation instead of spaces.
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[05:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 835 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:46] <exec> 08└─Josiah Zayner did a similar stunt [buzzfeed.com] at SynBioBeta SF 2017 [synbiobeta.com], except with a muscular growth experiment instead of a herpes vaccine. His therapy (if it works) would inhibit expression of the MSTN gene and myostatin [wikipedia.org] to produce effects seen in dogs [soylentnew...
[05:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 910 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:48] <exec> 08└─I don't know why he died. I don't think anybody knows. But maybe it was the vaccine. A vaccine for herpes, so important. We need that one so much. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world. It is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel lik...
[05:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:50] <exec> 08└─n/t
[05:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:52] <exec> 08└─So if you inject yourself with something foul, that isn't foul play. But if someone offs you because it's their job, that is?
[05:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:54] <exec> 08└─Hmm... call it foul self-play. The setting of the sensory deprivation tank at least expands the possibilities of what could have killed this guy: https://www.getreading.co.uk [getreading.co.uk] https://www.reddit.com
[05:03:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:57] <exec> 08└─I'm gonna predict it had squat to do with the gene therapy (which probably didn't have an effect), and everything to do with tripping on ketamine, MDMA, or something similar while inside of a dark, water-filled tank without a trip sitter.
[05:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 1717 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:13] <exec> 08└─Dead phone batteries. Also charges - a couple enterprising chaps asked to borrow mine then split the scene compleltely when I wasn't looking. In Portland at least every homeless person has a mobile phone, even if they're the free ones that are commonly known as "Government Spy Phones". Feature phone...
[05:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:14] <exec> 08└─FTFM
[05:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:16] <exec> 08└─Didn't you read the shrink-wrapped EULA? You must use arbitration and not the courts.
[05:04:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:44] <exec> 08└─They're after the Chinese market, not the Indian one.
[05:04:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:53] <exec> 08└─And google and microsoft windows and apple products and ... https://www.gnu.org [gnu.org] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Needless to say, this realization among Facebook users has caused a huge backlash.
[05:05:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 265 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:30] <exec> 08└─It should also be mentioned that the Affordable Care Act, which was trumpeted as Obama's main left-wing accomplishment, was really a right-wing idea that functioned at least as much as a giveaway to the insurance industry as a way of granting access to health care.
[05:05:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:48] <exec> 08└─I honestly think it is just the opposite; Extranational corporations using government agencies and elected officials as their weapons of choice.
[05:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Web Services Threatens to Kick Out Signal Messaging App Over Domain Fronting - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:13] <exec> 08└─This isn't "We at Amazon love censorship!"
[05:07:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:17] <exec> 08└─Here's hoping your company outsources your job and all you can find is a part-time poverty-wage job so that you can get first-hand experience with just how awesome the gig economy is.
[05:07:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:19] <exec> 08└─or my own experience, as a technical support professional, on call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without compensation - for decades.
[05:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:23] <exec> 08└─How else do you train them? Seriously though, I caught my neighbor trying to teach his dog to defecate in my yard. Asshole.
[05:08:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:24] <exec> 08└─What's the alternative? Teach cats to use human toilets and flush?
[05:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GEDmatch: "What If It Was Called Police Genealogy?" - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:38] <exec> 08└─Taking a longer term view, maybe this is how humanity keeps evolving. If your DNA has problems, you have to pay a bit more for insurance, and potential mates will think twice. It's better than eugenics, and people can use gene therapy to fix things up, and take steps to improve the DNA of their offs...
[05:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GEDmatch: "What If It Was Called Police Genealogy?" - 2341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:39] <exec> 08└─I agree. Natural selection is largely on the way out since people who would have been picked off by the wolves in centuries past can instead live full, productive lives, and produce offspring. So unwanted mutations may be spreading throughout the population. Some of these have been caught by genetic...
[05:12:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Instagram to Automatically Filter Out "Bullying" Comments - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:35] <exec> 08└─Heh, didn't think I'd actually get a bite with that bit of bait. Yes, we are exactly that kind of idiot around here. When I hit the tab key, I expect the result to be a tab character. Exactly the same as getting a g character when I hit the g key. I also am not interested in dictating to everyone wh...
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[06:03:59] <exec> 08└─Do you have any indication that he took drugs? If not, why do you bring them in? The tank being related with his death is a reasonable assumption, as he was found dead there. Unless you give evidence, the speculation about drug involvement is vastly less justified than the speculation about the deat...
[06:04:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:00] <exec> 08└─I obviously was the demogorgon who killed him from the upside-down.
[06:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:02] <exec> 08└─He's not dead, he has merely transferred his consciousness into the digital realm.. what they found in the tank was just an expired primitive husk.
[06:04:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:04] <exec> 08└─The sensory deprivation tank + hallucinogenic drug combo is welllllll known. Even the inventor/developer of the tank [wikipedia.org] did it: The isolation tank was developed in 1954 by John C. Lilly, a medical practitioner and neuropsychiatrist.[1][2][3] During his training in psychoanalysis at the...
[06:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:07] <exec> 08└─The ultimate biohack.
[06:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: -1) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:09] <exec> 08└─you're absolutely right. did you know you can use that smart logic of yours with the cops when you crash into a pole on an empty road and they give you a breathalyzer? really fight for it too when they ignore your superior logic.
[06:04:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:11] <exec> 08└─The injection from 3 months earlier is unlikely to have contributed
[06:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:13] <exec> 08└─Or it could be that since the tank/drug combo was popularized by the 1980 movie "Altered States", whenever the tank is mentioned there is an association fallacy that drugs are involved. After all, the inventor reportedly used the tank for 10 years before trying it with LSD.
[06:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 1354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:16] <exec> 08└─I'll reiterate that none of my comments on this article claim that "he certainly died because of recreational drugs". But what do we know about the guy? 1. He engaged in risky behaviors. 2. He SEEMED to believe in individual sovereignty - the right to put what he pleases in his body. I would have to...
[06:04:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:18] <exec> 08└─After all, the inventor reportedly used the tank for 10 years before trying it with LSD.
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[06:04:36] <exec> 08└─Googling for "list of fabs" did not yield insight but then I tried "list of wafer fabs". BEHOLD: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] I'll start by listing just each company's headquarters city then I'll link all each location where a fab might be fo...
[06:05:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:05:06] <exec> 08└─Just today I got some spam from an accelerator which funded several AI startups; some of those startups publish mobile apps. I can run but I can't hide.
[06:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:09] <exec> 08└─WikiLeaks knowingly acted in concert with the Russians and/or the Trump campaign..
[06:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:10] <exec> 08└─I'm going to try to be consistent here. I opposed all of the leaks when the NYT would splash secrets on the front page, when Wikileaks was trying its damndest to get American fighting men killed to score political points against Bush. So I should oppose this one as well. And I would except: 1. This...
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[06:07:42] <exec> 08└─Labor has always had the problem that they can't rationally refuse a demonstrably bad deal when the alternative is outright starvation.
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[07:04:06] <exec> 08└─I just said that the evidence for drug involvement is even less than the evidence of a causal relation to the gene self therapy.
[07:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:08] <exec> 08└─Completely different situation. The cops are not claiming drunkenness, they are testing for drunkenness (that's what the breathalyzer is for). The analogy to the situation you describe in this case is those doing the autopsy looking for drugs. Which they will certainly do; it would be a failure for...
[07:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:10] <exec> 08└─One thing for sure: his herpes is cured. Vaccine worked?
[07:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:12] <exec> 08└─Peter Thiel will offer two gene therapies. The expensive one cures herpes. The cheap one cures herpes carriers.
[07:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:14] <exec> 08└─Let me get this straight, so to speak, then: There is herd immunity, and then there is Peter Thiel immunity, and these are not even tangentially related?
[07:04:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 1078 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:17] <exec> 08└─I could have saved us some time if I had seen this earlier: https://www.washingtonian.com [washingtonian.com] DC police found drug paraphernalia among Aaron Traywick‘s belongings, a spokesperson for the spa in which the controv...
[07:04:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:19] <exec> 08└─Have you seen the herd, the revolting masses? What a drag, dude! It's the duty of the ultra-rich to kill them with kindness.
[07:04:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:21] <exec> 08└─The implication was not that 'he resisted' using drugs for 10 years - just that the tank was quite usable without drugs. That was also the least relevant point.
[07:04:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03ewk [5923] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:04:41] <exec> 08└─In any decent country the law usually trumps the EULA...
[07:05:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:05:11] <exec> 08└─"Neuralink [wikipedia.org]: You can't run!"
[07:05:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 1298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:05:13] <exec> 08└─From 1979(?) or so. There was a followup Lando Calrissian series from the early 80s that is prequels to the Han Solo ones. Why is this interesting? Because the new Han Solo standalone prequel movie is basically a ripoff of various plot elements from these two trilogies. The sad part about this all i...
[07:05:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:05:15] <exec> 08└─Just say "Parallel universe!" and all your canon troubles fade away. https://en.wikipedia.org(Marvel_Comics) [wikipedia.org] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) CONFIRMED CANON.
[07:05:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:05:51] <exec> 08└─All the big things under Obama were incredibly right wing: - war expansion, both in the # of countries and troops - look forward not backward WRT torture - mass surveillance - socialize losses, privatize profits (for banks and Wall St.) - Obama even played the same games w/ PlanB that GWB did, to th...
[07:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:20] <exec> 08└─But this whole "vast right wing conspiracy" that Hillary promoted is so much bullshit.
[07:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:21] <exec> 08└─Did you ever wonder if jmorris is actually Sean Hannity? Checks out, seems legit.
[07:09:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06China is Mining Data Directly from Workers’ Brains on an Industrial Scale - 685 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:42] <exec> 08└─No, I don't believe them, however, let's forget about that, and let's assume that these corporate spokespeople are all being completely honest. This guy talks about decreasing workers' mental stress. When do American corporate spokespeople ever talk about that? Never. Instead, they laud the open-off...
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[08:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:04:26] <exec> 08└─The implication was not that 'he resisted' using drugs for 10 years
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[08:04:47] <exec> 08└─Show me the rental agreement I signed. Don't have one? Well, guess it was sold after all.
[08:05:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:05:21] <exec> 08└─Don't get all finicky. In fact: stay infinicky, please.
[08:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:06:29] <exec> 08└─The current situation is unsustainable and insane.
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[09:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:03:55] <exec> 08└─I want as pure hardware as possible... remember the days of looking at a datasheet and doing some outs, or using some minimal firmware API through int 10h, when you knew you were not being f*cked in the arse by malicious code? Why dafuq would I be required to have internet access to use a display de...
[09:05:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:05:22] <exec> 08└─Avengers: Infinity War, with multiple song-and-dance numbers ... I cannot visualize this, but am definitely willing to pay good money to see it.
[09:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:07] <exec> 08└─You probably want to keep cats away from the garden, too. They like to leave behind parasite-filled solid waste in your garden. Toxoplasmosis and all that.
[09:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:08] <exec> 08└─Twice a year only? Maybe he kept his bird kills secret from you...
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[10:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:03:55] <exec> 08└─What is it good for really? Why would one want one of these rather than a Vive?
[10:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:04:29] <exec> 08└─I'm gonna predict it had squat to do with the gene therapy ...
[10:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:04:30] <exec> 08└─A spa PR agent says it wasn't their fault, that's all. And what paraphernalia? That could be anything. And how does it take them 2 months to figure out what it was?
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[10:04:53] <exec> 08└─In any decent country the law usually trumps the EULA...
[10:06:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:36] <exec> 08└─The A/C comment above with "Fascism is Left Wing" in it is just a standard ignorant far right talking point.
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[11:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:03:44] <exec> 08└─It is good and reasonable that private sector employees have the right to collective bargaining when they want to. As long as people have the right to work there without joining the union, and without penalty, then its great! Personally I would also like Unions to provide their members with income i...
[11:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:03:45] <exec> 08└─at the point you are organised, can manage staged strike action, and act like a union, you get to *be* a union? The US is weird.
[11:05:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:05:37] <exec> 08└─You should do a symbiote costume arc like SpiderMan. You could totally blame all your Twitter activities on it.
[11:05:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:05:38] <exec> 08└─If you're a comic book movie fan it's better than a rainy sunday movie. Probably even worth a weekday evening. It's no Civil War but it's better than Age of Ultron.
[11:05:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03KiloByte [375] 02 - 06Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:05:46] <exec> 08└─And how do they differ from Facebook itself? It also does anything it can to sniff out your personal data for nefarious purposes.
[11:06:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 340 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:20] <exec> 08└─The media reports what they know - that's what they do. Over the years, the media has exposed petty thieves, burglars, robbers, rapists, murderers, corporate misconduct, political misconduct, wars, peace, scientific achievements, genocides, births, deaths, and so much more. The DNC thinks that it sh...
[11:08:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:20] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the materials and energy involved in harnessing those power sources too. They don't magically provide pollution free megajoules without significant infrastructure.
[11:08:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:21] <exec> 08└─Thanks for calling that to my attention, I hadn't seen it before. For those who would like a different format, https://www.gutenberg.org [gutenberg.org]
[11:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:28] <exec> 08└─cats are not native to America..
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[12:03:49] <exec> 08└─Naw, everything you mentioned is perfectly reasonable. Especially the creation of a private unemployment insurance; they may very well need it after some of the other demands they're making for jobs that should be going to (and be paid like they're going to) idiot highschool kids.
[12:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:03:51] <exec> 08└─Stupid is as stupid does: an end to the employer's use of e-verify to exclude undocumented immigrant workers.
[12:03:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is dominant in the marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 2394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:03:58] <exec> 08└─It's just... hey, I played a game and didn't like it, and I can't even ask for my money back because it was free! Anyway, most of these examples are really completely different things. There are Farmville style games where the core mechanic is waiting in line, and you can pay to skip the line. This...
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[12:04:06] <exec> 08└─> The new Hawking-Hertog assessment indicates that there can only be universes that have the same laws of physics as our own No, even if you proved it you would prove that universes with a different kind of laws would be inconceivable. But what that is not conceivable according to our logic systems...
[12:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:04:16] <exec> 08└─Shoulda been Nintendo. Shoulda been available at the Switch's launch. Then they could have owned the casual gaming market for another 10 years, like the Wii did.
[12:04:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 3479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:04:18] <exec> 08└─The days of devices coming with any sort of published hardware specs are long gone. As in, decades ago. The problem is - and there is virtually NOTHING you can do about it - nobody cares because nobody wants to tinker. The hardware hackers are a vanishingly small percentage of consumers. How many pe...
[12:04:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:04:20] <exec> 08└─> Why would one want one of these rather than a Vive? $300
[12:04:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 590 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:04:37] <exec> 08└─The sensory deprivation tank + hallucinogenic drug combo is welllllll known. Even the inventor/developer of the tank [wikipedia.org] did it: The isolation tank was developed in 1954 by John C. Lilly, a medical practitioner and neuropsychiatrist.[1][2][3] During his training in psychoanalysis at the...
[12:05:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:05:18] <exec> 08└─How many thruhole caps are there in your cellphone? Even bigger stuff like PCBs found in new cars and going more and more to SMD only, as small as possible even when they don't need to be.
[12:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Training The Squirrel Terminator - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:44] <exec> 08└─Are you trying to create Squirrel Jesus ?
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[13:03:48] <exec> 08└─Signs you are doing server names right? The name 'boron' tells me exactly dick about what the server does, what it affects, what will go down, etc... How about a server named 'database' or 'db01'? I know it's not the popular thing to do and it doesn't impress your imaginary geek girlfriend.
[13:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:03:50] <exec> 08└─What's the biggest expense of running the SoylentNews website? Is it bandwidth? If so, seems it should be worth compressing the various files more. Optipng shrank logo_soylentnews.png and topicdevrandom.png a few thousand bytes. But most of all, why not minify the HTML of the main page? Yes, it's no...
[13:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:01] <exec> 08└─And does the union reimburse the fines if the Feds come down on Burgerville for hiring people ineligible to work in the US?
[13:04:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:02] <exec> 08└─at the point you are organised, can manage staged strike action, and act like a union, you get to *be* a union?
[13:04:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:04] <exec> 08└─I personally cannot wait till the fallout from this debacle catches up with them. Say goodbye to the $10 Entree selections and hello to the $20 burgers.
[13:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:07] <exec> 08└─Nah, the Feds will give them housing, education, healthcare, welfare, and social security.
[13:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 1065 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:16] <exec> 08└─I generally agree with you, however- Many MMORPGs over the years have had random drops to some degree. A somewhat typical made-up example - you spend 30 minutes to finish a raid boss with 15 other players, and there's maybe 16 reward items, which you need to roll for priority on picking which you ge...
[13:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:34] <exec> 08└─Open Source Virtual Reality Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) is an open-source software project that aims to enable headsets and game controllers from all vendors to be used with any games. It is also a virtual reality headset that claims to be open-source hardware using the OSVR software.[2] Howe...
[13:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 1076 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:04:35] <exec> 08└─What you say has probably been true up till now, for a large enough majority of consumers for the manufacturers to get away with this. It doesn't help that many people that do want to hack, will still capitulate and buy these closed products anyway due to a lack of choice. However, times may yet cha...
[13:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:11] <exec> 08└─Depends on the definition of a lot... you can play some arithmetic games to determine something like 29 out of 30 people in the USA did not watch despite intense advertising. As an example of something popular, according to some CBS story that google found for me, over 1 in 3 USA people were prescri...
[13:06:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 311 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:59] <exec> 08└─Utter bullshit. Yep, and it's working like a charm. They got the whole world doing the *Russia Russia Russia* jig... And they will still successfully keep Congress evenly split between them and their tag team partner, the republicans. The voters choose between evil and crazy. That's where the Golden...
[13:07:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RS3 [6367] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1042 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:03] <exec> 08└─100% agree with you. I've felt that way all of my adult life. 3rd parties occasionally make it into lower-level positions in local and state governments. I can only attribute the problem to money: wealthy powerful people, sometimes using corporations at their weapon of choice, buy all kinds of influ...
[13:07:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 356 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:05] <exec> 08└─Dennis Kucinich, the last congressman trying to hold out for a public option, recently talked about trying to negotiate with Obama about it. Basically, Obama made it abundantly clear to Kucinich that there was no way, no how, any kind of public option included in the ACA. The "Oh, the Republicans wo...
[13:07:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 417 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:15] <exec> 08└─I know you've got me typecast as a right-winger so it may shock you to find out my favorite President (of those I've lived through) was Jimmy Carter. Interestingly enough, he's also the last President that the media opposed in something like the manner they currently oppose Trump. He was a liberal,...
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[14:03:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:41] <exec> 08└─N/T (grin)
[14:03:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:43] <exec> 08└─with the heat being converted to electricity by Stirling engines.
[14:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 1) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:45] <exec> 08└─"doesn't sound like anything I'd want to use on a long-term mission." It's all about mtbf and reliability. With proper engineering you can make anything as safe as you want or need. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with mechanical systems.
[14:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 1) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:47] <exec> 08└─and have them mass produce these things for ebay at $500 a pop.
[14:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 1) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:49] <exec> 08└─" For what definitions of "safe" and "handle"?" It used to be used as a color in glazing for ceramic plates. It's not very radioactive, but if you wanted to kill a bunch of people with it, it would be more effective to dump it in the water supply as it is very poisonous.
[14:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:51] <exec> 08└─Really? For what definitions of "safe" and "handle"?
[14:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:54] <exec> 08└─It's very safe -- so long as we keep Crooked Hillary away from it. (Uranium One) We used to use it in our nuclear arsenal -- our nuclear arsenal has always been the safest in the world. And it is far stronger and more powerful than ever before!!!
[14:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 5230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:56] <exec> 08└─Well, I'll try to explain it without any bad SN automobile analogies. With a RTG, heat flows across a bulk solid material just like a boring heatsink. The heat-resistance crosses sort of a back-EMF like, um, force, such that its a slightly worse conductor in exchange for a like amount of electrical...
[14:03:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03sgleysti [56] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:58] <exec> 08└─What I can't figure out from the articles: Is this thing a souped up RTG that converts the decay heat of a block of U-235 to electricity with Stirling engines? Or is it a reactor with neutron reflectors/moderators/etc. that uses Stirling engines instead of steam turbines? The former seems most likel...
[14:04:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:08] <exec> 08└─What's the biggest expense of running the SoylentNews website? Is it bandwidth? If so, seems it should be worth compressing the various files more. Optipng shrank logo_soylentnews.png and topicdevrandom.png a few thousand bytes. But most of all, why not minify the HTML of the main page? Yes, it's no...
[14:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:10] <exec> 08└─When somebody is dumb, he's a moron. And when he's boring, he's a boron. Maybe, probably, boron is the most boring cyber. Wikileaks has some amazing cyber. And they sent my son a very special DM, they said it'll be very interesting if your father doesn't conceed. Believe me, I wasn't about to.
[14:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:25] <exec> 08└─Usually it happens in reverse order: you unionised first and trigger negotiations with the employers after (because, yeah, the employer has no warranties the group it bargains with is representative and will stick with the negotiated agreement). What's weird in this case: they shot first and organis...
[14:04:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:26] <exec> 08└─Say what? A worker there needs to work 4 hours to afford buying a burger and 2 hours for an entree? Maaan, you're totally fucked up.
[14:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 1471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:29] <exec> 08└─I'm generally pro-worker, but I also recognize cold, hard economic reality. I'm really curious how things would play out if this "Burgerville" (WTF???) place actually agreed to all the workers' demands. Some of the demands are actually very reasonable, such as "stable scheduling" (this should be a g...
[14:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:31] <exec> 08└─Unless you can get ALL the fast-food chains to adopt this stuff simultaneously, then this one is going to be forced to raise their prices [...] Even if you got all the big chains to adopt this stuff, it would probably raise their prices
[14:04:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prof Stephen Hawking's Multi-Verse Finale - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:04:46] <exec> 08└─What scientists seem to forget: our logic system and math is shaped around THIS world, it is valid because it can be used to predict outcomes.
[14:05:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:05:00] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenXR [wikipedia.org]
[14:05:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:05:01] <exec> 08└─* Wireless/untethered. * Cheaper, and also no expensive PC or smartphone required.
[14:05:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:05:04] <exec> 08└─Content is still scarce. They could do just fine coming in around 2020 with something. Maybe time it with a Nintendo Switch hardware refresh (new version of the Nvidia Tegra could be dropped in). Unfortunately, if they wanted to use the Switch console itself as the base for a VR headset, they would...
[14:05:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:05:39] <exec> 08└─A spa PR agent says it wasn't their fault, that's all.
[14:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:04] <exec> 08└─The FTC should force these companies to pay for all repairs for anything that has a "warranty void if removed" sticker, and this should also be retroactive for all devices they've sold with these stickers, as well as requiring them to reimburse all customers in the past for any repairs they've had d...
[14:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:05] <exec> 08└─They *do* need to be: thru-hole components are a PITA to work with, and don't play well with automated assembly equipment. For places where they still use electrolytic caps, they've largely moved to SMT versions of them (which are basically thru-hole ones stuck on a little plastic holder that keeps...
[14:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:07] <exec> 08└─So - you take them to small claims court AGAIN for attempting to usurp your rights as an American citizen. My signature doesn't appear on any EULA. Instead, I crossed out the parts I didn't like. Hey, if they can write a contract without my input, I can alter it without their input. Looky, right the...
[14:07:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:55] <exec> 08└─Dafuq? When, and where, have you ever read ANYTHING that I've posted, suggesting that Trump is "clean"? Oh, I think I get it. I believe that Hillary is a god-damned conniving, murderous, thieving, two-faced bitch - so therefore, I must like Trump? FFS, this isn't kindergarden, where you have to pick...
[14:07:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:56] <exec> 08└─Sanders was just too ethical and decent; that was his problem. If he had said all kinds of outrageous and inflammatory stuff, and then refused to apologize and doubled-down, he would have gotten lots of free media coverage, and could have won the primary vote. Basically, that's what Trump did. Makin...
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[15:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2, Troll) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:44] <exec> 08└─We used the Facebook stuff in the primary, we didn't use it in the general. Because Deep Root Analytics (with our GOP) has better cyber. The digital for 198 million people. But CA did tremendous work. BUILD THE WALL, LOCK HER UP, DRAIN THE SWAMP, THE DEEP STATE and many more -- those were all CA. Th...
[15:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:45] <exec> 08└─Another corporation will be formed, a think tank will be created, names may or may not be changed,
[15:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:48] <exec> 08└─So just like when a local fast food joint named Food Hole gets shut down for gross sanity violations and 3 months later Food Whole shows up in the same location with the same owners, same policies, and new front line staff.
[15:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:50] <exec> 08└─I thought it was Blackwater Analytica.
[15:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:52] <exec> 08└─Why I cannot put this clown on ignore. It is beyond retarded how lacking the preferences interface is.
[15:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:54] <exec> 08└─Academi Analytica.
[15:03:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:57] <exec> 08└─Already happened. The new company is called Emerdata.
[15:03:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:03:59] <exec> 08└─If I needed that service, the notoriety would be a feature. Similarly, I would choose Blackwater if I felt that some people needed killing. It's not like ValueJet, which actually failed and thus needed to change their name. Cambridge Analytica succeeded, and the people unhappy with that are not cust...
[15:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:14] <exec> 08└─It's a genuine™ nuclear fission reactor that uses the Stirling engines to convert heat into electricity. In the video they show you where the boron carbide control rod is. This PDF also has some diagrams: https://www.nasa.gov
[15:04:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 1073 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:16] <exec> 08└─We've already done the first part (snicker snicker). The only countries on the planet to ever have invented nukes are AFAIK the USA and South Africa. Everyone else spies and steals. There is some local engineering of course such that Russian nuclear products (both power and exploding) are distinctly...
[15:04:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 1471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:18] <exec> 08└─They're technically distinct and always described incorrectly as one. Part one is the heat source which can be a RTG that has no off switch and is large and heavy and low power and almost infinitely reliable and safe for re-entry, or a fission reactor which is controllable and unreliable and dangero...
[15:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:29] <exec> 08└─First off, I also find the server names confusing. But, I would point out that there is a reason to divorce the name of the server from its use. A few years back, in an effort to reduce servers costs, several services were migrated between servers. The end result was that we required fewer servers t...
[15:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 895 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:30] <exec> 08└─For us? Servers. We've never exceeded our bandwidth cap that I'm aware of. I believe it's the sum of all of our allotted transfer allowances, regardless of which box they originate from, which should be 29TB/month by my math. All the internal IPv6 traffic between the db servers, web frontends, load...
[15:04:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:32] <exec> 08└─Also, with respect to minimization of HTML, I'll be the first to concede there are benefits to reducing the amount of whitespace, for example.
[15:04:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:51] <exec> 08└─How very British :-)
[15:04:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:53] <exec> 08└─TFA says they're asking for a $5 and hour raise. Is that $5 extra, or an increase up to $5?
[15:04:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:55] <exec> 08└─* $5 an hour
[15:04:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 647 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:57] <exec> 08└─Burgerville is a rather expensive fast-food place to eat at already. You do get what you pay for - the food quality is high and the menu choice is decent but anyone can easily call BV a premium fast food place. The most basic cheeseburger, more tasty than but roughly the same size of, a McDonalds ba...
[15:04:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:59] <exec> 08└─we also want to turn our attention to the 4.5 million other fast-food workers in the United States. We want to speak to everyone else who works for poverty wages, who are constantly disrespected on the job, who are told they aren't educated enough, aren't experienced enough, aren't good enough for a...
[15:05:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:02] <exec> 08└─My problem lies not with unions or workers who want to be unionized but the bane on society that is union middlemen. I have worked places where the union members do not and have not worked for the unionized company and themselves just work for the separate union. This caused problems for the unioniz...
[15:05:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:04] <exec> 08└─Apparently virtue signaling is more important than their jobs. An end to everify sounds like a great out for the company when faced with increased hourly pay.
[15:05:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:06] <exec> 08└─I think what frusterated me with this whole fast food career movement is that increasing fast food jobs from 10/hr to 15/hr will have a market adjustment on prices, but the more skilled labor making between 15-20 wont see their wage adjustment until even later to that. Semi-skilled labor will be pun...
[15:05:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:16] <exec> 08└─(re: the infographic on the global games market in the first TFA) I had no idea that the "Middle East" extended all the way to the Bering Strait. Or is that Europe? Yeah, Russia isn't easy to pidgeonhole into a continent.
[15:05:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:18] <exec> 08└─Market Saturation->Loot Boxes->Cancer
[15:05:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 846 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:42] <exec> 08└─After trying and failing miserably with the Virtual Boy [wikipedia.org], Nintendo is naturally more hesitant about another stab at the VR market. Unlike the Wii, which succeeded because of relatively inexpensive technology in the Wiimotes and camera tracking, VR is more expensive to get to an accept...
[15:05:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:05:44] <exec> 08└─I got my Vive for $420 off e-bay. This thing is being introduced at $199. It's also, stand-alone. Which means just $199+tax. As opposed to $499+tax + $300-$400 video card + computer ($400 or so at least). So you're really comparing a $199 device to a $1,199 device. Yes, the Vive will be better for a...
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[15:06:10] <exec> 08└─One thing for sure: his herpes is cured. Vaccine worked?
[15:06:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 1078 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:13] <exec> 08└─I could have saved us some time if I had seen this earlier: https://www.washingtonian.com [washingtonian.com] DC police found drug paraphernalia among Aaron Traywick‘s belongings, a spokesperson for the spa in which the controv...
[15:06:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 496 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:26] <exec> 08└─Now, we need the FTC to firmly place both boots in the "right to repair" camp. They need to address Apple, first and foremost, and Apple's warfare against third party repair shops. Some will ask, "Why Apple, and not companies blah blah blah?" I say Apple, because they are so high profile, and so ver...
[15:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:47] <exec> 08└─Speaking as a hobbyist / bodger / fixer of things with a soldering iron in the shed, I consider the surface mount stuff to be the PITA. I've fixed a few Game Gears that suffered from leaky (SMT) capacitors, soldering through-hole replacement s to the board surface, but getting my wife's Mac Classic...
[15:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:36] <exec> 08└─You're not understanding something with your "sovereign immunity" stuff: this is not a criminal trial, it's a civil lawsuit. "US jurisdiction" and laws are irrelevant. You can absolutely sue foreign actors or governments, and win judgments. Of course, good luck enforcing those judgments outside the...
[15:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:37] <exec> 08└─Illegal, no. Stupid, yes. (And I voted for Hillary, for what it's worth.) The hacks revealed two foolish things: 1. Hillary was getting verbatim copies of Democratic Primary debate questions in advance, and all other candidates were not. This infuriated anyone that didn't already support her, and f...
[15:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:39] <exec> 08└─That's not quite true. It is definitely true now, but it was not for many years. For a great example just look at the elections the year Lincoln was elected. There were quite a few parties involved. I forget the exact number but 6 or 7 floated their candidates against Lincoln and he won with only so...
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[15:08:42] <exec> 08└─>We need a party that's a voice for the poor, especially the rural poor. We have this party: it's called the Republiican Party. They're the party that aligns with the rural poor on the two issues they care most about: guns and abortion (and the closely-related third issue: religion). Republicans opp...
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[15:08:44] <exec> 08└─I don't think Hazuma Azuki conveniently forgot anything. He (or she, whatever) wrote that he is not sure the party has been worth supporting since they lost to Nixon in the 1970s and moved right. I think Sanders' Democratic Party is worth saving, setting aside the fact that Sanders is actually indep...
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[15:08:46] <exec> 08└─I don't think abolishing political parties is practical, so I would go the route that the UK and Germany have. In elections you don't vote for the candidate, you vote for the party. And then the party gets seats in Congress based on the vote percentages and party leaders choose the people to fill th...
[15:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:48] <exec> 08└─Google or wikipedia up the Pentagon Papers. Its basically the same story with newer technology and different players. Hopefully it'll have the same legal outcome. There are other more direct analogies WRT the Pentagon Papers revolving around wikileaks and some famous people.
[15:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:50] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure that adopting that persona and going after Hillary strongly would have helped Sanders as much. The supporters are different, etc. But there's one thing I can point to. "[The] American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!" Sanders essentially tossed the issue to t...
[15:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 1565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:53] <exec> 08└─That's an oversimplification of the situation. Part of the reason the rural poor align with the Republicans is because they feel abandoned by the Democrats on issues of jobs and quality of life, and they feel abandoned because they are abandoned. As the grandparent post wrote, the mainstream Democra...
[15:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:55] <exec> 08└─he's damaging the GOP brand
[15:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:28] <exec> 08└─I'll point you to the comment directly below, maybe if you spent more time reading history uoud have a clue what I'm talking about. You are the ignorant one arguing from simplistic base assumptions here.
[15:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China is Mining Data Directly from Workers’ Brains on an Industrial Scale - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:26] <exec> 08└─My god! A series of contracts post that didn't spam or sound overly angry. Bravo!
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[16:03:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 73 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:48] <exec> 08└─... just slithering sideways, into a new company called Emerdata Limited.
[16:03:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:58] <exec> 08└─I think you can do something like that with the friend/foe thing. Not really sure how it works, but I think it gives him an automatic negative rating on each post. Or, maybe after you make him a foe, you can opt to give him an automatic negative. Once you make him a foe, and give him negative karma,...
[16:03:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 781 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:00] <exec> 08└─3 months later? No, not the same. Close, but not the same. CA didn't have to wait until the doors were locked to start greasing palms. The escape was already planned in detail, all the palms were properly greased in advance, and no one missed a day of work. "Tom, you go over to the new office first...
[16:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:02] <exec> 08└─The real shame is not being able to ignore specific Anonymous Cowards.
[16:04:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:04] <exec> 08└─On the positive side, the UK Govt today announced that the people who ran CA are still being investigated and, if found guilty of an offence, face the appropriate punishment. Privately, I suspect that the data has already been siphoned off to the new company and they will try very hard to lose the d...
[16:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:07] <exec> 08└─Especially when Food Hole was formed for the express purpose of creating the case for the regulations that shut it down.
[16:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:09] <exec> 08└─Is it really that hard to SWIPE UP when you see "realDonaldTrump writes" on top of the story? Or you see my name on a tweet. It's not hard, believe me. So many haters & losers always griping and bitching!!
[16:04:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 5230 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:22] <exec> 08└─Well, I'll try to explain it without any bad SN automobile analogies. With a RTG, heat flows across a bulk solid material just like a boring heatsink. The heat-resistance crosses sort of a back-EMF like, um, force, such that its a slightly worse conductor in exchange for a like amount of electrical...
[16:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:28] <exec> 08└─The fake trump posts aren't really amusing or funny anymore. They're just kind of scraping. Just telling you because I'm a friend.
[16:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:30] <exec> 08└─Just 7 moar years.
[16:05:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:10] <exec> 08└─and "affordable health care" (every decent employer has some kind of healthcare plan for their employees, and it's relatively cheap for the employer because of their large size and negotiating power).
[16:05:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:11] <exec> 08└─Minimum wage is higher than $5, so that would be an extra $5 an hour.
[16:05:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:13] <exec> 08└─These aren't just private groups of voluntarily associated people; federally recognized unions are legally recognized special-interest groups that are given certain special treatment by the government. These unionists are celebrating because they've now got Uncle Sam's gun-toting grunts on their sid...
[16:05:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03arcz [4501] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 1219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:24] <exec> 08└─There's nothing wrong with random ingame rewards. At least in the USA, in general, the government doesn't have the authority to regulate game mechanics (this is considered a speech restriction under constitutional law). If I charge a monthly fee to play the game I can put as much random loot drops i...
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[16:05:25] <exec> 08└─Eurasia
[16:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03arcz [4501] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:28] <exec> 08└─Also, I should clarify: Loot boxes can't be banned in the USA because a ban on a general exchange of money for an item of random value would be absurd. So can't the government just target loot boxes specifically? Well no, since a regulation that targets a speech medium directly will invoke constitut...
[16:05:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prof Stephen Hawking's Multi-Verse Finale - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:38] <exec> 08└─This Week’s (Stale) Hype [columbia.edu]
[16:05:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prof Stephen Hawking's Multi-Verse Finale - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:40] <exec> 08└─Anyone who's been married knows there are alternate logics.
[16:05:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:05:59] <exec> 08└─Actually, I forgot to mention the biggest downside to the Occulus Go. You must have an android phone or iPhone to activate it. It's all kinds of stupid, but there it is. Most people will have one or the other already, so the price of a smart phone isn't necessarily something you'd need to consider i...
[16:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:00] <exec> 08└─Between that and this: The Mirage's 6DOF is still quite limited—you need to remain seated
[16:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:02] <exec> 08└─I can envision a huge market for this. I read somewhere (on this site I think) that movies are one of the largest uses for VR headsets right now. Removing the PC requirements makes the system much more approachable for someone looking for an app-like experience. The specific application I can think...
[16:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03mobydisk [5472] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:38] <exec> 08└─The guy was a living experiment. If he died in some unrelated way - drug use, tank malfunction, etc - then we lost the data that he risked his life to create. That would be a shame. The shame would be compounded if his death was self-induced. Why make yourself a living experiment, then kill yourself...
[16:07:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:07] <exec> 08└─TFS presents a one-sided hack job. Like most of us, I strongly support right-to-repair. I think everyone should. BUT. Here are a few problems I found. TFA Link 1 [ftc.gov] says: The letters warn that FTC staff has concerns about the companies’ statements that consumers must use specified parts or...
[16:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:07] <exec> 08└─The Republicans with their ... are consistent on their lie that they'll revitalize rural economies. They won't revitalize urban areas.
[16:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:09] <exec> 08└─1. Hillary was getting verbatim copies of Democratic Primary debate questions in advance, and all other candidates were not. This infuriated anyone that didn't already support her, and fed into the conservative (and Russian) propaganda that she's corrupt.
[16:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Web Services Threatens to Kick Out Signal Messaging App Over Domain Fronting - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:35] <exec> 08└─You mean, like they're currently still doing to GitHub?
[16:10:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:45] <exec> 08└─It's true, they do work less than Americans do. And here's why: Workers unionized in the late 1980's and demanded a shorter work week. Just like how US wage-earners won the 40-hour work week slowly from the 1880's to the 1930's.
[16:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:46] <exec> 08└─I'll point you to the comment directly below
[16:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:49] <exec> 08└─Labor has always had the problem that they can't rationally refuse a demonstrably bad deal when the alternative is outright starvation.
[16:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:51] <exec> 08└─And here's why: Workers unionized in the late 1980's and demanded a shorter work week.
[16:10:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:53] <exec> 08└─Unions necessarily work against the businesses. It's inherent to the relationship. Workers, and by extension their unions, want to maximize wages/salary/benefits and minimize the work required to earn them. Bosses, and by extension the business, want to minimize wages/salary/benefits and maximize th...
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[17:03:43] <exec> 08└─This is just another symptom of the wider problem. Remember leftpad? That was the same thing: People don't think about building software anymore, they just glue stuff together without fully understanding anything. npm makes this even worse because it's so "easy" to pull in a dependency and it hides...
[17:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 1012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:03:44] <exec> 08└─It is a different paradigm that has worked pretty well for the vast majority of projects. You could make the exact same accusations against Microsoft for all the backdoors they put in there, or any of the many linux packages people install without building from source after fully auditing the code o...
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[17:04:08] <exec> 08└─Medical Mechanica
[17:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:04:29] <exec> 08└─#RepealThe22nd [twitter.com] #Trump2024 [twitter.com]
[17:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 1063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:04:30] <exec> 08└─I could see a massive interest in this reactor for submarines, assuming sufficient shielding is in-place for humans to safely function nearby (the Wikipedia article says a beryllium oxide reflector is used to protect electronics from gamma radiation). From the rest of the description the reactor is...
[17:04:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:04:33] <exec> 08└─The only countries on the planet to ever have invented nukes are AFAIK the USA and South Africa.
[17:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:04:35] <exec> 08└─Definitely not Israel. They got their plans from the US. France, maybe ? The USG at the time wasn't eager to see France with nukes. India ?
[17:05:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:05:18] <exec> 08└─For all you arm chair geniuses who were born knowing everything you ever needed to know....... https://www.history.com [history.com]
[17:05:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:05:19] <exec> 08└─Under US law, you have to be a recognized official union in order to have protections against anti-union tactics by management. Before the National Labor Relations Act of the 1930's, you could be and usually were fired and then blacklisted (i.e. informally all the other employers in the area were to...
[17:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:04] <exec> 08└─Prerendered/captured 180 or 360-degree video is less intensive than games, and most likely less work to make an entertaining experience (making games is hard enough without throwing in VR interactivity features). Although we'll see how well live 360-degree video works on most people's Internet conne...
[17:06:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:42] <exec> 08└─Ok, we get it. You believe that he died from doing drugs in his isolation tank. You have good reasons to believe that. We . get . it .
[17:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:43] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't need to explain it over and over if there wasn't so much complete ignorance displayed by other users in the thread. And I blame out-of-touch greybeards.
[17:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:45] <exec> 08└─The bigger waste would be if this incident gets used to dissuade potential biohackers, or even worse, if it encourages the passage of a draconian law attempting to regulate or criminalize DIY biology.
[17:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:47] <exec> 08└─"The association I've made is not simply between drugs and the tank, but drugs and dying in the tank" You make a fair point there, but keep in mind that the cited known cases are 1) injection with a horse tranquilizer and 2) sedating drugs + ... + alcohol. I'm going to at least suggest that things...
[17:07:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:17] <exec> 08└─Even bigger stuff like PCBs found in new cars and going more and more to SMD only, as small as possible even when they don't need to be.
[17:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:18] <exec> 08└─I've fixed a few Game Gears that suffered from leaky (SMT) capacitors, soldering through-hole replacement s to the board surface
[17:07:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:20] <exec> 08└─Don't Google "list of wafer biscuits."
[17:07:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:59] <exec> 08└─The duet with Groot and Hulk will be an earworm of epic proportions.
[17:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:23] <exec> 08└─The only way to protest using the ballot box in a way that will be heard is by voting for Greens and Libertarians.
[17:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:25] <exec> 08└─Yes, we must all take a strong stand against Faces!!! Down with Faces!
[17:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:27] <exec> 08└─>> it was *who* they got it from We could go ask the guy who supposedly smuggled them out. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Oh, wait, nevermind. I must confess that I raised a conspiracy theorist' suspicious eyebrow when I heard about his death.
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[18:03:44] <exec> 08└─Are all these artifacts necessarily made by humans? Couldn't it have been made by a large bride or some other animal known for tool use like a crab?
[18:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:45] <exec> 08└─Most large brides I've seen are, technically, human.
[18:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:47] <exec> 08└─Would a Siberian crab carve a human-shaped wooden statue?
[18:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:49] <exec> 08└─"Mysterious symbols", "encrypted code", or evven... going out on a limb here... just some zig-zag and hatching decorations. It'd be nice if they gave some hint as to why they believe there's some greater significance to the lines than just (possibly symbolic) decoration. Assuming it's anything more...
[18:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:52] <exec> 08└─"The statue was originally 5.3 metres tall but parts of it went missing during the Soviet Era. Now only 2.8 metres remain along with sketches drawn in 1914 by a famous local archaeologist, Vladimir Tolmachev."
[18:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:54] <exec> 08└─If it was a crash landed alien looking to impress the local chieftain then, yeah, sure.
[18:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:56] <exec> 08└─Haha yeah that part leaped out at me too. So at most it is like every other religious symbol out there? Who would have the faintest idea what a cross means if there was zero info left about christianity? If they found an ancient power pole they'd think we worshipped the power grid.
[18:04:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:06] <exec> 08└─> just glue stuff together without fully understanding anything They keep forgetting to add the train and audit tasks in the Sprint.
[18:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:08] <exec> 08└─There's no A in SPRINT (Some Program Rapidly Integrated No Takebacks). They just got a couple words wrong in their Agile development process.
[18:04:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:11] <exec> 08└─People don't think about building software anymore, they just glue stuff together without fully understanding anything
[18:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03AssCork [6255] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:13] <exec> 08└─No Such Agency Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. By the way, who still chooses to use Java? I mean, we have . . .oh.
[18:04:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Whoever [4524] 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 98 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:24] <exec> 08└─Another corporation will be formed, a think tank will be created, names may or may not be changed,
[18:04:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:37] <exec> 08└─what f'in data breach? my understanding (lazy guess derived by not reading any articles about any of this bs) was that CA just used slavebook for what it was designed for (a global surveillance and propaganda platform) but slavebook didn't like the wrong team using their slaves. of course, the subve...
[18:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:39] <exec> 08└─They failed at staying discreet. People using their services do not want the bad publicity of being associated with that name. That dealer still has the good product, but he had to change his car and distribution point to reduce visibility and protect his customers.
[18:04:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:41] <exec> 08└─Nahhhhhh - if you were cynical, you'd know that the judge was already bought and paid for.
[18:04:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:43] <exec> 08└─Right. The key point here is that, at least with regards to their data processing, they were probably within the law. Legally this company can exist and make money. The issue is the branding, so it makes sense that they'd change it. Even if you barred all the current employees from working for simil...
[18:04:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03AssCork [6255] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:46] <exec> 08└─the people who ran CA are still being investigated and, if found guilty of an offence. . .
[18:04:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:48] <exec> 08└─"slavepress"? "subversive press"? God, you're that tiresome jackanapes that I dread sitting next to for several hours on an airplane. Go Go noise cancelling headphones!
[18:04:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:50] <exec> 08└─They can't have another Conrad Black on their hands!! (think of your british nerd comedies)
[18:04:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:04:52] <exec> 08└─Cambridge Anal?
[18:05:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:17] <exec> 08└─It's a nuclear reactor, it's supposed to go critical. Maybe you meant prompt critical.
[18:05:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:19] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily. There are designs and designs. Many nuclear-thermal designs just use the heat generated by decay. (Think the Pluto probe.)
[18:05:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 936 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:21] <exec> 08└─I *think* the slug of uranium in the reactor is small enough that even without active cooling it wouldn't generate enough heat to melt. Or at least that's the way I read the summary. That said, a closed mechanical system makes me nervous too, but for the use case of this thing, I think that failure...
[18:05:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:23] <exec> 08└─I think this doesn't produce enough power for submarines. Perhaps submarine drones, though...
[18:05:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:25] <exec> 08└─Many nuclear-thermal designs just use the heat generated by decay. (Think the Pluto probe.)
[18:05:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 132 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:54] <exec> 08└─Say what? A worker there needs to work 4 hours to afford buying a burger and 2 hours for an entree? Maaan, you're totally fucked up.
[18:06:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sulla [5173] 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 463 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:02] <exec> 08└─My problem lies not with unions or workers who want to be unionized but the bane on society that is union middlemen. I have worked places where the union members do not and have not worked for the unionized company and themselves just work for the separate union. This caused problems for the unioniz...
[18:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 1075 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:11] <exec> 08└─Your math is hopelessly wrong. To make up some numbers here: Let's say this place serves 30 meals in an average hour, for $10 each, and employs 6 people making $8.30/hr to keep sales and production going at that pace. That means, pre-raise, there is a total revenue for that hour of $300, and a labor...
[18:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 1844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:13] <exec> 08└─You make a good point about the wages across all professions and the impact it would have. However, these would not be such big issues if people such as yourself would stop blocking universal healthcare and other societal support programs. Across the board all societal benefits have been slashed for...
[18:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:16] <exec> 08└─What does "e-verify" mean? Is it another word for "one-time photocopy of my valid passport/driver's license/photo ID card, that my employer must keep in their safe, in order to satisfy the demands of the immigration police that all their employees are citizens and/or legally allowed to work here"?
[18:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:18] <exec> 08└─See Thexalon's post in the thread above. It may sound like a massive increase but the impact to consumers wouldn't be as big of a % jump. Our consumerist drive for lower and lower prices has become quite detrimental to society. The only benefit was for China and other developing nations who gained s...
[18:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 2113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:20] <exec> 08└─I have experience both as a fast food cook and as a fast food customer. As a cook, I usually got the grill* orders right, sometimes not. Sometimes the not was my fault. As a customer, I rarely receive an order from a fast food place that isn't wrong in some aspect. (This week's example: "Would you l...
[18:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:22] <exec> 08└─What does "e-verify" mean? Yeah, that's a weird one. The unions I've worked with (Teamsters, USW) have always been in favor of measures intended to ensure jobs go to citizens/visa holders.
[18:06:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prof Stephen Hawking's Multi-Verse Finale - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:45] <exec> 08└─I am 100% sure that my wife can bend the laws of physics at will, under the simple condition that the result proves me wrong.
[18:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:08] <exec> 08└─> Content is still scarce. Meet Mario and Princess Zelda. Meet Luigi and Princess Peach. Welcome to Mario × Zelda Swing Party VR. Begin the adventure!
[18:07:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 111 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:36] <exec> 08└─Peter Thiel will offer two gene therapies. The expensive one cures herpes. The cheap one cures herpes carriers.
[18:07:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:50] <exec> 08└─Having made your point quite convincingly, I'd like to invite you not to dwell on those who have their own reasons to doubt your hypothesis. You might be right, but don't sound obsessive, for this is just schadenfreude news, and the internet doesn't actually give a flying fuck.
[18:07:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:52] <exec> 08└─> Why make yourself a living experiment, then kill yourself before publishing the result? I see a result being published. The exact protocol of the experiment may require further clarification. I seem to be in the control group.
[18:07:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:54] <exec> 08└─What exactly are those "drug paraphernalia"? I can think of some that would also be used in administering, say, herpes gene therapy.
[18:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:04] <exec> 08└─So many people are asking for more great realDonaldTrump stories. I think you may need to get in line behind aristarchus!
[18:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avengers: Infinity War Sets Box Office Debut Records - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:05] <exec> 08└─Avengers: Infinity War, with multiple song-and-dance numbers ... I cannot visualize this, but am definitely willing to pay good money to see it. It looks a lot like the Spider Man one but with a lot more people tangled in wires.
[18:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Web Services Threatens to Kick Out Signal Messaging App Over Domain Fronting - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:59] <exec> 08└─isn't this what stuff like VPNs, tor and i2p are for? maybe all these companies need to quit trying to work within the establishment system and work harder with people who are trying to build a decentralized, private alternative. I bet some of these projects could use more servers, lawyers and pay f...
[18:11:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 244 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:29] <exec> 08└─It's tough to sell innovative superficial crap in Tennessee, and it's generally much harder to become a billionaire selling stuff in Mississippi. Turns out that addressing the CA market is pretty attractive. Too bad it comes with rules, right ?
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[19:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:44] <exec> 08└─Before you reply, go read the actual Roe v. Wade decision. This remains among the best SCOTUS rulings, it's very clear. Here is the primary holding, in full: "A person may choose to have an abortion until a fetus becomes viable, based on the right to privacy contained in the Due Process Clause of th...
[19:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:45] <exec> 08└─By that logic, anybody who would die without help (somebody drowning in the pool, somebody on oxygen, you name it) is a non-person.
[19:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:48] <exec> 08└─"Some Republican lawmakers" may think it's a good thing for the anti-abortion movement if a law like this goes to court. They are idiots. The Iowa Catholic Conference, which is very anti-abortion, does not support this bill [iowacatholicconference.org] specifically because of what is likely to happe...
[19:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:50] <exec> 08└─The GOP's war on women's right to choose on full display. They want to keep them barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen.
[19:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:52] <exec> 08└─How many millions are being spent, because the US constitutions lack a way to review and toss out laws that are blatantly either unconstitutional or inconsistent with current SCOTUS rulings? Since the official goal of those morons is to have a conservative SCOTUS revisit Roe v Wade, they need better...
[19:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 2053 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:54] <exec> 08└─Abortion is one of those topics where both sides tend to have a fairly strong opinion. Without further ado let me get the ball rolling. "State Fetal Homicide Laws Currently, at least 38 states have fetal homicide laws: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois...
[19:03:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:57] <exec> 08└─History will not be kind to any current legislature which attempts to rule on abortion. The last few times a group of people who dominated the legislature attempted to wield the pen to oppress or otherwise significantly dictate how another group who was poorly represented in the legislature were wom...
[19:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:11] <exec> 08└─We have a member who is almost as old. Aristarchus, step up, and take a bow. No, no need to make a speech, or even any comments. Just take your bow, and sit down, please.
[19:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:13] <exec> 08└─A "siberian crab" is actually a tree, so no: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[19:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:15] <exec> 08└─Hard wood hunk has a big ebony limb to cram into your tight ivory trunk hollow [wikipedia.org]. Bonsai!
[19:04:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:17] <exec> 08└─Hmm. Pequeninos?
[19:04:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 972 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:19] <exec> 08└─Or it could mark a claim on a good fishing or hunting spot. Or it could represent a prayer for good fishing or hunting or weather, or just about anything else. Too much time has passed. The person or people who made it are long gone as is even their society and culture. It looks to me rather simila...
[19:04:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:22] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of an article I read in a Reader's Digest as a kid. It was the description of a hotel room unearthed by some future archeologists with descriptions of everyday items and their deduced purposes. Holy crap, I can't believe I found it... https://www.goodreads.com
[19:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:34] <exec> 08└─It is probably only fair to also mention various Java package and build systems.
[19:04:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:36] <exec> 08└─People don't think about building software anymore, they just glue stuff together without fully understanding anything.
[19:04:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:38] <exec> 08└─The single lesson I truly hope people learn is to not use auto-building projects that rely on downloading dependencies. Bundle your software together into one package!!
[19:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:40] <exec> 08└─I hope you're not confusing Java and JavaScript. They are not the same thing. Only slightly superficially similar. Hey, ten years ago, Java wasn't a bad choice when starting a new project. It's still not bad. But I'm keeping my eye on other things. Node.js is a favorite interest. If you're building...
[19:04:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:43] <exec> 08└─This is just another symptom of the wider problem. Remember leftpad? That was the same thing:
[19:04:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 311 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:50] <exec> 08└─The ship is sinking, but that doesn't mean they are shutting down. Another corporation will be formed, a think tank will be created, names may or may not be changed, officers will be shuffled around, and they'll be back in business before any chairs grow cold. And, none of the data they collected wi...
[19:05:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:15] <exec> 08└─Call it: Facebook Data For Sail!
[19:05:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:16] <exec> 08└─I'm cynical (which should be obvious by now). I think they will face the appropriate punishment. The paid for judge will decide what is appropriate.
[19:05:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 1291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:47] <exec> 08└─There are other non-technical tradeoffs too: 1. RTGs are no longer a viable option because NASA doesn't _have_ much more Plutonium (3 missions left I think), no one is making large quantities of it for weapons any more and restarting production for space exploration alone is challenging (and require...
[19:05:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 895 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:59] <exec> 08└─For us? Servers. We've never exceeded our bandwidth cap that I'm aware of. I believe it's the sum of all of our allotted transfer allowances, regardless of which box they originate from, which should be 29TB/month by my math. All the internal IPv6 traffic between the db servers, web frontends, load...
[19:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:02] <exec> 08└─It is shameful when a president knows little about science. Here, let me help. Boron is one of the fundamental particles along with: * Electron * Proton * Neutron * Crouton
[19:06:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:40] <exec> 08└─It's a tool put out by the feds, allowing employers to get a sort of sanity check on the papers provided by their prospective employees. People whose papers are in order: no problem. People who flag the system: say hello to ICE. I see no legitimate union purpose being served here.
[19:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:42] <exec> 08└─What he's trying to say (I think) is that if one fast food joint has to raise its prices to cover higher wages, it loses business to its competition and goes away. However, if they all do at the same time, then they all have to raise their prices in parallel, not creating a pricing disadvantage for...
[19:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:44] <exec> 08└─I would have liked universal health care, until I lived under it for a while. Universal health care means that a bunch of people get to make decisions about my health care that are not linked to medical efficacy, on the logic that they're paying for it. So I get to pay more in taxes to have less cho...
[19:06:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:58] <exec> 08└─Sure, MMORPGs have random loot, but you earn it through gameplay, not real money. It's no different from the random loot tables that have been in pen & paper RPGs since day 1, random powerups that have been in video games since almost day 1, or rolling dice in Monopoly to see which property you get...
[19:06:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mobile Gaming is Dominant in the Marketplace / Blame Loot Boxes - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:59] <exec> 08└─> Loot boxes are not gambling, because you cannot make money off them directly. You can though. Selling accounts that have accumulated X rare loot is mundane in the 21st century, to say nothing of the many games with integrated marketplaces or trade functionality.
[19:07:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:35] <exec> 08└─Well, there are no Nintendo Switch VR games in 2018, and if they want to make them, they will need a year or two to work on them. Maybe they are starting right now.
[19:07:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:36] <exec> 08└─The Mirage's 6DOF is still quite limited—you need to remain seated
[19:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:53] <exec> 08└─I've done tons of soldering, and SMT is far, far easier than thru-hole for rework, unless you're talking about BGAs. The key is getting a hot-air rework station. Try desoldering a DIP chip without damaging it; I can remove an SOJ/SOIC chip in a few seconds with my rework station and then replace it...
[19:11:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:01] <exec> 08└─>On the bright side, Hillary lost. I'd rather have her as president than Trump, but hopefully this is the wake up call the party needs to remind it that they've lost most of the good qualities they had fifty years ago. I'd say the article we're discussing here is proof that the party remains complet...
[19:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:02] <exec> 08└─Yeah, you're probably right. The supporters are so different that acting like Trump probably wouldn't have helped. But I do wonder if trying to focus more on her negatives and tearing her down would have helped him win the primaries. He tried to run a principled campaign focused on the issues, which...
[19:11:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:05] <exec> 08└─The problem with voting for candidates and not parties is that, while people can certainly inspect the Presidential candidates in the run-up, and maybe some of the Congressional ones, voters just don't have the time, energy, or will to carefully examine all the various candidates at all levels on th...
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[20:03:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1561 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:45] <exec> 08└─Before you reply, go read the actual Roe v. Wade decision. This remains among the best SCOTUS rulings, it's very clear. Here is the primary holding, in full: "A person may choose to have an abortion until a fetus becomes viable, based on the right to privacy contained in the Due Process Clause of th...
[20:03:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:49] <exec> 08└─The GOP's war on women's right to choose on full display. They want to keep them barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen.
[20:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:54] <exec> 08└─If [Governor Kim] Reynolds signs the bill into law
[20:03:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:56] <exec> 08└─No, but thanks for trying. Once born/viable, personage cannot be taken away. The discussion is when personage begins. Are you male or female? Would you like to be told that a parasite cannot be removed from your body, despite being easily within the scope of medical ability and having major life-cha...
[20:03:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03arcz [4501] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:00] <exec> 08└─Though I concur with your conclusion (women should have a right to an abortion), your argument is invalid. "Law punishing murder should only be argued, voted on, and signed exclusively by murders or you're seeing the modern day equivalent of a Jim Crow law."
[20:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:02] <exec> 08└─You may be very interested in what the Bible has to say about abortion, and what, historically, the churches have. The word "quickening" is a good starting point...
[20:04:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:04] <exec> 08└─Because it is, and painfully obviously so. Ironically the Iowa legislature likely just ensured the opposite of what they thought they were doing. And the people of Iowa will pay for the legal bills along the way.
[20:04:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:06] <exec> 08└─The insanity is on the fringes. You have people on the way far right, that say no abortion, no exceptions. Then you have people on the way far left, who say abortion, woman's prerogative. Even after the child has already been born!
[20:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:09] <exec> 08└─You're tying survivability to personhood, without rational basis. I'm pointing out that's an irrational and inconsistent opinion.
[20:04:11] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 389 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:12] <exec> 08└─I'm definitely on the side of anti-abortion to a certain point. The exceptions are Mother's prerogative, if it would endanger her life. I.E. carrying the baby would have abnormal risk for them due to some medical reason. Also, if abortion would be a mercy to the child. I.E. some medical condition wh...
[20:04:13] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 588 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:14] <exec> 08└─You need to read Judith Jarvis Thomson's "A Defense of Abortion" [wikipedia.org], where the analogy is to someone kidnapped and forced to provide a direct transfusion to a "Famous Violinist" who is dying, for a period of nine months. This really is all about controlling women, involuntary servitude,...
[20:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:16] <exec> 08└─Incorrect. Murder is an action, thereby a choice any human can make. Therefore, all humans are morally eligible to make law pertaining to it. Gender (actual chromosomes here, there are two and a few genetic outliers like XO and XXY) is not. Race is not. That's the difference. I picked the examples s...
[20:04:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:18] <exec> 08└─The mother already volunteered to do so when she got pregnant.
[20:04:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:21] <exec> 08└─lol!
[20:04:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:23] <exec> 08└─The mother already volunteered to do exactly that when she got pregnant. There being a point where it's too late to change your mind is not the same as slavery.
[20:04:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:25] <exec> 08└─*sigh* Very well... lol!
[20:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:28] <exec> 08└─Specifically, anencephalic fetuses [wikipedia.org]? (Yeah, I'll give you a Gross Link warning in that.) That's the big one I know of where you can still have a perfectly viable fetal heartbeat, the fetus may be survivable to term because the midbrain and steam can be intact and there is not necessar...
[20:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 944 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:30] <exec> 08└─So did the "sperm donor"! I say we put it in him, instead! Men's Rights! (to pregnancy! Yeah!!!) In fact, maybe we should just put the developing human being in you, since we can't, in this particular instance we have before us, find said donor, and the fetus has an absolute right to life! Grab 'im...
[20:04:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:33] <exec> 08└─Life begins at conception. The murder of an unborn child is just that. "Science tells us that human life begins at the time of conception. From the moment fertilization takes place, the child's genetic makeup is already complete. Its gender has already been determined, along with its height and hair...
[20:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:35] <exec> 08└─I think that person chose their username ironically.
[20:04:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 856 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:37] <exec> 08└─You really are a selective reader, aren't you? There is another passage stating that if a pregnant woman is injured, and loses the baby, but otherwise "no harm follows," there is a fine to be paid. A fine. NOT the death penalty. Psalm 139 speaks to God's supposed omniscience, and therefore it could...
[20:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:40] <exec> 08└─Based on past conversations with him, I think that person thinks "ironic" has something to do with the metal content of the thing in question...
[20:04:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 2433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:42] <exec> 08└─It doesn't baffle me in the slightest. The first thing to note is that anti-abortion groups, and the people that support them, also regularly line up against measures that either don't affect abortions or actively prevent abortions, like: - Comprehensive and scientifically accurate sex education in...
[20:04:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:44] <exec> 08└─There are plenty of people who would vote for abortion, if the only exceptions were for good medical reasons. A child born brain-dead would be a valid exception. A child that wouldn't survive birth, would live for a short time, but be in pain the entire time. These are things that normal people have...
[20:05:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:04] <exec> 08└─An ancient, encrypted code. How can they possibly know it is encrypted, and not plaintext?
[20:05:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:06] <exec> 08└─Ancient encrypted code ... or pretty floral pattern.
[20:05:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:24] <exec> 08└─And full time employees only care that it works until they get a new job or retire.
[20:05:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:26] <exec> 08└─We have this already in the form of yarn.lock and package.lock files
[20:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:28] <exec> 08└─So if I use two packages that rely on the same dependency at exactly the same version I need two copies of the dependency? That sounds efficient.
[20:05:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:30] <exec> 08└─> "consultants" autocorrected to "insultants" good news everybody, skynet is alive.
[20:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:32] <exec> 08└─Good to see that npm adopted yarn's lock files! I like their JSON layout with hashes separated from file locations more than the yarn way of storing that data. I considered bringing up yarn, but I was worried it might be a bit off-topic since we're discussing issues arising from public repos. Yarn c...
[20:05:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:34] <exec> 08└─You ignored half my comment, or failed to read it.
[20:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:38] <exec> 08└─In theory, any subcritical mass of fissile material is "safe to handle" so long as you have the necessary radiation protection. It's when you get too much fissile material together in one place that nuclear hellfire breaks loose...look up the Demon Core on wiki for an instructive example (*shudder*)...
[20:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 1516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:40] <exec> 08└─copied from Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]: France was one of the nuclear pioneers, going back to the work of Marie Skłodowska Curie. Curie’s last assistant Bertrand Goldschmidt became the father of the French Bomb. ... ... the first French reactor went critical in 1948 and small amounts of plutonium...
[20:06:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:55] <exec> 08└─We've had seven servers at Linode go through this maintenance already. They were down ~12 - 15 each. All came up on their own without any issues.
[20:06:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:56] <exec> 08└─>How about a server named 'database' or 'db01'? how about a meatbag named 'plumber' or 'pb01'?
[20:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:38] <exec> 08└─That is in no way different from the US unless you're quite rich and can afford to pay 10k+ for small stuff. Primarily people go without the medical care they should get due to the high deductibles and max price coverage. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the "not getting proper care" is a to...
[20:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:40] <exec> 08└─Where did you live that banned private healthcare? I've always had socialised healthcare, and never lived in such a place.
[20:07:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:42] <exec> 08└─And none of this nonsense [freworld.info] (Actual example! From the restaurant whose cook(s) did not know the difference between scrambled eggs and folded egg portions).
[20:08:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prof Stephen Hawking's Multi-Verse Finale - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:08] <exec> 08└─No more bullshit mass media crap every time Hawking spews some crazy-ass nonsense just because he's a pop-celebrity physicist
[20:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:19] <exec> 08└─I seem to be in the control group.
[20:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:02] <exec> 08└─I disagree. Minnesota has, at least at the state level, a Democratic Farmers' Party. And as things stand now, the GOP's disgraceful Trump-sucking has gotten so bad that even some of the "guns, God, and gay-bashing" types are starting to realize they've been taken for a ride. I never said it was gonn...
[20:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:03] <exec> 08└─Carter was and is an honorable man, orders of magnitude better than ANYONE since Truman and anyone after him. His presidency was before my time, at least in this body, but he's someone I could comfortably vote for. What are the chances we'll ever see his kind running for President again, though?
[20:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, my reaction to his loss when I was talking to a friend was "Figures. We all know what happened to the *last* socialist Jew who said to be good to the poor, don't we?" To which he said "Yeah, and they don't listen to him either."
[20:12:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:08] <exec> 08└─Once again: do not confuse economic left/right with social left/right. The leftists you're going on about are economic leftists, but tend toward authoritarianism on the social scale. What we've learned from the last 150+ years is authoritarianism is a bad idea, no matter what your economic policy lo...
[20:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:10] <exec> 08└─She, and Hazuki (leaf + moon) Azuma (eastern/Tokyo), thanks. :) You can call me Marissa if you want, it's visible on my profile.
[20:12:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:12] <exec> 08└─There are always exceptions to the rule, but you can't deny that the EPA, the FCC, FDA, and several other alphabet agencies are battle grounds for corporate wars, and our congress is FULL of part time corporate sponsored employees. The SEC, the NSA, the FTC are certainly much more in control than th...
[20:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling - 1383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:54] <exec> 08└─The amount of concrete and steel needed to contain the explosion of a traditional generation plant is immense. The usefulness of that stuff at the end of the plant's life, as far as I can see, would be just as landfill. (You'll have to bury it mighty deep if it's from a nuke plant.) In contrast, alu...
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[21:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:44] <exec> 08└─Enron Musk [businessinsider.com]
[21:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:45] <exec> 08└─Boring, bonehead questions are not cool. Next?
[21:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:48] <exec> 08└─That's an actual quote. More: https://www.cnbc.com [cnbc.com]
[21:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:50] <exec> 08└─muskold
[21:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:52] <exec> 08└─I thought Musky liked boring.
[21:04:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:33] <exec> 08└─They never argue in good faith. They know. And all facts must fit what they know. Or be discarded. And of course since they are doing God’s work they don’t mind being unethical or even crossing legal bounds. They are righteous after all. Ignorance is bliss.
[21:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:34] <exec> 08└─Then you have people on the way far left, who say abortion, woman's prerogative. Even after the child has already been born! Damn, that's the most straw I've ever seen turned into a man before! Has Guinness checked that monster out for a record?
[21:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:36] <exec> 08└─So you are in favor of indentured servitude?
[21:04:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:38] <exec> 08└─The fact that life starts when the sperm meets the egg isn't disputed in the Bible
[21:04:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:41] <exec> 08└─It's all very simple. Pregnancy is a temporary condition. Aside from real medical issues, abortion is a cosmetic procedure. Laws and insurance rates should be adjusted accordingly. Yes, until we can grow babies in the lab, women are slaves to biology. That's the only way to put it. The species doesn...
[21:04:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:43] <exec> 08└─At 7 billion our species (and the world we live on) could use a few abortions....
[21:04:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:45] <exec> 08└─Please note, I was referencing what the far left and the far right believe regarding the abortion issue. You can plug your ears and say nananannana all you want. That doesn't mean it's not the truth.
[21:04:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:47] <exec> 08└─That's not a straw man. It's a garden variety stupid argument made by a garden variety stupid person. Remember, always apply Hanlon's Razor before assuming malice.
[21:04:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:50] <exec> 08└─You may be very interested in what the Bible has to say about abortion,
[21:04:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:52] <exec> 08└─So, what you're saying, is that Liberals don't want the government to interfere with their lives? So, why is it that Obama signed off on the "Patriot" Act? The Patriot Act is possibly the worst piece of legislation to have been passed by any Congress. You'd have thunk the Liberals would have fixed t...
[21:04:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:54] <exec> 08└─Murder is an action, thereby a choice any human can make. So is religion, yet we include it in all our civil rights statutes. Why is that? Shouldn't they only protect involuntary attributes? Like for instance, place of birth? Doesn't everyone have the basic right to live where they want? Don't we al...
[21:05:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:17] <exec> 08└─What if they used a one time pad? Wait... what if it is a one time pad?!
[21:05:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:41] <exec> 08└─There's also the classic amateur misunderstanding of "Java Applet in the browser" and "the workhorse code that does your banking".
[21:05:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:05:43] <exec> 08└─Let's jump to conclusions? Other possible IP origins (and IPs can be spoofed you know) are the Creme Lynn, Bay Jingo and several others. Me, I'm waiting until something core to the internet like jquery or node.js get backdoored, hacked, whatever. Then we watch the grenade in in the henhouse - foxes...
[21:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down, Company Says - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:17] <exec> 08└─Cambridge Oralytica.
[21:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:52] <exec> 08└─Check your dates French A bomb: February 1960 French H bomb: August 1968
[21:07:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 945 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:53] <exec> 08└─That's the only interpretation that make sense. Further this union (22 people strong) only represents workers at this ONE restaurant. (Not all 1300 workers). There are 42 locations in the chain. They claim they are wage competitive, and provide health care. So if the Union starts making them non-com...
[21:07:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 1062 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:55] <exec> 08└─This happened last month: My son was looking for his first job. He applied to the local McDonalds and was called by the manager and asked to report for an interview. He showed up on time and was told the manager had left for the day. He was asked to come back the next day. He returned the following...
[21:10:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:54] <exec> 08└─I agree, what backlash. Less that 1% snap out of their Matrix-pod and its "big news". We need 30%, 60% or more to make a difference. The time to wake up was 10 to 15 years ago. Now we need a revolution to throw off the yoke we so comfortably slipped into.
[21:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:22] <exec> 08└─Sorry. I voted for Jill Stein.
[21:12:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:23] <exec> 08└─We have something in common after all! A truly honorable man. And a real leader. I saw something similar in Ron Paul but of course no one like that will be allowed to win the office again as things stand. Unless they sneak in with the Trump maneuver, of course, but that one will probably never work...
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[22:03:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Website Are You Really on? Edge Zero-Day Leaves Windows Users With No Clue - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:44] <exec> 08└─users of Edge might want to get a better browser.
[22:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:56] <exec> 08└─I was listening to the call, and I quietly don't blame him. Three questions in a row asking the same thing, and he cut off guy #4 who was asking the same thing too. The straw that broke the camel's back was the "You should raise capital when you don't need it." guy.
[22:03:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:57] <exec> 08└─I thought the barnacle analogy was a good one. The part about autonomous vehicles and deaths is pretty reasonable in context, although we can't just assume that autonomy will magically work. Uber has shown everyone just how crappy an implementation can get. We'll have to see w.r.t. the Tesla Semi. I...
[22:04:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 2433 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:32] <exec> 08└─It doesn't baffle me in the slightest. The first thing to note is that anti-abortion groups, and the people that support them, also regularly line up against measures that either don't affect abortions or actively prevent abortions, like: - Comprehensive and scientifically accurate sex education in...
[22:04:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:50] <exec> 08└─Right-o! I'll go ask KALI-ma, right away!!! Thanks for the suggestion!
[22:04:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:51] <exec> 08└─Yet, they had a concept of conception. The idea that life started well before the baby took it's first breath. It took Science a long time to pinpoint at what exact point Life starts.
[22:04:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:53] <exec> 08└─I was referencing what the far left and the far right believe
[22:04:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:56] <exec> 08└─No, all facts are facts. The difference is that you don't believe there is a God or that the Bible is anything more than myths. What we're talking about isn't about whether or not Life begins when the baby is conceived. What we're talking about is the ethical, moral, and legal right to kill an unbor...
[22:04:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:58] <exec> 08└─Gee if only the politicians would follow through on their promises and listen to their constituents! What a wonderful world that would be. I don't know of any liberal that likes the Patriot Act, and bringing that up is disingenuous. Are you just mad that you are having a hard time with your anti-abo...
[22:04:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:00] <exec> 08└─Or perhaps they should have the right to not play child support? Personally, I think the guy should take responsibility for his actions and at the minimum pay child support. That's not in strict accordance to a let the guy choose! Oh, he chose when he had sex with the woman, but she didn't choose wh...
[22:05:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:02] <exec> 08└─I once ran into a mechanic who had an article pinned about Democrats killing children as they were born, turns out it is incredibly rare but necessary and I forget the medical reasons. Basically taking a one in a million tragic occurrence and making that seem like a common thing that only devil wors...
[22:05:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:05] <exec> 08└─No, I was just pointing out that the cognitive dissonance they were referring to isn't restricted to one party. It's not cognitive dissonance, if you're standing by the moral and ethical principles you believe in.
[22:05:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 2027 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:07] <exec> 08└─There are also plenty of people who take the line that every embryo gets a soul the moment the sperm enters the egg and that there are absolutely no justifications ever for destroying human life even upon rape of mother or that the mother should die because that is God's will too. Not all those answ...
[22:05:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:09] <exec> 08└─after the baby is born
[22:05:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:11] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intact_dilation_and_extraction [wikipedia.org] Fortunately it says it's incredibly rare, but I can understand how people would be disturbed by it. Although the description of the procedure is extremely clinical, it's still...bleargh.
[22:05:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:13] <exec> 08└─Please explain your thought process. Nothing ironic about my username here: sanguine [sang-gwin] adjective 1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
[22:05:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:16] <exec> 08└─Comprehensive and scientifically accurate sex education in schools
[22:05:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:18] <exec> 08└─It seems that I probably heard about it when this mess was happening. https://www.washingtonpost.com [washingtonpost.com] There's also this pole on debate.org that shows there ar...
[22:05:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:20] <exec> 08└─Even if we grant you the moral high ground, which I do NOT, the reality is that making abortions illegal has massive negative outcomes. You get women going to backalley docs with significantly higher risks, or doing some sort of self-harm to cause a miscarriage. Don't forget the unwanted children, g...
[22:05:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:22] <exec> 08└─It took Science a long time to pinpoint at what exact point Life starts.
[22:05:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:25] <exec> 08└─Please note the same source also shows that there's even a higher percentage that believe it should be legal under any circumstance. http://news.gallup.com [gallup.com] While the majority of people (let's call them rational people) think it should be legal only under certain...
[22:05:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:27] <exec> 08└─I haven't watched Fox News or any other media circus for quite some time. Instead, I get all of my interesting news through Soylent News! Though, they can be riot sometimes.
[22:05:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:29] <exec> 08└─What if the mother didn't volunteer to get pregnant?
[22:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:31] <exec> 08└─Show me one place where the "far left" believes in this non-existent "post-birth abortion" you speak of. You're referencing what your tiny idiot mind thinks the far left and far right believe, not what they actually believe.
[22:05:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:34] <exec> 08└─Planned Parenthood talks about all sorts of services they offer, but women have gone in with hidden cameras and attempted to get those services. Typically they get referred to other providers. This is especially true if you are actually planning parenthood. What little they bother to do is helping t...
[22:05:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:36] <exec> 08└─No, I was responding to Azuma Hazuki's comment on what the Bible says or doesn't say about abortion. I have no disagreements regarding your thoughts on what and how (at least some) people have expressed their opinions on abortion in the past.
[22:05:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:38] <exec> 08└─My wife chose to be barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. We have 11 kids. I hope you can be tolerant of her choice. Realistically, I know you are disgusted by her choice. You don't respect her at all. Oh, not only that: she is Catholic, she homeschools, and she voted for Trump in a swing state. No...
[22:05:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:40] <exec> 08└─Is there some kind of right to have sex without getting pregnant? Hint: there isn't.
[22:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:04] <exec> 08└─Couldn't it have been made by a large bride or some other animal
[22:06:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Somebody Tried to Hide a Backdoor in a Popular JavaScript npm Package - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:30] <exec> 08└─I hope you're not confusing Java and JavaScript. They are not the same thing. Only slightly superficially similar.
[22:07:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:40] <exec> 08└─NASA doesn't _have_ much more Plutonium
[22:07:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 1495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:41] <exec> 08└─Ah, so "safe to handle" when covered in a lead suit and you don't stay near it for more than a short period of time... yeah, totally safe. Side stories: In 1988 I met a man whose father worked at Savannah River during the Cold War doing Hot laundry. Dad always wore his dosimeter, followed all the ru...
[22:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:46] <exec> 08└─From the parent comment: in the event [of] the shutting down of the business A key element of the platform of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is The right of first refusal. That is, if a company wants to sell out or move elsewhere or whatever, before any other action is taken, the current workers...
[22:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 912 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:47] <exec> 08└─So, then, you're saying that Ronnie Raygun's[1] "A rising tide lifts all boats" was a lie?? Neoliberalism is a sham?? ...or are you saying that The Fiscal Multiplier Effect only works when you give more money to folks who already have giant piles of it[2]? [1] ... and Jack Kennedy before him. [2] We...
[22:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:49] <exec> 08└─A union is a democracy. Everyone gets a vote and every vote is equal to any other vote. If you don't like what's being done, VOTE THE BASTARDS OUT. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:52] <exec> 08└─At Suma Corporation (a worker-owned cooperative in the UK) the worker-owners voted that ALL worker-owners would receive the SAME compensation. [google.com] (It was already above market average.) -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prof Stephen Hawking's Multi-Verse Finale - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:19] <exec> 08└─We'll just get an extra Nibiru story every month.
[22:11:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Remove Illegal Warranty-Void-If-Removed Stickers - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:13] <exec> 08└─Hand-soldering SMD parts is not particularly difficult.
[22:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks is an Attack on Freedom of the Press - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:33] <exec> 08└─Once again: do not confuse economic left/right with social left/right.
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[23:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Website Are You Really on? Edge Zero-Day Leaves Windows Users With No Clue - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:47] <exec> 08└─Can't you ignorant cunts do anything right anymore?
[23:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2, Flamebait) 02 - 06What Website Are You Really on? Edge Zero-Day Leaves Windows Users With No Clue - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:49] <exec> 08└─Users of Windows might want to get a better operating system.
[23:03:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06What Website Are You Really on? Edge Zero-Day Leaves Windows Users With No Clue - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:51] <exec> 08└─> What Website Are You Really on? Silly question: On SN, I can say I'm on SN. Since I browse with Noscript, I'm usually on whatever the address bar says. Most people and websites ? They're not "on" any website, but merely occupying a virtual space bounded by the 30+ VMs serving them scripts which di...
[23:03:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Website Are You Really on? Edge Zero-Day Leaves Windows Users With No Clue - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:53] <exec> 08└─Microsoft strives to make it's users happy. It provides all kinds of time saving code in an effort to make every user's day as easy as possible. I mean really, think of it. Happy malware writers can knock off early having completed their tasks in record time! Yay!!!!!
[23:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:07] <exec> 08└─They're nothing but fortune tellers that expect CEOs to crawl to them, so that they don't tell bad fortune about their companies.
[23:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:08] <exec> 08└─Didn't read TFA but the quotes provided make it appear like a biassed anti-Musk piece. Yeah, so he doesn't speak business Bullshit Bingo all day and is realistic about his thoughts toward analysts etc. Build a bridge.
[23:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:10] <exec> 08└─Aha a Trump voter...
[23:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:13] <exec> 08└─Wrong kind of boring. He did drill right through those questions, though.
[23:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Blows Off Analysts and Media on "Bizarre" Tesla Conference Call - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:15] <exec> 08└─Evading questions isn't a good look for a man who is borrowing billions of dollars and not making a profit.
[23:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:31] <exec> 08└─The ending of a life that began at conception is no better nor worse than any other life ending. Including the mother's. There are circumstances where I think abortion should be allowed. But far fewer than most people would like. I certainly don't think that the convenience of the mother is a good...
[23:05:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:33] <exec> 08└─Hasn't that ship totally, completely, sailed? Two income families are the norm now. American households depend on two incomes. With DC cutting the throats of entire industries at a stroke with trade deals that outsource everything, a single-income family just doesn't have any power to negotiate a wa...
[23:05:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:35] <exec> 08└─You are correct, there is no such right. However that doesn't seem to much matter to rapists, and given that 20%+ of women have been raped at some point in their lives you should probably check your bullshit.
[23:05:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:37] <exec> 08└─Is there some kind of right to have sex without getting pregnant? Hint: there isn't.
[23:05:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:39] <exec> 08└─I should be able to mod this to +6 as it is one of the clearest explanations I have read of the US conservative christian mindset. Thanks.
[23:05:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 2484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:42] <exec> 08└─Killing someone who intends to harm you or your loved ones is self defense. Not murder, as the moral definition of murder would be the killing of an innocent. War is all kinds of messed up. The USA has been involved in quite a few. Some wars that aren't / weren't "wars", too. At what point do we say...
[23:05:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 717 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:44] <exec> 08└─You can't frame this as a men's rights issue. Don't even try. If you're concerned about child support (a regressive system that is inherently sexist against men), then free access to abortion can help, yet that falls short of being a complete solution on its own. You're correct in bristling at the s...
[23:05:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:46] <exec> 08└─In space, no one can hear you scream be a person? Is that what moon landing hoaxers really think? That's got to be the ultimate technicality! Because the astronauts were on oxygen and therefore not people when they visited, no person has actually visited the moon!
[23:05:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:48] <exec> 08└─No, I whole heartedly support the notion of Child Support. Even though, it can be abused in some cases. What I'm saying is that people need to take responsibility for their actions. Laws Against Abortion and laws for Child Support are societies' way to tell people to grow up. You don't want to have...
[23:05:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:51] <exec> 08└─you don't believe there is a God
[23:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:53] <exec> 08└─sigh, not you
[23:05:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:55] <exec> 08└─You're tying survivability to personhood
[23:05:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:58] <exec> 08└─BZZZT wrong! You are referring to the issues between what the people want and what the politicians do. Liberals don't want that nasty shit. Religious conservatives overwhelmingly want the government out of their lives, but they feel obligated to push their morality and control the actions of others....
[23:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:00] <exec> 08└─You're right! This is a huge problem! Pregnant men should have the right to an abortion as well!
[23:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iowa Legislators Pass One of the Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws - 1129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:02] <exec> 08└─Nope. Development of a neural crest/tissue may seem reasonable to someone not well versed in human anatomy/embryology, but no. Also we can and do easily keep neurons alive in a petri dish for study, so I guess you'd also want to shut down all of those avenues of inquiry? The actual neural developmen...
[23:06:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 333 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:13] <exec> 08└─"Mysterious symbols", "encrypted code", or evven... going out on a limb here... just some zig-zag and hatching decorations. It'd be nice if they gave some hint as to why they believe there's some greater significance to the lines than just (possibly symbolic) decoration. Assuming it's anything more...
[23:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:28] <exec> 08└─Haha that's why I cling to my ancient phone with a slide-out, physical keyboard and turn auto-correct off. Everyone rolls their eyes when they see me fish the thing out of my pocket, with pieces of duck tape holding the battery cover on and gaps in the case where segments of plastic have simply crum...
[23:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:29] <exec> 08└─They've found some amazing items preserved in peat bogs. Butter [washingtonpost.com], sacrificial victims [pbs.org], and well-preserved wooden artifacts [wired.com]. On a related note, similarly amazing levels of preservation have been observed in other bodies of water that have dead zones. The Blac...
[23:06:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:31] <exec> 08└─In case older than Stonehenge doesn't give you a good feeling for how old this is: 1. This is the oldest known wooden statue 2. 11500 years old puts us roughly at 9500BC 3. The Neolithic age (New Stone Age, tools became common and domestication of agriculture and animals occurred) occurred around 10...
[23:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Siberian Wooden Statue is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge' - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:33] <exec> 08└─My Gemini PDA came yesterday, and the keyboard is great. It's usable either two-thumbs or proper typing style, and has a very nice hi-res screen. Android is just as annoying to use as I remembered, so you might want to wait until Sailfish 3 is released (Q3 this year according to Jolla), or the commu...
[23:08:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain_nifty [4252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Exceeds Expectations in Tests - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:11] <exec> 08└─liquid sodium + water = a bad day for everyone. Liquid sodium reactors have been researched and tested, but it has always ended badly. Space might be better, but most everywhere on earth has a lot of water.
[23:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Portland Fast-Food Workers Win a Union - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:19] <exec> 08└─Trickle down worked for Bill Clinton, until that blue dress got in the way.
[23:10:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:59] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure evolution is driven by those who survive.
[23:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Who Attempted DIY Gene Therapy Found Dead - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:00] <exec> 08└─In unrelated news, the DC medical examiner's office has been the source of a lot of gene therapy patents. Well, not yet, but keep a lookout for it...
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