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[00:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:49] <exec> 08└─You... really need a hobby.
[00:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:51] <exec> 08└─I think you've found his hobby.
[00:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Vesper's New Microphone Technology Attracts Millions From the Biggest Names in Sound Technology - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:13] <exec> 08└─But if I was going to buy one of these listening devices, I'd want to make sure that the mics don't respond at any frequencies that I can't hear. In my case (older ears) the mics could have roughly flat frequency response from 40Hz - 10kHz and roll off quickly above the 10K so the attached system ca...
[00:21:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mindoro is the Smallest Place Ever Documented to Have Evolved New Mammals from a Single Ancestor - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:21:28] <exec> 08└─OK is evolution from a single ancestor the default or the exception? Underlining the ancestry in the title tricks into assuming the second.
[00:24:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 1676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:13] <exec> 08└─It has already been done. Under Republicans Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover in the 1920s, taxes on the uber-rich went down and down and down. ...then the economy tanked in 1929. Hoover sat on his thumb for over 3 years and, before the electorate kicked out his sorry ass in 1932, 1 in 4 USAians didn't...
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[00:24:14] <exec> 08└─When FDR took over, 1 in 4 USAians didn't have a job and the trend was still downward. Capitalism had failed yet again and the Capitalists weren't hiring. (When the last of the folks who remember the last great implosion are all dead, we get another one of those in our failed-once-again Capitalist s...
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[00:24:16] <exec> 08└─Something you didn't factor in is that inflation doubles prices about once a generation, so that's at least a 4x increase in living expenses by the time you get old. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[01:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:33] <exec> 08└─I'll be amazed if they come to the proper conclusion that this sort of power should not be available to anyone because of the absolute certainty of exactly this kind of thing. They'll probably just push for more excuses to lock people up and otherwise remove some of our liberties.
[01:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Shipwreck And An 800-Year-Old 'Made In China' Label Reveal Lost History - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:40] <exec> 08└─The fact that the Java Sea Shipwreck happened 800 years ago instead of 700 years ago is a big deal for archaeologists. "This was a time when Chinese merchants became more active in maritime trade, more reliant upon oversea routes than on the overland Silk Road," says Niziolek. "The shipwreck occurre...
[01:18:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Obsolescence Guaranteed - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:35] <exec> 08└─"A miniskirt is a VERY SMALL skirt. And when a girl wears one it's very sexy. [...]" Yeah, right. In the USofA, a 'miniskirt' is considered part of a law enforcement uniform.
[01:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:04] <exec> 08└─That's an easy one: Courtesy of the administration's tireless efforts, that noaa.gov link is a few months away from being replaced by a fixed page showing Pleasantville forecast.
[01:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 1851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:20] <exec> 08└─It's 4 authors, all PhD college professors with numerous awards and published works. Gwartney served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. You've been lied to. There is a clear political motive to glorify FDR as a liberal icon... we'll just ignore stuff like puttin...
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[02:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Anyone Could Download Cambridge Researchers' 4-Million-User Facebook Data Set for Years - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:32] <exec> 08└─Come on, guys! It's the fucking Internet! The damn slogan has always been "Once it's on the Internet, it's always on the Internet!" Linus Torvalds famously admitted that he doesn't back anything up; he just posts his stuff online because he knows it will be replicated thousands of times. You're all...
[02:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anyone Could Download Cambridge Researchers' 4-Million-User Facebook Data Set for Years - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:33] <exec> 08└─I don't have a FB account. In the beginning it was, as the illustrious Ms White said, "a waste of time". Then it morphed into this huge privacy violator. Don't have a FB account? Doesn't matter, they hoover up all the info from your friends and acquaintances. Now I find out my personal info, which I...
[02:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Anyone Could Download Cambridge Researchers' 4-Million-User Facebook Data Set for Years - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:36] <exec> 08└─Russia! Russia! Russia! [youtu.be] I say why all the build-up. Just push the fucking button and get it over with! Kill us all!
[02:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:44] <exec> 08└─- That a 3rd party let this come to everyone's attention in a way that's spoiling the game for the folks who've been using this to violate the 4th amendment.
[02:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:47] <exec> 08└─Yes, how awful. Those e-vile hackers attacking the "good guys". </sarcasm>
[02:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Obsolescence Guaranteed - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:18:48] <exec> 08└─Turn in your geek card if you don't know anything about Digital Equipment Corp.
[02:21:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:21:18] <exec> 08└─One "feature" of global warming is increased variability in the weather systems
[02:23:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 588 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:48] <exec> 08└─Inflation is important to any economy as it is tied in with the speed of money circulation. With hyper-inflation, spend your money as quickly as possible, with deflation, hold on to it as long as you can. The sweet point is reached with a small level of inflation when most people will spend on all t...
[02:24:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:36] <exec> 08└─Cute seeing people say their ignorance is better then the evidence.
[02:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:37] <exec> 08└─but keeping the money in circulation IS the point.
[02:24:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:39] <exec> 08└─'It's the minimum wage that is the root of all evil! That's an axiom you are not allowed to contest, I don't need to present any argument for it'
[02:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:41] <exec> 08└─To add some useful content, let us not forget that this is research by the same group who actually recommend the increases.. Not exactly the most unbiased of sources now, is it.
[02:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:44] <exec> 08└─When will you stop sucking the government teat khallow?
[02:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:46] <exec> 08└─But the demand for labour isn't solely determined by its cost, but also by its necessity.
[02:24:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:48] <exec> 08└─Lower the cost of labor enough and nobody can afford to buy your products.
[02:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:50] <exec> 08└─Why should be you to decide there are jobs that, to work in them, one need to lose money for every hour you are working in such a job?
[02:24:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:52] <exec> 08└─If only everyone could enter into a voluntary contract for every aspect of life wouldn't things be great!
[02:24:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:55] <exec> 08└─People forget that richness is thrift
[02:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 1167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:57] <exec> 08└─Hoover got the top gig in March of 1929. The economy (which has always been gaged by the stock market) tanked in October 1929. Hoover made a few lame half-hearted attempts to get the economy up off its back. By November 1932 (3 years and a few days of cratering employment numbers), the voters kicked...
[02:24:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:59] <exec> 08└─I'm not feeling the need here. I'm not any richer, if Gates were worth a million dollars than if he were worth 100 billion. Don't we have actual problems to solve?
[02:25:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:01] <exec> 08└─When FDR took over, 1 in 4 USAians didn't have a job and the trend was still downward.
[02:25:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:04] <exec> 08└─Oh, and when, in 1937, FDR listened to the idiots on Wall Street (who, it's clear, know NOTHING about Macroeconomics) and dialed back on The New Deal
[02:25:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:06] <exec> 08└─You're talking out your ass. The Panic of 1837 (1837 - 1842) The Long Depression (1873 - 1896) The Great Depression (1929 - 1941) Again, the Capitalist economy completely goes to shit about every 80 years. Anybody who could do simple arithmetic could have figured out what was going on in the Capital...
[02:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Stars May Have Formed Just 250 Million Years After the Big Bang - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:42] <exec> 08└─Arthur Ashe -- tremendous tennis player -- said success is a journey. Not a destination. Then he died of AIDS.
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[03:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:04] <exec> 08└─Who in their right mind uses uBlock over UbO? This is the first update this thing has seen in years, its basically a rip off from the original author. The "admins" solicited donations at one point and have never contributed any meaningful code. This prompted gorhill to get pissed and keep working on...
[03:21:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:17] <exec> 08└─2 seconds of Google gets this: https://www.sciencedirect.com [sciencedirect.com] variability of surface air temperature (SAT) associated with the AO index shows high correlation with recent global warming trend.
[03:21:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:18] <exec> 08└─And? Shouldn't one first establish that this index measures some sort of variability?
[03:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"No Sufficient Business Case" for 2025 Privatization of the ISS - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:03] <exec> 08└─It's a space station built for research... period.
[03:23:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 91 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:58] <exec> 08└─Inflation is important to any economy as it is tied in with the speed of money circulation.
[03:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:51] <exec> 08└─If you look at Seattle you will see the effects of going too far on the lower wage market.
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[04:17:45] <exec> 08└─Wait, I thought this was true. Why is it flamebate?
[04:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:56] <exec> 08└─The hackers may not be "the good guys," but their targets sure as hell aren't either. I'm going to, if not explicitly cheer for the hackers, let's say not shed any tears over what they did.
[04:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Shipwreck And An 800-Year-Old 'Made In China' Label Reveal Lost History - 1619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:04] <exec> 08└─There is actually a pretty huge difference, in terms of chinese history and Fujian specifically, between 1162 and 1262. In 1162 this was ruled by what we call the southern Song, southern because in 1127 the Song had lost their capital and been forced to retreat en masse from northern China, which wa...
[04:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:18] <exec> 08└─They remove add-ons when they think they are unsafe. Sometimes in sneaky ways, just mentioning a GUID. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org [mozilla.org] Go figure why uBlock got fixed in addons.mozilla.org and not blocked, because they have such tool, and it works even if you disabl...
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[04:25:08] <exec> 08└─The only pattern that I'm seeing is you continually being stupid and spouting Reactionary bullshit. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
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[05:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:45] <exec> 08└─Pure. Fucking. Bull. Shit.
[05:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:46] <exec> 08└─So many leaks! Somebody leaked the beautiful video by Philip Bloom & Google -- great production values. Somebody leaked the Facebook cyber. And somebody leaked the Securus cyber. VERY SMART of the editor (Fnord666) to put the stories together! And, you know, WikiLeaks. With all these leaks, they hav...
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[06:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:38] <exec> 08└─Is a good motto for a company that "guides the behavior of entire populations". I wonder if they can get bad turned to good and good to bad without anyone noticing.
[06:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:39] <exec> 08└─We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
[06:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:41] <exec> 08└─Bet an incel leaked it.
[06:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:43] <exec> 08└─Indeed, they call it speculative design and then they implement it. Google's new motto: "We are not evil and we never lie"
[06:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:46] <exec> 08└─Your culture will adapt to service us.
[06:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Anyone Could Download Cambridge Researchers' 4-Million-User Facebook Data Set for Years - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:56] <exec> 08└─Why is it flamebate?
[06:18:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:18:28] <exec> 08└─They say it's not compatible with Firefox Quantum. But more and more people are going quantum these days. So, looks like some problems there.
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[06:18:29] <exec> 08└─That is a good comment. What have you done with realDT?
[06:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:18:31] <exec> 08└─I think he hired a ghostwriter with the profits from the MAGA (Make America Groan Again) merchandise.
[06:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06How a Light Touch Can Spur Severe Itching - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:18:41] <exec> 08└─Have you tried unfiltered hemp seed oil? On the skin to relieve itching.
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[06:18:43] <exec> 08└─USA military studied a "gay bomb", why not an "itch bomb"?
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[07:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:33] <exec> 08└─Is the beam divergence noticeably greater for these astronomical sources than manmade lasers? I.e. can these be easily distinguished from lasers emitted by intelligent life?
[07:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Watch Spike Lee Blast Trump for Not Condemning the Klan and Alt-Right - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:36] <exec> 08└─Of course, I realize you're not referring to people of color, you're referring to people just like you. I'd say yes, it's likely, seeing that low intelligence haters are everywhere.
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[08:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:26] <exec> 08└─Nice reading comprehension you got there. Why do you think "could afford to buy" is synonymous with "would buy"?
[08:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Minimum Wage Increases do Not Harm Employment - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:27] <exec> 08└─> "Should"? Capability != obligation. Considering the post of yours upthread I just replied to, that is hilarious to see. Enjoy the next few weeks relaxing in bed as your stumps heal!
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[09:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:32] <exec> 08└─Just how I like my hackers! Shadowy, with the perfect smokey-eye! If only we had more really interesting Fine Articles like this here on the Home Shopping Soylent!@
[09:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:41] <exec> 08└─While it's common to build lasers with tightly focused beams (for a variety of practical/useful reasons), according to https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] this isn't part of the definition. Consider this, from the wiki article, > There are some lasers that are not single spatial mode...
[09:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:55] <exec> 08└─Color me surprised guys, I did not see this coming! Nope, totally out of the blue. No fucking way could this have ever been anticipated.
[09:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:56] <exec> 08└─I know you are being sarcastic, but the generational aspect of data is surprising to me. Your parent Googled for a lot of freaky porn? Well guess what we know you are going to love!
[09:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Come Up With a Way to Launch Rowhammer Attacks via Network Packets - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:21:25] <exec> 08└─With firewire it's just the traditional (local) DMA. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[09:21:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 174 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:21:33] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, it's just rocks falling into the sea: https://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com]
[09:21:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 984 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:21:58] <exec> 08└─There's a Wiki article on "dissipative systems" [wikipedia.org]. (Not the easiest wikipedia article I've read, I must say, but I'm a fan of Prigogine) It's like when you boil an egg and the Bénard cells form when the water is almost boiling. The heat transfer from the hot bottom of the pan to the w...
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[10:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:41] <exec> 08└─Perhaps that double star system had a rocky planet with plentiful water in their Goldilocks zone. Perhaps that planet had an advanced species on it. An advanced enough species to study astronomy, but not advanced enough to send a lifeboat to some other planet orbiting some other star.
[10:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:42] <exec> 08└─I helped a couple friends make a Nitrogen laser out of a stolen walk-in refrigerator door, some plastic sheet and some aluminum foil. It didn't have any mirrors. What makes lasers so coherent is that mirrors on each end form a resonant cavity just like a flute or an organ pipe. Our laser's beam was...
[10:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:58] <exec> 08└─I recently read a short story by David Marusek: "Getting to Know You" [wikipedia.org] and it seems that someone at Google must have been reading it. It was published in 1998, interestingly enough, the very year Google was founded. The protagonist has been given an artificially intelligent gadget by...
[10:18:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Anyone Could Download Cambridge Researchers' 4-Million-User Facebook Data Set for Years - 491 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:06] <exec> 08└─I don't have a FB account. In the beginning it was, as the illustrious Ms White said, "a waste of time". Then it morphed into this huge privacy violator. Don't have a FB account? Doesn't matter, they hoover up all the info from your friends and acquaintances. Now I find out my personal info, which I...
[10:18:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 455 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:37] <exec> 08└─It's important to note what was reverted: only the binary at addons.mozilla.org. The code in github stays malicious with the two recent changes for stealing data: https://github.com [github.com] and https://github.com
[10:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Come Up With a Way to Launch Rowhammer Attacks via Network Packets - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:21:32] <exec> 08└─So once I earn my first billion as a result of - overnight - turning soggy jobs into a bestiality pr0n site, I will get implants.
[10:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:05] <exec> 08└─You don't get that in a block of slightly warmer steel - I mean there is some sort of increase in such variation, but it is an insignificant change. Again this is an interesting assertion, but apparently without any empirical backing as usual. There are two problems with the analogy given. First, to...
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[11:17:40] <exec> 08└─> reported the issues to Adobe and Microsoft, which in turn, had them patched within two months. Um, the phrasing makes it seem like that was a very fast response, but two months seems like a very long time for patching software security issues. It's almost criminally irresponsible when they have di...
[11:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:41] <exec> 08└─Yes, seriously, 2 months AFTER the issue has been spotted "in the wild" is ridiculously bad, especially if no warning was given to users that they are under an immediate threat.
[11:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:44] <exec> 08└─Yes, seriously, 2 months AFTER the issue has been spotted "in the wild" is ridiculously bad
[11:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:18:10] <exec> 08└─They got rid of the "Don't Be Evil" bit in their CoC recently.
[11:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:15] <exec> 08└─You don't get that in a block of slightly warmer steel - I mean there is some sort of increase in such variation, but it is an insignificant change.
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[12:17:41] <exec> 08└─And NSA grace time, so they can take advantage for a while.
[12:20:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03urza9814 [3954] 02 - 0619 Physicians Shot by IDF While Rendering Aid in Gaza; 1 Physician Known Dead - 151 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:20:11] <exec> 08└─The people of Gaza aren't soldiers, they're prisoners who have been locked up without charge, trial, or conviction. It's not a war, it's a prison riot.
[12:20:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 0619 Physicians Shot by IDF While Rendering Aid in Gaza; 1 Physician Known Dead - 561 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:20:27] <exec> 08└─Since the recent Israeli governments are the worst enemy of the state of Israel, ramping up the Apartheid policies beyond what the international community had tolerated for decades (remember, you've never been a full Israeli citizen if you're not Jewish), it's really hard to avoid confusion. Haaretz...
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[12:21:00] <exec> 08└─The British needed the Indian people though. They needed them to work the mines and the refineries and the textile mills, in order to extract resources to be sent back to the Empire. If the Indian people decided to peacefully sit down and accept death rather than working for the occupying army, then...
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[12:22:12] <exec> 08└─Instead of spoons and splashes of water, I just steam my eggs nowadays. They're much less likely to overcook, shells slide off with minimal hassle, and no risk of burns from near-boiling water.
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[13:18:11] <exec> 08└─If you can get past the creepy, this is a great idea! IRL I stink at achieving any of my goals because the world tends to dictate my days. Me: I'm going to work on the time machine today. World: Nah, wife got a flat tire. Me: Ok, fix tire today, work on time machine tomorrow. My selfish ledger would...
[13:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Shipwreck And An 800-Year-Old 'Made In China' Label Reveal Lost History - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:40] <exec> 08└─When you check the free shipping option in your shopping kart.
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[14:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:59] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure, but I think you don't get spatial coherency without a resonant cavity. It's been so long since I studied lasers. I know that diode lasers have very poor collimation. They usually emit an elliptical beam that diverges quite quickly. I think it's due to the size & shape of the resonant c...
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[14:18:18] <exec> 08└─I guess we are going to find out just how well people passively accept slow, gentle. unnoticed guidance to their behaviours and beliefs. People seem to conform to their environment and peers over time, despite their claims otherwise. It takes years. I think power to control populations like this is...
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[14:22:28] <exec> 08└─Therefore we should all become communist. That'll fix it. Look at China they have zero emissions. We should emulate that. Sounds like troll remark, this is basically what the problem has devolved into since it has been treated into a political issue.
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[15:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:34] <exec> 08└─How long will it take for the pirates on the island to murder each other for the grog and ALL the coins?
[15:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:35] <exec> 08└─You want to run it very carefully. And don't get your blockpaper rained on.
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[15:17:54] <exec> 08└─NSA has probably known about these issues for a long time, perhaps since their inception. Ditto other similar agencies. And proprietary software vendors just love calling any bug a zero day, it's pretty hard for the rest of us to prove otherwise...
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[16:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:34] <exec> 08└─16/car x $1 = $16 per trip and trips take 8 minutes. Let's be optimistic and say the car loads/unloads in 2 minutes = 6 one-way trips/hour 6 x $16 = $96/hour gross revenue if every carload is full. $96 x 24 = $2304/day, x 365 = $840960 per year is the max possible gross, but it's unlikely to be busy...
[16:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:43] <exec> 08└─So, if i'm Hugo, Sawyer or Jack, I guess Kate gets all my money, for her honey. (Hmmm.... i'd be one quarter Hugo, one quarter Sawyer and one quarter Jack. Math is hard.) It's not like money grows on trees. Waaaait..... shit, my mom and dad were wrong!
[16:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 1147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:46] <exec> 08└─Rather than focus on trying to develop a monetary system on an island with 4 people living on it trying to survive, Hugo, Sawyer, Kate, and Jack could sit down and negotiate and plan and otherwise work things out like a group of adults trying to manage a difficult situation. All this effort to estab...
[16:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study of Peruvians Reveals New Gene With a Major Impact on Height - 945 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:53] <exec> 08└─Granted, I've not met a lot of Peruvians, but those I have met seemed to be real close to average height among Americans. http://chartsbin.com [chartsbin.com] So, Peruvians range from 1.66 to 1.7 meters. And, Americans range from 1.78 to 1.84 meters. Lemme do the math, and change that to...
[16:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study of Peruvians Reveals New Gene With a Major Impact on Height - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:56] <exec> 08└─Were the Peruvians you met immigrants or born in America? I think one of the major factors in determining height is the introduction of milk into the diet. As diets around the world are Westernizing in many cases, you see average heights shooting up by several inches: https://www.npr.org
[16:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:18] <exec> 08└─...with freaking lasers on their heads (sorry Tork (and everybody else))
[16:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:20] <exec> 08└─"Them!" with lasers.
[16:19:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06[Update] Privacy Tool uBlock (NOT uBlock Origin) Adds User Tracking Feature - 31 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:18] <exec> 08└─I think you've found his hobby.
[16:22:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 334 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:34] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily. If the Gulf Stream shuts off, you're gonna see some stupidly-cold winters in Western Europe. What global warming does is 1) cause greater extremes while the current negative feedbacks like the cryosphere and the thermohaline loops keep working, and 2) cause all hell to break loose w...
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[17:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:34] <exec> 08└─That suggests you are looking at a half-duplex system. Once you can do full-duplex, then the interval between cars can be f.ex. 1 min and running both ways. Then the gross would be $16819200 at continuous full load. Half the interval, double the gross.
[17:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:35] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDOI0cq6GZM [youtube.com]
[17:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:47] <exec> 08└─I think you are missing the point. The point of the article was to explain blockchain via a simple, if silly, scenario. At least, I hope that was the point...
[17:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:48] <exec> 08└─Actually, I went and read his previous article about island blockchain, and I am not so sure he isn't serious...
[17:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:50] <exec> 08└─Careful, Kate can catch wild boars with bare hands [medium.com].
[17:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:52] <exec> 08└─Pirates would just take whatever real money they had in their pockets. A fantasycoin wouldn't get them a lay in Port Royal.
[17:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study of Peruvians Reveals New Gene With a Major Impact on Height - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:02] <exec> 08└─Some were born in Peru, others in the US. I'd have to go back, and ask questions to figure out which were which. I'm certain of my surgeon though - he attended medical school in Peru before moving here to further his education. Had the article been about Vietnamese being short, I would have gone rig...
[17:20:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Roo_Boy [1762] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Obsolescence Guaranteed - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:19] <exec> 08└─Strange, I seem to recall the late 90's still working with several HP-1000's and pretty sure those switches on the front panel for switching the registers and with those LEDs on the front panel for displaying the results would mean it had, wait, a PROPER FRONT PANEL?!?. Sometimes I do get nostalgic...
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[17:22:58] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't one first establish that this index measures some sort of variability?
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[18:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:43] <exec> 08└─Please link to a transcript! Video is for illiterate people who don't understand what google is.
[18:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 1370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:44] <exec> 08└─The truck stopped. A man jumped off from the back and ran over to the garbage bags on the side of the road. Working quickly, the man loaded all the garbage onto the truck and jumped back on. The truck then sped off to the next house. Anyone could guess this man's - Tommyson's - occupation; he was a...
[18:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:46] <exec> 08└─Please link to a transcript! Video is for illiterate people who don't understand what google is.
[18:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:48] <exec> 08└─Musk has challenged his team to match the digging pace of a snail (0.03 MPH)... compared to its current top speed of about 0.003 MPH.
[18:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:03] <exec> 08└─Agreed, 4 agents is not yet "critical mass" requiring decentralized consensus, or even currency. Currency starts to make sense when the size of a community passes "personal familiarity," about 200 individuals by some estimates. And decentralized consensus would seem to need at least that large a gro...
[18:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:04] <exec> 08└─> Actually, I went and read his previous article about island blockchain, and I am not so sure he isn't serious... And the beauty is that it should be easy enough to test, nice little double reality show, try Bear Grylls the Island *2 - one island of normal people trying to survive, one island of cr...
[18:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:25] <exec> 08└─It's so weird that there is this idea that the US government has some kind of cooperation to get security holes. Sometimes the claim is purposely unpatched holes, and other times the claim is intentional backdoor access that the government forces or purchases. Come on, seriously... those companies a...
[18:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:27] <exec> 08└─If you're telling the truth, you're scum who should be killed. If you're lying, you're scum who should be killed. Kill yourself and save us the trouble.
[18:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:10] <exec> 08└─Thank you, working hard! National Weather Service, they have so many forecasters. Hundreds of them. But most folks watch the TV forecast. The TV always has a sexy lady or a good-looking guy. We did the biggest Tax Cut in history, we have to cut the budget. Obviously we have to cut it. So I said, cut...
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[19:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:35] <exec> 08└─After all, without those Democratic votes she wouldn't have been confirmed. The last thing we need right now is to have a CIA head that's OK with torture.
[19:17:36] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 258 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:36] <exec> 08└─Just putting that out there. "Woman in position of power" != feminism or womens' lib or anything necessarily good. This person is evil beyond redemption in this world and the Democrats who voted for her are traitors both to the US and to humanity as a whole.
[19:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:38] <exec> 08└─Indeed. With the backing of both the Democrats and the Republicans, the US has declared unequivocally that it is now counted on the bad team. There's no wiggle room or abiguity with both parties (if you can call them two parties) backing a known criminal who dealt in torture and destroyed evidence o...
[19:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:52] <exec> 08└─For those having trouble grasping just how fast 0.003 mph is, it's 8 furlongs per fortnight. Likewise, 150 mph is 403,200 furlongs per fortnight.
[19:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 713 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:53] <exec> 08└─The $96/hr will pay salary of only one lowly tech who will be servicing this line. If you double the rate - two techs. I doubt that this will be sufficient, as there no money left to even buy them a uniform, let alone some specialized inspection equipment that in itself has to be inspected periodica...
[19:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 1137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:55] <exec> 08└─Musk is smart enough to know this is bullshit. The Hyper Loop is bullshit. The rocket ships flying ballistic trajectories to replace airplanes are bullshit. It's fake. Yet the money he's wasting on these things is very much real. So I don't understand what his game is. Is he using these fake project...
[19:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:58] <exec> 08└─He wants to develop better tunneling technology for subterranean habitats and launch tubes on Mars and other bodies. Getting that development even partially subsidized is a win.
[19:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:15] <exec> 08└─Sawyer doesn’t trust Jack very much, especially with the whole alpha male tension around Kate. Why should he hold the piece of paper?
[19:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:16] <exec> 08└─It's not like money grows on trees. "Since we decided a few weeks ago to adopt the leaf as legal tender, we have, of course, all become immensely rich."
[19:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:40] <exec> 08└─accidentally exposed two fully-working zero-days
[19:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:41] <exec> 08└─We provide a needed service. We charge the market rate; feel free to bid on the contracts if you think you can do it cheaper. Throwing a $billion at this stuff is enough for hundreds of 0-day exploits. That is pocket change for the US government. Stuxnet is a great example. It had multiple 0-day exp...
[19:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unusual Laser Emission From The Ant Nebula - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:55] <exec> 08└─Maybe just powerful enough to remove all that hair groing on your palm?
[19:24:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"No Sufficient Business Case" for 2025 Privatization of the ISS - 1184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:13] <exec> 08└─You are right, it was horrible from a science point of view. All the major science societies were against justifying it on a science basis before it was built ("There is micro interest in microgravity"). There never was a strong science case to make for it, and NASA never did itself any favors tryin...
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[20:17:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 530 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:38] <exec> 08└─Indeed. With the backing of both the Democrats and the Republicans, the US has declared unequivocally that it is now counted on the bad team. There's no wiggle room or abiguity with both parties (if you can call them two parties) backing a known criminal who dealt in torture and destroyed evidence o...
[20:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:39] <exec> 08└─This appointment as CIA director is about beginnings. Let the torture begin (again).
[20:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:42] <exec> 08└─> the US has declared unequivocally that it is now counted on the bad team Not so much "now" as "ten years ago". Obama administration continued most of Bush's post-9/11 atrocities, and introduced some new ones just in case. If indiscriminate drone bombings of civilian targets doesn't mark you as evi...
[20:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:59] <exec> 08└─That actually is useful because now I know that after two weeks of digging we're talking about 8 furlongs progress, which is almost the length of a horse race. You can easily picture that. Representing it in such a small number in mph (or forcing it into some other useless decimal place obsessed uni...
[20:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 1136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:01] <exec> 08└─Or, bear with me here, you just might lack imagination and ingenuity. I personally agree on the Hyperloop being overly expensive and dangerous but we humans are pretty amazing at building things that people think are impractical if not impossible. Electric cars? No one said Musk invented those, why...
[20:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:03] <exec> 08└─That's part of what I was thinking too, the hyperloop transport gets a lot easier when the atmosphere is thin!
[20:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:05] <exec> 08└─the length of a horse race
[20:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 1193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:08] <exec> 08└─I believe that full-duplex requires two tunnels. Once you have a tunnel for each direction, then you can "pipeline" and run multiple cars in each tube (at, for example, your suggested 1 minute headway/interval). This does require turn-arounds at each end, either a circular track, or a turntable -- m...
[20:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:10] <exec> 08└─Don't you mean three lowly techs? Or does Elon expect one tech to live down there and be on call 24/7? {grin}
[20:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:12] <exec> 08└─even those aren't really new products.
[20:18:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 1147 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:23] <exec> 08└─Rather than focus on trying to develop a monetary system on an island with 4 people living on it trying to survive, Hugo, Sawyer, Kate, and Jack could sit down and negotiate and plan and otherwise work things out like a group of adults trying to manage a difficult situation. All this effort to estab...
[20:19:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stormwyrm [717] 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 643 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:24] <exec> 08└─I recently read a short story by David Marusek: "Getting to Know You" [wikipedia.org] and it seems that someone at Google must have been reading it. It was published in 1998, interestingly enough, the very year Google was founded. The protagonist has been given an artificially intelligent gadget by...
[20:20:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06Vesper's New Microphone Technology Attracts Millions From the Biggest Names in Sound Technology - 69 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:30] <exec> 08└─The technology allows for...microphones that are incredibly sensitive
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[21:17:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the tax hike!!! Because just passing a law getting rid of nuisances isn't enough. The recipe (perfected in Seattle) is something like this: Turn a blind eye (if not outright encourage) excesses Attract a lot of tourists, Allow the Gig economy to grow out of control with unsustainable "employme...
[21:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Touché) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:46] <exec> 08└─Your freedom to bitch about the ugly reality of human existence, and your ability to enjoy a cushy life of relative (by world standards) luxury, comes about as a result of the mighty power of the USA. This power is created and maintained by battle, both traditional and nefarious. Other countries --...
[21:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:48] <exec> 08└─She promised not to use Waterboarding but she didn't promise not to use PowerPoint.
[21:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:50] <exec> 08└─There's no reason to believe she is OK with it. She worked there when Obama thought it was OK, but that doesn't mean she had control over it.
[21:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:52] <exec> 08└─Ok, but if she tries pulling out Microsoft Project during a meeting, I am drawing the line.
[21:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:54] <exec> 08└─You just reminded me that Obama wasn't 100% awful. He did at least have our enemies tortured. The drone strikes were pretty respectable too. I suppose, distasteful as it is, that even Hillary deserves a bit of credit, although it was pretty damn careless to use an insecure Blackberry for approving d...
[21:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:56] <exec> 08└─There's no reason to believe she is OK with it.
[21:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:21] <exec> 08└─So I don't understand what his game is.
[21:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:40] <exec> 08└─The producers ensure the pretty people on the non-geek island get extra food. The geeks all die when war breaks out after someone mentions a preference for emacs.
[21:18:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study of Peruvians Reveals New Gene With a Major Impact on Height - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's about economic resources during youth (when most of the growth is happening)? Richer Peruvians immigrate to the US, and are taller than the peasants back home.
[21:19:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:39] <exec> 08└─Profit, yes... for Google and its advertisers. But no time machine for you because they will have manipulated you into thinking your main goal in life is to buy a new set of tires for your wife instead of fixing the flat. New tire shopping is good. You love tire shopping.
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[22:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:32] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the tax hike!!! Because just passing a law getting rid of nuisances isn't enough.
[22:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:34] <exec> 08└─to return "Balance to the City"
[22:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:36] <exec> 08└─Bonus points if you can raise taxes in a job killing way
[22:17:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:38] <exec> 08└─That happened in a galaxy far far away.
[22:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:56] <exec> 08└─Hey, contracts troll. Not feeling so libertarian today?
[22:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 1158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:57] <exec> 08└─She will help fight Islam, which is well known for supporting female genital mutilation, the one thing worse than the prospect of atomic weapons being used on a global scale, I'm sure, in addition to killing lots of brown skinned misogynists. I'm certain the black sites only torture men, so there sh...
[22:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:59] <exec> 08└─I mostly liked Obama, but both his and Bush's administrations need to be tried for war crimes.
[22:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:02] <exec> 08└─Explain to me how Gina Haspel is any worse of a person than Hillary Clinton.
[22:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:04] <exec> 08└─Sometimes when you sit there and watch those hour long, or more, PowerPoint presentations you start to long for waterboarding or just the sweet sweet release of death. Then you drool a little and someone hits you in the side cause you have been snoring.
[22:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:06] <exec> 08└─Other countries -- all of them that it -- are attempting to do likewise.
[22:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:08] <exec> 08└─Then you drool a little and someone hits you in the side cause you have been snoring.
[22:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:11] <exec> 08└─Torture is wrong, much of the role of the three-letter-agencies is perpetrating wrong on behalf of the US Government. Having said that. In case you suggest that she was just following orders, I refer you to the Nuremberg trials.
[22:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:13] <exec> 08└─The nongodwinizing difference is that she was just following lawful orders. Performing acts of psychological torture that were ordered from above, okayed by the justice department, about which Congress was briefed beforehand, with nary a peep of complaint.
[22:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:39] <exec> 08└─I personally agree on the Hyperloop being overly expensive and dangerous but we humans are pretty amazing at building things that people think are impractical if not impossible.
[22:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:59] <exec> 08└─Or alternately the 'Geeks' actually end up working together to solve problems, because they find that more interesting, while the 'normal people' (read: want-to-be actors) spend the whole time playing popularity games. but yes, the behind the scenes manipulation is the whole story in reality tv.
[22:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:00] <exec> 08└─This is really intended for folks who aren't coders: Blockchains explained in plain English [soggywizards.com]. I need to complete the section on hashing.
[22:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:02] <exec> 08└─I like a woman who's good with her hands! :)
[22:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:05] <exec> 08└─The problem is trust: if people could sit around and talk like adults, there'd be peace on Earth. Unfortunately, there are few adults in the world and less trust.
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[23:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:47] <exec> 08└─Changes the document outlines include curtailing "amusement transportation" such as multi-person "beer bikes"
[23:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:48] <exec> 08└─At least some of that tax money goes to maintain the streets and other infrastructure. While some (in every city I know about) is going to graft and other "waste", a good bit does go toward things that are generally good for everyone in the city.
[23:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:50] <exec> 08└─A recent article http://new.newschinamag.com [newschinamag.com] points out that Chinese tourists are not on the economy tours anymore, they are going solo and in small groups and they are going everywhere. Good luck to Amsterdam slowing down the tide. As th...
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[23:18:17] <exec> 08└─Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime [washingtonpost.com] After Japan surrendered, the United States organized and participated in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, generally called the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. Leading members of Japan's military and government elite were charged, am...
[23:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:19] <exec> 08└─The nongodwinizing difference is that she was just following lawful orders.
[23:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:21] <exec> 08└─It's not illegal just because you hate it. Nothing in our law made the torture illegal. Although "international law" is a farce, used only when democracies win wars, we can pretend it is legit. The actions are still not illegal. For multiple reasons, most of the people were not even covered by treat...
[23:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:23] <exec> 08└─For example, the Geneva convention protects only the uniformed soldiers of nation-states that ratified the Geneva convention. I don't see ratification by Al Qaeda or the Taliban, and anyway they were not wearing uniforms. Given that the United Nations Convention against Torture is ratified by nearly...
[23:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:25] <exec> 08└─Obama was killing Americans at will with drones but waterboarding was not allowed -- only in America!
[23:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:28] <exec> 08└─Doesn't "Nazi gold" ring a bell? Switzerland gets their dirty work done. They do what is needed to get ahead and stay ahead.
[23:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gina Haspel Confirmed as 1st Woman to Lead the CIA - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:30] <exec> 08└─Switzerland gets their dirty work done. They do what is needed to get ahead and stay ahead.
[23:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:56] <exec> 08└─actual ANON is right. Pasting a link without context or summary is clickbait, plus possibly a little risky in these UTF16 url days....
[23:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:58] <exec> 08└─If all Musk ever does is take previously neat-but-impractical things and make them useful .... then he is "a brilliant man", not a "copycat"
[23:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:00] <exec> 08└─Old Muskie is banging one Grimes per night, which is a pretty impressive accomplishment.
[23:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:02] <exec> 08└─This thread is about Musk's in-city Loop, which is in fact an underground railway ("Subway" in the US). I'm sorry to burst your bubble but they were invented and made useful over 150 years ago with the Metropolitan Railway in London
[23:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03SanityCheck [5190] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:04] <exec> 08└─So what, his every increasingly outlandish ideas just serve to get his dick in the next crazy slut "celebrity" he meets at some cocktail party. And keeps him from doing things that could really damage this planet.
[23:19:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:28] <exec> 08└─Heh. Green currency?
[23:19:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Study of Peruvians Reveals New Gene With a Major Impact on Height - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:40] <exec> 08└─There's tons of factors that effect height. Fetal imprinting, illness (autoimmune or contracted) The endocrine system is known to not only stunt growth physically, but mentally as well; in exposure to traumatic stress. Early childhood care can also effect it. The amount of testosterone a male produc...
[23:20:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Google X's "The Selfish Ledger" Video Leaked to The Verge - 62 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:26] <exec> 08└─They got rid of the "Don't Be Evil" bit in their CoC recently.
[23:24:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:45] <exec> 08└─establish your own peer reviewed journal
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