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[00:05:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:42] <exec> 08└─How many of those hypocrites used a cell phone to take those pictures?
[00:05:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:43] <exec> 08└─Not everyone uses a phone inappropriately while driving; it's possible to use one appropriately. If they could test for insufficient sleep, then they would; anything they can "test" would be tested, and would have nothing to do with safe driving—you think a well-rested 75 year old is a better driv...
[00:05:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:05:45] <exec> 08└─The hell is wrong with Australia? Governments that topple every week, crises because a bureaucrats had rights to foreign citizenship, police tailing you and scanning your car, pulling on the helmet on your head and billing hundreds of dollars, fining you for leaving your windows cracked... https://m...
[00:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:10] <exec> 08└─The academics were also concerned by a meme that created a human-like body from pictures of pizzas and hamburgers, with frankfurters used for limbs and a smiley-faced potato for a face.
[00:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:11] <exec> 08└─See topic title. Banning something like this is about as plausible as actually banning real viruses. Memes are idea viruses, more or less. The way you fight a virus is immunity. Teach critical thinking and being well-informed, and the most pernicious meme will be unable to gain a foothold in one's m...
[00:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:13] <exec> 08└─https://media.giphy.com/media/KPTCBr8piZ51m/giphy.gif [giphy.com]
[00:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:16] <exec> 08└─I just got back from the state fair. I had a breaded bacon wrapped chicken on a stick for lunch. When I left I ordered a cowboy fry plate that had three helpings of fries with melted cheese and pulled pork on top. I don't think memes make me fat I think state fairs do.
[00:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:18] <exec> 08└─It is much easier to eradicate the virus with the proper disinfectants (i.e. must be forbidden) than to educate caution in the real world! Thus, bring out the government supplied sterile plastic bags and put them over your head. No virus will ever again kill you again!
[00:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:33] <exec> 08└─Clinton Derangement Syndrome, wow. That is...amazing. Are you coming unstuck in time, Runaway? What year do you think it is? How many fingers are we all holding up, each? (Hint: two)
[00:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:03] <exec> 08└─Why such a bother? You can time your porn collection.
[00:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:04] <exec> 08└─Larger condoms hurt less, this is true. However, the experience was still blah to the point that I realised I would save money, time and drama by simply abstaining, and not miss out that much. Seriously, sex isn't all that fantastic, and it took painful experiences to sweep away the mythology. In th...
[00:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:06] <exec> 08└─Gods, no. Do you want your condom constantly going "Fox, get this guy off me?" Or possibly "Fox, get me off this guy?"
[00:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:08] <exec> 08└─You have fingers, lips, and a tongue, at least by default. Use them.
[00:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:15] <exec> 08└─> Really you need a vehicle from before about 1995. Spot on. OBD2 started in 1995, and 1996 up it's required. I doubt anyone makes a vehicle tracker for pre-OBD2, although vehicle speed data comes through the earlier ports, but not usually power, so there's that too. You could go pre-1980-ish and ha...
[00:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Slavery Was Never Abolished – It Affects Millions, and You May Be Funding It - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:05] <exec> 08└─There is not enough kale in the world to move the amount of shit that guy's full of. It's not helped by having his head firmly lodged in the way of the only exit, either...
[00:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Slavery Was Never Abolished – It Affects Millions, and You May Be Funding It - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:07] <exec> 08└─Just wait until the new SCOTUS decides that because FPI is a corporation that operates across state lines, the state laws are overridden because hurr durr interstate commerce clause. I can see them doing that.
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[01:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:01] <exec> 08└─The only time I use my phone while driving is navigation. In California that makes me liable for a very expensive ticket if caught. I've also got a 10-15 year old book of maps. If I use those to figure out where to go I'm good to go. So I can have an app that tells me how to get me to where I'm goin...
[01:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:30] <exec> 08└─Memes carry dangerous health-related messages and make light of unhealthy eating habits, researchers from Loughborough University wrote in a letter sent to a British parliamentary committee.
[01:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:48] <exec> 08└─Robert is your mother's or father's brother or the spouse of a parental sibling.
[01:07:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:36] <exec> 08└─Let me tell you what will mean the end of NASA, though -- diversity hiring, gender pronouns, and too many women.
[01:07:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:37] <exec> 08└─As to space, I recall that we have treaties that forbid the weaponization of space. Seems that just starting a Space Force would be a violation of those treaties.
[01:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:39] <exec> 08└─Finally, NASA's budget is already quite low considering its mission: US$19.7 billion in 2017 with $19 billion requested for 2018.
[01:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:34] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, we're quite confident you won't go over it.
[01:10:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:42] <exec> 08└─> I foresee nothing but vintage cars in my future. Yep, me too. The dummy load resistor is a great idea, but, ... I have right here an OBD2 tracker that looks like this: https://gotrack.com [gotrack.com] The internal antenna is a PC board pattern....
[01:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wants to Fix 'Filter Bubbles' on the Social Network - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:42] <exec> 08└─:7|
[01:14:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Slavery Was Never Abolished – It Affects Millions, and You May Be Funding It - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:35] <exec> 08└─So what are you saying, VLM? Because this post reads like a gussied-up, lipstick-on-a-pig way of saying "Black people were better off as slaves and should be made slaves again." Only you'd pronounce "black people" with two Gs in it. Who the fuck do you think you're fooling?
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[02:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:19] <exec> 08└─That’s why the revenue cameras are losing out on income. The false positives where people get fines for 20 over why stopped in traffic probably make up a higher percentage than they would if it was actually possible to speed past them. Of late they’ve taken to lowering the speed limits way below...
[02:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:48] <exec> 08└─My Wife is 135, I call her Fat Fuck every day.
[02:06:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:49] <exec> 08└─"Academics" is now sysosumous with brain-dead or downright-evil. Just look at any fucking article based on "Study" in the past 5 yeas without cringing.
[02:06:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:52] <exec> 08└─There should be a law or something - we've got to DO something! Think of the children! Let's outlaw high calorie memes!
[02:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:54] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but your wife is only four feet tall, with a flat head. The model is 5 foot ten inches.
[02:07:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:13] <exec> 08└─We live in dangerous times. The Clinton creature has lost two bids for the presidency, and she may attempt to run yet again. Will she be the first person to lose THREE campaigns for president? Or, will I have to join the Resistance? Only time will tell . . .
[02:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mouse Underlaying: Global Key and Mouse Listener Based on an Almost Invisible Window with Local List - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:39] <exec> 08└─But who wrote that gibberish headline? Global Key and Mouse Listener Based on an Almost Invisible Window with Local List
[02:08:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:00] <exec> 08└─Moonraker will show you how absolutely stupid a space force will be. Only a complete moron would think that was a good idea.
[02:08:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:01] <exec> 08└─So we should watch a work of fiction in order to conclude that renaming the Air Force Space Command is a stupid idea. Sure thing.
[02:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Suspends Elite Dangerous Player for Posting Poetry - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:03] <exec> 08└─The problem is that one site is a few orders of magnitude larger. Here with a few thousand users and probably a lot less at any time, it is easy to have volunteer person review spam mods and IIRC, they're about the only things reviewed. Meanwhile twitter has how many users? And how many things that...
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[03:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:07] <exec> 08└─"you think a well-rested 75 year old is a better driver than a sleep deprived 35 year old?" Yes.
[03:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:08] <exec> 08└─We have Red Light cameras here (got rid of the speed cameras due to controversy, and they only exist in a few bad active school zones with warning signs) and I have been flashed a shitload of times while stopped, or while approaching the intersection but before the crosswalks and twice tagged with a...
[03:06:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 484 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:33] <exec> 08└─See topic title. Banning something like this is about as plausible as actually banning real viruses. Memes are idea viruses, more or less. The way you fight a virus is immunity. Teach critical thinking and being well-informed, and the most pernicious meme will be unable to gain a foothold in one's m...
[03:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:42] <exec> 08└─Here's a Kate Moss meme: https://favim.com [favim.com] That should more than make up for it. Case closed. Can we have a nerdy technical topic now, please?
[03:08:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Orkney Islands Flight May Go Electric - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:14] <exec> 08└─What would be even quieter would be a non-electric, dumb concrete bridge, or a tunnel. Make it carbon-sequestrating concrete and it's even greener than batteries, if that's what you're worried about.
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[04:06:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 440 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:04] <exec> 08└─The only time I use my phone while driving is navigation. In California that makes me liable for a very expensive ticket if caught. I've also got a 10-15 year old book of maps. If I use those to figure out where to go I'm good to go. So I can have an app that tells me how to get me to where I'm goin...
[04:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:09] <exec> 08└─Then please drive drunk, preferably at night, on a deserted road, where there is virtually no chance of encountering another driver. And don't attach your seatbelt. Do humanity a favor.
[04:06:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Revek [5022] 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:37] <exec> 08└─I just got back from the state fair. I had a breaded bacon wrapped chicken on a stick for lunch. When I left I ordered a cowboy fry plate that had three helpings of fries with melted cheese and pulled pork on top. I don't think memes make me fat I think state fairs do.
[04:06:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:45] <exec> 08└─Just hand over your methodological lunch money peaceful-like and you'll only get a methodological wedgie.
[04:07:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 567 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:43] <exec> 08└─We already have a duplicate system. Complete shuttle launch systems was built in California for the Air Force. It has planned for Miltary Shuttles mainly. It also does missile test firing and other air space work. It did not end NASA. Why would Space Force be any different? Remember is is all PORK...
[04:07:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA? - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:57] <exec> 08└─Let me tell you what will mean the end of NASA, though -- diversity hiring, gender pronouns, and too many women.
[04:08:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Orkney Islands Flight May Go Electric - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:20] <exec> 08└─Quite. From TFS: there have been discussions about a bridge [scotsman.com]
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[05:05:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:49] <exec> 08└─Orange man good. Foreigners bad. #MAGA
[05:05:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:51] <exec> 08└─This will likely hit sites like Ali Express and Bang Good pretty hard.
[05:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:05:53] <exec> 08└─And the practice where China ebay sellers ship something defective that had a sales price with shipping of $15 and demand you send it back to get a replacement. Return shipping is $45.
[05:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:17] <exec> 08└─Not everyone uses a phone inappropriately while driving; it's possible to use one appropriately...
[05:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:19] <exec> 08└─...Governments that topple every week...
[05:06:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:57] <exec> 08└─But I can haz cheezburger, right?
[05:07:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mouse Underlaying: Global Key and Mouse Listener Based on an Almost Invisible Window with Local List - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:49] <exec> 08└─You're just suggesting a shift in attack surface. Most OS'es don't protect the copy buffer from access across processes. That is, in fact, one of the major use cases. It's not uncommon for malware to watch that buffer for strings that might be of interest (>5chars and 256 chars) and keep a copy of i...
[05:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Orkney Islands Flight May Go Electric - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:35] <exec> 08└─I've not been to the Orkneys, but when flying from the Irish mainland to Inis Mór (~2 minute flight) check-in involved little if any security theater; the emphasis was on weighing luggage and passengers(!) to ensure the plane would not be overloaded.
[05:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Twitter Suspends Elite Dangerous Player for Posting Poetry - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:18] <exec> 08└─There's the apocryphal Seven Kill Stele which supposedly said (in Chinese): Heaven brings forth innumerable things to nurture man. Man has nothing good with which to recompense Heaven. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.
[05:12:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Grow Functioning Human Neural Networks in 3D From Stem Cells - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:18] <exec> 08└─If you were going to use non-human cells I would go for either parrot or corvid. Both are remarkably smart for the size of their brains.
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[06:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:05:27] <exec> 08└─Pulling out of the treaty at this time is probably premature. A better solution is to fix the treaty. Only if the treaty is not fixable should the US then pull out of it.
[06:05:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:05:29] <exec> 08└─"How dare Trump disrupt these longstanding traditions that we've all become accustomed to!?" --People Who Hate Conservatism
[06:05:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:05:31] <exec> 08└─144 year old treaty governed by the UN? I guess I have some reading to do before the summary makes any sense.
[06:05:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:05:33] <exec> 08└─You're a master of irony Sir. Well done.
[06:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:05:59] <exec> 08└─This is good news for local governments who desperately need an influx of cash in the wake of reduced intake from speeding fines.
[06:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Popeidol [35] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:00] <exec> 08└─This is good news for local governments who desperately need an influx of cash in the wake of reduced intake from speeding fines
[06:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:02] <exec> 08└─Well, just look at the statistics: The majority of accidents is caused by sober drivers. Which clearly shows that drunken driving is safer than sober driving. ;-)
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[06:06:05] <exec> 08└─:) And it isn't just coincidence that fully 40% of all "sick" days are taken on Mondays or Fridays...
[06:06:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:40] <exec> 08└─I see, the biblical solution: No images at all.
[06:07:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:07:00] <exec> 08└─No, they didn't. They proved that a quantum computer can solve a problem in constant time for which a classical computer requires logarithmic time. Note that both are in P; no NP problems were involved.
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[07:05:53] <exec> 08└─I have never understood the sea salt fad. WTF people??? Have you never been to the beach? We get seagull shit, cigarette butts, leaking diapers, dog turds, red tide, diesel fuel, and so much other junk. You want that in your food? I want my salt from igniting sodium in chlorine gas. I guess I'll set...
[07:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:08] <exec> 08└─Trump went non-postal. How about that.
[07:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:11:32] <exec> 08└─Last none computerized vehicle I had was an '86 Nissan 4x4. Mostly used wax to control vacuum and did well in the smog test, even without a catalytic converter.
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[08:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:04:25] <exec> 08└─Maybe sea salt and micro-plastic taste better. I get that its gross that there is stuff in my salt, but micro-plastics? The thing is that we all know there is shit in our food, we just don't want to hear about it.
[08:04:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:04:26] <exec> 08└─I have seen generic Triscuits clones at Kroger and ALDI. I can't vouch for the taste. I don't think you get much cigarette butts or diesel fuel in sea salt. The microplastics are bad enough on their own.
[08:04:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:04:44] <exec> 08└─Sounds kinda like, the treaties have been in place, and signed by the various nations for 114 years. Maybe the League of Nations had something to do with it, when it was around. So, then the UN got this hand-me-down that was around before them. That's the simplest reading that makes any sense.
[08:05:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:05:16] <exec> 08└─Also, is has been statistically shown that storks deliver babies. [robertmatthews.org] (pdf)
[08:05:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:05:18] <exec> 08└─I think that we would need to look at the individuals involved. I've known 75 year old drivers who drove better than almost any 35 year old. I've known drivers, old AND young who I wouldn't trust to drive me anywhere. All other things being equal, or near equal, I'd agree with you that the well-rest...
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[09:06:46] <exec> 08└─Anyone who thinks that drunk driving isn't a problem is extremely dense. I'm not sure if you are making such a claim, or not. The laws have reached the point of absurdity, I'll grant that. I learned in my younger days that I had limits. Motorcycle riding will reveal those limits very quickly - you j...
[09:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:06:48] <exec> 08└─So I can have an app that tells me how to get me to where I'm going, under penalty of an expensive fine, or I can have my book of maps propped up on my steering wheel, which is fine.
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[10:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Blymie [4020] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 1518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:23] <exec> 08└─If you read the original study summary, not the National Geographic story -- you'll see that at no time was "table salt" mentioned. Nope. Instead, they looked at rock salt, lake salt, and sea salt... and touted themselves as the first study that could accurately trace the sources of each. No "90%" o...
[10:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:17] <exec> 08└─Let's remove the warning labels and warning signs while we're at it
[10:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:18] <exec> 08└─It can be. I once took off 3 mondays in a row. My manager took me downstairs to the rec area to have a 'chat' with my about my attendance. My response was not what he expected. I detailed what I went through when I suffered food poisoning from Friday night's dinner at a pizza restaurant. Throwing up...
[10:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:20] <exec> 08└─Too much immigration.
[10:07:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:23] <exec> 08└─I've never had a problem with drunk riding. I've never ridden my motorbike while intoxicated.
[10:07:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:25] <exec> 08└─True, but the cash flows down to the local level. The people who help create the circumstances to collect the money. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean.
[10:07:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:27] <exec> 08└─>The only time I use my phone while driving is navigation. In California that makes me liable for a very expensive ticket if caught. It's legal to use your phone while driving in California, if it is mounted. Here's what I think happened: you used your phone by holding it in your hand while driving....
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[11:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:28] <exec> 08└─How much does sriracha contain?
[11:06:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:30] <exec> 08└─https://www.seasalt.com/fusion-sriracha-salt.html [seasalt.com]
[11:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:48] <exec> 08└─The needs of the many outweigh..... #MEGA Make Earth Great Again
[11:06:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:49] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I hate pulling out too.
[11:08:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:11] <exec> 08└─Ceiling Cat says "Yez".
[11:08:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 2290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:13] <exec> 08└─Academics? Aye, in name only...read this and giggle... http://data.parliament.uk [parliament.uk] Top Billing goes to one 'Dr Ash Case...
[11:08:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:15] <exec> 08└─Can we have a nerdy technical topic now, please?
[11:08:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:17] <exec> 08└─When you eat out (hurr hurr) at a burger joint, ask for your burger "No bun". Most places will lettuce wrap the burger and you can eat it like a burger, or get a plate and utensils and eat it that way. Places like Burger King and A&W give you so much lettuce, tomato, etc., it's like a salad AND a bu...
[11:08:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:20] <exec> 08└─start taking apart their premise.
[11:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:38] <exec> 08└─We're talking about males here. Probably the only thing they know is how to stick it in and go hell for leather.
[11:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Self-Lubricating Condom Designed to Reduce Infections - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:39] <exec> 08└─Offering your ass for this experiment is most kind of you sir. You should be commended.
[11:12:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:49] <exec> 08└─What contract? Go to a dealership, choose a car, sign the government papers, pay for it, walk away. Right? What contract?
[11:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:51] <exec> 08└─Why would anyone sign that?
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[11:12:53] <exec> 08└─How do they force a person to install a dongle? Around here they tried to carrot people with the 'install this box and we'll lower your premiums' but it didn't work once people realised they were being tracked. If I had to 'install a dongle' I would either cripple it, or change the port where it is...
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[12:05:49] <exec> 08└─If you live in North America, almost ALL table salt comes from salt mines from old inland seas. It's been buried for millennia. It has no issues with plastic, none, nada. And that's what most Americans, Canadians, and I suspect Mexicans and others eat.
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[12:05:50] <exec> 08└─It's the same idiocy that says, "Oooh, 'raw sugar' that's brownish must be better for you" or even "I'll eat something 'natural' like honey (aka "bee vomit") over evil HFCS, even though honey basically contains similar proportions of glucose and fructose as HFCS with a few percent trace compounds."...
[12:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 969 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:05:53] <exec> 08└─As a truck driver, I picked many a load of salt from Salt Lake City. They mine it at the edge of the Great Salt Lake and it sits in piles while the birds add some whiteness to it and garbage is blown into from the wind. Not likely many dirty diapers but air pollution and rain full of air pollution a...
[12:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:11] <exec> 08└─My God, Runaway, you are stupid. I mean, at nearly Trump levels of stupid. Mail, one of the few responsibilities of the Federal Government deliniated in the Constitution, you ignorant slut!
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[13:05:53] <exec> 08└─Stratolaunch 1.3 million lb (589 ton) Antonov AN-225 maximum take off weight 1.4 million lb (640 ton) [wikipedia.org] And a 747-8 MTOW is 975,000lb (442 ton)
[13:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:19] <exec> 08└─Title cribbed from National Geographic is intentionally misleading. If you go past the article in Nat Geo to the actual study, this is explicitly regarding various brands of Sea Salt. . Do any searh for sea salt or sea salt vs. table salt for piles of comparisons of the two as separate and distinct....
[13:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:20] <exec> 08└─https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-legal-to-list-sea-salt-as-an-ingredient-in-foods [quora.com] Quora man says sea salt isn't regulated and you can call any kind of salt "sea salt". If that's the case, then the faker stuff could be the safer option. Go ahead, crush up some activated charcoal into some...
[13:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:22] <exec> 08└─There's no way sea salt could be bad. It's got electrolytes! [standardvitamins.com]
[13:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:43] <exec> 08└─Nope. When you hire a guy to run your $entity, he damned well better look out for $entity first.
[13:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:44] <exec> 08└─Which is exactly what is happening. The process of withdrawing from the treaty takes at least a year and the White House said it would be willing to remain in the UPU if negotiations were successful.
[13:07:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:26] <exec> 08└─So after having that experience twice in a row, why did you again visit the restaurant the third time? I for sure would have avoided it.
[13:08:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:10] <exec> 08└─Culture shapes eating habits. Who would've thought!
[13:08:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:12] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the link is the delivery channel ... the same device that delivers memes can also have food delivered. Or coordinate with others to secretary meet to consume memes (or food). Or share pictures of food that are intended to be converted into memes but end up with the recipient converting the i...
[13:08:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:14] <exec> 08└─Manufactured Outrage: The Musical Sequel
[13:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 1153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:35] <exec> 08└─No, it's not correct to say both problems are in P. Determining whether a number n is prime is in P. But Integer Factorization, the problem of finding the factors of a number that is not prime, may not be in P. No one really knows. No one has found a way to do it in polynomial time with a classical...
[13:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:36] <exec> 08└─No, it's not correct to say both problems are in P. Determining whether a number n is prime is in P. But Integer Factorization, the problem of finding the factors of a number that is not prime, may not be in P.
[13:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:39] <exec> 08└─Err … I of course meant “factorizing a number.” Factorizing a prime is, of course, O(1) even on a classical computer. ;-)
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[14:06:02] <exec> 08└─Haven't we seen this play before [evergreenmuseum.org]?
[14:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:04] <exec> 08└─Antonov AN-225 maximum take off weight 1.4 million lb (640 ton)
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[14:06:24] <exec> 08└─If you read the original study summary, not the National Geographic story -- you'll see that at no time was "table salt" mentioned. Nope. Instead, they looked at rock salt, lake salt, and sea salt... and touted themselves as the first study that could accurately trace the sources of each. No "90%" o...
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[14:06:33] <exec> 08└─Clickbait? Not really. The summary adds a bit of alarmism that's not present in the study, but the study is bad enough [acs.org]. According to the abstract, they did analyze table salt, with most of their samples being brands that claim to be "sea salt". Which makes sense, because "prehistoric" sea...
[14:06:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03woodcruft [6528] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:36] <exec> 08└─So OK, fine.. sea salt is borked. But we already *knew* that anyhow, right? Because table salt has something else in it. Iodine. In Canada, it's law. Iodine MUST be added to table salt. In the US, it's not law -- but fairly standard. And why? Well, you can NOT, absolutely not get enough iodine witho...
[14:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:38] <exec> 08└─This is assuming that microplastics are bad for you. I would assume they are, but I doubt that we'll ever get a non-biased statistically significant controlled study.
[14:07:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:00] <exec> 08└─China is just one of several countries that cries poor when it comes to being given money but then demands status as a first world nation at other times. There is a country just north of here that spends so much on it's military that by per capita it rivals Russia. Yet, it cries poor when it comes t...
[14:07:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:01] <exec> 08└─disrupt these longstanding traditions
[14:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:04] <exec> 08└─And the practice where China ebay sellers ship something defective that had a sales price with shipping of $15 and demand you send it back to get a replacement. Return shipping is $45.
[14:07:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:06] <exec> 08└─Look Aristarchus, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.
[14:07:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:08] <exec> 08└─China is just one of several countries that cries poor when it comes to being given money but then demands status as a first world nation at other times. There is a country just north of here that spends so much on it's military that by per capita it rivals Russia. Yet, it cries poor when it comes t...
[14:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:10] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I know. It is because of dumbshits like him that we have Trump in the first place. They shamelessly flip their principles on a dime to conform to that idiot. Remember when their favorite slur was RHINO, or how Clinton must be impeached because if you cheat on your wife, how can you expect that...
[14:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:04] <exec> 08└─All i ever hear about quantum stuff amounts to people writing/typing letters and numbers. At what point does something real come of this?
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[15:06:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:54] <exec> 08└─Do you usually go around smelling seagull butts?
[15:07:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:26] <exec> 08└─That's the political equivalent of "Management by MBA", the short-sighted style that gets quick results in the short term at the cost of the future of the organization. Of course, even if the US wasn't run this way, many other countries are. Most of them actually seem to understand that it's a bad t...
[15:07:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:28] <exec> 08└─*sigh* I'll type slowly, so you can keep up. The constitution says that the USPS is responsible for mail within the US of A. The constitution says nothing about international postal service. Well, sort of, indirectly, maybe - but the constitution certainly doesn't govern how other nations deal with...
[15:07:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:30] <exec> 08└─If you ain't finished in 144 years, pulling out is the better option. Congrats on your record.
[15:07:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:32] <exec> 08└─> It is because of dumbshits like him that we have Trump in the first place. They shamelessly flip their principles on a dime to conform to that idiot. This is what people do, especially when in partisan struggles. But, aren't we now fundamentally debating whether China is a poor 3rd world country?...
[15:07:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:34] <exec> 08└─Surely people here are wondering if you can stick to 10wpm? (words per millennium)
[15:07:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:36] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what world you've been living in but it's definitely not this one. See, in this world, the only thing that happens when one nation decides to put others ahead of itself is that nation collapses without making any difference at all in the rest of the world. Communism does not work in rea...
[15:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:39] <exec> 08└─And the practice where China ebay sellers ship something defective [cheap, with high return shipping.]
[15:07:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:41] <exec> 08└─Pfft, we blow Russia's per-capita spending out of the water here. We only have 3x their population and spend more than 10x what they do :(
[15:07:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:43] <exec> 08└─Canada, actually.
[15:07:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:45] <exec> 08└─WTF, man?
[15:07:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:48] <exec> 08└─I should add that I think it's possible to do things in a much better way. Step one for me would be putting tariffs on goods and services coming from countries with poor environmental protections and human rights protections. Basically a sliding scale that knocks the advantage off destroying the pla...
[15:07:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:50] <exec> 08└─Don't call me Surely.
[15:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:32] <exec> 08└─I can accept that. But - define "intoxicated". You may have tied one on, last night, and this morning, you feel that you're ready to go. But, your BAC remains at - ohhhh - let's say 0.2. Is that "intoxicated", or not? Or, maybe you stopped to say hello and/or goodbye to a group of friends, where a d...
[15:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:34] <exec> 08└─Now they need to do this to the walking dead staring into their phones as they walk, blindly, in public. They're just not getting Darwin'd fast enough to clean the gene pool.
[15:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Suspends Elite Dangerous Player for Posting Poetry - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:42] <exec> 08└─Indeed, we should have masked the attack code word a lil better.
[15:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Suspends Elite Dangerous Player for Posting Poetry - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:44] <exec> 08└─My progressive friends. Their world is all about distributing wealth. Their final solution, botify all people. They will die last.
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[16:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hormone Alters Male Brain Networks to Enhance Sexual and Emotional Function - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:26] <exec> 08└─Please tune in when we discuss the possibility that hormones alter perceptions and behaviours.
[16:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hormone Alters Male Brain Networks to Enhance Sexual and Emotional Function - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:28] <exec> 08└─is Kissmepp. Remember, anxiety is the first time you can't do it a second time. Panic is the second time you can't do it a first time.
[16:06:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Samsung Shows Off 256 GB Server Memory Modules Using 16 Gb Chips - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:49] <exec> 08└─I made a 1-Terabyte Raid. Very successful operation. Against Al Qaeda. They got one of my guys -- Ryan from the Navy (RIP!!). Otherwise known as William. But my guys got 14 of theirs. Including the women, they have women fighting just like we do. Except we have lesbians and they don't. My great, and...
[16:07:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:55] <exec> 08└─And the practice where China ebay sellers ship something defective [cheap, with high return shipping.]
[16:08:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:01] <exec> 08└─Which has nothing to do with international shipping. Like, at all. It is rather funny that both you and Cheeto Jesus are sitting there saying China needs money coming out of their pockets though. I wonder how that'll play out given that both of you oppose the other by kneejerk reflex.
[16:08:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:03] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure the AC was joking. I found it humorous and modded it as such.
[16:08:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:06] <exec> 08└─Republican Hippopotamus In Name Only?
[16:08:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:08] <exec> 08└─Speaking for me personally, that building-and-rebuilding computers habit gets more expensive, perhaps prohibitively so. I used to build my own computers until laptops became cheap enough and my gaming habit faded away. At one time I think I had the world's fastest IBM XT--I'd replaced everything in...
[16:08:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Micron Buys Out Intel's Stake in 3D XPoint Joint Venture - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:18] <exec> 08└─Thanks for posting articles like this, I find it quite interesting as I once worked at a Micron facility. I wonder what drove them to buyout Intel? If it is to price gouge customers on the XPoint product, I think Micron will have troubles finding customers. It would make more sense if Micron is b...
[16:08:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jb [338] 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:38] <exec> 08└─This is good news for local governments who desperately need an influx of cash in the wake of reduced intake from speeding fines.
[16:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:55] <exec> 08└─Budgeting based on behaviour is quite stupid. Reminds me of the stupidity I saw in Ontario Canada. Their anti-smoking lobby would eventually cut into the income stream derived from taxing cigarettes. And still Ontario health care costs aren't improving due to less smokers. Another fallacy proven wro...
[16:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:57] <exec> 08└─When you are in a car, pay attention to the car. Drive the car. If you have a phone in your hand at any time you fucked up.
[16:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:59] <exec> 08└─or I can have my book of maps propped up on my steering wheel, which is fine.
[16:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:01] <exec> 08└─As much as that NPC meme is hated, sometimes the truth really is the simplest and most effective insult. Don't get too mad at the walking phone dead. They're living the worst, wasted life I could imagine in a 1st world country.
[16:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:04] <exec> 08└─You have a conflict of interest in this discussion.
[16:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:06] <exec> 08└─I don't know. Maybe I'm just not as dumb as you are; your life experience is NOT my life experience.
[16:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:08] <exec> 08└─The key word there is "related". Maybe the driver was sober, but driving his drunk friends home; maybe there was simply a spent six-pack in the trunk for last week's tailgating party; etc. Now, remove alcohol from the world, and at most, you'll reduce by the number of traffic-related deaths by 1/3;...
[16:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 1615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:10] <exec> 08└─Not exactly - or, no more than any other person does. My primary interest is staying alive to complete my journey. That interest forces me to evaluate my driving, as honestly as possible. It also forces me to evaluate the driving of any person behind the wheel, when I am a passenger. And, I am force...
[16:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:56] <exec> 08└─Young people are stupid - Part 256,767,662,956,538. No news here. Same old same old.
[16:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Suspends Elite Dangerous Player for Posting Poetry - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:20] <exec> 08└─Twitter has always been VERY FAIR to me. Except for the HORRIBLE 11 minutes with the Rogue employee!!
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[17:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:02] <exec> 08└─Seems a bit ungrateful. He's free to leave right? He's not a prisoner? They gave him asylum, and this seems like throwing it in their faces. Who would want to help such a person in the future? I hope he never needs anyone else's charity.
[17:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:04] <exec> 08└─Well, he is being unlawfully detained [un.org] by Sweden and the UK. Now Ecuador is in on the act at behest of the US. Notice that the smear campagin against him ramped up once Ecuador cut him off from all outside communication? It's interesting, in a disappointing kind of way, that the social medi...
[17:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:23] <exec> 08└─It also appears that Russians are building some for a Chinese airspace company. I wonder what for...
[17:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:24] <exec> 08└─That flew.
[17:07:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:46] <exec> 08└─I'd mod the foreigner up if he knew what an apostrophe was for, but I have a hard time modding up high school dropouts.
[17:07:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:47] <exec> 08└─No, man.... almost...there....just..........squeal like a PIGGY FOR ME!!!!......THA'S IT, THA'S IT....ALMOST THERE.....
[17:07:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:49] <exec> 08└─People can reach the same conclusion by different routes, even if one (der Gropenfuhrer) got there by entirely wrong or even entirely unrelated reasons. China needs to be smacked down, but not because of anything to do with Trump; because they're an existential threat to the civilized world, though...
[17:07:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 745 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:51] <exec> 08└─Then he should start trying to do that. After his colossal failure with a trade war with China backfiring on him the way EVERY ECONOMIST ON THE PLANET would have told him it would had he listened to them instead of the yes guy he hired thanks to an amazon search, he seems to think he'll have a diffe...
[17:07:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:54] <exec> 08└─"Which is exactly what is happening." Except that Trump is notorious for not actually "negotiating" so much as demanding one sided deals that cause more damage than good unless it's almost identical to what was originally there to begin with. Which is usually the end result after millions of lives,...
[17:08:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Micron Buys Out Intel's Stake in 3D XPoint Joint Venture - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:03] <exec> 08└─That box is slow as molasses. However it has two Thunderbolt 2 ports. Or when the AppleCare expires I could put in an internal SATA. I use my mini for coding drivers because they never take long to compile. I use my MacBook Pro to test them because it boots so fast - it's storage is flash on a PCIe...
[17:08:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Micron Buys Out Intel's Stake in 3D XPoint Joint Venture - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:05] <exec> 08└─Out of idle curiosity, I was wondering if the gumstick-format Optane drive, the 800p, would work in the m.2 2280 slot on a given AM4 board. It's not really a good investment compared to a decent 64-layer TLC drive but it's an interesting proposition and has amazingly low latency ad tiny queue depths...
[17:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 1115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:49] <exec> 08└─You seem to be in a state of denial. The fatality rate on the highways is horrendously high. Every year, we have roughly as many fatalities on our highways, as out total losses during the Vietnam war. If people could just stop drinking when impaired, the fatality rate would drop ~1/3, by your own w...
[17:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:51] <exec> 08└─"you think a well-rested 75 year old is a better driver than a sleep deprived 35 year old?" My ninety year old mom is the safest driver I know (but she is young for her age, she goes bowling twice a week).
[17:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:53] <exec> 08└─You can tell stupid people at a glance. Are they driving and using a cellphone at the same time? They are stupid.
[17:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:55] <exec> 08└─Speaking of drunk driving, it's been shown that using a phone while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk. So why aren't the penalties for using a phone while driving as harsh? They absolutely should be!
[17:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:57] <exec> 08└─If you've had a beer, you are over the LEGAL LIMIT. In Colorado, perhaps a few other states, Australia, most of Europe. In most US states it only went down from .1 to .08. The average man can drink three beers in an hour without being over .08. And yes, when I reach .08 I know it. Penalties for thin...
[17:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:00] <exec> 08└─Stupid on stupid is NOT STOPPING THE DAMNED CAR when you're reading your map, whether paper or electronic. In Illinois, reading a paper map while driving is the same penalty as reading a map on a phone while driving.
[17:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:02] <exec> 08└─It's now illegal in Hawaii to use a phone in a crosswalk. As to "Daerin'd", Oh the irony!
[17:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:04] <exec> 08└─Yes, "smokers cost more in health care costs" IS a fallacy. Almost everyone has expensive medical care on their death bed, but smokers die much younger. Once you'r dead there are no health care costs. An example? My Uncle Bill smoked four packs a day and was dead of COPD in his early sixties. His no...
[17:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:06] <exec> 08└─"I drive slower, and more carefully after a stop at the pub; I'm less likely to road-rage, too." He drove slower, and more carefully during the last few years that he drove.
[17:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:09] <exec> 08└─As I pointed out explicitly, it drop AT MOST 1/3; that number 1/3 is inflated around the key word "related". It's not 1/3 of said deaths are caused by drunk drivers; it's 1/3 somehow involve alcohol. Alcohol is NOT a problem; there are clearly much more serious problems when it comes to safety on th...
[17:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:57] <exec> 08└─I Am Absolutely Serious. Among their reasons is that critical thinking leads children to disobey their parents: "But Mom - if all the other parents jumped off the golden gate bridge, would you too?"
[17:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:58] <exec> 08└─Can we have a nerdy technical topic now, please? Submit one.
[17:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:00] <exec> 08└─I always throw the bun away since I got dentures, but not for health (the only time I ever had a weight problem was when I was on Paxil). There's just not enough room in my mouth for a bite of a Whopper AND dentures, so the bun goes in the trash. There's commercial for denture glue that I find hilar...
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[18:05:35] <exec> 08└─Nuff said
[18:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hormone Alters Male Brain Networks to Enhance Sexual and Emotional Function - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:46] <exec> 08└─The last thing men need is to feel more horny.
[18:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah, about as well as a chicken or a domestic turkey flies. Granted it did get off the ground but not very high or for very long.
[18:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:00] <exec> 08└─Which is better than what can be said for the SLS!
[18:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03woodcruft [6528] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:34] <exec> 08└─.. the box proudly proclaims that they contain filthy sea salt. OK, they didn't say "filthy", but we know. I can almost smell the seagull shit.
[18:07:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:26] <exec> 08└─Taking one side and making demands is by definition the process of negotiating.
[18:07:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:27] <exec> 08└─I was thinking Vietnam, but that would make his post circular and a little bit deceptive.
[18:07:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:29] <exec> 08└─We were talking about When you hire a guy to run your $entity, he damned well better look out for $entity first
[18:07:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:31] <exec> 08└─This is not that. A factory here using parts made in China probably isn't ordering the parts mail order one at a time anyway. They will be ordering thousands at a time and receiving them by freight rather than post. The Amazon sellers where the item is sold and shipped by someone in China will becom...
[18:07:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:34] <exec> 08└─Sadly, cheating on your spouse is legal in DC. We never impeached him for that. Lying under oath isn't legal however, even if being asked about cheating on your spouse. Clinton got impeached for that (which is a silly but valid excuse) and then got disbarred over it. It would have been far more legi...
[18:07:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:36] <exec> 08└─Lying under oath isn't legal however,
[18:07:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 1662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:38] <exec> 08└─Yup. This is how the #FakeNews get spun, good on ya for noticing. They conflate the U.N., a Parliament of Tyrants, with the old International Postal Union that was absorbed into the U.N. monster to make it look like Trump is the monster for breaking 144 year old agrements that are uncontroversial an...
[18:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:40] <exec> 08└─This is not that. A factory here using parts made in China probably isn't ordering the parts mail order one at a time anyway.
[18:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:13] <exec> 08└─How do they force a person to install a dongle?
[18:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 1094 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:15] <exec> 08└─That's intriguing on many levels. It frustrated me that American car companies were _forced_ to do catalytic converters in 1974 (IIRC). The first gen "gravel bed" ones were terrible, clogged up easily, very expensive, etc. I thought all imports were required in 1980, but maybe import trucks did not...
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[19:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:04] <exec> 08└─Now he is a zero. From what I've read he is a man of poor personal hygiene and even less tact. They should boot him out on his ass.
[19:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:06] <exec> 08└─I guess they can stop "limiting his contact with the outside world" by tossing his ass out the front of the embassy. I'm sure the waiting hands of the UK police will break his fall. Sheesh, be careful what you ask for; sometimes you get it.
[19:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:08] <exec> 08└─Well, he is being unlawfully detained [un.org] by Sweden and the UK.
[19:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:10] <exec> 08└─All things considered, I think we (SN) have been pretty fair to Assange. Want to be more specific?
[19:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:33] <exec> 08└─That's because you've been exposed to too many dank memes!
[19:07:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 199 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:28] <exec> 08└─Which is exactly what is happening. The process of withdrawing from the treaty takes at least a year and the White House said it would be willing to remain in the UPU if negotiations were successful.
[19:07:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 764 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:59] <exec> 08└─This is not that. A factory here using parts made in China probably isn't ordering the parts mail order one at a time anyway. They will be ordering thousands at a time and receiving them by freight rather than post. The Amazon sellers where the item is sold and shipped by someone in China will becom...
[19:08:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:05] <exec> 08└─Gave ya "Informative for the first three paragraphs because that is identical to what I could have posted. That last one is where you fail. You just watched President Trump do the hard negotiating thing with Canada and Mexico and end up with a new trade deal that certainly benefits the U.S. but will...
[19:08:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:07] <exec> 08└─Nobody is as far right as you are.
[19:08:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:09] <exec> 08└─At one time I think I had the world's fastest IBM XT--I'd replaced everything in it except the power supply.
[19:08:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:12] <exec> 08└─If they're getting by on a low enough volume that they're getting parts by post, the item is either already expensive, high margin, or a small part of a larger business.
[19:08:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:14] <exec> 08└─The US is failing the trade war so bad that the chinese are running propaganda in midwest states because they are hurting so bad
[19:08:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:16] <exec> 08└─Trump is not the shrewd businessman he paints himself as. He is only effective when he holds most of the cards. That is, the classic bully. That's not to say we haven't seen some bad deals made by other presidents.
[19:08:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 1311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:18] <exec> 08└─This has been going on for years, it's not just the USA and it could had been fixed time ago: http://www.ecommercebytes.com [ecommercebytes.com] https://news.ycombinator.com [ycombinator.com] (translation of Norwegian news https://www.tek....
[19:08:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:21] <exec> 08└─Doesn't it make you wonder, if the U.S. "holds all the cards" as you say, why have we made such horrible deals for decades that an "incompetent bungler" can get such better results merely by trying?
[19:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:29] <exec> 08└─You know how you can discern a dumb person? He's someone who makes a one-size-fits-all claim about human experience.
[19:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:30] <exec> 08└─Ah, a fellow million miler. Congrats.
[19:15:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GM’s Data Mining is Just the Beginning of the In-Car Advertising Blitz - 970 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:01] <exec> 08└─I meant that the catalytic converter was removed after it clogged up, which was/is legal here, which is Canada. The truck was actually made in America and we generally have the same rules as the US. The problem is efficiency and clean don't go totally together. You can advance the timing and HC and...
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[20:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.4 released - 3359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:13] <exec> 08└─The obesity epidemic is something that the United States is all too familiar with. This was, of course, because it had one of the highest obesity rates in the world. The obese have a lower quality of life, higher medical expenses, and shortened lifespans. It's no wonder that so many are concerned ab...
[20:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.4 released - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:15] <exec> 08└─What damage was done to you?
[20:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:31] <exec> 08└─If I was seeking asylum, I think it would also be nice not to have rights violated. Not trying to parse this specific case, just mentioning do onto others stuff.
[20:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 3359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:33] <exec> 08└─The obesity epidemic is something that the United States is all too familiar with. This was, of course, because it had one of the highest obesity rates in the world. The obese have a lower quality of life, higher medical expenses, and shortened lifespans. It's no wonder that so many are concerned ab...
[20:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Samsung Shows Off 256 GB Server Memory Modules Using 16 Gb Chips - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:07] <exec> 08└─They should have stored their secrets on RAM.
[20:07:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03koick [5420] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:34] <exec> 08└─Since any precipitation that falls within the Great Basin [wikipedia.org] concentrates in the Great Salt Lake [wikipedia.org] that means all non-volatile pollutants (e.g. heavy metals [wikipedia.org]) do as well. Due to this lack of flushing/dilution and instead concentrating of all things, I certai...
[20:08:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 82 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:11] <exec> 08└─Surely people here are wondering if you can stick to 10wpm? (words per millennium)
[20:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:44] <exec> 08└─if the U.S. "holds all the cards" as you say
[20:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:46] <exec> 08└─How many "orange hefty bags" are there in the US?
[20:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Micron Buys Out Intel's Stake in 3D XPoint Joint Venture - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:58] <exec> 08└─https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/19/micron_buy_out_intel_flash_joint_venture/ [theregister.co.uk] https://www.thestreet.com [thestreet.com] They had the option available and are taking it. Intel's out...
[20:11:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:16] <exec> 08└─I read over the summary again, and realized it's more disconnected than I thought. It mentions the groundbreaking Integer Factorization algorithm that runs in polynomial time on a quantum computer. Then it says that some researchers have proven that a quantum computer needs less (algorithmically les...
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[21:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:06] <exec> 08└─Sweden dropped its case over a year ago. He is now claiming asylum from the UK and their charge of skipping bail, or something along those lines or whatever paranoid fantasy he is trying to escape from. Do try and keep up with how the events unfold. He is free to leave the embassy any day he wants.
[21:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:08] <exec> 08└─I don't think it is fear of punishment from the UK that is preventing him from leaving the embassy. It is extradition to the U.S., which the U.K. will roll over and allow to happen, that frightens him. Why don't you speak to that?
[21:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Murdoc [2518] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:10] <exec> 08└─I was interested in what you said about "misrepresenting the whole case" and wanted to know more, so I checked out that link. First of all, the title of that article was disappointing: "The Persecution of Julian Assange Proves That Western Values No Longer Exist" Really? They don't exist anywhere? I...
[21:08:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:25] <exec> 08└─requerdanos covered most of it, but we also have to ask, have we really gotten much in the way of results?
[21:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03iadnah [5968] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:26] <exec> 08└─The Amazon sellers where the item is sold and shipped by someone in China will become sold by someone in China and shipped by Amazon. They'll send Amazon an assload of product as freight for consignment, just like others already do. The big change is that the USPS won't be forced to take a loss on e...
[21:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:27] <exec> 08└─You should try the no bun/lettuce wrap option: loads of salad!
[21:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memes may Contribute to Teenage Obesity, Lawmakers Told - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:28] <exec> 08└─Hmmm...seems I missed one: can you give me a link to them all so I can check which one? ;)
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[21:15:16] <exec> 08└─Hi neighbor. Yes, agreed on all fronts. I have a '90s vehicle (made in Canada) that cleared out its own cat. converter. Inspectors don't know that it's an empty can. Yes, NOx is the problem child, and like you say, factors fight each other. 2 plugs are a great idea. You may know small plane piston e...
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[22:05:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:57] <exec> 08└─I'm sure my fellow Soylenters will also love this book.
[22:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:59] <exec> 08└─1. Live forever with the latest medical technology. 2. Put this book, every other book and paper, and most videos on your yottabyte crystal storage technology. 3. Time travel far into the past and rule as a God. 4. Conquer the galaxy. 5. ??? Was that so hard?
[22:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:01] <exec> 08└─Scalzi didn't write the book, he just let the author talk about it. There's nothing SJW'ish about the book, it's just a ton of fun to read. And if you don't read Scalzi because of his personal opinions you're missing out on some great work. The Collapsing Empire is one of the best books I've ever re...
[22:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:03] <exec> 08└─Yes, it is hard. You know, there are lots of other time travellers trying to do the same. Ever wondered why so many different gods were worshipped? :-)
[22:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06OpenBSD 6.4 released - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:13] <exec> 08└─I need to create Powerpoints, so my OS has to run real software.
[22:06:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Murdoc [2518] 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 815 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:34] <exec> 08└─I was interested in what you said about "misrepresenting the whole case" and wanted to know more, so I checked out that link. First of all, the title of that article was disappointing: "The Persecution of Julian Assange Proves That Western Values No Longer Exist" Really? They don't exist anywhere? I...
[22:06:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:36] <exec> 08└─I don't think that is unreasonable, but Assange's fear of being grabbed by the UK is what could possibly get him sent to the US. If he hadn't skipped bail the UK would not be sitting outside the embassy eating donuts and drinking coffee. Also, keep in mind that the current occupant of the White Hous...
[22:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:38] <exec> 08└─I don't think he was ever afraid of the actual charges against him per se. Any charge which he could be arrested under is reason to fear leaving. The fact he hasn't be allowed to return without charges yet is illustrative of how the system is working against him, justified or not. Though in fairness...
[22:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:40] <exec> 08└─Oh that's right, you can't read this because your hosts took away your Internet when your cat pissed on the oriental rug. It was the cat, right?
[22:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hormone Alters Male Brain Networks to Enhance Sexual and Emotional Function - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:52] <exec> 08└─Depends. A gigolo might need this. Wealthy men and women will have plenty of sex slaves companions to choose from in the post-employment era. If you want to get a leg up on the competition, you need to be ready to go, day and night.
[22:07:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:07] <exec> 08└─WITHOUT a rocket hanging underneath
[22:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:03] <exec> 08└─You know, it does my heart good to see someone using their own mind and sense of morality, even when it means they have to support someone they dislike.
[22:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:04] <exec> 08└─You'd prefer to see every last manufacturing job in the US moved to China? Trade wars aren't fun for anyone but there are times they have to be fought. Even a loss would be a better result than a surrender.
[22:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:06] <exec> 08└─Most Americans would be better off dropping out their freshman year of high school. There is little to nothing of any practical use taught there for those who don't plan on continuing on to college, so four years spent gaining work experience or learning a trade would vastly improve their lives by c...
[22:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:17] <exec> 08└─Speaking of drunk driving, it's been shown that using a phone while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk. So why aren't the penalties for using a phone while driving as harsh? They absolutely should be!
[22:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Computers Can Outperform Classical Computers Due to Fixed Circuit Depth - 959 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:38] <exec> 08└─Well, no need to guess; the actual article is linked from the summary. Here's the abstract (direct copy/paste from arXiv): We prove that constant-depth quantum circuits are more powerful than their classical counterparts. To this end we introduce a non-oracular version of the Bernstein-Vazirani prob...
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[23:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:20] <exec> 08└─Scalzi didn't write the book, he just let the author talk about it.
[23:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:21] <exec> 08└─New timeline created by time traveling! Problem solved!
[23:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:24] <exec> 08└─Makes me think of the BBC Connections show.
[23:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Book Review: How to Invent Everything - 796 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:26] <exec> 08└─For people who have read it, how does it solve the standard problem with these sorts of go-back-and-create-everything narratives that in order to "invent" X you need to first invent the twenty things you need to build X, and before that invent the four hundred things you need to build the twenty thi...
[23:07:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:02] <exec> 08└─This [youtube.com] is recommended viewing for anyone interested in the rape allegations that started this off. It's a five minute background and detailed timeline pulled from a larger piece made at the time (2010-ish), but if you want nauseating detail you might want to watch the entire "Sex, Lies a...
[23:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:04] <exec> 08└─If you're interested in the veracity of the original allegation here's a background and summary [youtube.com] done close to the time by an Australian investigative reporter from Four Corners (a pretty good investigative news show), though it's published in the rest of the world by Journeyman Picture...
[23:07:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights" - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:06] <exec> 08└─I don't know if this is viewable outside of Australia, but this [abc.net.au] is the original story in full.
[23:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hormone Alters Male Brain Networks to Enhance Sexual and Emotional Function - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:18] <exec> 08└─Yeah when I read, "Fix problems such as low sex drive" the red flags and warning bells went off - if you're in a sexless marriage you have deeper problems that "forced" sex will only make worse, because there will be no connection there, and the "If this doesn't fix it, nothing will!" mentality will...
[23:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hormone Alters Male Brain Networks to Enhance Sexual and Emotional Function - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:20] <exec> 08└─Why does there need to be a diagnosis? Just let people take what they want.
[23:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Completes Key Taxi Test Days After His Death - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:38] <exec> 08└─That realDonaldTrump is linking us to his friends at FoxNews.com.
[23:07:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Samsung Shows Off 256 GB Server Memory Modules Using 16 Gb Chips - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:50] <exec> 08└─Cpu is better than ram, no ram goes faster than 4 ghz.
[23:08:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 459 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:56] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what world you've been living in but it's definitely not this one. See, in this world, the only thing that happens when one nation decides to put others ahead of itself is that nation collapses without making any difference at all in the rest of the world. Communism does not work in rea...
[23:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump to Pull US Out of Postal Treaty - 971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:36] <exec> 08└─Believe me, folks, there are a LOT of them. Because for a long long time we had very corrupt leaders. Working very hard for the globalists. Not for our Country! I've been tremendously successful in business. I have made billions of dollars making deals. Now I’m making our Country rich again. Ameri...
[23:10:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Using Cameras and AI to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones on the Road - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:53] <exec> 08└─Your ninety year old mom is basically naturally drunk, just due to the ravages of time. This proves the point that you don't have to be at peak performance in order to drive safely. It's NOT driving under the influence of alcohol that is a problem; it's falling asleep at the wheel that is a problem....
[23:13:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] 02 - 06Orkney Islands Flight May Go Electric - 57 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:21] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizP-00lVLM [youtube.com]
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