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[00:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:57] <exec> 08└─This one of the campaign promises he broke; Bringing Telecom executives and NSA officials to task over this bullshit. People deserve prison over this.
[00:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:58] <exec> 08└─He got swamped, just like God Emperor Trump. The only difference is how hard each one resisted.
[00:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:00] <exec> 08└─it was "infeasible" to comb through all the data and find just the authorized data
[00:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:03] <exec> 08└─https://www.fastcompany.com/3046756/obama-and-his-geeks [fastcompany.com] how soon we forget..
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[00:50:27] <exec> 08└─Chris Hedges has some interesting comments on how quickly things can can change: As a foreign correspondent I covered collapsed societies, including the former Yugoslavia. It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve...
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[00:50:28] <exec> 08└─I know you're being sarcastic, but it was this weekend. When I hear it on a normal basis from angry posts on the Internet, I don't put all that much stock into it. Then again, when I hear it from prominent pundits, journalists, and polls..... The violence in Portland this weekend was only the beginn...
[00:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:02] <exec> 08└─We had a family friend who bought some goats for their home once. 40 acres so not exactly urban here. They had a little (about 2 acre) pasture setup with an electric fence round it that they kept them in. One day the wife goes out to feed the goats, is bent over and one butts her in, well, her butt....
[00:51:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:03] <exec> 08└─It's healthy meat too. Goat meat is exceptionally lean.
[00:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:05] <exec> 08└─Would we make good pets for each other?
[00:52:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:19] <exec> 08└─The most sane law is the one where you can initiate recording as long as you inform all the participants. Further participation is considered consent to recording. This happens on telephones all day long in various industries that record customer consent in such ways. In this kids case though, the m...
[00:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:20] <exec> 08└─Lawsuits are an all-American pastime.
[00:54:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:54:22] <exec> 08└─What bothers me Is not the fact that the GMO plant doesn't die when they cover it with poison... It's the fact that they seem to think it's just fine to cover my food with poison before selling it to me.
[00:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:54:24] <exec> 08└─I thought it was quite funny actually. In that lovely deadpan way that good comedians deliver lines dripping with invisible sarcasm. *sips coffee*
[00:56:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After GE's Giant Failure, Is There Reason to Hold Six-Sigma in High Regard? - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:56:13] <exec> 08└─I'm far from saying ISO9001 is not good because it is not perfect. I'm saying there are too little number of managers to use it correctly, because the temptation of using it in form only (as opposed to in substance) is sooo great.
[00:58:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are We Alone? The Question is Worthy of Serious Scientific Study - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:58:09] <exec> 08└─https://sites.google.com/site/ourenthusiasmsasham/blah/mayanenergybeamexplained [google.com] The above is a scientific explanation of why taking photos of strange phenomena with a smart phone does not immediately lead you to the truth. People will jump to all kinds of weird Erich von Däniken explan...
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[01:50:11] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, as soon as President Trump gets reverse pardon powers this will be taken care of... #CrookedHillary first, then the rest of the gang.
[01:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:13] <exec> 08└─That's funny. I don't see your precious "Digital Service Corps" running billboard ads in every bus and train station. I do see Facebook billboards in every bus and train station. Seems your precious shit has a lack of fucking funding.
[01:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:15] <exec> 08└─Or they didn't want to advertise what they do.
[01:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:17] <exec> 08└─Link to their GitHub or they don't fucking do anything except be a mutual admiration society of hipsters who all call each other supergeniuses.
[01:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:19] <exec> 08└─Myeaaah, and I woulda gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling red hats and your sentient cheeto!
[01:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:21] <exec> 08└─The unfounded levels of rage are getting ridiculous. It totally sucks when you believe someone's lies and get scammed, but this shit over Trump is beyond wacko. Calm down, let yourself acknowledge that he's not America's savior, and get on with your life.
[01:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:24] <exec> 08└─They probably wanted to be good little corporate stooges/snitches, after all that is how you get those big fat government paychecks, porkbellies and handouts. Or it was the complete opposite, they wanted to just obfuscate the interested parts by drowning them in useless shit data. Or they are just t...
[01:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:26] <exec> 08└─Remember when there was a big to-do about retroactive immunity for the telecoms for violating customer privacy and breaking the law? And Obama promised to give them immunity to the law? But then he did, because, Fuck You citizen? After all of that, I think there is no real consequence for telecoms w...
[01:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:28] <exec> 08└─People deserve prison over this.
[01:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:59] <exec> 08└─When I hear it on a normal basis from angry posts on the Internet, I don't put all that much stock into it.
[01:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:01] <exec> 08└─Its merely the talking point of the week by the smoking ruin of the Democratic party. When the same phrase is use on all the left media sites as if on queue, you know who got the memo. SCOTUS says President DOES have the authority to stop immigration from certain countries. (Several Circuit court ju...
[01:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:34] <exec> 08└─Would we make good pets for each other?
[01:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:36] <exec> 08└─It amazes me how often I have heard about some city|institution|whatever which has a hillside that is too steep|irregular|whatever to mow|clear|whatever. Modern humans are so removed from nature that the vast majority would never think of what should be obvious. ...then there's the smart guys who ha...
[01:52:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03eravnrekaree [555] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 1052 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:07] <exec> 08└─There was a problem with RAID 5/6. It was mentioned in the documentation you should not use the feature, yet. But it is being fixed. The problems will be ironed out. The basic concept of btrfs is sound, its similar to ZFS. In fact, if the ZFS license werent a big problem, its a great filesystem. You...
[01:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:55] <exec> 08└─The issue is that it's not being consented to. The problem with 1 party consent for these sorts of things is that you don't know about the various tapes you're on and it's only if you yourself say something that you shouldn't that you learn about those tapes. If they say something incriminating, the...
[01:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:56] <exec> 08└─Abusive law? You want random people recording you with impunity? Single party consent isn't as great as you think it is and there's a ton of repercussions that happen when only one party needs to consent.
[01:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massive Cache of Law Enforcement Personnel Data Leaked  - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:35] <exec> 08└─I wonder how many people have read that silly sig, and correctly identified where it came from. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[01:57:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bullshit Jobs and the Yoke of Managerial Feudalism - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:57:27] <exec> 08└─At least they're thinking of the children.
[01:57:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bullshit Jobs and the Yoke of Managerial Feudalism - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:57:29] <exec> 08└─You don't seriously think that do you? They do study past cultures which can give insight into our problems today, and that's completely discounting the historical value provide us. Some of it is more biological in nature, and probably closer to a hard science. Not all anthropology is the study of c...
[01:57:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bullshit Jobs and the Yoke of Managerial Feudalism - 2356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:57:31] <exec> 08└─I think you're leaving out the effect of unions and organized labor, which evolved greatly over time. When you had apprenticeships and masters, the masters did organize, and they did even strike. Not the unions we understand today, and most often, the organizations were disbanded the moment they got...
[01:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are We Alone? The Question is Worthy of Serious Scientific Study - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:58:50] <exec> 08└─Even if it could allow you to observe Earth as it appeared in the past (for example, instantly move 5 light years and see Earth as it was 5 years ago from that distance), that's not real time travel and it does not mean that a glut of time travelers are coming.
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[02:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:58] <exec> 08└─Space Launch System, 130 tons in final configuration, fully expendable, flying late 2020s. Long March-9, 140 tons, expendable?, flying ~2030. BFR, 150 tons, fully reusable, flying early 2020s. China will burn money on a likely inferior rocket, but at least they will be able to send large or fast pay...
[02:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:59] <exec> 08└─It's a little silly to one-up each other, trying to claim some silly title. As time goes on, shouldn't we expect that rockets get more powerful? Kinda like boats and ships. They all started small, like dugout canoes and papyrus rafts. Over time, they got larger and larger, to the point that today's...
[02:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:01] <exec> 08└─Actually, BFR is expected to achieve 165 tons to LEO in its completed form. The 150 tons figure was to mars. However, each of SpaceX's rockets has exceeded design specs by a significant margin, often at the expense of booster return.
[02:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:03] <exec> 08└─As time goes on, shouldn't we expect that rockets get more powerful?
[02:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 1336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:06] <exec> 08└─Dug up this article https://www.wired.com [wired.com] which talks about the logistics behind Formula 1. Teams ship their two cars and a lot of spares/tools/etc to the races: The cars may get the most care, but there are several dozen tons of equipment to be...
[02:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:08] <exec> 08└─Well, sure, there is some upper limit, beyond which a bigger rocket will make little sense. But, space flight is in it's infancy, so we have little idea what that limit might be. And, rockets are really all we have, until we get anti-gravity working. A space elevator would make a nice interim soluti...
[02:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:10] <exec> 08└─In round numbers, this big rocket could hoist three F1 teams to orbit...
[02:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:12] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily. Planes got bigger, but now they're getting smaller as other metrics become important. It's long overdue, by half a century, that we should be seeing rockets become less expensive.
[02:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:33] <exec> 08└─You brought up one of the biggest problems with the US system of government. The people have absolutely no power over the politicians except every 2/4/6 years, and then the elections are so filled with hype, bullshit, and political party backroom deals that the people have effectively no power at al...
[02:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:34] <exec> 08└─I read an article recently, I think it was in the submission queue, about AT&T. It seems they are the worst of the worst when it comes to granting the NSA anything they request. They will go above and beyond said requests, in an apparent hope of currying favor. The other Telcos sometimes resist the...
[02:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:36] <exec> 08└─If the population were less polarized on a few key issues, the voter's power might have some meaning. Those polarized issues are brought to the fore, and other more important issues are kept somewhere backstage. Out of sight, and out of mind is the best place for them, from the politician's point of...
[02:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:38] <exec> 08└─"one or more" unnamed telecoms had responded to data requests for targets by sending logs that included not just the relevant data, but records for people who hadn't been in contact with the targets. As it was "infeasible" to comb through all the data and find just the authorized data, the NSA decid...
[02:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:41] <exec> 08└─Something like this? In each of [eight] cities, The Intercept has identified an AT&T facility containing networking equipment that transports large quantities of internet traffic across the United States and the world. [Evidence indicates] that the buildings are central to an NSA spying initiative t...
[02:50:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:50] <exec> 08└─"I just love it when a planet comes together!" Or, alternatively, "Is that a proto-planetary disk, or are you just . . . " Never mind.
[02:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:52] <exec> 08└─Ancient greek philosophers should refrain from making jokes at wee hours, them jokes turn piss-poor.
[02:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:18] <exec> 08└─There's been a Chris Hedges or three around every decade. Come on for christ sake, read a little history. Thomas Malthus ring any bells? Aldous Huxley maybe? Al Gore? https://www.nytimes.com [nytimes.com]
[02:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:20] <exec> 08└─I don't believe a partial fix or set of fixes will work. sadly, I fully believe a complete revolution is needed and will happen. not that I look forward to it, but I do think that the system is unfixable and the powers are too entrenched to let any MEANINGFUL change happen. it has to be taken from t...
[02:52:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:25] <exec> 08└─Arch is not user-unfreindly. Arch simply presumes that you know what you are doing, and know how to do it. And, Arch does provide a lot of cool documentation for those times when you knowledge falls short. I'm not using Arch, primarily because the installers barfed on my SuperMicro build. I was in a...
[02:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:27] <exec> 08└─How big do you think a box need be? I already have apt-get with supercow powers. There isn't room for another cow in there.
[02:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:15] <exec> 08└─Except, if (1) is the crime, then that the recording exists at all is pretty damning evidence against you. And (2) and (3) will do nothing to protect you, but will likely make you guilty of perjury.
[02:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:17] <exec> 08└─The law could stop at simply rendering affected recordings inadmissible and still be effective. There is no need to ruin lives by also making the act a felony. The harshness of the penalty is a clear indication that those with power intended to craft the law to send a clear message to those without:...
[02:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:19] <exec> 08└─Random people that I've chosen to have a conversation with? Sure. Why not, exactly? Why shouldn't they be able to prove, to themselves and others, what I actually said? Now an uninvolved third party is a different question, but that's no longer even single-party consent. And even then - if you say s...
[02:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:23] <exec> 08└─Your second example isn't a good one. It says "Nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi) is a wiry, upright growing warm-season perennial grass that looks similar to creeping bentgrass and Bermudagrass in structure" and nothing more about bentgrass.
[02:57:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After GE's Giant Failure, Is There Reason to Hold Six-Sigma in High Regard? - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:57:16] <exec> 08└─I read that fire pump story somewhere, maybe in Walter Dornberger's book, "V2" (also a Nazi who wound up at Bell Aircraft/Aerospace.) Think about the flow rate if they needed fire pumps to feed the rocket engine... There is no mention of forced/slave labor in "V2" which focuses almost exclusively on...
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[03:49:58] <exec> 08└─I've been really wondering about body odor, especially from the armpits. Someone once told me if you only eat fruit all BO goes away. Perhaps there are other diets like that as well. Or does showering actually increase BO over the long term? Is this scent, or should it be, actually advantageous in s...
[03:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:59] <exec> 08└─This could be worth a revisit: Get a Whiff of This: Man Hasn't Showered in 12 Years [livescience.com] Whitlock isn't running an experiment in extreme water conservation. Rather, he believes that humans don't need to shower to be healthy, and that a daily soap scrub may actually remove a beneficial t...
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[03:50:02] <exec> 08└─I like Marco, but Marco has a tendency to sweat. Perhaps at a record-setting level. They said to Marco Rubio, "are you having fun?" He’s sweating like a pig. I never saw a guy sweat like this. The sweat is pouring down. So I had my campaign send him towels. Water. And a note that said, "Since you...
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[03:50:17] <exec> 08└─Actually, BFR is expected to achieve 165 tons to LEO in its completed form. The 150 tons figure was to mars.
[03:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:18] <exec> 08└─How about Great Leap Forward? Desipicable chicom fucks.
[03:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:44] <exec> 08└─"Now look at these empty servers as proof we have deleted everything"
[03:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:53] <exec> 08└─That is not what "animal husbandry" means, thank you *very* much...
[03:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:27] <exec> 08└─you must follow the installation procedure on the wiki... if you did not chroot into your new system your doing it wrong
[03:52:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:38] <exec> 08└─Surely the prosecutors cannot be unaware that 3 courts have already found that the law is unconstitutional when the non-consenting party is a public official (such as a public school administrator) and they surely know that a 13 year old is a minor. Anything but immediately declining to prosecute is...
[03:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:24] <exec> 08└─Someone on the Green Site once proposed this: Initial copyright registration, say for 14 years from first publication date: free Renewal, say for 7 years: fee, inexpensive enough for entry-level users Every 7 years thereafter: renewal fee doubles So how much you pay is directly proportional to how l...
[03:54:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:25] <exec> 08└─"If movies are Hollywood, then music is where?" The RIAA is headquartered in DC, although there isn't any music there, I think that might be what you meant to ask.
[03:54:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:28] <exec> 08└─The racism is an integral part of the story, I'm not sure how you can ignore it for the sake of the story.
[03:56:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massive Cache of Law Enforcement Personnel Data Leaked  - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:56:02] <exec> 08└─To some people they're almost one and the same. Some guys seriously act like their gun is their penis. Like "This is my rifle, this is my gun, one is for shooting, the other fills me with shame and inadequacy."
[03:57:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bullshit Jobs and the Yoke of Managerial Feudalism - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:57:58] <exec> 08└─That it's a bullshit job? Absolutely. That it's not a worthwhile pursuit? No. There's value to be had in knowing such things but it's not a value anyone who works with their hands for a living is going to consider worth a dime of their money. That's where colleges and private grants from people with...
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[04:50:23] <exec> 08└─https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china [npr.org]
[04:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:58] <exec> 08└─It's only wee hours where we live. Plenty of other people are being encouraged by these jokes before having to take on life's challenges. Mostly by feeling better about themselves after seeing such a display of humor.
[04:51:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:26] <exec> 08└─The idea of a civil war requires that most people in the country are capable of hard work! Discuss? 💩
[04:51:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:28] <exec> 08└─I'd like to see the vermicious knids make this absurdity about war come true! Perhaps the Sky Hooks will save you! Vote!
[04:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03eravnrekaree [555] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:37] <exec> 08└─systemd, not SystemD. All of the major distros have it. Its nothing really unusual as Ubuntu had upstart for many years. systemd has allowed standardization between the distros and avoiding duplication of effort. You can use system v init scripts on systemd, so it does not take away any functionalit...
[04:53:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Systems Status -- Certs, Developers, and Community, Oh My! - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:59] <exec> 08└─I've been doing an unholy amount of CentOS adminning for 10 years. Which version?
[04:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:37] <exec> 08└─So you're afraid of chocolate because it's poison to dogs? Insects aren't human. However, everyone keeps ignoring all the additives they add to the poison to make it easier to spread. That's where the issues are. Plenty of studies have shown that the chemical is safe enough for humans. Plenty of oth...
[04:55:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03dwilson [2599] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 961 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:39] <exec> 08└─If you bought GMO seed that was contract-laden and saved some to re-plant in breach of contract, you're an idiot and deserve what you get. If you grow and sell non-GMO seed, saving some for next year's planting (as... everyone, does?) and Monsanto or it's like come knocking, you tell them to Get Fuc...
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[05:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Government Trials Biometrics for its MyGov System - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:53] <exec> 08└─The Australian government is battling to bring its services online with the majority of the public resisting the move away from traditional services. Given the hundreds of millions of accounts hacked in recent years it is no surprise that the public may be hesitant to have their private information...
[05:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 2243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:03] <exec> 08└─Diet won't eliminate odor, eating fruit essentially perfumes your dung and it's conceivable it does the same to your sweat. Certainly it's affected by diet - garlic being one really obvious example - and I'd expect an unhealthy diet isn't going to help your smell, might well add something revolting...
[05:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 1654 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:21] <exec> 08└─Since we have zero reason to believe antigrav is possible, I'm not pinning too many hopes on it. Meanwhile, the traditional space elevator is fraught with difficulties, not least of which at a minimum length (for Earth) of ~36,000km it would be by far the largest engineering project ever attempted....
[05:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:23] <exec> 08└─Wikipedia. 330000 pounds payload to leo.
[05:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:25] <exec> 08└─Don't forget runway to orbit.
[05:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:03] <exec> 08└─Sorry, I'm disappointed. I would have expected goatse to show up within 2 - 3 posts MAX, if not firstpost, on a geek site goat article.
[05:52:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 1479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:05] <exec> 08└─"but researchers have found evidence that goats are as clever as dogs" The researchers still haven't realized that the goats are studying them. I'm only half joking. I've known a lot of dogs - and several goats. Only the sharpest dogs stand a chance in a battle of wits with the goats. "The 2016 stud...
[05:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:07] <exec> 08└─Link's dead. Anyway, even without getting into miniature breeds most goats are pretty small anyway. Full grown adults are usually ~150lbs or less, so comparable to a large dog or even a medium sized dog. The trouble with 'handling them' tends to be more mental than physical, but I wouldn't recommend...
[05:53:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 1723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:32] <exec> 08└─I do agree with you (and the majority of other commenters) that they (school, police, prosecutors, arguably lawmakers) are clearly over-reacting in allowing this to be a escalate to a 13 year old charged with a felony. But on the other hand: If you go nothing to hide, then you got nothing to fear fr...
[05:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:55:43] <exec> 08└─No, I'm not afraid of chocolate, but if someone genetically engineered a dog that shit something that looked like chocolate, smelled like chocolate, and even tasted like chocolate, would you mind if this cheaper dog shit chocolate was served to you instead? Would the fact that it's actually dog shit...
[05:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03notrandom [5820] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Are We Alone? The Question is Worthy of Serious Scientific Study - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:36] <exec> 08└─viking not mariner http://adsabs.harvard.edu [harvard.edu]
[05:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03notrandom [5820] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Are We Alone? The Question is Worthy of Serious Scientific Study - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:38] <exec> 08└─and if you read the abstract, the conclusion is kind of meh.... large margin of error, kind of inconclusive...
[05:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03notrandom [5820] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Are We Alone? The Question is Worthy of Serious Scientific Study - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:40] <exec> 08└─All the Feynmann in the world will not convince me about the exzistence of virtual particles as anything more than a math device... I'm sorry .. I'm dumb :D
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[06:50:02] <exec> 08└─By this I mean: completely self-centered, utterly unpredictable, dangerous to ally and enemy alike, and with approximately zero input from outside reality. The dumb son of a bitch is trying to turn us into North Korea, and he doesn't even fucking KNOW he's trying to do that. In all my short life I n...
[06:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:03] <exec> 08└─-e. All the call makers publicly announced that the steel tariffs will raise the price of each new car by several thousand dollars But Trump a couple days publicly stated that his opponents "better be careful" I sometimes contemplate returning to Canada by petitioning for political asylum. It happen...
[06:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:05] <exec> 08└─What amazes me the most is that the fiscally conservative R guys, who hounded Obama for years when he was going textbook-Keynes at the greatest recession, are letting him do this. Just because they are afraid to lose. So we get isolationism. Do you know what doesn't match very well with isolationism...
[06:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Government Trials Biometrics for its MyGov System - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:14] <exec> 08└─You say that like it's a bad thing.
[06:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:45] <exec> 08└─Right, we can use several rockets to do the same work as one gigantic one. But saying it's 50 years overdue is a wish, not a fact. We simply didn't have the computer technology in the quantity that we needed 50 years ago. Radars were huge power sucking slow low resolution contraptions. Both were tot...
[06:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:46] <exec> 08└─When talking rockets, people usually talk in metric tons, not short tons. Something something Mars orbit something...
[06:52:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:30] <exec> 08└─I played with real goats all the time growing up, and you're only half right. They ARE cute and cuddly! But they're also devilishly clever and love to pull pranks. Get on the wrong side of them and they can turn downright mean. Also males have a gland that produces a cocktail of PCP, Cocaine, Implan...
[06:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:31] <exec> 08└─"One day the wife goes out to feed the goats, is bent over and one butts her in, well, her butt. She lurched forward and reached out to catch herself. Unfortunately for everyone involved he caught herself on the electric fence wire. " I would bet you they had planned that out several days, maybe a w...
[06:53:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kawumpa [1187] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:59] <exec> 08└─Adults not taking responsibility for their actions and accepting the consequences. Instead, deferring blame and punishment to someone who can't challenge it: another daily example.
[06:55:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kawumpa [1187] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:09] <exec> 08└─It's not hampering creativity at all, in fact it's fostering creativity, though not necessarily in a way you and I might prefer.
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[07:50:01] <exec> 08└─All the call makers publicly announced that the steel tariffs will raise the price of each new car by several thousand dollars
[07:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:02] <exec> 08└─"Don't be cute!" Donald Johnson Trump, to Hilary Davidson Motorcycle Co.
[07:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:04] <exec> 08└─All the call makers publicly announced that the steel tariffs will raise the price of each new car by several thousand dollars
[07:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:06] <exec> 08└─Print a $21b note, job done. National economies are not like household accounts.
[07:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:08] <exec> 08└─You're off by three zeros. Printing a note valued at a year's worth of GDP is a great way to convince investors to put their money elsewhere, which doesn't quite jive with a trillion per year federal deficit.
[07:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:27] <exec> 08└─I have definitely noticed a difference. Funny enough, it has been a big motivator for me to stay away from meat. (I also don't use any soap or products, and only wash with water.)
[07:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:50] <exec> 08└─> the Falcon Heavy from SpaceX launched 64 tons toward Mars earlier this year. Unless they replaced the roadster's battery with lead or gold, I'm going to have to go with ... NO! FH payload to Mars is a pretty impressive 16.8t. 63.8t payload is to LEO, or 3.5t to Pluto, according to Wikipedia. Basic...
[07:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:52] <exec> 08└─China will burn money on a likely inferior rocket
[07:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:54] <exec> 08└─It's bog standard to describe the payload in metric tons, i.e. 1 ton = 1,000 kg. I've done so in every submission about rockets, and all the articles I see do it as well. So we are talking about the same rocket. However, the rumor mill suggests that payload could go up a few percent. BFR might be ma...
[07:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:30] <exec> 08└─High noon, where I am! Or at least it was recently. Sun ever the yard-arm, and Trump is in his cups, If he had any cups. He has all the best cups. Incredible cups. Sort of like the cups the mess up my print jobs on a regular basis,
[07:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:52:00] <exec> 08└─revolutions happen when enough people have nothing to lose.
[07:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:53:16] <exec> 08└─Manjaro is very user friendly if you want KDE. It is IMHO more user friendly that Kubuntu. If you like GNOME then go with Ubuntu. Manjaro by default uses a wrapper over pacman [archlinux.fr] and also comes with UI for it (that I never use, but it works). Really, imagine Kbuntu, then imagine it was a...
[07:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:53:18] <exec> 08└─I like the promises of btrfs, but damn is that unstable. I have data on a ssd formatted with btrfs as early as 6 months ago.
[07:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:53:20] <exec> 08└─I have LOST data on a ssd formatted with btrfs as early as 6 months ago. Let me get a cup of coffee, please.
[07:54:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:14] <exec> 08└─It is not just felony, the minimum punishment is 1 year.
[07:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:25] <exec> 08└─LA big time with a few hundred studios. Then NY with a couple of hundred. Nashville, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta are also significant, but combined are less than either of the big 2.
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[07:57:29] <exec> 08└─True, but it is produced by one of the "big boys", whom anubi does not trust.
[07:58:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After GE's Giant Failure, Is There Reason to Hold Six-Sigma in High Regard? - 1478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:58:23] <exec> 08└─My original post did mention PHBs and MBAs. Unfortunately, I failed to mention Nepotism and unqualified morons in high places. I once worked in a place where there was a rich kid wanted to be an engineering manager, so he (or his dad) bought 1/4 of the company, and he was appointed engineering manag...
[08:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are We Alone? The Question is Worthy of Serious Scientific Study - 1044 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:26] <exec> 08└─I didn't want to offend you, I'm sorry if I did. what I would like is for you to make an official statement, using your own identity, in front of witnesses who can confirm you are sane. if others like you come forward as well, it may turn out that my initial assessment is wrong. I mean... there are...
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[08:50:00] <exec> 08└─You've got to remember we're in a tech bubble quite similar to the one 2 decades back, and everything's terribly overvalued. Scarily, tech stocks are overvalued even when measured in dollars, which are themselves incredibly overvalued tokens of little more than faith ("full faith", admittedly, but s...
[08:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:15] <exec> 08└─You say that like its a bad thing. America answerable to no one is the best possible outcome you dummy.
[08:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:17] <exec> 08└─Listen, either you believe that global, tariff-free trade is a good thing. Or you believe that tariffs and subsidies make sense, and trade agreements are something to be handled individually. I can argue for either of those positions, and sometimes do. The think is: the current situation is purest h...
[08:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:19] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but i think he knows, take a look at the secret negotiations between Trump and Kim: https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[08:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:21] <exec> 08└─"So is Trump being selfish? Or is he merely being honest?" They are not exclusive.
[08:51:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:06] <exec> 08└─Naah, Runaway won't get into orbit ever. Oh, wait...
[08:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:07] <exec> 08└─I dunno. Sometimes he seems a bit spaced out.
[08:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:45] <exec> 08└─The popular science media all appear to carry the same fairly-believable image of a planet sweeping up matter from a surrounding cloud, which is nice. Then I accidentally clicked on the actual paper itself, and saw how many different readings of different properties at different wavelengths from dif...
[08:51:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:46] <exec> 08└─But I'm still not happy - I need the animation, I want to see what several years, or decades, of sweeping can do.
[08:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:18] <exec> 08└─At least I will be free, unmonitored, and unmolested by government.
[08:52:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:20] <exec> 08└─Rioting? Not that much.
[08:53:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:53:00] <exec> 08└─The url abutted a trailing period which isn't part of it, and "Plain Old Text" mode doesn't do the right thing :( The real link's this: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] .
[08:56:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:56:46] <exec> 08└─The fear-mongering comes from "this stuff is somehow magically worse than 'normal' crops".
[08:56:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Grass is Creeping Across Oregon - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:56:47] <exec> 08└─If resistance were free, why wouldn't natural plants have evolved to be resistant
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[09:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:58] <exec> 08└─Already a couple of years ago Microsoft deliberately changed the default SDK compiler settings to always include SSE2 instructions. That pretty much killed most apllication updates for any system still running AthlonXP+ or Pentium III processors. Including Firefox. These programs compiled has no sta...
[09:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:24] <exec> 08└─Switzerland - bad example to illustrate your point. Not an EU member.
[09:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:25] <exec> 08└─Print a $21b note, job done.
[09:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:27] <exec> 08└─So, the logical next steps: - Get out of the UN (and kick them out of the country) - More power to the president - Make dissent a criminal offense - Change the constitution to remain president for life - Invade Canada and Mexico - prepare to anex the rest of the south american continent
[09:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:47] <exec> 08└─Perspective Not a new antibiotic, not the universal flue vaccine, but... the greatest medical wonder of all time, the antiperspirant fabric. How has the world.survived without with until now? Give them a patent, quick; make it last longer than copyright too.
[09:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:54] <exec> 08└─> I want to see what several years, or decades, of sweeping can do. To see what many billions of years of sweeping looks like, step outside and look down.
[09:53:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:08] <exec> 08└─> and I was rewarded with a suitable price You mean, you didn't instantly know what the link would be about, without ever visiting it...? You're one of today's lucky scarred for life 10,000. [xkcd.com]
[09:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:09] <exec> 08└─> Nigerian Dwarf goats Geeze, that combination of words raises so many red flags...
[09:53:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:48] <exec> 08└─"All of the major distros have it." Everyone does it, so it must be good? That argument doesn't really pass here -- this site's very existence is rooted in rebellion against that concept, as someone with sucha a low UID should know :)
[09:58:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06After GE's Giant Failure, Is There Reason to Hold Six-Sigma in High Regard? - 1918 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:58:40] <exec> 08└─Rowing from a Six Sigma Lean perspective [blogspot.com] A Japanese company and an American company decided to have a canoe race on the Mississippi River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, ver...
[09:58:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After GE's Giant Failure, Is There Reason to Hold Six-Sigma in High Regard? - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:58:54] <exec> 08└─Modded funny but it's really too close to the truth to be laughed about...
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[10:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:58] <exec> 08└─I am no fan of Microsoft, but I think many can agree that the boat anchor of legacy hardware and software support has held Microsoft back. We can't blame backwards compatibility for Microsoft's shitty business practices, disastrous mergers/acquisitions and horrible design decisions. But it certainly...
[10:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03sonamchauhan [6546] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:00] <exec> 08└─I am a Windows user exclusively now, after using Linux extensively in the early 2000s. Win10 isn't on any of my devices, except the work PC (which isn't mine anyway). Since Windows now insists on phoning home, so I've told it to stay there and cease trying to Wintern my devices.
[10:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:02] <exec> 08└─We can't blame backwards compatibility for Microsoft's shitty business practices, disastrous mergers/acquisitions and horrible design decisions. But it certainly has hurt the quality of its software products.
[10:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:04] <exec> 08└─I am no fan of Microsoft, but I think many can agree that the boat anchor of legacy hardware and software support has held Microsoft back.
[10:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:06] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DRaCodgL9cvk [youtube.com] Old, hard to fix? Unsupported! Not much different to newer computers, just with less pretence!
[10:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:09] <exec> 08└─Yeah, backward compatibility has truly held back the recent development of... Windows 7?
[10:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:17] <exec> 08└─You've got to remember we're in a tech bubble quite similar to the one 2 decades back
[10:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:19] <exec> 08└─an old scool USB WLAN/3G dongle?
[10:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:22] <exec> 08└─and a duurrty keyboard..which I'll get uround to at some point.
[10:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:44] <exec> 08└─America answerable to no one is the best possible outcome you dummy.
[10:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 1238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:45] <exec> 08└─Can you imagine, what if Crooked Hillary had won? Believe me, she wouldn't be taking us out of the World Trade Organization. And she wouldn't be renegotiating. Because she's a HUGE GLOBALIST, she owes so much to the Global Special Interests. But if she did -- if somehow she did -- our alt-left would...
[10:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:47] <exec> 08└─Thank you for your support! So many countries have a President for life. China, Russia, many more. And it's terrific for them. Let's make our Constitution great again! #RepealThe22nd [twitter.com]
[10:50:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:50] <exec> 08└─Switzerland - bad example to illustrate your point. Not an EU member.
[10:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:52] <exec> 08└─Wow, that's a lot of money. Who do you owe it to?
[10:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:54] <exec> 08└─Free trade zone? Bzzzzt...wrong. Every country still has its subsidies and import barriers.
[10:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:56] <exec> 08└─Not in the EU, no, but we still have all the various trade agreements. The example I gave would be the same across the French-German border.
[10:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:59] <exec> 08└─How is this unpredictable? Here he is saying he would do it before being elected: “Then we’re going to renegotiate or we’re going to pull out,” he said. “These trade deals are a disaster, Chuck. The World Trade Organization is a disaster.”
[10:51:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:01] <exec> 08└─The example I gave would be the same across the French-German border.
[10:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:03] <exec> 08└─- Rename country to People's Democratic United Republic of America
[10:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:05] <exec> 08└─To be fair, that mindset is almost two hundred years old. [wikipedia.org]
[10:52:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:52:32] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I'm not expecting to see actual aggregation occur obviously, but I am expecting to see the planetary centre itself move, and for there to be disturbances in the cloud in its wake.
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[11:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:56] <exec> 08└─That kind of functionality is not exclusive to Linux Mint, or any distro. btrfs subvol snap -r / /root/snapshots/whatever
[11:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:57] <exec> 08└─Its great that you can already do "timeshift", but this is designed for the non-nerd user to be better able to recover their system. Its target audience isn't hard-core nerds. Mint has traditionally been one of the "user-friendly" desktop distros, so a nice GUI that is baked-in with this timeshift a...
[11:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:59] <exec> 08└─Thanks to Timeshift, you can go back in time and restore your computer to the last functional system snapshot. ... of disk space in the Root or / partition. If this partition is [smaller than] 20GB, [an] "out of disk space" condition will likely occur = a borked system
[11:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03axsdenied [384] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:13] <exec> 08└─To put things in perspective the CPUs supporting SSE2 came out in 2000 (Intel) or 2003 (AMD). That was 18/15 years ago. Now compare that to the phone manufacturers nowadays...
[11:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:14] <exec> 08└─You know 7 phones home too right ?
[11:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:58] <exec> 08└─The bill is USFARTA. You can argue to pronounce it as US-FART-A, but claiming it's FART is simply more Trump bashing. Sure, he's a bad president, but the constant media bullshitting makes all the non-trump supporters look like whining, immature kids throwing a temper tantrum. There are plenty of thi...
[11:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03noneof_theabove [6189] (Score: 1) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:59] <exec> 08└─1938 in 3...2...1 BOOM! Bow to the Supreme Leader of the US Kind Donald the 1st.
[11:51:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Government Trials Biometrics for its MyGov System - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:09] <exec> 08└─This should be a PSA on the front page of every newspaper. Thanks for the heads up.
[11:53:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:53:44] <exec> 08└─If you end a sentence with a URL and a full stop in "Plain Old Text" mode, then it gets automatically linkified in a way that is unexpected and undesired. E.g. when I type:     http://foo.bar SN turns it into the non-useful unintended:     http://foo.bar [foo.bar] rather than the usefu...
[11:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:55:18] <exec> 08└─The minimum punishment is nothing. He's a kid, so the maximum punishment is probably nearly nothing.
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[12:50:08] <exec> 08└─I liked version(s) 17. The LiveCD included multimedia codecs. Now that Mint does not, I have no use for it. Yes, the software can be installed later, but again I only wanted the LiveCD with codecs. I don't like the hobbled update options and there are other factors keeping me away. But that's okay,...
[12:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:34] <exec> 08└─looks like an old scool USB WLAN/3G dongle
[12:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:36] <exec> 08└─Part of the appeal seems to be the USB stick-like nature of the device. Easy to conceal, especially at school.
[12:50:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 443 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:46] <exec> 08└─What amazes me the most is that the fiscally conservative R guys, who hounded Obama for years when he was going textbook-Keynes at the greatest recession, are letting him do this. Just because they are afraid to lose. So we get isolationism. Do you know what doesn't match very well with isolationism...
[12:50:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03BsAtHome [889] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 287 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:57] <exec> 08└─So, the logical next steps: - Get out of the UN (and kick them out of the country) - More power to the president - Make dissent a criminal offense - Change the constitution to remain president for life - Invade Canada and Mexico - prepare to anex the rest of the south american continent
[12:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:12] <exec> 08└─Sure, he's a bad president, but the constant media bullshitting makes all the non-trump supporters look like whining, immature kids throwing a temper tantrum. There are plenty of things to complain about, so stop making things up in an attempt to make the people you dislike look bad.
[12:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 1139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:13] <exec> 08└─There's been a lot of stories about the WTO lately. This is not all the US is doing. * Currently the US is vetoing all judicial appointments until the WTO agrees to always decide cases as directed by the US. This is a Trump administration policy. The WTO is undermanned right now because of unfilled...
[12:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:16] <exec> 08└─The government mostly owes it to itself: http://www.businessinsider.com [businessinsider.com] So see, it doesn't even matter (somehow).
[12:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 1568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:18] <exec> 08└─He is being naive just like normal American citizens. Or shall I call him dumb just as Americans are called outside of USA. For decades and decades USA through heavy funding of UN (~50%) and by direct interference forced countries to open their markets so USA could sell its shit - countries where it...
[12:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:20] <exec> 08└─Oh get off your moral high horse. You can just immigrate to Canada very easily, the USA will not stop you from leaving. You are not being politically persecuted and your vain virtue signaling is spitting in the face of anyone who faces the threat of unjust detainment, torture or outright execution b...
[12:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:22] <exec> 08└─I woild love it if he ruled for next 100 years. But alas he is too good a guy. Maybe he will lay a foundation for a new, less corrupt party than the two we have. US political system has really soured me on democracy. Cyclical but nothing changes in the end. Though German style Democracy is probably...
[12:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:24] <exec> 08└─You can drive freely through Europe
[12:51:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:27] <exec> 08└─What amazes me is this https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[12:51:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03noneof_theabove [6189] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:50] <exec> 08└─I get 1 gallon of distilled water [ 1 ppm TDS ] Have a set of 0.9999% pure silver wires for a 24 volt, constant current, reversing polarity to hold the $30 [appx varies with market] that makes 100 gallons average. That is $0.30 silver. Total cost: $1.30 per gallon. Kills all armpit bacteria responsi...
[12:51:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:51] <exec> 08└─K.I.S.S. proven in Occum O'Cum's Razor
[12:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:53] <exec> 08└─Have a set of 0.9999% pure silver wires
[12:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:54:57] <exec> 08└─Hopefully this group of owners can shed the Opensuse board entirely
[12:54:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:54:58] <exec> 08└─Arch is not user-unfreindly.
[12:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:57:06] <exec> 08└─> Error 517 : Dick stuck in fan blade - did not generate proper callback and did not get logged. I guess your dick has systemd in PEED 1.
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[13:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:56] <exec> 08└─I'm happy with Raspian on my old RasPi B+: phil@razspaz:~$ uname -a Linux razspaz 4.10.17+ #1 Tue May 23 10:24:51 CEST 2017 armv6l GNU/Linux phil@razspaz:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org jessie main ... However, that's very underpowered, so I'll be migrating to a...
[13:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:58] <exec> 08└─Ug. I was *unhappy* with Raspian... (and am super happy with Devuan)
[13:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:00] <exec> 08└─armv6l
[13:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:02] <exec> 08└─Dump that poettering junk. There was one point where I had a bunch of trouble fighting with avahi which was sucking up 100% CPU. It's a useless piece of shit so I turned it off. Then systemderp gave us trouble creating a service for running a daemon. damn Lindows.
[13:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:04] <exec> 08└─I've been playing with Void Linux lately, and might end up switching my laptop over to that soon. Haven't tried it on a Pi yet, but they do support it (at least the Pi 1/2...doesn't mention the 3): https://voidlinux.org [voidlinux.org]
[13:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:07] <exec> 08└─Speaking of choice, I've mostly switched across to the Rock64 [pine64.org] from the Pi these days. The Raspberry Pi Foundation's insistence on running a not-mainline kernel, together with the Poettering crapd introduction has left me cold. I've found the Rock64 a really good alternative, what with t...
[13:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:09] <exec> 08└─Should I sub this? https://www.androidauthority.com [androidauthority.com] https://www.notebookcheck.net [notebookcheck.net]
[13:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:20] <exec> 08└─zfs has saved the day many times!! I'm careful, but we all have bad days...:-/
[13:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:21] <exec> 08└─Just what I need, another mint release that's named after an ex of mine. Time to switch distros.
[13:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:38] <exec> 08└─>I am no fan of Microsoft, but I am no fan of mafias, but.............
[13:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:51] <exec> 08└─Not to mention non-refillable cartridges for "health and safety" reasons. And damned expensive cartridges at that. As for the fear for the children angle, 10 years ago, the kids using e-cigs would have been smoking regular cigarettes (possibly with a five finger discount if the cashier carded).
[13:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:53] <exec> 08└─While I speculate it is over valued, they pass my first rule of investing: the income stream is easily understood. They sell physical objects to consumers. The market is displacing a massive pre-existing technology, and the use of the product is highly addictive. I'll contrast that with WhatsApp, wh...
[13:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:55] <exec> 08└─That is the only appeal that other devices don't have, plausible camouflage. And compared to any USB stick i use they are noticeably larger. But I wouldn't expect a teacher to be savvy enough to know the difference.
[13:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:38] <exec> 08└─What's funny (in a hypocritical sense) is that the people who would most complain about dropping the wto are the same ones who've been fighting against the same organization for decades.
[13:51:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:39] <exec> 08└─I remember the Battle of Seattle well. He is making it OK for the next person to do the things that need to be done, but couldn't before.
[13:51:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:41] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests#/media/File:WTO_protestors,_1999_(20680767813).jpg [wikipedia.org]
[13:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:44] <exec> 08└─https://ethleteco.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/wto-protest.jpg [wordpress.com]
[13:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:46] <exec> 08└─US-FART-A is the Canadian pronunciation?
[13:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:48] <exec> 08└─Fantastic! The faster we get out of the WTO the better. Next, the UN. Another abomination and unchecked force for evil in the world.
[13:53:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:05] <exec> 08└─They're polarized by design. When you sift out the political jargon, the talking points, the propaganda, they hype, then the vast majority of Americans are not very far apart at all in terms of what they value and what their goals are, because those are rooted in a common set of material circumstanc...
[13:53:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 940 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:06] <exec> 08└─They do deserve prison. That they have not been put there for such obvious and open crimes speaks volumes about the state of the Rule of Law in the USA in 2018. It tells you all you need to know about how legitimate our democracy is. That is to say, it is all a charade. The NSA must be dissolved and...
[13:53:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 834 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:56] <exec> 08└─And if you get appendicitis? An abscessed tooth? Lupus? Diabetes? (Many of the people that develop adult-onset diabetes get it because of bad eating habits or a sedentary lifestyle or both, but some people just have unlucky genetics and will develop the disease no matter what they do.) Some kind of...
[13:53:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 1203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:57] <exec> 08└─The new generation has plenty of impotent, isolated rage. Hence the school shootings, incel attacks, and marked increases in suicides and drug overdose deaths. But I'm not ready to go to war. Maybe I should be, but I'm not. Instead, I'm getting involved. I'm in my 40s, and for my whole life to this...
[13:54:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 121 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:11] <exec> 08└─Encountering two bears, one watching you intently, one ignoring you (back turned), which one would you keep your eyes on?
[13:54:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crafoo [6639] 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 120 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:21] <exec> 08└─Imgur really is a javascript cesspool. 4 levels of javashit hell, and I was rewarded with a suitable price. Well played.
[13:54:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 519 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:22] <exec> 08└─A scraggly old Greek man in a dusty village speaks to a group of strangers. “See that school? I built that school – with my own hands. Ten years it took, and thousands of children have been schooled there, but nobody talks about Stavros the school-builder. Nobody! See that hospital? I built it w...
[13:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:19] <exec> 08└─That's why superiors should always record their conversations with subordinates, in order to always be aware that everything they say stays on the record, and to behave in accordance with responsibility of their position. As one over many, they must adhere to a stricter moral code then just any rand...
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[14:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:14] <exec> 08└─At $100 it feels a bit too pricey for me, though it looks like a decent board overall. The plain Renegade board looks very similar to the Rock64, at pretty much the same price point. I haven't tried either of them, but I was reasonably happy with Rockchip's available documentation when I had to look...
[14:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:16] <exec> 08└─For those looking for the second updated OS not mentioned in TFS, it is Raspbian.   TLDR summery: there are OS updates available to the Raspberry Pi! Choose either "noob friendly," systemd encumbered Raspbian or native 64 bit, systemd free, Alpine--now featuring minimal installs. Add only the GNU/L...
[14:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:18] <exec> 08└─SBCs are a bit of a hobby of mine. I haven't used the Rock64 before but really like the specs on it. I personally run ODROIDs myself, as they seem to have one of the largest communities (probably the second largest, although the Pine64 community is also alive as you probably know). From my testing,...
[14:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:46] <exec> 08└─Specifically, Microsoft backported all their telemetry crap to all versions of windows down to 7. And then people started specifically excluding the relevant KBs, so Microsoft switched to 'all in one' updates which the add it back. Don't like it? You don't get any updates at all then.
[14:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:02] <exec> 08└─Pretty soon to be found at your local gas station: Juul knock-offs such as "Jemm" and "Cristal (like the champagne)". Let's hope they can successfully sue for... design patents? Trademark infringement?
[14:51:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 385 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:10] <exec> 08└─By this I mean: completely self-centered, utterly unpredictable, dangerous to ally and enemy alike, and with approximately zero input from outside reality. The dumb son of a bitch is trying to turn us into North Korea, and he doesn't even fucking KNOW he's trying to do that. In all my short life I n...
[14:51:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 251 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:32] <exec> 08└─How is this unpredictable? Here he is saying he would do it before being elected: “Then we’re going to renegotiate or we’re going to pull out,” he said. “These trade deals are a disaster, Chuck. The World Trade Organization is a disaster.”
[14:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:52] <exec> 08└─Hilary Davidson Motorcycle Co. Hilary Davidson Motorcycle Co.? Really? You people really do find a way to lower the bar, and every day prove yourselves even stupider than our lowest expectations before (and these days, they're pretty low). That level of dumb really takes talent. I guess it does show...
[14:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:54] <exec> 08└─When did something as academic as economics become a matter of "belief"? Shouldn't we try to do what we know works instead of picking an economic God like there's no way to know what actually happens in the afterlife?
[14:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:56] <exec> 08└─Another perfect post from the realDonaldTrump, everybody! The World Trade Organization...was set up for the benefit of everybody but us.
[14:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:58] <exec> 08└─I just hope that was satire …
[14:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:00] <exec> 08└─Invade Canada and Mexico - prepare to anex the rest of the south american continent
[14:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:03] <exec> 08└─Trump obviously doesn't understand that the whole system of "allies" and "open market" was devised by Americans themselves
[14:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:05] <exec> 08└─I remember the scornful coverage by the main stream media. Though now they would characterize the protestors as the lamentable victims of Trump's fascist regime.
[14:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:56] <exec> 08└─Yes we did have the computer technology. The equations are not that involved, maybe 200 lines executed at 100hz if even that. There is a lower limit as to what is needed to control something, but it's also close to the upper limit as to what can be done. GHz processing power may make video games loo...
[14:53:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Very Large Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Planet Being Formed - 888 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:40] <exec> 08└─It reminds me of these: https://www.eurekalert.org [eurekalert.org] https://www.eso.org [eso.org] Although comparatively it is much more intuitive to understand what is happening in the PDS 70b image. The good news is that the first of the extremely lar...
[14:54:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 1479 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:54:52] <exec> 08└─"but researchers have found evidence that goats are as clever as dogs" The researchers still haven't realized that the goats are studying them. I'm only half joking. I've known a lot of dogs - and several goats. Only the sharpest dogs stand a chance in a battle of wits with the goats. "The 2016 stud...
[14:56:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:37] <exec> 08└─I disagree, I feel that all interactions with authority should be recorded precisely because it limits what can be said. There are few checks on authority, and recording them is one of the few that actually works at all.
[14:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple is Rebuilding Maps from the Ground Up - 2155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:58] <exec> 08└─Eh, I've used OSMAnd for Android for several years but have been looking at switching lately. Its main advantage is that its open source, otherwise...it hasn't got much. Three major issues: 1) Routing can take FOREVER for longer trips -- the ones you're likely to want GPS for. Adding waypoints can h...
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[15:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:57] <exec> 08└─"...small molecule therapeutics designed to restore the weakened signaling." Sounds like this small molecule could be used to stimulate the serotonin receptors on its own. Is this another drug to "cure" drug addiction? Remember, heroin was introduced by Bayer as a cure for morphine addiction, which...
[15:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:58] <exec> 08└─I actually RTFA, there's not much there. I didn't bother digging up the abstract, because I had little hope there was anything in regards to the specifics of the chemistry of the "series of small molecule therapeutics." The tone of the article implied the scientist didn't want to share the recipe fo...
[15:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:00] <exec> 08└─Also meant to add, the treatment definitely curbed the rat's cocaine cravings. As for the addictiveness of the showers, it is hard to tell as they were on a regular interval and not on demand. Perhaps a follow up experiment is necessary where rats are given a choice between therapeutic showers and c...
[15:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:17] <exec> 08└─odroid xu4 real usb3, 8 cores, can be a traffic generator for gig-ethernet (2 full ports at very close to wire speed). pi's suck and continue to suck. the good thing about the pi is the community; without that, the pi would be just another half-ass sbc.
[15:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:19] <exec> 08└─A device with a limp ARM needs a different kind of device to get its floating point hard.
[15:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:21] <exec> 08└─On a Ras Pi project, I decided to use Raspbian Light (no GUI). Install my JAR with a script that starts it as a daemon at boot. Then perform a carefully crafted list of other tasks to get Raspbian to run on read-only media. That way you can pop the SD into the Pi, boot it, the application runs in ba...
[15:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:23] <exec> 08└─Is there a way of benchmarking how much of the time is wasted in FP-emulation? I don't do any "computation" on the device, so would hope it would be close to zero.
[15:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:36] <exec> 08└─You can install the codecs *while you're running live.* It's probably like all of 2 extra clicks. And I assume them not including the codecs is for legal reasons. hobbled update options
[15:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:37] <exec> 08└─Yep. Exactly what I did. And i love 19 so far. Fastest install. Fastest running and nice looking. It just "feels" right.
[15:50:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:56] <exec> 08└─While that may be true, I don't see why Microsoft should get a special exception to Darth Vader their support agreements. If the tables were turned and you unilaterally changed something that Microsoft had a vested interest in, then you can bet that Microsoft would go thermonuclear on you with their...
[15:50:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:58] <exec> 08└─My son told me what default is, in the world of cyber. It's cyber you haven't changed. Cyber the way it comes from the store. But, you can change it VERY EASILY.
[15:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:00] <exec> 08└─Who said "recent development"? It certainly has had in impact on every version of Windows since '98. Would 7 have been even better, more stable, or had a longer support life if Microsoft had not had to look all the way back to supporting some parts of what '95 had to support? Would 10 have come out...
[15:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:17] <exec> 08└─Or they branch out, Juul Diamond for the girls and Juul Ti for the guys. I mostly just hope the whole nicotine industry fails. At least with traditional tobacco you know where it is by the stink.
[15:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:18] <exec> 08└─You raise valid points. There is of course the spectre of potential vaping bans in various parts of the world, which taints the product somewhat.
[15:51:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03unauthorized [3776] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 316 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:59] <exec> 08└─Oh get off your moral high horse. You can just immigrate to Canada very easily, the USA will not stop you from leaving. You are not being politically persecuted and your vain virtue signaling is spitting in the face of anyone who faces the threat of unjust detainment, torture or outright execution b...
[15:52:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 31 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:12] <exec> 08└─I just hope that was satire …
[15:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:17] <exec> 08└─In post modernism, everything is a belief and there are no "truths".
[15:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:19] <exec> 08└─Utter Madness ... And the Dems are focused on crying about illegal immigrants. We can be pissed off about more than one thing at a time...
[15:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:21] <exec> 08└─TDS is strong in this one.
[15:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:23] <exec> 08└─To foreign investors, actually. The people who buy Treasury bonds.
[15:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:25] <exec> 08└─Look at how he got these people (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCuDGVRFcg [youtube.com]) defending the wto. He is a genius. (Boobs at 2:53)
[15:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:28] <exec> 08└─Listen, either you believe that global, tariff-free trade is a good thing. Or you believe that tariffs and subsidies make sense, and trade agreements are something to be handled individually.
[15:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:30] <exec> 08└─Except that fundamental premise, of course.
[15:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:32] <exec> 08└─The second and beyond steps do not follow logically from the first. Protectionism/Isolationism and totalitarianism have no mandatory relationship whatsoever. Thus your entire premise is fundamentally flawed.
[15:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:34] <exec> 08└─Personally, I would. It would take a giant shit on the US economy but it would remove the massive income disparity pressure from our southern border, which would leave us better off in the long term. It would also lower the value of the dollar which would make domestic production much more viable.
[15:52:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:36] <exec> 08└─It's a fart joke. It was going to be made no matter who proposed the bill. Untwist your drawers.
[15:52:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:38] <exec> 08└─Give me a Putin like in Russia to make sure your country remains a country and isnt fucked sideways by multikulti boogeymen.
[15:52:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:41] <exec> 08└─Well, as hyperbole goes, it is flawed, of course. However, the state of affairs seems to indicate that mandatory relationships have nothing to do with what is actually happening. Sometimes fantasy simply cannot predict the idiocy of real life.
[15:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:43] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but it's always on the wrong things. There's still no introspection, still blaming others for their own failures, and still trying to play both sides of the aisle through deceit. Real liberals are dumb as dirt by sticking with these bastards, and really do show their own evil by compromise and...
[15:52:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:45] <exec> 08└─To be really fair, that mindset is around 13 billion years old.
[15:52:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:47] <exec> 08└─No "truths" doesn't mean no "facts". We figured out how to address the bias of human belief by relying on facts in the 17th-18th centuries; it's called Rationalism. And while I'd be the first to complain about the lack of the Scientific Method in the squishier fields like economics, it's a hell of a...
[15:52:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:49] <exec> 08└─It seems more likely that some people find him unpredictable because they have a totally inaccurate mental model of him.
[15:53:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:15] <exec> 08└─Steve Jobs also believed that. Apparently he reeked.
[15:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:16] <exec> 08└─The problem isn't that he stopped showering/using soap, it's that he didn't spray the magic bacteria over himself. Oh, and the fact that he killed himself with an alternative cancer treatment.
[15:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FDA Approves Topical Cloth for Excessive Armpit Sweating - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:18] <exec> 08└─I kinda find it fitting. He was a piece of shit on the inside, and also smelled like shit on the outside.
[15:54:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:15] <exec> 08└─Yes, than exactly!
[15:54:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:16] <exec> 08└─Wiped? Like with a cloth? -NSA guy
[15:55:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:08] <exec> 08└─I'm no fan of our current government, but at least here they're not likely to be involved when you get kidnapped and ransomed by druglords. Or is that mostly in Central America, not South? Very difficult to access. Even the local populations from the nearest city/town almost never come out that far
[15:57:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:31] <exec> 08└─One-party consent is so much fun though, because it enables all these incidents where some Republican politician thinks no one is listening and then he accidenally outs himself as a big douchebag.
[15:57:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Felony Eavesdropping Charges for Student Who Recorded his Conversation with School Administrators - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:33] <exec> 08└─But on the other hand: If you go nothing to hide, then you got nothing to fear from being recorded? Really?
[15:58:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Systems Status -- Certs, Developers, and Community, Oh My! - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:58:06] <exec> 08└─Six possibly? I try to avoid thinking about that box when at all possible, so I don't remember.
[15:58:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Systems Status -- Certs, Developers, and Community, Oh My! - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:58:07] <exec> 08└─Six is good. Seven not so good. How can I help?
[15:58:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Systems Status -- Certs, Developers, and Community, Oh My! - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:58:10] <exec> 08└─Well, it's currently about nap time, so I can't really form coherent thoughts all that much. Let me talk to NCommander and the other admin types later and get back to you. Any objections to using the email you're registered with here to contact you?
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[16:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:02] <exec> 08└─"And did we tell you the name of the game, boy? We call it ridin' the gravity train!"
[16:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:03] <exec> 08└─Why is an article like this on the front page? You can't store "2 to 3 gigawatts" because wattage is a rate of power delivery or rate of energy per unit time. 3 gigawatt seconds is less than one kilowatt year. To know how much power it stores we need a unit of energy and not power. This article is u...
[16:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:05] <exec> 08└─Neat idea. Can they integrate it into existing infrastructure? I'm imagining like the San Fran trolleys, but attach lead weights under them. They carry them up the hill when energy is in excess, and down when it's in shortage. Just need an automated loading/unloading/storage system.
[16:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:08] <exec> 08└─Anyone have an idea what happened to the first one in Nevada? They have a nice page about it on their site https://www.aresnorthamerica.com [aresnorthamerica.com] and say construction should take 9 months starting a year ago. But it's not in google's satellite imagery at al...
[16:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:10] <exec> 08└─I'm sure the tourists on the trolley are willing to wait at the bottom of the hill until threre's a surplus of supply. And remain on the trolley at the top so the energy used to lift them can be recovered when its needed.
[16:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:12] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews constantly runs bullshit pop "science" like this these days. It's nearly as bad as Slashdot.
[16:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:14] <exec> 08└─I think that's what the automated loading/unloading is about - the trains don't need to wait at the top of the hill to store energy, only the weights do.
[16:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:17] <exec> 08└─https://www.tumblr.com/search/gravy%20gif [tumblr.com] Don't click it.
[16:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:19] <exec> 08└─A journalist used the wrong unit. In an article from 2 years ago. Boo fucking hoo, AC.
[16:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03xorsyst [1372] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:21] <exec> 08└─How is this any better/simpler/cheaper/more environmentally friendly than using pumped water storage, which has been used for decades?
[16:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:23] <exec> 08└─The promoter in the interview focuses instead on how the construction material can be recycled at end of life.
[16:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:26] <exec> 08└─So basically open 2 beavertail shops - one at the top of the hill and one at the bottom? When energy is short, open the one at the bottom of the hill and the tourists go down. When energy is excess, open the one at the top of the hill and tourists go up.
[16:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:28] <exec> 08└─by xorsyst (1372) Neutral on Tuesday July 03, @11:40AM
[16:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:30] <exec> 08└─Ah you got a typo in there Try https://www.tumblr.com [tumblr.com]
[16:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:41] <exec> 08└─That's what brought the problem. Doubling down seems unlikely to be the answer
[16:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03fadrian [3194] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:43] <exec> 08└─5-HT receptors seem sort of wussy when you're talking about addiction - it's like trying to push on a rope compared to the more direct pathways (like the opioid receptors and the learning centers). This sounds more like "We've been looking at 5-HT drugs for a while and we need a compelling reason fo...
[16:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:04] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the RasPi is the "cheap" option by every definition of the term. But it works as a low-throughput web- and mail server, and ssh/tmux/irc hub for a bunch of mates. root@razspaz:/var/log# uptime   19:00:57 up 181 days, 6:43, 7 users, load average: 0.94, 0.53, 0.42
[16:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the RasPi is the "cheap" option by every definition of the term. But it works as a low-throughput web- and mail server, and ssh/tmux/irc hub for a bunch of mates. root@razspaz:/var/log# uptime     19:00:57 up 181 days, 6:43, 7 users, load average: 0.94, 0.53, 0.42
[16:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:21] <exec> 08└─According to ZDnet, Mint has decided to quit supporting KDE in Mint 19... that's a bit of a bummer for me, since that is what we've been using on the family PC for the last several years.. I guess we'll be moving to another distro.. https://www.zdnet.com
[16:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:01] <exec> 08└─Apropos of not very much at all, a tiny anecdote which doesn't count as actual data. I live downtown in the capital city, streets are full of people, and there's plenty of youth, as I'm right on top of the bar district. Downstairs in my building, after a boutique clothing store, about 9 months ago,...
[16:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:16] <exec> 08└─All true but assuming that just because a guy's got policies you disagree with and a bit of an authoritarian bent that he's going to go full on Stalin is an astoundingly enormous stretch.
[16:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:18] <exec> 08└─The bill is USFARTA. You can argue to pronounce it as US-FART-A, but claiming it's FART is simply more Trump bashing. Yes, it's a secret anti-Trump plot to use our Democrat (solar-powered) time machine do go back in time and secretly change the name of the USAPARTIOTA to the USA PATRIOT Act.
[16:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:20] <exec> 08└─why do you feel the need to lie? Russia does not have president for life. Putin has been abusing the loopholes, yes, but there is no "president for life" law. When Putin reached the max term, he let his pal win the next elections, and after that run for president again. In other words, yes, in Russi...
[16:53:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:22] <exec> 08└─I prefer this as a new name for Our Great Union (tm): Republic of Excited Trumpian Americans Restoring Dignity to the States, or RETARDS for short.
[16:53:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:24] <exec> 08└─The USA was one of the creators of the UN, and has veto power in the Security Council (the only part of the UN that can issue binding directives). The General Assembly votes on and issues assorted resolutions, but member nations are not required to do anything about them.
[16:53:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:27] <exec> 08└─We already print money like it's nothing.
[16:53:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 977 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:29] <exec> 08└─Fantastic! The faster we get out of the WTO the better. Next, the UN. Another abomination and unchecked force for evil in the world. Whoever marked this insightful (and frankly, whoever wrote it if they weren't being sarcastic) seriously needs to reconnect with reality. These institutions are what d...
[16:53:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:31] <exec> 08└─I think they changed the law, when Putler's terms maxed out.
[16:53:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:33] <exec> 08└─Protectionism/Isolationism and totalitarianism have no mandatory relationship whatsoever
[16:53:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:35] <exec> 08└─a bit of an authoritarian bent that he's going to go full on Stalin is an astoundingly enormous stretch.
[16:53:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:38] <exec> 08└─To be fair, you could make your Constitution great again by following the damned thing for once.
[16:53:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:40] <exec> 08└─Oh get off your moral high horse. You can just immigrate to Canada very easily, the USA will not stop you from leaving. No, but Canada probably won't let him/her in. They've made it much harder for Americans to immigrate, and given how many of us have turned out to be bottom-feeding scum (just look...
[16:54:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 317 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:30] <exec> 08└─> the Falcon Heavy from SpaceX launched 64 tons toward Mars earlier this year. Unless they replaced the roadster's battery with lead or gold, I'm going to have to go with ... NO! FH payload to Mars is a pretty impressive 16.8t. 63.8t payload is to LEO, or 3.5t to Pluto, according to Wikipedia. Basic...
[16:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:36] <exec> 08└─> Cue the dick jokes. Elon is compensating because he's also tunneling faster and at smaller diameter than others ? Or is it because his sports cars are quiet, and all his battery-powered products have at most one speed ? On the other hand, he's already the only one to stand upright at rest after de...
[16:56:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 1035 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:00] <exec> 08└─I've been expecting inevitable chaos for some time. Though, realisically, a civil war may not be able to materialize. That's because we have mixed ideologies to the point that distinct groups don't really form. So you will have the neighbor v.s. neighbor chaos that will be total chaos rather than an...
[16:56:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:45] <exec> 08└─I mean, smart for planning, but not so smart for not recognizing her Spanish temper ahead of time.
[16:59:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Systems Status -- Certs, Developers, and Community, Oh My! - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:02] <exec> 08└─No, please write and thanks for all you all do here!
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[17:50:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03xorsyst [1372] 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 134 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:10] <exec> 08└─How is this any better/simpler/cheaper/more environmentally friendly than using pumped water storage, which has been used for decades?
[17:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:15] <exec> 08└─It is not. Too many moving parts, too much exposure to elements, wear of the locomotives and the conductors above. The slope also has to be constructed, which is an expensive task.
[17:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:18] <exec> 08└─Probably, just probably, useful where water is not abundant. Like, say, Mars. Provided you still have enough steel to make the trains.
[17:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:20] <exec> 08└─Everyone is free (and encouraged!) to submit their own stories. Be the change you want to see!
[17:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 1061 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:22] <exec> 08└─The only place where it may not be a stupid idea could be next to the Ivanpah plant [wikipedia.org]. Because it's a mountainous desert. With a lot of space. And no water for the much better pumped storage solution. But even then, it's still the desert: nowhere near the consumer. Who doesn't want thi...
[17:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:25] <exec> 08└─Yeah but this one has trains. Checkmate
[17:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:27] <exec> 08└─And when the weights reach the top (or bottom), have a large bird come out of a window and chirp several times!
[17:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:29] <exec> 08└─To know how much power it stores
[17:50:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 1041 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:31] <exec> 08└─Let's take a example like the Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station [wikipedia.org] in Belgium. The data for this station is: Effective water volume: 8 450 000 m³ Effective hydraulic head: 275 m Thus it can hold 2.28e13 J (22.8 terrajoules) Decently heavy train [wikipedia.org]: 3000 ton (3e6...
[17:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:34] <exec> 08└─Nine months expected construction time? It's clear what that means … Probably she just had migraine.
[17:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:36] <exec> 08└─Why bother with water storage and pipes? How about a big pressure vessel? Just use the excess (solar, hydro etc.) production to pump air into pressure container, then release it through a turbine to generate power. Truckers have long stored compressed air to start their diesel engines. Companies are...
[17:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:38] <exec> 08└─Why is an article like this on the front page? [Explanation of how measurement works...]
[17:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:40] <exec> 08└─1.21 gigawatts?! [youtube.com] [video] Journalists are exempt from physics. Didn't you know? ;-) From truth as well :p
[17:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:43] <exec> 08└─A journalist used the wrong unit. In an article from 2 years ago. Boo fucking hoo, AC.
[17:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:45] <exec> 08└─Why bother with water storage and pipes? How about a big pressure vessel?
[17:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:47] <exec> 08└─Everyone is free (and encouraged!) to submit their own stories.
[17:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:49] <exec> 08└─I love watching the semantics bite the semanticist! That's why I never correct others' speeling errors.
[17:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:52] <exec> 08└─How is this any better/simpler/cheaper/more environmentally friendly than using pumped water storage, which has been used for decades? Because they're in a desert?
[17:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:54] <exec> 08└─How about a big pressure vessel?
[17:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:56] <exec> 08└─Dump idiotic journalists? /dev/null ?
[17:50:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:58] <exec> 08└─Meh, with some pumped storage schemes you get to drive inside a mountain on the public tours! [wikipedia.org]
[17:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:10] <exec> 08└─Half of the problem is the physical addiction and cravings. My understanding, from those who have gone through it, is that physical withdrawal sucks but only lasts a few weeks. The other half of the problem is psychological: People are miserable, and getting high helps relieve the pain for a little...
[17:51:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:11] <exec> 08└─Americans going abroad for illegal heroin treatment [bbc.com] FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid [soylentnews.org] Study: Legal Weed Far Better Than Drug War at Stopping Opioid Overdose Epidemic [soylentnews.org] Opioid Commission Drops the Ball, Demonizes Cannabis [soylentnews.org] Two More Studies Link A...
[17:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:34] <exec> 08└─How is linux "two new OSes"?
[17:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:36] <exec> 08└─Linux is a kernel, not OS
[17:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:38] <exec> 08└─alpine looked cool but their code of conduct is pretty disgusting.
[17:51:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03CoolHand [438] 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 424 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:47] <exec> 08└─Its great that you can already do "timeshift", but this is designed for the non-nerd user to be better able to recover their system. Its target audience isn't hard-core nerds. Mint has traditionally been one of the "user-friendly" desktop distros, so a nice GUI that is baked-in with this timeshift a...
[17:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:57] <exec> 08└─Sadly, New York City now requires every developer to help avoid future destruction, by naming all their products "Martha".
[17:51:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:59] <exec> 08└─Its great that you can already do "timeshift", but this is designed for the non-nerd user to be better able to recover their system.
[17:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:20] <exec> 08└─When did they stop selling non-SSE2 processors?
[17:52:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:21] <exec> 08└─So what is the benefit of not supporting pre-SSE2? Does it make our newer systems faster? Give us a better connection to the internet? Has more molecules? Does it make the software less expensive? Does it even make Statya richer? Does it actually do anything? Right, it means people have to throw out...
[17:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:23] <exec> 08└─> Who said "recent development"? The article is about them dropping support now, nine years after release. > Apple, with all its failings, has been much better about freeing themselves from the chains of the past. Personally, those "chains of the past" are literally the only thing keeping me on Wind...
[17:52:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:26] <exec> 08└─> Don't like it? You don't get any updates at all then. Indeed. I haven't updated my Windows 7 box in years, and rely on third-party security software to keep myself somewhat protected :)
[17:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:28] <exec> 08└─I have a system with an Athlon XP Mobile 3000 here, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is a decent machine. So I have to chunk it in to the river to appease our Microsoft overlords.
[17:52:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:48] <exec> 08└─Of course, those are just potential bans. And, their competition already has real bans.
[17:54:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:16] <exec> 08└─The dumb son of a bitch is trying to turn us into North Korea, and he doesn't even fucking KNOW he's trying to do that.
[17:54:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:17] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure that 13 billion years ago there was no mind which could have had a mindset, be it this or another one.
[17:54:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:19] <exec> 08└─Either we should all have no tariffs or boundaries to trade with eachother, or we should all be allowed to impose tariffs and boundaries as we see fit. As long as Europe sees fit to tariff us then we have no reason not to tariff them, and any organization (regardless of if we set it up or not) that...
[17:54:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:22] <exec> 08└─You ever heard the phrase "talking shit"? Trump does that. A lot. Include that fact in your assessment of his actions in the future and you'll have a much more accurate understanding of who he really is.
[17:54:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:24] <exec> 08└─We want to build a wall to keep them out, and then annex them? That makes as much sense as banning Muslims who don't have oil, but saying the ones who do have oil are fine people.
[17:54:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:26] <exec> 08└─Absolutely. My brother worked for MCI up in Tulsa and told me all about the NSA having an office in their building that all the circuits ran through and how even talking about it was a firing offense.
[17:54:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:28] <exec> 08└─You're seeing a relation where there isn't one. Pick a totalitarian regime at random and you're very likely not going to see isolationism.
[17:54:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:30] <exec> 08└─There's talking shit, and there's believing the shit you talk.
[17:54:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:33] <exec> 08└─North Korea
[17:54:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:35] <exec> 08└─> We would never anex Mexico. It's not like it ever happened before [wikipedia.org], eh?
[17:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 1509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:37] <exec> 08└─Observe the D team establishment in horror that candidates like Ocasia-Cortez can win. Then once you've done that, you will begin having nightmares, because you will wonder why the press would be hailing Ocasia-Cortez as a hero instead of burying her victory and giving her the Bernie Sanders treatme...
[17:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:39] <exec> 08└─The Mexico-Guatemala border is only 541 miles, and none of it requires Eminent-Domain of US citizens. There would be a lot easier to build The Wall, and make Mexico pay for it.
[17:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:42] <exec> 08└─You ever heard the phrase "talking shit"? Trump does that. So on the one hand we're not supposed to be surprised that he's going this route because he said he would. But on the other hand, we shouldn't believe anything he says because he's always talking shit. There's that award-winning cognitive di...
[17:54:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:44] <exec> 08└─Oh get off your moral high horse. Conservatives don't like the use of hyperbole unless it's protected by the magic (R). BTW, you guys promised me I'd be able to marry my dog once we let the gays do it. I'm still waiting...
[17:57:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:04] <exec> 08└─LOL. It's not that scary. We also have three Rottweilers on the property. Largest animal that comes around is a Puma, and I don't recall anyone saying they've seen a Jaguar. There are about 12 local people that live in the mountain valley with us. All friendly people too, and the kids love taking le...
[17:57:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:05] <exec> 08└─You mean afford medical in the future, in the USA? What are you smoking?! LOL. If I stayed up here, we would be poor as fuck, because rents keep going up faster than wages. Medical is unaffordable NOW. Anything serious happens, and BOOM, half a million in medical debt. You make concessions. Being 15...
[17:57:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:51] <exec> 08└─The only odd part of that is that you are amazed. Goats have a long, long, long history of being used to clear underbrush, sometimes with unfortunate results. If you read the Bible you might have noted references to "the cedars of Lebanon". They were eaten by goats. More precisely, goats were used t...
[18:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 741 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:49] <exec> 08└─Perhaps ignore is the wrong word, but I can't think of a better one. And to what extent it's "an integral part of the story" is debatable. In Heinlein's "Fifth Column" is *was* an integral part of the story. In the Nolan books it's a shorthand way of talking about "nationalism", and you can easily i...
[18:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:51] <exec> 08└─I want to mod the parent up, but it doesn't really fit into any of the categories. Underrated would work, but I can't use that because nobody else has moded it. So I'm posting a reply so that more people will notice the parent.
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[18:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:02] <exec> 08└─Opera was always an Enigma to me. Mind you, I've been on the Firefox bandwagon for so long, it stretches from Oregon to Georgia. There's never been anything that said, choose Opera! It's 9000X better than the competition! Or it's more open / free / whatever. What with all the turmoil that's happened...
[18:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:03] <exec> 08└─Last time I used Opera was version 12. It was a long time ago but I seem to recall that Opera with the integrated well working feeds and the lack of bloat being great. Naturally with anything good it has to kill itself, but I recall my time on Opera as some of my best times on the internet.
[18:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:45] <exec> 08└─Didn't CSX patent this a few years ago? Pretty sure I read that...
[18:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:47] <exec> 08└─ow much energy is it supposed they store this way?
[18:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:49] <exec> 08└─Muphry's law [wikipedia.org] bites all asses sooner or later.
[18:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:51] <exec> 08└─I didn't RTFA, but I did read abut this system at least 10 years ago. A little surprised to see it is still around.
[18:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:53] <exec> 08└─How long is the train? How heavy is each car. How fast is it allowed to roll?
[18:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:55] <exec> 08└─"If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written." Nope! If you can withstand the urge to correct people then you are safe. Thanks for sharing btw
[18:50:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:58] <exec> 08└─The normal way of doing it, though is a lot more flexible and efficient. You pump water uphill to store energy as potential energy, and the run it through a turbine to extract that energy. The storage is a lot more flexible and reusable, and you can even raise fish in it.
[18:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:00] <exec> 08└─80% seems way high to me. Maybe 80% storage and 80% extraction, so 64%, and I think that's optimistic.
[18:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 788 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:13] <exec> 08└─Logged in to say this. Drug addiction is a symptom of pain and hopelessness. Perhaps we should seriously consider approaches for "curing" the causes rather than the symptom, for a change. So much effort is expended on finding a pill to cure drug addiction simply because there is a historical pattern...
[18:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:15] <exec> 08└─There no pill that cures [being miserable].
[18:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:42] <exec> 08└─FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi [freebsd.org], go get it. Completely allergic to Poettering systemd etc. Have awful features like just-works(tm). Download [freebsd.org] install image for RPI-B, RPI2 etc.
[18:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:44] <exec> 08└─Rock64 1 GByte [pine64.org] for 25 USD seem interesting! Though the proprietary "MALI-450 MP2 GPU" might be a problem.
[18:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:46] <exec> 08└─Full disclosure: I've always found Raspbian to be sufficient to my needs on all manner of RPi. Within Raspbian, there once was an option to go either without or with systemd, the transition was pretty invisible from my use perspective, except: the systemd version booted faster, like half the time. S...
[18:52:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:28] <exec> 08└─So now any machine that is SSE2 free will also be free of any nefarious Microsoft "updates" ? ;-) Buy this (old) machine. Get Microsoft protection built-in!
[18:54:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:30] <exec> 08└─Every damn time he makes such statements there is always an immediate example of how he's wrong. I dream of a day when his brain functions normally and I pray it is caused by a infectious virus with no bad health outcomes. That way he can spread it and we might be able to get this country into a sem...
[18:54:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:31] <exec> 08└─No, they are just morons and Trump is a master moron.
[18:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:33] <exec> 08└─I dream of a day when his brain functions normally
[18:54:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:36] <exec> 08└─Why do you assume he doesn't understand that this will damage the country? So many of his actions seem designed to do just that, that my default assumption has become that any action he's in favor of is intended to either financially benefit him personally, or to damage the country. Often he seems t...
[18:54:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:38] <exec> 08└─Yes, but also Thailand. They aren't necessarily connected, they are only frequently connected. Also isolationism is only directed against those either areas not controlled or those controlled groups needed as scapegoats. When you expand the borders, you've got new folks to be isolationist against.
[18:54:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:40] <exec> 08└─But there's still the question of whether it would work better if the US pulled out.
[18:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:42] <exec> 08└─Exactly! Without the UN, where will other countries formally get told that yes, their protest has been heard, but Israel will get away with it, so shut up!
[18:54:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Australian Government Trials Biometrics for its MyGov System - 331 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:50] <exec> 08└─The Australian government is battling to bring its services online with the majority of the public resisting the move away from traditional services. Given the hundreds of millions of accounts hacked in recent years it is no surprise that the public may be hesitant to have their private information...
[18:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Plans to One Up NASA's SLS With the Long March-9 - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:41] <exec> 08└─What is that made rocket tail landing a possibility now and not earlier? (and what will Musk do to get the next 10x cost reduction?, re-use is just one)
[18:55:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crafoo [6639] 02 - 06Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested - 467 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:59] <exec> 08└─Remember when there was a big to-do about retroactive immunity for the telecoms for violating customer privacy and breaking the law? And Obama promised to give them immunity to the law? But then he did, because, Fuck You citizen? After all of that, I think there is no real consequence for telecoms w...
[18:56:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 123 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:35] <exec> 08└─The world's track record, seen from a freedom standpoint, when it comes to "fix this after it collapsed", is pretty dismal.
[18:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:06] <exec> 08└─It was Rasmussen (which uses a very questionable methodology) and it was 'only' 31%. Poll: Almost a third of US voters think a second civil war is coming soon [usatoday.com] So it's more like 31% of old Republicans believe this.
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[19:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:00] <exec> 08└─We have arrived. Fear and hate running rampant, media used to manipulate the public, and corporations / gov spying on the people.
[19:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:01] <exec> 08└─Why isn't this illegal?
[19:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:04] <exec> 08└─To be fair, you would need to be watching commercials in the first place, and have an app running on your phone that turns the mic on 24/7/365. My guess is that if you're that fucking stupid to begin with, and you still suffer commercials, can you even recognize the Dytopia around you?
[19:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:06] <exec> 08└─Good thing I don't have a TV, or Facebook, or, or, or... One of captialism's fatal flaws is that if enough people opt out, it devours itself. But it's far more fun to try to fight back, that's for sure.
[19:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:08] <exec> 08└─I guess that's one more benefit to never watching anything via broadcast/cable/satellite TV unless I'm out of town.
[19:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:10] <exec> 08└─Stupid ads make the dog bark.
[19:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:13] <exec> 08└─Next up, a little box that lights up when the signal is detected so you know when to put the phone in your back pocket and fart.
[19:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 1759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:15] <exec> 08└─What makes you think it is legal? I had a shitload of not-fun figuring out Google Analytics and Crashlytics and AdMob targeted ads for an android app (like ten thousand other poor, yet well paid, bastards) WRT GDPR BS in the EU. The whole "opt in" thing for GDPR means something as innocuous as Crash...
[19:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:17] <exec> 08└─can you even recognize the Dytopia around you?
[19:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:19] <exec> 08└─Why isn't this illegal?
[19:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:22] <exec> 08└─Better yet, a detector app that hijacks the mic and plays a sound file of Howler monkeys losing their shit.
[19:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:24] <exec> 08└─Next up, a little box that lights up when the signal is detected so you know when to put the phone in your back pocket and fart.
[19:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:34] <exec> 08└─While many people are already familiar with the web browser Opera, the company itself has had a tumultuous history. Opera shareholders separated the company into two different entities — the browser maker and the adtech operations. The advertising company is now called Otello. And a consortium of...
[19:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:36] <exec> 08└─Many users liked the UI, others liked the kitchen sink bloat (email, torrent client, VPN service, etc). Many Opera UI concepts would later be copied by Firefox and Chrome. Apparently, the source code for the last Presto version (12.15) was leaked in 2017. Is any masochist trying to maintain Presto-b...
[19:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:39] <exec> 08└─I don't know if I can agree with lack of bloat. It came with an email client and torrent downloader (although the torrent downloader was minimalistic). By feeds you mean RSS? I like the way Firefox handles it as "Live Bookmarks". Chrome on the other hand just shows the raw XML. That and Google killi...
[19:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:41] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser) [wikipedia.org]
[19:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:43] <exec> 08└─With search engine deals, Mozilla got many hundreds of millions in Google cash and was also able to suck out money from the desiccated corpse of Yahoo! The war chest didn't stop them from getting steamrolled by Google Chrome. Now, Chrome's top position is being used by Google to beat advertisers int...
[19:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:45] <exec> 08└─I use Vivaldi at work, because I really like the task manager that lets me view and reload or kill the tabs that start sucking too much RAM. Firefox just grows until it's time to restart it. It's pretty fast and has adblockers and noscript-like addons. I can live with closed source at work. Opera ha...
[19:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:48] <exec> 08└─I used Opera, and most likely still would if they hadn't abandoned everything that defined their browser. Presto was a decent rendering engine. Not perfect and still had some issues on occasion, but it handled low memory devices better than anything else. The only time the browser would feel slow is...
[19:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:37] <exec> 08└─AC is ignorant of the difference between science, physics, and basic units of measure. Yes, lots of people get the units of measure wrong when talking about Watts vs Watt-hours. Bitch if you like, but don't expect it to improve.
[19:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:39] <exec> 08└─Locomotives don't evaporate. I'm wondering whether they have surplus electric locomotives, or some aversion to using a cable-drum to winch weighted train cars up the hill? How about this: use an electric train to haul tanker cars up the hill, world's least efficient pipeline.
[19:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:41] <exec> 08└─Nope. All statements of the form "If [FALSE] then [X]" are logically true. If you withstand the urge to correct people, then their statement fits that form. Now, lets see who can find the fault in what I have written. Or have I managed to prove them wrong?
[19:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 2308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:43] <exec> 08└─Back of the envelope time, a mechanical HP is about one electrical KW (to one sig fig) and a Big Boy 4-8-8-4 which is one hell of a steam locomotive, exerted about six kilo-HP to haul three kilotons (of coal, not a-bombs) over the Wasatch mountain range. So six megawatts will haul a hell of a large...
[19:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:45] <exec> 08└─It's useful in areas where water is scarce? Or where geologic concerns make storing large quantities of elevated water difficult or dangerous? Or if you have low slopes so that any substantial elevation change requires a dramatic horizontal displacement, then there's also the possibility that rollin...
[19:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:47] <exec> 08└─There's an easier hand wavy engineering argument that its difficult to get a straight answer because I'm sure it varies a lot, but very hand wavy Hoover Dam squirts ten million pounds of water per second, so a mechanical contrivance that continuously flung a million pounds of "not water" thru simila...
[19:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:03] <exec> 08└─Economic inequality is a big factor. Those in power only want to increase it though. "It is not enough that I succeed, others must fail."
[19:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:33] <exec> 08└─Yeah, assuming your OS is running totally in RAM and doesn't write to the SD, that should protect you from a SD card corruption due to unexpected shutdown.
[19:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:18] <exec> 08└─Have realized the Truth? There is no fan . . .
[19:53:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:40] <exec> 08└─E-Cigs are becoming the rage and don't have quite the same stigma as someone who smokes normal cigarettes. For one they and their house shouldn't smell like tar anymore. Well, you won't be able to get the tar smell out of a house without a huge amount of effort and some money, but it's doable anyway...
[19:54:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 256 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:54] <exec> 08└─For 99% of issues you can find quotes of Trump directly contradicting himself and taking both sides of the issue. On this one issue, to be fair, that is not the case. And on this one issue, we're not confused by Trump at all. We're confused by Republicans.
[19:55:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO - 337 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:21] <exec> 08└─You ever heard the phrase "talking shit"? Trump does that. So on the one hand we're not supposed to be surprised that he's going this route because he said he would. But on the other hand, we shouldn't believe anything he says because he's always talking shit. There's that award-winning cognitive di...
[19:57:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:57:53] <exec> 08└─I can understand wanting to leave, for the reasons you state. But I would try to head to Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, South Korea... maybe not as beautiful as South America, but your medical options are better.
[20:01:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03schad [2398] 02 - 06The Continuing Saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls - 364 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:10] <exec> 08└─Ex post facto laws means criminalizing behavior that wasn't illegal at the time it was done. It doesn't mean that laws can't be made retroactive. If Congress let copyright for Buck Rogers lapse, then a few days later extended copyright retroactive to when it lapsed, you couldn't be punished for writ...
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[20:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:13] <exec> 08└─You were sending crash dumps without asking the user? That's terrible.
[20:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:15] <exec> 08└─Morpheus?
[20:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:17] <exec> 08└─The "gardians of walled guardens" may kick such apps out
[20:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:19] <exec> 08└─That's a start, but we can do better. How about grab and record the ultra-sounds and replay them at completely unrelated times. Think the advertisers would like to hear part of black-hat? or some noisy conference, maybe in a theater... basically find a bunch of people and get their phones to report...
[20:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:21] <exec> 08└─So we get the MPAA to fight our war for us?
[20:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:23] <exec> 08└─"Spying is wrong, but making spying illegal is the worserest that can be"
[20:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:26] <exec> 08└─it may not be, in some places in the usa. you may recall recently a kid being dragged through court-approved glass because he recorded part of a conversation without explicitly notifying the other party.
[20:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:28] <exec> 08└─you have to legally find a way to do it while making a profit or cease doing business in the EU. Which mostly leads to a delicious self selection where all the honest mechanics leave, and the only ones left over are those willing to lie and/or break the law to provide service.
[20:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03dbe [1422] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:30] <exec> 08└─This has been going on for years to fingerprints broadcast streams by people like Actus ( http://actusdigital.com [actusdigital.com] - not affiliated). They use it usually to either measure the add impact or detect content distribution violation. Recently in the news a spanish soccer team tried to...
[20:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:33] <exec> 08└─That's terrible.
[20:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:35] <exec> 08└─It's like S/N, which continues to do business in Europe, therefore it must be looking up under the women skirts, did I get it right?
[20:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:51] <exec> 08└─about:config / browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent Is the feature you're wanting. Change that one to true as it's false by default and you'll be good to go.
[20:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:47] <exec> 08└─No it was Sisyphus.
[20:51:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:48] <exec> 08└─with the today's technology, you get around a 700%
[20:52:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:35] <exec> 08└─I'm getting a 403 Forbidden. Is it down, or does it not like my Frankenbrowser?
[20:53:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:21] <exec> 08└─Throw away that antique hardware already. We're approaching two decades of support now. Does Apple's compiler still output PowerPC code?
[20:53:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:22] <exec> 08└─The added cost of supporting two decade old CPU registers is not worth it. No your Athlon XP Mobile 3000 is not a decent machine. A $150 Chromebook will blow it out of the water performance wise.
[20:53:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:25] <exec> 08└─I can pretty much protect any machine from Microsoft products. Insert Linux.
[20:57:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Slams Tacoma for Not Releasing Stingray Records - 2340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:57:58] <exec> 08└─Too much money. I'm not rich as fuck, so Denmark and Finland are out. Germany isn't the place I want to be right now with all the Syrian refugee crap going on there. It's moving back towards fascism. Japan is an interesting consideration, but again, not enough money to purchase land and buildings we...
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[21:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:00] <exec> 08└─Other cures for Antifa may include traumatic brain injury [youtube.com] and lobotomy.
[21:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:02] <exec> 08└─Interesting how a specific shock raises moral awareness. I would suggest then we use cattle prods on everyone in DC.
[21:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:04] <exec> 08└─If it's possible to reduce people's intentions in any way. Then the government/corporations would like to quash any rebellion the same way.. 1984, one bit by bit closer into your bitstream. But there is another help for PTSD etc. Use Beta blockers [mentalhelp.net] this way: Brunet has taken this sec...
[21:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:06] <exec> 08└─Awww did a big black man turn you into a cuck? Maybe get one of those penis pumps and you can move up from micro to tiny.
[21:50:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 107 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:23] <exec> 08└─Better yet, a detector app that hijacks the mic and plays a sound file of Howler monkeys losing their shit.
[21:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 1160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:37] <exec> 08└─This tech is a decade or so old in broadcast engineering land. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] I remember some scandal when it came out because noise pollution would be logged as "listening". If your coworker, a la office space, was playing his talk radio too loud...
[21:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:38] <exec> 08└─To some extent opt-ing out is exactly like anti-vaxxer people.
[21:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:40] <exec> 08└─I would think if your app merely compiled a report and then prompted the user before sending it, as is common on some linux ui software I use, would keep yo uin the clear for GDPR, since the user is sending it, and satisfy users who'd rather not send it - either because they're paranoid, or savy eno...
[21:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:42] <exec> 08└─there is no way for joe random to know
[21:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:45] <exec> 08└─The difference is Nielsen is up front with what these things are doing. And they are paying for the data.
[21:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:47] <exec> 08└─It's impossible to have sympathy for people who use Facebook after the blizzard of unsavory news relative to Facebook's monstrously unethical conduct. TV ? Are you serious ? If you watch TV you deserve whatever happens as a result. That's all the time I have for this idiocy. AMF
[21:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03koick [5420] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:49] <exec> 08└─an app running on your phone that turns the mic on 24/7/365.
[21:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:51] <exec> 08└─Auditors will become lazy and bribed. Human nature thing. And crash dumps, logs etc may contain sensitive data inadvertently. But a combination of some automatic scrubbing and checking a user setting of "send debug logs to author" should provide a suitable solution. Regardless. Laws are usually writ...
[21:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:54] <exec> 08└─savy enough to know it was their own damn fault and not want to waste your time.
[21:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:56] <exec> 08└─I have news for you, Mister Drama Queen : Virtually none of the things you mention are new. The only thing "new" is the different tech than that which was used in the past. Please read some history so you can self-modulate your whining.
[21:50:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:58] <exec> 08└─Write a popular "app" that will generate the whistle signal at random times. Hillary ensues.. Write another app that mutes video and audio on the TV anytime it signals "spam on your telly(tm)".
[21:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:15] <exec> 08└─I still struggle with how Firefox orders tabs, to me the "open new tab next to active" is logical
[21:51:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Opera Ltd. Files for IPO - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:16] <exec> 08└─I use Opera at home, it is decent. I started using it because of the integrated (free) VPN. This way the ISP can't keep tabs on my browsing habits.
[21:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:15] <exec> 08└─Because building a large watertight containment area is free.. Nice to know. Just perhaps different situations call for different solutions? Although this one is poorly designed. You would use more dumb weight cars. And to the people comparing scale to dams.. This is competition to a tesla battery f...
[21:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03dmanny [6202] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:16] <exec> 08└─Of course rolling stock costs more than water, pound for pound. The Wikipedia list misses some facilities by having a threshold of 1000MW. I remember when this operation failed. The story today made me look into the current status, it appears to be online. It operates at a head of approximately 850...
[21:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:18] <exec> 08└─Why use a train on a slope rather than just pulling the weight directly upward with a winch? - Much less land needed - Motor/generator no longer on a mobile platform (with all the issues that entails)
[21:52:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:35] <exec> 08└─This hypothesis has actually been tested, and apparently the drug you have in mind has zero increase in therapeutic power past dosages of about $75,000 a year in the US; in some cases, it even becomes *less* effective.
[21:53:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:07] <exec> 08└─Another Void user here :) Artix Linux is nice too and comes default with Runit now, though I've noticed it seems a liiiittle buggy compared to Void.
[21:53:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:25] <exec> 08└─Think THAT'S bad? There was a Rachel release, which was the name of my insane ex, AND there was a Rebecca release, which was the name of a girl I had a horrible, years-long, unrequited, crying-into-the-sheets crush on in high school right around starting to question if I were actually gay or not. Ho...
[21:53:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:57] <exec> 08└─Some people just can't spend the +180 euros that the lowest end replacement CPU, MB, RAM, HD would cost new. The current hardware AthonXP+2600, 3GB, 320GB is more that powerful enough for many people's normal use (including 720p video playback) but the software artificially doesn't follow. There are...
[21:59:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Goats: Man's Other Best Friend - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:19] <exec> 08└─Maybe they didn't recognize it, maybe they just didn't care. They really do live for pranks.
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[22:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aegis [6714] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:15] <exec> 08└─If it's possible to reduce people's intentions in any way. Then the government/corporations would like to quash any rebellion the same way.. 1984, one bit by bit closer into your bitstream. We should definitely repeal the ruling that says the government isn't allowed to force someone to undergo a me...
[22:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aegis [6714] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:17] <exec> 08└─Why just this week the people who are opposed to fascism pulled a gun on a group of people who were just peacably excersizing their first ammendment rights. [washingtonpost.com] And then another one was charged with a hate crime for murdering someone for the crime of free speech. [fortune.com] Oh wa...
[22:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:19] <exec> 08└─This is Tiny [youtube.com]
[22:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:21] <exec> 08└─Good, nobody likes fascists and no one is defending vehicular homicide. People getting hurt isn't funny but there's no sympathy for hitting someone with a metal bar. [funnyjunk.com] No more sympathy for masked communists turning up to harass, verbally absue and assault a mixed race Christian constit...
[22:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03CCTalbert [6692] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:24] <exec> 08└─I can't remember the name of the book now (somebody please let me know if you know it!) The story goes that they implant electrodes in a man prone to violent outbursts... a computer monitors him and when he becomes angry it activates a mild pleasure stimulation to calm him down. What happens is afte...
[22:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:26] <exec> 08└─Orange Anus? Cheetos are not meant to be suppositories.
[22:50:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:35] <exec> 08└─Why isn't this illegal?
[22:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitstream [6144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:08] <exec> 08└─For the people that didn't get the memo. Large corporations and organizations, though American ones seems to be the worst. Will try to screw everybody within their reach. Facebook seems as of well.. since the beginning doing it hard. But the competition from Microsoft, Monsanto, Pharma etc is fierce...
[22:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:09] <exec> 08└─an app running on your phone that turns the mic on 24/7/365
[22:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:11] <exec> 08└─And crash dumps, logs etc may contain sensitive data inadvertently.
[22:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:14] <exec> 08└─GDPR is using a nuke to swat flies.
[22:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:16] <exec> 08└─Write a popular "app" that will generate the whistle signal at random times. Hillary ensues.. Write another app that mutes video and audio on the TV anytime it signals "spam on your telly(tm)".
[22:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 1652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:18] <exec> 08└─Looking more closely at the version numbers, I am not working the afternoon before the 4th, but clearly someone IS working ... One of the NPEs in the hopper crashed this afternoon on a phone described as "Android SDK built for x86" so ... As a cultural phenomena the crash hopper at a multi-person co...
[22:53:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:44] <exec> 08└─Tara also happens to be the name of the leading mental health facility in Johannesburg. If you were far enough off your hinges the helpful people with the nice white coats that have sleeves which are fitted backwards would come and drag you off to Tara for a while.
[22:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Final Release is Out - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:46] <exec> 08└─I am a bit disappointed by their descision to drop KDE also, although I understand their reasons. Mint's KDE version was as good as their Cinnamon one in my view. Limited resourses I suppose.
[22:54:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Support for Older PCs - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:19] <exec> 08└─Then just install security only updates. poof, no telemetry
[22:56:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Government Trials Biometrics for its MyGov System - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:39] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I was going to do an article on the 15th about it. Not many people know. Fewer care. Until they have their bank account drained most people won't care :( Here's another link for this story - https://www.news.com.au
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[23:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Acquires America's Largest Bike-Sharing Company, Motivate - 3178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:58] <exec> 08└─Its a hipster thing to be seen on the bikes, so cost doesn't matter, in fact being very expensive is excellent conspicuous consumption. Poor people drive cars only rich hipsters can afford to ride a bike. None the less I'll dump the latest prices in my home town: Bike rental $4 / 30 mins plus $4 for...
[23:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:16] <exec> 08└─I don't see people willingly having something implanted into their skull for the purpose of giving someone else control over their emotions. We need to brainstorm people! Tying it to iPhone XII surely won't be enough. Can we require it for unemployment and welfare applications? And then force everyo...
[23:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:17] <exec> 08└─I assumed he watched that South Park episode and eats with his butt. To be fair, it's hard to tell the difference between his face and anus when he gets the rhetoric really going :)
[23:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:19] <exec> 08└─Presume edIII was putting them in his mouth, it's just a matter of where his head is at.
[23:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:22] <exec> 08└─Too risky of a click thxkbye
[23:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:24] <exec> 08└─Ever heard of Facebook ?
[23:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:26] <exec> 08└─You're most likely referring to The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton.
[23:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:29] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure our dystopian reality today was a bipartisan effort. Republicans took the lead on some aspects, Democrats on others. The Patriot Act and DMCA shit was the real downturn for freedom in the US. Sadly the majority of people did not see a reduction in their personal daily freedoms so the out...
[23:50:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:31] <exec> 08└─No, what is it and what's the connection?
[23:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:33] <exec> 08└─-- Professor Hathaway
[23:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:35] <exec> 08└─Someone disagrees with me, someone likes fascists? Well, we all know what Marxism leads to! [wikipedia.org]
[23:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03J_Darnley [5679] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Could Reduce People's Intentions to Commit Violence - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:37] <exec> 08└─Electroshock therapy does work after all? Mike Pence will be pleased to hear it.
[23:50:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:54] <exec> 08└─Why isn't this illegal?
[23:51:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:25] <exec> 08└─I remember this as a small child: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[23:51:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:26] <exec> 08└─Go fuck yourself with a cactus sideways. If your response to exfiltrating data from a customer without their knowledge, or consent, is "whatevs", then you have no business doing those things. You are a shitty fucking sysadmin who does not deserve the trust of the users, especially when you're so fuc...
[23:51:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:29] <exec> 08└─Just imagine: The advertiser says "Buy our product" and the hidden message says "Ok Echo".
[23:51:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:31] <exec> 08└─We estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individual’s visual field before inducing seizures.
[23:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:33] <exec> 08└─And the interesting thing is that apparently what he violated was school policy, not some more generally applicable law. (How that got escalated to a felony I don't understand, so perhaps I'm wrong.) That said, in many states you require consent of both parties to record over a phone line, and that'...
[23:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:35] <exec> 08└─GDPR is using a nuke to swat flies.
[23:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Wants to Hide Secret Inaudible Messages in TV Ads - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:37] <exec> 08└─TV advertisers would use this data to determine whether you had muted your TV or moved to a different room when their promotional clip played.
[23:52:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06"Gravity Train" Energy Storage Proposal - 63 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:30] <exec> 08└─Everyone is free (and encouraged!) to submit their own stories.
[23:53:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Newly Developed Therapeutic Shown to Combat Drug Addiction - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:13] <exec> 08└─Let me assure you that the misery increases per dependent. A dose of $75,000/year may work for a single adult with no dependents and only nominal debts, but with multiple adult and child dependents and prominent debt, it is only frustratingly close to enough. Though your point is valid. If a treatme...
[23:53:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi-Lovers? There Are Two New OSes for You to Bite - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:46] <exec> 08└─Thanks for that void reminder. Hmmmm... rolling, optional musl libc, bsd licensing of their tools, no systemd;runit looks very interesting, and libressl. I'm liking what I see.