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[00:44:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:41] <exec> 08└─Why should we offer reparations? Except in cases where the drugs were planted or the convicted was tricked into carrying them by the police, there shouldn't be any reparations as they were found guilty of something that was criminal at the time.
[00:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:42] <exec> 08└─There is no fundamental right to do drugs. It's not in the constitution nor has there ever been any court cases that recognized it either. And the idea itself does not follow logically either. Part of living in society is accepting that there are restrictions to keep people playing together in a rea...
[00:44:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:44] <exec> 08└─It's not in the constitution
[00:45:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:45:06] <exec> 08└─So, it's like a pothole crew with multiple levels of supervisors?
[00:45:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Antennas that You Install with a Spray-Can - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:45:24] <exec> 08└─Me too, especially using this [researchgate.net] cutting-edge fractal antenna design. Which actually raises the question: If that fractal antenna were the master antenna, with low insertion loss and artifacts and with almost perfect omnidirectionality, would engineers use it in their designs?
[00:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:38] <exec> 08└─Dear stable genius, Why do I own a TV that runs on Linux and free software? Why can I see a full copy of the GPL in the TV setup menus? Why can't I get full copies of the source code to all the free software in my TV? Why doesn't my TV have an SSH port open for me to modify the software in my TV? Wh...
[00:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:39] <exec> 08└─If a device manufacturer is using any code in violation of an open source license, then they could (and sometimes do) get sued for it, and lose.
[00:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:30] <exec> 08└─But even if it was a joke as the CEO he has a responsibility to know that investors can and do hang on his every word.
[00:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Hangs Blockbuster $37.5 Million Fine Over Robocaller Accused of Spoofing Real Numbers - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:45] <exec> 08└─For one, you could give out authorization tokens with your "phone number" and revoke them if they give them to third parties.
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[01:43:27] <exec> 08└─"How aggravating," said Thatham, as he crossed his arms in disapproval. The spectacle he was overlooking - that he was overhearing - was indeed aggravating, to the point where most ordinary people would call the cops. However, Thatham wanted to find out just what was happening, and so he exited his...
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[01:43:39] <exec> 08└─"How aggravating," said Thatham, as he crossed his arms in disapproval. The spectacle he was overlooking - that he was overhearing - was indeed aggravating, to the point where most ordinary people would call the cops. However, Thatham wanted to find out just what was happening, and so he exited his...
[01:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:41] <exec> 08└─Intel's "10nm" node has been delayed for years... Intel's "Tick-Tock" Strategy Stalls, 10nm Chips Delayed [soylentnews.org] (July 2015)
[01:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:11] <exec> 08└─Except in cases where the drugs were planted or the convicted was tricked into carrying them by the police, there shouldn't be any reparations as they were found guilty of something that was criminal at the time.
[01:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:34] <exec> 08└─Geez... Put a jumper on the motherboard. I protect my hobbyist boards that way, so that the board won't be accidentally reprogrammed. I understand the dilemma. I used to work around business types, and they weren't too keen on stuff like this. There's big money to be made by selling stuff thats alre...
[01:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:35] <exec> 08└─As several other people have commented, UEFI *is* an OS and one that sits below your actual OS, i.e., has super-root access, correct? I can see this thing being engineered to pretend like it's been overwritten but actually not be if someone tries a manual flash by the usual method (boot into legacy...
[01:45:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03schad [2398] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:45:47] <exec> 08└─Oh my god, headlight and wiper controls are on the center console on a Model 3? Is that for real, or am I not quite understanding your post?
[01:48:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:54] <exec> 08└─A CEO should carefully parse every word they speak to the public. That's one of the reasons they get the big bucks. What he ended up doing was causing price manipulation by deception, a form of securities fraud. The SEC were treating him with kid gloves compared to what they'd hit someone else with.
[01:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06NASA Wants to Probe Deeper Into Uranus Than Ever Before - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:51] <exec> 08└─The money is in spacecraft R&D not in mission deployment.
[01:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Warns Memphis Police: No More Fake “Bob Smith” Accounts - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:33] <exec> 08└─Since you say HAVE rather than are suspected of, it sounds like you have what you need. It also sounds like you have forgotten who is supposed to be working for who. Try wagging a civil tongue next time.
[01:52:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] 02 - 06After Century of Removing Appendixes, Docs Find Antibiotics Can be Enough - 331 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:04] <exec> 08└─I suspect that antibiotics would work if the infection is caught early enough, but if an infection reaches the stage where the appendix is about to burst I doubt there is time for a course of antibiotics to take effect. If they can eliminate a lot of unnecessary surgeries however, the results of the...
[01:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Century of Removing Appendixes, Docs Find Antibiotics Can be Enough - 970 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:26] <exec> 08└─Even thirty years ago one might not have had the ability to get to a Doctor's Office or Emergency Room if one's condition worsened, let alone a century ago. One might just write off that tummy pain to bad indigestion and wait until one actually had an emergency on one's hands to seek care. (Still ha...
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[02:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:47] <exec> 08└─"Who the fark cares?". A) Does it do what I want quickly? Can I afford it? If yes, buy. B) Does it make up for a RAM shortfall via a faster CPU/modem, or vice versa? Don't care, go to A.
[02:44:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:43] <exec> 08└─It was BiCentennial park, dedicated in 1976. My bad. It went under the 125 maybe 20 years later. Quite possibly less, I'd moved away by then.
[02:45:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:45:09] <exec> 08└─Geez... Put a jumper on the motherboard.
[02:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:46:24] <exec> 08└─Partially. There are some controls on the stalks and others in the screen. But really, once you put the headlights and wipers in auto mode (the default), that's it. The controls are there in the center touchscreen, but you don't ever need to change them.
[02:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:46] <exec> 08└─I'm playing plenty of ancient games, which are also software.
[02:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:47] <exec> 08└─My preferred calculator is the Casio FX4000P, only made in 1985. (also sold as the Radio Shack EC-4020) I had to pay quite a bit for a second hand one a few years ago when my original finally died.
[02:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:41] <exec> 08└─A CEO should carefully parse every word they speak to the public. That's one of the reasons they get the big bucks. What he ended up doing was causing price manipulation by deception, a form of securities fraud. The SEC were treating him with kid gloves compared to what they'd hit someone else with...
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[03:44:11] <exec> 08└─So, I doubt it. Unless you think "Programmable" applies to "Constrained to the ideas of corporation-controlled 20-something-year-old man children".
[03:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:13] <exec> 08└─The Find X originally comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage but Chinese leaker @UniverseIce shared a photo of an updated listing that shows the Find X will get a new 10GB RAM + 256GB ROM model.
[03:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:15] <exec> 08└─It was there, then it wasn't. Now it's back again. Time problems on the server?
[03:45:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 245 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:04] <exec> 08└─Why should we offer reparations? Except in cases where the drugs were planted or the convicted was tricked into carrying them by the police, there shouldn't be any reparations as they were found guilty of something that was criminal at the time.
[03:45:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:12] <exec> 08└─Were you there when the plane crashed in San Diego?
[03:45:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:38] <exec> 08└─Careful, you're not as anonymous as you might think.
[03:45:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:40] <exec> 08└─Celebrations taking place in Redmond! More reasons to prevent users from disabling secure boot, leading to more problems installing Linux.
[03:45:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:42] <exec> 08└─I know right. A jumper or switch to prevent writes to the flash. Crazy right. It would work but its crazy and all management drones know if it sounds crazy and works its not worth doing.
[03:45:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 2224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:44] <exec> 08└─Actually there are several 'root' problems here. 1. UEFI runs at ring -1 while your OS runs, it runs ACPI and other runtime services and, as this exploit demonstrates, leaves hooks open for arbitrary 3rd party code to also run in ring -1 along with it. 2. Worse still, if infection is to occur the i...
[03:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:01] <exec> 08└─The numbers I'm running indicate to me that we're within a factor of 2 between EV and ICE, much better than the factor 5+ when they tried to sell tarted up golf carts as EVs back in the 1970s. It won't be a perfect flip from one to the other, batteries are still quite heavy for the energy they carry...
[03:47:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 593 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:13] <exec> 08└─A "paint" that causes surfaces in direct sunlight to become cooler than the ambient air? Now that's impressive, especially if it has the potential to be produced cheaply. The first question that springs to mind though is - how do you keep that micro-porous surface clean? Seems like it would be a hug...
[03:47:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:34] <exec> 08└─I didn't say Rust-Oleum. We love Rust-Oleum. But there are many brands. 3M, so many. We love ENVIRONMENTAL. And we've gotten many awards for environmental. More than anybody.
[03:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:21] <exec> 08└─A CEO should carefully parse every word they speak to the public.
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[04:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 856 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:40] <exec> 08└─Well, if you're not filling your phone up with pirated Blu-rays, I'd imagine that storage would be used for apps and games. Think back to the good ol' days of the failed Ubuntu Edge [wikipedia.org] concept phone. That was intended to be a PC replacement, and would have had 128 GB of storage. If you...
[04:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:41] <exec> 08└─WTF am I gonna do with 256GB of ROM?
[04:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:43] <exec> 08└─Well, if you're not filling your phone up with pirated Blu-rays, I'd imagine that storage would be used for apps and games.
[04:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:45] <exec> 08└─Seems sort of inconvenient to have to store all that on ROM though. I mean you'd have to burn your own ROM chips and install them, or get OPPO to do it at the factory.
[04:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 1033 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:47] <exec> 08└─I was the only full-time coder for a company with twelve employees whose peak year during my time there was three million dollars gross. The most hard drive I had through that time was eighty megabytes, the most RAM I think 16mb. If I could write three million dollars worth of code with sixteen mega...
[04:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:50] <exec> 08└─But the starship enterprise went to Uranus to wipe out the Klingons.
[04:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:52] <exec> 08└─All of it music, all from CDs that I own. I readily agree that not everyone is so heavily into music, but some are.
[04:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:54] <exec> 08└─Ehhh, I'm pretty sure that was just a mistake in the article. Or had you already figured that out?
[04:44:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blue Origin Wins Contract to Supply United Launch Alliance With BE-4 Rocket Engines - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:03] <exec> 08└─ULA finally did something smart. LNG is so much easier to handle than liquid hydrogen, much safer for the techs. We had straw brooms to search for burning hydrogen during offloads in case the IR sensors went offline. It is kind of neat to see the atmosphere liquefying and dripping into a catch pan a...
[04:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Blue Origin Wins Contract to Supply United Launch Alliance With BE-4 Rocket Engines - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:05] <exec> 08└─This should also silence the ignorant ones who think that Blue Origin is not a serious company since it is just doing some suborbital flights. New Glenn is on the way, and they should be able to get some contracts with it even if SpaceX has the better offer (NASA and Air Force want multiple launch p...
[04:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blue Origin Wins Contract to Supply United Launch Alliance With BE-4 Rocket Engines - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:07] <exec> 08└─Someone showed this to me at Caltech: Fill a soda can most of the way with liquid nitrogen. You will find that liquid oxygen condenses on the top. Now soak up some of that O2 with a piece of toilet paper. Light it on fire. It burns just like the head of a match.
[04:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:22] <exec> 08└─What's with the "scare quotes" on the sizes? Are you saying that the 14nm and 10nm aren't actually what Intel claims they are? Is it like a friend telling you that they wear a "medium" when you know damn well it's an extra large?
[04:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:23] <exec> 08└─It was not long at all that I read of the desktop PC's tragically untimely demise, because mobile devices.
[04:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:44:57] <exec> 08└─We get signal
[04:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:45:27] <exec> 08└─A switch or jumper? Are you insane, that will add an entire one-tenth of a cent to the BoM. How can the CEOs of the computer manufacturers afford another yacht each with a huge slice like that to their profit margin?
[04:45:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Antennas that You Install with a Spray-Can - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:45:47] <exec> 08└─I also remember that ink, but I wouldn't want an antenna on the window right behind my head. That's what the passenger side is for ;-)
[04:46:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:46:46] <exec> 08└─OH L OOK. ANYONE CAN WrI TE Annoyi NGLY too. rejected by women since school because no one gives a shit about your dork interests, so you push them further. Let's write all text li ke code. i code. why is my text all fucked up? because I ' m smart - i code. not quite enough brain power up in there t...
[04:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:18] <exec> 08└─I have black plastic mats that are about 4 foot by 8 foot on my roof made from small parallel tubes that circulate the water from my pool through them. Example: http://www.heliocol.com [heliocol.com] The South half of my house has them, the North side has trees, and greyish shingles. Besides runnin...
[04:49:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:06] <exec> 08└─And now I have more than $10 billion.
[04:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:08] <exec> 08└─You're never gonna make any money that way!
[04:49:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:10] <exec> 08└─It would be the ultimate, if he came back, and forked it. Probably taking vacation to set up the new infrastructure. Get back, and send a message to the old list... We'll be over here! Come on by!
[04:49:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 1361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:12] <exec> 08└─Everybody knows I'm very very rich. I don't have to prove it. And I don't have to prove anything to anyone. But you can look at my Financial Disclosure. And everybody can look at that one. Very strong financials. My tax returns, I'll tell you, IRS has been a huge pain in the ass for me. Obama used I...
[04:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:07] <exec> 08└─people should learn to chill more, have better critical thinking skills [...] It is a sad world, though, when there are those who rely on Twitter to understand what the powerful are thinking.
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[05:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:29] <exec> 08└─If I could write three million dollars worth of code with sixteen megabytes in 1992, why can't we _all_ do so in 2018? What gets me down is that many of today's most-popular applications are _dramatically_ slower than those of 1992.
[05:44:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:30] <exec> 08└─If I could write three million dollars worth of code with sixteen megabytes in 1992, why can't we _all_ do so in 2018?
[05:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:33] <exec> 08└─Assembly language? No need since I entered the workforce 23 years ago. Any simple compiled language will do, like C. Oh, and lay off the dozen framework layers.
[05:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:35] <exec> 08└─Agreed, the thing I absolutely hate about smartphones is how it's virtually impossible to run anything but some flavor of android on 99% of them. Then there's a very sizable portion that not only will only run the stock ROM, but won't give you root access. Evil. Android has twisted Linux into someth...
[05:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blue Origin Wins Contract to Supply United Launch Alliance With BE-4 Rocket Engines - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:44:46] <exec> 08└─Yep, once they start selling rides they'll make some real money, not that Bezos doesn't have megatons of the stuff already. Boeing has problems with way too much management IMHO, and their crew capsule will suffer for it. I'd ride the SpaceX capsule first if given a choice.
[05:45:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 2658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:45:04] <exec> 08└─Those node names don't mean much of anything anymore, and they are defined differently by different companies. Intel "10nm" is said to be on part with TSMC "7nm". Moore's Law: Not Dead? Intel Says its 10nm Chips Will Beat Samsung's [soylentnews.org] Why All Nodes Won’t Work [semiengineering.com] ...
[05:46:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:07] <exec> 08└─I see where you're going.. Universal Supreme Absolute F U C K Y E A H
[05:46:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 856 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:46:09] <exec> 08└─It seems that maybe Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco covered something somewhat similar, but for BIOS instead, at Blackhat 2009 in their talk, Deactivate the Rootkit: Attacks on BIOS anti-theft technologies [blackhat.com] (warning: PDF). They refer to BIOS not UEFI, but they did their work well after...
[05:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:25] <exec> 08└─That said, I am really impressed with is the acceleration of this car.
[05:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:26] <exec> 08└─2,000 cycles is probably about 20 years of use (charging every 3.5 days), after which time an ICE would have been scrapped. The battery of an EV should be fully depreciated after 20 years, so any residual value in the car at that time is a bonus. Your "$11.25 for the battery" cost of a hypothetical...
[05:48:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 797 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:00] <exec> 08└─That one's between me and God. And I think God likes me A LOT. He made me VERY SMART. Put me in a fantastic Family. In the best Country. And I've made a lot of very very smart decisions. But I've also had tremendous luck. God gave me a beautiful Brain and beautiful Luck. Like nobody else has. I than...
[05:48:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:01] <exec> 08└─It actually cools by 6 C from ambient.
[05:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weibo’s Most Influential Users Can Now Silence their Critics - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:40] <exec> 08└─VLM终身禁止使用微博。
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[06:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Offtopic) 02 - 06Facebook Resetting Access Tokens for 90 Million Accounts - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:55] <exec> 08└─Ching chong a-chang. Ting tong a pang. Tioing pong-a-ping-ping-a-boingbang!
[06:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Resetting Access Tokens for 90 Million Accounts - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:57] <exec> 08└─No, no, the witch doctor song goes "ooo eee ooo ah ah, ting, tang, Walla Walla bing-bang."
[06:44:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:24] <exec> 08└─Now there are so many layers upon layers of abstraction -- where abstraction equals "other people's code that we can't operate without yet we have no idea what it's really doing in that black box" -- that must be included/available for any application to work, that applications are relatively huge.
[06:44:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:25] <exec> 08└─That's what abundance of CPU speed and memory does to people. They choose the easiest, cheapest solution that can be sold to the equally undemanding customers. But things like high end CAD software or FPS games are coded with utmost respect to available CPU time.
[06:44:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:45:00] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's the result of 2018 finally being the year of the Linux desktop?
[06:45:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:45:35] <exec> 08└─That's not what that means, there is no right to put random chemicals into your body and there's over a century of case law to back that up. As a result, the 9th amendment wouldn't apply as there is no right being denied or disparaged, By your interpretation, the government couldn't do anything beca...
[06:45:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:45:37] <exec> 08└─And none of these people knew that it was illegal? Fuck this racist shit. People of color are people and they can choose not to break the law. Regardless of intent that at most explains a couple years of convictions not subject to this fix.
[06:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:32] <exec> 08└─Another way to look at it. If you assume that each charge adds 150 miles of range, 2000 charges is 300,000 miles. If all the vehicle needs after 300,000 miles is a new battery, that's been a good purchase.
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[07:45:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:45:52] <exec> 08└─That's not what that means, there is no right to put random chemicals into your body and there's over a century of case law to back that up. As a result, the 9th amendment wouldn't apply as there is no right being denied or disparaged,
[07:45:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:45:54] <exec> 08└─And why do you worship the law and the government? Don't you want a small government that stays out of people's lives? Aren't you opposed to corruption? If you're opposed to corruption and in favor of small government, how is it that you can adopt the 'You should never break the law!' mentality? Aft...
[07:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Wants to Probe Deeper Into Uranus Than Ever Before - 4928 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:53:09] <exec> 08└─Launch windows are getting less critical as high-impulse/low-thrust propulsion (ion engines of various types, and with various power sources) moves into maturity. The currently-proposed missions only include SEP (solar-electric propulsion -- like Dawn, but scaled up to 25kW) for a Neptune mission; b...
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[08:44:23] <exec> 08└─Eth is in his cups, not surprising, given the time, current gravitational fluxes, and the fucked state of San Diego and the Defense Industry at large. Eth, you racist bastard! We fart in your general direction, and that of Brett Kavanaugh, which it suddenly strikes me, just could be your real identi...
[08:45:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:45:26] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the SoFIA cancellation (the real Atoms) mid circa 2016 and how they never recovered from that.
[08:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:38] <exec> 08└─1) Linus is Jewish?
[08:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:39] <exec> 08└─Billion dollar corporations know exactly how to exploit open source
[08:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Hangs Blockbuster $37.5 Million Fine Over Robocaller Accused of Spoofing Real Numbers - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:52] <exec> 08└─Correct. I was not a big MP fan. Big movie buff, never cared for much TV however. Star Trek, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Blakes 7, Red Dwarf, Dr Who in small doses....(60's/70's versions, haven't seen any of the later ones.), along with Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space and My Favorite Martian prett...
[08:52:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Hangs Blockbuster $37.5 Million Fine Over Robocaller Accused of Spoofing Real Numbers - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:54] <exec> 08└─Oh god no! My grammar is atrocious!
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[09:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:56] <exec> 08└─I need to know when to stop eating Twinkies to fart as powerfully as Magneto bends metal. For science.
[09:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:32] <exec> 08└─Skeuomorphism [wikipedia.org] I must say I often find some things today that are a vast improvement over their decades-ago equivalents: Instead of artificial woodgrain veneer I usually find real wood. For example growing up my family's dining room table had woodgrain formica, but the table I own mys...
[09:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:34] <exec> 08└─Not to actually write any, nor to read disassemblies during debugging. Rather it's to more intuitively understand what their high-level, interpreted code is doing to their CPU and their RAM. Back in the day, some newbie posted to Usenet a question about how he could write a C program that would exec...
[09:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:44:36] <exec> 08└─Say you compress each CD to about 160MB (320kbps mp3s I think): 1563 CDs at 25$ a CD costs you some $40k... Putting aside the storage space issue, I think you've crossed the hobby bridge pass the passion crossroads into the dependency bad neighborhoods area. "Nanna always said rock was the devils mu...
[09:45:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:45:46] <exec> 08└─Fuck this racist shit. People of color are people and they can choose not to break the law. Regardless of intent that at most explains a couple years of convictions not subject to this fix.
[09:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:46:18] <exec> 08└─I repaired about 10 UEFI mainboards which had the same problem: Part of flash code literally "eaten out". And all time it was made by unplugging a running PC, just running, not updating anything. No idea why computer had to write something into flash during normal operation, but it looks really bad.
[09:52:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Hangs Blockbuster $37.5 Million Fine Over Robocaller Accused of Spoofing Real Numbers - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:34] <exec> 08└─So are you people saying that you could create a whitelist? Surely that can be done with existing systems, or am I wrong? Genuine question, I've never tried it, and believe it may need a special phone or special contract with the phone company.
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[11:44:02] <exec> 08└─That's neat and all, but Bing is way more superiorer for image search English, motherfucker, do you speak it!?
[11:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:12] <exec> 08└─"Next time, I'll make [the enclosure] stronger."
[11:44:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Resetting Access Tokens for 90 Million Accounts - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:24] <exec> 08└─omg yu're back! thought you left forver where'd ya go?
[11:44:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:57] <exec> 08└─Kind of like what microsoft did to DOS. Look at windows today.
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[11:44:59] <exec> 08└─Real wood is too expensive now
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[12:44:19] <exec> 08└─So, who will be the first to embed magbet links into the IPTC metadata?
[12:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:45:17] <exec> 08└─That argument sounds really convincing, until you remember that Smalltalk-80 ran on a machine with 512KB of RAM and presented a graphical environment written entirely in a high-level language (JavaScript is a similar abstraction level to Smalltalk). Now, admittedly, Smalltalk-80 used 1-bit colour an...
[12:45:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:45:51] <exec> 08└─It is for my house
[12:45:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:45:53] <exec> 08└─Intel is shit!
[12:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:09] <exec> 08└─A motherboard I had years ago had two jumpers. One to prevent flashing, and the other to force loading the flash from backup. Why isn't this a standard? Because another chip on the board with a backup copy of the original flash is too expensive?
[12:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:10] <exec> 08└─What do you mean? When I found out that Windows could now write to the BIOS I was horrified. Why would you want the OS to be able to have that level of control? https://www.nextofwindows.com [nextofwindows.com] What could possibly go wrong?
[12:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheFool [7105] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:12] <exec> 08└─Nefarious side-goals aside, this is the reason that they give on paper for secure boot. BIOS security was non-existent, so the OS had to do it - and to get to that point, you had to get pretty far into the boot process. In UEFI, everyone calls a firmware provided "please check the signature" functio...
[12:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:48:34] <exec> 08└─Try to remember the seven P's Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Leave a light on in your car? You could wake up to a dead battery no matter what.
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[12:49:52] <exec> 08└─That article has nothing about the effect of MDMA on the common octopussy. Shame, wikipedia, shame.
[12:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weibo’s Most Influential Users Can Now Silence their Critics - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:53] <exec> 08└─Fan Bingbing [wikipedia.org] has been missing since 23 July 2018. There are suspicions that the Chinese government has 'detained' her 'under control' for unspecified charges. Does this change to Weibo have any relation to Fan's disappearance given the Chinese government's fear of people using social...
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[13:44:16] <exec> 08└─Probably the Russians. Followed by Japan. But we'll be looking into that too, believe me.
[13:44:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Resetting Access Tokens for 90 Million Accounts - 654 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:44:39] <exec> 08└─The guy's name is Chang Chi-yuan. Hard name. For us it's hard. For Taiwan people, China people, not so hard. So you have this guy, very big hacker in Taiwan, he says he's going to hack Mark Zuckerberg's account. He says, tune in Sunday, he'll hack it -- try to hack it -- on Sunday. Very big deal for...
[13:45:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:45:50] <exec> 08└─I do rememeber that, but when you say "they never recovered from that", didn't they not have much smartphone/tablet business in the first place? And Intel chips are at least found in Windows Surface Pro tablets these days. https://www.theregister.co.uk [theregis...
[13:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:37] <exec> 08└─Because he wants an expensive investment to last longer than 4 years before it has to be completely replaced?
[13:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:39] <exec> 08└─Suburban drivers with commutes aren't gonna be charging every 3.5 days. They are the people that EV's need to market to. People in cities don't need to drive in the first place, rural areas are too far from anything for them to be practical without massive range increases. Suburbanites with a 30-60...
[13:49:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:16] <exec> 08└─When you abstract away the costs to society, people stop caring. They could use 10 times as much energy and cause a lot more environmental damage producing this stuff than running AC does, and people wouldn't care, because they don't see that. They feel good about "being green".
[13:49:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:18] <exec> 08└─Idiots are gonna idiot; nothing you can do about that. The primary goal here is to make sure I'm not in their ranks. The secondary is to get as many others as possible to engage their brains before they form opinions.
[13:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:22] <exec> 08└─I still don't really understand why the desktop really needs the init system as a dependency. Why should it care?
[13:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:24] <exec> 08└─You mean like Git? "I can't see viable options. I'll just make my own. Who's with me?"
[13:51:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:26] <exec> 08└─Ever seen SAP stuck in as a web front end to a COBOL system running code on ZOS that still has elements from the 1970s?
[13:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:28] <exec> 08└─Why do programmable calculators still cost over $100?
[13:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:30] <exec> 08└─ZOS is based on OS/390 which is based on.. yeah, there's code in there going back decades.
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[14:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:13] <exec> 08└─Credit cards have a transaction cost. I've always been confused why this fee is effectively hidden from the consumer. I never realized that different cards of the same brand have different costs, which is just an example that as a user I'm protected from seeing these fees. I suspect part of the reas...
[14:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:14] <exec> 08└─You are using cash? Why not a credit card, with the free loan it gives and the possible benefits (as described in this article)? Is your credit that bad? Can't you trust yourself to pay off the credit card bill each month? Or is your employer paying you though one of those systems which border on il...
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[14:47:20] <exec> 08└─Sure I am.
[14:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:45] <exec> 08└─It doesn't really matter how many times you charge the battery. With Lithium Ion batteries, as long as you are not charging past 80% state of charge, you can charge more frequently without affecting the lifetime. 2 or 3 short charge cycles are equivalent to one longer charge cycle in terms of how th...
[14:49:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:25] <exec> 08└─Just get a properly installed metal roof. They lay down a heat-reflective barrier underneath the metal then physics takes over and draws cooler air from the bottom of the roof up and out the top as the metal heats the air underneath it. Save the water cooling for the outside coil of your heat pump....
[14:53:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Hangs Blockbuster $37.5 Million Fine Over Robocaller Accused of Spoofing Real Numbers - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:51] <exec> 08└─It's possible on some phones and VoIP stuff, but it's not uniform and not well supported. This would fix that.
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[15:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:20] <exec> 08└─I have a credit card. I go to use it. A retailer doesn't accept it. Do they imagine I will get a different credit card? No, I'll find a different retailer. Hell, Amazon has its own Chase rewards credit card. Will they not accept their own card? Imagine you get to the check out in the grocery store a...
[15:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:21] <exec> 08└─Credit cards can track you all over hell and back.
[15:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:24] <exec> 08└─It's hidden from the customer because the customer has no reason to know about it and is unlikely to choose a credit card company based on that. It's something that is of concern to the merchant and to the credit card company. The bigger issue is likely chargebacks. Some companies are more aggressiv...
[15:44:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 852 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:26] <exec> 08└─That's the thing, if the logo no longer tells you that you can use a card at a given establishment, then it's going to become extremely annoying to figure out whether or not you can pay and I'm guessing that people will either drop the card or drop the store depending upon the situation. I know I wo...
[15:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:28] <exec> 08└─These "swipe" fees vary widely, but are higher on rewards credit cards -- sometimes around 3% of the cardholder's purchase price.
[15:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 747 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:30] <exec> 08└─Another issue for me at least. If all retailers and consumers stop using credit cards(by some magic wand), you wouldn't see product prices drop. The retailers will no longer be paying the fees but they will just pocket that money and give out bonuses to their execs or just pocket the money for a rai...
[15:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:32] <exec> 08└─You are using cash? Why not a credit card, with the free loan it gives and the possible benefits (as described in this article)?
[15:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 982 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:34] <exec> 08└─Back in the day when I was first getting involved with computers, early '90s, you'd see in a lot of the ads for computer hardware an indication that they provided a discount for cash payments rather than credit cards. It wasn't very big, IIRC it was usually about 3%. God, I miss those old computer h...
[15:44:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 787 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:37] <exec> 08└─Credit cards tend to increase spending. Which is the main reason why stores offer them even when it's a face to face interaction. Not only does it make it less painful to pay at the time, but it also provides some protection if for some reason there's an issue with the purchase. I know the credit ca...
[15:44:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Images Will Display Creator and Credit Information - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:48] <exec> 08└─That's neat and all, but Bing is way more superiorer for image search
[15:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:00] <exec> 08└─Surprisingly little! Wolfram Alpha has you covered: https://www.wolframalpha.com [wolframalpha.com] You need 765 food calories, which Wolfram Alpha helpfully points out is 1.008 kielbasa, 1.3 quesadillas, or 1.3 pieces of cake. They don't have twinkies as a u...
[15:45:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:02] <exec> 08└─XKCD, as always, is on point. [xkcd.com]
[15:45:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:48] <exec> 08└─Look at windows today.
[15:46:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 2847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:25] <exec> 08└─If by Linux desktop you mean the Gnu/Linux one and not the "My desktop is now just an Android Tablet! Woo Hoo! It's almost as good as a real computer! I don't miss useful technology very much at all!" variety, as is often meant by the phrase, then the year with the strongest adoption so far* was pro...
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[15:49:53] <exec> 08└─"Grenfell Tower underwent a major renovation, announced in 2012 and conducted over 2015-16. The tower received new windows, a water-based heating system for individual flats and new aluminium composite rainscreen cladding. The purpose of the cladding was to improve heating and energy efficiency, and...
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[16:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:08] <exec> 08└─That same alien I discovered earlier is in this image: http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp [hayabusa2.jaxa.jp]
[16:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:09] <exec> 08└─Seriously, what kind of aliexpress "4K" cameras are those? My 8€ half HD camera takes better shots. For the amount of money they used on those, they could've bought 100's of those cheap cameras and combine them to get a huge photo.
[16:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:11] <exec> 08└─> That same alien I discovered earlier is in this image JJ Abrams was unavailable for comment.
[16:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:13] <exec> 08└─The Minerva rovers are a tiny secondary payload with a total mass of 1-1.1 kg each. There is a larger rover, MASCOT, which will be deployed on October 3. It has a mass of 9.6 kg. It might be able to take better pictures, although it has a non-rechargeable battery. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft itself too...
[16:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:34] <exec> 08└─If he lived in CA, he would be wrong about the tracking. In CA, retailers are not allowed to store the name on the card -- only the number. So, his card could be tracked, but seriously, who cares? Yes, the data is valuable, but, if the retailers can't track it to a name, who cares?
[16:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:35] <exec> 08└─sounds like antitrust sort of stuff...
[16:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:37] <exec> 08└─I'd just leave the potential sale sitting at the register & walk out. "The sign says you accept Visa. I'm using a Visa. You refuse my Visa. I refuse to do business with you. Chiao!" Voting with the wallet (my Visa debit card) is the best way to pound the lesson home. Leaving $100+ in groceries at th...
[16:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:39] <exec> 08└─If he lived in CA, he would be wrong about the tracking. In CA, retailers are not allowed to store the name on the card -- only the number. So, his card could be tracked, but seriously, who cares? Yes, the data is valuable, but, if the retailers can't track it to a name, who cares?
[16:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:41] <exec> 08└─To add a little more: why do you think those retailers offer loyalty cards and give discounts when you use them? It's because they get a lot more data when you present the loyalty card than when you just use a credit card. Credit cards alone don't allow much tracking. Get a new credit card and all t...
[16:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:44] <exec> 08└─2017 This thing called Bitcoin will allow you to make anonymous transactions worldwide with little to no transaction fee and is nearly immune to hacking. 2018 think I'll stick with my credit card
[16:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:46] <exec> 08└─I am not familiar with the details of the law in California, but my initial reading of this suggests the retailers are forbidden from tracking the user's name on the card with the card number. Are data brokers (e.g. Equifax) forbidden from matching these?
[16:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:48] <exec> 08└─Credit cards have a transaction cost. I've always been confused why this fee is effectively hidden from the consumer.
[16:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:50] <exec> 08└─Credit cards have a transaction cost.
[16:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:52] <exec> 08└─If all retailers and consumers stop using credit cards(by some magic wand), you wouldn't see product prices drop. The retailers will no longer be paying the fees but they will just pocket that money and give out bonuses to their execs or just pocket the money for a rainy day.
[16:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 984 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:54] <exec> 08└─This is what will happen. Also not because 'my feelings'. It will be because THAT is all I have to use to pay for this. I do not carry 150 bucks in cash around because well because I do not have to 'swing by the bank' anymore. I spend about 3k per month on my card. I sure as HELL am not walking arou...
[16:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:57] <exec> 08└─What is amusing is those SAME cards are run by the same bank companies. BoA, Citi and Chase. There is not exactly a lot of different companies running their own VISA systems. They buy the system and skin it.
[16:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:09] <exec> 08└─"Now, that's not actionable" Note that while you and I acknowledge that, almost every mainstream reporter did not. And in most cases the were slinging wild insinuations that this is in fact actionable. So they were really just astroturfing for the brokers who were telling everybody to short. And tha...
[16:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:11] <exec> 08└─"Causing gains by lies is not a CEO's job" Clearly you've never worked for a big corporation.
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[17:44:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:03] <exec> 08└─You are clearly of the management class. "All you have to do . . ."
[17:44:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:37] <exec> 08└─More people should use cash for most purchases. It feels different handing over a stack of cash instead of just a card and signing your name. No one else gets involved in the transaction either, which is nice and feels right. But nah. Society is driving towards obsoleting cash. We NEED bankers invol...
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[17:44:39] <exec> 08└─who cares?
[17:45:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:01] <exec> 08└─Strongest magnet ever: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Now get off my lawn!
[17:45:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:49] <exec> 08└─And every single one of those ignorant JS coders is a millionaire, because the techbro industry values young and stupid, just like you do, you old pedophile.
[17:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:10] <exec> 08└─So in the case of an unjust law, you find problem with those who broke the unjust law, not those who created and enforced the unjust law? Does your mom know what a despicable human she raised? If not, the seventh fleet should tell her then next time they're in port.
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[18:44:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:00] <exec> 08└─Nobody wants their ears infected by the sound of Michael David Crawford soliciting blowjobs from ladyboys on Facefuck.
[18:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:02] <exec> 08└─And we would be the first to find out if the US government was wiretapping us. You need to try harder guys.
[18:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:16] <exec> 08└─No sound. Predictable plot. Crappy frame rate. Too much lens flare. Actors were like rocks.
[18:44:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:53] <exec> 08└─I guess you realize I lean Libertarian, but I'm not a real Libertarian. They have good ideas, but they don't have all the answers. As for the tracking of "consumers" - yeah, people would have some kind of "right" to track my purchases with a card - IF I had agreed to that tracking. I don't agree wit...
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[18:44:54] <exec> 08└─When the law goes looking for someone in Cali, does the law not contact the card issuer, and request that they be informed when that card is used? I didn't specify exactly WHO tracks you, or for what purposes. I stated that ALL cards provide SOMEONE with details about you, which you may or may not p...
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[18:45:07] <exec> 08└─That's neat and all, but Bing is way more superiorer[sic] for porn search
[18:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:11] <exec> 08└─Ehhh, I'm pretty sure that was just a mistake in the article.
[18:46:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:46:12] <exec> 08└─So your iGadget, with its 256MB, is a very early generation MP3 player? Say you compress each CD to about 160MB (320kbps mp3s I think)
[18:47:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03captain normal [2205] 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 177 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:03] <exec> 08└─A very brief moment, at least until reparations are offered to offset the damage done by the arrests and sentences. In many cases these people had their possessions confiscated.
[18:47:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 28 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:17] <exec> 08└─It's not in the constitution
[18:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seattle Throws Out Cannabis Convictions - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:30] <exec> 08└─Ayup. In college between classes saw a huge plume of smoke in the distance. Didn't find out what it was until a couple hours later. Drove through the site about a week later, it was pretty eerie.
[18:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:40] <exec> 08└─With these relatively short range capabilities, it's all well and good to say: don't drain below 20% capacity, don't charge above 80%, so now that "increased" range of 153 miles comes down to 90 miles of "being nice to your batteries" driving. The road warriors I knew in Houston were in fact driving...
[18:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:42] <exec> 08└─The other thing I worry about is old age. My car is 20 years old and has about 120,000 miles on it (half of this was put on in the first 5 years too). I'm interested in electrics, but will I face a battery that needs replacing after 10 years and only 30,000-40,000 miles? My experience with older lap...
[18:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:45] <exec> 08└─If your electric vehicle is not mobile, you're doing something wrong.
[18:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weibo’s Most Influential Users Can Now Silence their Critics - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:07] <exec> 08└─A lifelong ban would cut someone off from their payments network, which seems to be real popular in china now.
[18:52:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:32] <exec> 08└─Near-monopoly + captive market
[18:53:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated] - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:29] <exec> 08└─And hello to you to mobbed up broker douche! So exactly how much of your newspapermen friends money did you loose? Must be hard now, having to do your astroturfing yourself. I imagine a lot of them don't talk to you anymore. Boo Hoo. Have a nice day.
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[19:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:31] <exec> 08└─Only gas stations that are violating their Merchant agreement, which specifically bars doing so.
[19:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:32] <exec> 08└─Are you immune to tracking through license plate readers?
[19:44:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:34] <exec> 08└─Back in the early history of credit cards, those fees were not hidden at all. Goods and services had two prices - a "cash price" and a second price listed below the "cash price". The "cash price" was generally about 5% lower than the other price. The Credit card companies challenged that practice, a...
[19:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:36] <exec> 08└─I am almost certain that by 1990, it was universally illegal throughout the US to advertise a "cash price". It was common in the '60's and '70's. It was growing far less common in the '80's. At some point, it became illegal, and I'm pretty sure that point was before 1990.
[19:44:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:39] <exec> 08└─I am not always at the same place as my license plate. And, if I were dodging the law, I can guarantee that I would not be found real close to my license plate. Incidentally - have you ever wondered who might have access to that license plate data, besides the police?
[19:45:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:54] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure when they say "ROM" they really mean "flash".
[19:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Letter in Attempt to Address Shortage of "14nm" Processors and "10nm" Delays - 1561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:32] <exec> 08└─Market wise, the surface tablets are just a windows laptop form factor since they serve the same use cases. What the pulling back from SoFIA meant wasn't just losing cellular market they never had. It meant they've stopped making another wafer for low-power mobile cores. It sounds inconsequential si...
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[19:51:13] <exec> 08└─35 years is bullshit because of the PS/2 keyboard standard being 31 years old. I'm typing this at 100 WPM on a genuine original edition IBM Model M with a birthdate on the bottom of 06JAN88 so my keyboard is 30+ years old now. I've been using it since the 90s when I got it from a previous employer (...
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[20:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Senate Holds Hearing "Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy" - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:40] <exec> 08└─The NSA is running a whole host of surveillance programs that effectively result in data going from the individual to the corporation to the business. I think there is simply absolutely 0 chance that our government would ever voluntarily impair their access to that information. This sounds like just...
[20:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Senate Holds Hearing "Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy" - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:41] <exec> 08└─If you are a "shuntable" person, how can you be certain your unshunted decisions are better?
[20:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:52] <exec> 08└─I wonder why. Zuck certainly doesn't give a damn about privacy, or human rights. There's a financial angle there somewhere.
[20:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:54] <exec> 08└─Trust us, big corp inc. is 100% on your side and totally not complicit in unconstitutional spying.
[20:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:09] <exec> 08└─For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion(operation of wandering)(planet) so that they will believe the lie. https://cloudflare-ipfs.com [cloudflare-ipfs.com]
[20:44:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:53] <exec> 08└─The advertised price was the credit card price and there was a stated discount for cash or credit. This was well into the '90s. Legally speaking, this is a matter of the merchant agreement and I don't think that change happened until later.
[20:44:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:55] <exec> 08└─The Feds like credit cards, because anyone who tries to disappear is "found" as soon as they make a purchase, or a withdrawal. No one gets lost, if they live on cards.
[20:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:57] <exec> 08└─The UK [businesscompanion.info] and Australia [accc.gov.au] have made it illegal to hide the surcharges. A business can charge whatever the bank charges, passing on the cost, but they have to declare it.
[20:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:59] <exec> 08└─That was my point. Private entities are scanning license plates.
[20:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:01] <exec> 08└─Take a trip to California some day. I live in the Bay Area and it is rare to find a gas station that doesn't have two prices based on whether you are paying with cash or credit.
[20:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:03] <exec> 08└─The card issuer probably has the most information, but the issuer doesn't know what you bought -- only where and how much.
[20:45:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:05] <exec> 08└─No. there was a settlement. https://www.creditcards.com [creditcards.com]
[20:45:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Images Will Display Creator and Credit Information - 1508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:19] <exec> 08└─If a photo is of something someone else made, the makers almost never get any credit. For a car analogy, suppose the photographer photographs a classic car. The owner of the classic car may have spent a lot of money and time on restoring and maintaining. The automobile manufacturer probably had a ch...
[20:45:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:34] <exec> 08└─You can tell it's good science when there's gratuitous destruction.
[20:45:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:36] <exec> 08└─We'll be kind of ready with this EMP grenade.
[20:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First-ever UEFI Rootkit Spotted in the Wild - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:28] <exec> 08└─"Another victory for the tinfoil brigade, UEFI does nothing more than adding attack surface." Indeed. Is there anyone who did NOT see this coming from many miles away? Anyone???
[20:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:57] <exec> 08└─It's not "don't drain below 20% capacity, don't charge above 80%,", instead, it's don't do that every day. The road warriors I knew in Houston were in fact driving more than 45 miles each way on their commutes
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[21:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:12] <exec> 08└─MS-13 is a gang of Mexican rapists and drug dealers, so the CIA, FBI and NSA are welcome to collect as much if their info as they want.
[21:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:13] <exec> 08└─But they will collect all *your* information at the same time. If you agree with the statement "if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide" then you really have nothing to add to a discussion about privacy.
[21:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:15] <exec> 08└─Data is what he sells. He needs to protect it or he's got nothing to sell if anyone can get to it.
[21:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:31] <exec> 08└─First you wipe out our auto industry, now you're after our hopping rover industry.
[21:45:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:25] <exec> 08└─Only gas stations that are violating their Merchant agreement, which specifically bars doing so.
[21:45:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:54] <exec> 08└─Read that sentence again, there is no "off" in it. "researchers at the University of Tokyo accidentally created the strongest controllable magnetic field in history and blew the doors of their lab in the process" So, they created a strong magnetic field by accident, then decided to blow the doors as...
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[22:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Wins Reversal in University of Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit; US ITC Will Not Ban iPhone Imports - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:05] <exec> 08└─For a second there I thought the filthy rich would be deprived of the shiny handheld objects they use to signal their filthy rich status to everyone around them.
[22:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Senate Holds Hearing "Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy" - 1814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:16] <exec> 08└─Conscious decisions are less prevalent than they appear. The techniques that are used by advertisers are effectively the same techniques that are used for interrogation, hypnosis, run of the mill psychological abuse, and therapy. There is nothing wrong with not being able to identify the abusive tec...
[22:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:32] <exec> 08└─That's all well and good. The alphabet guys are welcome to collect MS13 information, I'll agree. But - they need to do it LAWFULLY!! You've heard that old saw about, "They came for the Jews, and I said nothing, because I am not a Jew . . . " Who will be left to stand up for you when they come for YO...
[22:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:34] <exec> 08└─AP Fact Check: Trump Overlooks MS-13 Gang’s American Roots [voanews.com] The gang started in the 1980s in Los Angeles, initially made up largely of refugees and other immigrants from El Salvador, and “spread quickly across the country,” according to a Justice Department fact sheet. An FBI asse...
[22:44:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:52] <exec> 08└─So, what do you expect to happen when JAXA admits that the lens flare beings are real? Oh right... it's not about that. It's just about sticking it to the man, because you're such of an oppressed basement-dwelling incel. Not even a lens flare organism can save you from your pathetic existence.
[22:45:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:42] <exec> 08└─It still happens. They call it a convenience fee.
[22:45:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:44] <exec> 08└─Yes, and they've gone at least a 1/2 step beyond that. They are now correlating bumper stickers, damaged areas of the vehicle, and any other identifying information. License plates can and do change in most states (in Texas, when you sell a car, the plates go with the car, you never remove the plate...
[22:45:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:46] <exec> 08└─And whoever was with you would be embarrassed. Then you'd have to re-cart all that stuff again at another store. Then when your card was rejected again you'd do what? Retailers should be able to decide what card fee they are willing to pay. Or they should be permitted to tack the fee onto your purch...
[22:45:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:48] <exec> 08└─Good question. Ten thousand dollars is pretty bulky when the largest bill is only $100. For real "long term" survival, you'll need a pickup truck or something to move your cash. And, of course, any cop who finds you with that kind of cash money is going to assume you are laundering money for someone...
[22:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oppo Likely to Release the First Smartphone With 10 GB of RAM - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:09] <exec> 08└─There is no goddamn 256 GB of ROM. It's flash storage.
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[23:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Wins Reversal in University of Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit; US ITC Will Not Ban iPhone Imports - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:07] <exec> 08└─Brings shiny justice with rounded corners.
[23:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Senate Holds Hearing "Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy" - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:17] <exec> 08└─As Ronald Reagan said, the job of government is to protect the people, not to protect the people's privacy.
[23:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Prevented DoJ From "Wiretapping" Messenger Voice Calls - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:34] <exec> 08└─My mom.
[23:44:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:51] <exec> 08└─That space.com video is so, I'd call it, Youtube-ified. Title is "Asteroid Rover captures awesome video" from memory. Click bait there. Then there's the dramatic music. And when they play the video they have text boxes covering half of it. But then it gets repeated like on them over dramatised TV sh...
[23:44:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:52] <exec> 08└─And they couldn't teach the robot to hold that mid-2000s smartphone camera horizontally.
[23:45:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03richtopia [3160] 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 724 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:03] <exec> 08└─Credit cards have a transaction cost. I've always been confused why this fee is effectively hidden from the consumer. I never realized that different cards of the same brand have different costs, which is just an example that as a user I'm protected from seeing these fees. I suspect part of the reas...
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[23:45:27] <exec> 08└─who cares?
[23:45:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:48] <exec> 08└─US banks certainly scan check images now (CHECK21). If you bounce a check somewhere, you get a printout of the scanned image, not the original check. Most larger retailers now have little signs at the cash registers saying that they may process checks as EFTs. After all, they want their $ (because a...
[23:45:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Shoppers Love Rewards Credit Cards -- Retailers Hate Them - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:49] <exec> 08└─The reason the fee is hidden is that it's a classic moral hazard problem that happens to work to the benefit of the credit card oligopoly. If the costs are hidden from the user, then users will make more transactions and hence, more profit for the credit card companies. but what costs so much in a d...
[23:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Images Will Display Creator and Credit Information - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:05] <exec> 08└─JPEG and TIFF files already contain creator and copyright fields in the EXIF data. I can see it by right-clicking an image in the browser (unless the EXIF has been stripped off/omitted, or there is some confounding JS)
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[23:46:07] <exec> 08└─In the letters section of a photography magazine I saw someone boasting about colluding with other photographers in town to raise prices. They can be shameless in their tactics. On the other hand it seems that disputes with other parties (like your "makers") over image rights must happen frequently....
[23:46:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Images Will Display Creator and Credit Information - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:09] <exec> 08└─I want my images to display naked female bodies, not creator and credit info.
[23:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062019 BMW i3 Gets 30 Percent Bigger Battery, 153-mile Range - 1625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:55] <exec> 08└─I also think the claims of 2000 cycles are going to prove to be outliers in the real world. As for my outlier ICE vehicles, that's mostly attributable to living close to work - when your daily commute is under 4 miles each way, the daily driver doesn't spin the odometer too quickly through the years...
[23:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:45] <exec> 08└─Why do programmable calculators still cost over $100?
[23:53:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Happy 35th Birthday GNU! - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:46] <exec> 08└─Less abrasive than Sarah Silverman so calling for him to be punished is essentially calling out (some) jews for being much worse....
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