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[00:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:38] <exec> 08└─Freedom for all [thehill.com] ban the straws [usatoday.com] drop your pants [cnn.com] and ignore the law [theblaze.com] Good call on net neutrality though...
[00:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:39] <exec> 08└─Offtopic Commiefornia [youtube.com] where net neutrality is a major issue? [lifezette.com]
[00:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 960 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:41] <exec> 08└─Assuming this survives legal muster, which most of it can't being regulation of Interstate Commerce controlled by the FCC, it will only serve to drive more of the tech industry from the incestuous hotbeds of insanity in the San Fran area. It will probably raise end user ISP rates too, which again is...
[00:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:55] <exec> 08└─It's only fair that we get 2048K (1,966,080 × 1,105,920 pixels) by the year 2048.
[00:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:56] <exec> 08└─1080p on a 42" screen starts to matter (to me) when I'm within about 10' of the screen, if I'm further back (like sitting on the sofa in the living room, 20' from the TV where my eyes are comfortable focusing at "infinity") then 720p would be just peachy, and even the 480 content from DVDs is very h...
[00:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:20] <exec> 08└─Those countries were doing okay until some ass-hat country came in and screwed things up.
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[01:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:35] <exec> 08└─I sense... jealousy. Long buried, repressed jealousy, jmorris can't STAND that California is the lone state to stand for freedom. Must really bust your chops. What a twat.
[01:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:36] <exec> 08└─Assuming this survives legal muster, which most of it can't being regulation of Interstate Commerce controlled by the FCC
[01:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CRISPR Used to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs... by Further Damaging DNA - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:49] <exec> 08└─Okay, none of the four dogs died.
[01:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:48] <exec> 08└─Some of the first 8K video content will be produced by the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. And one of the only times the extra pixels will matter is when watching the Women's Volleyball events.
[01:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:50] <exec> 08└─The majority of all videos that I watch are on youtube, and almost all of those I view at 240p to save BW as they're mostly educational. I hate now that youtube defaults to 720p.
[01:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:52] <exec> 08└─And of course we shall start seeing stupid products for those SuperSeers just like we do now for the AmazingAudioPhiles. https://www.thecableco.com [thecableco.com]
[01:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:54] <exec> 08└─They were better than the majority of movies made in the last few decades. Hell they frequently are better than the games they are part of...
[01:44:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:36] <exec> 08└─Right there with ya, Joe. I'm a fisherman, so I'm first in line to back anything that protects or improves my favorite pastime. I just don't want folks I'm trying to agree with being hysterical liars and fools. Think how you'd feel if Sean Hannity agreed with you on something and got picked to speak...
[01:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:58] <exec> 08└─It didn't work
[01:45:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:45:57] <exec> 08└─Dick niggers FTW - kept TMB true to his "free speech" promise.
[01:45:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:45:58] <exec> 08└─"I am ready to fight and die to make sure stuff like you want doesn't happen." . Oh, by all means, go for it. Not a moment too soon, you are under attack and they are winning. Don't forget to take your medication though.
[01:46:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:00] <exec> 08└─"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." . That time has passed and you did nothing. Now live with the shame for your entire life!
[01:46:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:03] <exec> 08└─Free speech as defined on this site has never included spam, just for clarity's sake.
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[02:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:09] <exec> 08└─Net Neutrality ain't freedom, it's just oppression from a different angle. The best solution would be to have real competition happening between multiple players in all markets so that bad actors lose business to good actors. That's a bit of a difficult proposition given current conditions though.
[02:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:10] <exec> 08└─Arguably, yes. The Internet by its very nature is interstate, so selling access to it could be considered interstate commerce. I don't personally buy that reasoning but it's definitely going to be used.
[02:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:12] <exec> 08└─That's a bit of a difficult proposition given current conditions though.
[02:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:15] <exec> 08└─We just need an infinite number of contract-enforcing turtles. That would let us have real competition.
[02:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:17] <exec> 08└─Arguably, yes. The Internet by its very nature is interstate, so selling access to it could be considered interstate commerce.
[02:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:19] <exec> 08└─It wouldn't even be surprising. These are the same courts that brought us the notion that selling/using drugs entirely within a single state is interstate commerce because it could, theoretically, affect interstate commerce.
[02:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:21] <exec> 08└─Wireless ain't broadband. Wireless is shit. Long live copper.
[02:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:23] <exec> 08└─I don't. I was just enumerating one of the arguments that will be made.
[02:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 1018 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:25] <exec> 08└─It is a bit of a problem these days because of how the major ISPs have split up the territory so they do not have to compete with each other. Sure, there are some places with multiple high speed data providers, but the majority of folk in the USA have at *best* a single cable or fiber provider, mayb...
[02:44:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03cellocgw [4190] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:41] <exec> 08└─Last I could tell, digital cinema is 4K and that's one big damn screen. I fail to see the value in going to higher resolution.
[02:44:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 843 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:43] <exec> 08└─" is this aimed at the console market?" Considering how the consoles seem to be struggling to produce real 4k, and even 1080p for a lot of games at reasonable framerates, I don't think the consoles are the intended target. The target seems to be IMHO, the people who purchase items like these: https:...
[02:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 1539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:45] <exec> 08└─5K, 6K, 8K can be used in the production process, and then downscaled to cinematic 4K. Due to the fact that it is used in the production process, you'll want monitors with equivalent or higher resolution. Just like you can use a 5K screen to display a 4K image + control panels, you could use a 10K s...
[02:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:47] <exec> 08└─Given what is currently called "movies", I'm willing to cut this AC considerable slack.
[02:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:45:12] <exec> 08└─Can she see it from her front porch?
[02:46:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 1470 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:03] <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...
[02:46:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 213 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:17] <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?
[02:46:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 463 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:35] <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...
[02:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:53] <exec> 08└─So what are you going to do when it's your turn to become the egregious case?
[02:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:55] <exec> 08└─You have to treat 'incitement' and advocacy the same way.
[02:49:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:24] <exec> 08└─It has timezones due to the sun circling around the equator, mid-way between the center and the antarctic ice wall. (Don't ask about sunsets. There's no way I can say that bullshit with a straight face!)
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[03:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:20] <exec> 08└─They just need to cut away all that red tape. Or try something like thorium, which India is doing.
[03:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:22] <exec> 08└─They just need to cut away all that red tape.
[03:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:24] <exec> 08└─Not even India is trying thorium red tape.
[03:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:46] <exec> 08└─What about fiber? And not the kind in your colon.
[03:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 748 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:48] <exec> 08└─Australia is tearing up all the copper, and replacing it with (some) fibre. 5G just might end up maiking the crappy hybrid/not-really-fibre-NBN redundant [whistleout.com.au].. Or maybe not [canstarblue.com.au] The fastest speeds currently available in Australia are 1Gbps, with Wollongong in NSW bein...
[03:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:50] <exec> 08└─5G might reach 20 Gbps. At really short ranges. Probably some fiber should connect the 5G base stations to the Internet. And can a single station serve an entire neighborhood at that speed or just a single house?
[03:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PapayaSF [1183] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:52] <exec> 08└─It's long-established law. In the breath-taking decision Wickard v. Filburn [wikipedia.org] (1942), the Supreme Court held that a farmer growing wheat to feed his own livestock had an effect on interstate commerce, and thus could be regulated.
[03:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:54] <exec> 08└─In that case, the Supreme Court added a word into the Interstate Commerce clause: "affects". You and I may not be able to find it there, but somehow the Justices were able to. Real judicial activism in action.
[03:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:56] <exec> 08└─Hard to tell how close to "real world" conditins they used, but this suggests it will be fast fro the neighbourhood, not just one house.. https://www.theverge.com [theverge.com]
[03:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:27] <exec> 08└─Maybe, but the countermeasures you took hurt free speech - nobody could use "dick niggers" even in non-spammy expression of speech; in effect you banned some words.
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[04:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:20] <exec> 08└─We are constantly bathed in microwave radiation from wi-fi everywhere, and as we all know science has proven conclusively, all those people who claim to have wi-fi allergies are fucking nuts. The article is horseshit and the authors are insane.
[04:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:33] <exec> 08└─Not even India is trying thorium red tape.
[04:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:34] <exec> 08└─Yea. Not impressive. Now, I'm in a catch 22. Shortly half-life means more radioactive red tape.
[04:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:03] <exec> 08└─Neither copper nor optical fibre can carry an unlimited bandwidth.
[04:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:04] <exec> 08└─"Judicial activism" is inevitable. After all, once the Supreme Court lays down their interpretation, there is no method of appeal. That's the law of the land until the Constitution is amended or another configuration of the Court produces a new interpretation. Or the entire system is crushed. Which...
[04:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:07] <exec> 08└─If wishes were horses then every man would ride. The fact is we have nothing like a healthy market for broadband, and we're not likely to any time soon. We can't even use the decidedly not free market approach of exclusive franchise to make it economical for a second provider to move in. That trick...
[04:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:31] <exec> 08└─4K is overkill. The real improvement over 1080p is the High Dynamic Range (HDR) and 10 (or 12) bit color. 1080p with HDR and 10 bit color would be great. For whatever reason though, HDR and 10 bit color were tied to 4K resolution, which is why I've upgraded my televisions and players to 4K. 8K thoug...
[04:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:33] <exec> 08└─10-bit color has been around for a while, before HDR became a craze. I remember some pirate releases using it years ago. I get the sense that the main HDR standards [wikipedia.org] floating around are HDR10, HDR10+ [soylentnews.org], and Dolby Vision, with only Dolby supporting 12-bit color. So it m...
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[05:42:32] <exec> 08└─Hit the nail on the head. This is all bullshit. If microwaves were dangerous, why would we be using them in food preparation? What BS.
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[05:42:46] <exec> 08└─A drama queen delivers drama.
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[05:43:20] <exec> 08└─It's more than "a bit difficult". It's literally impossible given the money behind the bad actors and the fact that there really aren't any good actors to speak of. In an actual free competitive market a good actor would not be able to start up either because the bad actors will make sure they go ba...
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[05:46:22] <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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[05:46:24] <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...
[05:46:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 2167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:59] <exec> 08└─I get the idea that Soylent News is also a testbed for this kind of thing, trying stuff out on a smaller scale among technical professionals first. This is my favorite hangout to get whiffs of techie stuff and insights from what I believe to be the world experts in the field... and I am talking abo...
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[06:42:28] <exec> 08└─The article is horseshit and the authors are insane are brain damaged, likely by high powered microwave beams
[06:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:30] <exec> 08└─The dose makes the poison.
[06:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:32] <exec> 08└─Try sticking your head in a microwave oven and see just how safe microwaves are.
[06:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03GerryA [7079] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:34] <exec> 08└─Detectors for 'microwave oven' leaks are cheap and ubiquitous. Did not the local security team have a few handy? If true, most likely that spooks were trying to recharge the batteries of hidden mics - did no one ever find one of those, with microwave-recharge circuits to match?
[06:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:36] <exec> 08└─Aren't those things just sold to old people who don't trust microwaves?
[06:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:38] <exec> 08└─Why is that only American diplomats feel the 'sonic weapon sickness'? 'Sonic attack' fears as more US diplomats fall ill in China [theguardian.com] Bizarre 'Sonic Attack' Symptoms Reportedly Spreading To US Diplomats Around The World [gizmodo.com.au] The incidents began in Cuba but reports have now...
[06:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:41] <exec> 08└─Try microwaving some metal. Or a gerbil.
[06:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:43] <exec> 08└─when you're the world's policeman and top dawg, you're the top target.
[06:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:45] <exec> 08└─But of course they are. You can have them only with prescription. However, those Canadian pharmacies... (grin)
[06:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:47] <exec> 08└─It's a matter of power. Surely you don't think you would be unharmed if you hotwired a microwave oven and stuck your head inside with it running, do you?
[06:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:49] <exec> 08└─Right! And the Americans are once again exceptional: they have exclusivity in being a target. All the other nations are so boringly uninteresting they aren't worth spying on or 'attacking' their diplomats. (grin)
[06:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:51] <exec> 08└─Perhaps they're the ones being irradiated?
[06:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:54] <exec> 08└─Tinfoil hats! Somebody patent it for the use the American diplomats, there'll be money to be made.
[06:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:56] <exec> 08└─Americans are, once again, exceptional
[06:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:58] <exec> 08└─Or perhaps they are the only ones to receive a vaccine with side effects?
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[07:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:28] <exec> 08└─"Removing bezels isn't just about aesthetics." Of course not, everything these companies do is about economics. Aesthetics only becomes important insofar as they affect spending. "Yes, bezel-less screens look fantastic" No, they look like shit. How about this, instead of bigger screens, how about us...
[07:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:53] <exec> 08└─Well, since there is no known example or mechanism for vaccines to cause those effects, but microwaves are known to be able to cause the effects, I think one of those explanations is distinctly more likely than the other.
[07:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:54] <exec> 08└─I think he already did.
[07:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:56] <exec> 08└─Well, since there is no known example or mechanism for vaccines to cause those effects,
[07:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:11] <exec> 08└─This whole submission is drama. Where is the content? It's just some personality-conflict drama. DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA. What else is there to debate here other than who is an ASSHOLE and who is a SHITFORBRAINS?
[07:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:12] <exec> 08└─Nice way to frame a possible (even if improbable) debate, ASSHOLE. (grin)
[07:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:46] <exec> 08└─Is this how it's going to be on SN. That an early Troll post that gets replies lives on indefinitely never going by -1? Mod points are fucking pointless if this is the situation. Good luck getting the first post.
[07:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimios [201] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:47] <exec> 08└─"throttling legal content" - I see what you did there. Bittorrent can be used for illegal activity, throttled. Youtube has some hatespeech videos, throttled. I leave other prominent sites as an exercise for the readers...
[07:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:49] <exec> 08└─Comment started at 2, got modded to 0. Apparently you are dismayed you didn't get a third modder to join you. Frist post isn't everything either. I hope alcohol was involved in your comment.
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[08:43:34] <exec> 08└─Someone read my comments from 6 months back? [soylentnews.org]
[08:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:35] <exec> 08└─Why is every idiot and his mother in this thread claiming that this has only ever affected Americans? That is completely untrue and if you don't know that from all the articles published regarding this then you aren't qualified to even make a comment about it...
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[10:42:45] <exec> 08└─Spaceships and hookers? Sold!
[10:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:55] <exec> 08└─For multiple monitors the thinner bezel would be nice, maybe. But I care about that less with a laptop. In fact, a little extra bezel might just save the screen if it happens to drop on edge. I think I'd rather have a normal bezel and a matte screen.
[10:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 901 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:57] <exec> 08└─I often grab my thinkpad 410 by the upper bezel, which gets thicker up to around 8mm on its upper edge, handy. I don't notice being on a 14" laptop when i switch from a 15" so thinning the bezel for a 15.x is surely not going to even register here. Designers don't know how their products will be use...
[10:44:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03martyb [76] 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 1018 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:44:08] <exec> 08└─It is a bit of a problem these days because of how the major ISPs have split up the territory so they do not have to compete with each other. Sure, there are some places with multiple high speed data providers, but the majority of folk in the USA have at *best* a single cable or fiber provider, mayb...
[10:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:44:22] <exec> 08└─Real competition. Damn, that would be nice. We had four providers in our area. I cut Comcast eight years ago. One was much slower than advertised, they said due to the 'wiring' in our neighborhood even though that wasn't an issue with any other ADSL, the next gave me three modems in seven days that...
[10:47:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:56] <exec> 08└─#banmorekhallow!
[10:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:57] <exec> 08└─Now, the real trick is going to be how do we keep the professionals over here, and keep the kids and jokers over there?
[10:47:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:59] <exec> 08└─We also couldn't talk about viagra for a long time but I didn't hear anyone complaining about that. Simple word filters around here are going to happen because they're quick and stop most spammy jackassery. They're also meant to be temporary, lasting only as long as necessary to get the spammer to f...
[10:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:22] <exec> 08└─cute! next time, ask about immigration and milk quotas and food labeling.
[10:51:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06"The Internet of Garbage" - 455 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:02] <exec> 08└─Hey look, more of the same purposeful intellectual dishonesty. I'm gonna reply to each of you dishonest fucks who buy into any narrative that plays the race card against minorities, and point out each time that the shit you're most aggrieved about were direct parodies of actual racists who are now t...
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[11:43:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 500 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:07] <exec> 08└─"Removing bezels isn't just about aesthetics." Of course not, everything these companies do is about economics. Aesthetics only becomes important insofar as they affect spending. "Yes, bezel-less screens look fantastic" No, they look like shit. How about this, instead of bigger screens, how about us...
[11:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:41] <exec> 08└─Why do you think all Alien invasions and natural dissasters target USA?
[11:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:43] <exec> 08└─A link [theepochtimes.com] is worth a lot of scolding. Canadian diplomats who were in Havana during an alleged sonic weapons attack in April 2017 claim they suffered injury, yet have been abandoned by their government. The incident appears to be part of a series of attacks that injured U.S. diploma...
[11:44:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:37] <exec> 08└─Don't be telling me what I can put in my colon, you something-or-other-phobe!
[11:44:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:39] <exec> 08└─They don't need to. Computers can't process unlimited data. They just need to keep up with the demand.
[11:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:41] <exec> 08└─No, the best would be to legally enforce separation of ownership of infrastructure from providing services and to legally prohibit exclusive or quasi-exclusive deals for access to said infrastructure. There's a good argument to be made for infrastructure to be treated as a utility in that situation...
[11:44:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:44] <exec> 08└─It's kind of amazing. I haven't heard anything good coming from California for so long that I barely know what to think of this. Seems they usually just muck up the rest of the world by ruining things like gasoline cans(CARB compliant = Junk) I guess they can't always fail.
[11:44:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:46] <exec> 08└─If it's the ultimate goal, why not start working towards it instead of doing duct tape and baling wire fixes? Accepting fucked-up-ed-ness only ensures it's going to continue.
[11:44:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:48] <exec> 08└─California's a useful testbed for the more wacky ideas progtards come up with. That way they can have their little "victories" and none of the rest of us have to put up with such idiocy. But, yeah, hardly anyone is always wrong.
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[12:42:36] <exec> 08└─i pass, thanks!
[12:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:38] <exec> 08└─Care to expand on that, wordsmith?
[12:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:50] <exec> 08└─The real advantage of slimmer bezels is that the devices are flimsier and much easier to break, so there is a bigger market for replacements. It is possible that some people (and a lot of robots) think they look sexy, but if you think laptops and phone look sexy, you need to look deeply into your so...
[12:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:51] <exec> 08└─Doesn't *everyone* has a USB-C dock running two huge monitors, keyboard, mouse, and any other peripherals (ac out, mic, phone charging, etc etc) Laptops are for taking to meetings and looking important. Looks (therefore bezels) matter when you're all sitting around a table pretending to care about w...
[12:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 3769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:53] <exec> 08└─I want a laptop not a "T&L" aka Calvin Klein anorexia victim. A desktop class, unthrottled, devours tasks like the Cookie Monster through a box of Oreo's, CPU. Not one of those "ultra low voltage" whimpy ones that turns the chassis into a kiln because I stupidly decided to read my email. Full sized...
[12:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:55] <exec> 08└─No, they look like shit.
[12:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:28] <exec> 08└─If CONSTANTLY bathed in it, how do you know your reality isn't fake? Imagined sounds, imagined images, imagined existence... How do you KNOW you're reading an actual post from me? You could be laying in action in a Cuban embassy imagining that this reality is reality.....
[12:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:29] <exec> 08└─Latest Semi-Official Explanation
[12:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Feed Seaweed To Dairy Cows To Reduce Emissions - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:00] <exec> 08└─Is she a cow, or merely bovine?
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[13:42:51] <exec> 08└─Don't upload nude photos of yourself the internet, and nude photos of yourself won't be shared with the internet. OTOH hackers can really suck.
[13:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:52] <exec> 08└─OTOH hackers can really suck.
[13:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:04] <exec> 08└─Mars, Ho! by Stephen McGrew Tried searching for the above on DuckDuckGo. That string gives DDG indigestion. LOL Did they learn nothing from little Bobby Tables?
[13:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:05] <exec> 08└─https://www.mcgrewbooks.com/Mars,%20Ho!/index.html [mcgrewbooks.com]
[13:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DarkMorph [674] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:07] <exec> 08└─I don't know why the fuck the bang command is being interpreted when it's not the first character, but you can still run that search and get perfectly good results if you escape it as follows: Mars, Ho\! by Stephen McGrew
[13:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:58] <exec> 08└─It might make him more useful.
[13:43:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:44:00] <exec> 08└─ACs can see their posting history...what's next? Buying them subscriptions?
[13:44:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:44:59] <exec> 08└─sorry I can't mod you up for this -- and I'm surprised this point isn't getting more emphasis from the community. I'd *love* to end up with a situation where "last mile" internet is treated as a utility, same as electricity distribution. One could then pick a layer-3-and-up ISP from there same as on...
[13:45:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:45:30] <exec> 08└─"... that we know of" '... today..'
[13:45:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Still Trying to Patent a Public Domain Video Compression Algorithm - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:45:31] <exec> 08└─... if it isn't in a trade magazine and sold by Microsoft, it doesn't exist.
[13:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:27] <exec> 08└─Then why did you buy a 4k monitor?
[13:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:46:50] <exec> 08└─This.
[13:48:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:41] <exec> 08└─I love a bit of slash that said the draco/harry stuff is just horrible
[13:48:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:42] <exec> 08└─Look, I'm not sure that will work. It's worth a try though. There's a jerk at my work we could experiment on?
[13:48:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:44] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffh7cWRrqF4 [youtube.com]
[13:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 2024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:47] <exec> 08└─Words to live by. Around here we have lost. For now, anyway. It is not a crime, but you can be sued for offending someone [abc.net.au] which goes against the local culture. They tried to remove the words offending, insulting and humiliating from section 18C of the act but failed. This caused a lot o...
[13:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06European Commission to Recommend Abolition of Daylight Saving Time - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:19] <exec> 08└─learn to set your coffee maker to start an hour earlier?
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[14:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:00] <exec> 08└─I wish I could see the magnetic lines as I always struggle when people say something like "Let's meet at the north entrance"!
[14:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:01] <exec> 08└─Biohackers have been implanting magnets in their fingertips for years now. Not sure if it helps them find north. Might just give them a legit way to say their brains are affected by power lines, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] But it sucks: https://www.theverge.co...
[14:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:13] <exec> 08└─They do suck, since they got caught.
[14:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:15] <exec> 08└─This clown didn't hack anything. He used a phishing scam to get usernames & passwords and later claimed he used a brute force attack but could not provide any details or proof. I realize pop culture has hijacked the original meaning of hacker, but let's not start calling fake login-page scam artists...
[14:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:17] <exec> 08└─Good point. They broke Rule #1.
[14:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:19] <exec> 08└─Do these four "hackers" suck, or are they just inevitable?
[14:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:33] <exec> 08└─If you're going to read the outstanding Foundation series, shouldn't you start with "Prelude to Foundation"? It was written many years after the three original Foundation titles, but it is starting point of the series.
[14:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:34] <exec> 08└─No. Always read by date published, not in-story timeline.
[14:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:36] <exec> 08└─I agree with the other AC. Might as well read it in the same order that readers encountered it. Doing otherwise will likely spoil plot elements from the initial books, even if the newer books are prequels.
[14:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:38] <exec> 08└─For how much?
[14:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:41] <exec> 08└─https://www.mcgrewbooks.com/Mars,%20Ho!/index.html [mcgrewbooks.com] $0-$20. But mostly $0. I guess Mars girls are easy.
[14:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:43] <exec> 08└─at least she cared enough to leave a comment
[14:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:45] <exec> 08└─I always like to file a good bang Pornhub is a good place to store em
[14:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:47] <exec> 08└─First, thank you for carrying on the idea of the book club. We will benefit from this forum. Second, dang! I'm halfway thru "The three body problem" which was supposed to be the first selection! Third, I would like to nominate "Snow Crash" [goodreads.com] by Neal Stephenson Finally, thanks again an...
[14:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:49] <exec> 08└─I threw a couple of easier ones at the beginning to give folks more time. Snow Crash... perfect for December.
[14:44:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 811 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:00] <exec> 08└─The real advantage of slimmer bezels is that the devices are flimsier and much easier to break, so there is a bigger market for replacements. It is possible that some people (and a lot of robots) think they look sexy, but if you think laptops and phone look sexy, you need to look deeply into your so...
[14:44:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 3769 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:03] <exec> 08└─I want a laptop not a "T&L" aka Calvin Klein anorexia victim. A desktop class, unthrottled, devours tasks like the Cookie Monster through a box of Oreo's, CPU. Not one of those "ultra low voltage" whimpy ones that turns the chassis into a kiln because I stupidly decided to read my email. Full sized...
[14:44:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:32] <exec> 08└─I think he already did.
[14:44:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:59] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/08/06/0146206 [soylentnews.org] Considering the timing and how he only entered office in May 2017, it's pretty clear we're not being told the full story. My guess is that the infrastructure is in extremely poor state and no one is willing to fund the repairs...
[14:45:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:44] <exec> 08└─Release the schmoo!
[14:45:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:45] <exec> 08└─Competition is possible if the last mile is publicly owned and exclusivity contracts are banned. Then, ISPs would have to compete on quality of service and price. That still doesn't mean that net neutrality shouldn't exist, though, regardless of how much competition there might be.
[14:45:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:47] <exec> 08└─After all, once the Supreme Court lays down their interpretation, there is no method of appeal.
[14:45:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:49] <exec> 08└─Checks and balances, or evil feedback loop?
[14:45:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:52] <exec> 08└─the best would be to legally enforce separation (emphasis mine) of ownership of infrastructure from providing services and to legally prohibit (emphasis mine) exclusive or quasi-exclusive deals for access to said infrastructure.
[14:45:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:54] <exec> 08└─Ya you get your ttied and true stupidity wherr you leech off california. Thanks regular tard.
[14:48:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03pD-brane [6728] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:07] <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.
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[15:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:48] <exec> 08└─Years ago we had a name for this: retarded.
[15:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:49] <exec> 08└─The R-word [r-word.org] is never OK!!!
[15:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:51] <exec> 08└─At this stage yea..
[15:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:31] <exec> 08└─not to be confused with
[15:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 1220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:32] <exec> 08└─Snow Crash is an awesome book. Beware though, because of the Overton window shifts, a book that was vaguely centrist to tiling slightly leftist in 1992 when it was published is now occasionally seen as Nazi right wing red pill double plus ungood badthink. I've seen some real shit talking about that...
[15:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:34] <exec> 08└─Fuck that LISP code is never gonna compile, here's my lost rparen )
[15:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 1496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:36] <exec> 08└─Cover art is still used for thumbnails on Kindle/Android/Apple "virtual bookshelves". And could be used in other contexts: https://proto-knowledge.blogspot.com [blogspot.com] Cover art is still a thing, for now: http://www.printmag.com
[15:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:39] <exec> 08└─For now. Just saying, in "the old days" you'd shop at a brick and mortar and the cover was 100% of your field of vision of the experience of browsing for a book, so it kinda mattered. Of course I spent a lot of time reading favorite authors, Frankowski, Asimov, Ringo, whatevs so in ye olde brick and...
[15:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:41] <exec> 08└─My paperwhite Kindle Keyboard does sort of a number on 'cover art' both in the Kindle store and in my library. But I can remember in my youth wrapping SF books I was reading in plain white bookcovers, because the cover art and the back page summary often did a really bad job distorting the book insi...
[15:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:57] <exec> 08└─I know everyone knows what "IFA" is from the fact that just about zero articles in the English-speaking press spell out what those letters stand for (because everybody already knows right? shakes head sadly), but just in case one or two people here and there don't know: "IFA" stands for "Internation...
[15:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:58] <exec> 08└─"You could always get a gaming laptop..." Yeah, and monkies might fly out my ass. What part of "real laptop" did you not understand?
[15:44:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 917 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:01] <exec> 08└─I would honestly buy a rectangular box with bolted hinges and hard edges, before I'd buy any of these so-called "designer" laptops (and "designer" is a word I equate with cheap shit done in stupid ways with an expensive price-tag - think Apple... they are "designer", not "design"). Seriously. Give m...
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[15:44:03] <exec> 08└─Thank you for that. I googled and couldn't find anything except other articles about IFA and things like the International Fiscal Association. I've never once heard IFA mentioned before anywhere.
[15:45:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:50] <exec> 08└─To summarize Wickard v. Filburn. If you cut a fart, it may call on somebody to use air freshener. And should they do that, that air freshener might have been sold across state lines. Thus your fart, is infringing on the federal governments right to regulate interstate commerce. Therefore farts are a...
[15:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:21] <exec> 08└─That's where the content needs to be 800K / 480Hz with the ability to pan / zoom and slow-mo, and even then a 1920x1080 screen is fine for viewing the selected sub-frames.
[15:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:23] <exec> 08└─you can't buy a 4k dvd player.
[15:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 2074 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:50] <exec> 08└─This isn't a Sony problem, it's a capitalism problem. I guarantee if the biggest player in consoles was Nintendo or Microsoft/Xbox, that company would be the one blocking cross-play and Sony and the other one would support it. When Windows dominated the desktop and IE was the king of browsers, Micro...
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[15:48:13] <exec> 08└─Yep - there's plenty of hysteria on both sides of a lot of important issues and that really pisses me off. If you haven't seen: Netflix: Chasing Coral. Only watch if you are ready to be seriously depressed. Also, I love to plug these guys: http://www.half-earthproject.org [half-earthproject.org] I...
[15:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:31] <exec> 08└─Good luck enforcing "we get to burn high sulfur fuel in this engine because the fuel woudda been wasted but not in this engine over dere" Also you run into interesting flame temp issues... the unburned heavier crap is going to make life for the cat conv very difficult while at the same time if you l...
[15:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:33] <exec> 08└─But in countries like Venezuela, that are oil rich yet
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[16:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:39] <exec> 08└─It is not that I think we shouldn't go or that we can't but I wonder why ? What purpose do any of you see in going to the moon ? A space station as a jump off point to interstellar exploration makes sense. Exploration and colonization of other sustainable worlds makes sense, but what purpose does th...
[16:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:51] <exec> 08└─I work at a data center. I hear people refer to our customers as retarded on a daily basis. Also, I should mention that our customers really are retarded, that's why they need to call tech support.
[16:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:07] <exec> 08└─i'm sure you know this, but just for the hive mind record, they like to use "hacked" for everything because they want to create apathy and they want people to believe it's unavoidable(l337 haxxors and all). this way, they are not held accountable in the court of public opinion for their ignorance/ch...
[16:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:36] <exec> 08└─Ugh, do you have to ruin Snow Crash too? Go away you alt-right jackasd.
[16:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:38] <exec> 08└─I, on the other hand, read the Foundation trilogy in a box set with covers by Chris Foss [wikipedia.org], where the three covers would join to form a larger picture [djabbic.co.uk]. These covers added a lot to my enjoyment of the three books.
[16:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:40] <exec> 08└─I see what you did there - you misspelled iPass hoping that Apple doesn't take a bite out of your ass.
[16:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:42] <exec> 08└─Many authors would agree that the book cover artists at the pulp publishers were scum.
[16:44:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:00] <exec> 08└─In fact, a little extra bezel might just save the screen if it happens to drop on edge.
[16:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:01] <exec> 08└─yes and homer wanted wings on the car his brother let him design. :)
[16:44:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:03] <exec> 08└─exactly. Go for the business class ones. And remember you need to pay for it :D
[16:44:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:39] <exec> 08└─They got published. That's all that matters to the authors.
[16:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:40] <exec> 08└─Assuming the Canadians will hang out at US parties, they can easily catch mass hysteria. And since the Canadians have had long term relations with Cuba, while the current US administration wants to delegitimize the previous administration's opening to Cuba, they won't entertain any bullshit. The Epo...
[16:44:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:59] <exec> 08└─You're not a cynic. I used to work for a small ISP that had literally no backup plan for PRI accesses when they moved office; naturally things went wrong. Hosting was unaffected, but dialup was largely geborken. The management's response was less than timely. I was left in the position of being paid...
[16:45:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:45:51] <exec> 08└─Relevance? Nothing can, nothing every will be able to carry "unlimited" bandwidth. So - if a 1g fiber isn't good enough, maybe you can run five fibers? And, if you create something new that just blows away fiber, you'll still have a limit - albeit, much higher than fiber. Meanwhile, I'm still waitin...
[16:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:45] <exec> 08└─i agree that this is related to slaveware peddlers, but i don't think it's exclusive to capitalism as much as a closed business model, even if there are norms of what types of economic systems use what type of business models.
[16:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Says You Can't Have Cross-Play Because PlayStation is the Best - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:47] <exec> 08└─uhh, those were democracy bombs!
[16:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:47] <exec> 08└─Letting the government decide what is and is not legitimate discourse is dangerous. People are responsible for their own actions. If someone chooses to listen to someone preaching violence, then that is on the person who chose to listen.
[16:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:04] <exec> 08└─i watched some of a congressional committee hearing about this recently. couldn't take much though. sounded like they've (governments) known about this problem (re: florida) for years and have done nothing substantial about it. looking for more national funding and control as the cure for inactive s...
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[17:42:17] <exec> 08└─As far as solar system real estate goes, the Moon is rather accessible. It also has a higher surface gravity than almost all other satellites (except Io, I think). It has water ice. It has areas near the poles that get nearly constant sunlight year round. Because it's at 1 AU, you can get much more...
[17:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 1230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:19] <exec> 08└─Actually, it remains to be seen how valuable lunar real estate is. It is possible that many people, and many corporations find a lot of value in locating on the moon. And, it's also possible that the moon sees a boom and bust cycle. That is, a lot of people go to the moon, for reasons that seem good...
[17:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:21] <exec> 08└─There are some investments that are better than others. The moon is not promising.
[17:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:23] <exec> 08└─NASA's budget share now hovers around just 0.5 percent. But something in that range should be enough to mount crewed lunar missions in the next 10 years or so
[17:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:37] <exec> 08└─I would be surprised if this applies to "all birds". It may not even apply to all migratory birds. Cool research, but let's not assume that the data applies to all avian creatures. It's been known for quite a long while that some, or all raptors, see ultraviolet. It helps them to see not the prey th...
[17:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:39] <exec> 08└─"Developmentally challenged" and "retarded" are perfectly acceptable synonyms. Please leave your sensitivities at home.
[17:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:53] <exec> 08└─Quite likely, if you live in America. Foreign happenings are only covered in US media if strife is involved. Part of the strategy of fooling you that only the US is normal and livable. The IFA is the world's preeminent consumer electronics show. Historically about receiving equipment, I am surprised...
[17:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:54] <exec> 08└─If you need a Toughbook or other rugged laptop, you should get one. Otherwise you shouldn't be dropping or breaking your laptop, or you should have a $100 laptop that you can destroy without regretting it. No/tiny bezel does not mean that it has to be weak. It can use toughened glass (e.g. Gorilla G...
[17:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:56] <exec> 08└─I need to be able to shave with my laptop.
[17:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:58] <exec> 08└─The only people who watch US media are 55 years or older and that age is increasing.
[17:44:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:01] <exec> 08└─With smaller batteries. Bleh.
[17:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:03] <exec> 08└─If you cant break it / wear it out easily/quickly, you dont come back for another as soon. All part of planned-obsolescence and the throwaway mentality Its sick, i agree, but its all part of their plan. Sad when i have a 40 year old Kaypro that still works.. how many 10 year old 'modern' laptops sti...
[17:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03AlphaSnail [5814] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:42] <exec> 08└─Well rip the door off your microwave at home and stick your head in there - seeing as how any type of microwave no matter how powerful has no effect on the human body. The microwaves just bring water to a boil by gently massages the atoms, and if anyone were to be attacked by a microwave weapon they...
[17:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:44] <exec> 08└─Mefloquine is not a vaccine, it is a prophylactic medication. The side effects are not the result of a bad batch, they are just reactions some people have, so you will see a uniform distribution among people taking it, not clusters. It doesn't leave lasting damage once it is stopped.
[17:45:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:55] <exec> 08└─I would favor that sort of approach, but as strong as the resistance is to net neutrality, the resistance to the last mile as a utility is at least an order of magnitude louder. Hence my comment about wishes and horses.
[17:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AI Sucks At Stopping Online Trolls Spewing Toxic Comments - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:52] <exec> 08└─Chelsea Manning!
[17:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Countries Ranked by Oil Production Emissions - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:32] <exec> 08└─Yeah. I suspect the Arab Spring was more the cost of "Bread & Circuses" intersecting the oil revenue of the various Arab states. https://www.economist.com [economist.com] Yes while in some places the actual Bread prices might have been kept stab...
[17:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Neuroscientist Explains what Tech Does to the Reading Brain - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:59] <exec> 08└─gnome has nightlight built in to the display settings gui, like gnod intended.
[17:51:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Filmmaker Convicted of Espionage in Cambodia - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:33] <exec> 08└─no. don't go to vietnam either. thailand is iffy enough, i gather from the scare-o-sphere.
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[18:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:53] <exec> 08└─It would be no less than all the funding NASA lost over privatization and project cancellations. In fact, it will require at least the same personal and contractors. Guaranteed.
[18:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:55] <exec> 08└─For some values of "much".
[18:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:57] <exec> 08└─NASA never built anything
[18:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 1582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:59] <exec> 08└─Depends on what you mean by investment. People could live on the Moon without significant resupply from Earth. They could use lunar ice to get water and oxygen, and grow crops indoors. They can build structures using regolith, or dig tunnels. After the initial investment(s), they at least don't have...
[18:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:14] <exec> 08└─On October 5, 2010, former U.S. President Barack Obama officially signed bill S. 2781 into federal law. Rosa’s Law, which takes its name and inspiration for 9-year-old Rosa Marcellino, removes the terms “mental retardation” and "mentally retarded" from federal health, education and labor polic...
[18:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:29] <exec> 08└─8 months in prison. How much money did the guy get for the pictures? It's not a rhetorical question, but a practical one. I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth 8 months in prison or not.
[18:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:35] <exec> 08└─My $100 Chromebook wipes the floor with your $4,000+ (adjusted for inflation) Kaypro. It's doubtful that the Kaypro will last even 10 times longer than the Chromebook. Whining about planned obsolescence is passé. Computers are still significantly better after 5-10 years of improvements, and most ca...
[18:44:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:37] <exec> 08└─Foreign happenings are only covered in US media if strife is involved. Part of the strategy of fooling you that only the US is normal and livable.
[18:45:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:38] <exec> 08└─Was I "covering my own ass"?
[18:45:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:39] <exec> 08└─So Monsieur Hulot will be en vacance, perhaps in Saint-Marc-sur-Mer?
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[19:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:42] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews today met its funding goals by selling fake subscriptions to AC trolls.
[19:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:44] <exec> 08└─Africa would be more prosperous if only niggers could comprehend how to do financial fraud.
[19:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:46] <exec> 08└─Man is very creative, and has invented many great things. But greed, greed is one of the earliest motivators of invention. And Man has created many scams to scam many people.
[19:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:48] <exec> 08└─Those movies were great! [youtube.com]
[19:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:50] <exec> 08└─OMG I'm gay! And I'm a chubby chaser!
[19:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:52] <exec> 08└─Is scamming (one of) the evolutionary fitness pressures behind social and economic systems?
[19:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:54] <exec> 08└─Yes. Women are gold diggers. Makeup, hair dye, fake nails, revealing clothes, shaved legs, and heeled shoes are all scams.
[19:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:29] <exec> 08└─Have to agree. This political correctness drive to abolish certain words would leave us all speaking some neutered legalese English where we'll add "alleged" and "supposed" at every sentence just to avoid a profanity and slander charges soon enough. Retarded, idiot, moron, hysteric, imbecile, stupid...
[19:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:31] <exec> 08└─That's why we voted for Trump to repeal this retarded law.
[19:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:33] <exec> 08└─I really don't understand how people can be offended from learning that it was enshrined in government policy to try to keep their discussions about medical problems at a professional level. Go ahead and call these people and kids retards; you don't owe them anything, and if you're lucky, no one wil...
[19:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:35] <exec> 08└─On October 5, 2010, some wanker with sensitivity problems signed a stupid note, attempting to change the meaning of a commonly used, and perfectly well understood word. I am completely unimpressed. This is the same sort of stupidity that denies that deviant people are deviant.
[19:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:52] <exec> 08└─Rumor is the guy 'hacked' *one* phone. #metoo
[19:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Andy_Random [6476] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 1226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:27] <exec> 08└─I recommend in general the Audio-Editions. Try one. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) https://www.goodreads.com [goodreads.com] ---------------------------------------------------------- Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looki...
[19:45:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 543 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:32] <exec> 08└─A link [theepochtimes.com] is worth a lot of scolding. Canadian diplomats who were in Havana during an alleged sonic weapons attack in April 2017 claim they suffered injury, yet have been abandoned by their government. The incident appears to be part of a series of attacks that injured U.S. diploma...
[19:45:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:42] <exec> 08└─Among the various theories put forth by "vaccines can cause injury" camp in the early 2000s: thimerosal (mercury) in multi-dose vials can settle so that, in a 10 dose vial, one recipient might get 90% of the thimerosal while the other 9 doses contain very little. It was about this time that Jenny Mc...
[19:45:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:44] <exec> 08└─Maybe Cuban microwave ovens are just badly made?
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[20:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:21] <exec> 08└─Yeah, well I guess the second time you do something it should be cheaper. Not to mention it's 50+ years later so.. maybe technology is better & cheaper. Common sense I suppose. I guess I would rather see all of this money directed to basic research across physics & biology. and a huge push for surfa...
[20:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:44] <exec> 08└─This is really cool and amazing! It's hard to imagine. That must be quite a trip to see magnetic fields. Such a direct sense of magnetics would have made some of my labs quite a bit easier back in uni.
[20:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:46] <exec> 08└─It was quite a while ago, but ISTR reading about a belt that had some kind of mechanisms arranged around it so that the one nearest north would vibrate(?) periodically. Does anyone else remember this?
[20:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:48] <exec> 08└─Language evolves; things that have a meaning today can have different meanings tomorrow. It seems you are the one that is sensitive. The labels applied to things (also people) also change. Quick test is the word "jandal" a synonym for the Australian word "thong" or the American word "thong"? If you...
[20:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:06] <exec> 08└─If he can get a smuggled cell phone, he could fap to the pictures he gifted to the world. #EverydayHeroes
[20:45:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:15] <exec> 08└─What about italian laws preventing me to use an mp3 of a lawfully bought cd without paying 300 eur/year for a dj license
[20:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:17] <exec> 08└─Now you've done it. Laptop falling / screen cracking in 10, 9, 8....
[20:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:20] <exec> 08└─He could have ...
[20:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:36] <exec> 08└─Seals live, seals die. Temperature goes up, temperature goes up again. You can't explain that. Nothing to worry about, keep buying shiny. Ooh look, shineey!
[20:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:38] <exec> 08└─Don't worry about it, the free market will solve this problem. Is it even a problem? Let's see what the stock market says... record high? Not a problem.
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[21:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:03] <exec> 08└─It sucked more before, it sucks now, it will suck less later. The improvements have and will be gradual and when it's passable it will not be noteworthy. When it is noteworthy it isn't passable.
[21:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:05] <exec> 08└─The queue is full of interesting stuff and I submitted this story less than an hour ago -- must be some kind of record for time from submission to front page? Thanks martyb!
[21:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:07] <exec> 08└─Cooking is not rocket science. It's been done by robots for decades at factory scales. If you know how to do it, most cooking is done in seconds of interaction time with a bunch of waiting in between.
[21:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:09] <exec> 08└─The robots will hunt you down if you don't leave a big tip, give the restaurant a positive review, and sign up for the loyalty card.
[21:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:11] <exec> 08└─Somehow, I was hoping for it to be a robotic soup kitchen. Coming soon?
[21:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:13] <exec> 08└─Check out the link to see how they managed to make kale (reasonably) palatable...
[21:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:15] <exec> 08└─The robotic soup kitchen only serves young rich bros in the cafeterias of tech companies that are busy automating the process of hoarding money. The poor, the homeless, the jobless, and former tech bros who got old do not deserve to eat and should just die already.
[21:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:18] <exec> 08└─Pretty cheap for a restaurant located in prime real estate -- the claim is USD $7.50 for a nutritious meal (not junk food). Is there an analogy between a free soup kitchen and "the only price that works on the internet is free"?
[21:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:20] <exec> 08└─There is a hint: ... Schlueter spent three months solving the kale problem, tinkering with the hopper yet again to reduce the risk of jamming and fluff up the chopped kale so it would sear, not steam.
[21:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:22] <exec> 08└─Won't appeal to millennials if there is anything except tofu and avocado involved. And speaking of millennials, how many bathrooms does the restaurant have? Can the robots take pictures to post on your instagram account while you are eating?
[21:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:36] <exec> 08└─Chinamen love their money, no matter how they get it.
[21:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:37] <exec> 08└─Yes. Women are gold diggers. Makeup, hair dye, fake nails, revealing clothes, shaved legs, and heeled shoes are all scams.
[21:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:39] <exec> 08└─Hate to feed trolls, but really, you haven't lived until you've been propositioned by a Nigerian prince... https://www.bbb.org [bbb.org]
[21:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:42] <exec> 08└─Women evolved hairless chests to display their breasts to prehistoric men.
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[21:43:59] <exec> 08└─Archfeld, you are effectively asking "how old are you."
[21:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:01] <exec> 08└─Instead of committing $20.7 billion to fake another moon landing, why not give that money to fund education in the poorer states? Think how many pickaninnies could learn how to read and write with that amount of money.
[21:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 1687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:03] <exec> 08└─What we need, in no particular order, not exhaustive: 1. Modern exploration of Uranus and Neptune, the major Uranian moons, and Triton. 2. Drones on Titan. Flying drones, boats, and submarines are all possible. 3. Landers capable of drilling into the ice on both Europa and Enceladus. 4. Lander capab...
[21:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:05] <exec> 08└─Sure, and they might even read about the Apollo program and the actual moon landings.
[21:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:28] <exec> 08└─Cue augmented reality glasses. They should be able to display an overlay of magnetic fields... well before we genetically engineer new human eyes with the Cry4 protein.
[21:44:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:49] <exec> 08└─How about don't take nude photos of yourself, period. Odds are, however private you think they are, they aren't that private. For instance, if you take them, and give them to a partner, odds are very good that they'll be in the hand of a potentially vindictive ex at some point in the future. Or if y...
[21:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:27] <exec> 08└─Was trying to decide how to laze the day away anyhow :-) Easy read. Somewhere between youth sci-fi and more serious stuff; story elements tend to be caricatures, but once i started it I read it straight through. If you go in expecting Foundation or Dune you'll be disappointed, if you go in with HO...
[21:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:44] <exec> 08└─Mefloquine is not a vaccine,
[21:48:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:01] <exec> 08└─Underrated post.
[21:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dead Dolphins, Diseased Seals Wash up on US Shores - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:22] <exec> 08└─An opportunity to evolve fast food menus. Eyes peeled!
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[22:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:15] <exec> 08└─Can the robots take pictures to post on your instagram account while you are eating?
[22:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:17] <exec> 08└─10478. They're provided by a cross-promotional deal with the infinite contact-enforcing turtles.
[22:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:19] <exec> 08└─Seared kale is still kale.
[22:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:21] <exec> 08└─Also need to get inb4 it's burger time, G.
[22:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:23] <exec> 08└─If the meal is free, you are the food.
[22:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:25] <exec> 08└─Is it a selfie if a robot took the picture? People might even let the companyrobot post to their social media accounts. Yay, permissive data mining might make this viable..
[22:43:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:27] <exec> 08└─It's a selfie if the camera is attached to your chopsticks.
[22:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:30] <exec> 08└─I'm stealing this one.
[22:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:48] <exec> 08└─Funny, I thought it was Men Going Their Own Way, not Men Drunkenly Banging On The Door Begging Women To Take Them Back While Whining About How Fake They Are. You are *obsessed,* child.
[22:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:49] <exec> 08└─and expensive dresses
[22:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:11] <exec> 08└─Dawn was the first spacecraft to orbit two different objects (Vesta and Ceres)
[22:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:13] <exec> 08└─As far as solar system real estate goes
[22:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Administrator Bridenstine Says It Won't Cost Much to Get Back to the Moon - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:15] <exec> 08└─Not after we've replaced all the old federal textbooks with the corrected versions [youtube.com].
[22:45:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club is Alive - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:32] <exec> 08└─That sounds kinda weird. It's not like cyberpunk is all about sunshine and rainbows.
[22:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:06] <exec> 08└─Designers don't know how their products will be used.
[22:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:50] <exec> 08└─We call them "special".
[22:47:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S. - 358 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:54] <exec> 08└─No, the best would be to legally enforce separation of ownership of infrastructure from providing services and to legally prohibit exclusive or quasi-exclusive deals for access to said infrastructure. There's a good argument to be made for infrastructure to be treated as a utility in that situation...
[22:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Wave of 8K TVs is Coming - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:40] <exec> 08└─i'm one of those projector fans that went to the trouble of painting my wall with a special metallic blend because i found the screens that were available way too small. the upgrade from 720p to 1080p was amazing. 4k is also totally worth it on a 14' sceen. 8k might be visible. on the other hand, i...
[22:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Better Fisheries Management Could Help Offset Climate Change's Negative Effects, Research Suggests - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:32] <exec> 08└─Still chilling in your echo chamber and denying ample scientific evidence?
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[23:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:47] <exec> 08└─Traditional: upskirt. Now: up nose.
[23:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03CZB [6457] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:49] <exec> 08└─I don't know if its bad that restaurant-future makes most of the staff obsolete, or good because many restaurants currently run on abused, drug addicted, overworked staff being paid under the table.
[23:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:51] <exec> 08└─It's almost as though we need a socialist revolution before technology will mean wealth for the common person.
[23:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robotic Kitchen Opens in Boston - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:53] <exec> 08└─v▮r▮ m▮ ▮▮▮▮y
[23:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Failed Chinese Films and Fake Ticket Sales Used to Manipulate Stock Prices - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:14] <exec> 08└─Makeup, cloths, etc. Are used as signals of fitness. This has flipped a bit as those things have also become wildly cheap and easily made. Women use makeup to cover blemishes and look fertile. They literally use paint and coverings to cover up the fact they are not. It is a survival trait.
[23:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:04] <exec> 08└─Quick test is the word "jandal" a synonym for the Australian word "thong" or the American word "thong"?
[23:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:06] <exec> 08└─It's not making fun of actual retards, it's making fun of the ones who only act like they're retarded.
[23:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:08] <exec> 08└─You make a very good point. I can't see this being of any advantage to a Kiwi, which decided flying was way too much effort so long ago that they barely even have wings.
[23:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And Now We Know How That's Possible - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:10] <exec> 08└─The problem is that it's a euphemism treadmill. Changing the name of the thing does nothing to change the stigma attached to the thing.
[23:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hacker Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Role in Leaking iCloud Celebrity Photos - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:28] <exec> 08└─I got to see every single one of my friends ex-gf's naked. He was mad when I would not reciprocate. "dude that is disrespectful". He did not understand. Yeah, do not take naked pictures.... ever.
[23:45:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:37] <exec> 08└─> One workaround is to find employment elsewhere in the Schengen area. more than a workaround it looks like the nuclear option.
[23:45:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Laptop Bezels Continue to Shrink - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:39] <exec> 08└─> and a lot of robots) think they look sexy No, they are indecent. What's next, the cpu in plain sight? COVER UP IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SHORTED.
[23:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:24] <exec> 08└─It's hard to undertstand why you went on and on about vaccines then changed gears to Mefloquine when that didn't pan out, and then ignored the point about how drug side effects don't tend to cluster. Also, I don't see signs of a concussion listed for Mefloquine.
[23:46:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:26] <exec> 08└─It was about this time that Jenny McCarthy was put forward as an anti-vaccine advocate by the pro-vaccination political camp.
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