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[00:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:27] <exec> 08└─How dare you care. At least China is trying and actually stayed in the Paris deal.
[00:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:29] <exec> 08└─Nobody came to check what we were using, so we thought it was O.K.
[00:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:31] <exec> 08└─How much pollution can companies dump in US rivers/air and barely get a slap on the wrist, if anything at all, under the current EPA ?
[00:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Insightful) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:33] <exec> 08└─How dare you care. At least China is trying and actually stayed in the Paris deal.
[00:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:36] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I feel pretty bad saying this, but I'm ashamedly surprised that the Chinese govt. cares and is doing something about it. There's hope for the world. One of my bigger arguments against free trade is that US companies operate under much stronger restrictions, licensing, inspections, audits, rule...
[00:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:38] <exec> 08└─Notice this: "As it happens, a crackdown was underway in the town and moments later, four officials entered Mr. Zhang's factory, handed him a leaflet warning against a range of environmental violations, including using CFC-11, and ordered his factory closed." This happened when the NYT investigation...
[00:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:59] <exec> 08└─So many bad guys to hate on. Syria, Russia, China, Mexico, Canada. The list is endless. It must be terrible seeing the entire world as your enemies and being scared all the time.
[00:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:00] <exec> 08└─Nope if helps confirm a few more elements from the list: http://www.nybooks.com [nybooks.com] (note the date of the piece)
[00:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:03] <exec> 08└─They burned down our White House!!!!
[00:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:05] <exec> 08└─Some company in China makes a toy and trolls a journalist into thinking is a government spy tool.
[00:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:07] <exec> 08└─Must be confusing hearing that whoooshing sound go over your head all day long.
[00:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03pdfernhout [5984] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 1892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:09] <exec> 08└─https://www.tangentonline.com/old-time-radio/1174-watchbird [tangentonline.com] "The late 2001 SFWA Author Emeritus Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) saw "Watchbird" first published in the February, 1953 issue of Galaxy magazine. This radio adaptation comes from the short-lived (January 1-April 9, 1953) S...
[00:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:29] <exec> 08└─Actually, we haven't yet functionally removed evolution. Recent studies of the matter indicate that we've been evolving rather rapidly. They don't, however, have sufficient resolution to determine in what way.
[00:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:30] <exec> 08└─An evolutionary advantage needs only a very slight edge to spread. I believe that 0.1% more offspring on the average is considered a huge advantage. (I'm no specialist. If you want more explicit details on this in a non-technical form, read Dawkins and Gould. I think I got that estimate from an arti...
[00:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 1711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:32] <exec> 08└─Well, where's the real example? One real example is that genetic disorders that lead to almost certain miscarriage are being selected against. As well as massive physical deformities that can lead to people being born without sex organs or dying early (e.g. conjoined twins). Although those may be ca...
[00:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:35] <exec> 08└─We also have to question whether the advantage leads to more reproductive activity. Taller, smarter, and more attractive humans are likely to be richer in today's world. But being richer usually means having less offspring.
[00:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:37] <exec> 08└─GP says we will have designer babies, which could be considered evolution. It's natural selection that is being removed, or at least massively changed on a very short time scale compared to the history of Homo sapiens. We will likely have many designer babies in less than a century, which is just a...
[00:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 1924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:57] <exec> 08└─Been working on this problem with just Mars, for over a century, starting with the wild and fanciful notions that Mars may have artificial canals built by intelligent Martians. There simply wasn't much information to work with. Now there's a lot more info, and the suppositions have changed radically...
[00:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:58] <exec> 08└─You forgot: Alien life will have male and female forms, with females sporting huge chests and a strong sexual appetite towards W Shatner.
[00:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:15:01] <exec> 08└─I have no idea of what is meant by "universal computation", but whatever it is I'm pretty sure you don't need it to meet the definition of life exhibited in countless forms right here on earth. To assume you need concepts of AND and OR and NAND in life forms we haven't even found evidence for is kin...
[00:15:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:15:45] <exec> 08└─Inedible? Far from it, unsweetened baking chocolate is quite tasty stuff. Of course it's so strong you won't get much out of it just chomping down on a mouthful, but if you peel fine shavings off and salt them, they're a delicious snack. (Or more crudely, just grab a square and nibble it over the co...
[00:15:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 1372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:15:47] <exec> 08└─It used to be you could trust Camembert de Normandie to be made with traditional methods and ingredients. So they already added the 'de Normandie' label to differentiate it from others using different ingredients and processes. Now, some industrial producers moved to Normandie and started using the...
[00:16:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 46 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:01] <exec> 08└─Junk science takes way too long to be exposed.
[00:16:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:12] <exec> 08└─It can be an implanted pump. It can be a rectal suppository. It can be a spinal catheter. It can be injections into the eyeball. It can be a spray that goes up your nose. BTW, all of these are real.
[00:16:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 1948 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:13] <exec> 08└─There are good reasons to prefer purified active ingredients, and none of them have anything to do with patents. My favourite example is a drug known as digoxin, which is used to treat cardiac arrhythmias. It can be obtained from the foxglove plant (genus Digitalis) and had been used for treating su...
[00:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 1305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:25] <exec> 08└─I disagree with that they are utterly ineffective. But, the reality is that the system is also abused by some (many?) 'drama queens' where the harassment is mostly in their own mind. I know someone that is a bit 'cookoo' and over the years has had a restraining order taken out on at least half dozen...
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[01:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:24] <exec> 08└─Nobody cares what you or other defenders of FIAT currency think! Bitcoin is disruptive! It can't be controlled by Government! It is 21st century! The Chinese are going to cash in their bonds, and the US Dollar will be worthless!!!!11! I've got a few for sale btw. Better not get left behind, you may...
[01:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:26] <exec> 08└─I see no "used by terrorist/criminal" claims here. FUD is down to 75% of a year ago.
[01:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:28] <exec> 08└─You hung on to them too long. Too bad you fell for the scam.
[01:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:30] <exec> 08└─That quote came from a speech by Agustín Carstens, the head of the Bank of International Settlements, given in Frankfurt earlier this year, on 6 February 2018. Novel technology is not the same as better technology or better economics. That is clearly the case with Bitcoin: while perhaps intended as...
[01:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:32] <exec> 08└─You joking? It's up almost triple from a year ago. Is that FIAT in your pocket losing value like that FIAT you have in your garage? Buy from me now!!!
[01:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:35] <exec> 08└─If BIS says Bitcoin is these things sign me up Scotty because what they just described was fiat, Much projection.
[01:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:48] <exec> 08└─The only thing that will change behavior in the US, is when we start billing the executive's family for the bullet we put them down with. Saving that, 10 year minimum sentences in FPMITAP. There are zero consequences to bad behavior in the US. This is because of the absolutely toxic mantra that ever...
[01:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:49] <exec> 08└─About 10 years ago China said they didn't start global pollution, so won't curb it, and not their problem.
[01:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:52] <exec> 08└─With Orange Anus in charge... Please, stop... The voters brought this on themselves. Don't blame the man for winning. This what the *People* want.
[01:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:54] <exec> 08└─If ignorance earned punishment, a lot more Americans would be in jail.
[01:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 616 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:21] <exec> 08└─> China - Regime with a terrible human rights record, currency manipulator that has robbed western wealth by undercutting workers rights. While that quote could easily apply to the US, let's focus on the word "robbed". I totally remember Chinese people forcing Western CEOs to outsource for cheap lab...
[01:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:22] <exec> 08└─From TFA the Dove drones weigh 200 grams, have a wingspan of about 50 centimetres (20 inches), and can fly at speeds of up to 40km/h (25mph) for a maximum of 30 minutes. ... Professor Li Yachao, a military radar researcher at the National Defence Technology Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing in X...
[01:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:24] <exec> 08└─TFA One experiment in northern China’s Inner Mongolia involved flying the birds over a flock of sheep – animals that are well known for their keen sense of hearing and ability to be easily spooked. The flock paid no attention whatsoever to the drone flying above, the person said
[01:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:27] <exec> 08└─Ted Cruz.
[01:14:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:29] <exec> 08└─Not yet. :-))
[01:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 2024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:54] <exec> 08└─With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed, and the sick; we institute poor-laws;...
[01:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:56] <exec> 08└─Maybe. That's certainly the myth, but figures often seem to deny that. OTOH, the generation times tend to be shorter, so maybe.
[01:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:58] <exec> 08└─Good Darwin quote. But even if it could theoretically pose a problem, the time scale for progress is so short now that it will be taken care of by genetic engineering within just a few generations. We're in an era of uncertain genetic drift, but we will be editing genomes or synthesizing embryos fro...
[01:15:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:15:21] <exec> 08└─But, we will know life when it invades and/or destroys us.
[01:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 1198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:45] <exec> 08└─True. I'd expect a good anti-abuse restraining order to include general language that would prevent 'side-channel' abuse like the aforementioned remote controlling of physical systems in proximity of the victim. But, also to avoid actions that are 'deemed harassing' that might not have proximity of...
[01:18:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:28] <exec> 08└─AT&T has a couple of HUGE buildings in NYC. But the Verizon building is HUGE too! And so many folks have Verizon for phone. For the land line, fax & cell phone. Obama's FBI got a Fake Warrant based on a Fake Dossier. And put a wiretapp on me. But they put the bite on Verizon before that. With a cour...
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[02:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:30] <exec> 08└─It always amazes me how people non-ironically use the term paradox.
[02:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:31] <exec> 08└─The game, and the conclusions reached, presume that the programmers understand the effects of variables ranging from public opinion, to nationalism, to perceived threats, to actual threats - and much much more. Further, it is presumed that those programmers successfully created algorithms to reflect...
[02:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:45] <exec> 08└─I've got a few for sale btw. Better not get left behind, you may not get them this cheap again.
[02:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:46] <exec> 08└─Only incels use Bitcoin!
[02:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:48] <exec> 08└─https://news.bitcoin.com/backpage-effect-sex-industry-thrives-bitcoin/ [bitcoin.com] ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
[02:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:51] <exec> 08└─Blockchain technology in general? No. This puts power in the hands of the PEOPLE, and the capipigs know it. They're squealing in panic over it.
[02:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 1271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:08] <exec> 08└─Sad thing is that that's pretty much the corporate default most places. In the U.S., lots of companies dump huge amounts of random chemicals into the environment, many of which have only had limited testing. CFCs have been known to be a serious environmental problem for decades. But long-term effect...
[02:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:10] <exec> 08└─The Electoral College wanted President Trump. The *People* voted for the Republican candidate, Hillary Clinton.
[02:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:12] <exec> 08└─Back in the early 70s a 1lb can of R12 was about $0.35 at Kmart. I used to poke a hole in the top and chill a can of Budweiser with it. In the 2000s that 1lb can of R12 was worth $60.
[02:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:44] <exec> 08└─Sheep are only afraid of noise on the ground. Dragons having gone missing for several thousand years.
[02:15:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 2189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:15:37] <exec> 08└─Ah, no. Sorry, "universal computation" is a foundational idea of Computer Science, its proofs dating back to the 1930s. A universal computer is capable (in principle, if pesky little details like limited time and limited memory and capacity are ignored) of performing any computation that can be perf...
[02:16:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:50] <exec> 08└─The fact that it's been illegal for so long means that the kind of research needed to even figure out what sorts of active ingredients it has that are medically useful has been stunted. They made marijuana illegal for political reasons unrelated to its medical usefulness or lack thereof.
[02:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple to Curate 2018 Midterm Election News - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:22] <exec> 08└─The jobs, incomes and security of the American worker will always be my first priority. Believe me!!!!
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[03:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:28] <exec> 08└─It always amazes me how people non-ironically use the term paradox.
[03:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03dast [1633] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:29] <exec> 08└─This particular paper aside, I often wonder if we won't be studying the mathematics of government some day.
[03:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:31] <exec> 08└─yo, pi = 3
[03:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:33] <exec> 08└─Oh, how presumptuous are you today, my dear! I can only assume you had a good sleep, as usual.
[03:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:36] <exec> 08└─Did you consider toilet paper math: https://i.imgur.com [imgur.com]
[03:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:38] <exec> 08└─I often wonder if we won't be studying the mathematics of government some day.
[03:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:40] <exec> 08└─Amazed = to marvel != paradox
[03:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:43] <exec> 08└─presume that the programmers understand the effects of variables ranging from public opinion, to nationalism, to perceived threats, to actual threats
[03:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:45] <exec> 08└─See Asimov, Hari Seldon... https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[03:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:47] <exec> 08└─You can't tell me Canada is the weakest country in the world just because they have a lot of friends. They could absolutely hold their own against the combined police departments from a small to medium sized state for a few days.
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[03:14:04] <exec> 08└─Perhaps. But I would say you should read up on how money is stored and used and created. You will see that a lot of work goes into creating a stable system. Before the system we have now our money acted like bitcoin does right now. There *will* be a bust in bitcoin (and the related coins as they are...
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[03:14:06] <exec> 08└─Not really. They are looking to get ahead of it and control it. They probably will. Those with power can subsume wealth. It is how they work. It is how mega wealth works. There will be a few new millionares. But that is something they are willing to let happen. You do not fleece people with 2 dollar...
[03:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:08] <exec> 08└─Blockchain technology in general? No.
[03:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:10] <exec> 08└─Real wealth creation comes from loaning money that didnt previously exist to your buddies/partners/whoever. Not saying bitcoin is the solution but if you dont even understand/believe that simple fact you are going to get screwed over eventually. Of course you could luck out and outlive the ponzi tho...
[03:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:12] <exec> 08└─How is proof of work an environmental disaster?
[03:14:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 959 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:33] <exec> 08└─Machine shop we worked with used to put their waterjet cutter sludge into the flowerbeds. EPA called them on it, made them stop and also remove what they had spread around on the ground. Owner was a typical Rush Limbaugh fan and bitched up, down, left and right about how it's just "inert ruby dust,...
[03:15:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:06] <exec> 08└─Something about the Russians loving their children too.
[03:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:08] <exec> 08└─Must be confusing hearing that whoooshing sound go over your head all day long.
[03:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:10] <exec> 08└─Sounds like my social life is finally on the upswing. Now, if you'll excuse me, I should probably take a shower before my "date" gets here.
[03:16:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:03] <exec> 08└─I'm ready for alien bestiality. Just find me a hole.
[03:16:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:24] <exec> 08└─Pasteurized-milk camembert tastes smells strongly of ammonia. I expect that most French people will not want to spend money on that, given the breadth of choices. For export (like to the US), people with no choice will just get the inferior product with the known name.
[03:16:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 1628 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:27] <exec> 08└─Orange juice is pasteurized mostly for longer shelf life. It's true that pasteurization can produce a significant difference in the flavor. But on an industrial scale of production, pasteurization adds a safety layer. Milk is pasteurized because historically it was a huge disease-carrying agent (and...
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[04:13:30] <exec> 08└─The only market I can see for this stuff is comprised of people already so deep in the Apple world that they have stockholm syndrome. They aren't unique, there's no reason to believe that they'll be all that good compared to what's already out there, and they won't be winning on price either. But th...
[04:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:50] <exec> 08└─But isn't that the point? They don't have to hold back anyone, because 1. They have lots of allies and 2. Those allies spend alot of time trying to prevent a recurrence of the events immediately after 28 June 1914.. (even if they do manage to send member states broke now and again.)
[04:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:51] <exec> 08└─As in Russia in 1944, it could be a big mistake to invade Canada in winter.
[04:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:53] <exec> 08└─government has the electrolytes that pi craves
[04:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:56] <exec> 08└─> a 'cargo' by ship and a 'shipment' by truck Yeah, right. Next you'll be telling me that I should be parking my car on a driveway and driving it on a parkway. I'm not falling for your word games!
[04:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:17] <exec> 08└─That might be somewhat true. But you would need muscle to squeeze out the vigorous from the marks. Real wealth building requires acquiring and holding real estate. Nobody is making more land (except maybe Pele in Hawaii).
[04:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:19] <exec> 08└─What do you mean "but"? You are literally creating wealth from nothing, like alchemy.
[04:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:15:17] <exec> 08└─It's only impressive if you believe it. Each drone has a high-definition camera, GPS antenna, flight control system and data link with satellite communication capability, according to the Post.
[04:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:15:19] <exec> 08└─I want to believe.
[04:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:25] <exec> 08└─Will they overturn those civil forfeiture cases against cash held by people possessing MJ? Land of the free, my balls! ^ Why punctuation is important, friends.
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[05:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:29] <exec> 08└─Bad enough they drink it warm, but with CO2 injection? That's for Sody-pop! Real beer gets it's bubbly from secondary fermentation! In the bottle or keg. Yes, a few explode, but that is the price of real beer.
[05:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:30] <exec> 08└─Real beer gets it's bubbly from secondary fermentation!
[05:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:39] <exec> 08└─There is an opportunity at the moment. Bluetooth 5 phones are starting to roll out yet the cans and buds that can make full use of it are scarce. This is a prime opportunity for Apple as they can use their expertise is providing a highly polished/refined product, albeit above average price, to disru...
[05:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:42] <exec> 08└─Hmm, I didn't realize that iPhone 8/8+/X all supported Bluetooth 5. Do AirPods need Bluetooth 5 support? The main feature is longer range, right? Not too applicable if you have both the earbuds and the phone on your body.
[05:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:04] <exec> 08└─"Para", on the side, like your reasoning process. "Dox" more properly "doxa", thought, opinion. So it, ironically is something besides your opinion!
[05:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:06] <exec> 08└─The more you have the more you get weighed down by them.... Trump may be on to something there, but he's probably gone a bit too far in cutting all ties.
[05:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:08] <exec> 08└─The original "paradox of power" is that the more power you have, the less control you have of events, which is to say, the less power you have. Now that truly is a paradox, especially for the RealPolitikers among us. I recommend Zeev Maoz 1990. Paradoxes of War: On the Art of National Self-Entrapmen...
[05:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:10] <exec> 08└─You may say that, in hopes that they will not know that summer in Canada is only a feint that will trap you in Winter, eh?
[05:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:12] <exec> 08└─The way I read the explanation, I see that it weakens you if your allies are not mutually allied. In other words, the worst you can do is to fuel animosities between your allies. So how is Trump doing on that scale?
[05:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:15] <exec> 08└─That's either insightful genius or total nonsense. Leaning towards the latter here. If more power is actually really less power, then real more power is less is more is less is more. Therefore the opposite is true!
[05:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:17] <exec> 08└─You have begun the path of understanding, my young Jedi! Do not try to bend the spoon, that is impossible. Only realize the truth, there is no Trump. Also, realpolitikers tend to exhibit two-dimensional win-lose thinking, and think they are Ricardo Montalban. So the only thing to do is take off and...
[05:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:19] <exec> 08└─Less is more. Nothing is everything. The tighter your grip the more slips through your fingers.
[05:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:21] <exec> 08└─Doesn't that 'whoosh' sound you hear so many times a day bother you?
[05:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:24] <exec> 08└─I suspect they are measuring individual power, which is all great but pales in comparison to group power, which is why allies are made in the first place.
[05:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:48] <exec> 08└─Its the part that takes the most compute power - i.e. mining for the next coin sequence. There's studies out there around how much electricity is used/wasted, hence the environmental disaster.
[05:14:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:49] <exec> 08└─But what to replace proof-of-work with? Proof-of-stake has rightly been attacked as yet another way of making the rich richer.
[05:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:51] <exec> 08└─Full faith and credit! Full faith and credit! I want to believe, but since there is no one to have faith in, and credit for bitcoin, I have neither. This is why I only deal in Dogecoin. I know that if it comes down to it, I caen find that Japanese dog and get my money back. Dog lien. Adverse posses...
[05:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:54] <exec> 08└─Proof of work is an environmental disaster, only works if there are a very small number of blockchains using it (as recently demonstrated on Bitcoin Gold and many other alt-coins), and is rapidly driving power and control over these networks out of the hands of "the little people" into the hands of...
[05:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:56] <exec> 08└─In other words, bitcoin is anti-green and facilitates AGW.
[05:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:58] <exec> 08└─If electricity company could start accepting bitcoins for payment, you would see sudden drop in price of gfx cards I am sure.
[05:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:01] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin burns through 32 TW per year [arstechnica.com]. Each bitcoin transaction costs 250 kW !!! This power burn is a disaster, considering that the society does not gain anything from this game - too few people are interested, and even then for speculation. BTC is not well configured to be a store...
[05:15:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:03] <exec> 08└─It's like opening the water faucet and having drinking water just go down the drain, then selling the water meter reading. All it does is use resources without something useful happening.
[05:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:25] <exec> 08└─Instantly close factories, remind people that bullets to the head happen to recidivists.
[05:15:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:26] <exec> 08└─You got it backwards. Chinese companies use banned CFCs, and US ones don't. Therefore, US environmental standards are more effective.
[05:16:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:05] <exec> 08└─I'm calling BS.
[05:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:14] <exec> 08└─You're missing a question mark and "No." after "civil forfeiture cases".
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[06:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:33] <exec> 08└─This should motivate hundreds, if not thousands of new home brewers. (And if you know what you're doing, you can avoid bottle grenades with a few basic sums.)
[06:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:35] <exec> 08└─Somehow, can't we fix climate change and the beer problem at the same time?
[06:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:37] <exec> 08└─Nitrogen is used in some brews, smaller finer bubbles I am told. I am not sure the cost difference. I've also been in some real old school pubs in which the bubbles are forced into the brew by hand pumping. I am sure that the Crafty folks who make microbrews will come up with something.
[06:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:39] <exec> 08└─Try a nitro milk stout sometime, if you see it.
[06:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 712 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:50] <exec> 08└─Both the device need to be on 5 to get the benefits of 5. You'd think 4 is enough on paper if everything is on your body, but I've been using bt buds for a year now with a few buds and cans, all of them suffer from drop out occasionally even though they're next to me. I'm hoping bt 5 gives better st...
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[06:13:52] <exec> 08└─Apple execs and marketing have lost all track of reality.
[06:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:25] <exec> 08└─Also, realpolitikers tend to exhibit two-dimensional win-lose thinking
[06:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:26] <exec> 08└─So how is Trump doing on that scale?
[06:14:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:28] <exec> 08└─Group power is only useful when everyone in the group will work toward a common interest even when it conflicts with their individual interests. When have countries been known to give up a strategic advantage, even to an ally?
[06:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:31] <exec> 08└─Probably no more than your whooshes bother you. Pretty clear that GP understood GGP's post perfectly.
[06:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:33] <exec> 08└─They have, closest example being permanent members of UNSC, and UNSC in general.
[06:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:35] <exec> 08└─What day is designated to be summer in Canada this year?
[06:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:37] <exec> 08└─Say, for military bases?
[06:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:39] <exec> 08└─Probably no more than your whooshes bother you.
[06:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:42] <exec> 08└─USA: GDP $19.39 trillion, 326m people. Permanent member of UN Security Council, member of G7, G20, OECD, NATO, ANZUS North Korea: GDP $25 billion (0.12% of USA), 25m people. Friends with Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China. Everyone else hates them. Kim Jong Un and the Trumpinator met as equals recently....
[06:14:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 95 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:54] <exec> 08└─I've got a few for sale btw. Better not get left behind, you may not get them this cheap again.
[06:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:14] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin burns through 32 TW per year [arstechnica.com]. Each bitcoin transaction costs 250 kW !!!
[06:15:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:15] <exec> 08└─You need just better control over central bankers. Transitioning to electronic credits will allow you to trace emission of that particular coin. Publish the numbers, and anyone will be able to detect that their coins came from an undeclared emission. Today we do not have this system; cash has number...
[06:15:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 134 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:26] <exec> 08└─How much pollution can companies dump in US rivers/air and barely get a slap on the wrist, if anything at all, under the current EPA ?
[06:15:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hartree [195] 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 854 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:30] <exec> 08└─Notice this: "As it happens, a crackdown was underway in the town and moments later, four officials entered Mr. Zhang's factory, handed him a leaflet warning against a range of environmental violations, including using CFC-11, and ordered his factory closed." This happened when the NYT investigation...
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[06:20:20] <exec> 08└─As someone who has worked at one of the Baby Bells (before AT&T, like Cronus, swallowed them all again), I had to laugh at the idea that they have imagination. They don't. I've worked in (state) government as well. Some individuals within agencies have imagination, but it's mostly spent on getting b...
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[07:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xbox One to Receive Keyboard and Mouse Support - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:26] <exec> 08└─Mouse and keyboard, operating system exclusive? Isn't that illegal?
[07:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xbox One to Receive Keyboard and Mouse Support - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:28] <exec> 08└─Give it a gen or two and it will be https://www.theregister.co.uk [theregister.co.uk] .
[07:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:41] <exec> 08└─Somehow, can't we fix climate change and the beer problem at the same time?
[07:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 1300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:42] <exec> 08└─I clicked through the references to get at the underlying cause [gasworld.com]. Traditionally, one of the largest sources of food grade CO2 in Europe has been from ammonia plants. While in the past decade, other sources of CO2 have been invested in – including raw gas streams from chemical operati...
[07:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:45] <exec> 08└─There's nitro coffee too.
[07:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:13:47] <exec> 08└─We drink it cold over here, and we care a lot less about global warming.
[07:14:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 335 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:14:06] <exec> 08└─The game, and the conclusions reached, presume that the programmers understand the effects of variables ranging from public opinion, to nationalism, to perceived threats, to actual threats - and much much more. Further, it is presumed that those programmers successfully created algorithms to reflect...
[07:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:14:40] <exec> 08└─Khaaaaaaaaannnn!!!!!!! Khaaaaaaaaaaaann!!!!!!1!
[07:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:14:42] <exec> 08└─...If more power is actually really less power, then real more power is less is more is less is more. Therefore the opposite is true!
[07:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:15:17] <exec> 08└─I have a handful of spooge, which took me a half-hour to produce. Now, all I have to do is find someone else to buy it as "proof of work".
[07:15:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:15:41] <exec> 08└─China generally doesn't care about this... China cares about getting caught. As long as you stay under the radar, and pay the right people, damn the environment.
[07:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:00] <exec> 08└─Exactly. Where else would we get our cheese-eating surrender monkeys from if there was no more cheese?
[07:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:01] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the clear analysis.
[07:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:03] <exec> 08└─Citation? I've had reactions to Canadian "dark chocolate" and found it contained skim milk products, and I'm pretty sure I had the same happen after some Trader Joe's dark.
[07:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:06] <exec> 08└─> lactose allergy Really? Not a casein allergy? If that's true, you're in an extreme minority. Most people who can't have milk are lactose intolerant (stop making lactase, start getting gas and the shits etc from milk) or, fewer, casein allergic. Lactose itself is a simple sugar, it'd be pretty hard...
[07:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:08] <exec> 08└─I looked it up /for/ you. You're wrong. There are minimum cocoa fat and/or solids standards for "chocolate" and "dark chocolate", but the EU, USA, and Canada don't have rules preventing any milk ingredients in products labelled "dark chocolate."
[07:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:10] <exec> 08└─> can't say I've seen any dark chocolate with milk in it, as it would be milk chocolate at that point. You just haven't read the labels. US, EU, Canada all allow milk ingredients in dark chocolate, as long as minimums of cocoa are met.
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[08:13:26] <exec> 08└─In fact, we've had X on our boxes for a long time now. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Someone playing catchup again.
[08:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xbox One to Receive Keyboard and Mouse Support - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:27] <exec> 08└─There are two USB ports on the XBOX One so just plug in a standard USB keyboard and a standard USB mouse?
[08:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 1771 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:44] <exec> 08└─I did not know there was even a distinction between food-grade and industrial CO2, until it was placed in the jug. It all comes from fractionating air, doesn't it? I may be in trouble here, as I have been getting CO2 for years from an industrial refrigeration supplier, who gets it from a welding sup...
[08:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:46] <exec> 08└─and not unique to the UK http://www.abc.net.au [abc.net.au]
[08:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:48] <exec> 08└─I was looking around at this a few weeks ago and came to the conclusion "maybe food grade has fewer impurities (other gases), or maybe it's exactly the same".
[08:14:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:44] <exec> 08└─you band together so that the combined strength is enough to balance any outside threat, rather than each country wasting huge resources in order to balance potential coalitions of outside threats. what the fuck is wrong with these people?
[08:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:45] <exec> 08└─Sorry, it was last week: you missed it. That means it's winter again. So don't invade now. Please.
[08:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:15:21] <exec> 08└─Power-to-the-people = The country that subsidizes energy and heavy silicon the most.
[08:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:15:22] <exec> 08└─A peeve here. That's 32 TWh and 250 kWh. Watts are a unit of power. Watt-hours are a unit of energy. And that's just not a lot of power.
[08:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:18:11] <exec> 08└─That's "by (intelligent?) design". There are some things that dogs need that they can only extract on the second pass.
[08:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:18:41] <exec> 08└─So there's no similar pharmaceutical from other countries with saner drug (and socialized medicine) policies? Maybe the epileptic conditions it treats are too rare to be interesting research targets? This sounds kind of suspicious.
[08:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06OpenBSD Chief De Raadt Says No Easy Fix For New Intel CPU Bug - 1452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:15] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the link, RS3! I did not know if it would be worth it to try to rebuild a system, given just the CPU and some memory. Its been my experience that anything with big heat sinks may be old technology that's best left alone. My cellphone may be more powerful. But sometimes they are little...
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[09:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:21] <exec> 08└─I guess the new stuff will rather taste like tea, since we're running out of CO2 now ....
[09:14:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:14:47] <exec> 08└─Now having more allies may mean having less power, but given the paradox of power, the less power you have, the more actual power you actually have, Just probably means you can't do whatever you want with it.
[09:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:16:28] <exec> 08└─Interesting but you're still onboard for solving the Justin situation and nuking Canada?
[09:16:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Safer Alternative to CRISPR - In Utero Nanoparticle Delivery for Site-Specific Genome Editing - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:16:56] <exec> 08└─I'm glad you put a positive spin on this. Maybe the future won't be Idiocracy, or even Morlocs and Eloi. Maybe it will be carefully engineered humans who, on account of their great intellect, will be able to study all of my archived posts on soylentnews and fully appreciate my genius.
[09:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End to a French Cheese Tradition? - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:16] <exec> 08└─Maybe the "monkeys" are surrendering their act of eating cheese?
[09:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Gives Jupiter The Van Gogh Treatment With Magnificent New Image - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:19:01] <exec> 08└─why they were going to crash it this month
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[10:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03pD-brane [6728] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:13:28] <exec> 08└─What do you recommend [not] doing?
[10:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:13:29] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with a filthy, disgusting laptop? First, it's your own personal filth, why should you be disgusted by it. Second, the more it keeps others away from it, the more personal and secure the laptop is. Tell you what, everybody's target should be getting their laptop so filthy that not even F...
[10:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:07] <exec> 08└─The slight difference between industrial-grade CO2 and food-grade CO2 is the type of tests that are done to qualify CO2 as beverage or beer gas-grade compared to industrial-grade. Currently, the FDA's requirement for food-grade CO2 a 99.90% purity rating. The other .09% is made up of impurities such...
[10:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:08] <exec> 08└─As long as those other gases were in the air anyway, I suppose I would not give much of a hoot. As long as they weren't hydrocarbons. Preferably not oxygen... well that tends to oxidize things. I don't want traces of machine and lubricating oils in my beverage. They probably aren't good for me, I...
[10:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:10] <exec> 08└─Sounds like that's how it's done. Also for Dewar buckets of liquid Nitrogen or Oxygen for laboratory use. In Europe this niche is filled by Air Liquide [wikipedia.org] company.
[10:14:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 340 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:14:47] <exec> 08└─The original "paradox of power" is that the more power you have, the less control you have of events, which is to say, the less power you have. Now that truly is a paradox, especially for the RealPolitikers among us. I recommend Zeev Maoz 1990. Paradoxes of War: On the Art of National Self-Entrapmen...
[10:16:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 2058 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:16:09] <exec> 08└─Perhaps a more serious problem is that there are worse consequences for good behavior in an environment where rules and enforcement are a joke: you lose. You go out of business. If by getting away with cheating, a competitor is able to reduce expenses and lower prices below the expenses of rivals, a...
[10:20:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:20:19] <exec> 08└─Nah, at least I was smart enough to see the thing I was looking at was smarter than me. Best let sleeping dogs lie. Or at least not invite it to where I live!
[10:20:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 1481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:20:21] <exec> 08└─I understand most of these are 24 volt systems. Four wires. One is common. Three wires left. One is "Cold Call". Connect this to the common and the system goes into air conditioner mode. The next is "Heat Call". Connect this to the common and the system goes into heating mode. The last being "Fa...
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[11:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Walzmyn [987] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:24] <exec> 08└─I run Thinkpads. I clean them with water hoses :)
[11:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:26] <exec> 08└─Tell you what, everybody's target should be getting their laptop so filthy that not even FBI/NSA/etc would dare touch it.
[11:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:28] <exec> 08└─> Ninety percent or higher isopropyl alcohol is ideal I'm surrounded by cheapskates, if I ask someone to pick up a bottle of 90% rubbing alcohol while they are at the drug store they shop on price and get the 70% stuff for $0.25 less. In my experience the 70% is next to useless as a cleaner. Seems l...
[11:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:30] <exec> 08└─So not sure if you are sarcastic ....
[11:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:32] <exec> 08└─And FBI wares gloves ...
[11:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:35] <exec> 08└─I'm surrounded by cheapskates, if I ask someone to pick up a bottle of 90% rubbing alcohol while they are at the drug store they shop on price and get the 70% stuff for $0.25 less.
[11:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:13] <exec> 08└─Where are all the SN "free market solves everything" posters? Shouldn't a shortage like this be immediately filled by the market??
[11:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:25] <exec> 08└─I've been saying for ages that Apple is moving to be in a market with LVMH or Kering, rather than Microsoft or Google. Or maybe a very comfortable monopoly position just in between. While it surely applies for the typical post-classic fanboy dork, would you think it's Stockholm Syndrome when a troph...
[11:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:26] <exec> 08└─@Rich, what is a trophy wife? This seems a weird concept. Do you think this is common in the USA
[11:14:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:29] <exec> 08└─I dropped a more than normal ammount of money on my WI-1000X from Sony and so far nothing to complain. I only get stutter 10 meters away in my office. The only time i got stuttering, was funny enough, yesterday in the waiting gate of the airport. Even so it was like once in 15 minutes with a duratio...
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[11:15:09] <exec> 08└─USA: GDP $19.39 trillion, 326m people. Permanent member of UN Security Council, member of G7, G20, OECD, NATO, ANZUS North Korea: GDP $25 billion (0.12% of USA), 25m people. Friends with Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China. Everyone else hates them. Kim Jong Un and the Trumpinator met as equals recently....
[11:15:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:16] <exec> 08└─You can look at a volcano going off, a rocket launch, etc and be amazed without having anything to do with a paradox.
[11:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:18] <exec> 08└─Depends on what you are gripping really. If I grip too tightly it stops slipping at all. And it hurts.
[11:15:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:55] <exec> 08└─Puritans have been saying this about nearly everything people like to do for awhile. Over 99% of what people use energy for can be considered "waste". Are you really falling for it in this case? Also, the energy used for mining s a fraction of a percent of what is just lost to fixable grid, power pl...
[11:15:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:57] <exec> 08└─Do those studies tell you how much energy is used for various other "wasteful" activities like driving to work instead of public transport, playing violent video games, looking at porn, drinking/partying, etc?
[11:15:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:59] <exec> 08└─And how is that worse than the amount of energy and resources used by HFT, Wall Street traders, hell any financial system at all? If we were all perfect little communists you could eliminate an awful lot of wasted resources by just having everybody work for the good of society, and take only what th...
[11:16:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:01] <exec> 08└─The average daily electric energy consumption in the developed world is about 20 kWh per day. Unless you live in some third world shit-hole, or somehow manage to use only one seventh the energy of your compatriots, you are a lying sack of shit.
[11:16:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:03] <exec> 08└─So 1/5th of the anual energy consumption of my household per transaction is "not a lot of power"?
[11:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FDA Approves Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Drug, DEA Reclassification Expected Soon - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:19:25] <exec> 08└─So there's no similar pharmaceutical from other countries with saner drug (and socialized medicine) policies?
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[11:20:41] <exec> 08└─I note that CheatersSpyShop is offline... they used to be promoted by the television show "Cheaters" to document cheating spouses. But its still quite easy to put bugs in smartphones, so that you can track phones, using the same methods moms use to track kids, alzheimer parents, or finding lost pet...
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[12:13:24] <exec> 08└─I'll just leave these here: https://www.theonion.com [theonion.com] https://boingboing.net [boingboing.net]
[12:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:39] <exec> 08└─To clean keyboards, mice, etc (ie, the bits you touch/spill food on), nothing beats a good wash with soap. Just remember to rinse thoroughly and allow to completely dry before plugging back in. Don't do this with a laptop though! :)
[12:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:41] <exec> 08└─I haven't noticed the old methylated or 'denatured' alcohol around here in years, it's isopropyl instead, which is fine with me. Great cleaner, not so poisonous.
[12:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:50] <exec> 08└─Weed and Beer .. Weer? Beed? One filling one vice, need or urge just isn't enough?
[12:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:52] <exec> 08└─Because the last thing I want are two depressants in my system at once. I have smoked and drank many a time and it just makes me pass out faster. And his is exactly what I didn't want with legalization: the grass fuckers getting their slimy fingers in the weed market trying to reinvent it. News flas...
[12:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:26] <exec> 08└─Thanks! I will be asking about that. I'll come back and thank you with a modpoint when I get some! :)
[12:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:27] <exec> 08└─Where are all the SN "free market solves everything" posters? Shouldn't a shortage like this be immediately filled by the market??
[12:14:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:43] <exec> 08└─Rich, what is a trophy wife? This seems a weird concept.
[12:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:33] <exec> 08└─That's actually an interesting point. It seems the media and establishments everywhere claim to hate Trump, so if he is fostering commonalities between the various US allies, is he actually strengthening the US by giving his various allies common ground? The US is too big and history too deep for an...
[12:15:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:35] <exec> 08└─> Kim Jong Un and the Trumpinator met as equals recently. I think there's something to this. Note: there's a difference between "US and NK are equals" and "Kim Jong-Un and the Trumpeteer are equals".
[12:15:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:37] <exec> 08└─Halle-fucking-lujah. That was my first thought as well. It's disturbing how many people seem to have trouble with the entire concept of an "ally" :/
[12:16:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:19] <exec> 08└─To put that in perspective, merchants complain about credit card companies charging 30¢/transaction.
[12:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:21] <exec> 08└─As to it being an "environmental disaster" that's sheer puffery.
[12:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 1242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:23] <exec> 08└─Whatever you are smoking must be some good shit; would you like to share? That is an insane amount of power to process one transaction. 250kw/h is enough to fully charge 3 electric cars! I would say in a month, I probably have 20 or so transactions. 20 * $25 = $500 / month in transaction costs. Your...
[12:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:25] <exec> 08└─How about dropping the figleaf of anonymity and standing behind transactions with some kind of identity and credit history?
[12:16:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:27] <exec> 08└─it is already clear that blockchains are not a good replacement to credits
[12:16:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:53] <exec> 08└─"Not much or they'd already be doing it. The US EPA has some teeth." Well that certainly explains why there are plenty of rivers in the US that are simply undrinkable these days.
[12:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:09] <exec> 08└─Because we all know that restraining orders are soooooo effective.
[12:21:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:10] <exec> 08└─The law however regards it as speech protected under the first amendment.
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[13:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:38] <exec> 08└─More more more more! buy buy buy! Tell your shallow friends you have more of something than they do! Can we please have an open Linux phone with a 1+GHz quad core, 1-2GB RAM and 64GB of flash? I dont give a fuck how many cameras it has so long as that number is at least 1 (I've never used a front fa...
[13:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:55] <exec> 08└─I haven't noticed the old methylated or 'denatured' alcohol around here in years
[13:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:57] <exec> 08└─When I use soap and water on a keyboard, I turn it upside down over the sink and use a soapy brush. This way the water doesn't run inside. Minor warning -- a lot of crap usually falls out when inverted, can make a mess. Someone else mentioned vacuuming up a key cap. Seems like a piece of plastic win...
[13:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:59] <exec> 08└─Interesting. Isopropyl is only $1.50/quart (that's about .95 litre) here and denatured (I did find it when I specifically looked for it) is $3.50 so that's not a reason to use it here.
[13:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:01] <exec> 08└─with an external keyboard, it only takes half an hour to take out the individual keys and then you can clean the really disgusting stuff underneath. I guess if you try that with a modern laptop, you'll break half the keys...
[13:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:03] <exec> 08└─Interesting. Isopropyl is only $1.50/quart (that's about .95 litre) here and denatured (I did find it when I specifically looked for it) is $3.50 so that's not a reason to use it here.
[13:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:05] <exec> 08└─Experience helps you make good decisions. You know how you get experience? By making bad decisions.
[13:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:08] <exec> 08└─I solve the key-cap-sucked-away issue with one of these round mesh kitchen oil spray shields for frypans. Put it on the keyboard and vacuum through it, liberally applying suction power. Then marvel at the obscure gunk that comes out between the keys :) Just be sure the shield is throughly cleaned wh...
[13:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:10] <exec> 08└─My computers, keyboards, mice, stay fairly clean, and I do clean things occasionally. I'm going to get some of those biohazard symbol stickers- that'll ward off some of the vermin. The worst vermin won't care or maybe won't even be aware.
[13:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:12] <exec> 08└─I know people who use grain alcohol as a cleaner.
[13:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:57] <exec> 08└─Where are all the SN "free market solves everything" posters? Shouldn't a shortage like this be immediately filled by the market??
[13:16:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:06] <exec> 08└─I won't trust it unless it's based on several play-throughs of Civ. Civ 4, of course.
[13:16:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 776 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:17] <exec> 08└─That quote came from a speech by Agustín Carstens, the head of the Bank of International Settlements, given in Frankfurt earlier this year, on 6 February 2018. Novel technology is not the same as better technology or better economics. That is clearly the case with Bitcoin: while perhaps intended as...
[13:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:54] <exec> 08└─you could luck out and outlive the ponzi though.
[13:16:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:56] <exec> 08└─And stock transactions can be had for $10 per. It's a little pricey for a transaction fee and may go up even further.
[13:16:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:58] <exec> 08└─That is an insane amount of power to process one transaction.
[13:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:00] <exec> 08└─So no actual evidence to support the claim of environmental disaster. The problem with extrapolating from current usage and efficiency to some hypothetical state is that the latter is hypothetical and not actually happening. Sure, it indicates substantial environmental harm and/or societal inefficie...
[13:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:03] <exec> 08└─then selling the water meter reading
[13:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:05] <exec> 08└─So no actual evidence to support the claim of environmental disaster.
[13:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:07] <exec> 08└─It is very easy to measure the environmental effects [politico.com].
[13:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:09] <exec> 08└─Did you read what you are responding to at all?
[13:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:11] <exec> 08└─What the hell are you talking about [politico.com]? Maybe you're a fan of the technology, but that doesn't justify trying to hand-waive away the amount of energy it takes and sweep it under a magic "secondary transaction" carpet.
[13:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:39] <exec> 08└─Well that certainly explains why there are plenty of rivers in the US that are simply undrinkable these days.
[13:17:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:40] <exec> 08└─Yeah well, it's not like nobody knew the rules going into the fight. Besides, republicans and democrats are a distinction without a difference. The *People* on each side are just as tribal as the other. Majority rule is no damn good!
[13:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:42] <exec> 08└─The US EPA has some teeth. *Not anymore*
[13:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:44] <exec> 08└─Aaand we single out China... why exactly? We can only separate ourselves by degree, not character.
[13:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:01] <exec> 08└─It's sad, but what are we to do about it? My take is that if someone refuses to change their life (including help from others) and the abuser doesn't do any obvious criminal acts, we can't do a thing about it. It's "Sucks to be them".
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[14:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:28] <exec> 08└─Only listing two of the 5280 currently known genders is a microaggression, you literally hitlers!
[14:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:29] <exec> 08└─So what did they reduce for the darker skin tones: The number of false positives, or the number of false negatives?
[14:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:31] <exec> 08└─So what did they reduce for the darker skin tones:
[14:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:34] <exec> 08└─Literally.
[14:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:36] <exec> 08└─Only listing two of the 5280 currently known genders is a microaggression, you literally hitlers!
[14:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:38] <exec> 08└─I wander if this will not lead to a genetic advantage in a future distopia where being darker, woman and plain features will get you anonymous in a crowd
[14:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 1115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:48] <exec> 08└─Seconded. But one of the key features that iOS and Android have (and I imagine Windows Phone, Blackberry OS, SailfishOS, Tizen, and so forth) is APIs that applications are required to support to automatically: save state and switch to lower power mode when the application goes to the background, sav...
[14:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:50] <exec> 08└─the correct number of cameras is 42.
[14:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:52] <exec> 08└─So you are not happy with 500Mhz dual core, 512Mb ram, 8Gb flash and shouting: "More more more more! buy buy buy!" Merry Christmas, everyone!
[14:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Michael.Jackson [1266] (Score: 1) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:55] <exec> 08└─Put a removable battery back in.
[14:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:57] <exec> 08└─The things I want in a smartphone: fits reasonably in a pocketall-day battery life with moderate usagephysical keyboard3.5mm TRRS headphone jackUSB-C connector for power and dataprice that's not outrageousremovable/replaceable battery What every phone maker wants to sell me: 6-inch 21:9 screenSUPER...
[14:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:23] <exec> 08└─Used to be a guy could pop off all the keycaps, throw them in the dishwasher, and vacuum out the keyswitches while the keycaps got washed. On cheaper keyboards with industrial-grade dishwasher detergent, you might lose the printed letters, but real programmers don't need those anyhow. On the TRS-80...
[14:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:24] <exec> 08└─Tell you what, everybody's target should be getting their laptop so filthy that not even FBI/NSA/etc would dare touch it.
[14:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:26] <exec> 08└─I use Thinkpads too. I regularly (normally annually*) dismantle them and scrub them in the bath with fairy liquid and a plastic nailbrush - like they would in the factory after soldering. (Obviously excluding the batteries, hard disk and speakers). "Finger over the water tap" squirting to clean the...
[14:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:37] <exec> 08└─Maybe they should just make better beer. I'm not really sure why people buy and drink that stuff. I'm lucky to have an awesome brewery in our local town of 8000, but almost anything else (including not drinking beer) is better than most of the stuff that comes out of the big breweries.
[14:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:39] <exec> 08└─I've never heard of that. It sounds interesting and as it has no THC in it it should be as available as any other beer.
[14:15:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 1300 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:03] <exec> 08└─I clicked through the references to get at the underlying cause [gasworld.com]. Traditionally, one of the largest sources of food grade CO2 in Europe has been from ammonia plants. While in the past decade, other sources of CO2 have been invested in – including raw gas streams from chemical operati...
[14:15:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 428 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:09] <exec> 08└─The slight difference between industrial-grade CO2 and food-grade CO2 is the type of tests that are done to qualify CO2 as beverage or beer gas-grade compared to industrial-grade. Currently, the FDA's requirement for food-grade CO2 a 99.90% purity rating. The other .09% is made up of impurities such...
[14:15:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:17] <exec> 08└─They distil at quite different temperatures, so that makes separation and purification a bit easier. I've worked with liquid Nitrogen (which is clear) but never with liquid Oxygen. They said that you have to be very careful with LOX because when it's liquid it's much more concentrated than at gas te...
[14:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grayson [5696] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:19] <exec> 08└─We have a guy in our home brew club who works for a local producer of liquified gasses (including CO2) who's said that with their production the only difference is generally the tanks used and the price charged. UNLESS they have something that causes the testing to go out of spec for use in food whi...
[14:15:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:35] <exec> 08└─They've certainly not had any interest in quality, at least in the audio domain, for at least 4 years. Have people forgotten Beats? http://www.businessinsider.com
[14:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:29] <exec> 08└─I suspect that Dick Turpin [wikipedia.org] had a problem each time that he wanted to hail or hire a comfy stagecoach, as well. Goes with the job.
[14:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:26] <exec> 08└─That 6 times thing is funny since the number of transactions per block is just a choice. JUst change the blocksize from 1 mb to 1 gb, problem solved: https://news.bitcoin.com [bitcoin.com] The only problem is the price of memory limits w...
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[14:17:59] <exec> 08└─The People voted for one of two evils, because our voting system is a disaster. Chances are, they wanted neither candidate.
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[15:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 1272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:30] <exec> 08└─Crash! The woman's entire body shook in response to the sound of something breaking. She considered several possibilities, but ultimately decided to look down the hallway leading to her back door. As the woman peeked around the corner leading into the hallway, she saw something rapidly approaching h...
[15:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:43] <exec> 08└─I wander if this will not lead to a genetic advantage in a future distopia where being darker, woman and plain features will get you anonymous in a crowd
[15:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:45] <exec> 08└─Dafuq does that even mean? They get 1/9th of the error rate now? Or, they reduced the error rate by x% 9 times? Or - what? Gotta read TFA to even get an idea WTF they mean. Ohhhh - near the top of the page Microsoft hopes to help fix this problem with improved facial recognition technology the compa...
[15:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:47] <exec> 08└─I'm always amused by English people not being capable of grasping reduction and time as a part of the same sentence ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[15:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:49] <exec> 08└─Crash! The woman's entire body shook in response to the sound of something breaking. She considered several possibilities, but ultimately decided to look down the hallway leading to her back door. As the woman peeked around the corner leading into the hallway, she saw something rapidly approaching h...
[15:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:02] <exec> 08└─here: https://puri.sm [puri.sm] I got a laptop from them. camera and mic died after a while (I guess opening and closing screen, plus the hardware switches, made for bad wiring; they gave me information on how to fix it when I asked), but otherwise machine works as advertised. Also, y...
[15:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:31] <exec> 08└─The people that are willing to blindly run that command will not have an OS installed that will recognize it.
[15:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:45] <exec> 08└─http://www.molsoncoors.com/en/brands [molsoncoors.com] They actually make flavorful beers but they keep their primary "drinkability" brands as distinct as possible to avoid angering beer snobs. American pilsner beers make a ton of money because the manufacturing processes have had decades of cost cu...
[15:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:46] <exec> 08└─I know several cannabis smokers who really only drink much while smoking - the combination is a very different experience than either alone. Of course, if you're the sort of person who drinks until they pass out, then yeah, I can totally see how it wouldn't appeal to you. Also. I'd suggest you consi...
[15:14:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:48] <exec> 08└─Oh god u baby
[15:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:51] <exec> 08└─Agreed. Almost everything made in the US is a pilsener. Some pilseners are better than others, but I've never drank one that I really like. An ice cold pilsener on a hot summer day, when you've just got out of the sun - yeah. That's the time when an American beer tastes great. Any other time, almost...
[15:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 743 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:53] <exec> 08└─Informative link. You do have to enter some fake birthdate to enter - make sure it's more than 21 summers ago. Then, you have this stupid bottom banner. This website uses cookies and other tracking technologies to assist with functionality, to analyze your use of our sites and advertising, to provi...
[15:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xbox One to Receive Keyboard and Mouse Support - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:03] <exec> 08└─I'd hope they at least support USB hubs or you're going to have to choose between additional storage and your input peripherals.
[15:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:33] <exec> 08└─Speak for yourself. The only beer I'll drink more than a few degrees below room temperature are the big-name US brands. Yes, yes, I know you don't like them. That's because you've never given them the Pepsi Challenge against a nice, thick, flavorful stout when your clothes are soaked entirely throug...
[15:15:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:35] <exec> 08└─Mostly. Those times when it isn't, it generally comes out the other end the next morning on the throne. That is, if you didn't drink enough that it came out on your sheets while you were asleep in bed.
[15:15:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:37] <exec> 08└─Err... Belgian beers?
[15:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:47] <exec> 08└─Agree. This is why term limits are absolutely vital to prevent de-facto monarchies or dictatorships.
[15:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:46] <exec> 08└─If you think that spending as much electricity as Austria and Iceland combined is "o.k." for entertainment, then sure, we haven't had the disaster yet.
[15:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:48] <exec> 08└─Proper secondary markets won't happen with buttcoin because of the lack of trust in the sender not to double spend, and the inability to make change.
[15:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 1391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:50] <exec> 08└─I would love to have an alternative to Bitcoin, but none of the alternatives I've seen solve the reverse charge problem for me as a seller. Here's the rub. As a seller I get a message from Paypal or my merchant account that a buyer has paid. I pay to ship goods that I paid to buy. Two weeks later th...
[15:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:52] <exec> 08└─A Blockchain is nothing without something to secure it. There are so many people out there that say "I don't like bitcoin, but I like the Blockchain". There is nothing special about a blockchain. Merkle trees have been around since 1979. What makes bitcoin special is the incentive mechanisms. Miners...
[15:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:54] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin Cash. Zero conf (as Satoshi intended) makes transactions faster (for smaller amounts). Bigger blocksize = smaller fees and guaranteed confirmation in next block. Bitcoin is stagnant while Bitcoin Cash is growing at an amazing pace. Bitcoin Cash is the original Bitcoin vision. I strongly feel...
[15:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:27] <exec> 08└─Aside from the fact that he actually lost the popular vote, "this" is what a maximum of about 55% of The People want. That's the thing with democracy when you're stuck with only 2 major parties.
[15:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:07] <exec> 08└─Ahh.., they're responsible for the trauma I received from having to listen to Celine Dion's never ending Titanic song.
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[16:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:31] <exec> 08└─There went my pension fund. I told my agent to invest in the highest risk businesses available. Bastard went with illegal as being "high risk". Just kidding - LMAO!
[16:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:39] <exec> 08└─- Downprice the land - Buy cheap - .......... - Profit.
[16:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:42] <exec> 08└─I recommend driving through sometime if you are in the area. But otherwise an earthquake probably would improve the area. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[16:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:44] <exec> 08└─Someday everything East of the San Andreas fault will fall off into the Atlantic ocean
[16:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:46] <exec> 08└─Someday isn't soon enough. How do we accelerate this process?
[16:14:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 504 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:14] <exec> 08└─The things I want in a smartphone: fits reasonably in a pocketall-day battery life with moderate usagephysical keyboard3.5mm TRRS headphone jackUSB-C connector for power and dataprice that's not outrageousremovable/replaceable battery What every phone maker wants to sell me: 6-inch 21:9 screenSUPER...
[16:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:17] <exec> 08└─You forgot... 9. THE NOTCH YOU ALWAYS WANTED
[16:14:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pD-brane [6728] 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 34 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:25] <exec> 08└─What do you recommend [not] doing?
[16:14:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 338 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:27] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with a filthy, disgusting laptop? First, it's your own personal filth, why should you be disgusted by it. Second, the more it keeps others away from it, the more personal and secure the laptop is. Tell you what, everybody's target should be getting their laptop so filthy that not even F...
[16:14:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:49] <exec> 08└─OSX?
[16:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:50] <exec> 08└─Don't eat over your laptop! I thought my laptop was disgusting from general oil buildup from years of use typing, but then a family member presented me with a laptop that didn't work. To stress the level of debris found in the laptop: cleaning the laptop rendered it usable again. The keys could clic...
[16:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:53] <exec> 08└─I've successfully swapped out some keys on some laptop keyboards. It's a pain to do and half the time it seems like I break something.
[16:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:55] <exec> 08└─The last time I cleaned a couple of keyboards of mine, I just put them on the driveway and blasted them thoroughly with a pressure washer. Perfectly clean, Left them out on the front step in the sun for a couple of days to dry them out. They worked perfectly and looked brand new. I've heard you can...
[16:15:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:56] <exec> 08└─>It all comes from fractionating air, doesn't it? Actually no. Most CO2 is captured as a byproduct of industrial chemical synthesis, such as producing ammonia fertilizer from methane gas. Someone posted a comment above with more detail, including that the UK gets the majority of it's food grade CO2...
[16:15:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:57] <exec> 08└─I agree, with the caveat that after yardwork I would prefer a gallon of water over any beer. I've also gotten old enough that I know even bud light will give me a hangover when dehydrated.
[16:15:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:59] <exec> 08└─My understanding is the real difference between industrial grade/ beverage grade/ medical grade gasses is accountability. Medical grade gasses always have ownership properly documented and handoffs of tanks have paperwork for traceability. Similar for beverage grade, although probably less signature...
[16:16:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:01] <exec> 08└─There are 2 types of beer in the UK. Lager (needs CO2, served cold just like in the US) or ale (doesn't need CO2, is served cellar-temperature, not "warm"). Yes, there are some kinda in the middle (like John Smiths).
[16:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:13] <exec> 08└─So, it looks like there actually isn't strength in diversity.
[16:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:15] <exec> 08└─I can't speak for everyone, obviously, but this works for me on a personal level too. Being married is like being allied (sort of). However, after living on my own for twelve years now I find: I can make decisions faster, without endless negotiation/recrimination. I possess greater wealth. I enjoy m...
[16:17:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:17] <exec> 08└─What day are you coming down to burn Mar a Lago? I'm supposed to bring the marshmallows.
[16:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:20] <exec> 08└─It can be that BOTH are bogus.
[16:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:21] <exec> 08└─I see the appeal of Bitcoin cash, but candidly I wish it hadn't been necessary. The BitCoin team missed a huge opportunity back in 2012. If they had performed an anal-cranio-ectomy* and solved the right-then problem of "the block generation rate is too slow" instead of the 2020 problem of "we need t...
[16:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:24] <exec> 08└─I agree. I really wish it didn't have to come to forking off bitcoin cash. It was a long road though, and it was a last resort. I strongly believe that the Bitcoin Core team has been compromised.
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[17:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:23] <exec> 08└─TOR and VPN are kinda pointless when the telemetry spy crap in your OS rats you out...
[17:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:25] <exec> 08└─Does Qubes OS [qubes-os.org] have any telemetry spy crap?
[17:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:27] <exec> 08└─I guess we'll be seeing a lot less of Ethanol-Fueled unless he gets bail. I'm sure Jmorris was only held for questioning, he's got a stick lodged so far up his butt I doubt he would participate in such activities. Be a dark web voyeur? Sure, jmorris could satisfy those dark urges with just dipping h...
[17:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:38] <exec> 08└─The smell lets you know how close to Salton Sea you are. Kind of a sulfur "rotting carcass" smell.
[17:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:40] <exec> 08└─And north of San Diego, then south of San Diego.
[17:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:42] <exec> 08└─Wait, that's not right. LA is west of the San Andreas! Where is the petition to add LA and Orange County to the "fall in the Atlantic ocean" list ?
[17:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:44] <exec> 08└─https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090264/ [imdb.com] https://www.imdb.com [imdb.com]
[17:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:01] <exec> 08└─why is this a problem to fix? where do I opt out of their fixing the problem of being unable to identify me in public without my explicit consent? that's the problem I want to see fixed.
[17:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:18] <exec> 08└─It doesn't really matter, this is an LG phone, do not buy. I'm on at least my 5th V10 and I'm probably going to have to have it replaced one more time before I buy a new one. I'm just holding out for the next few months when the new Android P phones come out to get rid of my current piece of crap. T...
[17:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:20] <exec> 08└─sorry. I didn't actually realize the reference... my attention is not what it used to be.
[17:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:12] <exec> 08└─Would the fifty US states all be stronger on their own without being part of a larger whole? Would we have gone to the moon? What makes the US a superpower? Maybe having allies makes you "weaker" because you are constrained from engaging in egregious behaviors that your allies would find repugnant....
[17:18:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:51] <exec> 08└─The Chinese could probably find other ways to make illegal refrigerators without using CFCs. Have they tried alternatives to CFCs for building illegal refrigerators?
[17:18:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:52] <exec> 08└─What exactly is global pollution? Is that like peeing in ALL of the swimming pool? Would it be better to only pee in your own area of the swimming pool? That way people in other parts of the pool have no reason for concern and it is none of their business. Maybe the US should stick to just polluting...
[17:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:55] <exec> 08└─The disaster begins long before the two major parties nominate their candidate. Google for Lesterland [lessig.org].
[17:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:57] <exec> 08└─That's the thing with democracy when you're stuck with only 2 major parties. You're only stuck with what the majority chooses. It's still the voters' fault for what we have today. If they want change, they have to take the initiative, not wait for mass media to spoon feed them.
[17:19:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:38] <exec> 08└─Well, last I heard, one fo the Justins lived in Calabasas, CA, so you'd have to nuke L.A. Which sounds like a good proposition.
[17:20:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:34] <exec> 08└─How aware are trees of anything at all?
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[18:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:26] <exec> 08└─Does the use of stingrays interfere with the conscience of a moral person? Of course it does.
[18:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:52] <exec> 08└─Bah! I have no time for your documentaries!
[18:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:10] <exec> 08└─where do I opt out of their fixing the problem of being unable to identify me in public without my explicit consent? that's the problem I want to see fixed.
[18:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:11] <exec> 08└─It has taken you a while but I'm glad to see you're finally joining modern society. *golf clap*
[18:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:13] <exec> 08└─Yes, yes I do. Maybe we need to get the legislative gears turning to make that expectation more of a reality.
[18:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:32] <exec> 08└─https://light.co/ [light.co] https://www.theverge.com [theverge.com] We can add a lot more.
[18:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:07] <exec> 08└─70% is better for killing germs because it permeates cells better due to the water. 90% is better for cleaning.
[18:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:09] <exec> 08└─LoRdTAW? More like LoRdRAW.
[18:15:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:11] <exec> 08└─I'd happily dive inside my Thinkpads, up to and including my X61s, but since replacing it with an X250 I've gone off that. I've been inside it twice so far (once for a hard drive swap, once for a keyboard upgrade), and I'm disappointed to find numerous fiddly plastic catches that need to be pried op...
[18:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:13] <exec> 08└─A firend of mine did this with his mother's typewriter when young: took all the keys off, and also painted white-out over the printed letters. He was not flavour of the week.
[18:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:31] <exec> 08└─Whoever invented fortified wines should be hanged, repeatedly.
[18:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:33] <exec> 08└─I have heard it asserted that if you graft the tops of hops plants onto the roots of marijuana, that you get a hops "that will get you high". I heard that it was being done by some folks in Oregon in a move to hide their crops from the narcs. Now this was decades ago, and I only heard it as a rumor....
[18:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:21] <exec> 08└─...they need to kill the yeast before it leaves the brewery, food regulation and what not. I don't think that's true... (I'd be interested in seeing a citation if it is) It is much faster to not-secondary-ferment, though, and a lot of commercial breweries skip it due to that.
[18:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:22] <exec> 08└─I am sure that the Crafty folks who make microbrews will come up with something. Already done: sugar.
[18:16:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:40] <exec> 08└─Remember when Apple was the default choice for audio producers? I do. Time was, Apple machines were kind of expensive, but not a terrible deal for what you actually got. Combine that with good vendor support from serious software makers, and decent audio interface hardware, and you're in decent shap...
[18:17:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 239 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:25] <exec> 08└─you band together so that the combined strength is enough to balance any outside threat, rather than each country wasting huge resources in order to balance potential coalitions of outside threats. what the fuck is wrong with these people?
[18:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:41] <exec> 08└─There is-- because there is strength in numbers. They just may add up to be bigger than your number. Zombies seem to work well together even though they are made up of a bunch of relatively unskilled resources of diverse origins! I can think of outsourcing companies comprised of the same sort of und...
[18:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:42] <exec> 08└─SimCity was originally created as a simple model of how a city worked by people associated with a bunch of urban planners. That's only the original SimCity, of course, not the later releases...they could be similar, but I have no knowledge of their development, and suspect that there were mainly cha...
[18:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:45] <exec> 08└─So how is Trump doing on that scale? Well on the one hand our allies are now more mutually allied. But on the other, they're mutually allied against us.
[18:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:47] <exec> 08└─An interesting analogy. It's also statistically true that married people live longer than singles. And there are a few other advantages that you overlooked. OTOH, if you are constantly in a power struggle with your spouse, then the advantages may well be nullified. To me this speaks more of a person...
[18:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:49] <exec> 08└─OTOH, if you are constantly in a power struggle with your spouse, then the advantages may well be nullified. To me this speaks more of a personal problem than a problem with marriage itself
[18:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:55] <exec> 08└─has netcraft confirmed it? is it in a magic gartner quadrant? i only invest in what cio.com tells me to. otherwise i wont know what to do in my role as a thought leader.
[18:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:56] <exec> 08└─Half an hour? My bukkakke group is totally gonna get rich off JizzCoin, we can all mine one in 30 seconds flat!
[18:19:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 620 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:19:11] <exec> 08└─The only thing that will change behavior in the US, is when we start billing the executive's family for the bullet we put them down with. Saving that, 10 year minimum sentences in FPMITAP. There are zero consequences to bad behavior in the US. This is because of the absolutely toxic mantra that ever...
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[19:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 1218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:26] <exec> 08└─"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" It was a shout of pleasure, one which echoed loudly throughout the room and rendered all who heard it speechless. There was but one person present in the room from which the sound originated: A man named Timham. Naturally, Timham had been the one who had shouted. But why? A boy. A...
[19:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:28] <exec> 08└─We need to track the I told you sos better.
[19:13:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:30] <exec> 08└─I can't tell from the description whether this could just be preparation for inspections and modifications so that it does not produce "weapons-grade" waste products.
[19:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:32] <exec> 08└─Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the...
[19:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:34] <exec> 08└─You can't tell whether improving the cooling system for their weapons grade reactor is for weapons or not?
[19:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:36] <exec> 08└─I don't see where it says "improving the cooling system", just: The cooling system for the plutonium production reactor has been modified
[19:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:39] <exec> 08└─Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! UID 6614! UID 6614! UID 6614!
[19:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:41] <exec> 08└─Congrats. Your consolidation prize is 20+ million dead. You sure showed me.
[19:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:50] <exec> 08└─FCC response: "We'll have to get back to you on that" We anticipate having an answer within one quarter of a galactic rotation. Thank you for your patience.
[19:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 1218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:52] <exec> 08└─"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" It was a shout of pleasure, one which echoed loudly throughout the room and rendered all who heard it speechless. There was but one person present in the room from which the sound originated: A man named Timham. Naturally, Timham had been the one who had shouted. But why? A boy. A...
[19:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 1131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:55] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure who else pays attention, but Senator Wyden really has my respect for technology. I have yet to hear a single position he has which I disagree with. That's not to say there are none, but the 10-ish things he's taken a stand on that I've heard about I am in complete agreement with. He's p...
[19:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:57] <exec> 08└─It's akin to Wiretapping or putting listening devices in your house. There really needs to be a warrant for the specific person and only their information should be gathered. Anything else is invasion of privacy.
[19:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:07] <exec> 08└─Telemetry is not just limited to the OS, popular applications often include them, often starting out via a more innocent reason. For example, the popular media player VLC includes an "Allow metadata network access" checkbox that defaults to true. With this option enabled, certain metadata about what...
[19:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:09] <exec> 08└─I don't know a lot about Qubes, but nothing is immune to social engineering. Cops pose as criminals on the network, and greedy fucks can't help but play with them. No telemetry spy crap necessary.
[19:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:26] <exec> 08└─Back in 1905, the Colorado River, swollen with heavy rainfall and snowmelt, surged into a dry lake bed along California's San Andreas Fault and formed the Salton Sea.
[19:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:27] <exec> 08└─No sulfer. Just dead fish smell.
[19:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:30] <exec> 08└─I got the blues when my baby left me down by the 'Frisco Bay A homeless addict came and took her away It wasn't HIV or HEP-C but a hungry homeless zombie The sidewalk all covered in crap Crime and faeces when you vote Democrat Well all I see is needles, and a city fallen to crime Please vote Democra...
[19:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:50] <exec> 08└─no, you don't. main reason it's called "the public".
[19:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:51] <exec> 08└─Or they just fed TAY [socialhax.com] some images of Valerie Jarrett?
[19:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:12] <exec> 08└─"fits reasonably in a pocket" "physical keyboard" Choose one you really can't have both and have a screen you can see without special goggles.
[19:15:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:14] <exec> 08└─I tried to submit a story about this but the editors killed it for some reason: https://itsfoss.com [itsfoss.com]
[19:15:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:16] <exec> 08└─Already a story about it: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] We don't accept shitty "It's FOSS" submissions from Derick Sullivan Muhnyong Lobga / princelobga: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] https://soylentnews.org
[19:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:18] <exec> 08└─This was mine: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[19:15:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:20] <exec> 08└─It was probably deleted because we already discussed the Purism Librem 5 as well as your tablet requirements (if that one was yours). I would definitely run another story about Librem 5 when/if it ships in January (or gets delayed). If you want to consistently reach the people, sign up and post a jo...
[19:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:22] <exec> 08└─10. THE BAG OF DONGLES BECAUSE PORTS ARE GROSS
[19:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:09] <exec> 08└─The reason given (presumably in TFA, certainly in European media) is that many ammonia/CO2 factories that normally shut down for maintenance over the summer, when demand for ammonia for fertilizers is low. This year the shutdown of several plants has overlapped, and coincided with unexpected warm we...
[19:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Planning "High-End" Version of AirPods - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:27] <exec> 08└─See: Louise Linton. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
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[20:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:37] <exec> 08└─NK realizing Trump is a dumbass and they can do whatever they want is on Trump, not me.
[20:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:39] <exec> 08└─I'm looking forward to my South Korean refugee wife.
[20:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:41] <exec> 08└─Maybe they've just realized they have a flaw in something and want to not replicate Chernobyl? At this point it's all speculation. Which is about as much as you can get regarding North Korea since they're so closed to outsiders. I would never put much stock into what the current North Korean governm...
[20:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:43] <exec> 08└─If it fails it does in fact mean Trump is just as bad as Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush the Elder, Reagan, etc... Celebrating the breakdown of peace talks, if thats what has happened, just to feel like you won, actually does make you evil. I really feel bad for you that you think this way
[20:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:45] <exec> 08└─I don't see a celebratory mood. Maybe gallows humor. The point is that many of us warned that North Korea had tried to deceive on this very issue before, and that it was important not to get your hopes up about peace talks. But some commentils saw any criticism of this as hoping for the worst, yearn...
[20:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 796 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:47] <exec> 08└─Specifically posts you made that were critical of the meeting and lack of anything of great substance coming from it were valid and necessary. My complaints are specifically about posters like Deathmonkey who do act like they are happy these things are failing. Did I think it would work out? Not rea...
[20:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:50] <exec> 08└─My worst fears/predictions are coming true. That's kind of the opposite of happy.
[20:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:52] <exec> 08└─Yeah, that's really plausible. They're adding adding building and modifications to make it worse.
[20:13:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:54] <exec> 08└─I can't tell from the description whether this could just be preparation for inspections and modifications so that it does not produce "weapons-grade" waste products.
[20:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:57] <exec> 08└─I see, we need to be really really reeeaaallllyyyyy careful around your feelings. Got it. Or maybe don't follow the Trump's example of being a big baby?
[20:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:59] <exec> 08└─If it fails it does in fact mean Trump is just as bad as Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush the Elder, Reagan, etc... Those guys all got NK to give up something in return for any concessions. Trump gave up valuable leverage in return for NK accelerating their program.
[20:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:01] <exec> 08└─What a topsy turvy world, Trump was able to get frojack defending North Korea! Bit amusing after all the frothing at the mouth about nuking them out of existence. Mad dog policy indeed.
[20:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:03] <exec> 08└─“Continued work at the Yongbyon facility should not be seen as having any relationship to North Korea’s pledge to denuclearise,” the experts warned. “The North’s nuclear cadre can be expected to proceed with business as usual until specific orders are issued from Pyongyang.” Business-as-...
[20:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:06] <exec> 08└─Oh don't worry, that ship sailed a LONG time ago. Around June 14, 1946 if I'm not mistaken. Trump is so much worse than all of those. With any luck he won't preside of WW3. Supporting Trump in general makes YOU evil by the way. Support specific policies and I won't give you shit, but if you can't fi...
[20:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:08] <exec> 08└─The point is that many of us warned that North Korea had tried to deceive on this very issue before, and that it was important not to get your hopes up about peace talks. But some commentils saw any criticism of this as hoping for the worst, yearning for Clinton to be Prez, etc. etc. And this was al...
[20:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:10] <exec> 08└─Building new admin buildings and messing with the cooling sounds exactly like what you would do if you wanted to transition your plant to more efficiently produce power at the expense of producing weapons materials and prove this to outsiders. Also this has nothing to do with Trump you delusional fo...
[20:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:22] <exec> 08└─I've noticed and I'm sure other Soylentils have: https://www.google.com [google.com]
[20:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:23] <exec> 08└─I'd go the other way. It's more like listening to the neighbors while they're screaming so loud you can hear it from your bedroom. If you're broadcasting a signal to everyone in the vicinity, you've gotta expect someone might hear it. If you need it to be private, you need to invest in the proper in...
[20:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:37] <exec> 08└─Every update of VLC asks you if you want to enable metadata access, which is arguably better behavior than other applications that would just choose it for you. Can't confirm whether it defaults to true because I don't feel like reinstalling it.
[20:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:38] <exec> 08└─The grenade launcher was TMB's newest addition to his fishing gear.
[20:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:40] <exec> 08└─TMB use explosives for fishing? But that is immor... oh, I see what you did there.
[20:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:23] <exec> 08└─Dafuq does that even mean?
[20:15:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:50] <exec> 08└─All 4 of my smartphones have been sliders. Three side-sliders with ~4" screens, and a BB Priv. The Priv is at the top end of what I tolerate in my pocket. Sadly, almost all phones are now as big or bigger.
[20:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:29] <exec> 08└─Lappy (T440s) gets one or two cleanings a month with 90% isopropyl and microfiber, and a small compressor (which indeed does not dance) blowout for the fans. I work with computers for half a living, and after seeing some of the awful biohazards some people bring in, it just makes me more glad I take...
[20:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:31] <exec> 08└─I don't use Thinkpads, but taking the whole unit apart and cleaning it is a good idea. If you want to get it nearly factory clean again. Many laptop models cannot have their fans and heat sinks cleaned out properly without some disassembly. One question though, what the heck is "fairy liquid"?
[20:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:41] <exec> 08└─Bad enough they drink it warm..
[20:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:17:43] <exec> 08└─My favorite brew is a Sudwerk's Doppelbock. Smooth, creamy with barely any head and strong coffee overtones. I am a big fan of cream stouts as well. Sadly the Sudwerks brew is auction only on kegs and the often goes for higher than my local microbrew bar will support. My aunt lives fairly close to t...
[20:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Having More Allies May Decrease a Country's Power - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:07] <exec> 08└─Fido! You Cretan!
[20:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:15] <exec> 08└─It's not a ponzi scheme, but it is a bubble and environmental disaster. Is it a good investment? Well, in bubbles depend on timing. It may be very very very good or a ruin. What Bitcoin is not is a currency. 99,99% of operations are to buy or sell legal currency. My bad, if your are drug dealer, a r...
[20:20:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:20:16] <exec> 08└─The bitcoins you own may worth half that you paid for them in a few days, or double its value in a few days. It is a bubble. As far as I see, it is just an investment, you don't buy or sell anything with bitcoins, just exchange it to legal currency back and forth.
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[21:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:33] <exec> 08└─Air force tests another aircraft that is inferior to the one they already operate. Same shit different decade.
[21:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:34] <exec> 08└─Air force will save money by buying an existing aircraft, which will perform the same function at much lower hourly cost and higher availability, displacing a terrific but aging aircraft. We're a bit low on soviet tank blitzkriegs for the A-10 to stop with a gun that doesn't work on main battle tank...
[21:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:36] <exec> 08└─A-10 test flights have never crashed? I'm not saying these are great tactical replacements for the A-10 (although cost/logistically I can understand the choice). Unless A-10's have never crashed and in particular never crashed in a test flight, it's kind of illogical to claim these are bad in compar...
[21:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:38] <exec> 08└─They won't save any money. Its not what they do. They will just spend that money elsewhere. Doesn't matter how old the A-10 is. They still have b-52 bombers that were built in the late fiftys and sixtys flying today. What they are using as a replacement will be unable to carry out the role as well a...
[21:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:41] <exec> 08└─Alright, which ed has a thing for assymetrical cowardly ground-force attacking chair-force platforms? Isn't this like the third replacement Warthog article we have had in two weeks?
[21:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:43] <exec> 08└─The point is that they shouldn't be shopping around for a inferior replacement. That fluffy little plane will just get pilots and ground personnel killed. They are trying to cheap out by not even to bother to build a competent replacement.
[21:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:45] <exec> 08└─Which editor caused the Air Force to crash its test plane?
[21:14:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 337 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:05] <exec> 08└─I don't see a celebratory mood. Maybe gallows humor. The point is that many of us warned that North Korea had tried to deceive on this very issue before, and that it was important not to get your hopes up about peace talks. But some commentils saw any criticism of this as hoping for the worst, yearn...
[21:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:18] <exec> 08└─Aww...were we not civil enough? How dare we use unkind words when referring to a self-proclaimed-pussy-grabber!
[21:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:19] <exec> 08└─If your looking to restrict his access, don't forget the GID.
[21:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:21] <exec> 08└─It's called the art of the deal!
[21:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:24] <exec> 08└─Hmmmm [wikipedia.org]. Looks like an important date for time travelers. - Bernard Baruch presents the Baruch Plan [wikipedia.org] at the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission to implement a world-wide ban on the development of nuclear weapons. - Donald Trump is born. - John Logie Baird [wikipedia....
[21:14:25] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 1641 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:26] <exec> 08└─Things went pretty much as I expected. In fact, I'm not sure why *anyone* expected anything different. And I'm not a scholar of international relations, nor do I work within that field. If the outcome was obvious to me, why wasn't it obvious to those who are paid by my tax dollars to be experts? I s...
[21:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:28] <exec> 08└─This place is infested with RWNJ lunatics. I notice they're oddly silent aside from Sulla, who strikes me as not *quite* as completely frothing-at-the-mouth insane as the likes of J-Mo or Entropy.
[21:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:30] <exec> 08└─So the ZTE deal was stopped in congress and now NK is expanding their nuclear reactors. Gee, I wonder how this whole thing happened.
[21:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:44] <exec> 08└─I read the headline, and immediately my brain went to "haha, crazy old man, he thinks the interwebs is tubes." Then I read a bit further and, oh, this guy actually gets it.
[21:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:45] <exec> 08└─"I'd go the other way. It's more like listening to the neighbors while they're screaming so loud you can hear it from your bedroom. If you're broadcasting a signal to everyone in the vicinity, you've gotta expect someone might hear it." Unfortunately it's been firmly established that that is not the...
[21:14:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:47] <exec> 08└─If you're broadcasting a signal to everyone in the vicinity, you've gotta expect someone might hear it.
[21:14:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:50] <exec> 08└─I bet the satellite broadcaster's signal is encrypted. The Goose and the Gander have compatible ports so that no special adapters or dongles are required for compatibility.
[21:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:52] <exec> 08└─There IS an encryption layer, Stingrays specifically subvert this.
[21:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:08] <exec> 08└─Kinda defeats the point of fishing.
[21:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:09] <exec> 08└─how having a lot of dead fishes to eat defeat the purpose of fishing.
[21:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:12] <exec> 08└─"It's not about the fishing, it's about the fish."
[21:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:31] <exec> 08└─where are you gonna get your fresh porn? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[21:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:33] <exec> 08└─I believe in the capabilities of East Asian countries, and potentially Europe, to boost production to address a needy market.
[21:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:03] <exec> 08└─a piece of plastic window screen over the hose end Some years back, we had a story about a similar thing. Super Cheap Vac Attachment Helps Find Small Dropped Parts [soylentnews.org] It uses a transparent[1] chamber [wordpress.com] made of readily-available stuff put inline with the hose. An old kitc...
[21:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:04] <exec> 08└─you might lose the printed letters, but real programmers don't need those anyhow Tell me about it! Supercoder 2000 [wikimedia.org] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[21:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:16] <exec> 08└─I don't want traces of machine and lubricating oils in my beverage. They probably aren't good for me, I would not like the way they look, floating on top my glass of drink, it would probably taste bad, too.
[21:21:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:26] <exec> 08└─Its cute you think the EPA is completely dismantled, go try to make/use those CFCs here and see what happens.
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[22:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:43] <exec> 08└─The Mighty Buzzard, obviously.
[22:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:44] <exec> 08└─Just tell every air force officer that complains about the A-10 that he's getting transferred to Diego Garcia. Problem solved.
[22:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:46] <exec> 08└─> will be unable to carry out the role as well as the A-10 [citation needed] > that little popcorn fart That little popcorn fart can run circles around anything that doesn't have a jet engine. And it's not slated to be used against people who have jet fighters. The fact that the AF will waste elsewh...
[22:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:48] <exec> 08└─I looked, and it's a World War II propeller aircraft... I think this is a joke.
[22:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:51] <exec> 08└─We shouldn't buy such junk. And to replace the Warthog?! My dog! What were they thinking?! Pure corruption this is!
[22:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:53] <exec> 08└─maintenance costs skyrocket and availability plummets,
[22:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:55] <exec> 08└─All in all, that's about the best place it could crash if it were going to crash anyway.
[22:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:57] <exec> 08└─Of course! How else can you justify nice large checks to defense contractors and their shareholders for R&D with no penalties for fouling up?
[22:14:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 363 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:25] <exec> 08└─“Continued work at the Yongbyon facility should not be seen as having any relationship to North Korea’s pledge to denuclearise,” the experts warned. “The North’s nuclear cadre can be expected to proceed with business as usual until specific orders are issued from Pyongyang.” Business-as-...
[22:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:37] <exec> 08└─no worries, adding NK to the travel ban will protect us where guns can't.
[22:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:38] <exec> 08└─... peaceful generation of electricity. Yeah: electricity." -- Donald Trump Were they really to build such peaceful nuclear reactors their people would not be so hungry. An American got arrested because he asked why Kim was so fat when every other NK citizen was quite thin.
[22:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:40] <exec> 08└─The president oversold on the backside of it because thats what he does.
[22:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:43] <exec> 08└─I think John lost out to Jorge in the reincarnation queue. Another great scientist woulda been so much nicer.
[22:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:45] <exec> 08└─Really? Did you miss Trumps yuuuuge win getting Kimmy to play nice and de-arm? If Kimmy doesn't do it then Trump looks like a bragging fool (again). Maybe if he didn't brag about doing things he doesn't do then people wouldn't be so quick to jump on the trump blame train. At least he gets shit for w...
[22:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:47] <exec> 08└─If the outcome was obvious to me, why wasn't it obvious to those who are paid by my tax dollars to be experts?
[22:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:49] <exec> 08└─(missed a closing italics tag there...only intended that for "if").
[22:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:52] <exec> 08└─Trump gave up valuable leverage in return for NK accelerating their program.
[22:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:54] <exec> 08└─Why do this when we knew it wouldn't work and would likely embolden other bad actors to obtain nuclear weapons
[22:15:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 103 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:09] <exec> 08└─If you're broadcasting a signal to everyone in the vicinity, you've gotta expect someone might hear it.
[22:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:13] <exec> 08└─There really needs to be a warrant for the specific person and only their information should be gathered.
[22:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:15] <exec> 08└─"I bet the satellite broadcaster's signal is encrypted." All broadcasts are encoded in some form or another, doesn't mean I can't easily read most of them if I want to.
[22:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:33] <exec> 08└─Most of it on .com, which domain is under the control of the US. Quite likely there's lots of pedos who don't bother with Tor Browser. Why doesn't the FBI arrest them?
[22:15:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:35] <exec> 08└─Linux apps are trying to catch up, logging and caching details about files that have been accessed by a program's user. Is there a point to .lesshst? Why have VLC store the last files viewed?
[22:15:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:37] <exec> 08└─Because this wasn't a bust for CP, it was a bust for drugs and guns. Next question?
[22:15:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:59] <exec> 08└─about 100 miles off of Coastal Oregon and Washington. It's expected that the coast will be hit with a 140 foot tsunami, laying waste to tens of thousands of people. It's quite definite that such a tsunami will kill everyone in its path _someday_, yet lots of people continue to live there because it'...
[22:16:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:00] <exec> 08└─I was four years old. I dont remember what the lake we visited was called but I do remember silty water that smelled bad.
[22:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:25] <exec> 08└─For just one day Bing image search would inform me of the ages of each person in the photos that I clicked on. They can also do pr0n recognition so as to enable Safe Search. Why don't they combine the two then turn all the CP over to INTERPOL?
[22:16:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:27] <exec> 08└─54 / 2 = 27 27 + 6 = 33 My new girl is 31 so I may well yet get the chance to plant my seed into her furrow
[22:17:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 669 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:25] <exec> 08└─Don't eat over your laptop! I thought my laptop was disgusting from general oil buildup from years of use typing, but then a family member presented me with a laptop that didn't work. To stress the level of debris found in the laptop: cleaning the laptop rendered it usable again. The keys could clic...
[22:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:36] <exec> 08└─For disinfection it's not bad, but there are better. [cdc.gov] It's pretty effective at bacteriocide, but it isn't a sporicidal. Bleach or glutaraldehyde are better... but they have their limits as well. .... Just because you have it clean, doesn't mean you have it sterile. (And most things aren't s...
[22:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:38] <exec> 08└─LoRdNAWT?
[22:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another Major Beermaker is Looking at Ways to Enter the Cannabis Business - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:58] <exec> 08└─druggies/hippiewannabes.
[22:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xbox One to Receive Keyboard and Mouse Support - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:11] <exec> 08└─Xbox doesn’t already support basic USB devices on its USB interface.
[22:20:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03arslan [3462] 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 192 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:41] <exec> 08└─Its the part that takes the most compute power - i.e. mining for the next coin sequence. There's studies out there around how much electricity is used/wasted, hence the environmental disaster.
[22:21:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 64 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:00] <exec> 08└─As to it being an "environmental disaster" that's sheer puffery.
[22:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:04] <exec> 08└─Looks like your panties are all knotted up again, and your overused *It's cute* meme has grown tiresome...
[22:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03mobydisk [5472] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:05] <exec> 08└─So they were manufacturing the chemical. Does that explain the massive leaks into the atmosphere?
[22:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Illegal Chinese Refrigerator Factories Are Selling Banned CFCs - 1509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:07] <exec> 08└─It's a combination of factors. 1) Winner-take-all in the electoral college means a third party needs a REALLY strong surge of support in a state to actually win it. Third parties have a very hard time winning any states unless one of the two main parties is on the ropes. As bad as it's gotten by now...
[22:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03oldmac31310 [4521] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:50] <exec> 08└─But they did. And finished off the president's dinner.
[22:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03oldmac31310 [4521] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Launches High-Tech Bird Drones To Watch Over Its Citizens - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:51] <exec> 08└─Both Canada and the US had secret invasion plans (i.e. each to invade the other) as recently as the 1930s. Look it up.
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[23:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:45] <exec> 08└─I looked, and it's a World War II propeller aircraft
[23:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Air Force “Light Attack” Test Aircraft Crashes on Bomb Range, Killing Pilot - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:47] <exec> 08└─Again IMHO, the very first move should be to take the close support mission away from the Chair Force and give it to the Marines. Move the fine and dedicated Warthog pilots with it. They, as much as the planes, deserve a top command structure that knows and values their role. A second option might b...
[23:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:36] <exec> 08└─Outright treason has never been proven. There's corrupt and collusion, but not outright treason that we know of.
[23:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aegis [6714] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:37] <exec> 08└─Kim Jong Un trying everything he can to get nukes that can hit the US mainland and possibly Europe is both a rational and smart decision.
[23:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:39] <exec> 08└─Pretty speculative piece to post and then state your fears are coming true, don't you think? Were you actually afraid there would be speculative posts by amateurs using high-school photo analysis to say that nothing much is happening in N.Korea? Seems like a strange thing to be in fear of.
[23:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:42] <exec> 08└─But it wasn't working. That's just the point. Iran was blocking inspections while taking the money.
[23:14:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:44] <exec> 08└─That is the Supreme Court Approved Travel Ban to you sonny boy.
[23:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aegis [6714] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:46] <exec> 08└─I don't see where it says "improving the cooling system... However, increasing the cooling capability sounds like...
[23:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aegis [6714] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:48] <exec> 08└─Were you actually afraid there would be speculative posts by amateurs using high-school photo analysis to say that nothing much is happening in N.Korea?
[23:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:51] <exec> 08└─You just can't handle the truth.
[23:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:53] <exec> 08└─From Trump Jr's own released emails he purposely had a meeting with a Russian Government attorney along with Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort to discuss dirt on Hillary Clinton. You can call it whatever you want. A U.S. Presidential Candidate's son and his campaign chairman who think they are...
[23:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:55] <exec> 08└─Im aware of the paragraph that followed what I quoted. It says it would be more difficult to get bombs out of it, bt not impossible. Anyway, I can see this thread is degenerating into trump false flaggers making his opponents look like morons. It is exactly like before his election. How do I filter...
[23:15:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Freeman [732] 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:05] <exec> 08└─It's akin to Wiretapping or putting listening devices in your house. There really needs to be a warrant for the specific person and only their information should be gathered. Anything else is invasion of privacy.
[23:15:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senator Asks FCC If Stingrays Can Interfere With 911 Calls - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:16] <exec> 08└─It's more like listening to the neighbors while they're screaming so loud you can hear it from your bedroom. If you're broadcasting a signal to everyone in the vicinity, you've gotta expect someone might hear it.
[23:15:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undercover Dark Web Bust Leads to More Than 35 Arrests - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:39] <exec> 08└─No one. Ever.
[23:16:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Detail Likely Site of San Andreas Fault's Next Major Quake - 575 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:16:03] <exec> 08└─Aye, that section of the fault is over due and when it goes it is going to be a major mess. The zone you mention has a historical record of making tsunamis that are big enough that they have been recorded in chronicles in Japan dating back 600+ years. Another danger zone that is over due is the Hayw...
[23:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Improves Facial Recognition Across Skin Tones, Gender - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:16:30] <exec> 08└─There were no false positives.
[23:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06LG's V40 Smartphone Could Include Five Cameras - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:16:58] <exec> 08└─Now with five cameras I can finally take a picture of myself taking a selfie. This is almost as good as a mirror in a mirror in a mirror.
[23:18:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Beer Rationed as UK's Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Runs Low - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:57] <exec> 08└─That's why I home brewed IPA's as WELL as stouts (porters): IPA's for those lawn cutting days Porters for those relaxing days. Now it's water days. Sigh.
[23:21:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of International Settlements: Bitcoin is a Bubble, a Ponzi Scheme and an Environmental Disaster - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:30] <exec> 08└─They are scared. This is a sure sign crypocurrency is here to stay
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