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[00:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:23] <exec> 08└─I used to be a respected DARPA scientist. Then I started reading Breitbart, Infowars, and the Drudge Report. DARPA decided that those were not valid inputs to their AI, and kicked me to the curb. What starts here starts from the top, and Hillary is in charge of all DARPA.
[00:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:24] <exec> 08└─EF thinks Hillary is in charge... whooooo.
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[00:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 1308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:29] <exec> 08└─The man's - Yuipson's - eyes opened wide in shock. That was too fast. Sure, he knew how fragile these were, but still, that was much too fast. Frustrated, Yuipson grabbed the next one and began angrily pumping. This process of moving from one to the next was known as 'The Shuffling'. And shuffle he...
[00:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Filmmaker Convicted of Espionage in Cambodia - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:53] <exec> 08└─Current govt pride themselves to have "stopped the boats". The way they did it: 1. declared that any refugee coming by boat will never be resettled in Australia... 2. ... so that anyone who did was interned into camps on Pacific Islands But then they had to resettled them somewhere. One of these pla...
[00:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:24] <exec> 08└─The energy savings are a myth: https://www.scientificamerican.com [scientificamerican.com] In 2006 Indiana instituted daylight saving statewide for the first time. (Before then, daylight time confusingly was in effect in just a handful of Indiana’s c...
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[00:43:25] <exec> 08└─Oops, I forgot to add: FUCK DST
[00:44:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06"The Internet of Garbage" - 650 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:48] <exec> 08└─Diversity + Proximity + Tolerance works just fine. You only get war when one subgroup refuses to stay out of their neighbors business and just live and let live. Why do you care what color skin your neighbor has, who they have sex with, or what god they worship? So long as they're not trying to forc...
[00:52:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Goats Prefer Happy Human Faces - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:58] <exec> 08└─The Palestinians have run into plenty of jews over the course of their lives.
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[01:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Physics to Predict Crowd Behavior - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:36] <exec> 08└─https://www.google.com.au/search?q=crowd%20behaviour [google.com.au] 30 million hits Just because this time you have "an app" doesn't make it *different*, it just means your data points can be collected differently.
[01:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Physics to Predict Crowd Behavior - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:37] <exec> 08└─The difficulty of measuring crowds, which may exhibit dangerous behaviors ... I already made the Inauguration joke today!
[01:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:30] <exec> 08└─Australia?... DST will not change unless there is a revolution or a meteor strike. I'm voting for the meteor.
[01:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:32] <exec> 08└─Just think of the missed appointments!
[01:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:34] <exec> 08└─Touch the wires and see if it bites you.
[01:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:37] <exec> 08└─I think the AC's mistake is actually a good idea. If I have to get up and drive to work in the dark anyway, I might as well get an hour of daylight in the evenings.
[01:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:39] <exec> 08└─The sun rises earlier in winter, does it?
[01:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06When ISPs Tell Seniors Net Neutrality Laws Will Increase Their Bills, They’re Lying and Losing - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:13] <exec> 08└─What's deceptive about it? Why don't they add line items for all their overhead costs that they're passing on the the consumer...$.05 for donuts and coffee?
[01:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches 2014 MU69; OSIRIS-REx Nears 101955 Bennu - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:35] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I've pulled Three Body out to read again. Like a couple other extra-large stories, once finishing it, coming back to the beginning seems alien.
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[02:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:44] <exec> 08└─Heh heh heh. Heh heh heh heh. Gas emissions. [Hey, Zuma, you stupid bitch twat! Here's your obligatory Beavis and Fuckhead reference!]
[02:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:55] <exec> 08└─First we had a "The Internet of Garbage" story, which featured The Verge and now another garbage which contains the phrase: "English or Chinese or Hebrew." Why the hell Hebrew, which is spoken by almost no one and the ones speaking it might die in a horrific war they start, so better use another lan...
[02:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:57] <exec> 08└─Aww poor little troll got triggered out of his mind. So sad, much woe. Too bad for you your worldview is crumbling, that existential crisis is gonna be one hell of a ride when it finally hits you.
[02:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:02] <exec> 08└─Run some online poll where a few percent respond and then claim the result is representative of the people's will. Why don't they have a real referendum? That might set an uncomfortable precedent.
[02:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sapphire Clock may Hold key to Australian Defence System - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:46] <exec> 08└─a 'clock' is a general term for things that deal with time. frequency is also a 'thing' related to time. so is phase. having a very stable and low-jitter 'clock' brings many measurement benefits. perhaps that's enough info for you?
[02:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sapphire Clock may Hold key to Australian Defence System - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:47] <exec> 08└─african or domestic?
[02:48:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06Sexy Selfies: Science Reveals Women use Selfies to Compete - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:49] <exec> 08└─Having the goods isn't enough to keep someone around; you've got to have personality to accomplish that.
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[03:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:24] <exec> 08└─Production is only a half of the equation. The other is consumption. For example, China doesn't produce much (any?) oil, but consume a humongous amount. American both produces and consumes probably the most per capita.
[03:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:25] <exec> 08└─I heard somewhere about a research project to create an internal combustion engine that is rugged enough to burn the gas that is normally flared. Not a straightforward problem--while it may be mostly methane(?), it can be full of nasty stuff that would normally be cleaned up before distribution. Any...
[03:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Waters off New England in Midst of Record Year for Warmth - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:05] <exec> 08└─"Uh actually things have changed before" without omitting "Changes at this rate of change have only ever accompanied mass extinctions in the past" second half of that thought.
[03:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Waters off New England in Midst of Record Year for Warmth - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:07] <exec> 08└─But those actions aren't making the the great barrier reef not dead.
[03:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When ISPs Tell Seniors Net Neutrality Laws Will Increase Their Bills, They’re Lying and Losing - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:23] <exec> 08└─Taxes are imposed by some greedy government that Verizon doesn't have control over.
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[04:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:45] <exec> 08└─MAGA! My Attorney Got Arrested ! MAGA!
[04:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sapphire Clock may Hold key to Australian Defence System - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:46:34] <exec> 08└─INCOMING!!!!!!! velocity? who cares, just duck.
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[05:42:37] <exec> 08└─EPA problems; you'd find it impossible to get EPA approval to run an engine on that garbage fuel WRT noxious emissions; doesn't matter if its cleaner than flaring, there's already exemptions for flaring (because the only greenhouse gas worse than burning methane producing CO2, is just dumping methan...
[05:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:38] <exec> 08└─The flare gas is free, and currently there's no cost to burning it. If the producers had to pay per ton of CO2 produced, they might come up with something better.
[05:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:40] <exec> 08└─Why does it have to be an internal combustion engine? Could be a sterling motor or even a boiler running a turbine or steam engine. These types of energy converters have no moving parts in the combustion chamber and can be easily built to withstand the crappiest of crap fuels. Or is this an American...
[05:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:53] <exec> 08└─She wrote it in english, she is chinese and her boss is a jew? You know, when you've got to write 50 of these to get paid off upwork.
[05:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:55] <exec> 08└─And to the extent that a digital medium is going to require us to process large amounts of information very quickly
[05:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:57] <exec> 08└─Modern Israel != the Jewish people One is a political body. The other is a cultural/ethnic group. The diaspora happened. Get over it. Stop trying to build a dangerous, far right-wing, fascist ethnostate. Third Impact is a fairy story, you prepubescent bitch. The consequences of atomic war are not.
[05:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Using Physics to Predict Crowd Behavior - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:06] <exec> 08└─More tools for the police state! Gotta get those juicy government contracts!
[05:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Filmmaker Convicted of Espionage in Cambodia - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:24] <exec> 08└─Bullshit, UK did it first.
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[06:42:09] <exec> 08└─As long as one of them is Eric Prince, washout of the SEAL training program, Founder of the Mercenary company, "Blackwater", "Academi", or "Xi", war criminal wanted in several jurisdictions, servicer of Middle Eastern Oil Tyrants, and Brother to out mercenary Secretary of Education, Betsy. Runs in...
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[06:43:05] <exec> 08└─Good luck even getting into the US after this post. The NSA never forgets and the TSA will be happy to send you straight back home after groping you for a bit and then having you questioned for hours by nosy wannabe-spooks demanding you hand over your social media passwords while copying all your ha...
[06:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:45] <exec> 08└─It's a long multi-step process, but it's definitely underway — the first voting step is supposed to take place this November (IIRC we have to vote to let the legislature amend the state constitution so the time-shifting wouldn't be mandatory). The hard part won't be getting our state to change, th...
[06:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:47] <exec> 08└─Central European Summer Time (CEST) is actually UTC+2.
[06:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:49] <exec> 08└─I misread it as "this would cause the world undue stress. Just think of the missed opportunities!" and sat here contemplating ways one could profit from it. If nothing else, I imagine it'd boost smartwatch sales...
[06:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:51] <exec> 08└─I'm in Arizona, also in America and have never had to live DST. I guess Arizonans were smarter than europeans. Same goes for Hawaii.
[06:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:53] <exec> 08└─A few percent? I wish. The population of eu is about 510million, the participants to that poll was about 4.8million (of which about 3million was german). But quite frankly - this is the most listening to the people EU has done so it is a step in the right direction.
[06:44:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Waters off New England in Midst of Record Year for Warmth - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:15] <exec> 08└─..."Uh actually things have changed before" without omitting "Changes at this rate of change have only ever accompanied mass extinctions in the past" second half of that thought...
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[06:44:36] <exec> 08└─You could actually look at the example I gave. Or you could commit yourself deeper to spouting bullshit white grievances explicitly started by Nazis. Knowing your posting history, I have a guess which direction you're gonna break.
[06:44:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06"The Internet of Garbage" - 581 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:45] <exec> 08└─Thing that happens. Thing that doesn't happen. "Both are bad". yes, congratulations on your single standard. If it were relevant, you'd be doing okay. But it's not really relevant at all to what I'm saying you weirdo fuck. The case I'm highlighting went like this A: Black people are low IQ and shoul...
[06:45:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06"The Internet of Garbage" - 293 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:45:56] <exec> 08└─Idiots like J-Mo aren't equipped to handle Popper's Paradox of Tolerance. They are either intellectually or emotionally incompetent to understand the reality that the fewest restrictions up front does *not* necessarily translate to the most freedom for the most people the most amount of time.
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[06:46:43] <exec> 08└─"African, or European?" And the appropriate response is: "How do you know so much about sparrows?" Followed by: "You have to know these things when you're king, you know." And then there is the Tweet. Obviously, one need know nothing to be President! Not even where, or what, Nipple is, or Button...
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[06:47:39] <exec> 08└─Taxes are imposed by some greedy government that Verizon doesn't have control over.
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[06:47:41] <exec> 08└─Around here, its hard to get "unbundled" internet. Every ad I see for internet service is dingbatted with the proviso that I buy TV and phone as well, all way overpriced. HughesNet is looking better and better to me, only if to get out of the bundle crap. I flat do not want their TV or phone! Espec...
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[07:42:32] <exec> 08└─It was a sound that could bring a smile to almost anyone's face. It was a sound that was truly precious to Wallmit, who reminisced about the past whenever he heard it. The laughing of children. Children laughed whenever they saw Wallmit. They giggled, chortled, and chuckled. Wallmit did not know why...
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[07:42:34] <exec> 08└─They don't want to block fake news. They want to support fake news. (classic example: CNN edited video to suggest that Trump rudely dumped food when feeding koi with the Japanese prime minister) Blocking fake news is easy: CNN, etc. They want to block crimethink. If you dare to question the globalis...
[07:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:55] <exec> 08└─the idea is to run the special IC engine to turn a generator and dump the electricity into the local power grid. It's a lot easier to string wires than to either: + run a pipeline to every well (capturing the gas for processing & sale) + set up a compressor station and truck...
[07:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:14] <exec> 08└─eliminates blue light after dark
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[07:43:15] <exec> 08└─Oops. Misread what I quoted! GP determined that biology is science too advanced for him and thus indistinguishable from witchcraft.
[07:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:44:31] <exec> 08└─The benefits can be accomplished without screwing up the clocks. Simply have winter and summer hours, for those things where it makes sense.
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[07:47:23] <exec> 08└─It has always been obvious that Australia, as a penal colony, has alway been an expendable appendage of the British Empire! So when they are taken over by the Indonesians, the Chinese, or the Tasmanians, they should just remain calm, and carry on. This means the Sapphire Clock, as ever it was, is n...
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[08:42:48] <exec> 08└─Some stuff is easy for people, but difficult for machines. Like those "captcha" thingies about flagging all photos containing a sign. It wasn't too long ago we had an interesting show of wits with DN and our TMB over how to sneak in trash posts. My own take on it was DN made it pretty clear that no...
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[08:42:50] <exec> 08└─I have to agree, the slash moderation works as well as is feasible I think. As you mentioned, we're not immune to determined foes, but eternal vigilance handles that pretty well too. Props to everyone who moderates and those who wield the out right filters on the backend.
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[08:42:52] <exec> 08└─Trump rudely dumped food? Bush did it too! [wordpress.com] ( At least Bush *tried* to stomach something he's not used to... which is a helluva lot more than I would have done... I would have avoided the situation at nearly any cost - of having to eat something that I don't wanna eat - in public no l...
[08:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:42:54] <exec> 08└─If you have a plan to implement, do you secretly circulate it with the risk of leaking and becoming a literary blockbuster disrupting your plans, or you hide it in plain sight masquerading it as fiction?
[08:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 992 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:42:56] <exec> 08└─All software is pretty static. Software can't be updated and upgraded on an hourly basis - it's written, compiled, tested, released, and put into use. The average "hacker", for want of a better term, has the initiative. He can examine your code, poke it, prod it, kick it around, and watch what it do...
[08:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:42:58] <exec> 08└─All software is pretty static. ... He can examine your code, poke it, prod it, kick it around, and watch what it does.
[08:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:01] <exec> 08└─Anyone know where I can get a keygen for $software?
[08:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:21] <exec> 08└─I can see how that could happen: Historically, flaring the gas is part of oil production, not regulated as generator emissions. As soon as you start generating power you come under different rules. "Rules is Rules". Sometimes the law is an ass.
[08:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:44:57] <exec> 08└─In which case, it's off by two for central Europe.
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[09:42:35] <exec> 08└─How does this story have to relate to stopping any trump votes?
[09:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:37] <exec> 08└─How dya like that ya cow? Swallow that salty salty... ahm oops wrong site soz
[09:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:55] <exec> 08└─This very notion of using AI to censor human communications is deeply troubling. The downside far outweighs the possible upside. THINK, for heaven's sake : do you REALLY want a world in which you never see anything you deem objectionable ? If your answer is yes, you need to think some more, and you...
[09:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 1089 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:57] <exec> 08└─+THIS+ the seething hate (to caricaturize just a bit,) is a projection and reflection of inner-worlds in trouble. as is the fragmented, reactionary, unreflected kind of offensive reply. in other words, people's psyche's are not doing well being subjugated/ aka feeling or experiencing their selves de...
[09:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:07] <exec> 08└─The dolphins, as long as the size of populations isn't under stress, they'll be fine. A cause of the algae bloom (beside seasonal influence) would be nice to know though, especially when nutrient washout is involved. The seals... that's just nature at work. Again, if the population is large enough,...
[09:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:09] <exec> 08└─Hate to see 'em go directly to waste... wonder if they can be cut up and placed below where trees are being planted? My ancestors used to place a fish below a planting of corn seed for this same purpose. I hate to see perfectly good biomass go to waste. Nearly everything has a use. Even an enor...
[09:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:11] <exec> 08└─Even an enormous dead fish.
[09:44:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 750 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:49] <exec> 08└─The energy savings are a myth: https://www.scientificamerican.com [scientificamerican.com] In 2006 Indiana instituted daylight saving statewide for the first time. (Before then, daylight time confusingly was in effect in just a handful of Indiana’s c...
[09:45:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:45:05] <exec> 08└─The public debate over DST in EU runs for quite a time. If someone didn't vote, probably doesn't care anyway. And then, the pool is not binding.
[09:48:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06When ISPs Tell Seniors Net Neutrality Laws Will Increase Their Bills, They’re Lying and Losing - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:48:55] <exec> 08└─Verizon and the rest of the ISP's seem to have a fuck of a lot of control over the governments, at all levels.
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[10:42:37] <exec> 08└─did it change the taste of the milk? Not sure the world is ready for "sushi milk"
[10:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:57] <exec> 08└─nice warping you attempted there before conceding his point! "they are destined to beat you." the archetypal war between (ordered)day and (chaotic)night requires that we walk along the razors edge of culture without falling into the deep on either side.
[10:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:58] <exec> 08└─This very notion of using AI to censor human communications is deeply troubling. The downside far outweighs the possible upside. THINK, for heaven's sake : do you REALLY want a world in which you never see anything you deem objectionable ?
[10:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:00] <exec> 08└─Props to everyone who moderates
[10:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:02] <exec> 08└─Of course artificial intelligence won't work against trolls. They are not posting from a position of intelligence or thought, the are posting with what most would see as the illogical motivation to provoke others for their own entertainment or profit. It's got to be hard to train AI to combat those...
[10:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:04] <exec> 08└─His point is: "AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments" with wrong explanations on why is that. Where the wrong explanations are relevant. Take a trained AI and go trial-and-error-hacker to find the cracks. Then find adversarial attacks based on the knowledge on NN and compare the...
[10:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:06] <exec> 08└─So, you think it's ok to spread lies, propaganda and hate? Enough that it damages society and the culture we live in? Enough that some people start believing it, and believing when you tell them to only trust you?
[10:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:17] <exec> 08└─You could compost them (although internal gas build up could have the bodies explode, creating a lot of yuck), but normally with things diseased they are burned so that the disease does not spread any further (or comes back later).
[10:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:33] <exec> 08└─EPA problems; you'd find it impossible to get EPA approval to run an engine on that garbage fuel WRT noxious emissions; doesn't matter if its cleaner than flaring, there's already exemptions for flaring (because the only greenhouse gas worse than burning methane producing CO2, is just dumping methan...
[10:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:34] <exec> 08└─Production is only a half of the equation.
[10:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:36] <exec> 08└─In the US, yes. But in countries like Venezuela, that are oil rich yet economically poor, they would welcome these engines with open arms to help their desperate need for electricity.
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[11:42:48] <exec> 08└─Excuse me, waiter, but this steak tastes fishy...
[11:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:49] <exec> 08└─So... since the poor sugar industry can't peddle its products to humans anymore, we're going to hook our cattle to artificial sweeteners? Oh well, at least it'll return the use of "fat cow" to its original meaning...
[11:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:51] <exec> 08└─What exactly is artificial about molasses [wikipedia.org]?
[11:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 1798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:18] <exec> 08└─> How do you filter out "lies, propaganda, and hate" I mean shit, forget filtering it. How do you define "lies, propaganda and hate"? Sure, some things are clear cut, but the vast majority is not. Usually what qualifies as "lies, propaganda, and hate" is whatever those in power define it is. It is t...
[11:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:45:28] <exec> 08└─We're on the Intertubes now, sonny. Anything goes.
[11:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GDPR is a Cookie Monster! - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:58] <exec> 08└─Block all cookies, whitelist only trusted sites.
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[12:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:40] <exec> 08└─The study finds that with concerted and adaptive responses to climate change, the world's oceans could actually create more abundant fish populations, more food for human consumption and more profit for fishermen despite the negative impacts of climate change. Conversely, the study cautions, inactio...
[12:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:54] <exec> 08└─Could this lead to the next Beano kind of OTC medicinal product?
[12:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:22] <exec> 08└─I guess my point is that even if you magically get a tool capable of doing what you want, it's a weapon ready to be used against you. The idea fails on so many levels.
[12:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:24] <exec> 08└─I have to agree, the slash moderation works as well as is feasible I think. As you mentioned, we're not immune to determined foes, but eternal vigilance handles that pretty well too. Props to everyone who moderates and those who wield the out right filters on the backend.
[12:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:26] <exec> 08└─Such systems... failed to recognize foul language when subtle changes were made... Adversarial examples can be created automatically
[12:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:44:13] <exec> 08└─Former First Lady Hillary Clinton is still in charge in one way: The organizations she oversaw as Senator and then Secretary of State have institutional memory among civil service employees retained on the merit basis of the Pendleton Act 1883 [wikipedia.org] and its successors. This institutional m...
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[12:44:25] <exec> 08└─I thought Hari Seldon (?) developed it.
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[13:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:31] <exec> 08└─Guys, I'm all for better aquatic wildlife management but we've had oceans full of fish since there were fish; through ice ages and heat waves that happened much more quickly than our current warming trend is happening. If you want to try making there more fish for me to catch, you have right at it....
[13:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:32] <exec> 08└─"The study did not examine other potential threats from climate change such as ocean acidification" The thing that could clip the ocean food chain at its source? Yes better not think of that
[13:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 3008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:18] <exec> 08└─This is like figuring out how to set the "evil bit". Also, Bowdlerization, named after a 19th century guy who tried to sanitize fiction. He replaced profanity with milder language, tried to edit out sexual innuendos, subversive ideas, and so on, and ended up ruining the story. Some of the TV censors...
[13:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:51] <exec> 08└─As I heard it, the IC engine choice was based on being compact and easy to move around, runs at a decent speed to turn a generator, fast response time so easily matches changing loads. The engineering challenge is finding materials and designs that tolerate the crap fuel. In terms of EPA acceptance,...
[13:44:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:44:10] <exec> 08└─English, Chinese, and Hebrew represent variety because they are three languages whose names are recognizable to English-speaking readers but are thought to be unrelated (Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Afroasiatic). Hebrew is also the language in which three-fourths of the Christian Bible was writt...
[13:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google's Titan Security Key Goes on Sale - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:15] <exec> 08└─You tipped 10%? Asshole. Those people live on tips. 15% next time, minimum.
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[14:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:47] <exec> 08└─On the one hand, this is Sony being assholes. On the other hand, PC players will always crush console players just because a keyboard/mouse combo is a hella lot better than thumbsticks. I say that as a long time PC gamer who has been relegated to a PS3 for the past several years. Give the player a m...
[14:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:57] <exec> 08└─"Fish production and diversity in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum—Increased production but no novel faunas during a "Future Earth" analog" http://adsabs.harvard.edu [harvard.edu] "Fish Production and Diversity across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence for E...
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[14:42:58] <exec> 08└─through ice ages and heat waves that happened much more quickly than our current warming trend is happening.
[14:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:01] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleocene-Eocene_Thermal_Maximum#Ocean_2 [wikipedia.org] Science knows with certainty that no Cthulhu had arisen to eat up the oceans back then; consequently, no one sane expects such to happen now.
[14:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03isj [5249] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:14] <exec> 08└─We have fish sauce and oyster sauce. The Romans had garum. And the poor used the sediments from that to flavor their porridge. So fish milk? I wouldn't be surprised if someone would like that.
[14:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:46] <exec> 08└─It wasn't too long ago we had an interesting
[14:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:47] <exec> 08└─I had code sitting in my head that would have dealt with any any repetitive spam we decided to flag, regardless of unicode or pretty much any other tricks tried, but it would have taken a lot of typing and a site update rather than just adding a filter into the db, so I decided it wasn't worth the b...
[14:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:49] <exec> 08└─Nah, I got bored and quit writing new regexes a day or two before he got bored and quit spamming.
[14:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:52] <exec> 08└─False premise: Hate speech only exists in the eye of the beholder
[14:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:54] <exec> 08└─So, you think it's ok to spread lies, propaganda and hate? Enough that it damages society and the culture we live in? Enough that some people start believing it, and believing when you tell them to only trust you?
[14:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:56] <exec> 08└─Some stuff is easy for people, but difficult for machines.
[14:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:58] <exec> 08└─Perhaps we can find a lesson in the story from early days of ITS at the MIT AI Lab? Not sure where I read the story first, but this page https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] has a short summary: To deal with a rash of incidents where users sought out flaws i...
[14:43:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:00] <exec> 08└─...outside the norm.
[14:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 3663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:02] <exec> 08└─"So, you think it's ok to spread lies, propaganda and hate? Enough that it damages society and the culture we live in? Enough that some people start believing it, and believing when you tell them to only trust you?" . You have absolutely not thought through all the ramifications of what you apparent...
[14:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:05] <exec> 08└─Google's "hate speech" detection algorithms are being written by a Democratic Party activist who thinks that it is "Islamophobic" to be a Muslim who is not a full blown terrorist. [8ch.net]
[14:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:07] <exec> 08└─1) You are wrong. 1) a) You are an arrogant prick. 2) when the time comes it will be my pleasure to fight against people like you and wipe you off the face of the earth in order to preserve freedom.
[14:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:20] <exec> 08└─Or you could wait for a whale to wash up, and then blow it up [youtube.com].
[14:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:03] <exec> 08└─Eliminating red light or adding it? Do you have any good links?
[14:45:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Australian Filmmaker Convicted of Espionage in Cambodia - 626 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:32] <exec> 08└─Current govt pride themselves to have "stopped the boats". The way they did it: 1. declared that any refugee coming by boat will never be resettled in Australia... 2. ... so that anyone who did was interned into camps on Pacific Islands But then they had to resettled them somewhere. One of these pla...
[14:49:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06When ISPs Tell Seniors Net Neutrality Laws Will Increase Their Bills, They’re Lying and Losing - 569 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:59] <exec> 08└─You're quite right: The feds don't care. The telecom industry can do pretty much whatever they feel like. As an example of the kind of stuff they get away with all the friggin' time: The federal and sometimes state government gives the telecoms subsidies to upgrade the wires going to rural areas. Th...
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[15:42:42] <exec> 08└─The consoles support KBM now. Fortnite is adding KBM lobbies, so if that's how you're playing (consoles or PC) you're only playing against other KBM players and not steamrolling some kid on a game pad.
[15:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:44] <exec> 08└─Kim Jong Un Says You Can't Leave North Korea Because North Korea is Best Korea.
[15:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:59] <exec> 08└─Cherry picking is gonna be your approach? Really? There were shitloads of fish back when fish invented themselves. Lots of time and huge temperature fluctuations pass. There are shitloads of fish now (though I'd prefer more since they haven't been biting this week). Picking out one specific bit of t...
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[15:43:00] <exec> 08└─How fucking lazy are you that I have to cite common knowledge for you while I have a hangover? Here [wikipedia.org], go look at any of the graphs. There are plenty of damned steep changes that fish survived just fine.
[15:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:58] <exec> 08└─You are wrong... You are an arrogant prick...it will be my pleasure to [wipe] people like you...off the face of the earth in order to preserve freedom.
[15:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:33] <exec> 08└─While I doubt anyone in the Venezuelan government is that creative, all they would have to do is require "flare gas-->electricity" production as part of granting oil drilling leases. The oil is worth enough that the multinational drilling companies would work it out. While it's probably too early to...
[15:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:57] <exec> 08└─By these measures, Jimmy Carter still has influence too. Hillary was more recent and highly placed but "her people" were never presidential level influence.
[15:46:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:08] <exec> 08└─MAGA! My Attorney Got Arrested ! MAGA!
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[16:42:18] <exec> 08└─Pretty fucked up analogy there pal. If the PS4 had the processing power of a Colecovision, the comparison would probably work. Or are you saying North Korea a peaceful 1st world nation, to compare it to the alternatives.
[16:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:20] <exec> 08└─Don't you love your country? North Korea is crappy because our esteemed leaders say it is crappy. That should be enough for you. They can say that because most of the sheep have not actually traveled there to see it with their own eyes. They would have you believe that people in NK/Syria/Iran/Whoeve...
[16:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:51] <exec> 08└─Why don't they mix it into their salt lick?
[16:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:34] <exec> 08└─I do some modding, but rarely use all my points, so using some of them to counteract an obvious bad act isn't something I find to be a difficulty. Another technique is to go back to stories that were published a week or more ago and start moderating all the interesting, informative or insightful pos...
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[16:43:36] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the explanation.
[16:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:38] <exec> 08└─All software is pretty static. (...) All this AI is just software, after all. (...)
[16:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:40] <exec> 08└─you think it's ok to spread lies, propaganda and hate?
[16:44:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:36] <exec> 08└─redshift [github.com] for free software users. F.lux [wikipedia.org] is likely what VLM is talking about for Android users. redshift can be started by specifying the location manually (also can use -o to set the display color temperature in one shot mode for the current position of the sun in the sk...
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[17:42:17] <exec> 08└─These resolutions are needed for VR but not normal tv.
[17:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:19] <exec> 08└─720 lines works for me. It's only recently that I decided the 480 line DVD standard left a little to be desired on a small (24 inch) flatscreen. Still very watchable, but 720 really is a lot better. Most noticeable on Youtube videos that have embedded text. And, for that 50% more lines, the file is...
[17:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:21] <exec> 08└─the viewing distance recommendations for UHD are pretty much solely based on visual acuity and 8K is twice as wide and twice as high as 4K. For VA = 1.0 the optimal viewing angle would be 58.37° for 4K and 96.33° for 8K. These values were just rounded up to 60° and 100° respectively. At those an...
[17:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Webweasel [567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:23] <exec> 08└─What's the point? AFAIK no one is broadcasting in 4k and you can't buy a 4k dvd player. So the only real use for 4k is netflix streaming etc. If we can barley get any 4k content whats the point in 8k? Gaming I understand so is this aimed at the console market?
[17:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:25] <exec> 08└─Thanks for comfirming: Gaming is about Graphics, only Graphics, and nothing else except Graphics. No wonder Games These Days are nothing more than full CGI movies with a few interactive intermissions. Get the fuck off my lawn.
[17:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:27] <exec> 08└─I strongly agree about 720p, which should be the minimum. However, 1080p is a mainstream resolution for most TVs and displays (although there are still some 768p laptops being peddled), and the bump in file size is mitigated by VP9, H.265, and soon, AV1 [wikipedia.org]. Then again, these same codecs...
[17:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:29] <exec> 08└─Hey, I remember this surly AC! What's your take on VR?
[17:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:32] <exec> 08└─They require 50MB link for an 8k stream. If you use anywhere near that, and with a 1TB datacap, you can watch what.... ~2 1hr shows a day? Hopefully it will drive competition to provide true unlimited plans.
[17:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:34] <exec> 08└─His lawn hasn't yet been modeled in VR
[17:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:36] <exec> 08└─VR peaked in 1991
[17:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:49] <exec> 08└─They would have you believe that people in NK/Syria/Iran/Whoever-they-say-is-the-enemy are less than human.
[17:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:23] <exec> 08└─memo...four pounds of c4 may be a little...excessive
[17:51:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stormwyrm [717] 02 - 06Sexy Selfies: Science Reveals Women use Selfies to Compete - 362 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:18] <exec> 08└─http://www.pnas.org/content/115/35/8722 [pnas.org] http://www.pnas.org [pnas.org] https://www.researchgate.net [researchgate.n...
[17:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sexy Selfies: Science Reveals Women use Selfies to Compete - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:44] <exec> 08└─Nobody cares. Really.
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[18:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:25] <exec> 08└─Metal Gear Solid 4 and 5 were much better movies than any of the shit Hollywood has churned out in the past decade.
[18:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:27] <exec> 08└─The gig economy will make sure you work so many hours you won't have the time to watch one 30 minute episode a week. Get back to driving your uber, slave.
[18:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:29] <exec> 08└─Hopefully it will drive competition to provide true unlimited plans.
[18:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:31] <exec> 08└─i am not sure we will ever reach a "realistic" VR. we are at 10nm(?) w/ the cpu and gpu chips (?) and can do "more or less" decent VR @90Hz on two (tiny) 1080p displays... if we assume we can go to 3nm before there's no more stopping leaks and we say that halving the trace size doubles the performan...
[18:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:33] <exec> 08└─Your comment is good, but Uber drivers will probably be kicked to the curb in a few years in favor of autonomous cars. Unlicensed plumbing? Now there's a gig. We also need day laborers and birthday clowns.
[18:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:35] <exec> 08└─**** needed a new excuse to convince minorities and rednecks to max out their credit cards -- again. I'm gonna Fry's and get me a 8-kay big-scrane teavee!
[18:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:38] <exec> 08└─Sure thing dude. Until the autonomous plumber bots arrive. Wonder why that autonomous plumber bot you rented needs an Internet of Things connection? Turns out every autonomous plumber bot is secretly remote controlled by an unlicensed plumber in India.
[18:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:40] <exec> 08└─Many people who drive Lyft and Uber are doctors or other academics, or well-off people who invested in property at the perfect time, or perhaps retired with fat pensions and don't need to work. They do it for the social interaction, and some of them are quite up-front about it. It's classic taxicab...
[18:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:42] <exec> 08└─This is why Comcast and other ISPs set their monthly transfer limit to high values, such as 1TB
[18:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:44] <exec> 08└─But, that is math for normal humans. The visualphiles have a better understanding of what can be seen than pure physics. Anyway, these higher and higher resolutions may have a niche market for specialized purposes, but the general public... Well, a good seller will sell you everything you do not nee...
[18:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:46] <exec> 08└─Is that why Uber and Lyft drivers pester me to ride with them when I'm waiting for a bus instead? I'd rather ride the bus where the driver is forbidden from talking and a recorded voice actor makes all the stop announcements.
[18:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 1809 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:48] <exec> 08└─We have 4k here; after a good bit of critical watching, both my SO and I agree that 1080p is about the limit of what is noticeable at normal viewing distances. My vision is 20/10 (better than normal acuity); hers is 20/20. Even with that, we still agree, so likely the visible difference actually lie...
[18:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 2184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:50] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_reality_headsets [wikipedia.org] Lenovo Mirage Solo is 2560×1440, 75 Hz. Oculus Go is 2560×1440, 60-72 Hz. These are "standalone" headsets, which should be considered the baseline since they need to operate using battery power. Other headsets can...
[18:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:53] <exec> 08└─Forgot link for Pimax Brainwarp: https://www.roadtovr.com [roadtovr.com]
[18:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:07] <exec> 08└─Sony had a chance to tell the truth - whatever that may be - and put this behind them. Instead they spewed out this "Sony is the best!" garbage and no one is buying that as the real reason. Whatever the reason, even if it's "we only want our consoles to be able to multi-player with other Sony consol...
[18:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:08] <exec> 08└─I remember the time when Unreal Tournament got big, and I was so ignorant that I unironically suggested that it would be better to play with a joystick than a mouse and keyboard. I was laughed out of the room. Babby's first Deus Ex with mouse and keyboard was a revelation, if not a bitch to get used...
[18:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:10] <exec> 08└─Kim Jong Un Says You Can't Leave North Korea Because North Korea is Best Korea.
[18:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:42] <exec> 08└─Molasses are already a major components of many feeds. Molasses are cheap, readily available, generally palatable, and easily digestible. Their effect on bovine digestion is well understood. But please, don't let me stop you making this all about your pet political hobby horse. (Yes, I'm a farmer.)
[18:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:43] <exec> 08└─That was my thought. Of course, the purpose of the salt lick is to supply vitamins(?) and minerals that may be missing in their food, but seaweed should be good for that also. And if they're going to go to something just because it tastes salty, why would you need to disguise the taste of salt? OTOH...
[18:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:31] <exec> 08└─Almost three weeks, why? Are there levels based on seniority?
[18:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:32] <exec> 08└─Agreed. It's better than average. OTOH there's also some, ...uhhh... slightly non-mainstream but still interesting posters here that would not normally see the light of day. It's funny, there's one site I frequent where I have to explicitly look for the maximum downmodded posts (and +1 them) becaus...
[18:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:34] <exec> 08└─How do you filter out "lies, propaganda, and hate" without risk ?
[18:45:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 1119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:35] <exec> 08└─it is curious how letters have survived the whole techno development from the, say 60s to now. lots has changed but the letters are still the same as before. one would assume, that with increase of "data consumption", that formatting of the letters would have made a leap or two. ofc we now have many...
[18:45:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Using Physics to Predict Crowd Behavior - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:48] <exec> 08└─Sequel to videogame "State of Emergency". Maybe people at CERN is already playing it.
[18:46:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:26] <exec> 08└─Why abolish it planetwide, when we can invent a new way for America to be stuck centuries in the past?
[18:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sexy Selfies: Science Reveals Women use Selfies to Compete - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:18] <exec> 08└─You cared enough to downmod me and then post AC about how no one cares, loser.
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[19:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:33] <exec> 08└─They can't help it. They're not like normal people. We have to make allowances. I bet they have quarterly IP proposal targets at Google. The engineers must be under a lot of pressure to "innovate" and if it isn't in a trade magazine or sold by Microsoft, it doesn't exist.
[19:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:34] <exec> 08└─Once again, life imitates satire: Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeros [theonion.com]
[19:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:36] <exec> 08└─Instead, redefine evil.
[19:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:09] <exec> 08└─Isnt infinity fabric and friends going to make sli obsolete?
[19:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 835 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:11] <exec> 08└─None of AMD's GPUs are using Infinity Fabric + multiple dies yet: AMD Navi GPUs Will Not Use MCM Design, Feature Single Monolithic Die Instead, Reveals RTG SVP – Yet To Conclude If MCM Can Be Used in Traditional Gaming Graphics Cards [wccftech.com] With Navi GPUs, AMD is going to stick with the tr...
[19:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:13] <exec> 08└─We're all getting older. Our eyesight isn't what it used to be. 30 years too late, I'm afraid.
[19:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:15] <exec> 08└─No, you can't buy a 4K DVD player, you need one of the 4K Blu-Ray players (of which there are a couple dozen to pick from). Oppo ceased manufacturing their 20X series, but Panasonic, Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Sharp and a variety of other brands still offer them. 4K Blu-Ray discs are available from Bes...
[19:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:58] <exec> 08└─So, you think it's ok to spread lies, propaganda and hate? Yes, of course it is! Filtering is the audience's obligation, not the speaker's Enough that some people start believing it...? Ah, there's your problem right there. The believers. Go after them, not the speaker. Rush Limbaugh isn't dangerous...
[19:44:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:59] <exec> 08└─You have to treat 'incitement' and advocacy the same way. Speech is merely speech. Only one person is responsible for the decisions he makes.
[19:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:01] <exec> 08└─What I am suggesting is that maybe there is an analogous approach that removes the troll's motivation or challenge. By far the very best approach is to simply not respond, in any way. They are attention seekers. That is the prize.
[19:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:23] <exec> 08└─That "bonus hour" Doc, my health is perfect. That only problem I have is that I regularly crap at precisely 8 o'clock every morning What's wrong with that? Most people would love to be that regular Yeah, but I don't wake up until 9!
[19:48:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06"The Internet of Garbage" - 33 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:33] <exec> 08└─triggered the Alt-Wrong/Far-Wrong
[19:50:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03deimtee [3272] 02 - 06Court Rules on Merits of IP Address Identification in Open WiFi Case - 275 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:37] <exec> 08└─Nor can Cobbler Nevada succeed on a contributory infringement theory because, without allegations of intentional encouragement or inducement of infringement, an individual's failure to take affirmative steps to police his internet connection is insufficient to state a claim.
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[20:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:29] <exec> 08└─rejection…based in part on Duda's third-party formal contact with the patent examiner
[20:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:30] <exec> 08└─Or maybe undefine it…
[20:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:24] <exec> 08└─It goes both ways. There was a GTA game where you had bodies in the back of a dump truck and you had to back up to a lake and dump them in. On the PC I had a hell of a time, either the bodies got dumped too far away or the truck fell into the lake. Replayed a few years later on a Playstation, it was...
[20:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:25] <exec> 08└─"On cross-platform, our way of thinking is always that PlayStation is the best place to play. Fortnite, I believe, partnered with PlayStation 4 is the best experience for users, that's our belief,"
[20:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:43] <exec> 08└─This is great. This is one of those concrete, actionable things we can do to improve things right now. Get on it, let's fund this stuff more heavily. I like fishing though so maybe I'm a little biased.
[20:45:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:14] <exec> 08└─Yea, but he did tell us how the NYSD was pissed at the FBI for ignoring their requests to look at the stuff beyond their level they found on the Anthony Wiener laptop. I think he could turn out to be a very important figure.
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[21:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CRISPR Used to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs... by Further Damaging DNA - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:35] <exec> 08└─a harmless adeno-associated virus
[21:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CRISPR Used to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs... by Further Damaging DNA - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:37] <exec> 08└─Regardless of the crispr/cas9 ridiculousness, this already happened: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] I really think the entire crispr thing is a really morbid way to scam retail investors by hyping a proven toxic treatment until it gets to phase 2/3 trials and all the a...
[21:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:51] <exec> 08└─All their business is built on dick moves. Same with uber, facebook, microsoft, and most other corporations.
[21:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:52] <exec> 08└─"We haven't killed anyone" Is that enough?
[21:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:05] <exec> 08└─Habitat destruction and total harvesting are both very real problems and from the 1960s through the 2000s we turned the corner from nibbling at the edges of the oceans' bounty to wholesale excavation of their ecosystems like a non-renewable resource. Catch the fish, eat the fish, sure. Just don't ca...
[21:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:06] <exec> 08└─http://www.half-earthproject.org/ [half-earthproject.org]
[21:45:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:24] <exec> 08└─Their special special very fragile feelings must be protected by AI. We'll call anything that offends their delicate psyche "hate speech". We can't allow them to see anything they might disagree with or it'll hurt their delicate feelings.
[21:45:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:26] <exec> 08└─They have good reason to view outsiders as foes looking to compete with us for limited resources, because they'd do it themselves to those outsiders.
[21:46:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:01] <exec> 08└─granting oil drilling leases
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[22:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CRISPR Used to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs... by Further Damaging DNA - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:17] <exec> 08└─We're told that 300,000 boys around the world are affected, but not the number of girls... as if their lives don't matter. Even the dogs get treated, while the girls are left to die in their hovels with festering muscles. Shame on you sexist male pigs.
[22:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CRISPR Used to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs... by Further Damaging DNA - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:19] <exec> 08└─This time, none of the study victimssubjects died. Has to be seen to be an improvement, right? Granted, they didn't actually *get better*, but details, schmetails.
[22:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CRISPR Used to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs... by Further Damaging DNA - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:21] <exec> 08└─https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/28/magazine/the-biotech-death-of-jesse-gelsinger.html [nytimes.com]
[22:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:13] <exec> 08└─That ought to be enough for anyone.
[22:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:14] <exec> 08└─Until the autonomous plumber bots arrive.
[22:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:35] <exec> 08└─Haven't bought any of your crap since the rootkit scandal.
[22:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:37] <exec> 08└─I bouggt their garbage used and never let it on the network. They gained nothing, im a rebel!!!
[22:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:13] <exec> 08└─When you disagree you say, "mod parent to oblivion!"
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[23:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:45] <exec> 08└─All their business is built on dick moves.
[23:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:46] <exec> 08└─I think we can say with confidence that although gaggle may not have dirextly ordered anyone's death, which seems unlikely for the level they play at, their services have undoubtedly been used to facilitste murder.
[23:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:26] <exec> 08└─So you're the dumb fuck that thinks video game cut-scenes are movies. That's stupid.
[23:43:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:27] <exec> 08└─I get the distinct feeling that someone is arguing with themselves.
[23:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:48] <exec> 08└─Console controls often have some form of auto-aim. With the mouse, the games default sensitivity may be right for a different DPI mouse and require adjustment to have the intended difficulty. (the controls aren't force-standardized) Though possibly that portion of the PC version wasn't play tested f...
[23:44:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:25] <exec> 08└─If you need it to be a regular part of the idet, blended in so that it's generally present in the rumen, then a salt lick won't do it. Any given cow might go a week or more between significant goes at the salt lick.
[23:45:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:22] <exec> 08└─There is a big difference between finding something objectionable because I disagree with it...and finding something objectionable because it's inappropriate for the context (such as the [spam] we've seen on discussions in this site).
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