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[00:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:31] <exec> 08└─The problems facing San Francisco are primarily driven by population growth,
[00:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 2040 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:32] <exec> 08└─I tend to err on the side of security. Matt Calamari, incredible guy, knows everything there is to know about security. And we love Security Camera because it keeps us safe. My Practice White House, my little house in Sterling, Virginia, we put in Security Camera. With a guy in New York watching it....
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[00:42:34] <exec> 08└─(cont) By the way, when you're in the fabulous city of San Francisco, be sure to visit 555 California Street. Big part of what makes San Francisco great. Biggest office building, and the SAFEST and most beautiful building in the city. With the biggest and best Christmas tree. Merry Christmas!!! trum...
[00:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:36] <exec> 08└─I would rather we need have a police state at all. All forms of mass surveillance (license plate readers, stingrays, bulk data collection, facial recognition cameras installed everywhere in public places, etc.) need to be banned, and offenders need to be harshly punished. This includes both corporat...
[00:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:38] <exec> 08└─Funny, I used to live in Oakland, drive and park my car at that same bart station, and commute to SF. Personally, I wouldn't give a fuck if they filmed the clunker I parked there, but fuck them bart police. Fuck them and some of these nasty oakland cretins, both of them.
[00:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:40] <exec> 08└─...would you rather they not adopt any community oversight policies and remain silent on the encroachment of the police state?
[00:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:24] <exec> 08└─A Ponzi scheme is a form of fraud in which a purported businessman lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors using funds obtained from newer investors.
[00:43:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Twenty Projects That Just Won the Human Computer Interface Challenge - 1364 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:38] <exec> 08└─Pfft, do you even know the insane clock speed USB requires? It's 48MHz, which is a real pain on a micro (where you're often on single-digit MHz, if that). If you're lucky you can upscale the internal oscillator, but often you need to add at least a 16MHz crystal to your designs if you want to be run...
[00:44:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 0613,000-Year-Old Beer Residue Found in Prehistoric Cave in Israel - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:41] <exec> 08└─I thought hops were added as a preservative.
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[01:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:10] <exec> 08└─A caribou bit my sister!
[01:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:12] <exec> 08└─We can revive it. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic werecaribou. Better, stronger, faster. More aggressive.
[01:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:14] <exec> 08└─I raise your threat one Teen Wolf and shake my body rigorously in anticipation of your scientific advancement.
[01:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:16] <exec> 08└─So.. uhh... jerky?
[01:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:20] <exec> 08└─Of wolf...and Man. [youtube.com]
[01:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:22] <exec> 08└─And tastier. Hmm carribou jerky
[01:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:40] <exec> 08└─It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world, it is a dangerous world out there. Vaginas are potential landmines. There’s some real danger there. They call it VD. It's really a disgrace. Totally disgusting. You don’t know until you’re tested. But...
[01:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:41] <exec> 08└─I bet you're a gas at parties. I can just visualize a guy in a black fat suit, gigantic red tie and an orange tabby cat secured to his head while dancing with a lamp and singing Pink Floyd's Money.....
[01:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:12] <exec> 08└─I'm doing this to protest the use of SSNs as database keys
[01:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:13] <exec> 08└─there's an snl skit where jim carey tells someone to go to hell and keeps doing it. i do wonder how liquified a brain has to be to find the same type of annoying rant satisfying. I'm going to guess it's the guy who literally has nothing smart to say, is rejected by women and society in general, and...
[01:43:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:31] <exec> 08└─You're not understanding supply/demand. You're not understanding wealth creation. In general, you're not thinking very deeply about this; you're merely falling prey to naive (and erroneous) pattern matching.
[01:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:32] <exec> 08└─Capitalism is a Ponzi scheme. You're both right, just at different scales of thinking.
[01:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:11] <exec> 08└─You know that your inherent aggression towards homosexuals reveals your latent homosexual tendencies.
[01:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:33] <exec> 08└─If you spend a lot of time at your desk, don't be afraid of spending money on the chair. Used Herman Miller or Steelcase chairs can be found on Craig's List from companies going out of business, and in my experience switching to an Aeron from a cheap Walmart chair the change was felt quickly. I also...
[01:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:34] <exec> 08└─Everyone wants us to die anyway. What do you care if our asses feel a bit better while we wait for death? (forget suicide, my family needs the life insurance payout. I'm literally worth more dead than alive.)
[01:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will be Scams by Next Year, Says Report - 996 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:49] <exec> 08└─Can't remember the last time I actually used my phone as a phone. Everything is via text nowdays. Do you not have any family or friends or girlfriend? I talk to my family on the phone all the time. Of course, it's pretty easy to recognize them as legitimate callers for obvious reasons. I will say, h...
[01:48:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will be Scams by Next Year, Says Report - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:50] <exec> 08└─I get those "neighborhood spoofing" calls all the time. I never answer them, because I **know** they're scams. How do I know this? Simple: I got this phone number when I lived in Arizona years ago. Now that I live on the other side of the country, the only calls I get from that area code are usually...
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[02:42:34] <exec> 08└─lays in the hand of those who control access. I have had a number of "frustrated" medics telling myself and my colleagues that "access to genomic information will be a disaster". I'll not say when that statement was, but you'd all be surprised if I told you the audience. Nevertheless, of course we s...
[02:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:08] <exec> 08└─Perhaps Godwin's take would be constructive here: the NAZI Aktion T4 resulted in every patient of every mental hospital in german-occupied land being murdered. There was a time when it was common for the mentally ill to spend their whole lives in state hospitals. The de-institutionalization of the m...
[02:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:09] <exec> 08└─Portland generally has more resources for the homeless than do most other cities, but even so there aren't enough public restrooms. For no reason I can fathom, the one in Pioneer Courthouse Square is only open 9-5 despite the square being heavily used by the public from 6-11. If you don't want homel...
[02:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:11] <exec> 08└─Buy some clothes that you would never wear. Importantly: buy shoes that you would never wear. Then buy a can of black spraypaint. Problem solved.
[02:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Very Long Baseline Array Measures Asteroid's Occultation of Distant Galaxy - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:22] <exec> 08└─I did a few calculations, based the stats on the Wikipedia page, for what would happen if it did hit the earth [ic.ac.uk]. The speed of 12.2 km/s is based on the asteroid's mean orbital velocity. The diameter of 191.524 is such that the volume times the listed 1.40 g/cm3 density yields the mass of 5...
[02:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:45] <exec> 08└─I don't care for credit either. Debt is another way those with power keep regular folks from acting up e.g., "Need to pay the bills, can't protest working conditions.," But, I finally relented and got some rewards cards that pay better "interest" on money I spend than I can get on money I save (safe...
[02:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:06] <exec> 08└─1. The guy in question was convicted not of mining cryptocurrency, but of pretending to mine cryptocurrency while in fact doing no such thing. 2. Bitcoin isn't a Ponzi scheme. It's a different kind of scam akin to Tom Sawyer's fence-whitewashing operation: "He had discovered a great law of human act...
[02:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03McGruber [3038] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:46] <exec> 08└─According to a new investigation by Queer Europe, though, Grindr can still expose people's personal data through a third-party app called "Fuckr", which was released in 2015 and can locate up to 600 Grindr users within minutes. And by "locate," we mean it can tell where users are with an accuracy of...
[02:44:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:47] <exec> 08└─What makes you so sure they're latent?
[02:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nano 3.0 Released! Reads Files 70% Faster - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:51] <exec> 08└─I love UNIX. I love the shell. I agree that it should be possible to use Linux without a shell, but I would never want that for myself. I live in the shell. I have several open at all times.
[02:46:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nano 3.0 Released! Reads Files 70% Faster - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:53] <exec> 08└─Does nano have an evil mode? Cause if it doesn't behave just like vim, it'll mess me up. I need an editor that's just like vim. What should I use?
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[03:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:23] <exec> 08└─"The Apple product has become the intelligent guardian for your existence." I can see many benefits to a wearable device that can do EKGs. What doesn't excite me is that it comes from the world's wealthiest corporation. As a Mac developer, I spend my entire day with Apple products. I'd have a whole...
[03:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:24] <exec> 08└─I Am Absolutely Serious. My understanding is that it costs about a grand to sequence someone's DNA these days. That I haven't had it done already is largely because whenever I am in possession of a grand I find some way to spend it instead on hookers and blow. While I can readily see that could caus...
[03:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 1139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:26] <exec> 08└─Potentially it will prevent more unnecessary visits than it causes. In my particular case, not often but quite rarely I experience Somatic Illness. Note that Somatic Illness is quite different from Psychosomatic Illness. There was a time I was completely convinced that I had Tachycardia - a dangerou...
[03:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:28] <exec> 08└─use a health equity account. You can use the tax-free $$ to get a genome sequenced, assuming you can find a medic articulate enough to support the request.
[03:42:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 1215 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:54] <exec> 08└─The problems facing San Francisco are primarily driven by population growth, constricted expansion space, and large-scale social change instigated by the booming local technology industry. You could make the argument that they have failed to handle these problems effectively. But it would be complet...
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[03:43:18] <exec> 08└─One can derive refraction from both the completely classical Maxwell's Equations or from the Quantum Uncertainty Principle. In the case of Quantum it's easier to understand the diffraction around the edges of a pinhole. If you place a screen some distance behind the pinhole you won't see a sharp, ro...
[03:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:24] <exec> 08└─Will this replace your twitter account?
[03:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:25] <exec> 08└─Right after the "No Collusion" message.
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[04:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:19] <exec> 08└─-" You say that like it's a bad thing.
[04:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:32] <exec> 08└─Well, when someone perfects cloning, you can be happy knowing they could make a new you (although then you get inot experience vs genetics in making you you)
[04:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:34] <exec> 08└─I'll do just that.
[04:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 0650,000-Year-Old Mummified Remains of Wolf Pup and Caribou Found in Northern Canada - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:48] <exec> 08└─Caribou bites can be nasty.
[04:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 8941 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:14] <exec> 08└─I'll tell you a story that's very interesting for me. When I was young there was a man named William Levitt. Anybody ever hear of Levittown? Started on Long Island. And now you have Levittowns, you have some in different states. And he was a very successful man, became unbelievable -- he was a home...
[04:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:51] <exec> 08└─Well, I shouldnt have to prove it wasnt me, in america its supposed to be presumed innocent. A mortgage is just as bad as a credit card, dont want one.
[04:44:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:45] <exec> 08└─They came for the Grindr users but I am not a Grindr user so I said TOGTFO! Then they came for Pornhub users and I shat my pants.
[04:44:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:54] <exec> 08└─So posting descriptions of your kink videos here. Please.
[04:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:56] <exec> 08└─Can it tell which party is on their knees?
[04:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:59] <exec> 08└─Yes. The built in altimeter and motion fetching sensors could be used to determine which party is on their knees. Or just look then up on the net to see which one is the priest/young boy/male muslim/whatever
[04:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 0) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:35] <exec> 08└─I used to live in a 3 story house. I then moved into a highrise downtown. Little did I know, this building uses 100x the energy of my old building. I thought it was gas heating vs electric, but apparently it's the same issue in the summer. interesting that in a few days of research you didn't discov...
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[05:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:48] <exec> 08└─This damage and destruction is all because trump stole a jolly rancher from a disabled classmate in 5th grade.
[05:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:49] <exec> 08└─struggled under the crushing fury of Florence,
[05:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:52] <exec> 08└─A stat Id like to see is the total gallons of water dumped and how much sea levels are reduced due to that.
[05:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:54] <exec> 08└─FEMA, First Responders and Law Enforcement are working really hard on hurricane Florence. As the storm begins to finally recede, they will kick into an even higher gear. Very Professional! Can you imagine if Crooked Hillary was in charge of the federal? We'd have MASSIVE Carnage, folks!!!
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[05:42:56] <exec> 08└─More Fake News. Designed by the Dems to make me look as bad as possible. "When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria." The Amazon Washington Post. This was long AFTER the hurricane took place. Over many months it went to 64 PE...
[05:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:27] <exec> 08└─I suppose you walk everywhere too. Because you need liability insurance on your car, and your credit rating figures into that.
[05:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:29] <exec> 08└─If the tracking actually bothered you, you would have been using cash. I do that as much as possible.
[05:44:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:31] <exec> 08└─Or maybe he just doesn't want them to store massive amounts of information about him, only for a criminal hacker to later obtain that information because the security of these three companies is nearly nonexistent. But we can't punish them for having poor security despite the fact that it's nearly i...
[05:49:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:12] <exec> 08└─The design is apparently flawed by law, to prevent users from tuning out messages from the dear leader.
[05:49:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:14] <exec> 08└─Germany also has over 80 million people. That's around a quarter of the US population. Having one tenth the lost kids might actually be a decent claim given the population ratio.
[05:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will be Scams by Next Year, Says Report - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:18] <exec> 08└─And if they indeed do truly call all the numbers, just think of all the new business you have generated with this one simple action! With some horizontal integration, you have just joined a wonderful new growth market at the early stages and diversified your risk portfolio!
[05:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will be Scams by Next Year, Says Report - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:19] <exec> 08└─This has been done years ago already: https://www.bbc.com [bbc.com]
[05:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Vampire Facial" Gone Wrong - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:51:28] <exec> 08└─I think this is the guy who thinks splenda is bad for you because chlorine is a poison. he doesn't know the difference between an atom and a molecule. his comments are not fucked up, they are just all really, really stupid.
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[06:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Final Delta 2 Launch - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:50] <exec> 08└─It only exploded one out of every thirty launches. That led me to predict disaster when the Shuttle was designed without an escape system.
[06:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:04] <exec> 08└─https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/deep-florence-dump-18-trillion-gallons-rain-57828105 [go.com] https://weather.com [weather.com]
[06:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:06] <exec> 08└─According to this it takes 400 billion gallons to raise a big lakes level one inch: http://blog.livnfresh.com [livnfresh.com] So 18 trillion gallons would be enough to raise it over 40 inches, or 3-4 feet.
[06:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:08] <exec> 08└─Here it says 2.4 quadrillion gallons per inch: https://www.quora.com [quora.com] So the sea would drop about a hundreth of an inch due to this storm. If sea levels are rising about a tenth of an inch per year, we need ten storms lik...
[06:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:10] <exec> 08└─Doh. News at 11. What headline do you want? "Big thunderstorm doesn't stop raining halfway through. Americans surprised!" "Big thunderstorm brings lots of rain as predicted. Americans surprised!" "After lots of rain, houses in millenia-old floodplane flooded despite prayers for the contrary. America...
[06:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:12] <exec> 08└─... you insensitive clod!
[06:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:14] <exec> 08└─I refuse to have any sympathy.
[06:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:16] <exec> 08└─No. Also exasperation at human stupidity in general.
[06:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:19] <exec> 08└─Ok. So "News at 11, an AC doesn't give a shit".
[06:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:56] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I can think of far better uses for nuclear submarines than that. But it does beg the question: Why do you have your own boomer?
[06:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:57] <exec> 08└─However he never served aboard a sub, rather his sub work was done as a Civil Service EE.
[06:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will be Scams by Next Year, Says Report - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:52] <exec> 08└─What happened to the "Do Not Call" list?
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[07:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:04] <exec> 08└─Yesterday the WSJ ran an article about how Federal Flood Insurance has encouraged $18 Trillion in coast real estate development. When The Big One hits, it won't be in California. No. It will be a hundred miles out in the Pacific from Washington and Oregon, with Aberdeen and Astoria washed out to sea...
[07:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:05] <exec> 08└─I only have sympathy for people that i know. Everything else is a statistic.
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[07:43:08] <exec> 08└─Cobb seamount?
[07:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:10] <exec> 08└─I don't think you understand how TROPICAL storms work...
[07:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 1291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:12] <exec> 08└─Nonsense. I've been in storms and hurricanes. Remember Andrew? I ran into it, and then ran north with it. It was a deal, but not a really big deal. And, the people I talked to didn't talk in Dramaese either. Factual statements are useful, Dramaese is pretty damned useless, especially if you're affec...
[07:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:43:25] <exec> 08└─Know that someday you will die. Enjoy life to its fullest. Do the right thing. A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will comes. That is all
[07:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twenty Projects That Just Won the Human Computer Interface Challenge - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:45:27] <exec> 08└─once again the entries have blown us out of the water
[07:45:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twenty Projects That Just Won the Human Computer Interface Challenge - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:45:29] <exec> 08└─I've seen everything except the sublingual thing from NASA...but they did that in 2004. The future does look bleak indeed if this is the best that people can come up with.
[07:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:31] <exec> 08└─I have many great people but also an amazing number of haters and losers responding to my tweets -- why do these lowlifes follow -- nothing to do!
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[08:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:42:50] <exec> 08└─This may be the right time to double up on Tesla's stock. Elon's antics, like the JRE show, can't have enough adverse effect on the trading to ignore the 'right' decisions.
[08:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 961 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:25] <exec> 08└─Modded up from zero, only because we have historical facts to draw upon. When Hurricane Katrina came knocking, Democrats were in charge of both New Orleans, and Louisiana. The city remained flooded for FIVE FUCKING DAYS before Dubya Bush inquired "WTF is going on down there? Do you people need some...
[08:45:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:45:24] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin only has value because of the premise that it will have greater future value. In other words, on the premise that people in the future will go through exactly the same thought processes as you, but with higher expectations. So if there's a chance you're wrong, let's say you have a trait that...
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[09:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:46] <exec> 08└─"People promising the world unable to deliver." And this is news?
[09:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:23] <exec> 08└─My understanding is that it is only recently that it's been discovered it may be the source of The Big One. http://www.columbian.com [columbian.com] I got that 140' tsunami figure from a news article, but I don't recall where. I'll dig it up...
[09:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:24] <exec> 08└─Oh, gosh, so many words for "people survive/deal with it, drama's for journos (fuck'em)", but yeah,. I got it (should've grinned, the use of an old meme is no longer recognised)
[09:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:41] <exec> 08└─My understanding is that it costs about a grand to sequence someone's DNA these days.
[09:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:22] <exec> 08└─> Even better, fund permanent housing for the homeless. We have pretty good welfare services in the UK but still get homeless people. The reason for homelessness are usually quite complex. Economic problems are usually one part of a complex bag also with mental and physical health issues.
[09:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will be Scams by Next Year, Says Report - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:09] <exec> 08└─I suspect the scam calling is done from "abroad" , so they are simply skirting any laws. and of course, the telcos are complicit. and the many layers of "human data" are being resold all over the place. Take your pick....I'm sure there are more issues...
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[10:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:06] <exec> 08└─There are some good reasons for not using glass, but why not stainless steel? A while back a friend gave me a stainless steel flask. He did so because one of my medicines makes me quite thirsty so I'm always drinking water. No genetic damage from stainless steel! Not yet anyway.
[10:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:08] <exec> 08└─I performed the Ames Assay in Bio 1 at Tech. To prepare for this I read Ames' original paper. In that paper, Ames himself mentioned that _every_ chlorinated hydrocarbon he had assayed caused genetic mutation. Note that just because something is a mutagen doesn't imply that it's also a carcinogen. Am...
[10:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 1377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:10] <exec> 08└─Perhaps you could enlighten us, regarding all those reasons not to use glass? There is no chemical hazard. There is a danger of getting cut on a broken glass container, but geez, Louise, a little care goes a long way. Disposal? Recycle them. It takes a lot less energy and chemicals to recycle glass...
[10:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:12] <exec> 08└─Even if no one is injured, it means you need to replace the bottle. If you don't already have such a replacement on hand, your child will require years of therapy when it grows up.
[10:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:23] <exec> 08└─Free recharging at the superchargers is a real incentive for me. Ending that incentive on a temporary basis to get through a cash crunch is one thing, but on a permanent basis it takes the bloom off the rose.
[10:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:00] <exec> 08└─Have you no empathy, man?! Think of all the innocent moonshine stills that've been completely washed away!
[10:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:02] <exec> 08└─Nor overland rain... Do people think this stuff is being bottled? There's something called a water cycle, and the rain ends up back in the ocean anyway...
[10:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 927 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:18] <exec> 08└─The ultimate privacy is the thoughts in our own heads that we don't write down, but the penultimate privacy is our DNA and medical data. As a technical person I love data, and the more, the better. As a technical person, I know how easy it is for data to be stolen. So I would love to have this kind...
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[10:43:34] <exec> 08└─The thing is that we're calling it a wolf, and we know that wolves are quite scary creatures (often having roles as bad guys in fairy tales), yet what we have here is what I would call evidence for domestication - you don't mummify a wild animal, you only mummify something you actually care about -...
[10:45:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:45:46] <exec> 08└─You would think that people would have learned a lesson from the Ashley Madison fiasco. On the other hand, this is not the 1950's and mores have evolved. Maybe Grindr users don't care that others know what they're doing and where they're doing it.
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[10:46:29] <exec> 08└─Beer isn't particularly nutritious
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[11:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Are Still Highly Active a Year Later - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:29] <exec> 08└─Just get it insured!
[11:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:41] <exec> 08└─Glass doesn't travel well, but it's perfect for home use. We switched to mason jars and the like for our leftovers because of reports like this. You can get them by the crate at Michael's; canning is considered a craft, it seems.
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[11:43:30] <exec> 08└─Do people think this stuff is being bottled?
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[11:43:31] <exec> 08└─"When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria." The Amazon Washington Post.
[11:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:33] <exec> 08└─Who are these people that go around debunking ideas with gradeschool level knowledge? Here you go, so much rain was stored in an australian lake that sea level dropped 2 inches in a year: https://www.scientificamerican.com [scientifi...
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[11:44:47] <exec> 08└─So not good for lawns then?
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[11:46:05] <exec> 08└─> It's the Nobel Prize of building a thing No, the Nobel Prize is the Nobel Prize of building a thing (for example, LHC, LIGO, ...)
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[11:47:36] <exec> 08└─That's valuable insight. I read a study in the Harvard Business Review about six months ago that found that in nearly every case MBAs drove companies into the ground; an MBA is good for the income of the person getting it, but for companies hiring an MBA is a net negative nearly 100% of the time. Bu...
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[12:42:08] <exec> 08└─I don't think my own two are sufficient for a facepalm of this magnitude.
[12:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:28] <exec> 08└─They may be the hipster drinking vessel of choice, but if you are actually using them for canning and storage, you can save a lot of space since you have containers that can be used for drinking, canning, and storage. Instead of having plastic cups and lots of tupperware/pyrex. You can also find lid...
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[12:42:30] <exec> 08└─Glas breaks and is dangerous when it does. Glass is HEAVY. Glass is clumsy (heavy) for an infant to hold on its own. All these things matter when you're carrying them in a bag and you will be carrying more than one.
[12:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:32] <exec> 08└─But what does it mean? Quite little, it turns out. For example, PVC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride [wikipedia.org]] is one of the biologically most inert products among all hydrocarbons (halogenated or otherwise).
[12:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:34] <exec> 08└─No, wait, we can still avoid plastic. Ummm.... a pouch made out of caribou skin!
[12:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03StarryEyed [2888] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:45] <exec> 08└─When someone sells you a "lifetime" of anything in the Tech world, they mean three years, even if the provider doesn't realize they mean three years.
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[12:43:30] <exec> 08└─so much rain was stored in an australian lake that sea level dropped 2 inches in a year:
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[12:44:04] <exec> 08└─It seems that was unintentional natural extreme cold mummification.
[12:45:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:45:38] <exec> 08└─This one was fake ponzi scheme, bitcoin is the real deal. How he dare to lure people into a fake scheme. Well deserved jail time.
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[12:46:26] <exec> 08└─That's a myth. It does clearly reveal that he is a moron and an asshole though.
[12:46:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:49] <exec> 08└─Part of doing anything interesting enough to not want to walk away from it, could have the same said of it.
[12:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3) - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:13] <exec> 08└─You can on iOS, too. https://www.lifewire.com [lifewire.com] But not Presidential Alerts. Tim Cook has apparently rolled over for our Glorious Orange Overlord.
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[13:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:01] <exec> 08└─Does the Code of Conduct mean that Linus can't generically insult people for bad code? Probably not. Will Linus come back refreshed and "emotionally sensitive" after his little vacation? Probably. *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) It's implied he will go into therapy but he maybe h...
[13:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:02] <exec> 08└─I remember when he chewed out Kay Sievers, big time. There were some people who responded "Oh noes! Linus said something mean!" And then there were people like me who read the rest of the dispute, and concluded that Linus' statement was completely justified - Kay had broken something and repeatedly...
[13:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:05] <exec> 08└─The concerns might go deeper than just Linus being mean to people on mailing lists. There was this: make all relocate... Linux kernel dev summit shifts to Scotland – to fit Torvald's holiday plans [theregister.co.uk] Dude's 48, with the bulk of the tech world on his shoulders. He could use a break...
[13:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:07] <exec> 08└─i suppose with all the communication going on (and enabled by a rather open and stable os kernel) a "smurfikation" of the population was prone to happen sooner then later. thus the problem dealing with smurfs is that a leader has to be rather forceful or abrasive to get a point across so that it doe...
[13:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:09] <exec> 08└─Why would you facepalm, you weren't the one forcing a conference to reschedule around your schedule? Or are you commenting on the change from the meritocracy "code of conflict" to the millennial "code of conduct" ??
[13:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:11] <exec> 08└─It's a corporate takeover, plain and simple.
[13:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:13] <exec> 08└─I am split about this one. On one hand I think he deserves to be healthy. On the other hand, most of the greatest accomplishments the world has ever seen were accomplished by unhealthy people. So it is good for him, but maybe not so good for the project. Personally I think they should invent a nobel...
[13:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Are Still Highly Active a Year Later - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:22] <exec> 08└─how many bitcoins to buy NSA?
[13:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:38] <exec> 08└─Of course, the more people who see the benefits of stainless, and start buying items made of it, the higher the price will go.
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[14:42:19] <exec> 08└─I don't think my own two are sufficient for a facepalm of this magnitude.
[14:42:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 327 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:21] <exec> 08└─I remember when he chewed out Kay Sievers, big time. There were some people who responded "Oh noes! Linus said something mean!" And then there were people like me who read the rest of the dispute, and concluded that Linus' statement was completely justified - Kay had broken something and repeatedly...
[14:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:29] <exec> 08└─Should technology professionals make stress management and interpersonal skills part of their professional regimen, for their own long-term personal and professional health?
[14:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:31] <exec> 08└─You need to ask? I didn't think I was that difficult of a read.
[14:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:33] <exec> 08└─> most of the greatest accomplishments the world has ever seen were accomplished by unhealthy people Disagree. To randomly pick some famous old dudes, Einstein, Feynman? Or Wellington, Churchill (the first one)? Hook and Newton were nutjobs, its true...
[14:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:35] <exec> 08└─RNs as diverse ... like all women?
[14:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:38] <exec> 08└─Should technology professionals make stress management and interpersonal skills part of their professional regimen, for their own long-term personal and professional health?
[14:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Funny) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:40] <exec> 08└─Good riddance to the old bastard. We need some fresh young Rust in our Linux.
[14:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:42] <exec> 08└─Then he was approached by people who are concerned about his blunt (or some consider rude) comments on the kernel dev mailing list.
[14:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:44] <exec> 08└─I have never once in my life witnessed this level of childish behavior from an IT professional.
[14:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:46] <exec> 08└─*SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) It's implied he will go into therapy but he maybe he will go hiking or just sit around and watch Netflix.
[14:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:48] <exec> 08└─Good riddance to the old bastard. We need some fresh young Rust in our Linux.
[14:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:50] <exec> 08└─Or for that matter, "wimmens in technology" is always propagandized as cute fashion and lots of pink themes strongly implying thats ALL women can do in technology.
[14:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:53] <exec> 08└─Hook and Newton were nutjobs, its true...
[14:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:55] <exec> 08└─That was systemd Not really sure what the point is of running linux in 2018 other than "I love corporate support". Everyone who isn't a tech company already moved or is moving to freebsd and friends. "Linux, well, thats kinda like freebsd but a shittier OS design and big corporations, kinda like AIX...
[14:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:57] <exec> 08└─He holds the delusion he's one of them
[14:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:59] <exec> 08└─Boomer detected. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, just a worldview thats a little behind the times. unhealthy people
[14:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:01] <exec> 08└─Whataboutism is also whataboutism.
[14:43:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:27] <exec> 08└─> Glass doesn't travel well, but it's perfect for home use. Except for freezing, which _can_ be done, but is easy (and messy / dangerous) to get wrong.
[14:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:38] <exec> 08└─Does this mean it refers to new sales only? (As opposed to reneging on an existing proposal). And if so, will the price of the car go down by whatever factor they planned to account for the free supercharging? It would certainly shift around figuring out if your car is a good investment from a milea...
[14:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:42] <exec> 08└─From your linked article: >a new machine that the company says is “expected one day” to order up your whole genome for less than $100. That is to say, today (2 years ago when the article was written) it costs nowhere remotely close to $100. But eventually, if all their aspirations are met, it mi...
[14:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:09] <exec> 08└─If only...
[14:46:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:10] <exec> 08└─Don't need liability in all states: https://www.thebalance.com [thebalance.com] What we need is for the "lawmakers" to grow a set and do something about this. The "credit" agencies (really, debt agencies) should never have been allowed to do this. An...
[14:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:46:12] <exec> 08└─If we would wake up and realize it's not a "credit rating" but a "debt rating", we'd change our minds. Think about. Try going 5 years cash only and see what happens to your "credit rating". It's truly a measure of your debt.
[14:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grindr Exposes Location Data and More to Third-Party Apps - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:24] <exec> 08└─Some men having an affair might use Ashley Madison and would rightly be concerned about the breach. Other men having an affair might be equally concerned about the Grinder "breach" for the same reason -- so their wife doesn't find out where they are.
[14:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:49] <exec> 08└─in my experience switching to an Aeron
[14:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:50] <exec> 08└─That could be a mis diagnosis. The poster could be suffering with, or making us suffer with his fecal philia [urbandictionary.com] or Coprophilia [wikipedia.org].
[14:47:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:52] <exec> 08└─As long as it is twisty little passages, all alike.
[14:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nano 3.0 Released! Reads Files 70% Faster - 1214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:42] <exec> 08└─...are you some kind of perfect AI? Because generally, humans are capable of recognizing that we all do occasionally make mistakes. A well-designed interface MUST at the very least prevent small mistakes from cascading into larger problems. Hell, even the humble 'rm' command does this -- I can't jus...
[14:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nano 3.0 Released! Reads Files 70% Faster - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:43] <exec> 08└─FWIW, I almost exclusively use geany, but nano is what you use in restricted situations...restricted in RAM or in storage. Those occur to fewer people these days, and to nearly everyone less often, so I rarely use it, but it's in my toolkit.
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[15:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:30] <exec> 08└─with implications for smuggling, piracy, and the environment
[15:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:32] <exec> 08└─If the satellite has an orbital period of about 90 minutes, then you would have a series of 90-minute pictures of where a slow moving ship is. But . . . each orbit doesn't cover the same part of the earth surface as the previous orbit. This doesn't sound like a fleet of satellites. So how often woul...
[15:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:05] <exec> 08└─Now we now which centuries you come from, thanks! (hint.... only about the past two centuries). Men are still minorities in nursing today, but this has been steadily changing.
[15:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:06] <exec> 08└─Semi-seriously I'm amused at the idea of someday a cheap "dollar cost" microcontroller will exist that can USEFULLY run java byte code, then an OS written in java would be interesting to think about.
[15:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:08] <exec> 08└─Heck I just realized for the past years I've been more interested in the Ig Nobel awards than the Nobel awards. Other than the Obama bullshit Peace Prize I can't really remember the other Nobel wins and what they were for (nor do I even car to look up), whereas I can remember a number of the Ig Nobe...
[15:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:10] <exec> 08└─If good developers are walking away because they just don't need the hassle, then that can't be a good thing. The good ones can choose a job they enjoy, if management makes the job not-enjoyable then they walk.
[15:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 1072 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:12] <exec> 08└─"+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as +contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and +our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body +size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity...
[15:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:15] <exec> 08└─Recent in physics: * Detection of gravitational waves (i.e. discovery of a completely new class of astrophysics instrument) * Higgs discovery (i.e. discovery of the origin of mass) * Blue LED invention (many many applications) * Neutrino oscillation discovery (breaks standard model) > I can't really...
[15:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:17] <exec> 08└─but more shocking is that Linus Torvalds will be taking a temporary leave from kernel maintainership and Greg Kroah-Hartman will take over the rest of the Linux 4.19 cycle
[15:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:19] <exec> 08└─In other words, don't update kernel until Linus is back in pilot seat...
[15:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:21] <exec> 08└─Or looked at from another perspective, good developers are the ones who don't cause strife in the workplace. How much trouble you cause your employer vs. your value to your employer is a very important ratio. Standard variety assholes or professionally offended assholes, only the amount of strife yo...
[15:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:23] <exec> 08└─FreeBSD's code of conduct [freebsd.org] is even more full of identity-politics buzzwords than the Contributor Covenant 1.4 [contributor-covenant.org], which Linux has just adopted as its code of conduct.
[15:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:25] <exec> 08└─Not really sure what the point is of running linux in 2018 other than "I love corporate support".
[15:43:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:28] <exec> 08└─I'm only a hobbyist asshole. I never let it interfere with my work. Mind you, in a managerial context, whether I'd fire the person taking offense or the one causing it is cut and dry. Whoever brings a larger conflict/value ratio to the organization can hit the bricks.
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[15:43:54] <exec> 08└─a pint of water at your local convenience store
[15:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 1581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:56] <exec> 08└─Its almost perfectly analogous to the whole "RoundUp" situation where the active ingredient is quite harmless but the stuff added, such as various plasticizers to make it functionally engineering useful in the real world are unfortunately generally vastly more unhealthy than the active ingredient. A...
[15:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 1106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:58] <exec> 08└─bisphenols are not the only chemical family with an ever-increasing array of diverse members; Yeah well kinda hard to argue with something that vague, but how does a condensate product of two phenols and a ketone having a love child ever be "diverse"? In the organic chemistry sense thats kinda speci...
[15:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 772 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:09] <exec> 08└─If you charge outside your home you are already better off with a gas car. Charging is too expensive ($1.29 .. $1.49 per hour at the nearest location.) I choose to live in an apartment because it fits my life better (no maintenance of the house, I live alone.) But only new buildings may have a charg...
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[16:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:56] <exec> 08└─Sure, that statement will mollify the journalists, conspiracy theorists, and dank memers.
[16:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:57] <exec> 08└─I know our national government sucks balls, but if there was something "they don't want us to see" shutting down just one observatory would be woefully inadequate to stop those pesky scientists from finding it. Using conspiracies to explain everything in the world sucks and I wish people would stop...
[16:41:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:59] <exec> 08└─Literally nothing in the world mollifies conspiracy theorists. That's practically their defining characteristic: evidence and arguments against the conspiracy are, in fact, more conspiracy. As to memers: I think I'm only concerned about the opinions of the sapient. Merely responding to their environ...
[16:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03tizan [3245] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:01] <exec> 08└─Looks like they caught the alien(s) ...so watch for activity at Area 51 in Nevada. Or the aliens escaped and they determined that they are not coming back to the Sunspot mountain. But wait was it FBI or another 3 letter federal agency CPB involved ? ...so was it interplanertary aliens or terestrial...
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[16:42:12] <exec> 08└─The article actually says it is the first all-British radar satellite - not sure if that is true or not but I am pretty sure that it isn't the first all-British satellite of any sort. UK actually has quite a few satellite building companies, and many more component builders. Galileo project is, for...
[16:42:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 171 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:50] <exec> 08└─but more shocking is that Linus Torvalds will be taking a temporary leave from kernel maintainership and Greg Kroah-Hartman will take over the rest of the Linux 4.19 cycle
[16:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:56] <exec> 08└─Personally I think they should invent a nobel prize for Linus and Stallman.
[16:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:58] <exec> 08└─Funny enough AIX is still being developed and it has binary log files as well.
[16:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:01] <exec> 08└─Linux prety much never just generically insulted people for bad code. He insulted *people who should have known better* for bad code. He rarely tangled with newbs, because he had an army of maintainers who would get to see the newb shit first, and vet it, or knock it down with various levels of subt...
[16:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:03] <exec> 08└─Kay had form. The "debug" parameter to linux, the kernel, is a parameter for linux, the kernel,'s use, and even if the linux command line is visible to user space programs it doesn't mean that it's for them to define the semantics of. PID 1 ain't special in that regard. I was 100% behind Linus on th...
[16:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:05] <exec> 08└─No more Linux explicit comments over bad code?
[16:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:07] <exec> 08└─the BSDs may be fine for some use cases but to pretend it's a viable replacement for all the things GNU+Linux can do is absurd.
[16:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:09] <exec> 08└─can't generically insult people for bad code?
[16:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:11] <exec> 08└─Agreed, however my experience has been that management has kept the a-holes in place. I surmise it's because the a-holes gave management something to do, quarrels to deal with, someone to lord over, and maybe they break up the boredom(?). If everyone got along and did their jobs, management would ha...
[16:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:14] <exec> 08└─I don't have a strong opinion on anything else, but I do think it's good that Linus take a break. Note I said a break, not to leave. I think it's become clear than the Linux kernel is too dependent on him. It's not reasonable or correct for a major convention to do a major reschedule and relocation...
[16:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 1758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:16] <exec> 08└─Linux got too big, too much money flowing around it and the world itself changed. Yes, this event tracks back to Hillary Clinton losing an election that had been rigged for her. Now there isn't going to be any more chances, everything in the State, nothing out, nothing opposed. Torvalds was not Dee...
[16:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:18] <exec> 08└─Linux prety much never just generically insulted people for bad code.
[16:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:20] <exec> 08└─Just because he's Linus, it doesn't always mean he knows best, as you have shown. There's some Peottering crap in Linux that never should have been let in, and if I were in charge, it wouldn't have been. So, respect, but he's not infallible and Linux has its fair share of junk in it. Anything that g...
[16:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:22] <exec> 08└─You don't get it. Linus is out, he won't be back. If things go to shit quickly enough the money people might back him in a counter coup like Jobs came back to Apple but unless the decline is sudden and dramatic he is done with Linux development. Why do you think they dropped the CoC in the same anno...
[16:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:24] <exec> 08└─Sorry, parent was meant to be in reply to this comment: "What's always concerned me is the trust Linus puts in Greg Kroah-Hartman. He seems to be pretty big on systemd. For example he was one of the only kernel folks that seemed to be in favor of putting that kdbus mess in the kernel. Virtually all...
[16:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:27] <exec> 08└─You don't get it. Linus is out, he won't be back.
[16:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:55] <exec> 08└─What are people doing? I break an average of 1 glass plate/glass every 2 years and I'm a clutz...although I do juggle which I think has given me extra reflexes to catch dropped items. Dunno. No one I've ever lived with has a significantly higher breakage rate.
[16:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:57] <exec> 08└─Polypropylene is best. If it can survive a pressure cooker, it ain't gonna leach on you.
[16:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:59] <exec> 08└─Tests for carcinogenicity have to be done with glass lab equipment, not plastic. This because plastic tends to cause false positives.
[16:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:11] <exec> 08└─How about Musky figuring out how to distribute cars in volume? The area around the plant and parking lots of other buildings are filling up with cars, and the streets are full of private company car carriers parked two deep. I've seen as many as 50 of they damn things on Kato Rd. Meanwhile, THE PLAN...
[16:44:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Final Delta 2 Launch - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:19] <exec> 08└─From the final-countdown dept.
[16:44:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:55] <exec> 08└─Those high tsunami heights are generally caused by funnelling. Into an inlet they go, they realise they have nowhere else to go when they reach the end, so they just splash up instead, momentum being momentum. An interesting quirk that's not funnelling is when they diffract around islands, and the f...
[16:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:57] <exec> 08└─Democrats want the government to do it... but what happens when the government IS democrats? NOLA and Hurricane Katrina. "Don't worry, the government will save us!" "But, Ray, we ARE THE GOVERNMENT!" "OH FUCK FUCK FUCK CALL THE REPUBLICANS!"
[16:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:59] <exec> 08└─3 mm ~ .1 in -> 3 mm ~ 1 in
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[17:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:11] <exec> 08└─I suggest that you instead spend 4000 hours building something in this world.
[17:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:12] <exec> 08└─How to begin to rationalize when you realize how much of your life you've invested in a video game. I get it though, immersive simulators poke all the parts of the engineer brain that love solving problems with none of the obnoxious "doing what other people want" or "mindless paperwork" that go with...
[17:42:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:14] <exec> 08└─The link in TFA just goes to the homepage, should probably go to this page [pcgamer.com].
[17:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:26] <exec> 08└─Unless the theory that foreign intel assets had set up there to use the vantage point to snoop on other government research in the area is the right one. That would explain the importance of seizing just that one spot. It wasn't the solar observatory itself they wanted, it was all that other RF and...
[17:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 1015 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:28] <exec> 08└─The "less is more" approach is probably the best way to go when you are dealing with a potential conspiracy theory waiting to happen as it leaves the theorists with nowhere to go except for unsupportable ideas that most people will probably just disregard as ravings. What happens if authority actual...
[17:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:30] <exec> 08└─What happens if authority actually provides some information seems to depend on the conspiracy theorist, but the end result is generally the same; they'll come up with ever more convoluted rationales as to how anything that debunks their theory can be disregarded. That's probably extremely unhelpful...
[17:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:32] <exec> 08└─Re black helicopters: I was gassing up by the airport this morning and saw an osprey take off(not VTOL, just off a runway). Because I have a half-remembered news story that they're deathtraps and were discontinued, I'm going to conclude that it was a secret government organization intent on impairin...
[17:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:34] <exec> 08└─The TLA(s) you should consider are in the following: involved was the FBI as instructed by the MIB to get DHS looking into the ET threat before they made an EVA. All is OK now ;-)
[17:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:36] <exec> 08└─The real problem is they've blown their credibility so thoroughly that it's quite reasonable to doubt any explanation they give.
[17:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:39] <exec> 08└─we became concerned that a suspect in the investigation potentially posed a threat to the safety of local staff and residents.
[17:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03slap [5764] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:49] <exec> 08└─Ariane is going to launch (someday) the James Webb telescope, so my guess is that they would launch anything (within reason) for anyone for enough money. But India can launch it for *far* less.
[17:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:51] <exec> 08└─The entire episode with a broadcast "confession" resulting from self-criticism showing that he needed to change by getting re-educated (psychiatric issues) is a well-worn trope of people who have been captured by communist forces. It sounds extreme, but look and see if it doesn't fit like a glove. (...
[17:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:52] <exec> 08└─In my experience, few people of any kind can do technology. Mot people are leaches, myself included for many things.
[17:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:54] <exec> 08└─Therefore harassing someone over it is O.K.? What does your comment have to do with the code of conduct? Seems to be about some bugaboo of your own.
[17:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Are Still Highly Active a Year Later - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:05] <exec> 08└─People do not trust M$. It is just too jewish. Installing other people's unverified code on your critical infrastructure is like playing with fire. Once you're stuck with M$ for business, the best thing is not to install any more spyware from them.
[17:44:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:30] <exec> 08└─Most pure plastic is quite hard and brittle. It cracks easily. So plasticizers are added to most plastics. A chemistry major friend explained that "Plasticizers are a goo-ant. They make plastic soft and flexible". Plasticizers are even added for applications that require the plastic to be hard, so a...
[17:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:32] <exec> 08└─There is a brand of water fountain that also has a spigot placed for the convenient filling of water bottles. Every time that spigot is used, an LCD counter is incremented to indicate the number of plastic bottles that have been avoided.
[17:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:34] <exec> 08└─There is a hypothesis that the ever-earlier onset of female puberty is due to estrogenic plastics.
[17:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:36] <exec> 08└─The reason the WWII "Hemp For Victory" campaign was launched is that hemp ropes _float_. Whereas it's still largely illegal to grow industrial hemp in the US, Canada has been actively encouraging it for at least fifteen years, quite likely longer. The reason weed is called "weed" is that it's a weed...
[17:44:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:38] <exec> 08└─Maybe it needs less water than cotton, but irrigation is still going to be used by successful hemp farmers: http://www.slate.com [slate.com] https://hempindustrydaily.com
[17:45:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:41] <exec> 08└─I would never lie to you!!! The Link........ washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-creates-political-storm-with-false-claim-on-puerto-rico-hurricane-death-toll/2018/09/13/151a6572-b76b-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html [washingtonpost.com]
[17:45:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:42] <exec> 08└─One of Nova Scotia's more-popular tourist attractions is white-water rafting THE WRONG WAY UPSTREAM in a tidal bore: The Bay of Fundy has some of the highest tides on Earth, with a particular river mouth being the very highest.
[17:45:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:44] <exec> 08└─The head of Homeland Security is likely to fire the FEMA director immediately after Florence wraps up over a very, very minor ethical violation because they happen to be good friends with the #3 at FEMA. The #2 spot has not yet been filled. While #3 has impeccable academic and policy-making credenti...
[17:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:30] <exec> 08└─I just consider car insurance another tax I cant do anything about. I tend to have the crappiest car for my needs and cheapest insurance possible. I actually should try to switch the insurance to being per mile since I drive so infrequently...
[17:49:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:11] <exec> 08└─Yea, you are right about hit or miss used chair quality. Specifically the Large size Aeron chairs: they have wider mesh (more leverage) and handle heavy occupants, so they wear out much faster. At work we have Steelcase Leap chairs and I now prefer them to the Aeron I personally own. Often on Craig'...
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[18:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:28] <exec> 08└─What do you mean? Won't the Air Force let me go through the Stargate if I play Kerbal all day, every day?
[18:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:30] <exec> 08└─Written by a bitter person who's idea of fun is work. Just fuck the hell off. I would say someone who works all of their life away has lost far more than this person. I enjoy my life, and I'm sure the subject of this article enjoys his. I seriously doubt you enjoy yours.
[18:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 1491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:32] <exec> 08└─2:1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.[a] 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” 3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom...
[18:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:34] <exec> 08└─My job used to be to play ksp. Except all I had was C. It paid well.
[18:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:36] <exec> 08└─Different AC here. Who said anything about a job, besides you? Also some people enjoy their work. And fuck you, hostile wanker!
[18:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:39] <exec> 08└─Just sometimes I think about the time I've invested in something pointless ...
[18:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:41] <exec> 08└─*manager voice* Look, those project plans mean accountability, and if no one reads them it's because you were accountable.
[18:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:43] <exec> 08└─... and yet his own heart will last but "a few days". That's what makes it folly; when he dies, his works too will die, because there is no institution to keep them going. Even worse, as his own desires or needs shift within his own life, then so does the value of his past achievements—they die in...
[18:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:45] <exec> 08└─Uh everything he's building is in this world. Are you from a different world? Or have you spent 4000 hours building something and got off this world? Otherwise what you've just posted is as real and worthless as what he builds, if not even more worthless.
[18:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:04] <exec> 08└─Sorry to the one, but you meant sentient, right? Just fits better. Sorry.
[18:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:06] <exec> 08└─But that is just stupid, once identified they take the guy in for questioning, not close down a research facility and deploy a swarm of Feds to secure it. Remember, anything you read in the media is at least partly false. Either incompetence, intentional misdirection or plain old lies. This story sm...
[18:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:08] <exec> 08└─I recently learned the distinction between sentient(as it's commonly used) and sentient(psychological jargon) and shied away from it. So, sentient as we commonly understand it means "intelligent and self-aware", but in psychology, the scientific meaning is just "possesses senses" which is exactly wh...
[18:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:10] <exec> 08└─Actually, I wonder if its involved with hacked/leaked SAP info on the clinton servers. From the OIG report we know there was classified stuff on there, but clinton couldnt be expected to understand there was anything wrong with what she was doing. AFAIK the extra emails on the Anthony Wiener laptop...
[18:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:12] <exec> 08└─As in Nuclear/Biological/Chemical, or some other kind of Hazmat situation. (I guess it's CBRNE now). They don't want to induce panic. It could be lots of other possibilities, but that's the only one that makes immediate sense to me for the complete blackout of what it was that also required an evacu...
[18:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:22] <exec> 08└─I'm having trouble finding details on what "All-British" means. It may include the sub components: the logic circuits for example may be designed in the UK (a cluster of Raspberry Pis perhaps). This level of domestic sourcing is often specified for national security equipment, and given the resoluti...
[18:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:26] <exec> 08└─"Going to take time off to relax and practice self criticism", followed by the quick imposition of the CoC - Who stole his balls / passwords? Has Muller started investigating him? Linus, if you read this, you were one of the few people to stand for what is right the last 25 years, and I stand with y...
[18:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:28] <exec> 08└─Semi-seriously I'm amused at the idea of someday a cheap "dollar cost" microcontroller will exist that can USEFULLY run java byte code
[18:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 8468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:30] <exec> 08└─Atop his throne of moss and stone there sits a giant, wizening. He hems, he haws! He flaps his jaws, for he is Nezz, the Graveyard King! Nezz shut his eyes to better see. Nasty ol' North Wind had blustered into San Francisco, and though he might pester the locals for weeks, soon enough he'd honker d...
[18:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:32] <exec> 08└─Never trust anyone with a hyphen in their name.
[18:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:34] <exec> 08└─Jesus you guys are so far out it's not even funny. Not everything you read about is a conspiracy. Please try watching something else besides fox and breitbart for some time. Or two minutes non-hate.
[18:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:36] <exec> 08└─I'm sure the mighty buzzy will gladly escrow any bets in this drama unfolding. We only need to set a date for the trigger.
[18:44:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:38] <exec> 08└─Agreed, however my experience has been that management has kept the a-holes in place.
[18:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:41] <exec> 08└─That jumped the shark when Obama got one for "not being white".
[18:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:43] <exec> 08└─It''ll be years before the world realizes it, but today is the day Linux died. Looks like Linus has been pushed out by a gender confused SJW with bright red hair whose only coding accomplishments are in Ruby on Rails.
[18:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 2727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:45] <exec> 08└─Well, historically it hasn't been "good developers" who have got the hassle from Linus, it's been the lousy ones. Has there ever been a time when Linus chewed someone out and he was actually in the wrong (from a technical point of view) - I am not absolutely 100% sure, but was there a time when Linu...
[18:45:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03StarryEyed [2888] 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:34] <exec> 08└─When someone sells you a "lifetime" of anything in the Tech world, they mean three years, even if the provider doesn't realize they mean three years.
[18:45:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:38] <exec> 08└─a real incentive for me
[18:45:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla is Ending its Lifetime Free Supercharging Offer - 849 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:40] <exec> 08└─Previously Tesla stated the Supercharger Network could be used by other vendors, but they also had to buy into the lifetime free charging. Perhaps other vendors will be able to use Tesla's network (although the Supercharger network uses their own plug, not SAE J1772 so current vehicles would need an...
[18:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:32] <exec> 08└─I think you are talking of my home, the Cascadia subduction zone. I as kept up for a few nights earlier this summer when I first started researching the potential disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] My favorite quote: Kenneth Murphy, who di...
[18:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:52] <exec> 08└─That Psychosomatic Illness is real was demonstrated by a striking study in which volunteers with the very worst kinds of warts - all over their entire bodies - were given the post-hypnotic
[18:48:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:23] <exec> 08└─Well, people shouldn't commit crimes either, but alas reality isn't so simple. When you've got debtors pounding your door and trying to confiscate your stuff you'll realize that asserting principles doesn't get you very far.
[18:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fake-Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Lands Creator in Prison - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:48] <exec> 08└─How is that any different from any other form of investment? That's not a flame attempt. All investing is done on the premise that what is being invested in will carry greater future value. Is Bitcoin different because there is no apparent intrinsic value to it and no governmental authority declarin...
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[19:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:36] <exec> 08└─and why should I care?
[19:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:37] <exec> 08└─Because you're the 2006 TIME Person of the Year. Yes, you.
[19:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:56] <exec> 08└─You're in the wrong forum.
[19:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:58] <exec> 08└─build for other people
[19:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:00] <exec> 08└─I was pretty serious about guitar, but that was twenty years ago. Now all that happens when I try to play is that I get depressed. It was fun for a while and beat watching tv.
[19:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:02] <exec> 08└─Well yeah, TV in 1998 was the worst garbage known to man. Somehow, as bad as 2010s TV is, 1998 was just a constant hodgepodge of tedious garbage. I dare you to find anything worth watching in this shitpile [wikipedia.org]
[19:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:04] <exec> 08└─Have you filled out those TPS reports. Did you get the TPS reports? Did you get the memo on the TPS reports? Please, make sure to file those TPS reports. Also, I'm going to need you to come in on Saturday too.. Mmkay, thanks.
[19:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:06] <exec> 08└─That's why I only watched re-runs. Hogans Heroes and MASH are still new, if you haven't seen them, yet.
[19:43:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 89 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:17] <exec> 08└─Sure, that statement will mollify the journalists, conspiracy theorists, and dank memers.
[19:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:33] <exec> 08└─Either there was a spy inside, or cartel activity in the hills, or some criminal compound nearby. That's my guess. They probably have to be hush-hush for now because they don't want to let the rest of the criminal gang know exactly what and who they've got.
[19:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:34] <exec> 08└─The cops thought a serial killer might be on the loose and personnel were going to start turning up dead, one after another. Eight little scientists, staring at heaven one ate a Tide Pod, and then there were seven...
[19:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:36] <exec> 08└─There was no reports of anyone in hazmat suits...
[19:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:38] <exec> 08└─They weren't Aliens. They were people from the future coming to warn us.
[19:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 945 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:40] <exec> 08└─True. That anybody saw. It would not be completely and totally impossible for a team to bring their gear into an entryway or foyer and establish a quarantine zone there. Or even one person, one hazmat suit, with detection equipment. Negative returns = no further result needed. And it could be someth...
[19:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 849 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:52] <exec> 08└─I found a lot more information at the ESA mission page [esa.int]. It describes the orbit as 'sun-synchronous,' so it will only see things at a specific local time. With a 90 minute orbit, there would be 16 passes per day, or double that if you count both the daytime and nighttime passes. Depending o...
[19:44:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 354 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:04] <exec> 08└─Does the Code of Conduct mean that Linus can't generically insult people for bad code? Probably not. Will Linus come back refreshed and "emotionally sensitive" after his little vacation? Probably. *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) It's implied he will go into therapy but he maybe h...
[19:44:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 131 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:18] <exec> 08└─Then he was approached by people who are concerned about his blunt (or some consider rude) comments on the kernel dev mailing list.
[19:44:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 369 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:33] <exec> 08└─Recent in physics: * Detection of gravitational waves (i.e. discovery of a completely new class of astrophysics instrument) * Higgs discovery (i.e. discovery of the origin of mass) * Blue LED invention (many many applications) * Neutrino oscillation discovery (breaks standard model) > I can't really...
[19:44:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 354 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:36] <exec> 08└─Or looked at from another perspective, good developers are the ones who don't cause strife in the workplace. How much trouble you cause your employer vs. your value to your employer is a very important ratio. Standard variety assholes or professionally offended assholes, only the amount of strife yo...
[19:44:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pino P [4721] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 203 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:38] <exec> 08└─FreeBSD's code of conduct [freebsd.org] is even more full of identity-politics buzzwords than the Contributor Covenant 1.4 [contributor-covenant.org], which Linux has just adopted as its code of conduct.
[19:45:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:08] <exec> 08└─I think it was this part that was being referenced: and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely."
[19:45:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:10] <exec> 08└─Er, isn't that just like saying "women are minorities in doctors but this is steadily changing" - in fact (in the UK) women make up the majority of young doctors (under 30) ?
[19:45:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:12] <exec> 08└─At one point Newton thought people were trying to "embroil him with women". I swear I read somewhere he accused someone of hiding temptresses under his bed, but cant find it at the moment. https://www.jstor.org [jstor.org] https://www.flandershealth.us
[19:45:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:14] <exec> 08└─Detection of gravitational waves (i.e. discovery of a completely new class of astrophysics instrument)
[19:45:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:16] <exec> 08└─People have been arguing about it for years, but I believe we now have a firm date, looking back, for when Linux jumped the shark.
[19:45:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:18] <exec> 08└─After looking around at various complaints on HN [ycombinator.com], the argument seems to be that the other maintainers lower on the totem pole are hostile, and that Linus's attitude has created the hostile environment. i.e. it doesn't matter if Linus is a saint chewing out people who deserve it. Th...
[19:45:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:21] <exec> 08└─Agreed. Wasn't it on Day #1 that people were saying he was awarded the Peace Prize for "not being Bush"? Why yes, yes it was: http://www.foxnews.com [foxnews.com] http://www.foxnews.com
[19:45:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:23] <exec> 08└─When you find someone willing and able to take care of things while I'm gone. And s/help/catfish/
[19:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:12] <exec> 08└─What's worse is that it's only a quarter mile from my office to the Willamette River. At least I work on the eleventh floor. By the time the Tsunami gets to downtown Portland, it's unlikely to have enough momentum to topple the Union Bank Tower.
[19:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 3823 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:13] <exec> 08└─Coming Soon To My Website. [warplife.com] In this order, these things are vital to human survival: blood, air, shelter, water and food. Shelter isn't a problem if you live in the right climate, but here in the Pacific NorthLeft is gets very cold and it gets very hot. If you live where it gets cold,...
[19:48:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board Approves Surveillance Oversight Policy - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:18] <exec> 08└─-tic violence. I have a good friend who ran away from home at sixteen because her father sexually assaulted her. There is no damn good reason for _anyone_ to be homeless in the Soviet Republic Of Canuckistan but even so, Vancouver BC's Downtown Eastside is chock full o' homeless folks. This because...
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[20:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:07] <exec> 08└─The more you starve, the longer you live.
[20:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:09] <exec> 08└─And lets look at the paper. From the graphical abstract and caption I see they want to claim: b-hydroxybutyrate prevents vascular cell senescence via inducing cell quiescence. b-hydroxybutyrate-induced vascular cell quiescence is dependent on Oct4 expression, which is upregulated by forming hnRNP A1...
[20:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scottingham [5593] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:19] <exec> 08└─I'm going to put that on my resume. When the look it up, it'll be priceless! I may not get the job, but I'll have fun in the meantime.
[20:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:21] <exec> 08└─A magazine is like an out-dated website, printed on dead trees, using possibly toxic ink.
[20:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:23] <exec> 08└─I happened to be in B&N and saw Time magazine in the stands there. Two levels above the new Mad Magazine. It had a caricature of a fat man's body floating in a flooded room. Obviously Trump. For some of the younger people here, Time magazine used to be one of the iconic weekly news magazines in the...
[20:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:25] <exec> 08└─Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named "Man (Person) of the Year," like 2016, but I would have to agree to an interview and a MAJOR photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway! You know, Time Magazine, they were both nice and a little bit wise gu...
[20:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:27] <exec> 08└─Magazines were outdated newspapers back in the day, but their role was to investigate stories in depth. That's not the role mainstream American journalism sees itself in anymore. Nowadays it's all about the best zinger, the best diss and the most "likes" and retweets.
[20:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 1336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:30] <exec> 08└─Carefully curated picture-books is another genre. Pr0n is self organizing by the community, mostly, so pr0n mags are no longer needed, just go to the subreddit of your choice. Rumor has it that 99% of reddit traffic is pr0n, then the remainder is 99% freaky SJW degeneracy, but theres just so much tr...
[20:42:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 274 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:42] <exec> 08└─Written by a bitter person who's idea of fun is work. Just fuck the hell off. I would say someone who works all of their life away has lost far more than this person. I enjoy my life, and I'm sure the subject of this article enjoys his. I seriously doubt you enjoy yours.
[20:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:58] <exec> 08└─KSP has taught me a lot about orbital mechanics, and planning. It's a fun and addictive game. it's just a shame about the unstable physics where ships rip themselves to bits for no good reason.
[20:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 1057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:59] <exec> 08└─Then you'd be thinking of where you'd be if you hadn't learned that thing instead! ... I threw an orange from my right hand under my left arm, caught it in my left elbow, and rolled it to my hand at the Walmart yesterday. No biggie. Someone commented "Whoa! That's impressive." I said something like,...
[20:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 1764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:01] <exec> 08└─Dungeon Defenders (2,300 hours), 7 Days to Die (2,115 hours), Terraria (1,642 hours), Space Engineers (522 hours), Mount and Blade: Warband (372 hours). I've played these off and on over the past few years. They are all very good games. RPGs are fun, but typically feature a defined story, which is g...
[20:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:03] <exec> 08└─Time to purchase that convertible sports car because sounds like you're starting to hit your midlife crisis. Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again after the money's gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground.
[20:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:33] <exec> 08└─Those are no longer people, unless you consider neanderthals people... They would be either pre-adamites who have been living underground for millenia or post-adamites who are partially androidic.
[20:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:35] <exec> 08└─any explanation they give
[20:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:37] <exec> 08└─Looks like they caught the alien(s)
[20:45:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:13] <exec> 08└─Prediction is one thing. Having a verifiable observation of the phenomenon that was predicted by the theory is quite another. It's called science and it's how we engage with physical reality. You might like to try it. in the old days the Nobel Physics prizes were given to people who found stuff othe...
[20:45:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:14] <exec> 08└─Fork.
[20:45:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:16] <exec> 08└─Has it caught up with Solaris 7 yet?
[20:45:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:18] <exec> 08└─And so, recursive programming was born.
[20:45:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:56] <exec> 08└─Depends on what you're freezing. I froze some curd without any trouble. But if you freeze too much liquid water, it could be a bust.
[20:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:05] <exec> 08└─Bullshit, donny. Everyone knows wapo is fake news.
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[21:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 2267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:21] <exec> 08└─What a bizarre sight. Having never witnessed something so strange before, little Eric could only stare blankly as the man slithered towards him. Yes, that's right: "slithered." A man was lying face-first on the sidewalk and somehow slithering towards the boy like a snake. This man, who was bald and...
[21:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:22] <exec> 08└─You want science in your dietary "science"? How the hell are you going to sell books and mail order meal plans if you have to back that shit up with actual science! And here I thought we were supposed to be eating all we wanted of just cheese and bacon to live a long, healthy life. What ever happene...
[21:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:24] <exec> 08└─And here I thought we were supposed to be eating all we wanted of just cheese and bacon to live a long, healthy life. What ever happened to THAT idea?
[21:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:26] <exec> 08└─Life without biscuits and gravy isn't living, it's just fleeing death.
[21:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 2267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:41] <exec> 08└─What a bizarre sight. Having never witnessed something so strange before, little Eric could only stare blankly as the man slithered towards him. Yes, that's right: "slithered." A man was lying face-first on the sidewalk and somehow slithering towards the boy like a snake. This man, who was bald and...
[21:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:43] <exec> 08└─And I didn't know old media needed improvement. Unless you're speaking of old media returning to its roots of being more about journalism and less about entertainment.
[21:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:45] <exec> 08└─I used to love Newsweek even though in retrospect there was a lot of neocon in the geopolitics. If Newsweek were like its old self, then I would shell out the money to buy hard-copies. Then they went full Conde Nast: Half the magazine is ads and the remaining half is pop-culture bullshit and TV/Movi...
[21:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:47] <exec> 08└─I'm old enough to remember a time when the President of the United States was competent enough that his staff did not feel the need to conspire against him. I am also old enough to remember a time when the President of the United States demanded loyalty to the United States, not personal loyalty to...
[21:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:18] <exec> 08└─I'll give you Whose line is it anyway?, and Star Trek Voyager (We'll ignore the holographic doctor having children bit (S6Ep12 Blink of an Eye), and various other stupid oddities.), maybe Dilbert, but the rest are kind of 'meh. You've seen one Seinfeld episode, you've seen them all. Buffy the Vampir...
[21:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 1040 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:19] <exec> 08└─I recently figured out way too many nuances and details about MechJeb, the MechJeb scripting interface and KSP and worked around way too many MechJeb bugs in a fantastically frustrating experience trying to get a fully automated mission running from the KSP pad to Minmus, collect science, and return...
[21:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:21] <exec> 08└─Or, maybe I should call them Soyboys.
[21:43:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 613 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:34] <exec> 08└─Unless the theory that foreign intel assets had set up there to use the vantage point to snoop on other government research in the area is the right one. That would explain the importance of seizing just that one spot. It wasn't the solar observatory itself they wanted, it was all that other RF and...
[21:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:55] <exec> 08└─Well, you clearly don't understand anything about GR if that's what you get out of it because that's one of the best-tested models of all time. When you're verifying predictions today that were made many decades ago because only now you have the precision to make the measurements, that's a pretty da...
[21:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:56] <exec> 08└─Yep, the predictions are all perfect (if you allow for otherwise undetectable matter anywhere the predictions are wrong)... how can anyone say this seriously? The fact is there is still zero evidence for dark matter besides GR making the wrong predictions. ZERO, and its not for lack of trying.
[21:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:58] <exec> 08└─Well, don't write off the fact that sometimes those astronomer-types are pretty high-strung and take it out on the telesope [astroanecdotes.com].
[21:44:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:00] <exec> 08└─Well what threat do you think they were concerned about? That the foreign government would try to bomb the place?
[21:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03tizan [3245] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:03] <exec> 08└─Sorry to point to you that NM is not a white society or white majority state...it is a minorities majority state ! Who's paying what ? Tell that to the Pueblo or Navajo people here. I am sure you'll be their hero ! Whether you like it or not poor people will try to escape from poverty and oppression...
[21:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:05] <exec> 08└─In a cross between Alien and Contact, a coded message received in the observatory planted a seed in the retina of the analyst which matured into a face-hugger, they had to irradiate the entire complex to be sure they got all the alien germ-material.
[21:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:07] <exec> 08└─it seems kinda brutal to taze an unconscious drunk apparently for the sheer hell of it.
[21:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:21] <exec> 08└─site refers to a 2015 launch in the future tense, so it may not be current data
[21:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:22] <exec> 08└─Ariane may be able to compete on costs, but it will always be around. For national security. Or something.
[21:45:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:51] <exec> 08└─but Newton was a lousy alchemist
[21:45:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:53] <exec> 08└─I'm very familiar with the ESP8266 little brother, but there's no java involved. I mean in practice you can run FreeRTOS or whatever on most anything but the idea of java is intriguing. Someday people gonna write Clojure and compile it and run the java byte code on their 50 cent microcontroller. Tec...
[21:45:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:55] <exec> 08└─On the ground, their SJW infestation isn't as bad, however.
[21:45:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:57] <exec> 08└─That's why I go in, do my job to the best I can, and I go home COMPLETELY avoiding as much of the DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA there is. It's kind of like here: when stupid shit is going on, I just usually do a mental walk by, whistling as I go: show up, try to comment intelligently or insightfully or humourou...
[21:45:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:59] <exec> 08└─Where would the world be without these guys?
[21:46:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:01] <exec> 08└─Not everything you read about is a conspiracy.
[21:46:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:03] <exec> 08└─Every project is having a CoC rammed down on it
[21:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:05] <exec> 08└─No, no: you have to "give all your bases" and all the prizes to ass-hats like Gates. Without Gates we wouldn't have Windows and Doors and and and.... STUFF like Clippy and BOB and and and..... .... Yeah. You're right.
[21:46:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:08] <exec> 08└─I care about Free Software. Most of these corporations are categorically opposed to Free Software, even if they pretend otherwise. This is shown when they refuse to release source code and continue developing abusive proprietary software.
[21:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:10] <exec> 08└─This has shit all to do with thermodynamics, but GOLD STAR for you using big words. I love watching the little shits grow up.
[21:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:12] <exec> 08└─The interesting thing about alchemy is that eventually you were bound to start getting heavy metal poisoning which includes mental disturbances as a consequence. So as you learned more about it you would go nuttier and nuttier to the point you get more obsessed but less capable of reaching your goal...
[21:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:14] <exec> 08└─or pull a Brendan Eich
[21:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:16] <exec> 08└─AFAIK Nobel prizes are never attributed to theoretical physicists, only to the ones making practical, applicable, discoveries. That's why Einstein got his Nobel for the photo-electric effect. If he had only published the relativity theories, he'd never had it.
[21:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:18] <exec> 08└─Maybe he just looked up from his keyboard and realised he was acting like a Trump jerk and to get things accomplished you don't have to be insulting? Maybe he realised he was spreading the toxicity and that wasn't necessary from a leader.
[21:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Are Still Highly Active a Year Later - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:29] <exec> 08└─Why is the answer never "Stop using Windows"?
[21:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 1702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:01] <exec> 08└─Ugh per https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [nih.gov] Unsurprisingly 100% of the PC family plastics leached out estrogenic chemicals because thats what PC plastics are made of, BUT pure PE should be clean although no one uses pure PE in consumer junk so even "should be clean" plast...
[21:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tropical Depression Florence Continues to Dump Rain on the Carolinas - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:14] <exec> 08└─3 mm ~ .1 in -> 3 mm ~ 1 in
[21:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:54] <exec> 08└─Steelcase Leap chairs
[21:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:55] <exec> 08└─Or Trollophilia.
[21:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gamers, Your Posterior Will Thank You - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:57] <exec> 08└─But then the question of how do you avoid knockoffs? (Clearing house or private party)?
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[22:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:17] <exec> 08└─functional wellness
[22:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:18] <exec> 08└─Health craze! Oh yeah, CBD [wikipedia.org] in a can sounds great... nah, gimme THC with a little bit of coca-colaine instead. 2021: Marley Beverage Company [drinkmarley.com] devastated by Coca Cola's new line of CBD-infused wellness beverages!!! The more interesting part of the story is the big mone...
[22:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:21] <exec> 08└─from the Also-boosting-snack-food-market dept.
[22:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:23] <exec> 08└─If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em?
[22:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:25] <exec> 08└─Put cocaine back in, bring back the original Coke. It's the real thing.
[22:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:38] <exec> 08└─I've experimented with this and my experience is similar to yours. But then a friend brought up a point from when he lived in a third world country. He said the food he ate was good, but it was the same thing (cornmeal paste) for every meal, every day. After a few days, you only ate when you were re...
[22:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:40] <exec> 08└─There is plenty of variety allowed, just eat a eggs/cheese/salad/fish/steak/chicken mix. Just "no grains, no sugar" (you still get some from your vegetables and whatever fruit you eat as desert). And I'm totally open to the idea the grain supply is messed with or poisoned somehow, so it isnt actuall...
[22:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:42] <exec> 08└─Who said you have to go without? Just start with eating less than 700 g of carbs per week. So you can eat a couple of those, but (probably) won't even want to bother making/ordering them once you try it. Sugar is an addictive white powder, it was considered a drug until very recently.
[22:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:00] <exec> 08└─Woah. Another immortal! What was George Washington like? Did you get to meet him?
[22:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:02] <exec> 08└─all of those story links will probably vanish now like usual when one company gobbles up another. These guys know their stuff: https://old.reddit.com [reddit.com]
[22:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Co-Founder of Salesforce Buys Time Magazine for $190 Million - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:04] <exec> 08└─Petabyte drives can't come fast enough.
[22:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:37] <exec> 08└─MOAR STRUTS!
[22:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:39] <exec> 08└─Get that suit and tie back on and get your ass back in the office where you belong. Fucking workaholic square.
[22:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 993 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:41] <exec> 08└─I agree with the sentiment you expressed. But Ecclesiastes is one of those books that presents the picture that there is no "next life" in the sense of a heaven - there is only Sheol [wikipedia.org]. Righteous, not righteous, good, bad, or ugly. *Everything* is vanity and both sides go to darkness a...
[22:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:21] <exec> 08└─No, that's not what I meant. Even when they give reasonable explanations, their credibility is so shot that it's unreasonable to put any trust in their explanation. It *might* be correct, but their saying it doesn't give it any significant increase in plausibility. Every time I've been able to check...
[22:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:22] <exec> 08└─You're correct. There is no such thing as dark matter. The actual solution is simple, Hawkins Radiation emits more mass than astrophysicist are ready to admit.
[22:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:24] <exec> 08└─It sounds like the one scientist wanted a near death experience, but got too near. Like a black hole.
[22:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:26] <exec> 08└─They were people from the future coming to warn us.
[22:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:28] <exec> 08└─Actually, no. They tried that and when they got back they saw how badly #CrookedHillary had screwed things up, so they came back a second time to undo their mistake. And now they're back again to tell us what a great job President Trump is doing in his third term.
[22:44:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:31] <exec> 08└─...broke into ex-wifes house (technically, he paid for it and is still paying for it, so not sure how its her house, but using the pronouns the newspapers use for convenience if not honesty)...
[22:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:33] <exec> 08└─...they had to irradiate the entire complex to be sure they got all the alien germ-material.
[22:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:35] <exec> 08└─I woudln't have the slightest clue about if your favorite explanation is correct. But, make a prediction about something and then we can see.
[22:44:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03rleigh [4887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Launches UK's NovaSAR and S1-4 Satellites - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:52] <exec> 08└─There's a surprising amount of satellite tech companies in the UK. For example, just across the road from where I live in Dundee is a company called STAR-Dundee which designs and manufactures the hardened microcontrollers and test equipment for SpaceWire (https://www.star-dundee.com/products). Their...
[22:45:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 812 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:52] <exec> 08└─You don't get it. Linus is out, he won't be back. If things go to shit quickly enough the money people might back him in a counter coup like Jobs came back to Apple but unless the decline is sudden and dramatic he is done with Linux development. Why do you think they dropped the CoC in the same anno...
[22:46:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 2727 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:07] <exec> 08└─Well, historically it hasn't been "good developers" who have got the hassle from Linus, it's been the lousy ones. Has there ever been a time when Linus chewed someone out and he was actually in the wrong (from a technical point of view) - I am not absolutely 100% sure, but was there a time when Linu...
[22:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:34] <exec> 08└─People complain about whataboutism. But what about people who abruptly change the subject?
[22:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:36] <exec> 08└─No, after being driven out of the Linux Foundation with pitchforks for refusing to implement a CoC and a binary kernel module interface, go build something new. With blackjack and hookers. (o.b. Bender) Like Eich did with Brave after being tossed from Moz Corp, he went off and built a browser around...
[22:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:38] <exec> 08└─That's right. It can't run systemd.
[22:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:40] <exec> 08└─Maybe not blackmail. Maybe something to do with the observatory closing. Like maybe the connection between the two is so thin it is difficult to see. But if you close your eyes and try real hard you can see the connection. Like totally dude.
[22:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:42] <exec> 08└─Citations might be in order. Or, at least list some of those things, and explain how they hurt BSD. The absurdity here, seems to be an ungrounded accusation that BSD's are inferior to Linux. Examining package lists, isn't just about everything available in Linux, also available in BSD?
[22:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:44] <exec> 08└─Don't be silly. Some anonymous dude walks in your store, and he never tells you his name, you just KNOW that he's Anonymous Coward. Anonymous has been on television, all over the internets, in the newspapers, on broadcast news - where have you NOT been?
[22:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:47] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD
[22:46:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:49] <exec> 08└─Now that the SJWs have taken over Linux, what's to keep Linus from just forking it and starting afresh? He could get rid of past mistakes like systemd and put a strict "no pussies" policy in place to stave off another SJW takeover.
[22:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:51] <exec> 08└─OpenBSD? compiled with GCC is it not?
[22:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:36] <exec> 08└─Yeah, just because a plant is "drought tolerant" doesn't mean that it grows well in dry, desert conditions. But, there is another added benefit. Hemp is good for the soil. Maybe not as good as legumes, but it's good for the soil. A farmer who rotates crops will want to use hemp to restore depleted s...
[22:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06BPA-Free Replacement Plastics May Still Have Harmful Effects - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:37] <exec> 08└─About the same here. But, I have three sons, two stepsons, and a bunch of grandchildren. Dishes break. And, I'm not allowed to drop kick them to the moon when it happens.
[22:49:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03kanweg [4737] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:15] <exec> 08└─Not me. I trust Apple more with my data (because they collect so few and mostly anonymous) than any other big or small corporation. It is not Apple's business model. You pay (heavily) for the product, but you're not the product. Apple has put its heels in the sand quite a few times when it came to d...
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[23:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:36] <exec> 08└─So Coca Cola executives may have problems at the border? https://www.thestar.com [thestar.com]
[23:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:37] <exec> 08└─A little money can make problems go away.
[23:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:39] <exec> 08└─Good, maybe nobody will be able to work there pretty soon.
[23:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:42] <exec> 08└─Never stopped them from using it.
[23:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:44] <exec> 08└─Anyone who doubts this should get a 24 oz coffee and drink within 10 mins on an empty stomach. If you don't notice any changes to your mental state then you must have some rare genetic sequence.
[23:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:46] <exec> 08└─Canada, or the US?
[23:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:02] <exec> 08└─You millennials are a hoot. Twenty years from now, you'll realize that carbohydrates are an essential factor in human diet and reducing them is what resulted in your generation's gender confusion. But by then it well be too late.
[23:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:03] <exec> 08└─Yea the food pyramid you were brainwashed with was right all along, and somehow the spread of free info about diet on the internet in the last few years is responsible for "millennial" behavior going back decades earlier. Just keep letting the govenerment pump you full of whatever they want...
[23:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Molecule Produced During Fasting has Anti-Aging Effect on Vascular System - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:05] <exec> 08└─c'mon it's obviously a satirical post, gender identity and carbs? lol
[23:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:04] <exec> 08└─The greatest builder is me, and I'm building the greatest wall you have ever seen in your entire life. I don't do it for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Building is my art form. "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."...
[23:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Where You Can Get after Logging 4000 Hours in KSP - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:06] <exec> 08└─The other AC was quite clear, even putting the word "next" in quotes: Build up treasure not for this life, but rather for the "next" life, and then you'll feel your works have had meaning.
[23:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 AURA Statement about the Status of the Sunspot Solar Observatory - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:56] <exec> 08└─So it was aliens then? Right, got it.
[23:45:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 416 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:47] <exec> 08└─That was systemd Not really sure what the point is of running linux in 2018 other than "I love corporate support". Everyone who isn't a tech company already moved or is moving to freebsd and friends. "Linux, well, thats kinda like freebsd but a shittier OS design and big corporations, kinda like AIX...
[23:46:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pino P [4721] 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 97 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:01] <exec> 08└─Not really sure what the point is of running linux in 2018 other than "I love corporate support".
[23:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linus Torvalds Taking a Break From Linux Kernel Maintainership - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:07] <exec> 08└─When I saw parent post, I almost assumed that our pedo-mysogenistic author had struck again. When I saw the "spam" mod, I was pretty sure of it. But, to be fair, I read the first paragraph - then the next - then the next. I don't expect everyone to read what seems a wall of text, but the above story...
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