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[00:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:48] <exec> 08└─And this is yet another reason why I continue taking taxis and am yet to create an Uber account.
[00:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:50] <exec> 08└─That smartphone in your hand ? Do not hesitate for a second to it as a camera every time you are dealing with any rented/hired transport. Saved me hundreds of dollars already, when rental car companies "discovered" scratches on the paint or tires upon car return. If I ever take a Lyft (boycotting Ub...
[00:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:52] <exec> 08└─2 problems with your plan: 1. You can't film a trip that never happened. 2. You can't use the video to prove a negative - the driver will just claim that the vomit happened off-camera.
[00:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 1225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:54] <exec> 08└─This is the perfect application for a blockchain record: 1. Every trip the Uber driver makes is recorded, permanently and publicly. 2. Every vomit case, billing complaint, and other sad fact of life ever connected with that driver is also recorded permanently and publicly. 3. When hailing an Uber, y...
[00:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:57] <exec> 08└─On the other side of that coin: the driver will assume certain things about a person who neurotically films everything with their cellphone, and one of those things is that they do not intend to take a false damage claim lying down. Just like "useless" car alarms, it is actually less hassle to scam...
[00:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:59] <exec> 08└─A very common fraud is for a restaurant to receive a dry cleaning bill, with a letter that claims that a waitress spilled food all over the perpetrator's suit.
[00:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:01] <exec> 08└─Better solution: get another ride from the Uber driver that scammed you the first time, and accidentally slice his throat from ear to ear with a straightrazor. You'll probably get billed for blood removal, but at least this time the charge will be legit.
[00:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03lars [4376] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:16] <exec> 08└─Phone apps are the best/most popular now. Why not use one, and make the desktop shortcut to your podcasts a link to the emulator. The search functionality and file management features of them are great. I use podcast addict.
[00:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03romlok [1241] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:17] <exec> 08└─I've been using gPodder as my desktop podcast client for many years. It's primarily a Gtk app but does include a command-line interface, though I don't know how extensive the CLI functionality is. And, if you do decide to roll something yourself, gPodder split out their podcastparser [github.com] li...
[00:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 1067 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:19] <exec> 08└─If you are downloading an audio program for later listening, and you don't have immediate plans to place it onto an Apple(r) iPod(r) brand DRM delivery device, then the thing you are downloading is probably an "audio program" and not a "Podcast". Granted, an enormous proliferation of audio publisher...
[00:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:21] <exec> 08└─You'll never have a bug report ignored, and while it's possible your feature requests turn out to take too much time, at least you'll be kept informed.
[00:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03everdred [110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:24] <exec> 08└─If you are downloading audio content via an RSS feed with attachments, it's a podcast.
[00:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:26] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing the question is about ripping from an Internet "radio station." I use: wget -U "[iTunes user-agent]" -O [path][station name]-$(date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S").[format ind icator such as mp3] "[URL]" The output files are named according to when the "recording" begins. Another command that com...
[00:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:28] <exec> 08└─A real man would figure out how to do this using emacs.
[00:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:48] <exec> 08└─Transparent aluminum.
[00:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:49] <exec> 08└─"Unbreakable" plastic is no surprise. "Unbreakable" and as scratch resistant as Gorilla Glass - that would be impressive. One weak link in big screen TVs these days is that the screens are way too easy to scratch.
[00:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:12] <exec> 08└─Great, another extremist showing their ignorance.
[00:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:13] <exec> 08└─Most people were not paying attention. Sure, the required number went up... but you no longer really had to meet that number. There was a huge fuel economy bonus multiplier available, and all that was required was to make the fuel system tolerate a bit more ethanol in the fuel. (meaning it doesn't g...
[00:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Announces Edge TPU - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:50] <exec> 08└─The idea is you have a bunch of sensors and devices in your home, factory, office, hospital, etc, connected to one of these gateways, which then connects to Google's backend services in the cloud for additional surveillance processing.
[00:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Irish Cereal Harvest is Forecast to be the Worst in 24 Years - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:04] <exec> 08└─Some worse than others: "The rye harvest will probably drop by half and the wheat harvest by a third from last year. This is the third consecutive poor harvest year in Finland. [www.luke.fi]" "The acreage for Finnish rye crops has diminished year on year, with almost half as much planted this year t...
[00:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:02] <exec> 08└─I hope you wipe your mouth after spewing bullshit.
[00:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:03] <exec> 08└─Oh, I know (hand up)---It's Faux News!
[00:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:06] <exec> 08└─Now that's some serious trolling there. Yep, alternate facts it is.
[00:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:15:23] <exec> 08└─I know what you mean. Every variant of asshole driver is out there. Recently had a ride in a tow truck, talking to the driver about his experiences. Big F-ing Truck, flashing lights, towed vehicle and people routinely cut him off so they can be 16 feet ahead. Supernaturally calm guy, he said he can'...
[00:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:28] <exec> 08└─No, but you started the emit bullshit.
[00:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:29] <exec> 08└─Where's the beef?
[00:19:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Backtracks on Comments About Holocaust Deniers - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:49] <exec> 08└─He was responding to this comment from the above AC: Except the baker didn't have to bake the cake, and like it or not we have anti-hate speech laws.
[00:19:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Backtracks on Comments About Holocaust Deniers - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:50] <exec> 08└─So you're pointing out that laws and Constitutions can change. And? Hate speech is not currently illegal in the US. That is a fact. That was what was being point out.
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[01:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:52] <exec> 08└─Given that some drivers are finding out just how badly they're getting screwed by Uber and those who use their service, I'm not surprised that some drivers are figuring out how to try to make a little more money. This is just the other side of the "I want what I want, as cheap as possible, fuck ever...
[01:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:53] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKNdVQKHsFc [youtube.com]
[01:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:56] <exec> 08└─I've never caught an Uber either. If this happened to me and I had to fix, I'd bill them at my hourly rate for wasting my time. Unsurprising how many chancers back the fuck off once I tell them that.
[01:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:16] <exec> 08└─Erika [github.com] is a pretty GTK+ podcast manager for GNU/Linux. I haven't tried running it as a cron job.
[01:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:18] <exec> 08└─I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so*: https://www.gnu.org [gnu.org] If this doesn't do it out of the box, it's written in emacs-lisp, so hack away! * https://hooktube.com [hooktube.com] I knew the chorus, but never worked o...
[01:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:39] <exec> 08└─One weak link in big screen TVs these days is that the screens are way too easy to scratch.
[01:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:41] <exec> 08└─I'd prefer transparent carbon.
[01:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:43] <exec> 08└─We bought a 42" screen 11 years ago, and were essentially gifted a 55" screen 2 years ago. I like 'em dumb, they're both driven by NUCs, and the old one has had a couple of generations by now. 10 years hence, if I'm in the market for a new one, I'll be looking long and hard at longevity parameters,...
[01:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I've wary about the scratch resistance, and a drop test isn't sufficient for that. Maybe a "pocket full of coins and keys" test or just start scratching the screen with various objects.
[01:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:09] <exec> 08└─Our local station started carrying E50 or somesuch, at a considerable discount - like 2.09 when regular is selling for 2.69. Not sure what all kickbacks are in play with that, but if you live in your car it could make a difference.
[01:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:11] <exec> 08└─I've been impressed with some of the modern SUV's I've rented: big as a whale and gets 30mpg at 80mph. Still not worth the entry price, but those chilled seats were nice. I think that one had VD (most hillarious marketing gaffe of the past 30 years: Variable Displacement.)
[01:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:13] <exec> 08└─Ask an Italian* to rub an inflated balloon all around his wife's mustache, then touch an ungrounded metal surface. That should be sufficient to teach an Italian about high voltage * Also works with some Russians
[01:12:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Irish Cereal Harvest is Forecast to be the Worst in 24 Years - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:32] <exec> 08└─It was a blight and the absentee landowners insisted on eating and profiting -- the Irish landowners were not all protestant. Ireland had reached an unsustainable population density. [wesleyjohnston.com] We will see the same awful situation unfold again in Africa and will be in no position to help t...
[01:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:34] <exec> 08└─Ve must stop ze right-wing extremists from tak'inggg ovarrr our democricee! Zey must be stopt at aull costz! Ve must troll them by saying vey are trolling usz! Vey will not zee it comin'g! Burn ze U.S.A. capitalistz to ze ground, vey are all trollz! All ze dumbazz right-wing nutz arrr just botz anyv...
[01:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:35] <exec> 08└─I don't really see any state sponsored trolling from the United States. Looks like Trump was being a dick, but that's all. (I mean, maybe he's trolling, but I wouldn't call it "state-sponsored" just because he's the president.) And here's my problem with the lefties bitching about this, we have bigg...
[01:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:56] <exec> 08└─Well, when I say degrees, I'd rather have actual practical knowledge than degrees any day. I know far too many engineers who essentially purchased their degrees and can't explain much less perform an integral to save their lives. I knew an engineer with zero college who did metalwork design, knew hi...
[01:15:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 123 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:15:22] <exec> 08└─Something to keep in mind before you pull that rare and bloody hunk of meat off the BBQ and drop it on a plate this summer.
[01:15:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 215 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:15:31] <exec> 08└─Obviously the reporter being quoted could write such stuff. If, as a nation, we are accepting of a president who cannot read, write, or speak in complete sentences, then why should we be more demanding of reporters?
[01:16:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Intel Could Drop Hyperthreading from Next-Generation Core i7 Chips - 138 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:50] <exec> 08└─Are they dropping the hyperthreading because they've found they simply cannot resolve the slew of security issues that have come to light?
[01:21:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06The Dutch Supply Heroin Addicts With Dope and Get Better Results Than USA - 548 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:12] <exec> 08└─Before the road is built from A to B, or any agreement is made with Acme Inc., Bozos Corp. will buy a slightly larger ring outside Acme's. Crapcast LLC will follow immediately by buying a slightly larger ring around Bozos'. Phucker, just out of spite, will speculatively buy a rectangle of land betwe...
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[02:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:00] <exec> 08└─A growing body of research suggests that hyperanalysis of biorhythms, seasonal patterns and cosmic waves can lead to all kinds of conclusions - primarily that there's a segment of the population which absolutely eats this crap up and will pay for the privilege of being entertained by it.
[02:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:01] <exec> 08└─Sleep when Tired Wash when Dirty Shit when Full Fuck when Horny
[02:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:04] <exec> 08└─> our bodies function optimally when we align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms > (...) > Many people, however, snack and graze from roughly the time they wake up until shortly before they go to bed. > (...) > That pattern of eating, he says, conflicts with our biological rhythms. I'm g...
[02:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:06] <exec> 08└─The Salk Institute [salk.edu] is, of course, a bunch of Jews. Jews are smart people, but they want everybody else to hear and believe their Duckspeak; Duckspeak comedy includes Seinfeld, in which the viewers are strongly encouraged to laugh at the end of every phrase even though there is no laugh tr...
[02:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:08] <exec> 08└─T-Mobile forbids me to configure a password with as much entropy as I desire: That symbol isn’t supported.The supported symbols are: ~ @ # $ % ^ & * () / : ; ? , . _ -
[02:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 1075 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:10] <exec> 08└─Some of the folks at Kuro5hin felt that for me to work at night and sleep during the day was morally reprehensible. Some Kuron actually asserted that there was no such thing as a Circadian Rhythm, to which I replied "Many animals are nocturnal. That must come from somewhere." Delayed Sleep Phase Syn...
[02:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:13] <exec> 08└─"...primarily that there's a segment of the population which absolutely eats crap and will pay for it." TFTFY
[02:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:15] <exec> 08└─If you use other than those you might accidentally root the device. :-)
[02:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 1121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:32] <exec> 08└─This guy gets it. First of all, Lyft drivers can't rate you until you accept the ride. It's a pretty well-designed system and of the many Lyft rides I got only one driver who kinda-sorta badmouthed it. Plus, if you're hitching a ride, you're probably paying attention to the Lyft app and having actua...
[02:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:33] <exec> 08└─And on the other hand, sales of rubber "gag" vomit are going through the roof! Uber is making America Grate Again! (At least until the fake vomit tariff goes into effect later this month.)
[02:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:36] <exec> 08└─I'll probably never use uber because as far as I can tell you have to have one of those fagoty toy smart phones just to get a ride. The entire thing is a sham sponsored by cell phone salesmen.
[02:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 1357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:58] <exec> 08└─Normally I like arguments for preserving meaning of terms when it is useful. (Though trying to deny language evolves is ridiculous too.) But in this case, I don't know there's a strong case for your association. The word "pod" was not coined by Apple; long before the iPod, it was a word for a contai...
[02:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:00] <exec> 08└─I Am Absolutely Serious. Portland's NedSpace co-working facility where I now lease a desk is equipped with a really high-end podcasting studio. While I am quite certain that the quality of its recordings are indistinguishable from those I can get from my iPhone 7 by using the $19.00 Pro Microphone A...
[02:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:02] <exec> 08└─Even as we speak I'm listing to a May 2015 Radio Paradise [radioparadise.com] rip that I made with VLC. RP's playlist changes only very slowly and very subtly. But to listen to a rip from several years ago fills me with happy memories. My RP rips also work when I can't get online.
[02:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:40] <exec> 08└─They should do what Al Bundy and his family did and go hang out on beach chairs in the supermarket. [dmcdn.net] I believe in that same episode they bought an air-conditioner the size of a grid-level power transformer that had "Property of Erwin Rommel" stenciled on it, and later in that episode Peg...
[02:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:41] <exec> 08└─Yeah, acclimatization takes a few years, but very doable for most people. My parents still live in Phoenix and I don't think they turn on the AC more than 2-3 times per year. But when I moved up to Seattle for a while, I felt like I was freezing for the first three years whenever it dropped below 22...
[02:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:43] <exec> 08└─Don't forget about Sun City on the edge of Phoenix. 40,000 octogenarians driving around in golf carts with no AC. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[02:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 0611 Babies Die in Sildenafil Trial (For Treatment of Underdeveloped Placenta) - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:31] <exec> 08└─Daddy wants her to.
[02:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:21] <exec> 08└─Incorrect. Trawling uses a net. Trolling uses a single baited of lured hook for its phishing. Don't belabor the point, words have more than one meaning in English. Oh, the fine summary also manages to completely miss the point of the Bloomberg article, as well.
[02:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:22] <exec> 08└─Eat hay, Runaway!
[02:15:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:15:44] <exec> 08└─We rode the ones at Wisconsin Dells years ago, when they had the original surplus equipment. The business was in a commercial district, and we drove through normal traffic to the water -- not exactly "crowded areas", but mixing with ordinary vehicle traffic.
[02:15:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:15:46] <exec> 08└─having horses has it's own set of logistical issues.
[02:16:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 197 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:31] <exec> 08└─You're in a bad mood today, old man :) And remember, you are what you eat, so eating liberals might make you--gasp--reasonable, humane, and unselfish! And we can't have THAT, oh no, Cthulhu FORBID!
[02:20:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Beijing’s Big Brother Tech Needs African Faces - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:28] <exec> 08└─Indeed. But which country's hypocrisy and propaganda would that stench be coming from?
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[03:08:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 288 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:55] <exec> 08└─A growing body of research suggests that hyperanalysis of biorhythms, seasonal patterns and cosmic waves can lead to all kinds of conclusions - primarily that there's a segment of the population which absolutely eats this crap up and will pay for the privilege of being entertained by it.
[03:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:04] <exec> 08└─critical, adj.: having the potential to become disastrous I doubt it, or we'd all be fucked. It may be significantly beneficial, but if that was the case they probably wouldn't feel the need to go in for such over the top hyperbole. Maybe TFS or TFA walks it back to something sane, but since the hea...
[03:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:06] <exec> 08└─That way, I can ensure I yak up in my Uber ride. Hey, if they're charging me for it anyways, might as well get to enjoy it!
[03:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:26] <exec> 08└─I want what I want, as cheap as possible, fuck everyone else and damn the consequences
[03:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:53] <exec> 08└─That's because no one is willing to buy Mics anymore. Rather, they all purchase Podcast Microphones.
[03:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:54] <exec> 08└─During the rises of Fascism and Communism, George Orwell spoke of the vital importance of saying or writing precisely what you intend to express. I at first wrote "mean to express" but that would not have been as precise as "intend to express". I now longer say "Most Portlanders call Pioneer Courtho...
[03:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:56] <exec> 08└─I once tried to build The Siterip Toolkit on top of wget, but eventually concluded that for it to really work I'd have to write native code that links to libcurl. On the bright side, I was able to download a vast quantity of pr0n, it's just that I was never able to download all the pr0n on any of my...
[03:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:59] <exec> 08└─Note: I realize I misspoke in the claims about my first link. It was not Apple who tried to trademark "podcast," but nevertheless the attempt to trademark the term failed. And aside from some early posturing, Apple has not attempted to control the term, likely because they knew any such attempt woul...
[03:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 1685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:01] <exec> 08└─Precision of language is obviously important, but such precision is only meaningful if it succeeds in communicating MEANING, as language is fundamentally about communication, and it depends on social usage to convey that meaning. If you try to use a word in a way that you think is "precise" but 99.9...
[03:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:26] <exec> 08└─Purchase a bunch of replacement batteries and screens for the most-common models of mobile phones then hang out at a day center while you replace broken screens and dead batteries for free. "What kind of phone do you have? iPhone or Android?" "I have The Poor Man's Phone: Android." And yes I really...
[03:10:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:28] <exec> 08└─Consider that modern submarines withstand profoundly high pressures, they only have small hatches for the crew and for torpedoes yet from time to time they need to swap out the entire reactor core. What limits the life of submarines is how many times their hulls have been cut open then welded shut a...
[03:10:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:30] <exec> 08└─Samsung S7 Edge In Blender [youtu.be]
[03:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:32] <exec> 08└─Replying to your alter-ego?!?
[03:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:00] <exec> 08└─If it's a more efficient engine (high 40's/low 50's vs 'standard' diesel engine with ~35), then a smaller engine (lower displacement) with correspondingly lower emissions, could replace a larger displacement, larger emission engine, leading to a net reduction in emissions for the same power/performa...
[03:11:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:01] <exec> 08└─The real problem is that one ICE has no measurable effect on the environment. But there are literally Millions of them out there. Billions, even. And the more concentrated they are (think urban areas, aka downtown LA), the more detrimental the cumulative effects become. Convert the majority of the p...
[03:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:52] <exec> 08└─Of all the anecdotes.............
[03:15:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 1407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:54] <exec> 08└─I think the way to state this is that the neural network can solve problems that are not solvable well or at all with classic control theory. This is specifically because the NN is always an approximation of a function that achieves the goal and can be represented in a smaller space (less code, less...
[03:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:00] <exec> 08└─Dunno about lower down the chain, but at the retail grocery level, a lot of 'em are AFL-CIO. And when the union decided it was time to strike, the union achieved very little for said meatcutters, but sure enjoyed the union's cut (which is to say, 100%) of the wage increase. (Friend was a union meatc...
[03:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:02] <exec> 08└─Observationally, a week's supply in the retail pipeline is about normal. So, a couple billion pounds or so. Or, a couple percent of the annual total. And if for some reason the supply got a little ahead of the demand (and carcass storage space), just cut back on slaughter operations for a day or two...
[03:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:04] <exec> 08└─It is only wealth redistribution if the farmers are not white. Just like rural infrastructure isn't welfare (winkwink) this isn't either.
[03:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Earlier Reports that Wildfires in Greece Killed 74 Updated; Total Now at 80 and Likely to Increase - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:42] <exec> 08└─I seriously wonder what will happen when you are halfway through a post - and the wind changes. Will you be stuck speaking in DJTrump-esque manners for the rest of all time? Still makes me laugh most of the time though =)
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[04:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:52] <exec> 08└─and then controlling its descent. Possibly into a desert instead of an ocean.
[04:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:10] <exec> 08└─That's how I would have titled it.
[04:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:11] <exec> 08└─C'mon now... that's just being downright mean. It was bad enough when I had a bean driven episode in church, and played a lot of sour notes from the pew. .
[04:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:13] <exec> 08└─When I was a kid, every summer when school was not in session, I would stay up each night until 2 AM, then wake up at 10 AM. During the cruel schooltime, of course I had to wake up at 6 AM and sleep at 10 PM. I would always toss and turn for a long time before I could sleep. During my career, I slep...
[04:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:35] <exec> 08└─It's an urban environment with mobility. Serial cons/theft works when you never have to stick around for the consequences or run into people who've played your game before. You can bet that the drivers in question get away with the scam because they aren't likely to run into the people affected by t...
[04:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:06] <exec> 08└─https://www.fullcompass.com/prod/066939-shure-ksm137-sl-cardioid-condenser-probe-instrument-mic [fullcompass.com]
[04:12:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fadrian [3194] 02 - 0611 Babies Die in Sildenafil Trial (For Treatment of Underdeveloped Placenta) - 692 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:26] <exec> 08└─It's a shame, but that's how medicine advances. Given that there was no treatment for the original condition, it was worth a shot. It looks like the trial system worked (sort of) as designed - try something, if it doesn't work, stop it as quickly as you can. The only issue I might see is that 11 dea...
[04:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Court Rules Against Allergan's Use of Native American Tribe for Sovereign Immunity in Patent Fight - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:50] <exec> 08└─If the loophole works, let's see if we can get the tribe to host a Napster server and bring Napster back, being a drug company lawyer says that United States Law does not apply to Tribal land.
[04:16:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:16:01] <exec> 08└─My mouth was full of those. But once in my gut what comes back is vomit. I will put that a lot closer to shit than what went tastily down the hatch.
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[05:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:47] <exec> 08└─Our economy is growing tremendously -- new numbers coming out Friday at 8:30am ET. So we need all the beautiful Clean Coal we can get. Whether it comes from outer space or right here on Earth!
[05:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:48] <exec> 08└─So we need all the beautiful Clean Coal we can get.
[05:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:50] <exec> 08└─... to cover the entire land surface of the Earth multiple meters deep. But Seriously Folks: The real value in asteroid and lunar mining is that it's already in space. Even with the lunar gravity the energy required to get it into Earth's orbit is dramatically less than what it would be to launch it...
[05:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:52] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFR_(rocket) [wikipedia.org] 50 metric tons returned. Let's say the mission costs $50 million. $1 million per ton (1,000 kg). 1 ton of platinum = about $26.6 million 1 ton of gold = $39 million That's great and all, but good luck extracting that much pure gold/platinum/...
[05:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:13] <exec> 08└─My natural rhythm is midway between swing shift and grave yard. I worked mid shift voluntarily for many years. I sleep from 03:30 or 04:00 until I wake up naturally, usually around 12:00. I eat my first meal about 13:00 and then at a light snack at 18:00, and dinner 23:00 or so. Luckily I am self em...
[05:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:14] <exec> 08└─Probably reserved for some backdoor.
[05:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:37] <exec> 08└─I don't use Lyft often - in fact only when I travel because corporate makes me and their official transportation strategy is a corporate Lyft account. First of all, Lyft drivers can't rate you until you accept the ride.
[05:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:39] <exec> 08└─Yeah but if you do this no one at the trial is going to thank you for improving the Uber customer experience. They'll just use loaded words like "murderer" and "psychopath" and maybe "premeditated" but not "public service" and "hero."
[05:09:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:41] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKNdVQKHsFc [youtube.com]
[05:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:43] <exec> 08└─Looked like the file was badly corrupted...probably a botched defrag.
[05:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:45] <exec> 08└─At least Lyft has absolutely no provision to hail a driver down on the street. All rides must originate from the phone app and there is absolutely no way to select any specific driver. I know this because I took a round trip in a single Lyft and told the driver up front about it to make sure they we...
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[05:09:47] <exec> 08└─I call this the Groupon effect. When people get ripped off by a company that helps normal people rip off the service providers you get quality service providers that stop using the service and are left only with those who will game the system. I recognized this when my mother decided to get a Groupo...
[05:10:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:20] <exec> 08└─There is an institute in Paris which introduce new words into the strictly-regulated French language. For example the French word for "Walkman" is "Baladeur". I Am Absolutely Serious.
[05:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:20] <exec> 08└─I'll get my grill out and cook up a steak. I know it's a terrible sacrifice, but we all must bear our burdens. (Are they stockpiling potatoes? I'll force myself to bake one to go with the steak. The things I do for my country. :)
[05:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 062.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:21] <exec> 08└─"Just like rural infrastructure isn't welfare " Cities are already solar powered. Solar energy is delivered in concentrated form called food. Try getting it from the fields to the cities without roads and bridges. So, they're really subsidizing your dinner plate.
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[06:09:09] <exec> 08└─The Chelyabinsk meteor [wikipedia.org] was around 12,000 or 13,000 tons; the explosion was around 400 to 500 kilotons TNT equivalent. You want to bring down a 1,500-ton asteroid. Linear extrapolation gives roughly 54 kilotons TNT for the explosive yield (~3-4 Hiroshima units).
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[06:09:11] <exec> 08└─Linear extrapolation gives roughly 54 kilotons TNT for the explosive yield (~3-4 Hiroshima units).
[06:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:13] <exec> 08└─... into Earth orbit and then controlling its descent. Possibly into a desert instead of an ocean.
[06:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:35] <exec> 08└─Wow yeah, that evil jewish cabal (according to your fellow nutter anyway) is sure trying to make an end run on freedom and enslave us all to, uh, normal huruman routines? This is more like the "no shit duh" type of research and not some shadowy conspiracy to make sure the plebes are well rested and...
[06:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:36] <exec> 08└─That research was conducted by his cousin, Sexual Harassment Panda.
[06:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:38] <exec> 08└─Damnit! I was all set to make an incel joke and THEN i got it. You must be a crowd pleaser.
[06:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:10:07] <exec> 08└─What about contesting the credit card charge?
[06:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:16:33] <exec> 08└─You sound stressed.
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[07:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:08:47] <exec> 08└─Hoo hah, that will show em! I truly hope we implement some laws against false advertising and bullshit.
[07:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:32] <exec> 08└─Do you know how much eadier it is to cracknpasswords that way? Well you should, but you did ask...
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[07:09:33] <exec> 08└─Surely there is some reason?
[07:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:35] <exec> 08└─1) Everyone's different. 2) Eating three square meals a day is a Victorian-era fabrication. That's what throws us off. 3) Most night-shift workers etc. eat when they're hungry. It's not difficult to do. 4) Your body knows far better than you what it needs, and is capable of adapting to the most ridi...
[07:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:05] <exec> 08└─Do you do that before or after you get to your destination? Or do you do it at a stoplight, get out and wait for another Uber? Remember kids, timing is everything.
[07:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:06] <exec> 08└─Uber is making America Grate Again!
[07:11:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:11:36] <exec> 08└─The Museum of RetroTechnology [douglas-self.com] covers dozens of oddball engine designs (among other things) and includes drawings and animations. Doesn't even need JavaShit (unless you want to see a couple goog ads)
[07:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 1270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:16:33] <exec> 08└─And after that you'll need robot psychologists to figure out what might have gone wrong... Seriously though, AI is still at the alchemy stage. They throw stuff into a pot until some recipe works. But they have no real idea on how and why it works. https://www.technologyreview.com
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[08:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:50] <exec> 08└─Franchise For Bullshitting must be a veeewy specific American thing
[08:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:11] <exec> 08└─You don't mine asteroids to bring them to Earth. You mine asteroids for materials to be used in space, so you don't have to boost them up there *from* Earth.
[08:10:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:43] <exec> 08└─Yes, I'm quite aware of this, as I have a pretty decent knowledge of French. Your point? Are you advocating for this approach? Because the French aren't by any means the only language with this sort of body. And most such bodies are only successful in guiding linguistic change when they take the le...
[08:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:44] <exec> 08└─It's unlawful for Quebec businesses to display signage that's written in English.
[08:12:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:33] <exec> 08└─No. Trolls like me are modding it Informative because it's funnier than a legitimate mod.
[08:12:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:35] <exec> 08└─I live in the Phoenix area. It's a goddamn blast furnace. I hear about "it's a dry heat" constantly, but I tell people, so is an OVEN. It's already hit like 117F here. The sun is painful when it touches my skin. Arizona is a godforsaken place.
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[09:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:51] <exec> 08└─I know that 300,000,000 grains < 2 tonnes, but at the rate the BS pours from His Orangeness, I'm affraid what the amount of salt you need to take will do to your blood pressure. Just take care, folks, OK?
[09:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:53] <exec> 08└─"Not anymore." [youtu.be] It happens that right around now publicly-traded companies are issuing their earnings reports. Every Last One Of America's Automakers reported that their profits didn't meet expectations because of Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs. While he's promising to give twelve bill...
[09:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:55] <exec> 08└─Wait until you don't get to pay those zillions of dollars you waste in trade deficit!!1one1! You still don't get it, do you? Well, neither do I, but that's inconsequential. A certain one not getting it is more problematic.
[09:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:05] <exec> 08└─This is just the kind of thing we get when we interfere with free enterprise, polluting it to a useless crony capitalism by legally enforcing artificial monopoly. We would have the same predicament with, say, car repair - if one business was granted exclusive rights to repair cars in a town; anyone...
[09:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:07] <exec> 08└─Were there no natural monopoly, whoever was first to market with a profoundly crappy service would own the entire industry. Consider Microsoft's security. Despite that they began to take security seriously after Code Red cost the entire planet's economy ten billion dollars, there is so very much leg...
[09:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 1483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:09] <exec> 08└─I would think a "natural monopoly" is the only kind of monopoly that should exist. Protected not by law but by the economy of scale. If they get so damned inefficient that all the freeloaders burden the system so much that someone else can do it better, faster, cheaper... the apple cart upsets big t...
[09:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shedding Too Much Light on a Microcontroller's Firmware Protection - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:17] <exec> 08└─This sort of thing has been known for a long time. Not this particular implementation, but the fact that most microcontroller code protection is very easy to bypass. Other techniques include resetting the firmware protection soft fuses with high voltage or by decapping the chip and using UV light to...
[09:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:34] <exec> 08└─Depends. Sure the gold and platinum are better used down, but those rod from gods have strategical value only when up.
[09:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:10:34] <exec> 08└─I'll think that you'll find the spelling was deliberate - but you were probably distracted by the whooshing sound....
[09:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:10:36] <exec> 08└─The drivers have an incentive for claiming vomit (they get shitty pay and filing a vomit complaint is easy). All you Uber apologists who thought it was OK that Uber is "disrupting" Taxis are probably OK with the free market doing its thing here, right?
[09:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:03] <exec> 08└─> Suck it up people. TFS doesn't say that 65 people complained about heat, it said that 65 people died from heat. How the fuck do you suck up dying? > It was 118 F here in Yuma Is that Yuma, Arizona? [wikipedia.org] The one sitting in a desert? You might want to look up the concept of "humidity", [w...
[09:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Announces Edge TPU - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:24] <exec> 08└─Why are Google marketing the "cloud" when most serious NN models will be privately held and fiercely protected?
[09:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Irish Cereal Harvest is Forecast to be the Worst in 24 Years - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:14:41] <exec> 08└─50 point bonus for using all seven letters in scrabble.
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[10:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:55] <exec> 08└─Donald Trump is lying. How can I tell? He continues to exist. Wage growth is stagnant to negative. [nymag.com] Trump administration previously lied about GDP growth in first quarter [wsj.com], Trump has a pattern of lying; I'm not going to believe that 4% number until the actual numbers are out and...
[10:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:57] <exec> 08└─we owe it to a bunch of incredibly wealthy people. Don't be concerned about America's One Percent. Do be concerned about China's.
[10:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:00] <exec> 08└─a segment of the population which absolutely eats this crap up
[10:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:34] <exec> 08└─... will be the name of my new band.
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[11:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:43] <exec> 08└─they keep using that word. I suppose, by their definition, everyone on SN is "together". Now someone pass me a beer.
[11:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:44] <exec> 08└─*Passes virtual beer* Now watch out for that virtual hangover!
[11:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:58] <exec> 08└─This is temporary turmoil that happens when you upset the status quo, which had been to let the rest of the world have tariffs while we don't respond. Trump offered the EU a tariff-free agreement. They mostly balked at that for now, but they will come around after Trump makes them suffer a bit. We w...
[11:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 1115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:00] <exec> 08└─dude, just take a proper mineral-rich salt so that the raw NaCl doesn't f**k up your blood-pressure and realize that his orangeness is here to deal with our fiscal bankruptcy and to resolve it. we're so broke and overextended from pursuing the exceptional-ism canard that we're a 3rd world nation in...
[11:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:02] <exec> 08└─It's best to ignore bragged upon growth numbers anyway. Presidents have the ability to tank an economy fairly quickly but there's very little they can do to help it besides removing obviously harmful policies over the short term. They can help it, mind you, but their help generally falls within the...
[11:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:04] <exec> 08└─Trump would rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stand on the groud to tell the truth.
[11:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:07] <exec> 08└─tl;dr;
[11:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:19] <exec> 08└─All the way to the top...
[11:10:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:45] <exec> 08└─I have had a few ubers get close and the app says "your driver has arrived and will wait 2 mins before...etc..". Thing is the driver was parked some distance away -no at all local (this was california), and I got the idea that perhaps they have found some game triggering payment for being "close". I...
[11:11:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:21] <exec> 08└─Is it also unlawful for MichaelDavidCrawford to post a factually correct statement?
[11:11:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:22] <exec> 08└─While obviously an upstanding motivation, I dislike scraping pages when we now have APIs or feeds as alternative data sources.
[11:12:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 311 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:13] <exec> 08└─Because these engines are two-stroke, there’s a power stroke every time the pistons meet. These have been rarely used in the automotive industry, likely because, since they’re inherently two-stroke designs, they tend to be more suited for the low-end cars that tended to be the domain of two-stro...
[11:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Unprecedented' Japan Heatwave Kills 65 People in One Week - 1168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:15] <exec> 08└─Apart from the humidity factor, there's also practical issues like the design of buildings etc. In the UK we're currently suffering a "heatwave" because we've had a few weeks of consistently 30ºC+ temperatures - that's nothing globally-speaking, but from the UK perspective the last time such a long...
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[12:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:57] <exec> 08└─That's why one sells such cracks through Tor Hidden Services. But perhaps his celly has pointed that fact out to him by now. I'm going to set up a hidden service for Soggy Jobs sometime soon. That way my users can look for new jobs while they're at their old jobs.
[12:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:59] <exec> 08└─His celly has never heard of the garlic sprouter. He's in for assault with a deadly weapon.
[12:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:01] <exec> 08└─His equipment has been seized by the police.
[12:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:03] <exec> 08└─That way my users can look for new jobs while they're at their old jobs while streaming the Seekers 25 Year Reunion Concert.
[12:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:05] <exec> 08└─Bulgaria, eh? I bet if he lived in Russia or China he wouldn't have had any problems. Sometimes it's good to have a criminal state or two around the globe. Bulgaria = vassal state.
[12:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:29] <exec> 08└─We weren't fighting a trade war before Trump, but that doesn't mean there wasn't a trade war. We were just losing.
[12:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:31] <exec> 08└─If you heat the economy up enough, you can have a huge bust after you leave office (like Clinton did). My crystal ball is cloudy, but I suspect we're looking at a blue win in 2020 - would not surprise me if the economy is primed for a crash in 2021. Hopefully the blues won't start a war in response.
[12:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:33] <exec> 08└─cause its all just kabuki
[12:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:45] <exec> 08└─I don't get it. You see, in other countries one can bullshit for free, no franchise fees required. E.g. see Brexit (grin)
[12:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:10] <exec> 08└─If the $/t0n for return becomes cheap enough, then it might be worth it to land them on Earth. It looks tough to make it worthwhile though.
[12:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:40] <exec> 08└─Our oldest just started a new school bus schedule leaving the house at 5:55 am and arriving at school around 7:30 (previously the bus would pick up around 8:30). He vomited on the bus two days out of the first 5. We didn't ask for it, but the driver flip-flopped the route and now he's picked up at 6...
[12:10:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:41] <exec> 08└─Now I'm retired and can finally sleep whatever damn time I want to. Within three weeks of being retired, I find myself staying up each night until 2 AM, then waking up at 10 AM. Maybe there's some 'syndrome' or something for whatever this is, but for me it's my normal.
[12:11:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:17] <exec> 08└─I'm totally fine with being recorded, as long as it's mutually available. What's not cool is being filmed without having the power of filming on your side too - too much can be taken out of context, selectively edited, etc.
[12:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:55] <exec> 08└─However it does enable using one's mouse to download its videos.
[12:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 1355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:57] <exec> 08└─That will happen when I introduce some automation to the site. There will be different kinds of feeds: every new company anywhere on the planet, new companies for each country as well as for the European Union, new companies for each city and so on. My much older and admittedly far-wiser mentor upon...
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[13:08:53] <exec> 08└─That's why one sells such cracks through Tor Hidden Services.
[13:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:55] <exec> 08└─> Seems the DRM massively impacts game performance and there's strong justification for disabling it on legally purchased copies? Modern forms of DRM (stuff like CD-keys excluded): - openly treat customers like criminals - bloat binaries* - degrade performance - randomly stop your legally purchased...
[13:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:06] <exec> 08└─Thanks! And a virtual beer [ratebeer.com] for you, too!
[13:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:27] <exec> 08└─Wage growth is stagnant to negative.
[13:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 2135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:28] <exec> 08└─Yes, the losers are bitching. On both sides. For every $billion in tariffs Trump has provisionally or actually put on the EU and China, the EU and China have responded in kind, so the net result at the GDP level is ultimately... zero. Well, actually, it's slightly negative, because there are adminis...
[13:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03danaris [3853] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 2269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:43] <exec> 08└─I think you have a misconception as to what a "natural monopoly" is. What you've described is just a regular-type monopoly. The only thing preventing someone else from entering is the economy of scale, which is a pretty low bar. Natural monopolies are those in a market where the barriers to entry ar...
[13:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:09] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert [wikipedia.org]
[13:11:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 151 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:34] <exec> 08└─You'll never have a bug report ignored, and while it's possible your feature requests turn out to take too much time, at least you'll be kept informed.
[13:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:56] <exec> 08└─Oh yeah sure let me sign up for some local comp.sci courses first....
[13:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:58] <exec> 08└─LOL. Somehow I only just realized you're trolling me. Perhaps because I like to imagine good faith in posts. Oh, well. Yet another poster here I shall now cease to communicate with. I don't waste my time with people who deliberately waste my time. It's been weird, Mr. Crawford! Cheers!
[13:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03fortyseven [2167] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:01] <exec> 08└─Of course they are passing the blame. US Weather service issued severe thunderstorm warnings for the area for the time period that the duck boat went in the water - that is the reason that the captain (or the tour operator) decided to do the water part of the tour first instead of the land tour firs...
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[14:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:00] <exec> 08└─https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/26/17616904/supermassive-black-hole-sagittarius-einstein-relativity-eso-very-large-telescope [vox.com] And soon, perhaps, we’ll get a much closer look at Sagittarius A*. In April 2017, astronomers collaborated using telescopes around the world to take...
[14:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:15] <exec> 08└─TFAs are missing any sort of detail. What is the guy charged with? - On the one hand, if he's selling (or giving away) copies of the game itself, he's up for copyright violation, theft, etc.. That would be stupid. - On the other hand, if he simply provides a product that allows other people to remov...
[14:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:16] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter where you live, US law will be enforced upon you as long as someone with a lot of money wants you badly enough.
[14:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:18] <exec> 08└─Patched binaries only I believe. Still copyright infringement, but worthless without a copy of the game data itself. So: is he stupid or smart?
[14:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 1591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:20] <exec> 08└─From the various sources available Reddit, TorrentFreak etc we can conclude that he had very poor opsec for doing what he did. He was not a hard man to track down apparently. From your suggested and given two options he did both. One can argue over the finer details of what is a "crack" etc if what...
[14:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:22] <exec> 08└─- are completely indistinguishable from viruses and trojans - siphon off private data, so also indistinguishable from spyware
[14:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:25] <exec> 08└─My apologies, I'm fresh out of mod points.
[14:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:27] <exec> 08└─"We have our own orphanage!" -- Slavic Child Pornography Website I don't know that it's Russian specifically, just that all the kids in the photos appeared Slavic. Child pornography is just as unlawful in the Russian Republic as in the US, it's just that the laws aren't always enforced.
[14:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:29] <exec> 08└─I readily agree that they should be legal, but are they actually legal in Bulgaria?
[14:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:31] <exec> 08└─Note that I have any great amount of the latter.
[14:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:34] <exec> 08└─https://www.tripsavvy.com/worst-case-guide-to-russian-travel-1622531 [tripsavvy.com] https://www.quora.com [quora.com] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] There are differing views on the amount of routine corruption experienced th...
[14:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:36] <exec> 08└─1) Russian Federation 2) The laws are enforced alright. Just that the police there have decided to cut out the middlemen politicians in the business of taking bribes to define what is legal. If you can pay your way out of it, jail is avoidable. They've bet you at this particular facet of capitalism.
[14:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:38] <exec> 08└─If nothing else, this case will be a litmus test for whether Bulgaria is under rule of law or rule of capitalism.
[14:09:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 320 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:57] <exec> 08└─Donald Trump is lying. How can I tell? He continues to exist. Wage growth is stagnant to negative. [nymag.com] Trump administration previously lied about GDP growth in first quarter [wsj.com], Trump has a pattern of lying; I'm not going to believe that 4% number until the actual numbers are out and...
[14:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:09] <exec> 08└─...truth...
[14:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 995 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:25] <exec> 08└─You have an idealistic view of how natural monopolies work. What actually happens when somebody builds a competing plant is that the monopoly lowers their prices, even selling at a substantial loss (subsidized by all those excess profits from years past), until the competitors are driven out of busi...
[14:11:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GlennC [3656] 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 359 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:36] <exec> 08└─Given that some drivers are finding out just how badly they're getting screwed by Uber and those who use their service, I'm not surprised that some drivers are figuring out how to try to make a little more money. This is just the other side of the "I want what I want, as cheap as possible, fuck ever...
[14:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:58] <exec> 08└─I like Uber Vomit!
[14:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:40] <exec> 08└─What for? The information you want is online, available at your convenience, to suit your schedule, without any other students to distract you and without any grouchy professor to make the subject difficult.
[14:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:11] <exec> 08└─MDC, you are a fountain of knowledge. Now excuse me while I lick on this funny colored blotter.
[14:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:12] <exec> 08└─Care to elaborate which models you're using? I too am looking for a dumb screen driven by a small computer running XBMC/Plex.
[14:13:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:14] <exec> 08└─Did you bring enough for the rest of the class?
[14:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:17] <exec> 08└─The year is 2069. The diagnosis is graphene lung.
[14:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:47] <exec> 08└─Ditto for weight, the extra crank and coordinating mechanism between the two cranks is going to make it heavy.
[14:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:49] <exec> 08└─Our local station started carrying E50 or somesuch, at a considerable discount - like 2.09 when regular is selling for 2.69. Not sure what all kickbacks are in play with that, but if you live in your car it could make a difference.
[14:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Politicized Trolling is More Harmful than Fake News - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:26] <exec> 08└─Like all sports eventually states get involved and they start competing at the olympic level. While 80% of the world regards this as douchebag behavior, 80% of the world has probably also done it at least once. Many years ago somebody wrote a web page (before javascript fucked up the web) about the...
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[15:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:53] <exec> 08└─Funny how this word has found its way into day-to-day English. Recently heard the narrator on a episode of Netflix's Explained say it while referring to some dude's enormous mustache. What's next? Pronouncing "lol" and "roffle"? Since being a nerd is cool now, excuse me while I go buy some hipster g...
[15:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:55] <exec> 08└─Being a nerd is never cool. Nerds do not have enough sex with women! Nerds are incels! If only they would get with the program and start being good little sexual objects, stop with their AIDS-infested homosexual crap, stop with their car insurance fraud and bathroom rape, stop with their analogue of...
[15:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:21] <exec> 08└─Except that most often that not Russian police doesn't know Russian laws. And they don't really care about that.
[15:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:23] <exec> 08└─I should not drink and public.
[15:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:25] <exec> 08└─Re. patched binaries - what I don't understand is why don't these crackers release tools which modify original binaries, instead of releasing the changed binary itself? Or even source code which builds into a tool to modify the original binaries. Or maybe a python script which does such modification...
[15:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:27] <exec> 08└─... The Ukrainian Angels studio raid was done in cooperation with some foreign law enforcement agencies.
[15:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:29] <exec> 08└─So, the same as the US? (The US courts have repeatedly ruled that the police officers do not need to know the laws they're enforcing. Yes, that happened.)
[15:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:40] <exec> 08└─Second-rate not-quite good enough shit VR products are the reason the first wave of consumer VR devices failed to break into the mass market. I'd really appreciate if a large company like Samsung put in some effort to come up with a device that's at least as good as the Vive/Oculus. They could proba...
[15:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:03] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't matter if he was talking about the weather, or the score of a game played 10 years ago, or anything else. His casual relationship with the truth means he will lie about some, or all, of what he talks about.
[15:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:04] <exec> 08└─It's Obama's fault.
[15:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:07] <exec> 08└─📺 youtu.be/pSPOl2VulIQ [youtu.be]
[15:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:09] <exec> 08└─They won't need to start a war in response: I can guarantee you that Team Red learned very well the lessons of 2004, namely that if you start a war close enough to Election Day you will win even if you've managed to completely screw up everything else. And of course nobody will resist your calls for...
[15:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:11] <exec> 08└─I try my best to not see your pudgy dead eyed face, watching you lie to the American people doesn't warrant violating that policy.
[15:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:13] <exec> 08└─If you heat the economy up enough, you can have a huge bust after you leave office (like Clinton did).
[15:10:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03danaris [3853] 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 2269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:27] <exec> 08└─I think you have a misconception as to what a "natural monopoly" is. What you've described is just a regular-type monopoly. The only thing preventing someone else from entering is the economy of scale, which is a pretty low bar. Natural monopolies are those in a market where the barriers to entry ar...
[15:10:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:30] <exec> 08└─> You have an idealistic view of how natural monopolies work. I think this would be more correct if it read: "You have an idealistic view of how normal monopolies work." https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] [example is utilities] https://en.wikipedia.org [wiki...
[15:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:32] <exec> 08└─I live at the other end of NY State where we have Spectrum who just bought Time-Warner Cable. Going back another step, Time-Warner bought Adelphia Cable which went down in flames when the Rigas father and son were put in jail. I hope that once the NY Attorney General gets done working over Charter,...
[15:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:34] <exec> 08└─Free enterprise can't actually exist. It's delusional to think that those entrusted to govern won't be swayed by the money and power of capitalists.
[15:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:36] <exec> 08└─Fair enough. I'd actually drop the "normal" as well.
[15:11:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:33] <exec> 08└─I certainly don't *know* the answer, but from what I've read, the rhythm is calibrated by sunlight exposure. So changing time zones would probably be a very short-term fix, along the same lines as the duration of jet lag.
[15:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:35] <exec> 08└─I suspect you are correct in it being sunlight-based. Still... any Soylentils have experience with this? Possibly even avoiding jet lag depending on which way you travel?
[15:12:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 1634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:55] <exec> 08└─While you're quite right that the rules of English you were taught in school were mostly bullshit (historically this is largely though not entirely the result of attempting to fit the English language onto the rules of a high prestige language; Latin or French typically. The language is stretched he...
[15:12:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:57] <exec> 08└─The question is about podcasts episodes that are delivered as downloadable MP3 files - although I didn't include it in the question, the specific one that I have noticed being a problem is Starship Sofa's feed [acast.com]. I have no idea how you got from the question I had, and the accompanying info...
[15:12:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:59] <exec> 08└─Okay. Don't let me catch you referring to a photocopy made by a machine produced by another company as a "xerox" or referring to facial tissue not made by a division of Kimberly-Clark as "kleenex". Now, do you have any suggestions for my downloading of prerecorded audio program files in the MPEG-2 A...
[15:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:05] <exec> 08└─While I agree that there is less energy content per gallon in ethanol than gasoline, it seems unlikely that substituting 15% of your gasoline with ethanol will decrease economy 27%.
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[16:09:07] <exec> 08└─"lol" is an acronym. "roffle" is an attempt to pronounce "rofl", which is another acronym. "Epic", on the other hand, is an actual word, entering the language somewhere between 1580 and 1590, from the latin "epicus" and greek "epikós". source [dictionary.com] In other words, hearing more people use...
[16:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:39] <exec> 08└─whether Bulgaria is under rule of law or rule of capitalism
[16:09:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:40] <exec> 08└─There are differing views on the amount of routine corruption experienced there, but if you have friends/connections, a lot of activity could be overlooked.
[16:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:52] <exec> 08└─The examples in the linked google article were pretty cringy, I'm not gonna throw down a kilobuck to experience "NPR and Jezebel, now in 3d" How about, WRT I’ve never been more excited about the next places VR storytellers, explorers and the community will take us
[16:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 907 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:53] <exec> 08└─There are over 7 billion videos on YouTube so it really doesn't matter what examples TFA or the blog post picked. It doesn't explicitly say that the feature will work with 2D videos (all examples are 360°) but they would rather you look at some of the 99.99% of 2D content than leave, so... For 2D c...
[16:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:23] <exec> 08└─Perhaps one of the biggest wins of the report, and it is indeed a big one, is that the trade deficit -- very dear to my heart, because we've been ripped off by the world -- has dropped by more than $50 billion. $52 billion to be exact. Think of that, the trade deficit has dropped by more than $50 bi...
[16:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:24] <exec> 08└─-t. May I remind you of Trump's tax cut?
[16:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:27] <exec> 08└─Trump has created economic growth never seen before, especially not under any black presidents. Wait, who was president in 2014 again? Can we edit the history books to show that Trump was elected in 2012? Someone call Vlad and ask if that can be done.
[16:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:29] <exec> 08└─I'm talking about the .com crash and ensuing recession that everybody knew was coming. Al Gore even commented that he wasn't sure he wanted to win because it was sure to be a rough ride. .com was great fun while it was happening - we were having satellite calls with investors on their yachts in the...
[16:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:31] <exec> 08└─May I remind you of Trump's tax cut?
[16:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:33] <exec> 08└─It's Obama's fault.
[16:10:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 1853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:53] <exec> 08└─Its also worth pointing out we're talking about vertical monopolies, USUALLY entire utility companies are not natural monopolies, merely a small segment of the company is a natural monopoly. So there is a natural monopoly marketplace in running coaxial cables to every house; there is no natural mono...
[16:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:20] <exec> 08└─So we need all the beautiful Clean Coal we can get. Whether it comes from outer space or right here on Earth!
[16:11:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:22] <exec> 08└─Doh! I completely forgot about the kinetic energy involved in dropping a 471 metric ton rock from outer space; the above calculation only made use of the intrinsic energy of a chunk of coal of that size. I would imagine the kinetic energy would be vastly greater.
[16:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:19] <exec> 08└─You are absolutely serious about maybe having a podcast? Wow. I mean don't let me dampen your enthusiasm but your phrasing of things on this site is incredibly narcissistic.
[16:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:20] <exec> 08└─Clementine music player can download a large variety of podcasts in the background. Just click Internet=>Podcasts, pulldown Update, then right-click the podcasts you want. Or play without download, just drag-n-drop to the playlist. Sorry, I don't see cmdline options for use with cron or at. Also, st...
[16:14:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:28] <exec> 08└─While I agree that there is less energy content per gallon in ethanol than gasoline, it seems unlikely that substituting 15% of your gasoline with ethanol will decrease economy 27%.
[16:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:29] <exec> 08└─At least in USA, I claim efficiency isn't that important either--based on how people vote with their wallets. Note the shift to trucks/SUVs for well over half the sales of new vehicles.
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[17:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:44] <exec> 08└─Failure to properly celebrate System Administrator Appreciation Day with substantial gifts to the System Administrator Benevolent Fund will result in: - Loss of important data files, including backups. - The placing of "interesting" material on your office computer followed by alerts to and subseque...
[17:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:46] <exec> 08└─https://www.theregister.co.uk/data_centre/bofh/ [theregister.co.uk]
[17:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:48] <exec> 08└─And the users all said, with a sneer and a taunt, "It's just what we asked for. But not what we want."
[17:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:50] <exec> 08└─I prefer the On Call [theregister.co.uk] user-submitted horror stories.
[17:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:52] <exec> 08└─Arigato gozaimasu!
[17:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:55] <exec> 08└─I wasn't aware of those.
[17:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:57] <exec> 08└─Blue Oyster Cult, 'Don't fear the admin'.
[17:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 1755 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:05] <exec> 08└─I didn't read the original ESO release when I first saw this story, so it wasn't clear to me that the VLT's adaptive optics image of Neptune exceeded Hubble's quality. But they explicitly state that it is sharper. And this is first light for this laser tomography mode. So right off the bat, we could...
[17:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:15] <exec> 08└─I don't understand how it would take a minute to travel from the Earth to the Moon, the radius of a circle, but only six seconds to travel the circumference of the same circle. Isn't that approximately six times farther in one-tenth the time?
[17:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:17] <exec> 08└─The "orbit the Earth" is pretty dumb, since the star is likely bigger than the Earth, and at that speed you can't orbit the Earth. I think they are talking about the Earth being 40 000km around the Equator, while the moon is 380 000km away.
[17:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:51] <exec> 08└─I dunno. Let's say you start Michael David Crawford's Orphanage for the Production of Child Pornography (unofficial name). You bribe the first cops and officials to start investigating the joint, or you cultivate a relationship with them in advance. Some countries must be better than others for not...
[17:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:52] <exec> 08└─Watching experienced First Amendment auditors, you will definitely see them school U.S. cops on the 1st Amendment and ID laws (these vary by state). Cops have an advantage over ordinary folks: they are authoritative figures with wide-ranging powers. They can detain most people without cause, and mos...
[17:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:55] <exec> 08└─Voksi gave an interview to Torrentfreak. [torrentfreak.com] They say he's free but his domain was seized by the government. I think the domain was revolt.group. The web site is redirecting to a Bulgarian government site.
[17:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 935 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:07] <exec> 08└─Well, you can go a lot lower. Down to the Cardboard level, or those $10-15 cheap headsets you see advertised in the paper. I think that the Gear VR approach is a good idea. What do most people have on their body at all time? A smartphone. They can tuck the empty headset into a backpack or wherever....
[17:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:08] <exec> 08└─I also know that the social feature will get used (insofar as people actually own and use the VR headsets) because similar third party video sync + chat sites have been used for years.
[17:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:11] <exec> 08└─I'm thinking the experience will be less like Second Life and more like: http://sync.theater [sync.theater] https://sync-video.com [sync-video.com] https://www.watch2gether.com [watch2gether.com] Except with some of the fancy VR stuff and maybe voice chat. In essence, similar to having a...
[17:10:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 620 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:20] <exec> 08└─"Not anymore." [youtu.be] It happens that right around now publicly-traded companies are issuing their earnings reports. Every Last One Of America's Automakers reported that their profits didn't meet expectations because of Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs. While he's promising to give twelve bill...
[17:10:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:39] <exec> 08└─If you heat the economy up enough, you can have a huge bust after you leave office (like Clinton did).
[17:10:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:47] <exec> 08└─Yes, you must actually work for a living so you didn't get jack. New Data Proves That the Republican Tax Cut Didn’t Go to Workers, It Went Into the Pockets of Executives [pastemagazine.com] Even Marco Rubio (R) is conceding that point. [vox.com]
[17:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:49] <exec> 08└─For every $billion in tariffs Trump has provisionally or actually put on the EU and China, the EU and China have responded in kind, so the net result at the GDP level is ultimately... zero. That's not how GDP works....
[17:11:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:10] <exec> 08└─New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting
[17:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:39] <exec> 08└─From what I understand of recent Chinese politics and economy they're almost certainly talking about crashing it into Africa.
[17:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:36] <exec> 08└─that's NOT what the term "podcast" currently means or really ever meant.
[17:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:38] <exec> 08└─Look, the guy has mental illness. It's on the topic of mental illness. So, mental illness. And you criticize his phrasing of things? Mental illness.
[17:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:40] <exec> 08└─Tomorrow I *am* going to school. (NOT a simple future!)
[17:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:42] <exec> 08└─a photocopy made by a machine produced by another company as a "xerox"
[17:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 926 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:44] <exec> 08└─# for openbsd, should only need small modifications for other nixes # tested with only one rss feed, should work though? podcastdir=/your/podcast/directory podcastlist=/your/podcast/list while read rssfeed do # fetch the rss feed and get the mp3 url using egrep # "curl -s" or...
[17:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:47] <exec> 08└─argh the "< ${podcastlist}" that goes at the end got taken out by the post formatter.
[17:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:20] <exec> 08└─There is no escaping the cell phone case. USE ONE, or your phone will be trashed.
[17:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:22] <exec> 08└─Cellophane?
[17:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:58] <exec> 08└─O.K. - thanks - E85 was twisting my brain a bit... obviously. It may actually be E85 that they are selling at that super cheap pump - it's a weird station, different pumps sell different mixes all up and down the range - not just 4 or 5 choices at each pump, but actually different choices depending...
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[18:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03YeaWhatevs [5623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:18] <exec> 08└─A. Preventing third parties from competing with your platform? Trying to lose that anti-monopoly lawsuit are we? B. Mining cryptocurrency on a cellphone is probably inefficient and drains your battery, but telling people they can't run the app is worse. C. Come on now, how's a developer supposed to...
[18:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:19] <exec> 08└─telling people they can't run the app is worse
[18:09:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hartree [195] 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:30] <exec> 08└─And the users all said, with a sneer and a taunt, "It's just what we asked for. But not what we want."
[18:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:36] <exec> 08└─And please join me in thanking TheMightyBuzzard, mechanicjay, audioguy, Deucalion, Ncommander, and paulej72 who have kept this site (and all the attendant backend services) running! And, if some of those names do not look familiar, that gives you an idea of how good these guys are! Thanks to all you...
[18:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:38] <exec> 08└─I got a fever, and the only prescription is more shell scripting!
[18:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:40] <exec> 08└─'If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all'
[18:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:59] <exec> 08└─You forgot your unique catchphrase [google.com].
[18:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:01] <exec> 08└─Oops. It's "police be upon them!"
[18:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:38] <exec> 08└─Replying to myself. Another Torrentfreak article confirms [torrentfreak.com] that the domain name is what I said it was.
[18:10:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube VR App Adds Gear VR Support, Lets Users Watch Videos Together - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:55] <exec> 08└─Here's a phone that went even wider: OnePlus 6 [anandtech.com] with a whopping 19:9 aspect ratio (6.28-inch 2280×1080). 21:9, anyone?
[18:11:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 528 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:09] <exec> 08└─This is temporary turmoil that happens when you upset the status quo, which had been to let the rest of the world have tariffs while we don't respond. Trump offered the EU a tariff-free agreement. They mostly balked at that for now, but they will come around after Trump makes them suffer a bit. We w...
[18:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:34] <exec> 08└─Presidents can help the economy short-term by piling on debt, to inject cash into the system. That's supposed to be for recession woes, and be paid off when the economy is growing. I'm not holding my breath that the trumpeting of growth will be followed by tax measures to shrink that debt (that same...
[18:11:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:36] <exec> 08└─.com was a small bump compared to what W left for Obama. Worse, it was an excuse to cut taxes, just as the aforementioned Middle-East silliness was about to start.
[18:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:38] <exec> 08└─Trump administration previously lied about GDP growth in first quarter Yep, Trump lied and said it was 3.2, and reality turned out to be 2.0. I'm sure he's telling the truth this time though! "Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody...
[18:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 1, Redundant) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 898 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:40] <exec> 08└─Yup, that triggers a memory I can use for the daily reminder that the MSM is #FakeNews. It was surreal in 2000 to watch cable news. [click] This is CNN. We must elect Al Gore to continue the wonderful, stupendous growth of the Clinton Era. [click] Welcome back to the NEW (New Economy Watch) Show on...
[18:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:43] <exec> 08└─Your evidence isn't evidence. A rising GDP wouldn't say anything about how it was distributed. It's quite appropriate to be skeptical about the claim of a rising GDP, but that wages have stagnated or declined isn't evidence. It's quite possible that all the increase (if it exists) was scooped up by...
[18:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but that was back when GDP growth was FAKE NEWS.
[18:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:47] <exec> 08└─It would have been a little higher if *SOMEONE* didn't order a bunch of campaign merchandise from China.
[18:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:49] <exec> 08└─Today's history lesson: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[18:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:52] <exec> 08└─"For every $billion in tariffs Trump has provisionally or actually put on the EU and China, the EU and China have responded in kind, so the net result at the GDP level is ultimately... zero." Yeah, no, that's not how it works at all. Tariffs result in overall lower efficiencies so they'll have a neg...
[18:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:54] <exec> 08└─My favorite stat from GWII: the budget for fuel for air conditioning for our boys in theater, just fuel for climate control, not equipment, not fuel for other operations, exceeded the NASA budget for more than a year. I was living in Houston when W got re-elected, it was a depressing time.
[18:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:56] <exec> 08└─Trust me, everything my campaign sells -- including me -- is 100% Made in USA. If you got one that says Made in China or Made in Kenya you got a Fake. Shop now!!! shop.donaldjtrump.com [donaldjtrump.com]
[18:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:58] <exec> 08└─Trust me, everything my campaign sells -- including me -- is 100% Made in USA. Yes, believe his words and not this video of his flags being made in a Chinese factory: Chinese factory rushing to make Trump's 2020 banners in fear of tariffs [usatoday.com] "Just remember: what you’re seeing and what...
[18:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:20] <exec> 08└─I don't get it. You see, in other countries one can bullshit for free, no franchise fees required. Damn, Putin got ripped off! A Russian troll factory had a $1.25 million monthly budget to interfere in the 2016 US election [businessinsider.com]
[18:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 1457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:23] <exec> 08└─It's always easier for me with jetlag traveling west. It's much easier for me to "reset" by staying up a little later and then getting up later (rather than the reverse -- partly because it's possible to force oneself to stay awake for a few extra hours, but not really possible to force yourself to...
[18:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 1540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:25] <exec> 08└─I'm usually a bit cautious with "just so" stories, i.e., stories that evolutionary biologists make up to explain why things are, which often are very speculative and make a lot of assumptions. That said, my immediate thought here is -- isn't this a reasonable evolutionary advantage in traditional hu...
[18:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:27] <exec> 08└─A growing body of research suggests that the human body is just really complicated and hard to figure out some times. You'd think 'nerds' would find such a scientific challenge interesting...
[18:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:29] <exec> 08└─Yes, but this researcher's second cousin worked for a bakery that sold a black-and-white cookie to George Soros. So what do your liberal tears say to that, huh?!?!?
[18:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:32] <exec> 08└─Some of the folks at Kuro5hin felt that for me to work at night and sleep during the day was morally reprehensible. They've identified some genetic markers associated with our night-owlishness. [newscientist.com] I seem to recall that they were hypothesizing that among early humans there was a survi...
[18:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:34] <exec> 08└─But if you can't eat a big meal until evening or later, in a hunter-gatherer society that probably means you're in trouble.
[18:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 2785 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:06] <exec> 08└─"Then there is the more standard (or less nonstandard, if you like) future as in "Tomorrow I will (or shall) go to school", which is just present tense "will" + infinitive "go" and so still isn't a future tense as such. " Yes indeed, there's more than one way to analyze that but in no sense is it an...
[18:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:07] <exec> 08└─"Will" however can be verbal (from willan, to be willing) or nominal (from willa, will itself, or more broadly mental capacity, determination) and you use both
[18:16:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Time to Learn About Wonderful and Weird Opposed-Piston Engines - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:18] <exec> 08└─I think you are trying to plug for less emmission or more reliability (like electric motors deliver.) [There's an] option to make [clean] carbon based fuel out of the air... [This] doesn't require every single car and every single gas station to be replaced overnight.
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[19:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:48] <exec> 08└─As usual, you can install any damned app you want, but not through their store. Most of the apps are probably just mining for the developer anyway. Running something like that on a phone is rather pointless for a single person. Check of "Allow third party apps" and move on with your life. Preventing...
[19:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:49] <exec> 08└─B. Mining cryptocurrency on a cellphone is probably inefficient and drains your battery,
[19:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:11] <exec> 08└─During the 2016 campaign you could buy either the Trump website MAGA hats made in texas or for half the price you could import ones from Chinese factories on ebay. The chinese don't exactly care about intellectual property and will make whatever they can get away with selling.
[19:11:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:13] <exec> 08└─And the number I just saw reported was 4.1% [bloomberg.com], which, although this seems to come as a surprise to Trump and many of his supporters, remains quite a bit less than 5%.
[19:11:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:15] <exec> 08└─Yes, thats what happens when you don't adjust your withholdings to match the current tax plan. If you are having problem in your current state you might want to move to a state like Texas where businesses are whining because they are going to be forced to raise wages to find good employees now that...
[19:11:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:17] <exec> 08└─In the speech he gave last night at a US steel factory he said he expected between 3.7 and 4.2 based on what he was being told. He commented that he saw one newspaper saying that it might even reach five to which he said "Wow, wouldn't that be nice?"
[19:11:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:19] <exec> 08└─Worse, it was an excuse to cut taxes, just as the aforementioned Middle-East silliness was about to start.
[19:11:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:22] <exec> 08└─Wait, who was president in 2014 again? Can we edit the history books to show that Trump was elected in 2012? Someone call Vlad and ask if that can be done.
[19:11:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:24] <exec> 08└─He commented that he saw one newspaper saying that it might even reach five... Trump claimed to read a newspaper? One more lie onto the pile...
[19:11:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:26] <exec> 08└─The banners -- and they're beautiful banners, by the way -- that's something I don't know about. And the guy running the factory -- you look at your story there in the USA Today -- he says, "it unclear whether they are affiliated with Trump's campaign or the Republican party." Means he doesn't know...
[19:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nofsck Ingcloo [5242] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:29] <exec> 08└─Already done. I have been happily using bashpodder http://lincgeek.org [lincgeek.org] for a couple of years. I made a couple of tweaks, and now it runs on cron overnight.
[19:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03zoward [4734] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:31] <exec> 08└─Seconded. I submitted a problem I was having and got a response directly from Xavier in less than two hours.
[19:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Underwriters Laboratories Certifies "Unbreakable" and Flexible Samsung OLED Display - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:07] <exec> 08└─I have a Samsung just a few years old that's a "dumb TV". They still make them, you just have to look. Often the really large models on display will be "smart", and you can find smaller models boxed on the shelves without that stuff. I haven't looked around on the 'net though, might be someplace you...
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[20:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:55] <exec> 08└─Were people actually buying these things to begin with?
[20:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:57] <exec> 08└─Virtual reality headset unit sales are slowly improving [techcrunch.com] According to a report from Canalys, in Q3 of 2017, Sony shipped 490,000 PlayStation VR headsets, Oculus shipped 210,000 Rift headsets and HTC shipped 160,000 Vive units. The research agency has not released data publicly for pr...
[20:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:59] <exec> 08└─Looking at the live feeds, the best usage VR headsets are demonstrating right now is for competitive games where reaction times and full immersion to maintain focus are required. That is, if you play a lot of shooters, fighters or racers, getting a VR headset and ignoring all the VR features only to...
[20:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03everdred [110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:09] <exec> 08└─This precisely. Android had tons of day-one advantages over iOS, and while Apple has chipped away at this list considerably over time, third-party apps is one of the big ones that remains, and will until hell freezes over.
[20:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03datapharmer [2702] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:33] <exec> 08└─Hrm... reminds me of the fluidcam story from a few days back. I wonder if the correction could be done in software instead of having a deforming mirror, which could enable existing telescopes to get a few of these lasers and greatly improve their eyesight.
[20:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:35] <exec> 08└─Hubble is over 25 years old. Tough for tech to not become obsolete in so many ways over such a period. Adaptive optics has been around for a while now, but I hadn't heard it was this good. Sounds like the case for space based telescopes got a lot harder. Is James Webb still worth deploying in space?
[20:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:37] <exec> 08└─At some point, making a big ground-based optical telescope poses engineering challenges that might not be experienced in space, where a design could unfold, be made of an ultra-thin material that might not work on the ground where there is wind, or be built with modular mirrors and multiple launches...
[20:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:39] <exec> 08└─Plus, ground-based telescopes can only see what is in the skies above them, so to get decent galactic coverage, you need multiple telescopes across multiple latitudes. And ground-based telescopes can only see the wavelengths that make it through the atmosphere.
[20:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 1050 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:42] <exec> 08└─Generally, no. If you have sufficiently high signal-to-noise (i.e., a bright scene) and you can thus use sufficiently short exposure times that freeze the atmospheric turbulence, then there are algorithms you can do to correct it (if your aperture is small enough, you don't have to correct for it be...
[20:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:33] <exec> 08└─You want a 100% legal method to get past this DRM? Boycott it until it's removed by the company. If EVERYONE did this instead of putting themselves at legal risk we'd be better off. Personally I find out a game has that shit on it in steam I just click "not interested" and never look at it again. I...
[20:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:34] <exec> 08└─> why I no longer purchase software With commercial software, there's usually more problems than DRM. How about, rushed out the door with major bugs and missing features? Occasionally, I used to buy $60 blockbuster games. But when one was shipped without the multiplayer feature working, and was "fix...
[20:11:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snow [1601] 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:36] <exec> 08└─It would have been a little higher if *SOMEONE* didn't order a bunch of campaign merchandise from China.
[20:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 1197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:50] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I know; I'm drawing a blank on a concise term for the collective profit/loss of business of a nation (or group of nations in the case of the EU). I was kind of hoping that qualifying GDP with "level" would get my point across that the "revenue" generated by the tariffs are being cancelled out...
[20:12:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:14] <exec> 08└─UPDATE: New York state revokes approval of Charter-Time Warner Cable deal [reuters.com]
[20:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:01] <exec> 08└─And if some sonofabitch was waving his camera around our ride for "insurance" purposes, I'd give them 1 star.
[20:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 2182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:00] <exec> 08└─"No nomnative form appears here." Correct. However, what I *thought* happened there was that you had one verbal form descended from a verbal form, and one verbal form created by verbing the nominal form, much like canne and can are both verbs. On re-examining, I'm not sure that's actually true, but...
[20:15:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:01] <exec> 08└─gah. canne and can were not both verbs, but both have produce verbs in modern English. also s/imperative/infinitive
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[21:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:50] <exec> 08└─Can we just stop bombing brown people for a couple weeks, and transfer those savings to avoid delaying the betterment of scientific knowledge ? /rethorical
[21:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:00] <exec> 08└─The next question is, how many people who bought these things are still using them a year later. I dunno, I personally just don't get what the point of VR is. Or 3D movies. I'm just fine with the perfectly-serviceable traditional "last-gen" stuff.
[21:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:02] <exec> 08└─Yes, some, obviously. Some people also bought Apple Newtons (guilty), Virtual Boys, and Pebbles. Some also bought iPads, PCs, and ordered from Amazon. Time will still tell about VR. It's still largely technology waiting for a niche use case and waiting for prices to fall enough to make it mainstream...
[21:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 1455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:04] <exec> 08└─I personally can't get my head around why game designers, as soon as they want to make something for VR, seem to feel the need to throw out many of the things that make a game great: realism, longevity, expansive environments, depth and detail. Instead we have lots of overgrown tech demos and ultra...
[21:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 1111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:06] <exec> 08└─i got one ... over time. had to assemble the rig over time because cost. any ways it's working great. the version 1 even has screws and those plastic tubes to drill the motion detection boxes to the wall/ceiling. it is amazing stuff >: 0 physics works pretty aweseome! i love the valve mini games whe...
[21:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:09] <exec> 08└─Might be why Skyrim VR did so well [venturebeat.com]. It was just a port of an existing open world game. And the voice recognition for shouting gimmick was added years in advance.
[21:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:36] <exec> 08└─Just once a year, thanks TMB.
[21:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:37] <exec> 08└─Many Many Thanks To all the people who keep this website running ... may your kind, live long and prosper. Best Wishes.
[21:11:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:53] <exec> 08└─Worse, it was an excuse to cut taxes, just as the aforementioned Middle-East silliness was about to start.
[21:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:59] <exec> 08└─Actually, it's the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce [bea.gov] that is putting out the number. As they do every quarter. And yes they do periodically correct the numbers released on back quarters. That's a regular feature of what they do. None of that is Trump's do...
[21:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York State Threatens To Revoke Charter's Cable Franchise For Bullshitting - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:24] <exec> 08└─It looks like the public service commission just made their decision. Charter has 60 days to gather their things and GTFO. https://arstechnica.com [arstechnica.com]
[21:13:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Uber Vomit Fraud - 184 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:41] <exec> 08└─2 problems with your plan: 1. You can't film a trip that never happened. 2. You can't use the video to prove a negative - the driver will just claim that the vomit happened off-camera.
[21:15:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AskSoylent: Linux Podcast Downloaders? - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:10] <exec> 08└─I haven't tried Podcast Addict. I use AntennaPod myself and have been satisfied with the level of quality. Unfortunately they do not have a Linux version. http://antennapod.org [antennapod.org]
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[22:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:51] <exec> 08└─They didn't put all their eggs in one basket, they put the whole hen house in.
[22:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:52] <exec> 08└─Obama really blew that one.
[22:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:55] <exec> 08└─WFIRST POST!
[22:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:57] <exec> 08└─The Welfare state needs to go.
[22:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:59] <exec> 08└─>/rethorical You summoned the grammar nazis. Rub the hammer and sickle three times to make them go away.
[22:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:01] <exec> 08└─Speaking of poultry, they could redirect the existing scopes to the beaches, targeting chicks, for a fee. Budget problem solved.
[22:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator at House Hearing: WFIRST Could be Delayed to Help Pay for JWST - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:04] <exec> 08└─Look at the history of this project, it will never launch. Noone will be responsible for its failure, literally failure is not an option.
[22:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:19] <exec> 08└─-requires windows 10 (the windows VR gui thingy API baked into windows 10).
[22:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:21] <exec> 08└─Aside from games, and some specific niche uses, VR goggles will suffer the same fate as 3D TV: after the first couple of weeks the thrill of "Oh Wow! Look at this!" will be exceeded by the "Naw, too much hassle to bother today." Most people just don't want to be forced to hang stuff on their heads j...
[22:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:23] <exec> 08└─I only stopped using my Vive because a car accident left me unable to stand or hold the controllers without lots of pain. Things like Fruit Ninja VR worked as an awesome cardio workout for me. I hate the gym so games with exercise built in are perfect. It needs more improvement for general adoption....
[22:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 1996 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:25] <exec> 08└─thanks for reply. android is also very spy-i methinks. also, i have doubts about ARM being big/good with I/O chip wise. so far they didn't have to deal much with I/O on mobile phones. true, there are much sensors on a smart phone but then the bandwidth requirements of these sensors is miniscule. on...
[22:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:56] <exec> 08└─40K patches every year...
[22:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03D2 [5107] (Score: 1) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:57] <exec> 08└─mad props to the soylent admins... thanks for all you've done.
[22:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 857 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:00] <exec> 08└─BIG THANKS to all the guys that are working to further my agenda. The geniuses of cyber, of computer. The Einsteins of internet. You're doing a fabulous job. Beautiful job. The MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN agenda is doing very well despite the distraction of the Witch Hunt. Because of me. And because of...
[22:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03cellocgw [4190] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:13] <exec> 08└─Former long-time AO system designer & developer here -- Great to see the extension of the LaserGuide Star (one such laser beacon) being extended to improve estimation of the atmospheric turbulence. This is great stuff.
[22:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:14] <exec> 08└─Uranus and Neptune Are Potential Targets for 2030s Missions [soylentnews.org] I'm glad they chose Neptune as their first target. We need to follow-up on Voyager 2 already.
[22:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:30] <exec> 08└─... ... Wooooosh!
[22:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Campaign Confirms Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:31] <exec> 08└─For someone who claims to know about language, your use of the word "denigrating" is offensive. In case you missed it, laws were passed against this sort of segregationist activity in the 1960s.
[22:11:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:12] <exec> 08└─what about offering participation credits, like an achievement of participation award and stuff like that? sometimes money isn't enough
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[23:08:52] <exec> 08└─so what, the computer's heart pumped too much blood to its brain? the computer lost muscle tone because it didn't need to stand up?
[23:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HPE "Supercomputer" on the ISS Survives for 340 Days and Counting - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:54] <exec> 08└─well without gravity, no air flow. Fluids might not move conventionally. The radiation probably flips quite a few bits every so often, but maybe they have some ECC+ to handle that. Probably some others have a better descriptions.
[23:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06HPE "Supercomputer" on the ISS Survives for 340 Days and Counting - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:56] <exec> 08└─is that the HP engineers that did this had decades of experience, and have been laid off by now.
[23:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06HPE "Supercomputer" on the ISS Survives for 340 Days and Counting - 962 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:58] <exec> 08└─"You think you're gonna stay here for free!? Think again! Get out of here!" Neither the mother nor her children budged even an inch in response to the landlord's shouting. This only served to further agitate the man. Why was this happening? It all started a few months ago. The tenant had always duti...
[23:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HPE "Supercomputer" on the ISS Survives for 340 Days and Counting - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:01] <exec> 08└─... but it got to 364 days then rebooted for a mandatory Win10 upgrade and BSOD'd on reboot.
[23:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:34] <exec> 08└─Apple Newtons were great!
[23:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HTC: Death of VR Greatly Exaggerated - 2322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:36] <exec> 08└─Potentially, Android-based standalone headsets (no smartphone) could be less locked down than some smartphones. Oculus Go for instance has no cellular connection and therefore no interaction with phone carriers. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Qualcomm is trying to take its Snapdragon ARM SoCs a l...
[23:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:49] <exec> 08└─Why do they disagree with mining apps? ( aside from that they are mostly useless on a typical android device .... ) They are not scams, not illegal, so google, what gives? You guys running mining in your cloud and dont want competition?
[23:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06System Administrator Appreciation Day - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:11] <exec> 08└─for a nice simple html interface and no bouncy, clicky bits!!!
[23:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics Enable Sharper Telescopic Imaging - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:27] <exec> 08└─Just Wow! OK?
[23:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:24] <exec> 08└─If you do this, dont tell people who you are.
[23:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Says US Economic Growth Nears 5%; Time to Celebrate? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:42] <exec> 08└─When has a D ever proposed to *not* raise taxes? Seems that you've been sold a bill of goods.
[23:13:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mojo chan [266] 02 - 06Shedding Too Much Light on a Microcontroller's Firmware Protection - 768 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:14] <exec> 08└─This sort of thing has been known for a long time. Not this particular implementation, but the fact that most microcontroller code protection is very easy to bypass. Other techniques include resetting the firmware protection soft fuses with high voltage or by decapping the chip and using UV light to...
[23:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Mining Plan, Including a Heat Shield - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:37] <exec> 08└─until you nuke a city because somebody made a typo in deorbital navigation code.
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