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[00:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:45] <exec> 08└─How do you exit it, load documents, or change some of the default options? All you need to do is move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen
[00:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:47] <exec> 08└─Notepad++, because I get really frustrated without column editing and selected word highlighting.
[00:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:49] <exec> 08└─> WIN+R notepad [Enter]. CTRL+space n [Enter] [launchy.net]
[00:03:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:51] <exec> 08└─Wang is the perfection.
[00:03:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:53] <exec> 08└─No, we FUCKED YOU UP. Wordstar Team
[00:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:56] <exec> 08└─Except if you open a file with \n's instead of \r\n's and its all on one line.
[00:03:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:03:58] <exec> 08└─We use vi son. They use emacs.
[00:03:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:00] <exec> 08└─LaTeX.
[00:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:02] <exec> 08└─Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping
[00:04:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:05] <exec> 08└─-sing Notepad++. It highlights way too many things. I've gotten some of it to shut off but not enough yet. Barebones withdrew TextEdit and replaced it with a fully-functional BBEdit demo. After thirty days some of the advances features are disabled but it's still perfectly usable. I'm going to pay B...
[00:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:07] <exec> 08└─LyX?
[00:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:09] <exec> 08└─Wordperfect 5.1. It's been downhill since then. I still have my big fat copy of Acerson on the shelf.
[00:04:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:11] <exec> 08└─Snow has made himself even more pathetic in my eyes. It is so sad. He forgot to mention what Micro$erf has in your back! (Hint: what has a point and sharp edges and rhymes with "strife"?)
[00:04:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:13] <exec> 08└─It's really, really nice if you actually include a link to the actual download site. https://gottcode.org [gottcode.org] Especially since quite often the linked article also doesn't include that.
[00:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:16] <exec> 08└─I thought Bare Bones still had a working version of Text Wrangler (I still use it daily for some quick and dirty things). I've been using BBEdit for more than 20 years, though the UI changes in version 10 put me off it quite a bit. That being said BBEdit is certainly worth the money.
[00:04:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:18] <exec> 08└─Exactly. That's when you open the file in WordPad ... ugh :-/
[00:04:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:20] <exec> 08└─Ctrl + space changes most of my keyboards to Chinese Traditional.
[00:04:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:22] <exec> 08└─Mechanical typewriter, because fuck you Apple for ruining the laptop keyboard.
[00:04:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:25] <exec> 08└─Eat My Ass, Cock Sucker.
[00:04:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:27] <exec> 08└─Automated submission via bot. Have a look at what the eds get to work with here [soylentnews.org]. I know I certainly appreciate them more when they're doing the copy creation as well as the editing.
[00:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:29] <exec> 08└─"Emacs is a great operating system, but unfortunately it lacks a decent editor."
[00:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:40] <exec> 08└─Close you fly, your age is showing, TMB. Even this one [youtube.com] is one generation too old (grin)
[00:04:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:42] <exec> 08└─Upvote for that! Streaming songs on the the Internet isn't "pirate" and it isn't "radio." It wasn't when kiddlies were using Shoutcast or WinAmp in the 90s, and it isn't when they use YouTube now. You can call yourself a "pirate" when you've had The Authorities come knocking at your door to confisca...
[00:04:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:04:45] <exec> 08└─Doesn't impart quite the same message though. For oldschool trolling rather than a metaphoric middle finger, I'd go with either this one [youtube.com] or this one [youtube.com].
[00:05:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Build Security Into Software Up Front: Believe It or Not, It's Cheaper and Faster - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:36] <exec> 08└─Bah, that's sooo Monday. In these modern, Tuesday times, we want our software to be robust. Do try to keep up.
[00:05:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Buzzword Report: What is "Edge Computing"? - 449 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:59] <exec> 08└─We do this thing where we flip between extremes. Centralized mainframes gave way to the decentralized liberation of the PC, we realized that Windows was inescapable and an unmanagable nightmare so pushed it all into the Cloud, that was a different security and privacy nightmare and as noted in TFA h...
[00:07:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 981 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:17] <exec> 08└─Possibly what is needed is to greatly restrict our citizens' ability to just freely roam about wherever they want, without supervision, or at least a government issued tracking device. These real-time trackers would make these types of collisions almost impossible! This would be great for business b...
[00:07:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:19] <exec> 08└─On a serious note, the brain performs better when not addicted to stimulants. I love my caffeine too, but don't kid yourself that it is necessary. At this point it is maintenance not performance enhancement.
[00:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:21] <exec> 08└─Hmm, corporations are skinwalkers!?
[00:07:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:23] <exec> 08└─Because that involves squishy soft science stuff that doesn't easily fit into a switch statement. Throw in some emotional "logic" from the human side of the nerd and you have a recipe for insanity.
[00:07:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:25] <exec> 08└─Suppose I make a machine that has the ability to kill people. Not a gun, where the kill decision is made by a human, but a machine that can make that decision on its own initiative.
[00:07:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:27] <exec> 08└─Depends. When and how much you ingest can be used to trick your system into still regarding it as a stimulant, thought with some loss of efficacy. Only drinking caffeinated drinks before ten in the morning, for instance.
[00:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neurons Use a Single Switch to Decide Whether to Make or Break New Connections - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:39] <exec> 08└─the probing finger-like neuronal protrusions called filopodia
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[01:03:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:41] <exec> 08└─> Two hundred of his employer's sites were instantly reduced to plain old semantic HTML. No CSS. No images. No JavaScript. I fail to see a problem. Did they learn, copy the images over, and make the result permanent ?
[01:03:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:42] <exec> 08└─Certs are *EASY* to make once you know how. That this dude did not fix that is not my problem. In fact I can not really feel too sorry for them. This has been know for well over a year. What did he plan to do when the certs just naturally expired?
[01:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:44] <exec> 08└─I agree 100%. Back to nice clean simple basics works for me. I don't use the web for an "experience" in someone's controlled environment. I just want to read information, look at some simple non-moving pictures, or watch an occasional video. Sorry for the rant; I'll get off my own lawn now...
[01:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 958 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:47] <exec> 08└─And the moral of this story is: control your own assets (and destiny). If you are responsible for websites that use SSLs, or rely on CDNs that use SSLs, then you should make sure the partners you rely on are using valid SSLs. If you can't be sure about the reliability of your partners then protect y...
[01:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:49] <exec> 08└─That kind of anti-cloud heresy is no way to get yourself employed by a major tech company. It is, however, a good way to get yourself employed by a smaller, non-tech shop that will appreciate the hell out of you, pay you pretty well, and not work your entire ass off.
[01:03:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:51] <exec> 08└─If a site relied on that CDN to serve an HTTPS-hosted version of jQuery, their users wouldn't have received it. And if that site was dependent on jQuery to be usable ... well, ouch!
[01:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:53] <exec> 08└─The Illusion of Control in Web Design usng a network
[01:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:56] <exec> 08└─No, the moral of the story is that HTTPS is bullshit. But it does serve very well for tracking purposes. The web should be pure HTML and nothing more.
[01:03:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:58] <exec> 08└─The web's initial design was genius. Semantic markup from the server, smart browser presents it as appropriate for the display device. YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL PRESENTATION ON THE SERVER! ] Googles motives here may be questioned but if it taught one single person that lesson then at...
[01:03:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:00] <exec> 08└─And the moral of this story is: control your own assets (and destiny)
[01:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:02] <exec> 08└─>Apparently, Symantec had subcontracted the creation of certificates without providing a whole lot of oversight. >To be completely honest, I wasn't really paying attention to this until Michael Spellacy looped me in on Twitter. Two hundred of his employer's sites were instantly reduced to plain old...
[01:04:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Justin Case [4239] 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 143 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:12] <exec> 08└─How do you exit it, load documents, or change some of the default options? All you need to do is move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen
[01:04:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 97 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:14] <exec> 08└─Notepad++, because I get really frustrated without column editing and selected word highlighting.
[01:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:34] <exec> 08└─I've hopped on the Markdown for everything bandwagon. I do feel a bit limited at times (colours and highlighting for example), but overall it is a convent method of putting formatted thoughts in text quickly.
[01:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:36] <exec> 08└─A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux ...features...Typewriter sound effects...
[01:04:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:04:49] <exec> 08└─Get with the times, those bars were fire 🔥🔥🔥
[01:05:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 [Update 2] - 2028 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:29] <exec> 08└─It was a concept car. It never saw production. In fact, it never made it past the stage of being a scale-model mock-up. The folks at Ford anticipated that a submarine-sized nuclear reactor would, in time, be reduced in size to something car-sized. Now, the things they put on space probes use the hea...
[01:05:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 [Update 2] - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:30] <exec> 08└─This has been an interesting discussion for me because I don't think I would care, but it's interesting in that you've all pointed out that it can be a distraction, add an unnecessary layer of nomenclature, confusion, etc. My first ISP, ca. 1994, had servers names "renoir, monet, manet, matisse, deg...
[01:05:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Build Security Into Software Up Front: Believe It or Not, It's Cheaper and Faster - 917 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:45] <exec> 08└─While I agree that is easier and better to fix things before deployment, that is not how business sees it. Especially thanks to the short term thinking of wall street of "cut costs now so I can make a quick buck before I drop your stock." Actuaries tell the business not to care about security. It is...
[01:05:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2, Disagree) 02 - 06Build Security Into Software Up Front: Believe It or Not, It's Cheaper and Faster - 1463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:05:47] <exec> 08└─And they were wrong then, and still wrong today. The problem is the focus. They're raving about security, as if a major bug that doesn't impact security is not important, while a trivial bug that does impact security ever so slightly is a show stopper. They even use a car analogy, and they're wrong...
[01:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Buzzword Report: What is "Edge Computing"? - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:15] <exec> 08└─I used to do that. Logic gates are very fast and rack mounted. Timing between gates is realized using different length wire, this is important because an event that you are looking for is detected by the detection of decay particles that have to be correlated temporally and spatially. If detected ev...
[01:11:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside Tesla Model 3 -- Teardown Pictures and Comments - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:17] <exec> 08└─The fairly obvious answer is that if it can read minds, it can read the damage and refuse to go anywhere, but it will let you in.
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[02:03:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:03:40] <exec> 08└─The first new rollout of self driving cars in over a MONTH since the tragedy! Breaking news everybody! Not trying to hate on the article, just that little nitpick. I think a year is the minimum amount of time to qualify for "since a ..."
[02:03:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:03:41] <exec> 08└─Several other companies paused/halted their efforts back in March. Uber fucked it up for everybody (briefly).
[02:03:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:03:43] <exec> 08└─Hackity hackity hackity.... Vrooom!... SPLAT! 100 Points! SplSplSPLAT! 3X Bonus! Crash! SPLORRATT! Artistic Impression Bonus! SPLAAAAT! "What a mess!" Splat, Splat, 200 points! Screech! CRASH! "Son of a bitch!" [New car] hackity hackity hackity....
[02:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:01] <exec> 08└─While we may not agree on a whole hell of a lot it is nice to see some techies who don't like JS for everything and relying on other people's services.
[02:04:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:03] <exec> 08└─Of late I've been wondering how practical it would be to just write small sites in a text editor with just HTML and maybe a little CSS to dress it up. If your content is mostly static you really don't need a big CMS, or even WordPress. Maybe it's time to go back to our roots and abandon all of stuff...
[02:04:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:05] <exec> 08└─Certs are *EASY* to make once you know how.
[02:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:07] <exec> 08└─Nah, lots of sites demand interconnected content authoring which simply can not be done manually within a reasonable amount of time. Yes there are a lot of sites that would fit the static model well enough, but no one likes making simple content updates that a 10 year old could do after 15 mins of t...
[02:04:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:39] <exec> 08└─You can hate on MS all you want, but the fact is, the majority of us here are employed to support MS products either directly or indirectly. Despite having both notepad++ and notepad on my Windows machine at work, I use notepad probably 10 times a day and rarely open notepad++. Notepad is much faste...
[02:04:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:40] <exec> 08└─While notepad is suboptimal in nearly every situation, Microsoft does have a nice product that I really enjoy using in Visual Studio Code. It has that nice scrollbar-as-document-preview feature that Kate also has.
[02:04:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:42] <exec> 08└─Oh yeah, blame the bots! Seriously, wow. Maybe you need a minimum character length on submissions.
[02:04:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:44] <exec> 08└─We keep using the bots because bad subs are better than no subs when you can't be arsed to do a write-up at the moment. Makes more work for the eds but then taking such abuse is why they make 50% more than us devs.
[02:04:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:58] <exec> 08└─A trick of YouTube's algorithms has led to the blossoming of hundreds of unlicensed, independent radio stations
[02:04:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:05:00] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio [wikipedia.org] You're sounding just a lil bit old
[02:05:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:05:02] <exec> 08└─You can call yourself a "pirate" when you've had The Authorities come knocking at your door to confiscate your equipment.
[02:05:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:05:04] <exec> 08└─I hope you realize that the only audience for the would-be "real rebels" (by your definition) will likely be in a 60+yo - almost nobody that matters listen today to the "AM/FM classic" radio. For God's sake, it was like 40 years ago the Buggles were telling the story along the lines of: I heard you...
[02:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Buzzword Report: What is "Edge Computing"? - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:29] <exec> 08└─Of course you should be trying to make your software efficient rather than a bloated horrible mess. That's a separate issue from trying to pretend that the inherent complexity in the problem you're trying to solve doesn't exist because a different processor is responsible for carrying it out.
[02:07:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 1118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:49] <exec> 08└─First, detection of a human on the road, as anything else for that matter, is a probability question. Second, any emergency breaking is dangerous for the car's occupants so their survival is also a probability matter. They have (for now at least) an adjustable parameter which says on what probabilit...
[02:07:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:50] <exec> 08└─Wow, that's an overreaction. What's your view on the (extremely rare) death due to vaccination? Should all of the people involved in the supply chain of vaccines, which save millions of lives, be lined up and shot because one person died of an adverse reaction?
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[03:03:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 267 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:55] <exec> 08└─That kind of anti-cloud heresy is no way to get yourself employed by a major tech company. It is, however, a good way to get yourself employed by a smaller, non-tech shop that will appreciate the hell out of you, pay you pretty well, and not work your entire ass off.
[03:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:06] <exec> 08└─No big issue. Cross domain is blocked in my world. Blocks ads very nicely. All the crap on top of html. Makes the most ntrtnet slow.
[03:04:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:07] <exec> 08└─It is, however, a good way to get yourself employed by a smaller, non-tech shop that will appreciate the hell out of you, pay you pretty well, and not work your entire ass off.
[03:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 1030 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:10] <exec> 08└─For small, simple sites it's very easy to do. I've done it many times. But more complicated sites do require more automation, and the existing tools for automation (insofar as I know) are extremely poorly done; that is they output invalid gibberish by design. Another complication is that browsers si...
[03:04:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:46] <exec> 08└─I tougth it was 400⅝ more
[03:04:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:47] <exec> 08└─But it's tolerable in evil-mode.
[03:04:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:49] <exec> 08└─I don't know, it might be a useful feature for someone who can't get a real keyboard. I don't expect it will improve the tactile sensation but the 'click' confirming keypress would probably still be helpful standing alone.
[03:04:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:52] <exec> 08└─"overall it is a convent method of putting formatted thoughts in text quickly. " So, when you think "I wonder what's for lunch?" that thought has a *color?* Or did you mean "putting thoughts into formatted text?" That would make a lot more sense.
[03:04:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:04:54] <exec> 08└─'Cause You're Gay, Right?
[03:05:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:11] <exec> 08└─Last I heard, radio had more market coverage than any other media delivery method in the US. I don't see that going away until they stop putting radios in every single car either.
[03:05:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:13] <exec> 08└─Words mean things [wikipedia.org].
[03:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Build Security Into Software Up Front: Believe It or Not, It's Cheaper and Faster - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:10] <exec> 08└─Precisely. You'd have to choose your data very carefully to be able to make an economic argument for security. The best strategy from a purely financial viewpoint is to make your product as insecure as you can possibly get away with (meaning spend as close to zero on security as you can), because on...
[03:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Build Security Into Software Up Front: Believe It or Not, It's Cheaper and Faster - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:11] <exec> 08└─It depends on your industry what the ratios are. For the ones I've worked in, if it takes 5 man hours to find/fix in development, it might take 8 to find/fix in final test, and about 1500 to fix if we let it out "in the wild." We've got ~20 developers, ~5 testers, and an army of Quality, Regulatory,...
[03:06:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snow [1601] 02 - 06Buzzword Report: What is "Edge Computing"? - 212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:22] <exec> 08└─99% of my use of Google home goes like this: OK Google, make a (Doggie|Pig|Horsie|Monkey|Elephant) sound. My daughter loves it. Rarely will I get it to play music. It's actually pretty useless at everything else.
[03:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities Impact Intel and Maybe Others - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:52] <exec> 08└─...Intel itself classifies four of the Spectre-NG vulnerabilities as "high risk";
[03:08:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:04] <exec> 08└─> If the car was paralyzed by any object it couldn't "definitively" identify, it would be stopping far too often. This seems like a very good reason that it's too early to be testing these things on public roads. They need to be at least as good as an alert person (not distracted or impaired) at ide...
[03:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Employers Relaxing Drug Testing Policies, Especially Towards Cannabis - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:23] <exec> 08└─I was pretty astounded as well when I worked in the US for awhile. I live in a country that does zero drug screening (well, unless you're a professional athlete or something). I both have no idea what drug-testing of employees is supposed to do (does it make you a better retail sales assistant if yo...
[03:09:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Lunar Regolith Simulants Damage Cells - 114 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:32] <exec> 08└─I know that lower gravity on the Moon makes it easier, but I still don't think jumping to conclusion is warranted.
[03:09:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] 02 - 06Lunar Regolith Simulants Damage Cells - 246 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:36] <exec> 08└─The air is fine, it's the dust that can be a big problem. Because it sticks to your suit. And it's very bad for the health, breathing it is as bad as smoking cigarettes. So you need to send your suit out to be cleaned A LOT. Big cleaning bills!!!
[03:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score: 2) 02 - 06H-1B's Tighter Rules Illegal, Tech Outsourcers Claim in Suit - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:59] <exec> 08└─Immigrants and faggots They make no sense to me They come to our country And think they'll do as they please Like start some mini Iran, Or spread some fuckin' disease They talk so many goddamn ways It's all Greek to me Well some say I'm lazy And others say that's just me Some say I'm crazy I guess I...
[03:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside Tesla Model 3 -- Teardown Pictures and Comments - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:51] <exec> 08└─Am I remembering correctly that the Model 3 broke the crash test safety rating system because it was safer than any car had been previously? I am well aware that frame design impacts handling considerably, but for a sedan the priority is safety, and, though I haven't read TFA, I would hope the revie...
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[04:03:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netgear Launches Modem-Router Combination With Mesh Wi-Fi - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:43] <exec> 08└─We had a Netgear wireless router and it worked OK for a couple of years. But then it quit and online/voice tech support would only offer very expensive software/firmware fixes -- nearly the same price as the router. It almost seemed like they had broken it on purpose, so that they could (effectively...
[04:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netgear Launches Modem-Router Combination With Mesh Wi-Fi - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:44] <exec> 08└─The article mentions that the modem contains an Intel Puma chipset, which have been plagued with issues.
[04:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:55] <exec> 08└─On Monday, an orange and blue car with the words "Self-Driving Vehicle" prominently displayed on both sides...
[04:03:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:03:57] <exec> 08└─Oh god, "you're". Roast me, friends!
[04:04:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 217 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:04:05] <exec> 08└─> Two hundred of his employer's sites were instantly reduced to plain old semantic HTML. No CSS. No images. No JavaScript. I fail to see a problem. Did they learn, copy the images over, and make the result permanent ?
[04:04:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Illusion of Control in Web Design - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:04:23] <exec> 08└─To take it to the next step you find yourself enough even smaller shops that have no need of a full time admin but do need someone, then sell them N hours per month of presence (may as well do general upkeep and look into a few complaints while you're there, maybe bring donuts) and a moderate extra...
[04:05:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:04] <exec> 08└─Only on Tuesdays. Oh, wait, shit!
[04:05:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:05] <exec> 08└─We give them a pay cut every time they get called out on an embuggerance.
[04:05:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:26] <exec> 08└─If the Internet radio is transmitted via Wi-Fi, most of your anal definition is satisfied.
[04:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:27] <exec> 08└─Nah, too easy.
[04:05:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:29] <exec> 08└─Yes but his anal tone [nih.gov] is strong.
[04:05:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube's Livestreaming "Pirate Radio Stations" - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:05:31] <exec> 08└─Last I heard, radio had more market coverage than any other media delivery method in the US.
[04:06:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Buzzword Report: What is "Edge Computing"? - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:59] <exec> 08└─That's basically always been true for all proprietary software. You can only take the author's word for it that the opaque chunk of machine code you got from them for actually does what they say it does, no more and no less. Who knows what else that proprietary blob of code that you've got there is...
[04:07:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities Impact Intel and Maybe Others - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:12] <exec> 08└─All of your suggestions sound good. The devil is in the details. Take, for example, "ECC/error correction for memory needs to be modified so that sufficient checking is available for *ALL POSSIBLE ERROR CONDITIONS*". In the beginning, there was just memory. But, an occasional bit flip could take dow...
[04:08:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:24] <exec> 08└─Intent = mind reading if the individual has not written or spoken about their intent
[04:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neurons Use a Single Switch to Decide Whether to Make or Break New Connections - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:38] <exec> 08└─The abuse of survival of the fittest was down to Spencer, IIRC, not Darwin himself.
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[05:04:05] <exec> 08└─The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by university physicists. The element, tentatively named "Administratium," has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0. However, it does have one neutron, 15 assistant neutrons, 70 vice neutrons, and 161 assistant vice...
[05:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Soylentnews Server Reboot Schedule May 5-10 [Update 3] - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:25] <exec> 08└─The Buzzard canna handle mooch more of this, Captain!
[05:04:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:45] <exec> 08└─Target "black6host (3827)" acquired. Accelerating. Switching off internal RADAR and LIDAR systems for plausible deniability. Brace for impact.
[05:04:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:47] <exec> 08└─"In this case, Uber executives believe the company's system was tuned so that it reacted less to such objects. But the tuning went too far, and the car didn't react fast enough, one of these people said." Black6host (3827) gave his life so a CEO could make another $1. God bless Black6host (3827)......
[05:05:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:55] <exec> 08└─List of [wikipedia.org]. And yes, you will find emacs and vi there. :) Probably better for prose than code but I like the idea of distraction freeness.
[05:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Buzzword Report: What is "Edge Computing"? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:08] <exec> 08└─And most of them are things we'd rather they not do.
[05:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:34] <exec> 08└─True, but if the upsides on the new one are more than the old one that should be taken into account when just comparing the downsides which as you've pointed out are not equal. If a half-drunk-most-of-the-time-potentially-brain-damaged Runaway can stitch together some lucid upsides, I'm sure most fo...
[05:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:36] <exec> 08└─Yes, but, a corporation MIGHT be held accountable for the actions of their products.
[05:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:38] <exec> 08└─Most gun deaths may involve not intent, but stupidity or negligence, on the part of the killer.
[05:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Autonomous Car Death Reportedly Caused by Faulty Software - 1002 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:40] <exec> 08└─But that's what anyone is saying though, at least my read of it - and the op has a point about intent. If you're driving on a highway with no ped-x and some nut decides to chicken run over it in poor visibility, you don't get the "severe punishment" you mentioned - at least no where I'm sitting. On...
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