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[00:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 1113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:32] <exec> 08└─I figured lots of babies died before they turned 3, but if they made it to 3 they were good for another 70 years. Then again I took a college statistics class (um, no I didn't. Realized it was important long after I graduated and taught myself. Wasted my time on women's studies and the psychology of...
[00:08:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:34] <exec> 08└─aristarchus is still with us...
[00:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:36] <exec> 08└─People knew the earth was round 2500 years ago and old people existed too. Thinking that before Columbus people were afraid to fall off the edge of the earth, or that everybody died at 25 are popular fallacies that I hope my fellow readers here never believed.
[00:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:52] <exec> 08└─Oi,you got a license for that there spaceport?
[00:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:54] <exec> 08└─A) Nowhere near the equator B) There is no british space enterprise to support
[00:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:56] <exec> 08└─B) There is no british space enterprise to support
[00:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:37] <exec> 08└─You can't fix stupid. In the 90's/00's I spent a lot of time as a sysadmin. Telling my users I was running password crackers 24/7, I caught the same people every fricken week. The response was always "fuck off, don't you have work to do?".
[00:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:38] <exec> 08└─Fuck off. Don't you have work to do?!
[00:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:40] <exec> 08└─The response was always "fuck off, don't you have work to do?".
[00:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Childhood Infections May Have Lasting Effects on School Performance - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:12:28] <exec> 08└─“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” -- Benjamin Franklin
[00:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Childhood Infections May Have Lasting Effects on School Performance - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:12:29] <exec> 08└─An ounce of prevention every day makes 22 pounds of prevention/year - William Shatner. This is what those vitamin/supplement peddlers won't throw it in your face.
[00:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:03] <exec> 08└─A very old trick for pacifying bees is smoke. [google.com] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[00:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:04] <exec> 08└─How to tell you're a NorCal snob: you read that title and think "servers her right". . . . . . Ok that didn't actually go through my brain, but the snobbery is real! In Los Angeles on a clear night you actually CAN count the stars...
[00:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Satellite Propulsion Company Raises $10 Million - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:20] <exec> 08└─Just make the satellite all shiny outside and all black inside and insulate the iodine in a dewar flask. In about half a year (gut feeling) thermal radiative losses will bring the fuel close to zero. In any case, the above is a pure exercise in tech pedantry, even -100C is more than enough to keep i...
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[01:08:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:28] <exec> 08└─Say... what?
[01:08:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:29] <exec> 08└─Now Bill can record his hot phone sex with Melinda... yowee!
[01:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:40] <exec> 08└─My joke! You bastard!
[01:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:42] <exec> 08└─Modern primitive tribes members work around 4 hours a day. Mind that they exist in a rather harsh environment as all good places are taken by so called civilised folks Estimation vary, but during old days our ancestors probably worked 2 hours a day max. They also had a good social security system de...
[01:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:45] <exec> 08└─And people also believed that America was Greater before.
[01:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:47] <exec> 08└─Modern primitive tribe members work 4 hours per day selling crack, and spend the other 20 hours listening to hip-hop.
[01:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:06] <exec> 08└─A) Nowhere near the equator
[01:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:08] <exec> 08└─People don't know this, Russia is far from our Equator. But they have a spaceport. And they rent one in Borat's country -- also pretty far from Equator -- and they've done tremendously well with those. They've always been the best in space. Not just for Russia business. For their military. For our s...
[01:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:10] <exec> 08└─"Space Force" is how he fits into his golf-cart.
[01:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:12] <exec> 08└─And let's not forget - Raspberry Pi's. I want one in space for $30.
[01:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Galaxy S10's Key Feature will Reportedly be Ultrasonic - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:28] <exec> 08└─I never use Bluetooth, but I can't find a phone without it...
[01:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Galaxy S10's Key Feature will Reportedly be Ultrasonic - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:29] <exec> 08└─They'll think that Universe may be electric, but the Galaxy is ultrasonic.
[01:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:59] <exec> 08└─Some suckers ask two questions and want them both correct. However, your idea is good, thank you. I personally use a private password generator with two seeds - master one and one related to the name of the target. This way I don't have to store passwords and they are sufficiently difficult. Works f...
[01:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are LED Lights Making Us Ill? - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:18] <exec> 08└─Redshift is also installed by linux mint 18.3+ for both Mate and Cinnamon Desktops... I suspect that it works for many different flavors.
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[02:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:35] <exec> 08└─No such except corporations.
[02:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:36] <exec> 08└─martyb promised no more than one political submission per day!! And then this! What's next? LinkedIn? Stacker? Wordperfect? And they want to make you assume that they are just now adding call recording? What they mean is they are allowing access to the call recording to the victim customer.
[02:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:38] <exec> 08└─With a bit of shuffling, the NoSuchCorporationsException makes a neat exception class.
[02:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:52] <exec> 08└─Then legalize it so the market is quickly monopolized by two or three corporations. That will show them.
[02:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:54] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't say that Trump isn't an idiot, but there are some who would. Let me clarify.
[02:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:56] <exec> 08└─These people were relatively healthy because of two things - they had a healthy diet and constant exercise. The two went together, as well. You might well get by on 4 hours a day - in good times - but that's 4 hours of real work, not loafing around, not sitting in a chair. And the food you could gat...
[02:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:21] <exec> 08└─But then they'd have to orbit retrograde ;-)
[02:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:22] <exec> 08└─Actually, Russians have two spaceports. That's in addition to the former Russian Baiconur where it all began. Also, Kazakhstan where Baiconur is, is a member of Eurasian Union which is basically EU of the former Soviet Republics - no borders no taxes..
[02:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:24] <exec> 08└─That would be pretty amazing since a baked raspberry pie costs almost as much to get on my table.
[02:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Galaxy S10's Key Feature will Reportedly be Ultrasonic - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:42] <exec> 08└─Do not galaxies usually have a NGC number? Is not S10 a small Chevy pick'emup truck? Is this an Arp galaxy?
[02:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:13] <exec> 08└─Fun fact, my back used to be special character insensitive. If you typed a "5" instead of a "%" or a "/" instead of a "?" it would accept it anyway. Unlike case-insensitivity, that had to have taken a monumental bit of effort to code around people being bad typists.
[02:10:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:49] <exec> 08└─The 72 Super Beetle, the Citroen Du Chavo, the Jeep CJ7, and the 1965 Ford Mustang can all be built today from scratch using after market parts. And that is just to name a few. The difference between what those parts suppliers are doing, and what you're doing, is that the parts they make are for car...
[02:11:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:33] <exec> 08└─And in another 14,500 years they'll find our Twinkies. And still editable.
[02:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Staff Set Up New Firm - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:11] <exec> 08└─Bribery is commonplace in many cultures. Westerners are ill-prepared for it and are frequently aghast when they encounter it.
[02:12:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fishscene [4361] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disruption Tolerant Networking to Demonstrate Internet in Space - 2393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:56] <exec> 08└─I've been researching DTN for a few months now. There seems to be 2 major categories for Delay/Disruption(both/either name can be used) Tolerant Networking. 1) The route through the network is unknown. If you need to get a message from one-side of the stadium to your friend on the other side, and yo...
[02:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are LED Lights Making Us Ill? - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:39] <exec> 08└─The human eye has two types of cells, rods and cones. Rods are more sensitive to light in general, but are lower resolution and color blind and are found around the outside of your retina; cones are less sensitive, higher resolution, can see color and found near the center of the eye. The reason why...
[02:14:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bill Evans [1094] 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 54 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:00] <exec> 08└─It makes me wonder how far north these bugs will range
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[03:08:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:28] <exec> 08└─The west builds in space, China builds on the moon. I see mutual support opportunities here. Why put all your eggs in one basket?
[03:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:56] <exec> 08└─In the Middle ages, "a day's work" was sunrise to lunch or lunch to sunset. Part of why we eat poorly is that we are busy working when we should be cooking. You get home, nuke some less than healthy something and due to mental tiredness, vegetate on the couch, then go to bed.
[03:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:58] <exec> 08└─Except that the leading cause of death among primitives is interpersonal violence, or as we'd call it, murder.
[03:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:00] <exec> 08└─Read the bible - people in ancient times lived to 900+ years old. It's in the bible...
[03:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:26] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't bother. I don't downmod people. Plus if you put another person's name in there instead of Trump thats just saying things that are incorrect rather than lying. Obama has things he gets credit for too, like getting us involved in helping the Saudis bomb Yemen and funding terrorists in Syria...
[03:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Galaxy S10's Key Feature will Reportedly be Ultrasonic - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:46] <exec> 08└─Now I'll have to put tape over the entire screen to defeat print readers -- makes the thing pretty darn useless and might not even be effective.
[03:10:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 251 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:04] <exec> 08└─> Unless you are the one in a billion tin-foil hatters who's favorite pizza place in 1994 was 3T%Zb%Y+Qs*8cSd9 and met his wife at B:fBwB2`LB]hz"8J Really ? Really ? Fuck, gotta go change my security questions. Thanks for spilling the beans, SomeGuy !
[03:10:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 1021 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:56] <exec> 08└─There are a handful of cars out there, that if fleet maintained could easily beat new cars on a cost per mile basis. The issue with old cars isn't the maintenance is it is the duplication of work, and the fraud. In VA I have to bring my car to the mechanic for its annual sabotage (safety inspection)...
[03:10:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 3449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:58] <exec> 08└─Well, total up your car purchase expenses and tell me how you do on a 20 year time scale. With the repair it until you can't stand it anymore approach, we tend to run about $1000 per year per vehicle (our typical vehicle buy-in is in the $10-20K range). Some vehicles at some points in time do apprec...
[03:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 1638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:00] <exec> 08└─Just like new houses, new cars aren't problem free either (though they do tend to be better than the custom constructed houses...) I've had as much damage done during warranty repairs as I have had things fixed, it feels like. Once the warranty is gone and I start making more rational decisions abou...
[03:11:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 781 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:27] <exec> 08└─> Building Roman aqueducts takes 1 person with the idea, plus a relatively small number of people trained in the art of building arches > and solving other engineering challenges, plus a lot of slaves with not a ton of training to do the heavy lifting. That is ... quite an understatement. Even if I...
[03:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Childhood Infections May Have Lasting Effects on School Performance - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:50] <exec> 08└─Sounds to me more like "kids with poor immune systems" which may also correlate with lower cognitive function.
[03:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 1068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:29] <exec> 08└─They might, if the queen is aging -- bees with an old queen (4-5 years) tend to get mean. Seen it happen, with a wild hive that moved into a barn wall -- first 3 years they were so gentle you could stick a finger in there or peer into their entrance and they'd just ignore you. 4th year they got test...
[03:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:31] <exec> 08└─We used to keep bees when I was a kid. Any bee keeper in your area would be happy to retrieve a hive (or a real swarm). But, bees don't just hang out in a permanent swarm, so I am not certain of what you are describing-- it sounds like you are describing bees foraging in flowering trees. FYI when be...
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[04:08:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:29] <exec> 08└─Countdown until DeBeers 'splodes the earth to get at the diamonds.
[04:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:31] <exec> 08└─You know they store a fuckton of diamonds already in order to make them "scarce"?
[04:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:40] <exec> 08└─Sure, why not. I can't see any downside at all. Surely if the Indians, the Chinese, Europe, the US, and the Russians are all trying different stuff in space we will figure out what works best quicker. Or maybe just do different things with different goals. I am not sure how a Space Force helps ho...
[04:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:42] <exec> 08└─I am not sure how a Space Force helps however.
[04:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:44] <exec> 08└─Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air & sea. Imagine we have a war in space but our military isn't out there. Probably we lose, right? Very badly. Which will be a DISASTER for our Country. Space Force is going to be the 6th branch of our great military. And it's vital to ensuring A...
[04:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:46] <exec> 08└─China builds on the moon
[04:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:58] <exec> 08└─Let us note that there are two distinct pieces of software that bear the Skype monicker: Skype and Skype for Business. This story is about the former. Microsoft prefers that businesses use the latter.
[04:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:00] <exec> 08└─If I understand correctly, Microsoft eventually plans to phase out Skype for Business in favor of Teams [office.com].
[04:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:02] <exec> 08└─Tell me about it. Seven years ago, most people I know used Skype. Now, they all use Discord. I can't see this update bringing them back.
[04:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:04] <exec> 08└─As if Bill would trust the security of a Microsoft product.
[04:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bobs [1462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:06] <exec> 08└─I am currently working with a place using ‘Skype for Busines’. It is abysmal, the worst telecom/ conf call software I have ever used. Drops calls, won’t connect, won’t share content. Constantly.
[04:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 1251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:27] <exec> 08└─I avoid double negatives, they're so hard for folks to understand. And even single negative, it's a little hard. When I'm doing a press conference, I'm trying to get my message out. That's so important. And it's a lot of people watching -- my shows always get tremendous ratings. So a lot of pressure...
[04:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:28] <exec> 08└─people were afraid to fall off the edge of the earth
[04:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:30] <exec> 08└─That's because they exist in harsh environment and can't provide social security. Typical mechanism for reducing inter tribe violence is an institution of elders. Good people are elected elders and do nothing but drink beer. Murderers and other violators don't make elders, work till old, and die ear...
[04:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:11:29] <exec> 08└─I'm still waiting for cheap-as-chips diesel-powered quadracyclic vehicles with 4130-chromoly tube frames and body panels made from recycled single-use plastic water bottles. With no amenities, except a basic guage cluster.
[04:12:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:14] <exec> 08└─I still have an uneaten burrito I got from a 7-11 in the late 70s.
[04:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Childhood Infections May Have Lasting Effects on School Performance - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:22] <exec> 08└─I thought I was fairly clear. There's a distinct possibility you're seeing what you want to argue with rather than what's there. It's a common failing among us human types.
[04:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:15:03] <exec> 08└─It's the women doing the stinging.
[04:15:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovering New Drugs and Materials by ‘Touching’ Molecules in Virtual Reality - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:15:50] <exec> 08└─Obviously you didn't go to Fred Brooks' seminars...
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[05:08:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:30] <exec> 08└─Diamonds are abundant and cheap. They're mass produced industrially.
[05:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:31] <exec> 08└─Next up: huge reserves of Hydrogen, enough to last humanity for millions of years, located inside the Sun!
[05:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:33] <exec> 08└─Charcoal produces far more happiness per dollar than diamonds ever will. Consider how many amazing burgers you can have for the price of a ring. How much time is going to be spent enjoying all those burgers? How much time will be spent with any attention whatsoever on the ring? Charcoal wins by a la...
[05:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:35] <exec> 08└─Not only that, but there's water at the bottom of the ocean [imgur.com]!
[05:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah. My work uses Skype for Business as well. I am not a fan.
[05:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:05] <exec> 08└─Won't eat his own dog food, huh?
[05:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:07] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but Microsoft already rolled over for the NSA. They're inherently untrustworthy. If they wanted to impress me with end-to-end encryption, then one of the fundamental rules of security now is complete and utter openness of the code base for inspection. Even then, I don't trust Microsoft to run...
[05:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:09] <exec> 08└─LOL! I completely forgot it would be running on a fully compromised operating system -- Windows 10 :) The chain o' trust begins at the silicon, and ultimately the OS. Windows 10 is a surveillance device like Facebook is a surveillance platform.
[05:12:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:15] <exec> 08└─High fructose corn syrup?
[05:12:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:16] <exec> 08└─Is probably no better for cattle than humans?
[05:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03schusselig [6771] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Are LED Lights Making Us Ill? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:22] <exec> 08└─False. It's actually because of this [soylentnews.org]
[05:15:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:06] <exec> 08└─Instead of spraying to get rid of a bee or wasp nest that is too close to the house, I set up my trusty 40 year old shop vac with the end of the wand near the entrance. In a day or two it vacuums up enough bees to shut down the hive. If the firemen mentioned in tfa had a powerful vacuum, it might ha...
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[06:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Planet Nine Search Turns Up 10 More Moons of Jupiter - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:08:31] <exec> 08└─"Now, the moons they found have been observed multiple times, and their exact orbits have been submitted for approval from the International Astronomical Union, which officially recognizes celestial bodies." And now they're waiting to hear whether they are approved or not. Should the IAU disapprove...
[06:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:08:44] <exec> 08└─Let's give a BIG THANKS to our miners for digging up the Clean Coal that goes into those!!!
[06:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:08:46] <exec> 08└─Charcoal wins by a landslide.
[06:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:08:48] <exec> 08└─Okay... but given the apparently similar geological conditions on Earth and Mars in the earlier periods of the solar system... what I'm hearing is that Mars may have billions or trillions of diamonds located on a planet with a solid rather than molten core.
[06:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:21] <exec> 08└─People don't know this, @BillGates [twitter.com] isn't Chairman there any more. At MicroSoft. And probably he doesn't come in as much as he used to. He's very busy with his charity, his foundation -- like me (big savings on taxes). But, very strange if he comes in and they try to feed him dog food....
[06:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:22] <exec> 08└─I have GREAT confidence in MY intelligence people. But I don't use computer. Only cell phone. Skype app for cell phone?
[06:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:46] <exec> 08└─Anyone know at what point in time we defined what a "year" is? Was it before Moses? Could it have been confused with a lunar cycle? I read that there was a lot of confusion regarding Kepler, Copernicus, and Galieo before we got our celestial mechanics nailed down. Sure, we have a pretty exact defini...
[06:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:05] <exec> 08└─Guess we've outgrown the oblig xkcd. But the whole thing boils down to: most people cannot remember long random character passwords. So they write them down on post it notes and stick them on or near the computer. Or they create a text file with a name something like WFB-PW and stash it in Docs. The...
[06:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cambridge Analytica Staff Set Up New Firm - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:13:11] <exec> 08└─Just to clarify, bribery is not an output of culture but income inequality. It does ride on culture though. If they are moving to places that don't do that it gives them an early advantage through the difficult transition of language, laws, culture.
[06:15:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 1699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:24] <exec> 08└─They have been in the same place, in the base of a hollow rotted out tree in my front yard, for several years now. I see them constantly coming and going from an orifice in the tree trunk, about a foot off ground level. And the place reeks of honey. Had it not been so rainy earlier this year, and g...
[06:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoCal Woman Stung "Hundreds of Times" by Swarm of Bees; Critically Injured - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:26] <exec> 08└─A lot of us don't have time to visit both places.. if we did not see it here, most likely we won't see it at all.
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[07:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:39] <exec> 08└─People lived roughly as long as they do today until the discovery of cigarettes. Not quite true - heavy rates of burning wood or coal reduced life expectancy in cold countries pretty badly, coupled with high population densities. In northern Europe starvation also killed a lot of people until froze...
[07:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:08] <exec> 08└─Another piece in the whole alt-wrong/far-wrong puzzle [theguardian.com] is revealed. Brexit must be cancelled now, surely?
[07:11:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 1396 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:11:27] <exec> 08└─Ask what problem the automakers are solving. Planned obsolescence was their first attempt to convert intermittent customers into recurring revenue streams by designing cars to last about as long as the payments... usually to the finance subsidiary of the automaker. Foreign cars defeated it. So now...
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[08:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:26] <exec> 08└─Will it be like when Microsoft partnered with Nokia to take over Google/Android and Apple/iPhone? (a good time to sell WMT?)
[08:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 1821 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:49] <exec> 08└─Ok, ok, I am a bit selfish, as I see the purchase of a diamond only as some sort of demonstration of affection for a woman - the thought that one would expend so much of one's resources to someone else just to signal that you will play the game of matrimony by whatever rules you have to follow, and...
[08:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:23] <exec> 08└─Not just corporations, there's a second major market for Skype... well, not major but significant-but-declining. It's the same market as people who still pay for satellite TV subscriptions, namely those too old to be able to figure out how to use something easier/faster/cheaper/better. The youngest...
[08:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:25] <exec> 08└─That's the problem with Skype. With Windows 10, Microsoft can afford to force people to switch to it a gunpoint because for many there's no alternative. For Skype there are a lot of alternatives, and the ram-it-down-your-throat approach that they used with Win10 isn't going to work when it's trivial...
[08:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:27] <exec> 08└─People don't know this, @BillGates [twitter.com] isn't Chairman there any more. At MicroSoft. And probably he doesn't come in as much as he used to. He's very busy with his charity, his foundation
[08:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:51] <exec> 08└─> I believe childbirth killed a lot of women until very recently. Still does in a lot of Muslim countries as a result of child brides. Still does in the US [wikipedia.org], lower than third world countries, but three to six times the rate of other developed countries.
[08:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:53] <exec> 08└─Doesnt the US count differently than other countries? Eg, a longer period after the birth counts as "in childbirth".
[08:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:55] <exec> 08└─murderers and other violators are often called Kings, Emperors or Khans.
[08:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:57] <exec> 08└─RTFWiki [wikipedia.org]
[08:10:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:27] <exec> 08└─Is it the second coming of the Space Race?
[08:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:28] <exec> 08└─Thats the "Space Force started by Donald J. Trump" to you.
[08:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:11:20] <exec> 08└─That depth of utter stupidity has to be Barclays.
[08:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:02] <exec> 08└─But it sounds like this is pushing for "accessibility", as in little Bobby down the street can slot in a "nitro" module to his car before going on a joyride through the next house. The lack of standardization may have created a knowledge barrier for modification, such that people doing mods had some...
[08:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disruption Tolerant Networking to Demonstrate Internet in Space - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:15] <exec> 08└─FEC will correct corrupted packets, as long as the number of corrupted bits stays within a specified limit. Packets that are corrupted more than that, will need to be retransmitted.
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[09:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:26] <exec> 08└─Or maybe it has a finite potential customer pool and expecting subscriber numbers to grow like they have forever was foolish beyond belief. Regardless, competition in the space is a good thing; having NetFlix grow to capture their entire market would be astoundingly bad. Worse even than exclusive de...
[09:08:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:28] <exec> 08└─Good article with nice post. Very helpful. Keep posting more. Read more office it support in Japan [spsysnet.com]
[09:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:37] <exec> 08└─It's like the farrangis and the borgs join up to go at the new borgs. And the captain picard says, "turn the page." Or something.
[09:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:39] <exec> 08└─WalMart will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
[09:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:41] <exec> 08└─Is there a Stephen Elop equivalent here? Which bits of Walmart can be sold to the Chinese?
[09:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:17] <exec> 08└─I look forward to the Chinese exploring the moon's surface.... especially if they have no state religion involved and they are free to reveal what they find. I have an ulterior motive - as I believe we are far older than we have record of, and I also believe its very likely we were seeded here by a...
[09:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:10:12] <exec> 08└─Only if they do it for their work, not for fun.
[09:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:05] <exec> 08└─> the average 19th century person AKA a meatbag out of the industrial revolution, which needed and trained slaves. All the same, IIRC John Taylor Gatto discussed the writings of a 9 year old miner in his essay about american education, archive.org is your friend.
[09:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:06] <exec> 08└─They started with: "hey slave, chomp these seeds for me and spit em here". (My AI is learning how to trigger meatbags, thx for the collaboration)
[09:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:08] <exec> 08└─meatbags: when you proudly eat food that not even mice will touch.
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[10:08:29] <exec> 08└─Netflix is a company co-founded by a nephew [wikipedia.org] of Edward Bernays [theconversation.com] with Obama's national security advisor on the board [variety.com] and millions pump and dump invested by George Soros. [investopedia.com] It's just entertainment [activistpost.com] they say. With thei...
[10:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:40] <exec> 08└─There is, or was, and Ancient Chinese recipe for The Most Deadly Poison: put a scorpion, a centipede, and a black widow all into one container; wait until they have all stung each other to death. Apply gingerly. Modern version: Put Microsoft, Walmart, and Monsanto all into one corporate headquarter....
[10:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:41] <exec> 08└─Microsoft is no dummy. If things don't workout with Walmart it's OK because Walmart will now be an enterprise customer for life. After switching to all Microsoft technology and implementations, the cost of switching any non-Microsoft technology back will be too high to make it worth the cost for Wal...
[10:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:44] <exec> 08└─Is this really going to bring down Amazon or will they help bring down Walmart
[10:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:08] <exec> 08└─I hear they store them in the ground and just dig them out when they need more.
[10:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:09] <exec> 08└─Charcoal produces far more happiness per dollar than diamonds ever will. Consider how many amazing burgers you can have for the price of a ring. How much time is going to be spent enjoying all those burgers?
[10:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:11] <exec> 08└─> either play the game or stay single Sensible female critters do exist.
[10:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:13] <exec> 08└─Now that we know there are diamonds 100 miles down, is an ordinary, plain mined-out-of-the-mud diamond going to satisfy her? What are deBeers doing about obtaining these diamonds that signify a superior form of love?
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[11:08:35] <exec> 08└─The one, basic fact that "business"-educated people never ever get, although it should be painfully obvious to _anyone_: eternal growth is impossible. And yet, they're all totally surprised each time the growth ends. And they learn nothing from it. Like a moron running head-first into a wall time af...
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[11:08:37] <exec> 08└─eternal growth is impossible.
[11:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:25] <exec> 08└─As with all things, it does often get lost in the translation... those high biblical ages do seem more likely to be lunar cycles than solar cycles, but that sounds like too much science for a Sunday morning.
[11:10:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:57] <exec> 08└─Also, Kazakhstan where Baiconur is, is a member of Eurasian Union which is basically EU of the former Soviet Republics - no borders no taxes..
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[12:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:40] <exec> 08└─As long as wealthy population with access to your product keeps growing, so can business... Oh, plus, the population can't sustain infinite growth either - if it keeps growing, bad things will happen (like, higher proportions of the population living in poverty and not being able to afford to stream...
[12:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:42] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile: https://www.bbc.co.uk [bbc.co.uk] "Video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime now have more subscribers than traditional pay TV services in the UK, new data from Ofcom has revealed."
[12:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:56] <exec> 08└─This may be the best thing to happen to small businesses since Walmart started dominating local retain. With Microsoft participating in Walmart's I.T., small businesses will finally have an opportunity to up their game while Walmart disintegrates from the inside.
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[13:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:31] <exec> 08└─We're thinking of you
[13:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:51] <exec> 08└─Gearing profits toward unlimited growth will eventually hit a wall. Why don't they plan to be around for a while and work on getting new content people actually want to watch.
[13:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:06] <exec> 08└─As much as Amazon is rather frightening, hopefully these two wind up screwing each other so badly that they make no meaningful success.
[13:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:35] <exec> 08└─How do I convert a fuckton into metric? My Googlefu has failed me.
[13:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:37] <exec> 08└─I don't believe you. All the evidence I have obtained proves otherwise.
[13:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:40] <exec> 08└─I find this whole thing with diamond rings to be a ridiculous farce, but if they've convinced everyone else this is how its got to be, its either play the game or stay single, I suppose.
[13:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:18] <exec> 08└─You're doing it wrong. It's a drop in replacement for chat software. It does an ok job at that. Maybe comes up to the standard you'd expect of software from the 90s. Like ICQ. But crappier. You don't use it for calls. FFS.
[13:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:20] <exec> 08└─Switch to Ubuntu?
[13:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Galaxy S10's Key Feature will Reportedly be Ultrasonic - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:42] <exec> 08└─OMG! If that's what it takes to stop it from scanning my fingerprints well gosh darn I'll do that too umm no fork it use something else wait can you get the battery out of this one when it dies?
[13:12:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 863 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:37] <exec> 08└─For as long as there have been vehicles, people have been modifying them. Some of these nodifications weren't safe But the vehicles weren't safe to begin with. Governments, to varying degrees, introduced "safety" legislation. Modifications continue, but more and more restrictions have been added ove...
[13:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:59] <exec> 08└─Ideally you would work as locally as possible to save on resources and re-engineer society in a local modular resilient way instead of the intentional spaghetti code equivalent of the globalized serfdom system. So transportation would mean take that lotus seven replica for a ride on the weekend.
[13:13:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:00] <exec> 08└─Just as project ara was an intentional failure, I guess the notebook was intentionally going to fail (too much modularity possibly). SBC and go pro clones have standardized a bit around some form factors or accessories. Tell me that a portable pc cannot look like the lenovo 500 and be modular. If yo...
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[13:13:03] <exec> 08└─> Eh, I don't know if encouraging two ton, 70 MPH death machine If i had glands I'd salivate.
[13:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internet Archive's Open Library Now Supports Full-Text Searches for All 4+ Million Items - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:08] <exec> 08└─Mistaking it for TPB you are
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[14:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:36] <exec> 08└─They installed pcAnywhere. The worst remote control software possible.
[14:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:37] <exec> 08└─Wait... let me get this straight. A capitalist entity asserted its dominance to possibly influence politics with its clout? If only someone like Marx had predicted this almost 2 centuries ago! Oh wait.... He did. Seriously people, it's not hard! It's too obvious, even!
[14:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:39] <exec> 08└─Marx diagnosed accurately, he fucked up with the cure, class warfare. Intentionally, I guess.
[14:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:42] <exec> 08└─https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/pcanywhere/pcanywhere_login [rapid7.com]
[14:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:09] <exec> 08└─Nearly 40% of UK households now subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime or Now TV. The 15.4 million subscriptions have now passed the 15.1 million who pay for Sky, BT, Virgin and other satellite/cable providers. 40% of households is 10.8 million houses. I supsect many households (like mike) subscribe to...
[14:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:10] <exec> 08└─Regardless, competition in the space is a good thing; having NetFlix grow to capture their entire market would be astoundingly bad. Worse even than exclusive deals on content.
[14:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:12] <exec> 08└─Dunno but I'm not any of the latter. I get my broadband via 4G. I have iPlayer, Amazon Prime and Netflix. Also TVPlayer on a promotion (data on it doesn't count towards my usage), so I can watch "live TV". Fact is that people are willing to pay JUST for video services that Sky, Virgin et al aren't f...
[14:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:15] <exec> 08└─@trends we know it's you. Believe me, we know. But, thank you for the link and good luck!!!!
[14:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:17] <exec> 08└─They write of growing subscribers, but underneath that they're burning money like it's going out of style. The article somehow claims a profit but from the earnings releases, they show a negative cash flow in the billions [fool.com]. So many of these companies are not viable. Some, such as Uber, are...
[14:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:19] <exec> 08└─George Soros said something so interesting. He said possibly he's done with the Dems. And he said Obama was a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT for him. The guy only called George once, an 8 minute phone call. 8 minutes in 8 years. Sad!!!! foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/18/george-soros-calls-obama-greatest-disappoi...
[14:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:35] <exec> 08└─Welcome to the Hotel California. You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!'
[14:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:37] <exec> 08└─Don't forget Microsoft is teamed up with Renault to help them achieve a mediocre and distant fourth place in the current constructors' standings.
[14:11:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:18] <exec> 08└─But at least back then they all completed adolescence before age 35.
[14:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:20] <exec> 08└─"The days of our years are threescore years and ten" - this was known back when Psalm 90 was written. Thing is, back then when they talked about "how long people usually live" they ignored all the ones who didn't make it out of childhood. All that has happened since is that people (statisticians) ha...
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[15:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:34] <exec> 08└─...information is not readily obvious to users many of whom are unaware that their private data is being sent on to other companies.
[15:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:36] <exec> 08└─Australia seems to have a lot of issue with online services. Just take a peek at their latest health record fiasco [zdnet.com].
[15:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Watch Live: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test (11:00 EDT; 15:00 UTC) - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:44] <exec> 08└─Stream starts ~15:40 UTC - Mannequin Skywalker awaiting liftoff. [twitter.com]
[15:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Watch Live: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test (11:00 EDT; 15:00 UTC) - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:46] <exec> 08└─Assumed the YT countdown clock was accurate - stream must have frozen.
[15:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:57] <exec> 08└─"If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist" -- Karl Marx, 1880.
[15:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:58] <exec> 08└─Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance. His cure caused more deaths than leaving the patient alone would have.
[15:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:01] <exec> 08└─It's good to scrutinize these machines, but they are not networked during an election, and there are per machine and per elections staff records that can be checked for discrepancy, along with paper tallies. I think the narrative has shifted from "omg! Login from Moscow into the voting machine" to "...
[15:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 1100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:03] <exec> 08└─This is outrageous! Something must be done. Call your congress critter! 1. Hardcoded backdoor passwords must be made more difficult to find. 2. Voting machines must be upgraded to the LATEST version of Windows XP with all security patches applied! 3. Telnet servers must be run on a non-standard port...
[15:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:05] <exec> 08└─Would it be essential that malicious software is installed DURING the election? Give me, or any other evil sumbitch, some time to think about that. The election is six months away, but I have access to the networked machines NOW!! All I need is the right time bomb . . .
[15:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:14] <exec> 08└─Glad you're out of the hospital, janrinok. FYI in your absence all the editors voted that from now on Soylentils shall wear their underwear on top of their pants [youtube.com].
[15:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:16] <exec> 08└─What underwear?
[15:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:19] <exec> 08└─FYI in your absence all the editors voted that from now on Soylentils shall wear their underwear on top of their pants [youtube.com].
[15:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 1817 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:21] <exec> 08└─After we congratulate outselves... how about a honest discussion on what can be improved? For instance: there were some aristarchus' submissions that were quite interesting to me at least. I would have simply loved to see a discussion on them. Heck, no, it wasn't to happen (not a problem for my expe...
[15:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:48] <exec> 08└─Don't get complacent just because we're not eating people yet.
[15:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:49] <exec> 08└─BBC has already laid some of the groundwork with iPlayer.
[15:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:52] <exec> 08└─I doubt many subscribe to Sky *and* Virgin. What percentage of households have Sky, BT (tv) or Virgin?
[15:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:54] <exec> 08└─Given that there are no "traditional pay TV services" in the UK, that's a comparison against nothing.
[15:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:11] <exec> 08└─I'm hearing that Amazon is half of the online, it's 49%. Can we call that half? Almost half, right? Which is a lot because so many folks are doing online now. For dog food and everything else. Not easy to beat that one. Hopefully someone will beat them. And possibly we'll be breaking that one up. Mi...
[15:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:13] <exec> 08└─I'm likely to be a developer for TI's "Smart Cities" gadgets. I've been chatting with TI's engineer on the NIST's Smart Cities standards committee. He is _quite_ concerned about IoT security. So there are some who want to do it right.
[15:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:15] <exec> 08└─It's because I'm convinced Jeff Bezos is in league with Satan. If I want electronics order from NewEgg [newegg.com]. If I want books I walk into Powell's City of Books [powells.com] in Portland. If the book isn't in stock in their store I order from Powell's website. For years now I've been regularl...
[15:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:17] <exec> 08└─(MSFT) FTFY
[15:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Planet Nine Search Turns Up 10 More Moons of Jupiter - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:26] <exec> 08└─Saturn, very famous for the rings. Amazing thing, they're not solid. I hear they're not solid, they're little pieces of stuff just floating there. In space. And possibly there are thousands of pieces. Can we call it moons? Why not?
[15:10:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:49] <exec> 08└─> I see the purchase of a diamond only as some sort of demonstration of affection for a woman Funny, I see the purchase of a diamond as a good way to dress a grinding wheel. 2 minute video - https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[15:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:02] <exec> 08└─Someone is going to have to make first contact with the aliens. Grunts with guns are usually first. And, they'll tell you that the aliens taste just like chicken!
[15:11:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 1168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:04] <exec> 08└─Somehow, I think a lot of us have things a little skewed. After just a couple generations, maybe not even that long, there won't be nationalities among the people in space. If there are only a half dozen people within a quarter million miles, those half dozen are likely to view each other as the mos...
[15:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Qlaras [3198] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 1474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:33] <exec> 08└─Probably - some combination of all three: Users are on crappy (probably wireless in a congested space) connections, the admins are doing a terrible job, or people are connecting from filtered networks. Failures to connect/share are generally either overloaded servers; or missing firewall rules/filte...
[15:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:34] <exec> 08└─Only Microsoft will offer a call recording feature done the right way. Google, Amazon, and Apple won't be able to match this. Plus, Microsoft can get a patent on it. Microsoft's new call recording feature will offer a simple RECORD button you can press to have a recording of your call. But you can p...
[15:11:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:37] <exec> 08└─Ubuntu is an acceptable alternative, but there's so much to choose from. https://distrowatch.com [distrowatch.com] Manjaro has been pretty high up / top of the list for some time now. https://distrowatch.com [distrowatch.com]
[15:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:10] <exec> 08└─The Hebrew Calendar is a good place to start, if you really want to go down that road. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] TL;DR You can either take the bible as truth or you can dismiss it. The bible is clear that you can't sit on the fence and expect that since you didn't...
[15:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:21] <exec> 08└─The modular notebook project had a little grasp on reality. They thought they were going to address the "serious" industrial markets (i.e. knew they could never compete in consumer space). The kinds of places you see Toughbooks, etc. Still, the speed of progress on the consumer side of things made t...
[15:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:23] <exec> 08└─Older cars are much easier to maintain though. All the new crap is infected with proprietary electronics requiring expensive tools to diagnose. You get an older car without EFI though, and it's easily possible to maintain. Of course, even easier if you have the skills or mechanics in the family.
[15:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:25] <exec> 08└─You might have liked the Elio. It was a tricycle design enclosed motorcycle with lots of amenities for half the price of a new car. Unfortunately it looks like the project is going to fail for lack of funding. They blew all their cash getting the legal bits in place, and ran out before they could ac...
[15:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:27] <exec> 08└─I'd love if manufacturers provided a standard video in and keyboard-style interface for their built-in LCDs. Most car's infotainment systems are crap, and enabling aftermarket competition in this space would be a game changer that drives massive improvement. The CAN bus gives you the knobs you need...
[15:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Childhood Infections May Have Lasting Effects on School Performance - 1018 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:28] <exec> 08└─>Doing so for anything less is astonishingly wasteful of medical resources. How, exactly? Unless there's a large-scale crisis, there's usually going to be a lot of beds sitting empty in a well-equipped hospital. Putting a kid in one of those has a very low incremental cost - a little more work for t...
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[16:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:36] <exec> 08└─If you don't hand over your DNA, you want child murderers to frolic in freedom. Yeah, that is what it means to not want to hand over my DNA.
[16:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:37] <exec> 08└─Price of freedom is the probability of crime --- Dan Geer [stanford.edu] (see page 32) (PDF warning)
[16:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 1205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:39] <exec> 08└─<sarcasm> But, Citizen! DNA samples can only be used for good! Insurance companies won't raise your rates because you have and/or carry hereditary diseases. And, no one can ever, ever, EVER "plant" your DNA at a crime scene. $ethnicity haters can't find out that you are $ethnicity from your DNA. And...
[16:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:56] <exec> 08└─Worked for me. Watched entire flight, all good.
[16:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:57] <exec> 08└─I know they are working on a different type of system but its more like a toy rocket.
[16:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:59] <exec> 08└─I know they are working on a different type of system but its more like a toy rocket.
[16:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:02] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I got it - just needed a page refresh.
[16:09:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 1100 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:15] <exec> 08└─This is outrageous! Something must be done. Call your congress critter! 1. Hardcoded backdoor passwords must be made more difficult to find. 2. Voting machines must be upgraded to the LATEST version of Windows XP with all security patches applied! 3. Telnet servers must be run on a non-standard port...
[16:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:17] <exec> 08└─They are not networked during an election, but in this instance PcAnywhere was configured for a modem connection and they used the remote access functionality durig the vote tallies in Michigan. Note the RA kit is on the controller, not the individual voting machine. It's in the machine you'd need t...
[16:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:20] <exec> 08└─So in other words the numbers presented in Michigan were fraudulent.
[16:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:31] <exec> 08└─You're both Scottish then?
[16:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:03] <exec> 08└─... and now Britbox.
[16:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:05] <exec> 08└─Don't think I'd heard of it before you mentioned it. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[16:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:07] <exec> 08└─The actual movie content is SO limited. I'm not one to sit and binge watch tv shows, which seems to be what they are devoted to. I wanted to show my teens kids some movies from my child hood, but guess what? Netflix doesn't have Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller! I was amazed. How can they call thems...
[16:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 1644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:09] <exec> 08└─How much do advantage do competitors like Disney and HBO have over Netflix, though? They have old catalogues of content, but older viewers have already seen all that stuff a million times in scores of ways. Newer viewers have never heard of that stuff and don't care. It's the new hotness people care...
[16:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:11] <exec> 08└─With Netflix, maybe it is about ...
[16:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:33] <exec> 08└─Nokia wasn't doing so great already when Microsoft partnered with them.
[16:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:35] <exec> 08└─The idea conjures up an unsuccessful, even more geriatric duo than Bad Asses [wikipedia.org].
[16:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:37] <exec> 08└─But will he be in a position to make sure that security get's the TLC it needs. Still, it's good to know that some people involved do care.
[16:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:39] <exec> 08└─The thing I miss most about shopping with Amazon is that nobody tells me they love me at the entrance [youtube.com].
[16:10:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 308 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:59] <exec> 08└─Charcoal produces far more happiness per dollar than diamonds ever will. Consider how many amazing burgers you can have for the price of a ring. How much time is going to be spent enjoying all those burgers? How much time will be spent with any attention whatsoever on the ring? Charcoal wins by a la...
[16:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:28] <exec> 08└─If China's station is occupied by any length of time its vacuum seal will be pierced. However they could put the station underground. Much of the moon's surface is covered with dust, which would be easy to dig. All they would need is to launch at backhoe into an escape velocity trajectory.
[16:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:29] <exec> 08└─You watched the new Babylon series too, huh?
[16:11:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:31] <exec> 08└─The official statement from the first husband and wife team to spend time together in space: "No Comment."
[16:11:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:33] <exec> 08└─but if so, the evidence of this will be on the moon.
[16:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:36] <exec> 08└─No comment my ass. You can bet anything that the little wife told all her girlfriends, in explicit detail. Women can keep a secret just as well as men can, but it takes a lot more of them to do it.
[16:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03CZB [6457] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:38] <exec> 08└─Practicalities aside, of course go to the moon! Why say our latest space explorers only got part way to the moon? The men who explored the moon are great heros of the past generation. What nation wouldn't want to get their guys there?
[16:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:44] <exec> 08└─I'll have you know that I'm planning to join a gym sometime soon.
[16:12:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 793 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:45] <exec> 08└─My friend Sonja is a self-employed actuarial consultant. That's a particular kind of Applied Mathematician. She advises insurance companies on what to charge for their policies. I'm 54. What is my life expectancy right _now_? I shall pray to Google: https://www.ssa.gov [ssa....
[16:12:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:47] <exec> 08└─The movie "Dead Birds" is a documentary on two tribes in Guinea who from time to time do battle. Whichever tribe wins enjoys good hunting, fertile women and the like. But the losing tribe knows not but despair, so the the losing tribe loses patience then starts another war. Eventually just one man d...
[16:12:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:50] <exec> 08└─Consider the Ptolemaic epicycles to be just like the Fourier decomposition of a function. Within the limits of observational accuracy, epicycles accurately predict the future positions of the heavenly bodies. Epicycles break down with increasing accuracy of observational measurement. Those measureme...
[16:12:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:52] <exec> 08└─Actually, no. There have been a few studies on the topic, with tribes that had little or no outside contact, and basically murder is the tribal sport, accounting for 40-60% of deaths (and in some cases, nearly all deaths). And they were by no means insecure; they do well enough that most people do v...
[16:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Galaxy S10's Key Feature will Reportedly be Ultrasonic - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:44] <exec> 08└─Nah you're thinking about it all wrong. Use the sensor to send them an ultrasonic image of your butt.
[16:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 886 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:19] <exec> 08└─Depends on the restriction. Stopping someone from using a 1 character pass or "password1" is reasonable IMO. However, I've seen some insane ones. One system used by HP in the early 2000's (no idea if it's still in use) would reject anything with a dictionary word anywhere in it. Including two letter...
[16:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 839 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:20] <exec> 08└─Password standards are helpful. Especially if you provide guidance to the user to avoid frustration while ensuring best password practices. For example [ba-bamail.com] Please enter your new password: "cabbage" Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters. "boiled cabbage" Sorry, the password m...
[16:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:23] <exec> 08└─Management should buy in. If Snotnose can crack people's passwords, then so can someone else. If management doesn't buy in, this is indicative of an attitude which makes it more likely that: 1. security is weak elsewhere 2. a hacker will penetrate your systems 3. they will steal your password file 4...
[16:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:25] <exec> 08└─Hey, try entering "penis" for your password. I'm sure the computer will respond: "sorry, not long enough".
[16:16:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internet Archive's Open Library Now Supports Full-Text Searches for All 4+ Million Items - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:19] <exec> 08└─Don't give us any more of the Trump-talk, please ...
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[17:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:31] <exec> 08└─I think you're missing a larger point. If you don't hand over your DNA, then YOU must be the criminal trying to hide evidence of your crime! Quick, taze him! police chief: If he doesn't hand over his DNA he must have committed an earlier crime where he left his DNA at the scene. He's a criminal. So...
[17:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:33] <exec> 08└─A GATTACA dystopia is one way for the 1% to bring the population down to 500 million. Oh, wait. Those invalid breeders will keep breeding.
[17:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:35] <exec> 08└─Cloning Revek (5022) cells for in vitro meat production.
[17:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:37] <exec> 08└─Quick, taze him!
[17:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 1208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:39] <exec> 08└─Whats he been doing for the last 30 years? I'm not making a stealth argument for going easy on the guy, but just stating the practical obvious argument the defense lawyer is going to make, that "everyone knows" that pedos are serial killers and they kill over and over for the thrill and predators ca...
[17:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:42] <exec> 08└─Interesting cultural implication: "recently" tough on crime, big brother is better brother, type of propaganda focused on creating new prison / death row inmates who were mostly young black men guilty of killing other young black men over crack cocaine related issues. Partially made up Hollywood, fa...
[17:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:44] <exec> 08└─But an actual DNA comparison could prove his innocence. The test works both ways. It has two possible outcomes.
[17:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:46] <exec> 08└─An inability to detect sarcasm is an early sign of frontotemporal dementia. You might want to get that checked out.
[17:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:48] <exec> 08└─I guess I could be framed for JFK's murder. I was 7 years old. They thought that shot would have been difficult for an "expert" shooter? Well, fact is, I was just playing around with my daddy's gun, and it fired by accident. It wasn't an assassination, just an accident. But, seriously - whoever pull...
[17:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:51] <exec> 08└─Similar thinking went through my mind. Except, I was wondering more about how many other people he may have killed. Reading TFA, he promised to kill again when he left taunts for the police.
[17:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:01] <exec> 08└─In any case, evolutionary rules say that they must adapt or die out.
[17:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:03] <exec> 08└─I would say throw more hardware at it. But then, they probably didn't have the foresight, or even understand how to construct a scalable system. The US government has also been guilty of now knowing how to build a website. I seem to recall something called Healthcare.gov? The obvious solution is to...
[17:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:16] <exec> 08└─Taking a measured approach. That's a nice euphemism. Only someone in marketing could think of that. I sure hope it isn't too measured. Or SpaceX will eat up the market before they ever enter it. Quick Googling: "When was Blue Origin founded?" -- September 8, 2000 "When was SpaceX founded?" -- May 6...
[17:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:35] <exec> 08└─No more of this shit. It is not crystal clear that our votes have been manipulated and falsified, and very probably going all the way back to the disastrous 2000 election (remember the head of Diebold saying he was committed to getting R votes?). Paper ballots, with several counts, all being watched...
[17:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:36] <exec> 08└─Stating facts is troll now? Compare the treatment of the people of China's imperial government against the treatment of the people by Mao's communist government. The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Khmer Republic against the Khmer Rouge. Tzar Nicholas II was pretty bad, but compared to Lenin and Stalin...
[17:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 1260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:50] <exec> 08└─I am and have been a fan of the moderation system for, jeez, 20 years now. As the noose of censorship pulls tighter around our discursive necks in this trouble time, its value climbs. And despite the political insanity of the world worming its way into the site a bit, I still read a good give-and-ta...
[17:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:52] <exec> 08└─Hope you recover quickly.
[17:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:54] <exec> 08└─For instance: there were some aristarchus' submissions that were quite interesting to me at least. I would have simply loved to see a discussion on them
[17:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03doke [6955] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:30] <exec> 08└─Maybe people are afraid the loss of net netrality in the US will soon increase streaming service prices?
[17:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:32] <exec> 08└─eternal growth is impossible.
[17:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:34] <exec> 08└─Netflix's growth to-date has been ridiculously astounding, to expect it to continue like that forever is foolish. I agree, they will most likely rebound from the current setback and continue to grow "fast" in the future. They basically combined "free bandwidth" of the internet with the killer bandwi...
[17:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:36] <exec> 08└─As long as wealthy population with access to your product keeps growing
[17:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:04] <exec> 08└─You can either take the bible as truth or you can dismiss it.
[17:15:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:24] <exec> 08└─You left out the worst part. The ads. Ads everywhere! They won't be able to help themselves. Hold the door handle for 10 seconds so it can 'confirm your identity' to unlock the car while the window displays a video ad to you. Look right at the middle of the ad so the face recognition camera can get...
[17:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:26] <exec> 08└─Just make sure to wear your tin hat or the government will simply take control of your shadow vessel.
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[18:08:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:24] <exec> 08└─... you follow its rules. Or the lady crushes you.
[18:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:26] <exec> 08└─It'll still be far too little though, a slap on the wrist against the beast that's rapidly consuming humanity. The more I've watched these things unfold the more I think slapping the wrist and trimming the boundaries will never solve the problem. So even though it's tempting to take heart when somet...
[18:08:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:28] <exec> 08└─Google doubled down on its position to argue
[18:08:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 111 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:43] <exec> 08└─But an actual DNA comparison could prove his innocence. The test works both ways. It has two possible outcomes.
[18:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:48] <exec> 08└─Nah, it would taste like snark.
[18:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:50] <exec> 08└─Middle age to senior white men are current society's useless garbage responsible for every ill in modern life. Not saying I subscribe to that sentiment, just recognizing its existence.
[18:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 1838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:01] <exec> 08└─How about an optimist/pessimist version of the glass being half full, such that ridiculous over the top legal and privacy violation on an entire continent (OK, a ridiculously small island, but still technically a continent) still only net half a million bucks. That would imply either this is very st...
[18:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:35] <exec> 08└─So where the ones in Louisiana showing Bernie losing heavily to Hillary by the electronic voting but beating her in the paper ballots, he should have lost on paper (boomer democrats still lean conservative) vs millennial (left of boomers).
[18:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:36] <exec> 08└─Amen to that. It should be almost impossible for any concept to be worse than electronic voting itself, but electronic voting with fucking proprietary software absolutely is. And yes...I remember Diebold's O'Dell pledging to "deliver Ohio" to Bush...fuck me anyway. Also...pcAnywhere??? I thought tha...
[18:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:38] <exec> 08└─No jokes about ROT-13 or ROT-26 please. Because they don't support emojis.
[18:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:54] <exec> 08└─We're volunteers, we work from home. Some naked. Some work form their daily job. Naked.
[18:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:37] <exec> 08└─Thanks to this story I took a look at my Netflix account to see what plan we have... discovered that we had a $7.99/month disc rental option on our plan that we hadn't utilized in over a year... welp, that's embarrassing... and it's turned off now. If we had any kind of consumer protection in our so...
[18:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:38] <exec> 08└─I just hold on to my dvd for months before watching. I may cycle through 3 a year for the mail service.
[18:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:40] <exec> 08└─I doubt that, especially considering the latest SIPP results. Only 78% of trackable households (those with a roof over their heads, among other permanence criteria) owned a computer, less than 70% a dishwasher, and 85% a clothes washer (and less own a dryer). Additionally, 10% live in a place with a...
[18:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:40] <exec> 08└─It depends where you are: In Europe "fuck" is just a profanity added for emphasis. In the USA, "metric" is a profanity added for emphasis. Anyway, a metric fuckton (or fucktonne) is only 10% (about 8 gnat's pubes) more than a short fuckton, so its close enough for people who don't give a shit. Howev...
[18:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:42] <exec> 08└─Can it win by something else, please? I'm just not a fan of landslides.
[18:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:44] <exec> 08└─So, "... give a man a diamond and he'll eat for the rest of his life"?
[18:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:46] <exec> 08└─But darling, this is just a boring old 100 mile deep diamond from earth... Tatiana got a ring made from Jupiter [bbc.co.uk] diamonds.
[18:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:48] <exec> 08└─I think diamonds burn in pure oxygen. Best of both worlds?
[18:13:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:51] <exec> 08└─Democracy with uninformed voters is just as bad as kleptocracy.
[18:15:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:42] <exec> 08└─I like where you are going with that.
[18:15:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Cars Kick-Off Conference, Nov 6, Orlando, Florida, USA - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:43] <exec> 08└─Not gonna happen. I'm around a P50. Even PsyCops are only P12.
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[19:08:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:29] <exec> 08└─I guess this is 20 years of the foundation - Open Source software has been serious stuff for closer to 30 years.
[19:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:40] <exec> 08└─I have an Android smartphone and a couple of tablets, but I have steadfastly refused to use the Play Store. The older tablet got the nuclear treatment. I paved it over with Cyanogenmod. I tried to use the store, but it insisted on credit card info before I could install even free stuff. They _promis...
[19:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:41] <exec> 08└─Remove the EU from the Android market. What's left? Overpriced iShit phones.
[19:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 1135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:43] <exec> 08└─I am the same. Every app has been sideloaded, devices that can get a reflash. I have been perfectly content with it. And there is a healthy business in sideloading playstore apps, as can be seen by sites archiving old versions of apks. I stopped gaming on PC over the same issues, online activation a...
[19:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:05] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, this is the way the world is going. Eventually, those DNA samples will be taken from the newborn baby, and kept on file forever and ever. Classified and categorized, analyzed, and plugged into the system, long before Baby is ready to join the system.
[19:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:06] <exec> 08└─An inability to detect sarcasm is an early sign of frontotemporal dementia. You might want to get that checked out.
[19:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:09] <exec> 08└─Or a group of mostly old men of a very predictable demographic. Roughly 6% of the population commits over 50% of murders. Thinking that would change just because a case is old?
[19:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:11] <exec> 08└─OK, as long as you utilize the whole snark, and do not just cut off the snark fins, and toss the rest of the snark back into the briny to die.
[19:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:13] <exec> 08└─Your Sig is some real fucked up shit. I like it :)
[19:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vokbain [2372] (Score: 1) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:25] <exec> 08└─I pray that the predator doesn't get me.
[19:09:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 313 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:56] <exec> 08└─No more of this shit. It is not crystal clear that our votes have been manipulated and falsified, and very probably going all the way back to the disastrous 2000 election (remember the head of Diebold saying he was committed to getting R votes?). Paper ballots, with several counts, all being watched...
[19:10:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:02] <exec> 08└─Well, he is reported to have said that, so something substantially similar, to the French Workers party. And Engels wrote a letter that said about the same thing. This isn't really surprising, as most philosophers are more interested in developing their ideas than anything else (as philosophers). Bu...
[19:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:04] <exec> 08└─When the upper classes are demonstrably waging warfare on the working class, you don't get to tell the working class that "class warfare" is off limits to them.
[19:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 1335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:06] <exec> 08└─These machines have a CF card that stores per machine data and probably has a detailed log of user activity. We election staff have an IR dongle that we sign onto the machines with when we bring a voter to a (random) machine. I guess it can store timestamps during the day, but it is not in the machi...
[19:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 1231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:08] <exec> 08└─You don't know what the alternate paths of history would have been. Most of the deaths were caused by extreme distortions of Marx's ideas by self-seeking demagogues, and they would probably have found some other way. Still, Marx's ideas would not work above the level of a small community. (A single...
[19:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:11] <exec> 08└─The Rs realized the majority of citizens were no longer supportive of their regressive politics, so they cheated (seems incredibly likely) and manipulated the states still stuck in the 80s and treating Reagan like the 2nd coming. I mean really, the more I learn about Reagan the more it just makes no...
[19:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:13] <exec> 08└─And nobody has ever heard of any malware that tampers with the logs.
[19:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:15] <exec> 08└─No matter how many times somebody builds up that straw man, it remains a straw man. Nobody wants to implement Stalinism or Maoism. I see control of the means of production by bureaucracy and an elite inner party in those examples, not control of the means of production by the workers.
[19:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:17] <exec> 08└─You don't know that. The numbers could well have been fraudulent, and that's as far as the evidence so far presented will let you take things.
[19:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:20] <exec> 08└─I have no faith the Democrats are really much better than the Republicans and would be unsurprised if they cheated as well. They had to pull some really shady shit to get Bernie ousted in the primaries.
[19:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:22] <exec> 08└─Fortunately, the International Committee of the Fourth International does have a chance to say such things (through their World Socialist Web Site), and they do say such things.
[19:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:24] <exec> 08└─> It should be almost impossible for any concept to be worse than electronic voting itself, but electronic voting with fucking proprietary software absolutely is. How about "electronic voting with fucking proprietary software" with a law stating that paper accountability was illegal ? Even Putin and...
[19:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:26] <exec> 08└─The Rs realized that the Ds moved too far into their turf (see Clinton's achievements), so they decided to recapture the formerly D unionized vote by going full anti-system anti-foreigners. It worked, as it previously (and simultaneously) worked in Europe and elsewhere after a giant crisis, because...
[19:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:43] <exec> 08└─(Waves hand) "These are not the aristarchus submissions you are looking for."
[19:10:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:45] <exec> 08└─Delighted to hear you're "out." :)
[19:10:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:47] <exec> 08└─> Some work form their daily job. Naked. Didn't we just get a story about animal testing of chemicals? Why isn't Peta objecting to your being paid to test sunscreen ?
[19:11:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:30] <exec> 08└─What "rebound" are you talking about? They grew this quarter JUST AS FAST as they did in the same quarter last year. The idiots on wall street are bitching because it didn't grow FASTER.
[19:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:32] <exec> 08└─1: the newphew 2: Edward Bernays' sibling 3: Edward Bernay 4: Susan Rice 5: Obama 6: Who's worse than Soros?? KEVIN BACON!
[19:12:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Planet Nine Search Turns Up 10 More Moons of Jupiter - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:07] <exec> 08└─Considering that one is moving against local traffic, some de-orbiting or collision is likely to happen within hundreds to millions of years, long before the US Congress provides an opinion on any matter. The IAU is barely faster.
[19:12:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 186 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:31] <exec> 08└─I find this whole thing with diamond rings to be a ridiculous farce, but if they've convinced everyone else this is how its got to be, its either play the game or stay single, I suppose.
[19:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:59] <exec> 08└─All that dust on the moon, just waiting for the taking! What untold riches lie on the lunar surface... if only we could see them from earth.
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[20:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:32] <exec> 08└─Open source...was consciously a marketing programme for...free software
[20:08:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:33] <exec> 08└─It's Bruce! Now doing the same for "free car software". Thanks, Bruce!
[20:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:47] <exec> 08└─Remotely brick a device for an entire country or region and tell customers to take it up with gubment.
[20:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:48] <exec> 08└─The Google monopoly is 101% artificial. Attempt to bite the hand that feeds them, get themselves booted out of the market quicker than one can say "imaginary property".
[20:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:16] <exec> 08└─E. Howard Hunt is indeed dead. George H.W. Bush is still alive though.
[20:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:43] <exec> 08└─Yeah, taking a measured approach.
[20:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:44] <exec> 08└─Very true. To be fair, SpaceX had some pretty impressive failures in their rush to try new stuff, and got really close to folding. Bezos' slow-and-steady timeline is more traditional, and probably less risky. It just looks bad when the other guy's risk-taking pays off.
[20:10:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:21] <exec> 08└─During a war between communists and anti-communists, why do you lay the blame for death and destruction only on the communists? If you want to compare the entire histories of communism and capitalism, the latter has a much longer rap sheet. If you limit the comparison to the era when communists are...
[20:10:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:22] <exec> 08└─It doesn't go against human nature, you simply have been raised in a society that glorifies the top down pyramid hierarchy and rewards greedy behavior. The natural human state is much more cooperative once the basic needs of food and shelter are no longer a problem. Basically we have every system ev...
[20:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:43] <exec> 08└─The hand waving is to be expected when someone tells you robot replacement is imminent. I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
[20:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:29] <exec> 08└─They ONLY grew by 4%, instead of 4.7% !!! Only 5.2 million more customers, like the same quarter last year, not a million extra growth on top of the growth !!! How dare they miss their guidance ???? DOOOMMED!! They are DOOMED!, I tell you! Sell, sell, sell !!! (I contend they are doomed by the end o...
[20:11:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:31] <exec> 08└─They grew this quarter JUST AS FAST
[20:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Killing off the Old Skype Client, Adding Built-in Call Recording - 746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:28] <exec> 08└─Well, preferably something without SystemD. Ubuntu is infected with it. I say this as I type on Ubuntu too. Only OS that truly has bleeding edge hardware support. I figure in a little while the BSD variants like TrueOS might support my hardware, or some systemd-free Linux distro. I tried everything...
[20:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 1063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:42] <exec> 08└─I think Brexit is a huge mistake, too... but let's be fair here. It appears they are saying that two groups which were openly campaigning to leave the EU were working together, and that one of the campaign exceeded spending limits by about 7% (spending about £7,500,000, rather than the £7,000,000...
[20:15:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:41] <exec> 08└─Right country. Wrong bank. NatWest.
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[21:08:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:30] <exec> 08└─...the giants are in a race to develop the smart plug. It's the only wearable anyone really needs.
[21:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:32] <exec> 08└─As a nerd I was really fascinated with the idea of a smart watch. I still sometimes think about getting one. As a practical matter, I realized at the time that it provides very little convenience over the phone I carry. And it brings some new inconveniences. Yet, from time to time, I still think abo...
[21:08:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:34] <exec> 08└─If I don't get a smartwatch, what could I get instead . . . A Yamaha Reface DX Makeblock Mindstorms Insteon modules (still have the DX7 I bought in 1986)
[21:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:36] <exec> 08└─Wait until they start putting out holographic smartwatches like this one from Captain America: Civil War [youtu.be]. Bonus points if it can display a hologram in front of you while your arms are resting at your sides. Anything less is hot garbage, unless you're *truly* in need of a fitness tracker,...
[21:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:47] <exec> 08└─I thought at the time that the re-branding was harmless. Maybe even beneficial. Time has proven me wrong. It's not harmless, and Stallman was right.
[21:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:49] <exec> 08└─I am curious how the "open source" brand is not harmless. Stallman was right about some things. GPL was perfect at preventing a Microsoft from stealing . . . here I say that word . . . open source. (because it rolls off the tongue and I've said it for so many years.) There are other large ecosystems...
[21:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:03] <exec> 08└─I tried to use the store, but it insisted on credit card info before I could install even free stuff. They _promise_ your card will not be charged for free stuff.
[21:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:05] <exec> 08└─Huh. No, after checking my settings apparently I did enter it at some point. Really don't remember doing that. Odd.
[21:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:35] <exec> 08└─The amperage is a relation to the load resistance and voltage. So either (somehow) lower the body's resistance (and maybe skin contact resistance), or raise the voltage in order to raise amperage. But power (watts) is a function of voltage and amperage. Which also means heating of the load. Includin...
[21:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 835 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:36] <exec> 08└─Squeaking of the system being faulty in the face of real evidence. I remember stories on Tech Dirt a few years back about (some poe-dunk) court(s) saying (effectively) that video evidence is less reliable than the police officer's report and sworn testiphony. My point about the test having two possi...
[21:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:38] <exec> 08└─Hypothetical Prosecutor says: Maybe there IS a string of unsolved murders that this particular pedo is guilty of. Pointing out that there might be, is not a defense against the evidence and burden of proof being presented by the prosecution in this particular murder trial. Nor is it evidence of any...
[21:09:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:41] <exec> 08└─I typically qualify it further. The evil of society is Senior, Rich, Heterosexual, Racist, White, "christian", men.
[21:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 1128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:08] <exec> 08└─That is a good point. SpaceX was one launch away from folding. If that one launch had failed, they would be only a memory. So your risk taking point is excellent. That said, it is paid off so well, and so many times, that it seems SpaceX is doing something right. I remember hearing, I think even bac...
[21:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:09] <exec> 08└─> Is there something about to crash through the ceiling in a giant fireball? Just went to check, and with his usual slurred speech, the guy cooking meth on the roof said "probably not".
[21:10:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 1102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:47] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you really don't understand hacking and your main defense is "we do exit polls and compare to the actual vote tallies". If the machines are hacked then the CF cards are vulnerable and you can't trust any of the data on it or the machines. How many 3rd party votes got switched to a D or R...
[21:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Site News -- A Potpourri - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:09] <exec> 08└─Janrinok, Please recuperate at the earliest. We hope you get back soon.
[21:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:57] <exec> 08└─Don't get complacent just because we're not eating people yet.
[21:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:24] <exec> 08└─Who do you cheer for when Godzilla and Mothra are fighting in downtown Tokyo? Pretty sure the answer is "Japan's armed forces killing both of them"
[21:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:25] <exec> 08└─*Ferengi and It's not "the Borgs." Borg is a collective noun for the entire group consciousness.
[21:12:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:27] <exec> 08└─put a scorpion, a centipede, and a black widow all into one container; wait until they have all stung each other to death. Apply gingerly.
[21:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:07] <exec> 08└─They'll burn in hot air [gemsociety.org]. They slowly decompose in ambient conditions.
[21:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quadrillion Tons of Diamond Estimated to Lie Beneath Earth's Surface - 820 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:08] <exec> 08└─This. It also applies to vacation methods. Do you work harder on vacation than you do at work OR do you vacation in the wake anytime little planning method? My wife and I plan whole days starting with 6-7am go times. Several stops or one big one as is appropriate. This leads to a friend who goes wit...
[21:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The British Are Building a Spaceport - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:17] <exec> 08└─Correct. But you must surely appreciate that it is running out of legs upon which to stand.
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[22:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:31] <exec> 08└─IoT sex toys already exist, along with the unsurprising security oops... I can't wait until we get direct APIs to the broomsticks that so many people have up their asses.
[22:08:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:33] <exec> 08└─Talk to Ethanol-Fuelled. There was a while there he was prety into teledildonics.
[22:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:35] <exec> 08└─Or maybe smart glasses are wear it's at. Har har, I kill me. But seriously - give me a display that lives on my face - so I don't have to move to have it in view, it's just always in view - and a ring with a button and a rotary encoder to wear on my finger so that I can deal with notification unobtr...
[22:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:37] <exec> 08└─I'm not a fan of the fitbits and smart watches or wearable technology in general. I think they are tacky. I think a watch should be an accessory. It should be classy. Something to catch the eye. I kinda want a nice watch, but I need one that doesn't look comically large on my tiny girly wrists.
[22:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:40] <exec> 08└─Had a girlfriend who invented the first IoT sex toy when she placed one of those Nokia brick phones between her legs during a lecture. I was amused she looked shocked when I called her number and that vibrate did its thing!
[22:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:42] <exec> 08└─I don't want cyber on my wrist. What if somebody hacks it so it zaps me? Turns into a wiretapp? Or explodes? Give me a good old regular watch anytime. I have many watches -- don't we all? One of my favorites I picked up at auction -- at a very good price. It belonged to President Reagan. To Ronald R...
[22:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:44] <exec> 08└─Same here. I even looked through the available models online, read the reviews... and invariably the reviews are so-so. In the end I decided that I do not want yet another device to charge daily, often using cumbersome clamps. For the record, I already have a Garmin fitness tracker (an HR+) so that...
[22:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:46] <exec> 08└─I saw a bearded hipster wearing one as a rebellion against other hipsters' pocket watches... and we know hipsters are like a cross between cockroaches and sheep.
[22:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:49] <exec> 08└─Talk to Ethanol-Fuelled. There was a while there he was prety into teledildonics.
[22:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:51] <exec> 08└─It was a gift from my (now) ex on her wedding day. That same day I gave her Sapphire earrings. I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a smartwatch. The reason so many men are so heavily into fancy watches is to lead others to believe that we are rich and powerful.
[22:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 1189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:03] <exec> 08└─Something that really helped open source / free libre software . . . The March 6, 2003 SCO vs IBM lawsuit. Yes, really. That was the wake up call that caused everyone to start taking license and copyright issues very seriously. To track the ownership status of every line of source code. To put copyr...
[22:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 1122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:04] <exec> 08└─I remember a movement a few years ago, maybe 3 or 4, where some people started saying they were not going to put any license on their code. They didn't want to bother even picking out an OSI approved license that fit their wishes. It was like: hey, I just want people to use my code. I'm not going to...
[22:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 1089 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:06] <exec> 08└─"I am curious how the "open source" brand is not harmless." Because it's viewed as a purely technical innovation. Free Software was a technical innovation but that was the least important part of it. The Open Source brand gives cover to those who wish to take advantage of the technical benefits as i...
[22:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:09] <exec> 08└─I know, a girl analogy might be difficult to grasp for soylentils, anyway: - knowing that a program is free software is like knowing a girl has no BF (I mean in general, SO). Useful factoid to avoid being punched in the nose after few interactions and maybe expensive dinners. - the open source brand...
[22:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 1111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:11] <exec> 08└─Maybe I should say: Microsoft's best days are behind it. It doesn't have the monopoly any longer. Microsoft cannot squeeze and demand in the ways it once did. It can't pressure its OEMs so much any more to make only Windows devices. And once Microsoft OEMs now make all kinds of devices even as they...
[22:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:13] <exec> 08└─I truly don't get it. What is the open source danger? Drat! I'm having trouble setting my Linux hostname to all emoji characters!
[22:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:16] <exec> 08└─Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software [gnu.org]. After someone at Kuro5hin pointed out that "Open Source is the enemy" I spent some time reflecting on my own loyalties then resoundingly came down on the side of Free Software. When was the last time your employer donated money to the FSF?
[22:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:18] <exec> 08└─This according to Richard himself: "If there is no explicit license it defaults to All Rights Reserved". To provide your code for download on your own website implies that your user has a license to download and use it but DOES NOT imply that they have a license to redistribute it - even if they don...
[22:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:20] <exec> 08└─It happens that my former employer Live Picture filed for Chapter 11 in 1998, yet they are still active as a corporation. This because _somebody_ has to administer the 401k accounts of their former employees. The social security administration once sent me a notice that I had some money in my own Li...
[22:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:37] <exec> 08└─Maybe they just autofilled it from your shadow profile on googlensabookspace.
[22:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:39] <exec> 08└─What would you propose instead?
[22:09:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score: 1) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:41] <exec> 08└─On this tablet and on the phone this dialog has one big button "YES, I OBEY" and one tiny light-gray text button "skip". I used "skip" every time.
[22:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:14] <exec> 08└─Actually it's the whole country. http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu [uthscsa.edu] I don't know why so many AC trolls and TRDT are so fixated on California.
[22:10:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:15] <exec> 08└─Your 'predictable demographic' is obviously young black men killing other young black men. They're not going to put much effort into solving a 30 year old case where one black gang member shot a rival gang member. The cold cases that get this treatment will be those involving young kids / serial kil...
[22:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 817 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:17] <exec> 08└─The LEOs don't have to force you to give your DNA. If you or any close retaliative sent DNA to a genetic database (a public record base), that could narrow down the search quite a bit. The all they have to do is watch you till you toss a cigarette but or coffee cup or come by early on garbage day an...
[22:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 1775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:19] <exec> 08└─There are multiple reasons for a statute of limitations. One is that after so much time, it is impossible to mount a defense. Pick a random non-special day 30 years ago. Do you remember for a fact if you were at work or not? Does anyone else? Could you even find any people who might remember if you...
[22:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:32] <exec> 08└─ridiculously small island
[22:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Success: Blue Origin Subjects its Rocket to High-Altitude Escape Test [Update: 2] - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:51] <exec> 08└─Taking a measured approach. That's a nice euphemism. Only someone in marketing could think of that.
[22:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:09] <exec> 08└─What he specifically requested of me was that I offer the service of writing firmware for TI's Smart Cities IoT gadgets. From everything he and I have discussed, those specific gadgets will be hip to security. He also serves on NIST's Smart Cities standards committee. Thus I expect the _standard_ wi...
[22:15:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Think Everyone Died Young in Ancient Societies? Think Again - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:24] <exec> 08└─This is not murder, but war. War was always used in primitive tribes to control the population density. (in modern times war is used to control production capacity) Here is (I believe South American) example (simplified). Humans could hunt all the meat around and die of hunger - hence hunting taboo...
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[23:08:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Formula E Ends Its Season—and an Era—in Brooklyn, New York - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:29] <exec> 08└─Get rid of Fucking FanBoost Get rid of wings Get rid of pole position: start in reverse championship order (fastest at the back)
[23:08:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Formula E Ends Its Season—and an Era—in Brooklyn, New York - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:31] <exec> 08└─Never watched Formula E. But without knowing any details, I was intrigued. Looked up FanBoost due to your comment thinking it can't possibly be what it sounds like. It is, who thought that was even a little bit of a good idea??? PASS.
[23:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Formula E Ends Its Season—and an Era—in Brooklyn, New York - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:33] <exec> 08└─Involve the audience ... so now thw race can be determined by the sort of people who pay attention to social media. I can see the cogs whirring: "get more people involved and interested.. There are lots of people on social media, lets tap them. " From the formula e wikipedia page: "Agag told Todt th...
[23:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Formula E Ends Its Season—and an Era—in Brooklyn, New York - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:35] <exec> 08└─It sounds like something out of The Onion. WTF. http://formula-e.wikia.com [wikia.com]
[23:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Formula E Ends Its Season—and an Era—in Brooklyn, New York - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:37] <exec> 08└─I'm surprised the sides of the cars are not displays scrolling the real-time tweets of the fans during the race (between ads, of course).
[23:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Formula E Ends Its Season—and an Era—in Brooklyn, New York - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:40] <exec> 08└─"That is so stupid! Why would you spend all your savings on a giant boob job! I didn't raise you to look like a cheap stripper!" "No, mom. I'm gonna be a Formula-E world champion!"
[23:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:01] <exec> 08└─And learn from Google Glass - don't put a camera on either device.
[23:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:02] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a smartwatch.
[23:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:04] <exec> 08└─That's the thing. Apparently to do anything vaguely useful, the smart watch has to talk to your phone. And if it can talk to my phone, that means I already have my phone on me. Just to make the justification weaker still, if I don't have a hand free to get my phone, I probably don't have a hand free...
[23:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:06] <exec> 08└─Some, including the latest Apple Watch have built-in cellular [apple.com]. Be careful what you wish for, since all of these are non-open surveillance devices as is.
[23:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:09] <exec> 08└─I'm holding out for the direct brain interface. An implant to put a heads up display on the inside of your eyeball, and another to scan your thoughts for the user interface.
[23:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:11] <exec> 08└─I literallly bought one for the sole purpose of being an MP3 player for the gym. That and some nice Bluetooth sport headphones. Otherwise, the things are just useless.
[23:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:13] <exec> 08└─That is, at least, moving towards something potentially useful for somebody (assuming it has a decent battery life). Still, more than I'm ready to pay for the small convenience since I'm already used to carrying my phone.
[23:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wearable Hybrids Prove the Bloated Smartwatch Is One of Silly Valley's Biggest Mistakes - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:15] <exec> 08└─I have the original Apple Watch and it’s definitely sufficiently useful to keep my expensive mechanical watches off my wrist. The most useful feature is the little what’s next display of the calendar events. It shows the time and place (ie. meeting room) of where and when I need to be next. My p...
[23:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:37] <exec> 08└─And, then, there are those of us who prefer to work with LGPL, MIT and BSD licenses, because those are "free and open enough" for our purposes. The last thing I need in my business or hobby is some sniveling GPL SJW sniffing around demanding a copy of the source. Maybe I want to share it, maybe I do...
[23:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:38] <exec> 08└─I like the MIT license, BSD isn't bad either. Here's the code, have at it. You can't sue me and I can't sue you.
[23:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Open Source - 1546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:40] <exec> 08└─https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html [gnu.org] Practical Differences between Free Software and Open Source In practice, open source stands for criteria a little looser than those of free software. As far as we know, all existing released free software source code would...
[23:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:00] <exec> 08└─I tried to use the store, but it insisted on credit card info before I could install even free stuff. They _promise_ your card will not be charged for free stuff.
[23:10:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:02] <exec> 08└─I tried to use the store, but it insisted on credit card info before I could install even free stuff.
[23:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:39] <exec> 08└─While it's true that you don't need to have your own DNA in a database to get caught, it is the next step and has broader implications.
[23:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indiana Murder Suspect Found by Using Genealogical Website - 1347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:40] <exec> 08└─Samples are handled differently state-by-state [aclu.org]. Even if the sample is used for research, it might not be associated with an individual's name, or fully sequenced. California's criminal database is worse, and it's likely expanding: https://www.mercurynews.com
[23:10:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HealthEngine App Caught Giving Medical Data to Lawyers - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:54] <exec> 08└─Considering that the system crashed under the load of people opting out, perhaps they chould just make it opt-in. They shouldn't have much load problem supporting all 3 people who actively want it.
[23:11:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03idiot_king [6587] 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:21] <exec> 08└─Wait... let me get this straight. A capitalist entity asserted its dominance to possibly influence politics with its clout? If only someone like Marx had predicted this almost 2 centuries ago! Oh wait.... He did. Seriously people, it's not hard! It's too obvious, even!
[23:11:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03shortscreen [2252] 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 623 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:48] <exec> 08└─During a war between communists and anti-communists, why do you lay the blame for death and destruction only on the communists? If you want to compare the entire histories of communism and capitalism, the latter has a much longer rap sheet. If you limit the comparison to the era when communists are...
[23:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aegis [6714] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:51] <exec> 08└─Posted by a guy constantly arguing that it's totally fine for Russia to hack our election infrastructure.
[23:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alphabet Kicks Marwan Fawaz Out of the Nest - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:20] <exec> 08└─It is entirely a coincidence, but last night I watched Episode 1, Season 3 of Silicon Valley in which the odious Gavin Belson fires a whole team. Without reading TFA, (or even caring about Nest at all) I pictured the whole thing in my mind as going pretty much like that.
[23:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Shares Plunge as Subscriber Growth Rate Stalls - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:03] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what you're calling silly. As you point out, what happened was that it's growth acceleration was 0; it still grew and grew at the same velocity as previously measured. And yet investors undies are in a bundle because of it. That's the news here and the consequences of it are anything bu...
[23:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:33] <exec> 08└─I bet you're fun at parties.
[23:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Websites' Password Guidance - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:24] <exec> 08└─Look at Dilbert's PHB and then, knowing what management should be doing, tell me by what likelihood they are actually going to do it.
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