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[00:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spectre Variant SpectreRSB Targets Return Stack Buffer - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:41] <exec> 08└─[The exploit] manipulates a new part of the process called the return stack buffer. [...] RSB is a common "predictor structure" in CPUs used to predict return addresses during the speculative execution process.
[00:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:55] <exec> 08└─Another splendid tale. Have you a single tome of collected works? I wish to purchase your writings in a book and donate it to the library.
[00:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:56] <exec> 08└─If you have enough Indian immigrants you don't even need public toilets, as long as you have enough streets to shit on.
[00:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:19] <exec> 08└─It's these little gems that make RDT's posts worthwhile. Giving us that little insight into what he _really_ feels rather than just the same repeated phrases on other media sites. I'm glad that SoylentNews has been able to become your "safe space" RDT - now that Fox has turned against you with that...
[00:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:54] <exec> 08└─Well, it used to be the War Department, until the United States decided they weren't going to fight wars anymore and instead would engage the enemy in authorized military enforcement actions. Which I'm sure gave great comfort to the Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Grenadans, and everyone else that...
[00:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:50] <exec> 08└─Nope. Slack is the old good. No spyware, no GNOME, no SystemD. You can choose to run a crap browser on top of it if you want, of course. It's Free. http://www.slackware.com
[00:11:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 73 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:31] <exec> 08└─Where the fuck is the American spirit of do-it-yourself entrepreneurship.
[00:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:12:27] <exec> 08└─Callouses for your brain might help, thicken up your skin a little.
[00:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:07] <exec> 08└─HAHA jokes on you I have lazy eye!
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[01:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:38] <exec> 08└─Now they done it. They finally fucking done it. The fucking scientists.
[01:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:39] <exec> 08└─I did the divorce and got a new wife. Believe me, it worked wonders!!!
[01:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:41] <exec> 08└─Do they want a global extinction ? Because that is how you get global extinctions ! That, and poking at underground lakes on other planets [theonion.com].
[01:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spectre Variant SpectreRSB Targets Return Stack Buffer - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:50] <exec> 08└─Ever since PEEK/POKE programming on Sinclair Spectrum**, the lesson was clear to me: if your hardware can be accessed, it will. ** S80 and it's wonderful set of undocumented instructions.
[01:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:06] <exec> 08└─But I don't go there a whole lot, and didn't even when I was homeless, because libraries are always so very _quiet_. It happens that my older sister is a librarian. I'm going to suggest to her that her library should set aside a room where Head-Banging Rock And Roll is turned up to Eleven: Mutually...
[01:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:07] <exec> 08└─I prefer the quiet time when the voices in my head are my study buddies. I have a 203 IQ you see, so only the voices are smart enough to carry on an intelligent debate with me.
[01:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 1392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:09] <exec> 08└─- Library: they have quite a good computer section. There was a period of time when I would point out that fact to homeless people, then suggest they learn web design by hanging out at the library. I stopped doing that when some perfectly healthy - at least as far as I could ascertain - guy proteste...
[01:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:12] <exec> 08└─Librarians are always quite rigorously conscientious about copyright. I expected they needed something like MUSICat so as to ensure their artists got their just rewards. I'm going to send them my Creative Commons piano EP [soggywizards.com] so as to throw a wrench in their system.
[01:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:14] <exec> 08└─That "Fuck Natalee Holloway" was Number 2 at Google for "Natalee Holloway" led Rusty Foster to receive a great many death threats. BEHOLD! [archive.org]
[01:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:16] <exec> 08└─Not much anyway. No I have visual hallucinations [warplife.com] instead.
[01:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:19] <exec> 08└─No the shelves aren't quite empty. There are books nobody wants, and for good reason. The public library collection includes books on subjects such as Flash and WiMAX, obsolete technologies from ten years ago. A person, homeless or otherwise, would learn more by owning a smartphone than by wasting a...
[01:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:41] <exec> 08└─Next you will want to know if they were teaching the inmates Vi or Emacs!
[01:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:43] <exec> 08└─In my own experience the very worst part of being in the slammer is being forced to listen to the television every hour of every day. They always have it turned up real loud so everyone in the pod can still hear it even when we're locked down. The TVs are always mounted up high and so out of reach,...
[01:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:45] <exec> 08└─When I was in California's Atascadero State Hospital, the only way to use the phone was to call collect, for which the other party paid a minimum of $25.00.
[01:09:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 465 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:54] <exec> 08└─And, everyone needs to understand something. Just because Thexalon is paranoid is not indication that what he says is untrue. Homeland Security and TSA were the two single worst mistakes ever made by the US government. What little soul the government had at that point in time was cheerfully given to...
[01:09:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 216 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:57] <exec> 08└─The Federal Reserve was a much worse mistake. Or maybe the Monroe Doctrine. Or the Japanese internment camps. Or allowing slavery ever. Or "welfare reform." Or the Iraq War(s). A lot worse has been done, is my point.
[01:10:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:22] <exec> 08└─Japanese internment? Hmmmm - how bad was that really? How many US citizens died because of that policy?
[01:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The MalwareTech (Marcus Hutchins) Case Resets to Zero - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:35] <exec> 08└─Her lawyers probably got paid, the remainder probably went into the Democratic Party's "Trump floozy lawyer fund".
[01:11:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 912 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:21] <exec> 08└─I agree, and do just that. Well, I generally install X-windows but very rarely run servers in X mode. That's why we have X-server (window) software to run on a workstation. I remember 10ish years ago when I first downloaded Ubuntu Server and excitedly installed it. Tried "startx", "xinit", X, what?...
[01:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:40] <exec> 08└─To me, it wasn't no joke. Tore me up to see this go down. Wasn't a thing I could do about it. Not only did she mean a lot to me, I sure wanted to build on what her dad started and I was going to devote the rest of my life to it, so we could pass it to our kids in turn. Her dad had the business skill...
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[02:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:43] <exec> 08└─Your hair falls out, your tongue grows longer, and you have an insatiable thirst for blood....
[02:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:45] <exec> 08└─The way I heard it, you did these things in reverse order.
[02:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:47] <exec> 08└─Do they want a global extinction ?
[02:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spectre Variant SpectreRSB Targets Return Stack Buffer - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:57] <exec> 08└─Ever since PEEK/POKE programming on Sinclair Spectrum
[02:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:21] <exec> 08└─Might I suggest: headphones... in one of the private study rooms. Or, if this is like our library's books on tape streaming service, you can just stream to wherever in the world you happen to be, as long as you log in with your library card.
[02:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:22] <exec> 08└─There isn't a pirate mirror yet? So lame.
[02:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:24] <exec> 08└─Lay off the LSD, they will settle down after a while.
[02:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:51] <exec> 08└─Not all are have TVs running 24/7. Some turn them off at night. Oh, and ear plugs make a big difference. Mostly, I just wanted to note you posted the 715,000th comment on this site... congratulations!
[02:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:28] <exec> 08└─Your reaction seems pretty "BUTTHURT". Personal attacks and insults are what's dividing the US and the rest of the world. How about someday we all grow up, respect each others opinions whether we agree or not, and try to intelligently interact, collaborate, and come up with some common ground soluti...
[02:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:30] <exec> 08└─"If "Homeland Security" is the department protecting the US territory and its people, what is the Department of Defense actually defending?" Overseas bases. Around 800 of them, *not* including the ones that float around, they call those 'aircraft carriers.'
[02:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:32] <exec> 08└─Good list, though I think you forgot "Secret Assassinations/Executions without Trial," which is really the ultimate denial of any "right to life" let alone liberty or happiness or quaint ideas like due process. (And yes, I know most of these are from the Declaration of Independence, which doesn't ca...
[02:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:34] <exec> 08└─Haha, I only used that phrasing since Runaway kicked it off with shoving republican up my ass. I'm done with trying to be 100% civil, sometimes the proper reaction is to call people out on their shit and not baby them in the hopes they'll see your point. It almost never works. Hmm, in the recent pas...
[02:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:32] <exec> 08└─resource intensive JS bullcrap
[02:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Uncover the Role of a Protein in Production and Survival of Myelin-Forming Cells - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:59] <exec> 08└─There is hope that some Soylentils who are nervous system challenged may be able, in the future, to grow a brain?
[02:14:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 622 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:46] <exec> 08└─Does knowing you are observed change how and what you do? If I knew that I was being observed I'm fairly certain there are a lot of things I wouldn't do or refrain from doing and so that would probably skew the data. Also this is clearly the new lazy trend in science "state-of-the-art machine-learn...
[02:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:54] <exec> 08└─Got me... muscley women ( not necessarily big, or even strong ) work me up big time. Something about feeling the texture of muscles tensing and relaxing cause me to become very aroused. I am far more stheno than cratno. Not too much of a boob guy, although I do fantasize that those things are pec...
[02:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:56] <exec> 08└─The almighty AI machine says you like muffins. Herp derp.
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[03:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:39] <exec> 08└─Chance of precipitation is 50%. Guess I'll have to wait for Musk to conquer it.
[03:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:52] <exec> 08└─Don't make fun of bald people; some people like what you can do with a long tongue; and I'll have you know I'm simply iron deficient!
[03:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:28] <exec> 08└─"Anyone can stream albums...but to make playlists or download songs, you must log in," says the summary.
[03:09:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03martyb [76] 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 799 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:41] <exec> 08└─The more things change, the more they say the same. Reminds me of playing a game on my computer decades ago. Did a "save game". Noticed a file appeared. Made a copy of the file. Started the game from the save file, did a few things, earned another 'life', saved game again. Did a diff between the sav...
[03:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:36] <exec> 08└─You don't even bother to read responses to your posts, let alone keep track of the people you are responding to. The welfare system is broken, and it seriously needs meaningful reform.
[03:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:38] <exec> 08└─I agree, runaway did write that. I kind of skimmed, so I didn't get all of the conversation, and I figured he felt he needed to write that, kind of like you feel you need to. I strongly disagree with you saying that the proper reaction is to call people out. You may think you're winning some (ridicu...
[03:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:40] <exec> 08└─62% [wikipedia.org] of the detainees were Americans.
[03:16:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hardness [4766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:57] <exec> 08└─Department of Homeland Security seems to Think Different. How much more formality do you need? ^_^
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[04:08:44] <exec> 08└─Donald Drumpf, you are accused of heresy on three counts -- heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy by action -- *four* counts. Do you confess?
[04:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:46] <exec> 08└─Donald Drumpf, we hereby sentence you to death by... uh... death by uhhuhuhu, saw off his tweeter! [chainsaw noises]
[04:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:48] <exec> 08└─It's been bright as hell relative to last year since it started showing back up again this year. I doubt it's going to be much brighter than it was last week or the one before though. It's not remotely difficult to pick out either; it's hands down the reddest thing in the sky.
[04:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:01] <exec> 08└─I recall watching the documentary about this [imdb.com] where most of the data about the thawing of these creatures is covered off around episodes eight to ten.
[04:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spectre Variant SpectreRSB Targets Return Stack Buffer - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:12] <exec> 08└─In order to make the Apple ][ do anything, PEEK and POKE were necessary. When I learned later about 'protected mode' I Laughed! Apparently things are not so different now - Intel!
[04:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 922 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:50] <exec> 08└─I don't think you quite understand what is going on in the world right now. You want civil discussions go to Hacker News, that is the only site I've come across where politeness is somewhat enforced and people truly strive to remain calm and civil. Runaway quite often spews insulting crap so I don't...
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[04:10:52] <exec> 08└─"have been instilled with the proper semi-subservient attitude necessary to push social workers into releasing money" uhhh, now you're drifting off the deep end. Nothing like a little criticism to get you to reveal your true feelings. Welfare was not designed the way it is, it was morphed from somet...
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[04:12:18] <exec> 08└─Not until we have a deep understanding of how midichlorians work.
[04:13:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:31] <exec> 08└─And if you keep telling yourself that over and over, one day you may actually believe it. As for my ideologies, they value freedom over everything. Fuck money, fuck comfort, fuck life if it comes to it. That means freedom for everybody though not just those who agree with me, unlike your authoritari...
[04:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:32] <exec> 08└─The funny thing is, they don't profit most by monopoly control. They'd profit far more if they had real and dangerous competition. And so would everyone else.
[04:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:35] <exec> 08└─Mango habanero has been my go-to sauce of choice of late, though anything with four chilies or more on a menu is probably pretty good. The broadly flavored sweetness of the mango and the smokiness of the habanero really compliment the hell out of each other.
[04:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:13:37] <exec> 08└─Here you go [youtube.com]. You're welcome.
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[05:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:46] <exec> 08└─Cardinal Fang, Bring out - The Comfy Chair!
[05:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:47] <exec> 08└─Let us fervently hope the Prez is not a believer in astrology. One would hope that no one dumb enough to believe in that could possibly get elected to the presidency. Sadly, it's not true of at least one first lady. Believers in astrology might decided that the red planet being nearer and brighter m...
[05:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:49] <exec> 08└─side?
[05:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:52] <exec> 08└─I saw a documentary about outside. There are lions and crocodiles out there. Better not go out unless you want to be eaten alive.
[05:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:06] <exec> 08└─Now, they’re smaller.
[05:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:08] <exec> 08└─I recall watching the documentary about this...
[05:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:10] <exec> 08└─This gives more credence to the idea that life originated outside of earth, or at least that life could very well be present all over the universe, traveling on long cold rocks.
[05:10:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 678 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:25] <exec> 08└─"Worst" is like a pie. Every slice can be "the worst." All of those things were (are) horrific. But so is what we're going through now. Further, some very bad things are simply precursors, or potential precursors, for other even worse bad things yet to come down the pike. Falling off a cliff is bad....
[05:10:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 403 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:47] <exec> 08└─Well, it used to be the War Department, until the United States decided they weren't going to fight wars anymore and instead would engage the enemy in authorized military enforcement actions. Which I'm sure gave great comfort to the Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Grenadans, and everyone else that...
[05:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:59] <exec> 08└─So. Now there is an official government program we can point to when we snarkily say, "if you're not on any watchlists, that's suspicious".
[05:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:11:00] <exec> 08└─Or maybe the Monroe Doctrine.
[05:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:11:03] <exec> 08└─There are actually people who are talking about
[05:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:44] <exec> 08└─Whatever you say VIM dude. Sadly your idea of freedom is so childish it is dangerous and I'm tickled red you think I'm a commie. Your lack of education is showing again, go back to school ya jackass!
[05:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:46] <exec> 08└─Yer gonna have to explain that logic.
[05:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:48] <exec> 08└─Huh, I was really expecting something worse. I was asking for some regex, but I could use the cardio.
[05:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:50] <exec> 08└─Yeah, children can understand freedom pretty well. It takes an intellectual to fuck it up so thoroughly that it can be used to oppress people. It's pretty amusing that they can also get idiots like you to buy into their bullshit but then I dig on gallows humor.
[05:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:52] <exec> 08└─Wat we hava hear is a faliur to communicate.
[05:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:55] <exec> 08└─Really? I would have thought it blindingly obvious. Better products get more people wanting them and competition forces production of better products. Having a monopoly doesn't really do you any good at all unless people need your product to survive. If your product sucks ass and they don't genuinel...
[05:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:57] <exec> 08└─"...hard to imagine a worse cable company than Charter (but it may exist!!" Yep...it's called Comcast
[05:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NY Orders Charter Out of State, Says it Must Sell Time Warner Cable System - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:59] <exec> 08└─Ah, fair point. Here you go: s|.*|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBWbpTJRqk|
[05:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How NASA Was Born 60 Years Ago From Panic Over a 'Second Moon' - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:15:08] <exec> 08└─I am saying that the first United States satellite launch has nothing to do with NASA, since it occurred well before the creation of NASA.
[05:16:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:37] <exec> 08└─You are right about not having a "real" clock. I use a DS1307, supposedly good until the year 2107, but I also have some legacy POSIX time_t variables which I am coupling to an "epoch" word to extend the time, and had to re-write some time display and compare routines. 32 bits was not enough, 64 se...
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[06:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:19] <exec> 08└─I Am Absolutely Serious. While you may be happy to learn that the virus they thawed in a lab was not a human virus, I expect there are some human virii that are thawing on their own rather than in laboratories.
[06:11:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:10] <exec> 08└─A 1999 article [mises.org] warned: What is directly and immediately responsible for the current bull market is a sustained and rapid increase in the demand for stocks. This increase in demand in turn has been the result of the repeated pouring into the market of large sums of new and additional mone...
[06:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:11] <exec> 08└─A 1999 article [mises.org] warned: What is directly and immediately responsible for the current bull market is a sustained and rapid increase in the demand for stocks. This increase in demand in turn has been the result of the repeated pouring into the market of large sums of new and additional mone...
[06:11:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:14] <exec> 08└─Probably gets most relevant at episode 3 or 4, IIRC: https://www.youtube.com Of course, MM is a gold bug, but at least that means he has skin in the game.
[06:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:12:13] <exec> 08└─You don't need another phone for authenticators from google or microsoft - HOTP and TOTP are standards: https://f-droid.org [f-droid.org] https://f-droid.org [f-droid.org] https://f-droid.org
[06:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How NASA Was Born 60 Years Ago From Panic Over a 'Second Moon' - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:15:12] <exec> 08└─You are all aware that it will soon be 50 years since this bunch married the public to this lie.
[06:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:17:47] <exec> 08└─With the amount of sods trying to enter US for whatever reason there's no wonder that government workers would become bored..
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[07:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 1353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:08:35] <exec> 08└─Seriously, this has been known in the recreation industry for 25+ years now. You can load assets from a legal copy and be mostly unmolested. But if you have even one thing that looks like an asset from the original work in your project, it is tainted and will get C&D'd or sued out of existence. For...
[07:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:08:56] <exec> 08└─I'm on the central coast of California, and it's nice and dark. Even with my little telescope I can see detail on the surface of Mars at the moment. I didn't expect this, because that big wildfire near Yosemite was sending some haze our way earlier today, but now the sky looks like the Sky Theater a...
[07:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:08:57] <exec> 08└─Let us fervently hope the Prez is not a believer in astrology.
[07:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:17] <exec> 08└─And bacteria! https://www.npr.org [npr.org]
[07:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:54] <exec> 08└─I took a quick glance at some of the links and, withhout turning on Javascript, was unable to find out what the technical side was about. Why not just stream with VLC or Icecast2 instead? Probably faster, easier, and cheaper.
[07:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:21] <exec> 08└─Indeed, I grab my pussy all the time and she enjoys it. She even purrs.
[07:10:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:22] <exec> 08└─This is what happens when prisoners have nothing to do. Prisoners are quite often very clever people. Active minds + idle hands = mischief.
[07:12:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:12:16] <exec> 08└─Nextcloud doesn't let you record directly to the server out of the box. Doing this properly will require potentially buffering the stream locally anyway, because your available bandwidth might drop below what you need for the video, and probably writing in a streaming format directly. It will (if se...
[07:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:12:17] <exec> 08└─This article is really stupid. The REAL pain is not play store! I can happily live without it and so i did for several weeks. Two things i really missed from the Google package and i switched back for them: 1. Voice-to-text. I have "voice notes" or voice messages. I just dictate to the phone and the...
[07:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:12:20] <exec> 08└─Correction: "i HATE voice notes." not "i have voice notes".
[07:15:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:15:57] <exec> 08└─I get the impression they would count a lower level of extroversion as being a higher level of introversion, so it's a spectrum. I think that's how their particular pseudoscience works.
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[08:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:40] <exec> 08└─Quit the White House. Delete your account.
[08:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 1827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:48] <exec> 08└─Quite. There are so many developers like this, that it's worrying though. If they don't know that you can't just re-use commercial assets in a remake of a game (at least without being careful not to distribute them, and work on replacing them) then it makes me worry where you're sourcing your code t...
[08:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:51] <exec> 08└─I wanna see a remake of SimCopter. Did the same as you say - you were a rescue copter over your own SimCity 2000 maps. Awful graphics but it's the most "fun" handling of a helicopter I've ever played in a game.
[08:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:13] <exec> 08└─The graphics and physics are amazing, but the difficulty balance is utter shit.
[08:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:15] <exec> 08└─My eyes aren't that good, but given how large and bright it is, I'd believe it.
[08:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spectre Variant SpectreRSB Targets Return Stack Buffer - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:46] <exec> 08└─(that was Z80, as in Zilog 80)
[08:16:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Your Personality ... Simply by Tracking Your Eyes - 1178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:16:14] <exec> 08└─I will never, ever understand why blowing all your money in the moment and screwing over your own future is more exciting or hip than a future of potentially being rich! I can see how the danger and fear of losing everything could be exhilarating to some people but that sounds pretty self destructiv...
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[09:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:40] <exec> 08└─That would be a suspicious action. You do not want to be tracked? What do you have to hide?
[09:10:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 77 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:10:22] <exec> 08└─A prisons spokesman said the "improper conduct involved no taxpayer dollars".
[09:11:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:11:20] <exec> 08└─Good list, though I think you forgot "Secret Assassinations/Executions without Trial," which is really the ultimate denial of any "right to life" let alone liberty or happiness or quaint ideas like due process. (And yes, I know most of these are from the Declaration of Independence, which doesn't ca...
[09:12:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kawumpa [1187] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your 2018 iPhone may be Slower than Android Phones - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:12:56] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily, the economy (as much as a large aggregate can) may also refocus its efforts on more substantial or fundamental goods or shift from shiny and largely useless towards quality and security. I know it's farfetched, nevertheless possible.
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[10:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:39] <exec> 08└─From what I understood was the high pressure area above Sweden the cause of this heat wave, warm/hot air flowing from eastern Europe to the west. Normally the wind comes from sea/west, resulting in lower temperatures. The last time it was this bad was sometime in the 1970's. Sure, we had some warm w...
[10:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:58] <exec> 08└─I'd much much much rather have an Interstate '76 remake. The best game ever made.
[10:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:12:43] <exec> 08└─I found it to be far better than Google maps. There were a couple of weird routing choices. Overall I wound rather it. We had a cheap phone just to stick on the dashboard for navigation.
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[11:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:38] <exec> 08└─The important thing isnt really the existence of the bugs, but the performance impact of patching them. How much slower is a fully patched computer with an intel cpu today than a year ago?
[11:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:40] <exec> 08└─Those concerns are apt for Meltdown and Spectre related bugs. But this is the separate IME, which is Intel's bug-riddled spying monitoring system.
[11:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:42] <exec> 08└─Patching Intel ME bugs is not related to performance.
[11:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:44] <exec> 08└─https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00112.html [intel.com] https://www.intel.com [intel.com]
[11:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 2052 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:53] <exec> 08└─This was mighty quick of them, considering that this current weather even just started at the beginning of July and they are already done with their report and they have already managed to conclude that it's due to global warming (according to their models). Not really sure what to say but I'm not e...
[11:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:56] <exec> 08└─The important thing is that they got a paper published to put on the cv.
[11:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 1065 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:58] <exec> 08└─Sounds more like it. Sitting now playing around with the national weather service climate scenarios and I don't think they concur with their report even tho they are in charge of at least one of the weather stations used. http://www.smhi.se
[11:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:00] <exec> 08└─Climate changes are a normal part of Earth's operation. It operates on large scales and small scales alike. I never recall a "polar vortex" prior to the one a few years back, but that doesn't mean that the extremely cold temperatures I've never been exposed to my entire life were human-caused climat...
[11:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:10] <exec> 08└─Here's a summary of the proposal: Kill all animals on the endangered species list.Give the land to mining and oil companies.Announce the creation of jobs.
[11:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:21] <exec> 08└─EA is evil, but this isn't one of the times they were being evil. What did the fucker expect from stealing, verbatim, another game's assets? I'd probably have sued him too. The level of stupidity to make this kind of mistake, and the level of intelligence required to write the new game engine, well,...
[11:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:11] <exec> 08└─And whose money was it?
[11:11:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 250 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:28] <exec> 08└─Even just the phrase "Homeland Security" came off as more than a bit totalitarian. It also raises the question: If "Homeland Security" is the department protecting the US territory and its people, what is the Department of Defense actually defending?
[11:11:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 138 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:30] <exec> 08└─If "Homeland Security" is the department protecting the US territory and its people, what is the Department of Defense actually defending?
[11:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:04] <exec> 08└─Maybe I need to start my own site.
[11:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:05] <exec> 08└─There were clear examples (from Hawaii) of Japanese-Americans acting in favour of Japan. Sequestering that group in a huge fucking war like WW2 was obviously needed and not doing it would have been bloody stupid. Stealing their property while they were detained was wrong and should have been compens...
[11:12:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:07] <exec> 08└─I would argue that the the creation of the Federal Reserve, where the USA handed control of its money to a Jewish Cabal, was a pretty big mistake. Do you understand how the money supply works now? Every dollar that is created is simply owned by the jewish bankers behind the Fed. When that dollar goe...
[11:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:09] <exec> 08└─You know that if you ever get in a serious conflict those floating bases won't be floating for long. It is ridiculously easy to send them to see Davy Jones.
[11:12:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:12] <exec> 08└─The system has been built to encourage people to rely on welfare.
[11:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 2054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:17] <exec> 08└─Considering the whole point of removing Google from the device is to stop all the spying and prying, the idea that anyone could recommend as suitable alternatives Outlook, OneDrive and Microsoft Launcher (excuse me??!) just boggles the mind. As it happens I did a bit of research into exactly this be...
[11:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:19] <exec> 08└─Not THAT "Slack" [slack.com] - but Slack [slackware.com], the original and best. Accept no substitutes.
[11:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Shimitar [4208] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:21] <exec> 08└─OSMAnd is not a replacement for Google Maps. Or, at least, ONLY for the mapping part. It's the search-for-business-and-stuff and the traffic layer which is missing...
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[12:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:49] <exec> 08└─Then is this really a big deal, I mean other than intel forcing an unecessary feature upon their customers?
[12:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:51] <exec> 08└─You say that like it's a bad thing.
[12:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:53] <exec> 08└─Other people such as the Sicilian Mafia, the Russian Mob, the Japanese Mafia, the Chinese Tong or the Occasional Nigerian Sole Proprietor [warplife.com]. Have A Nice Day! 3 :-D 3
[12:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03unauthorized [3776] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:55] <exec> 08└─AMD too with their equivalent (the PSP), through the latter recently took some positive steps [phoronix.com] in that regard.
[12:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:07] <exec> 08└─A Guardian article [theguardian.com] from mid-July discusses the recent weather in the context of climate change. It mentions thata La Nina [wikipedia.org], which has a cooling effect in much of the world (warming in Australia) at this time of year, is in progress. Pacifica's Rising up with Sonali [...
[12:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 728 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:08] <exec> 08└─The Guardian article [theguardian.com] I mentioned in another comment has this to say: The concern is that weather fronts - hot and cold - are being blocked more frequently due to climate change. This causes droughts and storms to linger, amplifying the damage they cause. [...] Paolo Ruti of the WMO...
[12:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:19] <exec> 08└─Kill all animals on the endangered species list.
[12:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:20] <exec> 08└─WRONG!!! We're not giving away any land. We always, always lease it.
[12:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:33] <exec> 08└─And when there's a lot of links -- this one has so many -- hard to follow them all. But, Hacker News, there's a link to the Hacker News. And someone there tweeted, the guy knew what he was doing. He knows about Copyright -- so important. He knew he was violating the Copyright. But he asked, please d...
[12:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:34] <exec> 08└─How can he understand the need to rewrite the engine but not the need to recreate or at least not distribute the other assets? Literally does he think programs are subject to copyright but art isn't?
[12:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:00] <exec> 08└─Thank you, you explained it very well. Better than my NASA, better than TIME. Although, I wouldn't call it red. More gold or orange. Which I love!
[12:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 852 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:33] <exec> 08└─I don't get the systemd hate. It's never done me wrong, and we use it on hundreds of servers at work plus machines at home that have run it for years. Red Hat isn't using lawsuits or hunting people down and threatening them with knives if they don't use it. Otherwise, thanks for the info. Google Map...
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[13:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:35] <exec> 08└─How can he manipulate the investigation if he does that.
[13:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:37] <exec> 08└─Is this administration really the most corrupt one since the 13 states' union, or are they just flaunting their corruption the most openly?
[13:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:53] <exec> 08└─Got to use a car analogy here. Tell me, is it a big deal if it's your car on which someone else could Manage your Engine? Suppose it could take over the controls at any time and drive your car with you and yours in it to any destination they like. Maybe to the nearest police station, after informing...
[13:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:54] <exec> 08└─The NSA now has a new way of getting into Intel-based machines.
[13:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:56] <exec> 08└─Tell me, is it a big deal if it's your car on which someone else could Manage your Engine...take over... at any time...? And further, suppose it has severe bugs, which allow hackers...access [with bad results]?
[13:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:58] <exec> 08└─Maybe one day I'll just mail all the reports to the owner of the vehicle telling them how I notified OnStar and the dealership about their personal information going to a stranger, with copies to news agencies. Or maybe not. What does Soylent think?
[13:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:01] <exec> 08└─Almost certainly doesn't need one though. I have no doubt whatsoever that they had the keys to the kingdom on every Intel box that had it within two weeks of the IME shipping.
[13:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:25] <exec> 08└─I was well aware that this was the sort of policy that would be enacted. But still. I have no words. No. Fucking. Words. This doesn't only come under Politics. It has significant implications for the natural environment.
[13:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:28] <exec> 08└─It has significant potential implications for the natural environment.
[13:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:41] <exec> 08└─People don't have a lot of trouble distributing pirated copies of pretty much every EA game. Including cracked versions of EA's newer DRM'd games [hexus.net] (at least, I see Need for Speed: Payback available). So why not dump the thing onto the torrent sites, or better yet, some kind of lawless Git...
[13:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 2035 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:43] <exec> 08└─It is an interesting project. Streets of SimCity (SoSC) loads any SC2K map, including the custom maps you could make with the SimCity Urban Renewal Kit (SCURK). SoSC's own assets looked like complete garbage to the point where even a non-artist could probably do a good job making the replacements. T...
[13:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:10] <exec> 08└─Yeah, they took the pay-to-win thing to a whole new level too.
[13:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aurean [4924] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:11] <exec> 08└─But all I saw was Uranus
[13:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:32] <exec> 08└─or, for that matter, any other Sleeper? The scientists report that they are perfectly healthy and unaffected . . . which is of course EXACTLY what they would say.
[13:12:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:38] <exec> 08└─I explicitly said the Fed isn't the ideal situation, and it makes mistakes... sometimes huge ones. (Though blaming the housing crisis entirely on Fed policy is absolutely not fair, though it was a contributor.) The question about whether the Fed was a "mistake" is whether we'd have more or less insa...
[13:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 2422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:49] <exec> 08└─After I had to abandon my 15-year-old palmtop because mechanical fatigue of parts, I had to find something other. I was trying with an Android phone, then switched to CyanogenMod (as it was called these times) and I drawn the following conclusions: - Productivity applications are not only not pre...
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[14:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Mailed Malware-Containing CDs From China - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:39] <exec> 08└─I hate that government more and more all the time. Sure, the USA might be bad, but we're angels compared to China.
[14:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Mailed Malware-Containing CDs From China - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:41] <exec> 08└─China and Russia's values are the guiding light to which the current US administration aspires to attain.
[14:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Mailed Malware-Containing CDs From China - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:43] <exec> 08└─Call it intuition, but I've always hated any kind of automated thing that does something without my permission. One of the very first things I do to a new Windows install is to turn off autoplay, for this story topic's reasons.
[14:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Mailed Malware-Containing CDs From China - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:45] <exec> 08└─But did it bundle 1000 free hours of AOL and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4? I was under the impression the sort of idiots that might run this either were shunning perfectly useful CD/DVD drives or would not be able to see them on their computers over all their blue LEDs. Since we have dumbed desktop...
[14:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Mailed Malware-Containing CDs From China - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:47] <exec> 08└─Getting along with Russia, getting along with China and others is a good thing, not a bad thing. I’ve said that many times, for many years. Xi Jinping is a competitor. And a good competitor he is. And I think the word "competitor" is a compliment. Some folks think it’s China, they say, "oh, Chin...
[14:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Mailed Malware-Containing CDs From China - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:49] <exec> 08└─"Don't forget your "modern" computers and sell phones all came from freking china." Actually mine came from South Korea, with parts made in China, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Madagascar, Indonesia, France ...
[14:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:59] <exec> 08└─A little from column B, a little from column B.
[14:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:01] <exec> 08└─Is this administration really the most corrupt one since the 13 states' union Obama regime, or are they just flaunting their corruption the most openly?
[14:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03arulatas [3600] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:03] <exec> 08└─It is hard to get paid for something you have no effect on.
[14:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:23] <exec> 08└─Well, in this case, you're spot on. If these bugs are severe enough to lead to a deep enough compromise of that hated management engine serious enough that it enables the owner to replace the unknown code in there with code that serves the user rather than Intel or its masters, it indeed isn't a bad...
[14:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:25] <exec> 08└─These bugs are not their fault. They just cut and pasted some code by ast. Any bugs are the fault of the author.
[14:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:27] <exec> 08└─If management is good, then remote management must be even gooder.
[14:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:29] <exec> 08└─The NSA now has a new way of getting into Intel-based machines.
[14:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:31] <exec> 08└─It happens that my own email is mdcrawford@gmail.com. Most serious is that Dr. Crawford of I think Sydney Australia doesn't get the email that informs his hospital's staff that a particularly sick patient has arrived and is waiting for Dr. Crawford to transplant one of their organs. Most absurd is t...
[14:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:58] <exec> 08└─I believe we already covered this before [soylentnews.org]. I never did get answers to the questions I raised in my last post in that thread.
[14:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:59] <exec> 08└─Big fish eat little fish: Blue catfish are opportunistic predators and eat any species of fish they can catch, along with crawfish, freshwater mussels, frogs, and other readily available aquatic food sources.
[14:10:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:15] <exec> 08└─I agree with you, but also it does hint at the vacuousness of extremely lengthy copyrights. Not one of the artists who made those pixel graphic assets are getting residuals from SC2000. Even if they bought Maxis-cum-EA stock in their 401k, I can't imagine this lawsuit is a net positive on their boo...
[14:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:45] <exec> 08└─But did you get off this rock? Or get your rocks off?
[14:11:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:06] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(The_X-Files) [wikipedia.org]
[14:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:07] <exec> 08└─Of all the SF to make an accurate prediction, it had to be The Talos Principle.
[14:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:16] <exec> 08└─And it's nothing against this amazing site and its owners / admins. I'm here and it's awesome. It's that I have a slightly different view and I think this site would be (much) better if we could collectively vote certain trolls off. Not necessarily the person (as /. had to), but the comments that ar...
[14:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 066,000-Piece Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle is Truly Magical - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:43] <exec> 08└─... at least according to Terry Pratchett. As long as we're going to talk about "polishing your wand".
[14:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 066,000-Piece Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle is Truly Magical - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:44] <exec> 08└─A social commentary on the degree of effort and sophistication put into making "instant collectibles" tied into licensed intellectual properties, in particular items appearing to be toys yet produced at a price-point clearly intended for the adult collector, with a sidebar on the corruption of a fam...
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[15:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:45] <exec> 08└─Even the malware is cheaper from China. Also, a nod to the old venerable Albanian virus [imgur.com]
[15:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:47] <exec> 08└─Angels compared to China? It all depends on how you measure angelic and/or demonic. Yeah, I'll rank the US higher than China on most things, but we have to consider that I'm a westerner, and not an Asian.
[15:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Informative) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:00] <exec> 08└─You did not answer the question. Your bias is clear, and you also have every right to express your opinion. But please accept that in courteous company it is considered impolite - bordering on rude - to simply blurt out your own opinion while the other people are talking about a completely different...
[15:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:01] <exec> 08└─Why is this douchebag even allowed to choose? Make a damn law that if you have ever represented or worked for one or the other side, you simply can't sit on the case. Period.
[15:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:03] <exec> 08└─Oh, it's not a court case and he's not a judge. Not that I expected better from Mr. Shit-Eating Grin. But the same issue seems to come up with some frequency on the Supreme Court, too.
[15:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:05] <exec> 08└─Suggest a name change to Ajit Pay, just in case there were some confusions and/or mistaken expectations.
[15:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:08] <exec> 08└─you simply can't sit on the case.
[15:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:10] <exec> 08└─You did not answer the question. Your bias is clear, and you also have every right to express your opinion.
[15:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:12] <exec> 08└─You didn't study US History, did ya? Does Ulysses S. Grant ring any bells? Ya know, come to think of it, Grant and Trump may be more similar that I had thought. Grant was a fairly decent man, but naive and foolish. Helluva general, but a suckass president because he didn't understand people. Lemme t...
[15:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:38] <exec> 08└─Linux growth spoiled that. Shame, shame!
[15:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:39] <exec> 08└─AMD too with their equivalent (the PSP), through the latter recently took some positive steps [phoronix.com] in that regard. Linked Phoronix Article: With the latest AGESA update for Ryzen-based systems... AMD appears to... allow the PSP to be disabled by the user through their UEFI/BIOS area. [Redd...
[15:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:09] <exec> 08└─They're also delicious when battered in spiced up cornmeal, which is really the most important bit.
[15:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:10] <exec> 08└─I probably either got bored with the topic or had too many "foo posted a comment in reply to your comment" messages and just deleted them all. I'll answer today though. It's not about survival of the fittest, it's about being fit enough to survive your environment at all. If your species is so fragi...
[15:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 1090 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:28] <exec> 08└─> If programmers aren't keeping track of this kind of thing, or don't even understand that they need to, they can taint the entire codebase. While all this is true, should it be? > every line of code is mine or licensed (and documented, so I can prove where it came from), and every sprite, sound, mu...
[15:10:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 1841 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:30] <exec> 08└─It's really not that burdensome. Hell, it's one "Save As" or a small tag on a file. If we can "git blame" software writers, we sure as hell can put in a line about where a file that takes HOURS to make came from, and who made it, and what licence is was provided under. Compared to writing a game fro...
[15:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:28] <exec> 08└─May I suggest that you revisit the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, aka, Slick Willy, to see what he did with welfare? See, this is part of our problem in America - your side blames all the evils of government on the other side, while the other side blames all the evils on your side. Can...
[15:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:30] <exec> 08└─It might compound an existing maladaptive social behavior among some social groups,
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[16:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:45] <exec> 08└─Huawei have since had European employees attempt to make representations to VideoLAN developers about their devices exclusion from Google Play. There is even video of the encounter [youtube.com]
[16:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:46] <exec> 08└─I'm not familiar with Play's permission. How does VLC block a particular vendor? Does it detect a custom OS on install?
[16:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:49] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure it happens right on the storefront, not during install (and VideoLAN is not preventing anyone from sideloading it). https://play.google.com [google.com] Maybe something would show up where it currently says "You don't have any devices."...
[16:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:51] <exec> 08└─VLC seems to be getting worse on mobile. Right now, the current version is not able to continue playing when i replug the connector, but crashes. Atleast on my phone. It has worked fine before. The most annoying bug is still the variable pitch bug, where VLC changes the pitch of the song, especially...
[16:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:06] <exec> 08└─AutoPlay was one of those ideas that I can imagine software developers wold lobby for. When a special interest with money has to lobby for something, then you know it must be really extra special good. An alternate explanation is that Microsoft was stupid enough to create AutoPlay on their own. Micr...
[16:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:07] <exec> 08└─Yee ha! My sail phone don't come from dem durn places like China with slanty eyes. And it ain't got nun of dare parts inside. Oh, wait. Google's Nexus 6P is made by Huawei. Nevermind. (what was the saying: software controls the world, hardware controls the software, china controls the hardware)
[16:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:10] <exec> 08└─You're shit talking something that happened 20 years ago! It was a simpler time!
[16:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:12] <exec> 08└─Also malware from China is more likely to work correctly. Unlike the NSA accidentally creating the great Syrian internet outage of 2012 due to defective malware that was kindly added to Syrian routers at no charge.
[16:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 1380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:14] <exec> 08└─A popular Usenet and email joke sent around the world was that OMG!!! your computer could be infected by merely receiving an incoming email!!!! Of course it was a joke. There was no MIME. Email was pure text. All techies got the joke. Newbies would be frightened by the joke. Then, years later, after...
[16:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:16] <exec> 08└─Quit defending China. It makes you look like an ignorant imbecile.
[16:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:19] <exec> 08└─I am certain that nobody else except China has done this before. Well, and Russia. Probably Russian incel hackers put them up to it. They should be careful. The compact discs (they tell me this is abbreviated as "CDs") might have also been infested with Novichok! In fact, let me make sure to get my...
[16:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:21] <exec> 08└─One of the very first things I do to a new Windows install is to turn off autoplay, for this story topic's reasons.
[16:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:23] <exec> 08└─Yep. When you get accustomed to getting viruses and random adware on your computer... no-one's going to notice the quiet process sending your keystrokes back home.
[16:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:25] <exec> 08└─So I think this may be used by USA to enforce some mail-tampering acts. That's how it's done, now all of these "I-hate-china" people will happily welcome some hooknoses to put their noses into citizen's envelopes :). This group just seems to have no wide access to design-level in-hardware backdoors...
[16:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:28] <exec> 08└─should not attribute to stupidity what can be adequately explained by malice
[16:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:30] <exec> 08└─Think about how you got the CD. You went to the store and paid money for it. It was read-only. It came in a colorful box. Not that this was needed, but law enforcement could trace that box back to the people who created the CD. (follow the money, review warehouse/trucking records, etc.) There was re...
[16:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:32] <exec> 08└─I never have problems with autoplay.
[16:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:34] <exec> 08└─A wise man once said: "It could be Russia. But it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people." PROFF111!!1
[16:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:53] <exec> 08└─Nixon was pretty bad. I think he's the closest in corruption to our current Orangutan-in-Chief. (Apologies to orangutans for the comparison.)
[16:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 2094 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:55] <exec> 08└─In my experience, anyone who says a current president is the "most" anything in history, or "worst" anything in history, or "best" anything in history, is either someone who doesn't know history, or hopes their audience doesn't know history. As far as US presidents that might have a better claim on...
[16:10:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stormwyrm [717] 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 307 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:16] <exec> 08└─Well, in this case, you're spot on. If these bugs are severe enough to lead to a deep enough compromise of that hated management engine serious enough that it enables the owner to replace the unknown code in there with code that serves the user rather than Intel or its masters, it indeed isn't a bad...
[16:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:24] <exec> 08└─That is a Touché!
[16:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:26] <exec> 08└─Maybe one day I'll just mail all the reports to the owner of the vehicle telling them how I notified OnStar and the dealership about their personal information going to a stranger, with copies to news agencies. Or maybe not. What does Soylent think?
[16:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:40] <exec> 08└─You've contacted government and other agencies in the past. All of them have form letters ready, all they need do is put your name and return address on it, and send it to you. Apparently, they have form studies ready to release whenever anything "unusual" happens. They're stacked up on someone's de...
[16:10:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:41] <exec> 08└─It's the part where extreme events are happening every year or so instead of once every few decades.
[16:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:44] <exec> 08└─*throws a snowball!* All counterarguments are preempted for 2 turns!
[16:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 1138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:02] <exec> 08└─I see what you're saying. What I was getting at in my last post in our discussion was that, never mind any herculean conservation efforts and never mind whether our mere existence threatens another species in the same area -- there are humans knowingly performing careless actions that they are fully...
[16:11:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:03] <exec> 08└─There's nothing potential about these implications. Unless these proposals are rejected. Fight them, people! Evolution had already proper fucked that minnow. Killing off all the catfish, now that would be a loss.
[16:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:06] <exec> 08└─Just take a look at how many highly evolved predators they identify in the Business Insider link whose existence would be further threatened by this policy.
[16:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:08] <exec> 08└─Yeah, neither the jackasses fucking things up for everyone nor the "every species must be protected from our evil, evil selves" folks have properly functioning brains in their head.
[16:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:10] <exec> 08└─Threatened != actually harmed. Thus "potential".
[16:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:12] <exec> 08└─Threatened != actually harmed. Thus "potential".
[16:11:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:15] <exec> 08└─Wew! It sounds like a VERY SMART decision!!
[16:11:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:17] <exec> 08└─I'm not saying we should go around tearing up jack just because we can
[16:11:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:19] <exec> 08└─Evolution rewards resilience and adaptability, not predation.
[16:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:21] <exec> 08└─The right to be an asshole is important. That doesn't mean the rest of us have any duty to politely make no comment on said assholeishness. Call it out: "Dude, you're a goddamn fucking asshole, and I hate you. Please die in a fire yesterday."
[16:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 888 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:40] <exec> 08└─> It's really not that burdensome. Hell, it's one "Save As" or a small tag on a file. Smart viruses that reduce your system performance by only 1%, exercise a little restraint the better not to be noticed, aren't that burdensome either. How about automatic login, is that much of a burden removed? Ye...
[16:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:42] <exec> 08└─I spent a lot of time in SimCopter and Streets of Sim City. Driving/Flying around a city I built was really cool and satisfying. SimCopter was also right at my skill level: I cannot fly a helicopter in any proper flight simulator. Now, SimCity2000 does have some limitations (such as sloped terrain o...
[16:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remembering Star Trek TOS Sound Effects Guru Douglas Grindstaff, 1931-2018 - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:50] <exec> 08└─"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" --Leonard Nimoy
[16:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:45] <exec> 08└─There were clear examples (from Hawaii) of Japanese-Americans acting in favour of Japan.
[16:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 066,000-Piece Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle is Truly Magical - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:13] <exec> 08└─http://bash.org/?111338 [bash.org]
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[17:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 1118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:39] <exec> 08└─Maybe our definition of habitable is wrong? Consider our sample size of environments. Even considering extreme-o-philes. Sometime back there was an SN article about whether we would recognize intelligent life. After it was old news, something occurred to me. Maybe we have the question backward. Woul...
[17:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:51] <exec> 08└─I recently started using it on iOS and it is lackluster and difficult to use. Skips tracks for no reason, can’t toggle random play. Just bad.
[17:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:52] <exec> 08└─The most annoying bug is still the variable pitch bug, where VLC changes the pitch of the song, especially in the beginning. No fix even though that bug has been there who knows how long.
[17:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:54] <exec> 08└─I put VLC on my Chromebook. I would call it the best of a bad bunch. It has done fine on the desktop and recent major versions have fixed a lot of the annoying bugs. One interesting thing is that Chromebooks will soon support Chromebook apps, Android apps, and sandboxed Linux applications... and the...
[17:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:56] <exec> 08└─R.I.P. Golden Age of Computing 1937-2007 (ENIAC-iPhone) It's possible to manually disable these battery optimizations and have the app function properly in the background, but VLC claims that people often don't know how to do that, so they blame the app instead.
[17:09:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 105 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:06] <exec> 08└─China and Russia's values are the guiding light to which the current US administration aspires to attain.
[17:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:27] <exec> 08└─You can't call gaining an OS monopoly "stupid" and it wasn't "malicious".
[17:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:28] <exec> 08└─Why? I don't see the problem here. I think people should happily insert these CDs into their computers, and if this causes all kinds of havoc, then they got what they deserved. If you're running an OS that can be compromised by merely inserting an optical disc into the drive, you're doing something...
[17:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:31] <exec> 08└─I was burning CDs by about 1991. Not everyone was. I lived in an R&D playground with all kinds of toys. (not any more) But even at $400 for a Mac CD ROM burner with Toast software, (in early 1990 dollars) it was possible for bad people to burn CD ROMs. Leave a few of them in the restroom or parking...
[17:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:33] <exec> 08└─I don't think I was "defending" them. Just making a joke. But one can be an ignorant imbecile without defending China.
[17:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:35] <exec> 08└─I was thinking about that. But got distracted. I wonder how many of these CDs have malware specifically targeted at voting systems?
[17:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:37] <exec> 08└─Might not be for anything specific. If you can infect one agency, you could use the info gained to do convincing phishing attacks on other targets. However, we don't know that these discs were sent by the government or govt-backed groups. It could just be a lackluster attempt by criminals (who could...
[17:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:59] <exec> 08└─Well, it's at least the most corrupt since the Obama administration which played the same games with the FCC (for example, the appointment of Tom Wheeler [wikipedia.org] to the same position back in 2013). Well, hopefully we'll see the Trump administration take a huge hit in the 2018 elections and s...
[17:10:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 210 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:17] <exec> 08└─Tell me, is it a big deal if it's your car on which someone else could Manage your Engine...take over... at any time...? And further, suppose it has severe bugs, which allow hackers...access [with bad results]?
[17:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:30] <exec> 08└─And the supremely goodest thing is remote management which does not disturb the computer's user by leaving tracks or requiring permissions.
[17:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:31] <exec> 08└─http://www.obitsarchive.com/obituaries/usa/louisiana?lname=Crawford&fname=Marion&formDate=&kwinc=&sort=dsc [obitsarchive.com] Marion Lucille Crawford Spann, deceased in Baton Rouge, 1/20/2017. Another Marion Crawford died April 28, 2000, but he's not likely your Crawford. Marion seems a masculine na...
[17:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:33] <exec> 08└─Pretty much by definition. The NSA advises/controls purchases for millions of computers deemed "sensitive". Intel has regular meetings with them to show them the latest boot/firmware code, in exchange for which they occasionally get told to fix a bug or two, and get to sell to that market.
[17:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:36] <exec> 08└─Show us on the teddy bear where pedobear touchéd you.
[17:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:38] <exec> 08└─Even much more better is if the remote management can be done when the user has "turned off" the computer.
[17:10:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:55] <exec> 08└─From what I understood, the hot weather is due mainly to the temperature. No need to blame some grand theory about climate change.
[17:10:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:57] <exec> 08└─I never recall a "polar vortex" prior to the one a few years back
[17:10:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:59] <exec> 08└─SO WICH IS IT COOLING OR HEATING YOU CANT KEEP YOU LIES STRIGHT ANY MORE!!1111
[17:11:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:01] <exec> 08└─So no actual trend then. This could just be one freak year and next one could be normal again
[17:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:03] <exec> 08└─As GW is a chinese invention, this can be seen as a chinese weapon at work.
[17:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:05] <exec> 08└─I know right? It is like when I spill water on the floor people always blame me, but I keep trying to point out that the reason the floor is wet is because there was water in the cup that fell. No need for any grand theories that I might a clumsy fool.
[17:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:34] <exec> 08└─The right to be an asshole is vital but your right to swing your fist ends short of my nose. It's not a complex notion. Any child old enough to speak intelligibly should be able to grasp it.
[17:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:35] <exec> 08└─In the context of this article you are correct. In the context of this thread you are not. "Threatened by this policy" and "Threatened" as a classification do not mean the same thing.
[17:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:38] <exec> 08└─The problem with this simplistic view is it ignores the fact that many assholeric actions will lead to harm indirectly. Azuma gave a good example a while back of selling toothpaste containing radium. Even more indirectly, advertising the toothpaste or buying shares in the company that sells that too...
[17:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 1702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:40] <exec> 08└─This is no different from the Civil Asset Forfeiture laws that are so often condemned here on SoylentNews. Our constitution prohibits taking private property without compensation. Because the Endangered Species Act blocks landowners from developing their land, it can only be constitutional if we pay...
[17:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:42] <exec> 08└─In the Business Insider article they give several examples of (profitable) human activity that was killing off some of these species until that activity was restricted via the introduction of the ESA protections. So yes, strictly speaking, the changes in policy are only "potentially" threatening to...
[17:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:44] <exec> 08└─Don't be an asshole yourself, and address people politely, so to raise your chances of getting what you request. For example: "Dear Sir, your behavior is being perceived as indicative that you are a goddamn fucking asshole, and inciting feeling of hate towards you. Would you be so kind as to promptl...
[17:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:47] <exec> 08└─Fewer minnows, fewer catfish. Fewer catfish, fewer catfish dinners for you.
[17:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:49] <exec> 08└─"fuck you, got mine"(TM)
[17:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:51] <exec> 08└─You've gone above his pay grade. We'll have to wait for The Almighty Buzzard to show up.
[17:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 704 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:12] <exec> 08└─We've had open-source game remakes like this for a very long time now, including the open-source DOOM engines (which was actually the real thing, not a remake, but the point is the same here). Doesn't everyone know by now that you can't include the original game's assets with the open-source code? A...
[17:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oregon's Multnomah County Library Launches Music Streaming Service - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:44] <exec> 08└─Another splendid tale. Have you a single tome of collected works? I wish to purchase your writings in a book and donate it to the library.
[17:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:15] <exec> 08└─Don't worry - the taxpayers will eventually cover it. A little extra time here, a little extra time there for 384 happy customers inmates at $45k/year each.
[17:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 3106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:16:28] <exec> 08└─It isn't just systemd, it is the entire ecosystem it is layering around itself in a clearly announced plan to "replace UNIX". We, the UNIX community at the core of GNU/Linux/X, see invaders who see our accumulated works as something to kill and wear its skin as they try to use it to market their new...
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[18:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 983 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:39] <exec> 08└─The "habitable zone" concept doesn't say "On any planet in the habitable zone, you can find ETs." It says "If you're looking for carbon-and-water-based ETs, you almost definitely won't find them outside of this area because there isn't liquid water there barring some other heat source." It was creat...
[18:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:40] <exec> 08└─It's funny that we have the balls to define a habitable zone for other planets when the only planet we know of with life is Earth. Hard to generalize from a sample size that small. Do we define it as a "zone" exactly like Earth's? Because it sure hasn't been found in Venus or Mars.
[18:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:43] <exec> 08└─I prefer the term "Goldilocks zone", there is nothing implicit in the term "habital zone" to suggest a suitable habitat for human life.
[18:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 1134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:45] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing that near mindless microbial life is much more common than intelligent life. Consider Earth's history. For about 3 billion years, microbial life was all that existed on Earth. It's only the last 0.5 to 1 billion years that had animal and plant life, and then, life intelligent enough to...
[18:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 2134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:47] <exec> 08└─NASA Asks: Will We Know Life When We See It? [soylentnews.org] I think these questions are pretty overblown and you have the right idea. There could be major differences, but there will probably be enough information to figure it out (once our telescopes are capable enough). We ask stuff like, "Woul...
[18:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:49] <exec> 08└─> Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? Since the Administration is busy redefining "allies", "trade" and even "safely breathable air", I thought that title meant the Department of Housing and Urban development was about to thoroughly redefine "habitable zone" to both deny the existence of homeless...
[18:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:52] <exec> 08└─Or they completely understand the concept but want to make sure that the zones we are defining actually mean what we think they mean. Adjust the zone to fit the star parameters, predict the future of the zone based on the star's age, etc.
[18:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:54] <exec> 08└─That's it. You've been banned from Elysium.
[18:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:09] <exec> 08└─I installed the Android VLC on my Pixelbook. It works. But I can have a superior experience running VLC under Xfce chrooted with Crouton. The Linux VLC has better controls and UI. And it is native Intel code. I don't actually know whether the Android VLC is ARM code, or whether there is an Intel com...
[18:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:11] <exec> 08└─It is, i don't know why it should be doing any stretching though.
[18:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:13] <exec> 08└─What's worse than a phone with a camera and mic that can be "remote managed"? A TV in your home with a camera and mic that is remote managed. Most people at least know that their phone is a privacy invasion tool. But the TV seems perfectly safe. What could go wrong? No political leadership would eve...
[18:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:15] <exec> 08└─It is, i don't know why it should be doing any stretching though.
[18:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:17] <exec> 08└─The VLC developers tweeted that the APK is available from their website. Also, I seem to remember that VLC used to be available in the F-Droid repository. For those who aren't familiar with F-Droid, it's an "app store" where the apps are mostly (all?) gratis and open-source.
[18:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:53] <exec> 08└─I’ve said that many times, for many years.
[18:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:55] <exec> 08└─-1 hate speech
[18:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:18] <exec> 08└─I did answer the question
[18:10:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:53] <exec> 08└─alright... its 6.5hrs later, none of the posters seem to have read the details of the neat and easy to verify subnet-takeover exploit while the top-rated post is about cars.
[18:11:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 1212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:16] <exec> 08└─I think the shill astroturfer has a good point here. That's your argument? Then you can't be too smart. The obvious rebuttal here is that we weren't looking for most of those extreme events past a few decades ago. Even in the complete absence of any sort of climate change, we would expect to see fre...
[18:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:54] <exec> 08└─Yours is a twisted notion that the Earth is here purely for human use and exploitation. I hear your reasons and understand why you and others would do such fucked up things, but that does not excuse the ecological destruction you engage in. You may think that your little piece of property is no big...
[18:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:55] <exec> 08└─After huge regions started getting blocked off every time a nest of some useless animal got discovered, the owners determined that they couldn't bear the risk anymore. They would clear-cut the whole thing, running it as a normal tree farm without any of that old-growth foolishness.
[18:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:57] <exec> 08└─If all else fails, perhaps this could become a SoylentNews T shirt slogan? fuck you, got mine or fuck you, want yours depending on your affiliation. Or one slogan on the front, the other on the back. Reversible? Hey, why stop at that? Baseball caps. MNNGA. Making News For Nerds Great Again!
[18:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:00] <exec> 08└─They threatened to clear cut and the gov gave up.
[18:12:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:52] <exec> 08└─Don't have a powerful telescope, so I can't check firsthand: Doesn't the planet-wide sandstorm hide most of the usual features ? The closest approach 15 years ago was pretty amazing. Some people brought telescopes to the Chicago lakefront. With the motorized 12", you could clearly see the ice cap, a...
[18:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:16] <exec> 08└─I remember hearing that 10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck.
[18:14:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 871 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:58] <exec> 08└─I know I'm going to regret asking, but how was the Federal Reserve a worse mistake? Have you seen the history of banking in the U.S. prior to it? Yes, there are economists who have argued that the Fed's policies in the 1920s significantly contributed to the great depression. But aside from that cris...
[18:15:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:30] <exec> 08└─My understanding is that some people are under the delusion that stuffing currency in their mattress is supposed to be a sound investment strategy. And for the real goldbugs, the US dollar has been about to collapse for 30+ years, which puts them in the same category as those who are disappointed th...
[18:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 1466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:43] <exec> 08└─Again, are Poettering and Red Hat hunting down the Debian devs and blackmailing them into using systemd? Are they going after SysV init, Upstart, Runit, and GNU Shepherd maintainers and assassinating them? Is systemd under a proprietary license? The people adopting it are using it because it seems...
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[19:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 1197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:58] <exec> 08└─We do have multiple environments on our n=1 Earth. The average temperature is just an average. The "habitable zone" is just a range where liquid water MIGHT be present SOMEWHERE on the surface, if other factors are right. Venus and Mars may be considered part of the "habitable zone", but other condi...
[19:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:00] <exec> 08└─I dunno about you but my definition includes at least one air conditioner and the means to power it.
[19:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:02] <exec> 08└─Well, our hypothetical alien friends would need to have a culture of science, technological development, and astronomy spanning centuries in order to even get to that point.
[19:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:04] <exec> 08└─We do have multiple environments on our n=1 Earth. The average temperature is just an average. The "habitable zone"
[19:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:24] <exec> 08└─VideoLAN was right to ban Huawei phones from downloading VLC, but it's users that lose
[19:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:25] <exec> 08└─That I use it is because iTunes has always made me even _angrier_: I have a couple tracks that I ripped with iTunes back when my ex gave me my very first MP3 player. That those tracks both exhibit iTunes' stale buffer bug is evidenced by short snippets of entirely different tracks appearing in them.
[19:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:27] <exec> 08└─I develop an Android app, and Android is becoming progressively more annoying with apps that run a "service", ie background process. At first it was an icon in the task bar, now its unsettling users by claiming the app is "wasting battery". Our app has traditionally been a front end and a daemon tha...
[19:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:30] <exec> 08└─Maybe it is more important to maintain a good impression and high ratings than to allow it to be installed on broken Huawei hardware. When it gets fixed up in a month or two, most Huawei users will be none the wiser.
[19:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:32] <exec> 08└─I read about that in The Columbian - the Vancouver Washington rag - in I think 2014: The shows you watch are reported back to the cable company so they can send your TV personalized ads. I Am Absolutely Serious. There is no doubt in my mind that such personalized ads affected the outcome of the 2016...
[19:10:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:33] <exec> 08└─But please accept that in courteous company
[19:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:10] <exec> 08└─I was just _joking_ about Marion's suicide.
[19:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:34] <exec> 08└─HAARP is not chinese, and the stuff chemtrails are made of is not chinese either. Signed, a totally not chinese shill.
[19:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:17] <exec> 08└─What, exactly, does "blocked off" mean if "blocked off" regions of forest may still be clear cut?
[19:12:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:18] <exec> 08└─Blocked off = gov said don't cut trees in a certain area. So not physically surrounded by 50 ft tall concrete walls.
[19:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:12] <exec> 08└─Well, my telescope is not very strong. It was my daughters when she was growing up so it's probably closer to a toy than a real telescope, but I was able to see color variations and some formations. I'm not an amateur astronomer or anything, but I can find a planet and it was pretty cool to look at...
[19:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:14] <exec> 08└─No, the trick is, you have to look UP.
[19:15:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:52] <exec> 08└─I would argue that the the creation of the Federal Reserve, where the USA handed control of its money to a Jewish Cabal, was a pretty big mistake.
[19:15:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TSA is Tracking Regular Travelers Like Terrorists in Secret Surveillance Program - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:54] <exec> 08└─So we need 100% freedom of speech, except for that annoying guy. He needs to go. Lawl, don't make absolute statements if you are going to waffle on them within 3 seconds.
[19:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Guide to Using Android Without Selling Your Soul to Google - 976 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:07] <exec> 08└─Physical violence probably wasn't involved but there was a lot of very nasty backroom politics around Debian being assimilated into RedHat's ecosystem that left enough ill will it is doubtful it blows over. Apparently the major (at least publicly stated) reason for the switch was just that, to be be...
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[20:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:41] <exec> 08└─Are the atoms "used up" after smashing together or do they slowly reassemble themselves over time from the junk heap of smashed atom pieces?
[20:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:02] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing that near mindless microbial life is much more common than intelligent life.
[20:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:04] <exec> 08└─if the best surface or near surface ores they geologically have access to are varieties of lava pumice
[20:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 939 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:06] <exec> 08└─Well, remember, it works both ways, and now that we have upgraded from 2 genders to 1488 genders, there's plenty of other weird redefinition going on in the NewSpeak world. For example, as an Apache-Attack-Helicopter-Kin my habitable zone is limited such that I can only reproduce in a world wide emp...
[20:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:08] <exec> 08└─If you're "fine tuning" a wild-assed guess, you're doing it wrong. However, as the case of the Solar System shows, HZs do not necessary mean a planet can support life. Even though Mars and Venus are at the inner and the outer edge of the Sun's HZ (respectively), neither is capable of supporting life...
[20:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:11] <exec> 08└─a new study suggests that it might be time to refine our definition of habitable zones.
[20:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:13] <exec> 08└─"Habitable zone" as in "planets in this zone might be habitable", yeah. Sounds like this is another case of "we subjectively have too many planets in the solar system, so let's get rid of some of them." YMMV, for some values of "too many."
[20:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:15] <exec> 08└─boooOOOOOOOooooo
[20:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:17] <exec> 08└─Multiple environments also includes stuff like hydrothermal vents, geysers, and arctic oceans where life nonetheless exists despite being extremes compared to our average conditions. Some exoplanets/exomoons are going to have life that exists almost entirely "on the edge". And if there's no water on...
[20:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:20] <exec> 08└─There's some nasty dependency gating... Given a heavy industrial steel civilization, you can implement an aluminum civilization, but there's strong chemistry reasons you can't implement an aluminum based civilization first. We might be able to develop a silicon based material science... only possibl...
[20:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:44] <exec> 08└─I'd say camera/mic remote management on a phone is much worse, as you can cover up the TV camera/mic permanently without affecting its TV functionality. Plus, political leadership nowadays can probably get that info directly from a broadcaster that uploads data from its set-top boxes. Monitoring the...
[20:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:24] <exec> 08└─Wait, these machines have optical drives in them? I haven't had a computer that came with an optical drive in a decade. Haven't seen them in a while on friends machines, or at businesses, etc, either.
[20:10:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:25] <exec> 08└─China, very tough competitor. Very smart cookies. 22 million accounts were hacked in this country by China. Obama's Office of Personal Management, his OPM. That one was a biggie. Obama didn't want to say China, I'm saying China. It was China, folks. Big hacking job out of China.
[20:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:50] <exec> 08└─Dr. Zaius 2020! Zaius! Zaius! Zaius!
[20:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:27] <exec> 08└─I dunno about the rest of them but I don't particularly care about the details. I'm using pre-PSP AMD chips in all my local boxen still. And likely will be as long as they live or I can get replacement parts. Or until RISC-V becomes a viable alternative.
[20:11:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:29] <exec> 08└─Douché.
[20:11:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:31] <exec> 08└─Damn you, stackoverflow!
[20:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:33] <exec> 08└─alright... its 6.5hrs later, none of the posters seem to have read the details of the neat and easy to verify subnet-takeover exploit while the top-rated post is about cars.
[20:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:58] <exec> 08└─The obvious rebuttal here is that we weren't looking for most of those extreme events past a few decades ago.
[20:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:43] <exec> 08└─So would I be correct in assuming there were at least three alternatives under consideration? 1. Acquiesce to the government's restriction of the use of their property. (Likely with negative repercussions for the value of the property.) 2. Continue using the property, including blocked off areas, as...
[20:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:44] <exec> 08└─Bullshit. That's not remotely indirect. Selling poison that you know is poison as something other than poison is about as direct as it gets. Unless you can come up with an example that actually fits what you're claiming is a flaw in my reasoning, you lose this debate.
[20:12:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:46] <exec> 08└─Make Anal Greek Again
[20:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:49] <exec> 08└─Viable argument but only if nothing fills the niche after the extinction of those minnows. Also, it would need to not be a stream as catfish generally don't do streams. Evaluating the overall impact is perfectly reasonable but protecting one unremarkable and poorly evolved species that can only live...
[20:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Idaho Inmates Hack Prison System And Steal $225,000 In Credits - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:18] <exec> 08└─We used to collect kites and roll them up into sections that could be combined into a long stick to push the TV buttons through the bars.
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[21:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Launch of Boeing's Starliner Commercial Crew Vehicle Could be Delayed by Thruster Issue - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:42] <exec> 08└─You say that like it's a bad thing.
[21:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:50] <exec> 08└─When there are too many, or not enough, electrons to balance the charge on a nucleus, that's an ion. However, it's unusual for ions to be as highly charged as these are: lead has an atomic number of 82, so with just one electron these ions have a charge of +81.
[21:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:52] <exec> 08└─The Emmenthals accelerate lead at CERN and nobody bats an eye. Trump wants Americans to accelerate lead pellets to quite slower speeds and everybody loses their minds.
[21:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:54] <exec> 08└─A UCLA grad student told me about this when I spent the summer of '93 there so I could write my UCSC Senior Thesis. There was speculation that in extremely densely packed nucleons - protons and nucleons - that quarks could break free and enter an unbound state. Unbound quarks have never been observe...
[21:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 1549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:24] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world [wikipedia.org] Islamic astronomy comprises the astronomical developments made in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age (9th–13th centuries), and mostly written in the Arabic language. These developments...
[21:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 1228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:25] <exec> 08└─It's an intriguing idea I want to happen and I'm sure it's possible. I can see some possible problems though. Once neurons in the brain have built a network of connections to one another, that pattern of connections mostly stays there for a long time. If you've got microbes that aren't physically at...
[21:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:27] <exec> 08└─Maybe Goldilocks is getting less picky in her old age.
[21:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:34] <exec> 08└─Hell yeah! We just bomb our enemies straight up instead of selling plastic sh#t to them. Oh there weren't any WMDs? Honest mistake.
[21:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:35] <exec> 08└─I don't think I was "defending" them. Just making a joke.
[21:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:38] <exec> 08└─China doesn't think much better about you either. And they're just as morally self-righteous as Americans are. And with a chip on their shoulder for being "oppressed" by everyone else.
[21:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:40] <exec> 08└─I was handling CD ROMs around 1988, but I am surprised that a burner was only $400 in 1991. I think I paid $200 for my first one in 1998. How much would the hard drive array have cost to hold the CD ROM source data (assuming the image was built on the fly)? I don't think I remember blanks being offe...
[21:10:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Revek [5022] 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 56 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:48] <exec> 08└─How can he manipulate the investigation if he does that.
[21:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:46] <exec> 08└─Please make a senator encryption backdoor analogy.
[21:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:13] <exec> 08└─IS THIS TOPIC TOO COMPLEX FOR YOU?
[21:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:01] <exec> 08└─Duuuumbaaaaassss Removing the regulations thst prevented the toothpaste being sold is the indirect action. "Regulations are strangling our businesses! Environmental regulations cost too much to follow properly and are destroying our businesses!" Ok lets five them freedom. Oh look, someone started do...
[21:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:03] <exec> 08└─The answer is #1 and the owners can lump it as the minor devaluationnof the land is a smaller issue than the survival of an entire species. But here we will just disagree. To answer your question about 2 vs 3, in 2 they will get government fines and court cases. #3 would probably result in a lawsuit...
[21:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:05] <exec> 08└─I'm just confused about why #3 would work. I'm under the impression that, transnational corporations (and others above the law) excluded, threatening to break more laws isn't a strategy that works to prevent enforcement action. btw, I swear I've seen OP's scenario before, and it sounds like an urban...
[21:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:07] <exec> 08└─You call out my "selfishness and greed", but you won't pay for the property you take from me? Why won't you pay? Don't you care enough about the environment to pay? Do you suffer from "selfishness and greed"? It is not "selfishness and greed" to merely ask that I get proper compensation for that whi...
[21:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:09] <exec> 08└─I mean the "whole thing" to the maximum extent that is legal, getting the remaining parts as soon as the nests go empty. I forget the numbers, so I'll make up some that are vaguely typical: Every time some... bird or whatever... gets discovered, a region with a 1-mile radius gets blocked off. There...
[21:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:12] <exec> 08└─I did not say a single thing about taking your land away. If your land is taken then yes you should be compensated for it. If you are simply told that there are certain activities you are not allowed to engage in, well that should be handled on a case by case basis and is exactly why we have courts...
[21:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:14] <exec> 08└─You've seen it before because it actually happened, and thus it is frequently mentioned in these discussions. I encourage everyone to copy-and-paste it at will or, better yet, dig up one of the well-researched articles and write a nicer version with Wikipedia-grade references.
[21:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:16] <exec> 08└─The Earth *IS* here purely for human use and exploitation. Haven't you read the Book of Genesis? It is our God given right to do as we see fit! DISCLAIMER: I am an atheist. Please read the above sarcastically.
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[22:08:51] <exec> 08└─Erin was a little boy around the age of nine. He was precocious, kind, and well-liked by everyone at and outside of his school. And today was a very special day for Erin. You see, it was his first time. His first time. It was his first time being brutally raped in the anus. It was his first time hav...
[22:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Launch of Boeing's Starliner Commercial Crew Vehicle Could be Delayed by Thruster Issue - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:53] <exec> 08└─If SpaceX got the kind of money that ULA gets, I wonder what they would be able to do?
[22:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Launch of Boeing's Starliner Commercial Crew Vehicle Could be Delayed by Thruster Issue - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:55] <exec> 08└─Too much money can be a curse. Just look at Mozilla. However, if BFR and Starlink are successful, SpaceX could be rolling in a lot of dough in 10 years. In fact, they predict that Starlink will be the company's biggest source of revenue [soylentnews.org], not launch services.
[22:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:06] <exec> 08└─Most of the atoms don't get smashed, they end up in a big chunk of graphite [symmetrymagazine.org].
[22:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:07] <exec> 08└─CERN isn't making gold out of all that flying lead.
[22:09:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:41] <exec> 08└─As clearly shown by venus, earth, the moon, and mars the temperature depends on how thick the atmosphere is. The brightness of the star and distance from it are only one part.
[22:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:42] <exec> 08└─Let's just call it dwarf-habitable zone.
[22:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:44] <exec> 08└─"The habitable zone is for loading and unloading of humans only." "No, the inhabitable zone is for loading and unloading of humans only." "This is really about me wanting in your black hole, isn't it?" "It's my black hole and it's being affected by a ring of fire, so yes, I don't want you near there...
[22:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Redefine the "Habitable Zone"? - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:46] <exec> 08└─Sure. But if you have the right atmospheric density but the wrong distance to the star, the planet isn't so habitable anymore. Distance to the star can also have a strong influence on that atmosphere, e.g. Venus.
[22:10:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. State and Local Governments Receive Malware-Containing CDs Mailed from China - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:56] <exec> 08└─I'm going from memory on the pricing. It might have been much higher in 1991. I think I bought my first personal burner for $400 ish and it was probably more like 1996 or 97.
[22:11:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:23] <exec> 08└─No you were clearly biased yourself. Its called being a hypocrite.
[22:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:24] <exec> 08└─In my experience
[22:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:27] <exec> 08└─Well, it's at least the most corrupt since the Obama administration which played the same games with the FCC
[22:11:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:29] <exec> 08└─It is hard to get paid for something you have no effect on.
[22:11:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 954 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:45] <exec> 08└─Got to use a car analogy here. Tell me, is it a big deal if it's your car on which someone else could Manage your Engine? Suppose it could take over the controls at any time and drive your car with you and yours in it to any destination they like. Maybe to the nearest police station, after informing...
[22:12:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel Management Engine Bugs - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:11] <exec> 08└─Intel has been patching old firmwares, sometimes even multiple times... but they only distribute some of them, nevermind all are marked as ready. Example with two unreleased updates (or three, where is 0x08?) https://bugs.debian.org [debian.org] So why update them an...
[22:12:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:39] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation [wikipedia.org] We're in the last 10% of the current ice age. What happens in an ice age? Well things get cooler. What happens when you exit an ice age?
[22:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03oldmac31310 [4521] (Score: 1) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:40] <exec> 08└─What? You find 29C extreme? The forecast for tomorrow, here in NY is 85F (about the same as 29C) with thunder storms (so very humid). Not much fun, but not really extreme at all. It depends on what you are accustomed to I suppose.
[22:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:37] <exec> 08└─I have no idea if there is any truth to the supposed situation. #3 shouldn't work, but possibly the EPA or state version decided to back off their regulations in order to prevent a larger catastrophe. Most likely this is some bullshit put forth by VIM dude to try and subtly get people to prove the p...
[22:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:38] <exec> 08└─Making this shit up as you go along, eh? Reckon you could justify even one sentence of that if I were to decide it was worth my time to argue with you?
[22:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:40] <exec> 08└─Reckon I could, think your brain could handle realizing you are wrong?
[22:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:43] <exec> 08└─"Let's just remove the regulation on spreading known toxic stuff [nytimes.com] on fields while untrained unprotected people are around" - Trump Admin
[22:13:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:45] <exec> 08└─I'm a programmer. If I weren't wrong and had to correct myself all the time, I'd have programmed ALL OF THE THINGS already and retired.
[22:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 1217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:07] <exec> 08└─(see other long comment) One thing I could imagine would be adding random "noise" when translating a SC2K map into a Copter/Streets-like 3D form. Mountains gain random adjustments to the slopes, so that they look better up close (even though they can look pretty good at a distance [patcoston.com])....
[22:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:41] <exec> 08└─Would it be possible for submissions to be marked as "time sensitive"? Fat lot of good it did us saying that Mars is really visible from the 27th to the 30th, then the story gets posted on the 31st, didn't it? ;)
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[23:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Discover a New Shape: The "Scutoid" - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:37] <exec> 08└─some different drawings and articles from around the Web: https://www.newscientist.com [newscientist.com] https://www.mirror.co.uk [mirror.co.uk] https://en.wiki...
[23:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Lead "Atoms" - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:02] <exec> 08└─http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/?q=FAQ-why-lead-ions [web.cern.ch] The full beauty of elliptical flow has now been observed again with lead lead collisions at the LHC by ALICE. The lesson learned is that when heavy ions of mass around 200 collide, the observed flow supports the picture of a dense fi...
[23:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06VideoLAN Blacklists Huawei Phones on Google Play - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:04] <exec> 08└─As a user, I can't say I feel sorry for your challenge and agree with the Android requirement. Your app may specifically have the right requirements/conditions to run an active daemon all the time, but that should not be the default case as most apps don't really need it and Android pushing for "wak...
[23:11:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:19] <exec> 08└─Seems like something he'd do.
[23:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:31] <exec> 08└─Gotta love these millennial "scientists" who twist and cherrypick the facts to fit their theories. Summer is hot... oh no, global warming! Where were these "scientists" to explain last winter, which was one of the coldest in recent memory?
[23:12:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Heatwave was Triggered by Climate Change, According to new Research - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:32] <exec> 08└─Science harder bruh.
[23:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:34] <exec> 08└─Suppose the government wants an easement across your lot. To put your emotions the other way, let's say it is for something environmentally awful. The government will use the easement to taxi C-5 Galaxy cargo planes into a hanger. The easement happens to span your whole property... so sorry, but at...
[23:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:35] <exec> 08└─BRILLIANT! So you're wrong and you have no problem readjusting your FYGM worldview to more closely match reality. I'm glad, for a while there it was looking like you might actually buy a MAGA hat.
[23:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:37] <exec> 08└─There is no taking happening, your attempt to make an example I'd care about doesn't match the first scenario. There are a LOT of things you are not allowed to do with your own private property, this is an extension of such prohibitions. Car analogy time! 1st scenario: Police tell you that you can't...
[23:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:40] <exec> 08└─Paving over a wetland created Boston's Back Bay and it created San Francisco's eastern (SoMa?) area. Some of those places were salt marsh, and now all the endangered critters there are DEAD DEAD DEAD. Rural folk, those "red state" MAGA people, just want to do the same. Your answer: "fuck you, got mi...
[23:13:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06EA Takes Down ‘Open Source’ SimCity 2000 Remake - 460 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:56] <exec> 08└─I agree with you, but also it does hint at the vacuousness of extremely lengthy copyrights. Not one of the artists who made those pixel graphic assets are getting residuals from SC2000. Even if they bought Maxis-cum-EA stock in their 401k, I can't imagine this lawsuit is a net positive on their boo...
[23:14:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Go Outside and See Mars! - 79 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:27] <exec> 08└─The graphics and physics are amazing, but the difficulty balance is utter shit.
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