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[00:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:35] <exec> 08└─Same thing ... it's like turning your guitar up to 11.
[00:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:37] <exec> 08└─Artistic License ;-)
[00:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:39] <exec> 08└─Appears them kids learned twitish, not english.
[00:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 1099 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:41] <exec> 08└─Even in shitville aka El Centro, California, teachers made great effort to expand the horizons of their third-grade kids. A common teacher exercise in this state was to have each teacher come up with their own random "grab-bags" of their favorite words and phrases, such as "Maori" or "Faux pax", ins...
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[00:37:43] <exec> 08└─Has anyone else read Robert Heinlein's "Tramp Royale"? He and his wife took an extended round-the-world trip and the book was published posthumously. They didn't have a good time in New Zealand, as well described by this reviewer -- http://www.heinleinsociety.org
[00:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:57] <exec> 08└─Actually the tel-cos do know exactly where these calls come from. If it's from the internet, a call still has leave a trace in the switching network mainly for billing purposes. Virtually all providers have complete records of all calls to and from each and every account. It is the providers fault f...
[00:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:58] <exec> 08└─But hey, look on the bright side. At least a few D and R congress critters are starting to work together for a change.
[00:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:01] <exec> 08└─It is the providers fault for passing inauthentic calls out to the customers. Some big fines and some XXOs in jail and all this would stop.
[00:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Just 12 Days, the World Gets Half of its Annual Rainfall - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:17] <exec> 08└─I have to think this is true for most desert areas, certainly in the US southwest. Death Valley has canyons that have apparently had more rain in a day than in literally millennia since.
[00:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inadvertent Court Filing Suggests that the U.S. DoJ is Preparing to Indict Julian Assange - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:37] <exec> 08└─Hillary's server, but it seems I'm late getting there. That leaves the Vatican.
[00:45:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Posts $1 Billion Loss in Quarter as Growth in Bookings Slows - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:45:40] <exec> 08└─Could you please isolate which bit of my post you consider "bullshit". I stand by it all, and can't see any bit of it that's more likely to be considered bullshit than any other part.
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[01:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:20] <exec> 08└─Where's realDonaldTrump to tell us this is fake news?
[01:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:21] <exec> 08└─He and Jared are too busy sucking said Crown Prince off. They'll be done soon enough, just wait around.
[01:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:23] <exec> 08└─This has been pretty clear since day 1. The question is, what do we do about it? IMHO, we cut the fuckers off at the knees. We don't buy oil from them. Countries who want to trade with us don't buy oil from them. We don't sell them weapons. We don't give them signal intelligence. We don't give them...
[01:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:25] <exec> 08└─So the crown prince denies it, and Saudi Arabia is going to convict several people for Khashoggi's murder (five are facing the death penalty). It's amazing how the five who will be executed, as well as the others who will simply spend the rest of their lives in prison, are willing to suffer their fa...
[01:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:28] <exec> 08└─Though I agree with you, it will be hard to implement sanctions against any country that buys Saudi Arabian oil. There are just too many of our allies drinking from the Saudi pipeline.
[01:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:30] <exec> 08└─The US-Saudi relationship: Much less than meets the eye [cnn.com] They can't hurt the U.S. too badly with oil. If the oil price goes down, everything is cheap. If the oil price goes up, it makes U.S.-based fracking more viable. It's possible that messing with the U.S.-Saudi relationship in the midst...
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[01:37:49] <exec> 08└─Goes with the "3 R's" of the clause... it is RWA
[01:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:51] <exec> 08└─Are you speaking for the US, or for New Zealand, or for Zimbabwe, or for Brazil, or . . . . We are kinda US centric here. The story is about New Zealand. TFS says grade 13 high school students, so I took the statement at it's face value. Maybe they've always had 13 years of schooling. Or, maybe they...
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[01:37:53] <exec> 08└─Any questions?
[01:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:55] <exec> 08└─I didn't know autistics had to get licenses.
[01:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:57] <exec> 08└─Would you like some Sudafed for that?
[01:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03ensigndna [7179] (Score: 1) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:59] <exec> 08└─Balderdash? I agree.
[01:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:02] <exec> 08└─According to their own website, Common Core was a joint effort between 48 states, http://www.corestandards.org [corestandards.org] Your post made some sense until you started your anti-Semitic rant in the last paragraph... but I guess this is normal for...
[01:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:19] <exec> 08└─Anyone want to negotiate?
[01:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:20] <exec> 08└─Define "ugly" for us. If it doesn't include "cruel and unusual", then it's probably not ugly enough.
[01:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where you Live Could Influence how Much you Drink. - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:32] <exec> 08└─I have never been to the South Pacific, but i'm told they drink all day, every day out of sheer lack of anything else to do. Maybe that would be a fruitful variable to examine in a follow-up study: the relative variety of leisure alternatives.
[01:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:17] <exec> 08└─uhm ... but you just used "kg" to define plank constant? it's the strangest think in the world: some cave dwellers come to the insight that understanding the world together requires to agree on a arbitrary measuring unit and the go about measuring shit and recording the results in this unit. later o...
[01:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inadvertent Court Filing Suggests that the U.S. DoJ is Preparing to Indict Julian Assange - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:13] <exec> 08└─Zuck, the Goog boys, MS, Apple, Amazon et al also "know what they're doing" but nobody wants to throw them in the slammer. I call double-standard on this.
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[02:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:36] <exec> 08└─This is a no-win situation for the US. No matter what action we take, it will not work out well.
[02:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:37] <exec> 08└─I live in California, where Jerry Brown and friends not only rammed through a huge gas tax, but worded the initiative that would have reversed it in such a way that a lot of people were "I want to kill the gas tax, do I vote yes or no on this?". Let alone people this stupid shouldn't be allowed to v...
[02:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:39] <exec> 08└─How often does the CIA said something publicly that was later verified? What is their track record?
[02:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:42] <exec> 08└─Speaking at a conference in Abu Dhabi, Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih said the kingdom's oil output would fall by 500,000 barrels per day in December.
[02:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:44] <exec> 08└─Good riddance...just don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
[02:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:46] <exec> 08└─CNBC is awful, that article is literally nonsensical. Trump "bamboolzed" them when they did exactly what he was telling them to do in public? You know what, I think I'm going back to not paying attention to politics. All the people involved are awful and the different factions never arrest each othe...
[02:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:48] <exec> 08└─They can't hurt the U.S. too badly with oil. If the oil price goes down, everything is cheap. If the oil price goes up, it makes U.S.-based fracking more viable.
[02:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:50] <exec> 08└─what do we do about it?
[02:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:52] <exec> 08└─I had fun writing assembly code that protected the DOs partition and obfuscated the MBR upon boot until russian hackers intercepted the writing calls and encoded everything.
[02:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:54] <exec> 08└─This is a no-win situation for the US. No matter what action we take, it will not work out well.
[02:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:57] <exec> 08└─In this case, a sovereign nation has decided to do something about one of it's own citizens or subjects who grew too annoying. On their own soil, they acted to eliminate that annoyance. What do we do about it? Nothing at all.
[02:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:59] <exec> 08└─I suspect this is a bit xenophobic. What about Myanmar who killed thousands of refugees? Venezuela? Syria? Hell, even our govt in Australia has dumped a bunch of refugees on an island and a couple have died while in their care. How many innocents have died due to US Govt actions? I know Saudi has a...
[02:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:26] <exec> 08└─LOL and you used the word fetish. I knew I liked your smart ass for some reason. So is there a recreational pot shop in El Centro that allows for walk-ins ? I'm in Yuma and been looking for something nearby over the border but have had no luck ?
[02:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:28] <exec> 08└─When it's weaponized (or you're in England), of course they do.
[02:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:30] <exec> 08└─... It appears that in New Zealand, high school seniors are in grade 13. Any Zealanders want to set us straight?
[02:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:32] <exec> 08└─Haven't needed to do this for some time now... http://lmgtfy.com [lmgtfy.com]
[02:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:34] <exec> 08└─LOL, I've not thought of that in years. Heinlein is amongst my favorite authors. I grew up reading his stuff. Have Space Suit Will Travel. I grok SCI-FI and Fantasy because of Michael Valentine Smith, and the adventures of Deety and Zeb, and the total irreverence of Job; A comedy of Justice. Long li...
[02:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:36] <exec> 08└─Tried that... About half the shops listed are out of business or don't answer the phone. The others that did answer were delivery ONLY, to a private residence. I was hoping that someone local would know of good source. Thanks anyways.
[02:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:38] <exec> 08└─Where in that post is even a mention of anti-Semitism, or a mention of any religion, or people except a vague reference to (((((They))))) ?
[02:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:40] <exec> 08└─That didn't take very long. Are you a New Zealander?
[02:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 689 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:43] <exec> 08└─In the last decade I have noticed a significant decline in the readability of short lines of text, especially headlines. Perhaps the problem is not with vocabulary, but with word order. For instance: “NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning”. As it’s written, there’s potential for...
[02:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:04] <exec> 08└─when politicians do the robo-calling it's perfectly fine, reasonable, and hey! First amendment! Fuck these assholes. I don't want robocalls. I don't want an exception carved out for politicians. I remember, shit, 10? 15? maybe 20? years ago, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was calling me 2-3 times a day...
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[02:39:06] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=28629&page=1&cid=763265#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
[02:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amid Calls to "Police" Social Media, Facebook Announces Independent Body to Handle User Appeals - 1112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:37] <exec> 08└─Russian influence, if real at all, was negligible. We have a mole hill, put under a microscope, and made to look like a mountain. A few feeble actions with insignificant results have been banged up into a major threat. The only reasonable reaction to those small actions would have been a few small c...
[02:40:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Email - 302 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:04] <exec> 08└─...to avoid windows. Now that all of the Steam games I play work under Linux, I boot into Windows maybe once every couple of months. And then only because someone has sent me a stupid, unnecessarily complicated PDF. I still wonder how much Microsoft paid Adobe to drop Linux support for Acrobat Reade...
[02:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Email - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:40] <exec> 08└─"will never succeed in mainstream." ""You're doing it wrong" just lol..." Spoken like someone that takes pride in doing everything wrong, then gets angry at other people when it doesn't work out like you want.
[02:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Email - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:42] <exec> 08└─...for all the bad MS does, they do support opensource, and other things.
[02:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Email - 792 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:44] <exec> 08└─might be true ... but that defending thing is slowly eating up the limited electron smoke in the background all the time and don't get me started on the "zypper up" version of windows which should be renamed to "drives-me-up-the-wall" ... IF it decides to work. also some blame does go to the philoso...
[02:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Just 12 Days, the World Gets Half of its Annual Rainfall - 966 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:47] <exec> 08└─ha! that's interesting. however there's also something called "dew point" which i think means where dew form (if it doesnt it should be renamed). one could understand it as "rain" but as just acuring a few minimeters above the grass blade (or whatnot). how much does dew contribute to moisture conten...
[02:41:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 267 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:58] <exec> 08└─For some, it will mean less precision - the new definition sets Planck's Constant to an exact value of 6.62607015×10^-34 kg⋅m^2/s. This will cause Kilogram measurements to be inexact, as Planck's Constant varies slightly, depending on when and where it's measured.
[02:42:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:10] <exec> 08└─Are you kidding my AI? about 4 billion meatbags of the female variety are in this very moment anxiously asking around "will this new kilogram make me gain weight, or lose it?"
[02:42:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:15] <exec> 08└─" One of them got us to the moon and the other is metric" Fuckin' BOO-YAH.
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[03:37:11] <exec> 08└─I don't want another f-ing app.
[03:37:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:12] <exec> 08└─They could put this app on a cheap tablet in the hotel room.
[03:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:14] <exec> 08└─Sure, that would be fine, if it actually works (my success with cheap tablets has not been good). But my guess is that the tablet would walk or be dropped, unless it was locked down to a table. On the other hand, maybe this could be better than a phone on the side table that is answered by someone t...
[03:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:17] <exec> 08└─If the door is controlled only by the app, I see a possible problem with this plan. ;)
[03:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:19] <exec> 08└─What do you do if you don't have a "smart" phone because you aren't a drooling consumertard? This smells of some hotel chain that is getting kickbacks from cell phone salesturds. EVERYTHING has do be done via a brand new shiny latest and greatest smartphone! Eating and breathing now requires the pur...
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[03:37:21] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, sex workers, teenagers and escaped criminals would greatly appreciate the service - everything is automated, nobody is going to ask questions.
[03:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:48] <exec> 08└─i am curious if this "signals intelligence" was entangled. had the turkish signal not been read would the cia signal still have been revealed?
[03:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:49] <exec> 08└─Embassies and consulates are not extraterritorial, if we believe Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]. The journalist was killed on Turkish soil. Though his US green card and job are indeed irrelevant. Saudis were wrong in moving their political squabbles to foreign territory - especially considering the 7th c...
[03:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:51] <exec> 08└─Will they be executed, though? Normally executions are not public performances, and behind the walls of a prison many things can happen. Trustworthy lieutenants are not found on every corner - they are valuable, even if you need to disguise five homeless people before killing them.
[03:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:27] <exec> 08└─> If the professional writers of headlines can’t do it What makes you think that these professionals are still on the payroll (of your local newspaper, etc)? My guess is that the race to the bottom (caused by internet and the demise of local papers?) means there are many fewer headline writers dra...
[03:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:28] <exec> 08└─I may have to re-read https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] sometime. I was raised without any organized religion and I read it when I was too young and naive to understand all the satire. Since then my natural curiosity has led me to study religion a bit (but not en...
[03:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:53] <exec> 08└─So basically an excuse for the FCC to start aggregating consumer call records and turning itself into an intelligence agency. Really is there any branch of the federal government left that doesn't buy warrantless data collection and wiretapping services from the carriers? Fixing this has been trivia...
[03:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:55] <exec> 08└─What gives you the impression that they aren't working together when the feign disagreement? Or are you one of those guys who doesn't know the guy winning at 3 card monty played on a cardboard box in Harlem, happens to be the shill?
[03:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DrXenos [5818] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:55] <exec> 08└─You're a fucking idiot.
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[04:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:07] <exec> 08└─How would vision impaired people use this shit? Or are they supposed to just kill themselves? Oh, right spying microphone to the rescue! "save money on staff wages?" All that cost and then some will go to maintenance and upgrading their equipment every year. All because a $2 light switch from Home D...
[04:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:09] <exec> 08└─Exactly, epic hack for sure. If that brand of IOTTS* lock hasn't been hacked yet, it will be soon. * Internet Of Things That Suck
[04:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:11] <exec> 08└─With any luck, these places will be cracked (hacked) hard, and very publicly (maybe some movie star has their room broken into?) This might slow the take-rate for this concept.
[04:37:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:13] <exec> 08└─And no smartphone was involved. A few days before our visit, we made reservations and provided payment info online, were given a code for the door lock, showed up, spent the night, and the next morning all we needed to do to check out was just leave. Credit card was charged the expected amount. Neve...
[04:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:15] <exec> 08└─...these places will be cracked (hacked) hard, and very publicly (maybe some movie star has their room broken into?)...
[04:37:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:17] <exec> 08└─For this kind of app I have a cheap ReMix chinese tablet which does the job well. It only connects by Wifi although the Android OS is crappy about sharing a VPN connection for some screwed up reason I've never understood
[04:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:19] <exec> 08└─We have lots of gas stations that are like that out here in Montana; also, many that are open more-or-less normal hours still let you at the pumps when they are closed for other business, so the pumps, at least, are 24/7. Swipe the card, pump the gas, and go on your way. It's very convenient when th...
[04:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:21] <exec> 08└─This is how it should be There's a place like this in my home town. Book, get code, enter, stay, leave. It's a pity the room facilities didn't match the description but that's the hotel business for you
[04:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:24] <exec> 08└─Voice activated commands. Sightless people would be most welcome in this kind of hotel as they use less electricity for lights.
[04:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:26] <exec> 08└─... except for the tracking, and the fact that the apps require an account with an app store, and the payment for the room is also likely to be via a credit card... Did I mention the tracking?
[04:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:28] <exec> 08└─They would also be more comfortable as they would not have to see all the blue LEDs.
[04:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:58] <exec> 08└─Saudi culpability is not even a matter of dispute. The real issue is what Turkey's Erdogan is aiming to gain while driving the Saudis into the corner, and how will the US deal with Saudis while trying to corner Iran.
[04:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:59] <exec> 08└─This is truly a comedy goldmine.
[04:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:01] <exec> 08└─Are you too poor to pay the tax on the gas you buy? Don't pretend that you care about other people: this is purely about your own selfishness or your poverty. In comparison to large parts of the world, gas taxes in California are low. I bet you don't think anthropogenic climate change is real.
[04:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:04] <exec> 08└─If the price of oil gets too low the US oil wells slow down and thousands of workers get laid off.
[04:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:44] <exec> 08└─No, (((they))) weren't involved in that. It was [[[they]]] who dumbed down the school system!
[04:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:46] <exec> 08└─All the professionals left mainstream media. You'll find them on Consortium News, Alternet, WSWS, etc. The mainstream is nothing more than a propaganda outlet.
[04:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 2389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:48] <exec> 08└─The exam was in "National History". Presumably in New Zealand, "National" means "New Zealand". Since the quote in question from from Julius Caesar (and NZ was never part of the Roman Empire), it seems reasonable to assume that at some earlier point in their education, those students had studied othe...
[04:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 1670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:11] <exec> 08└─I gladly await the public execution of Rachel from Cardholder Services and her sister, Heather from Account Services. The world awaits the spectacle of every last Microsoft Tech Support You Are Being Having a Virus turd strung up by their tiny little testicals. The serene silence ensuing after every...
[04:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Where you Live Could Influence how Much you Drink. - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:41:37] <exec> 08└─Here in the "sunburnt country", I'm told we drink more per capita than almost anywhere else in the world (last survey I remember, Australia ranked 3rd or 4th in the world for boozing). Most of Australia counts as "warm weather; more sunlight" climate. Even Tasmania (especially its NW coast) gets qui...
[04:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:25] <exec> 08└─It's also worth noting that when true precision is desired using inches as a foundation, the preferred fractional unit is the thousandth of an inch -- a base ten value.
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[05:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:47] <exec> 08└─You should see the show "Hotel Impossible." The descriptions that the owners give their respective shit-holes makes me wonder if some people really do live in a parallel dimension. The only thing better is when they react to the bad reviews as Anthony reads them.
[05:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:49] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't that go against the whole idea of cutting staff? They would have to have support staff around then to maintain the tablets. Might as well have a perky blond handing out keys in the reception then. That will probably be cheaper all around.
[05:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:51] <exec> 08└─Oh, and epic hack in 3...2...1...
[05:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:27] <exec> 08└─http://www.independentsentinel.com/cia-did-not-conclude-saudis-crown-prince-ordered-khashoggis-murder/ [independentsentinel.com] "The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported that anonymous sources said..." Just more BS from the usual suspects.
[05:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:28] <exec> 08└─For whatever reason, Saudis back Clinton heavily. Trump may be trying to cut off a major source of Clinton's black-book sort of money.
[05:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:31] <exec> 08└─While I would be all for that the problem might be that Saudi sits on and are responsible for something like 15ish percent of the worlds oil exports, what makes it even worse then for the "friends of Uncle Sam" is that the other exporters are more or less equally shady countries that are usually als...
[05:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:33] <exec> 08└─"Don't pretend that..." seems to be one of the phrases that precedes straw men arguments on SN. As to California, I think the craziness of its tax (and other political) policies will be evidence to more than the selfish and impoverished in a couple of decades. I bet you don't think anthropogenic cli...
[05:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:14] <exec> 08└─I've come to the conclusion that I lack the word juggling skills required to convey specific meaning in terse form for headlines. I'll keep trying though. At least I know what the word trivial means.
[05:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:15] <exec> 08└─Disagree. Starting an online petition about a word on an official exam? Wow, just, wow.
[05:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:18] <exec> 08└─Here in Canada, some areas finish high school with grade 12 and other areas with grade 13. I think grade 13 is more voluntary but not sure as I only lived in areas that only went to grade 12.
[05:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DaTrueDave [3144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:20] <exec> 08└─Ah, so it's for people that can't earn their diploma in Year 12. Stupid kids and kids that had travel opportunities or other obligations?
[05:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Absorbs DeepMind Health, Outrage Ensues - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:55] <exec> 08└─If you can't get private data from people then buy companies who have people's private data. PROFIT!!!!!
[05:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows on ARM Gains Native 64-Bit Application Support - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:26] <exec> 08└─Won't run Linux? Why bother then?
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[06:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trans-Galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:07] <exec> 08└─Perhaps they are sharing material, or paying taxes, or contributing to common good. Probably reflects the author's psycho.
[06:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:36] <exec> 08└─Well they do speak English on South Island. You just might have a bit of a problem with dialect.
[06:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:37] <exec> 08└─It seems like we're being tracked anyway. I'm against it. I don't acquiesce, nor do I suggest anyone should, but most do (acquiesce). I resist as much as possible, but now the cops are scanning everyone's license plates all the time... https://www.eff.org
[06:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:39] <exec> 08└─The differences are trivial.
[06:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:16] <exec> 08└─So what? The CIA is not a law enforcement agency and would have no jurisdiction in Saudi even if they were, so who gives two shits what they concluded?
[06:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:18] <exec> 08└─Really, are you that stupid? OK, I guess, you are, so I'll spell it out for you. Sales taxes tend to reduce the sale of the underlying goods on which they are applied. Gas taxes tend to reduce the usage of gasoline, therefore they tend to reduce CO2 emissions. Gas taxes are very relevant to climate...
[06:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:20] <exec> 08└─Yeah, we already know that facts don't matter to you.
[06:38:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 404 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:31] <exec> 08└─Beg to differ. Not knowing the meaning of such a common bit of vocabulary doesn't mean you're not being taught; it means you're failing to learn anything without being explicitly taught and that particular failing is entirely your own. Now if it was never in any material presented at school, it shou...
[06:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:06] <exec> 08└─Ever hear of "presbyopia"? I doubt if the high school kids have problems with seeing text, but if you are over 30, you could be having problems.
[06:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:07] <exec> 08└─As a math major, trivial is one of the most important words. You learn multiple ways to trivially fit it into any sentence.
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[06:44:15] <exec> 08└─It would be an interesting parallel to Obama's pardoning of Chelsea Manning.
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[07:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trans-Galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:37] <exec> 08└─The vogon have commitments to keep. Not to worry though, all the contracts are in proper order, and all material can be properly accounted for. Relevant taxes have been paid, or fitting bribes made, as the case may be. Nothing irregular to be found on a Vogon job!
[07:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trans-Galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:39] <exec> 08└─The bigger galaxy is violently imposing its gravitational monopoly ...
[07:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:10] <exec> 08└─It has internal social network; possibly for this purpose.
[07:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:56] <exec> 08└─He's not stupid, he's evil. There is a difference.
[07:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:58] <exec> 08└─It's tragicomic at best. Runaway's nuts, and he's evil nuts, not harmless nuts. I can't bring myself to laugh at this.
[07:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:00] <exec> 08└─Those two attributes are not mutually exclusive.
[07:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 1379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:02] <exec> 08└─Hilarious! Jurisdiction and CIA in the same sentence. Spooks are recruited specifically to work (read 'spy') in places where more traditional agencies have no jurisdiction. Although the public information already available could of told anyone who gave the order. Saudi citizen with an American green...
[07:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:04] <exec> 08└─"and he was murdered inside of a Saudi consulate." FTFY. Khashoggi was murdered on Saudi soil. WTF does it matter who he worked for? What does it matter where he lived? He was still subject to his Saudi lords.
[07:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:06] <exec> 08└─WTF? Saudi's back everyone. Bush grew up playing with the Bin laden's because his dad was such good friends with them. I'll take your word about Clinton. Trump is very friendly with the Saudi's, gets loans, his son in law hangs around with the Crown Prince. Earlier I haven't kept track but I wouldn'...
[07:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 1001 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:09] <exec> 08└─Well, I think that you are technically correct, but in practice, it's pretty gray. Found this article which goes into it a little deeper - https://pathtoforeignservice.com [pathtoforeignservice.com] Ju...
[07:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:11] <exec> 08└─I can't bring myself to laugh at this.
[07:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:13] <exec> 08└─This close enough? [reuters.com] He's protecting his peeps...
[07:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:15] <exec> 08└─Do you believe in sovereignty? Yes, of the individual, not the corrupt vassal state of its corporate financiers. If you were a true libertarian, you would believe the same thing.
[07:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:07] <exec> 08└─That confusing headline is not in TFA. The AC submitter at SN wrote it.
[07:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 1416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:08] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions. Sometimes, scheduling just doesn't work out to the student's best advantage. I could have used a thirteenth year to get a couple more electives, and third year of chem. Had I done so, I would have taken another year of biology as well. That only account...
[07:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:10] <exec> 08└─You're just too f'ing stupid and absolutely nobody cares about your childhood shit.
[07:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:12] <exec> 08└─"Have the three Rs lost all meaning in schools? Are we failing our students? Or is this just another case of today's teens being snowflakes?" Yes.
[07:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:15] <exec> 08└─While you're correct there was no direct reference, our alcohol soaked friend is quite fond of dog whistles and uses 'they, or them' frequently to refer to the Jews that really run the country and are hiding under his bed and in his closet. If a bagel shop opened up across the street, it would be co...
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[07:40:17] <exec> 08└─Wow, a pot shop that went out of business??? Were they run by the government? Who are the only people who couldn't make money selling hookers and whiskey in Nevada when they took over the Mustang Ranch! Up here in the PNW (land of forests, lakes, mountains, rivers and four actual seasons..) I pass s...
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[07:40:19] <exec> 08└─Oh yeah, ALL of our stores are walk in. Some deliver too, but they are the minority and it's not free. Ya live on the wrong border for buds bud!
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[08:37:45] <exec> 08└─And if you have any doubts you can view the plans anytime as they are on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
[08:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trans-Galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:47] <exec> 08└─The nebulae that result from supernova explosions are quite cool to look at, but some of those supernovas used to have inhabit planets orbiting them. It's just got to totally suck when some alien astronomer informs your entire planet that it will be sucked into a black hole in two million years. Ima...
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[08:38:23] <exec> 08└─And it is getting harder to get a drink without scanned ID [nsw.gov.au]. Not everyone thinks this is a good thing [findlaw.com.au], but it is happening all over the place.
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[08:38:25] <exec> 08└─$15 per hour, 16, if not 24 hours a day. Very good chance her periness doesn't show up every so often.. Tablet and IT support contract $x dollars per year Also' x is less than it might be owing to data collection. Gaurantee $x is less than $15 x 24 x 7 x 52.
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[08:39:18] <exec> 08└─Don't let your ass hit you on your way out. https://www.pressdemocrat.com [pressdemocrat.com]
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[08:39:20] <exec> 08└─-d. I Am Absolutely Serious. Not long ago I read quite an insightful article by an economist who made a really good case for Trump's election being the result of low oil prices. But he wasn't President yet? You quite reasonably protest. No it's not that: low oil prices shuttered many US wells and ca...
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[08:40:16] <exec> 08└─That's not a trivial task. Sometimes it's quite difficult to find something trivial enough to utilize the word trivial to describe how trivial it is.
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[08:40:18] <exec> 08└─Did not rtfa, but I can't really think of any use of the word trivial without it being subjective. Was the holocaust of the jews trivial to the enslavement of blacks? Seems like that requires an opinion, and being graded on an opinion seem odd for a history test. Unless they're using it in a way I'v...
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[09:39:04] <exec> 08└─This has been pretty clear since day 1. The question is, what do we do about it? IMHO, we cut the fuckers off at the knees. We don't buy oil from them. Countries who want to trade with us don't buy oil from them. We don't sell them weapons. We don't give them signal intelligence. We don't give them...
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[09:39:18] <exec> 08└─This is a no-win situation for the US. No matter what action we take, it will not work out well.
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[09:39:47] <exec> 08└─Whatever gave you the impression that I'm a "true libertarian"? I have mentioned a few times that I have some libertarian leanings. I think of myself as more conservative than anything. And, yet, that political spectrum test tells me that I'm actually a little left of center. So, where does that lea...
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[09:39:48] <exec> 08└─... I give him a cookie. Anyone who wants to can be Sovereign provided they can defend themselves from those who feel they shouldn't be. Go read up about Bloody Week in Paris: the Commune de Paris is widely credited with being history's first Communist nation - the Incas were Communist long before,...
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[09:39:51] <exec> 08└─You'd need a pot about the size of an oil drum or several ordinarily-large soup pots. There is no doubt in my mind that boiling human flesh and bones smells quite good, and would be tasty with celery, potatoes and onions. The flavor of meat-flavored soups comes mostly from bone marrow so you wouldn'...
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[09:40:06] <exec> 08└─I would think citizens of New Zealand would intrinsically understand the word Trivial. The next step would be a year spent going over every word in the dictionary, as soon as someone explained what that was and how to use one that wasn't a smart phone app ?
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[10:37:48] <exec> 08└─Good thing you'd be wearing a full space suit, or you could sneeze yourself into orbit.
[10:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:50] <exec> 08└─This can't be true. The game of Doom was set on Phobos, and I didn't go into orbit when I ran.
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[10:39:42] <exec> 08└─Time for you to learn something dating from your childhood: an diplomat mission (embassy included) only has immunity from the receiving state, but is not a sovereign territory of the country establishing the mission [pathtoforeignservice.com].
[10:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:43] <exec> 08└─but they don't have many oil resources so they may not have the ability to hammer Saudi Arabia (unless they get further in bed with Russia's oil teat).
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[10:39:45] <exec> 08└─his son in law hangs around with the Crown Prince.
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[10:40:47] <exec> 08└─just a history test. Should be dates, names and such. When was this, who did this.
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[10:40:48] <exec> 08└─It would very much help if someone from NZ could tell us what age in years the kids are in this Grade 13. Anyone? I don't have a clue.
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[11:37:23] <exec> 08└─Well, that's exacting science. E=mcSomething
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[11:37:34] <exec> 08└─Your BFG weapon (plus the armour and power assistance to wield it) meant you had a lot more mass on Phobos than these "peaceful" explorers with their flimsy light suits have. Hence you didn't have to worry about launching yourself into orbit (as easily).
[11:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:36] <exec> 08└─I don't think you could generate enough friction to reach those speeds there, just by walking or running.
[11:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:38] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the only way we will be running around there is if we hollow it out, spin it, and turn it into a space station.
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[11:37:51] <exec> 08└─Where are they? I can't find them on Twitch or anywhere else. What games are they streaming? Andromeda Skyrim? Klingon Space Program? "galactic cannibalism," oh, Universe Sandbox.....
[11:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:29] <exec> 08└─The real issue is what Turkey's Erdogan is aiming to gain
[11:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:31] <exec> 08└─The crabs sure seek to pull you down if you even talk about escaping the trap.
[11:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:33] <exec> 08└─Bush grew up playing with the Bin laden's
[11:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:35] <exec> 08└─Nice strawman but no. Right or wrong is not the point I was trying to make. That this is essentially no different than whatever passes for the British DMV saying the same thing is.
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[11:44:15] <exec> 08└─> The Metric System was a fairly well thought out thing for the time but eventually we should probably do another rip and replace. Yes, because since metric was created in the 1800s, we've managed to switch everyone over to one single standardised system, right? Apparently it is not enough that we j...
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[12:37:14] <exec> 08└─Screw the climate change aspect as it's preempted by other aspects and screw the protestors for interfering with traffic. That said, they absolutely do have a point that you shouldn't be taxing only automobile fuel and letting all other forms of petroleum-based fuels skate. If you're going to do som...
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[12:37:22] <exec> 08└─The presumption is that it hasn't rained like this in millennia. "At least 500 years" it says. With the implication that the dry spell probably goes back even further. Oh-kay - so - uhhhh - did all of these life forms just evolve in such a short period of time? Or, did some related microbes just kin...
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[12:37:37] <exec> 08└─Doesn't matter if you weigh 20 grammes or 20 tons, if you're traveling at 5kph, you're going into orbit. Sure the extra mass will make it harder to accelerate to 5kph, but in Doom you could run even with that equipment. And carry a dozen weapons. However the base in Doom had artificial gravity so it...
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[12:37:39] <exec> 08└─A typical sneeze will come out at 5m/s and top out at 20g, which means even a lightweight 50kg person would accelerate about 2mm/second, or 5-10 metres per hour, several orders of magnitude less than required to reach escape veolicty.
[12:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:28] <exec> 08└─Are what? English, please!
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[12:38:29] <exec> 08└─The differences are rudimentary. :^)
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[12:38:31] <exec> 08└─Er, yes, we'd meant to fill up at the previous town and forgot. Realized our mistake when we were 20 miles down the road. Turn back? Or try to make the next city, still about 40 miles away? We pressed on, but more slowly, to save gas. Set the cruise control at 50 mph. And 10 miles later, we spotted...
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[12:38:33] <exec> 08└─Well, look. I've been saying this for years. You can't run a hotel without people. But equally there is a shed-load of things that you could do easier by utilising the whole-floor, every room Wifi / Ethernet, phones and TV. Nobody gives a shit about coloured lighting. Really. Nobody cares. But the d...
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[12:39:42] <exec> 08└─Might it be that you confuse Algeria [wikipedia.org] with Libya [libyaobserver.ly]? As to Italy needing some funds almost as bad as Greece: the country has a nominal GDP of over two trillion [wikipedia.org] US dollars, or 31,984$ per capita [wikipedia.org] -- officially, i.e. not counting the 'irre...
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[12:39:43] <exec> 08└─What's missing from nearly all the reporting about the killing of Kashanoggi is a bit of research into the background of MBS. He stands out among the royal family as the only one who hasn't gone to a British or United States' education institution -- instead, he has spent his time among the tribes i...
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[12:39:45] <exec> 08└─Let me tell you, I've had some tremendous rallies in High Tax, High Crime California. Huge crowds, the likes of which you've never seen in your entire life. So many people said, "oh, don't waste your time in California, there's no way you can win there." Unfortunately, I didn't win there. I did win...
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[12:40:45] <exec> 08└─I agree, this isn't a vocabulary test, just a history test. Should be dates, names and such. When was this, who did this.
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[12:40:47] <exec> 08└─Same AC: no, I'm Oz. But the Tasman's not too big.
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[12:40:49] <exec> 08└─Ah, so it's for people that can't earn their diploma in Year 12...
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[12:40:51] <exec> 08└─But in some conversations its utility is negligibly small.
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[12:40:53] <exec> 08└─...Should be dates, names and such. When was this, who did this.
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[13:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:20] <exec> 08└─Not taxes or fuel. I agree with them and wish them success.
[13:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 679 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:22] <exec> 08└─What's the worst problem our civilization faces? Global Warming/Climate Change? Or is it within us, specifically, unrestrained greed? The behavior of the super rich is horrible. They absolutely will fiddle while the planet burns. And too many of the rest of us worship them for being "successful", wi...
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[13:37:24] <exec> 08└─but why should it be only the little folks who have to pay while the elite can easily grin and bear it -- why not tax also all that heavy fuel burned by aeroplanes and tanker ships? Around here, new toll roads were put in heading to wealthy suburb areas. This looks to be motivated similarly - keep t...
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[13:37:26] <exec> 08└─The UK is some way ahead of the EU average on green energy use, despite being at the higher end of the scales for population, GDP, and most of the other metrics that the EU might realistically use for any pro-rata allocation of emission credits. In that light, it's pretty much a given that there wou...
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[13:37:37] <exec> 08└─Yes! It seems unlikely that the microbes made it millions of years but don't have a strategy to handle rain on a world whose surface is more water than not. I bet you'll find several strategies being employed. I bet some will infiltrate the soil with at least part of the population, and some will us...
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[13:37:38] <exec> 08└─Maybe microbes evolve so quickly to adapt to a new environment that they don't need to survive unexpected rainfall. New microbes will come in to fill the slightly wetter environment, and those will be replaced by microbes adapted to the bone-dry environment. And so on.
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[13:38:49] <exec> 08└─Yep, very similar experience here in the middle of the mountains in Utah. At the exit there was a small sign, Gas 10 miles "Thataway". Crossed my fingers and made it with the low fuel warning light on...well after midnight. Credit card worked. When I got home I sent them a short thank-you letter for...
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[13:39:59] <exec> 08└─You don't need me to tell you what's fake. You know. You know. You’re seen it. You’ve lived it, and you elected me to put a stop to it. And we are doing a phenomenal job of putting a stop to it. That I can tell you. I have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human bei...
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[13:40:01] <exec> 08└─Only now is there doubt about this sick (or should I say "oily"?) relationship that's made it into the pages of the mainstream media, and stayed there? Is it because this time, the victim is one of the media's own? The fact that most of the perpetrators of 9/11 were Saudi citizens has been minimized...
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[13:40:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah, how terrible it would be for someone to care about their own poverty! Who cares about poor people?
[13:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:05] <exec> 08└─Saudi Arabia was also likely responsible for the 9/11 attacks, which is an act of war. Sanctions are the least that could be done.
[13:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:07] <exec> 08└─Your whataboutism is atrocious. We don't have close relations with Venezuela or Syria, and we're certainly not helping those countries carry out a genocide, like Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen. I know Saudi has a very different and seemingly archaic society but need to keep things in check.
[13:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:09] <exec> 08└─Sales taxes tend to reduce the sale of the underlying goods on which they are applied. Gas taxes tend to reduce the usage of gasoline, therefore they tend to reduce CO2 emissions. Gas taxes are very relevant to climate change, since they impact CO2 emissions.
[13:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:11] <exec> 08└─In Newthink, it's "doubleplus ungood". Please rightthink.
[13:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:18] <exec> 08└─it means you're failing to learn anything without being explicitly taught and that particular failing is entirely your own.
[13:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:45:02] <exec> 08└─uhm ... but you just used "kg" to define plank constant?
[13:45:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:45:03] <exec> 08└─That never causes problems [xkcd.com].
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[14:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:55] <exec> 08└─Tax automobiles and you target the middle class and above with most of the burden falling on the middle class. Tax planes and ships and you target everyone as they shift costs down to their customers with most of the burden falling on the middle class. Tax luxury cars and you target the rich with mo...
[14:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:57] <exec> 08└─What's the worst problem our civilization faces?
[14:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 2001 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:59] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of water conservation in Florida. Dry season? Make up all kinds of crazy rules about even-odd car washing days based on license plate numbers, same for lawn watering, etc. Pass building codes restricting residential showers to trickle flow max. Basically, the rules hit the masses of popul...
[14:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:01] <exec> 08└─Don't care. If you're going to tax fuel usage, tax fuel usage. If you're going to tax people, tax people. Try mixing them together and you're going to have an unfair by definition shit show.
[14:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 2031 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:21] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you are on top of your smartcard installation, but I wonder about extending this to motels where the IT support isn't on site? Are all your readers (and powered door locks, etc) on UPS power, or do you all go home (with doors locked/unlocked?) when there is a power failure? Around here I...
[14:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:40] <exec> 08└─Do you believe in sovereignty? Do nations, or do nations not, have the right to determine their own path? In this case, a sovereign nation has decided to do something about one of it's own citizens or subjects who grew too annoying. On their own soil, they acted to eliminate that annoyance. What do...
[14:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:41] <exec> 08└─Perhaps, but this may be a two edged sword if it traded connections to rule internally in exchange the understanding to work with the rest of the world. The news here is not that things work differently in SA, but rather the magnitude of the opportunities for improvement in the skill of the operatio...
[14:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:43] <exec> 08└─I demand my Cookie of Sovereignty! The Head of State settles for nothing less!
[14:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:51] <exec> 08└─How can a normal person teach themselves to teach themselves at a remotely acceptable level of efficiency when they're bombarded by information 24/7?
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[15:37:22] <exec> 08└─high demand for high-profile products has increased pressure on Intel’s factory network and forced the chipmaker to prioritize fabrication of its high-margin large-die Core and Xeon CPUs over other products in the recent months
[15:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:39] <exec> 08└─The rich don't make 99% of the CO2 emissions on the planet. Most of it is middle class. This is why *usage* costs are the only way to curb global warming. Nature doesn't give a fuck about political correctness - it just is. If you want to be fair, then introduce revenue neutral CO2 consumption taxes...
[15:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:40] <exec> 08└─http://www.lessgovletsgo.org/index.html [lessgovletsgo.org] One engineers proposal -- originally from the USA 1970s "oil crisis", still makes sense to me today. It neatly kills several birds with one stone. Introduction below, more detail at the link above: First, here is the essence of the proposal...
[15:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:42] <exec> 08└─Pasadena which were pouring the equivalent of 100+ gallons of VOCs, monoxides, nitric oxide, ammonia, chlorine, ozone, and above all else: gummy particulate soot into the atmosphere every minute. Sure, there's a million cars..
[15:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1061 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:44] <exec> 08└─> Around here, new toll roads were put in heading to wealthy suburb areas. This looks to be motivated similarly - keep the poors from congesting the roads wealthy folks are using. The entire "climate change" as a political concept seems to have been created solely to justify actions that cripple the...
[15:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1576 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:47] <exec> 08└─This was (essentially) my thought as well. What idiot says to tax shipping because the burden is currently on the little people? Where do they think that tax is going to go? The fundamental disconnect between taxing something, and what actually then happens with those costs, is staggering al...
[15:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:49] <exec> 08└─Tax fuel used in industry and it will make everything more expensive while the industry itself would be outsourced so the locals will pay more and get less. The only reasonable way to succeed is border tariffs.
[15:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:51] <exec> 08└─> including jet fuel The physics of aircraft separate them from other vehicles -- they require enormous power to take off and then have much lower power requirements at cruise. Does anyone have a way to calculate the fuel savings if takeoffs were catapult assisted (as on aircraft carriers?) As soon...
[15:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:53] <exec> 08└─While media and politics rightly, if very, very much belatedly, are warning about climate change, the alternatives proposed clearly are not to be taken serious.
[15:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:55] <exec> 08└─There's a problem there. Congress doesn't have the explicit constitutional authority to gather money in that manner and cannot legally gather money in any manner not explicitly granted. It would require an amendment to be done legally without it being a tax or tariff.
[15:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1041 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:57] <exec> 08└─The paper makes the assumption that the economy would continue on as before. We don't live in a static non-reactive economy. Yes, fuel consumption would partially shift to non-fossil fuels, but these are not at a stage where they can fully supplant the fossil infrastructure even now, and certainly...
[15:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:59] <exec> 08└─> ...border tariffs. All these do is shift manufacturing to other locations where the tariffs aren't. The smart money will always be a step or two ahead of the tariff-collectors. Shifting the business around the world causes it's own kinds of disruption. And local industry that might initially be pr...
[15:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:02] <exec> 08└─yeah, ok, the 30s. TGD just started in '29 :-p
[15:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:04] <exec> 08└─Sounds interesting, but most of the energy of the climb happens after the aircraft leaves the tarmac (the kinetic energy of the aircraft at takeoff is only good enough to get to about 10-15k feet). And the plane consumes most of its fuel after it gets to altitude (else short plane hops would be near...
[15:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 772 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:29] <exec> 08└─At a mean diameter of 22 km, with a mass of 10^16 kg, spinning it up would be a major project, and would likely tear the thing apart anyway. However, if you were to excavate a large round chamber you could put a "traditional" rotating torus space station underground, while only needing minimal stabi...
[15:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:31] <exec> 08└─Perhaps some strategic excavation, melting, construction, etc. could be used to strengthen Phobos and Deimos and make them sturdier than mere "rubble piles". Alternatively we could hasten the process of ripping it into smaller, more manageable chunks. Or we could redirect smaller asteroids into orbi...
[15:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trans-Galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:46] <exec> 08└─Well, space has negative energy galore (or shall I say is?). To travel faster than light one needs a lot of it https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Perhaps they create space to get energy (they like to commute?) which would in turn create a lot of garbage matter to dump on...
[15:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:53] <exec> 08└─Greece used to have a GDP per capita of $30k. Then they broke their economy. Now, it's $23k. I wouldn't be surprised to see Italy follow a similar trajectory in the next recession.
[15:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:54] <exec> 08└─so who gives two shits what they concluded?
[15:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 1039 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:57] <exec> 08└─The Crown Prince, or, the Heir Apparent, has acted in a manner pleasing to the current monarch, apparently. And, that's life under a monarchy. The rules are fickle, arbitrary, and capricious. The day that the Saudi Arabian people decide to change that, they will do so. Of course, that will probably...
[15:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:59] <exec> 08└─In other words: a deep contrast with the picture painted by the media of an impulsive, tyrannical, spoilt brat.
[15:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:01] <exec> 08└─The question is did he learn?
[15:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:03] <exec> 08└─Not particularly. I'm pretty sure he could stomp puppies on live TV and little to nothing would change there or here.
[15:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:05] <exec> 08└─Unless, of course, it does matter and things do change. As I recall, Arab Spring started due to a single martyr and a profound injustice. We have the same ingredients here.
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[16:37:57] <exec> 08└─emissions from all the cars put together were cleaner than the chemical plants.
[16:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1076 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:59] <exec> 08└─> The physics of aircraft separate them from other vehicles -- they require enormous power to take off and then have much lower power requirements at cruise. How so? That is how pretty much every single vehicle works. They require far more power to accelerate then they do to keep going at a steady s...
[16:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 793 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:01] <exec> 08└─> Congress doesn't have the explicit constitutional authority to gather money in that manner and cannot legally gather money in any manner not explicitly granted. Congress collects money in all sorts of ways, doesn't seem all that different from https://en.wikipedia.org [wiki...
[16:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:03] <exec> 08└─Or, you know, this could be a functional equivalent to the universal basic income that is currently under discussion. Getting some (not much) money into the hands of the poorest people is one way to prime the economy--they spend it right away, unlike the rich that squirrel it away.
[16:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:05] <exec> 08└─It isn't just that, one thing forgotten is the increased costs of policing enforcement. The moment you restrict trade across a border, prices will increase on one side (probably the side that was doing all the importing), while the prices on the other side will drop (because the demand they had sudd...
[16:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:07] <exec> 08└─Last I checked, all that greed was heavily regulated
[16:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:09] <exec> 08└─It's not that simple. My vote is not for any one "worst problem", since it's very hard to compare social problems with technical problems with economic problems. One that hasn't been mentioned yet is a major energy crisis that we are only beginning to see, as the poor people of the world continue to...
[16:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:11] <exec> 08└─yes, that's the plan. just look at "national" and "state" parks. UN land and natural resource theft for the elite to use in the future. soon, all the major cities will completely dominate elections and they will use these masses of slaves to pass the laws required to further enslave humanity. rural...
[16:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:14] <exec> 08└─don't forget pasadena dumps it's illegal levels/compounds of shit out on sundays, making neighboring towns' houses smell like ass on the inside. your closed windows are no match for the death angel.
[16:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:24] <exec> 08└─I think I remember hearing that the "500 year drought" was ended by rainfall about 10 years ago.
[16:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:42] <exec> 08└─https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Phobos+escape+velocity [wolframalpha.com]
[16:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:43] <exec> 08└─I would be more concerned about the strongest possible sneeze than a typical one, since a single huge sneeze could cause problems.
[16:40:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03dry [223] 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 840 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:30] <exec> 08└─WTF? Saudi's back everyone. Bush grew up playing with the Bin laden's because his dad was such good friends with them. I'll take your word about Clinton. Trump is very friendly with the Saudi's, gets loans, his son in law hangs around with the Crown Prince. Earlier I haven't kept track but I wouldn'...
[16:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:07] <exec> 08└─That's kind of a homophobic way to put it, isn't it? Have you been hanging out Ethanol-fueled?
[16:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:09] <exec> 08└─So you *like* being such a piteous wretched wreck of a human being that even someone with a sense of humor as dark as mine can't laugh at you? You're slipping further and further into insanity by the day.
[16:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:10] <exec> 08└─It's at about the level of discourse this site can handle, it seems.
[16:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:13] <exec> 08└─I have been saying since the Gulf War that the best way to put a stop to Islamic terror, Middle Eastern dictatorships, and climate change in one happy blow would be for the USA to switch to renewable energy and its transportation to EVs. Deprive them of their oil income, and all the other problems f...
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[16:41:15] <exec> 08└─If only you were funny, or insightful, or even on-topic. Back under your bridge, troll.
[16:41:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:17] <exec> 08└─@ Snotnose: Ya i agree its worth taking action against them. Its still a bad situation, but sometimes it is worth the "sting", just to do the right thing. It may have been going on for generations, but at some point you just have to stand up and say no more.
[16:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:19] <exec> 08└─In which case, I'll be duly surprised.
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[16:43:41] <exec> 08└─It will be able to run Linux downloaded through the Windows Store.
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[17:37:22] <exec> 08└─This may be able to produce some of those really fancy particles, but the US is still going to slap a tariff on them. /s Actually, this may be just a ploy to get access to the types of research being done at the upper echelons of particle physics. Kind of like glomming intellectual property, but in...
[17:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:23] <exec> 08└─Answering the most important questions in particle physics today “involves studying the Higgs to death"
[17:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:26] <exec> 08└─collider before going up a few orders of magnitude in size?
[17:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 881 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:28] <exec> 08└─Reference recent article, https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] "China Still Has Trouble Staffing the World's Largest Radio Telescope" Once China finishes building this "smasher", the head hunters will go out to find a chief scientist for the facility...who...
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[17:37:30] <exec> 08└─If you want your budget to continue to grow you need to keep moving the goalposts.
[17:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:39] <exec> 08└─It's only half good news for Intel. They have high demand for their products, but a shortage of "14nm" and especially "10nm" [theregister.co.uk] CPUs due to bad yields. And their scaling plans have been delayed for years, allowing competitors to catch and possibly overtake them. This slide [anandtec...
[17:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:41] <exec> 08└─I just don't trust intel any more. They treated their customers like idiots by trying to play off spectre/meltdown as the cpu "working as intended", then pulling stunts like this: https://www.tomshardware.com [tomshardware.com] So I personally went with AMD for...
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[17:38:23] <exec> 08└─Different AC -- but realize that "legally" ultimately is determined by SCOTUS. And they have ruled that anytime the government is collecting money for a sufficiently good reason, we can all PRETEND that it is "legally" a "tax." See Chief Justice Roberts and his ruling on Obamacare. Also, if the Cons...
[17:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:24] <exec> 08└─What regulation governs the salary and bonuses of top-level management?
[17:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1, Redundant) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:26] <exec> 08└─So long as they work 40 hours a week, i have no problem with them getting a basic income level. . I don't care much what they do, or how little utility it provides, but this concept being floated of we'll pay you to live while you do whatever you want and others work their lives away supporting it i...
[17:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:28] <exec> 08└─> Poverty and overpopulation. Absolute poverty is linked to overpopulation given finite resources. Relative poverty is measured in various ways, most of which make it impossible to eliminate.
[17:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:30] <exec> 08└─Its so obvious at this point. For some reason the only solutions to climate change involve raising taxes and increasing spying.
[17:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:37] <exec> 08└─what kind of stupid bitch thinks government helps anything?
[17:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:38] <exec> 08└─Saudis may have been the fall guys(hijackers) but the Mossad likely demolished the towers and building 7. both are US allies so let's not delude ourselves as to who gave them the fucking keys to the buildings.
[17:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:40] <exec> 08└─It's amusing to know that your panties get all knotted up over nothing. You take life to seriously, you know.
[17:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:42] <exec> 08└─When CIA "conclusions" reach headlines you should keep "Weapons of mass destruction" in mind. Like many consultants the CIA produces evidence based results OR the results that their sponsors want to hear. Winnowing the two is not an easy task. (ElizabethGreene posting as AC)
[17:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:44] <exec> 08└─Unimaginably, it seems that the reaction to this travesty is to get Turkey off of the Saudis backs by helping them kill someone else [nymag.com]. You almost can't make up this level of pure evil without sounding like an Austin Powers movie script.
[17:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:54] <exec> 08└─It would very much help if someone from NZ could tell us what age in years the kids are in this Grade 13. Anyone? I don't have a clue.
[17:43:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amid Calls to "Police" Social Media, Facebook Announces Independent Body to Handle User Appeals - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:56] <exec> 08└─the slave masters in the gov are fighting with the slave masters in SM over the slaves.
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[18:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:37] <exec> 08└─Answering the most important questions in particle physics today “involves studying the Higgs to death"
[18:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:38] <exec> 08└─They'll just start out-sourcing their jobs to Americans: then THEY will be the ones saying "I don't UNDERSTAND YOU... SPEAK MANDARIN!..... could i get a supervisor who speaks Mandarin PLEASE!... these damn Engrishers...." (Oh yeah... Engrishers.... i went there.)
[18:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:50] <exec> 08└─I fully agree. AMD is not perfect [libreboot.org], but Intel is a scummy company and has been that way for a long time [wikipedia.org]. AMD is already the clear price/performance leader for CPUs. If AMD (TSMC) can put out better chips than Intel can, then that will be a bonus.
[18:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:38] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't worry much about it. The French are always on the lookout for a good revolution. This is hardly worthy of notice, unless and until they get the old guillotines polished up.
[18:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:39] <exec> 08└─Yes, because, the middle class all own their own jet aircraft, and helicopters, and yachts, and five of six homes scattered among as many continents. And your electric cars aren't in reach of the "middle class". Upper middle class, yes. And, every class above that upper middle class. Give it another...
[18:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:41] <exec> 08└─Don't be so sure about that million cars vs on industrial complex. GP mentioned Pasadena, rather than any one chemical plant. I really don't know how many plants are in Pasadena, but I know there are several ass-tons of them. Going east out of Houston, those plants extend for miles on both US 90 and...
[18:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:43] <exec> 08└─LOL at catapult takeoffs. You'll see old people dropping dead routinely. You'll see younger people dropping dead as well, just less often. If you fly, keep an eye on your fellow passengers. You'll see signs of anxiety among them, with our "regular" takeoffs now. Subject those people to 2 or 3 gravit...
[18:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:45] <exec> 08└─It's supposed to be determined by the constitution. SCOTUS making decisions even it knows are bullshit doesn't change a single word of our founding document.
[18:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 1558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:59] <exec> 08└─I wonder if the rains will have any effect on the local Lithium mining/extraction? http://www.lithiummine.com [lithiummine.com] The barren lands of Salar de Atacama, a dried bed of the ancient Chilean lake 700 miles north of Santiago is one of the driest places on Earth. Not...
[18:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trans-Galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:34] <exec> 08└─Beat me to it. My first thought was, "Trans-galactic streamers? Which hambeast with a galaxy's-worth of beta-orbiters is streaming now?"
[18:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:00] <exec> 08└─No matter what their moral justifications are they're still violating Arabia's sovereignty by bypassing its justice system. I fear that they do it less to enforce justice and more to cement Arabia's position as a client state. Like there are worse injustices in the world in which US isn't interested...
[18:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:02] <exec> 08└─It looks like I was mistaken about their connections going quite that far back, or at least I can't find any evidence. There is lots of evidence of the Bush and Bin Laden families connections as you found. My point still stands that the Saudi's have been influential on American Presidents since Reag...
[18:45:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Goghit [6530] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Email - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:19] <exec> 08└─Same here. It was so liberating to realize that once I was retired no one was paying me to use Microsoft products. It's been delightful.
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[19:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:45] <exec> 08└─On my first trip to Japan i had to wait a mere 6 hours before experiencing my first seismic tremor. I sure hope this is being factored into the decision.
[19:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:46] <exec> 08└─I was gonna post that but you beat me to it. Local construction firms, and advanced tech companies, will still be glad to get a multi-billion facility with guaranteed financing to build, regardless of whether it's ever powered up. While CERN is nice to physicists and their theories, it's been even b...
[19:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:58] <exec> 08└─Yeah, that and the Meltdown "working as intended" debacle which stopped in their tracks all the production of Intel's middle/low end cpus and leaving the IBRS "I am able to be not broken" cpus alive.
[19:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:54] <exec> 08└─Well of course they are. The only ones the French can beat in a war are the French, so they're not exactly swimming in options.
[19:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:55] <exec> 08└─Oh, definitely. Because litter and pollution are tied by physical laws to taxes. The higher the taxes go, the lower the pollution goes. And, spying too. East Berlin was the cleanest city IN THE WORLD when the Stasi held sway. Right? Right? Tell me I'm right. /sarcasm
[19:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:57] <exec> 08└─A progressive gas tax. The more you consume (per person), the higher tax you pay, no deductibles, except maybe public transport
[19:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:59] <exec> 08└─As a bonus, all your gas and other purchases will need to be reported to the government to make sure you are paying the appropriate tax rate.
[19:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1857 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:02] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the problem is a "necessity is the mother of invention" cycle, in which difficulties leads to more intelligence and innovation to overcome the hardships, which makes life easier, which leads to people dumbing down because life has gotten soft and easy, which leads to life getting hard again....
[19:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:04] <exec> 08└─Why 40? Why not 50? Or 30?
[19:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:19] <exec> 08└─Counting number of species doesnt make sense at the microbial level, the grouping is basically totally arbitrary. So the very premise for this study is flawed. Therefore, the idea of biologically meaningful clusters of diversity that applies to most eukaryotes may not be universally applicable in th...
[19:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03rev_irreverence [144] (Score: 1) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:21] <exec> 08└─I thought Antarctica had the driest desert on Earth. When did it become Chile?
[19:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:42] <exec> 08└─Yep. "Asteroids have so little gravity you can jump/run to orbit" isn't news. That's pretty much why there are sample return missions in space right now.
[19:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 3753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:26] <exec> 08└─>All of this historic crap that is almost completely missing the point, because Trump has not been a political player for more than 2 years I think if you took a moment to look at the context in which the opinions you read are being expressed, you will find more meaning in them. Party-selected puppe...
[19:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:28] <exec> 08└─There is no doubt in my mind that boiling human flesh and bones smells quite good, and would be tasty with celery, potatoes and onions. The flavor of meat-flavored soups comes mostly from bone marrow so you wouldn't have wanted to slice Kashoggi's muscles off his bones, rather you'd want to boil the...
[19:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:30] <exec> 08└─People will defend you if you have earned their love and respect. There is no sovereignty without that. Then it's just war and pillaging. Only the predators will prevail which is simply how the universe functions, might makes right. It's the only way to survive. Contentment is death. Still, to be hu...
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[20:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03rleigh [4887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cygnus Spacecraft Delivers 3D Printer with Recycling Capability to the ISS - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:20] <exec> 08└─After a story a few days back about how the small airborne microplastic particles produced by 3D printers were potentially harmful to health, how will this affect the astronauts? It's not like they can open a window or get that far away from it!
[20:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:36] <exec> 08└─That's the whole point. They want to build enough momentum so scientists will move to China or at least not leave. Here is what happened when the US let it be moved to Europe. https://www.scientificamerican.com [scientificamerican.com]
[20:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Blymie [4020] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:51] <exec> 08└─That is the lie sir, let me tell you the TRUTH. It's a coverup. You don't think they'd really make that many mistakes, do you? HMM? Really? NO! This is Intel people! No way would this level of production fault happen. No... what's really happened? AGI. Yes, AGI... and it wants MORE BRAINS! More comp...
[20:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:53] <exec> 08└─Please don't kill me AI please please.
[20:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Blymie [4020] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:55] <exec> 08└─But... but... you already make me promise to masturbate onto a cracker, and give it to my landlady.
[20:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kalas [4247] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:54] <exec> 08└─Yeah but then you'd want an organization in place authorized to track everything financial and make sure nobody is underpaying or overpaying. It could never work.
[20:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:56] <exec> 08└─So implement the basic income and abolish minimum wage at the same time. Let employers entice people to be employees in the time honored manner of offering pay enough to make the time and effort worthwhile to the employee.
[20:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:12] <exec> 08└─According to Wikipedia: Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent...
[20:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:19] <exec> 08└─Ah, so you *are* nothing then. I've been saying that for a while, haven't I?
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[21:37:29] <exec> 08└─We need one that works on regolith, oh and one that is cool with perchlorates.
[21:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:48] <exec> 08└─Oh, God, the horror! The US scientists needed to brush their French.
[21:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:07] <exec> 08└─Pascal's Wager 2.0: Dare I defy the Basilisk?
[21:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASUS Comments on Intel Shortages, U.S.-China Trade War - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:08] <exec> 08└─He can do both.
[21:38:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 679 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:23] <exec> 08└─What's the worst problem our civilization faces? Global Warming/Climate Change? Or is it within us, specifically, unrestrained greed? The behavior of the super rich is horrible. They absolutely will fiddle while the planet burns. And too many of the rest of us worship them for being "successful", wi...
[21:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:13] <exec> 08└─30? . . Hmmm, well TFA is about France I guess.
[21:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:32] <exec> 08└─Yes, indeed Libya. Italy - a deficit of 130% GDP [theguardian.com]? Or only 126% [bloomberg.com]
[21:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 1312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:34] <exec> 08└─We veered well off topic near the beginning of the thread. So it's a bit late for that. And I wasn't intending to be funny. Insightful OTOH would depend on there being a receptive mind. California has plenty wrong with it, such as being a likely target for US state-level austerity measures (huge de...
[21:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:45] <exec> 08└─Anyone can edit wikipedia though, is that a reliable source?
[21:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congress Wants Harsher Penalties for Robocallers - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah...I too liked that Bruce Willis line from "Fifth Element".
[21:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03zzarko [5697] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The New Definition of the Kilogram Will Change the Way We Weigh Everything - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:32] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry to bust your bubble, but metric got you to the moon: https://www.doneyles.com [doneyles.com] "Inside the computer we used metric units, at least in the case of powered-flight navigation and guidance. At the operational level NASA, and especially the astronauts, preferred Engl...
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[22:37:26] <exec> 08└─is there some angle on this that i'm unaware of that makes it relevant on soylent?
[22:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:28] <exec> 08└─Gather some people that knew the dead person and do shots. Reminisce said person and complain about their poor taste in alcoholic beverage consumption. Was said person a little old lady cause I just don't know of anyone else that drinks stuff like that. Mixing it with Ice cream is a pretty good idea...
[22:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:30] <exec> 08└─This is an advertisement, and not a very smart one either. What does it do on the main page?
[22:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:32] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews is dead people. Slow News Sunday? Now I want to know what's a good Creme de Menthe brand. Probably not this one [davidsonsliquors.com].
[22:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[22:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:36] <exec> 08└─Make hot chocolate (on the stove, for real, not from a packet). Add mint booze to taste. If you are still a kiddo, Long Island Iced tea: http://cocktailsandshots.com [cocktailsandshots.com]
[22:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:38] <exec> 08└─It's a bait-and-switch for editors. You hook them on with horrible submissions and when the poor saps starts complaining you reel them in with "if you think you can do a better job at it be my guest".
[22:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:41] <exec> 08└─Yeah, it doesn't say "News for Nerds" at the top here, so we can discuss normal-people stuff too.
[22:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:43] <exec> 08└─Like this maybe? https://www.cooks.com [cooks.com] Or maybe cream it up and throw a strawberry on top: https://www.fromvalerieskitchen.com [fromvalerieskitchen.com] You can also switch the ratios on the toppi...
[22:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:45] <exec> 08└─Because the submitter feels like part of the community and thought he'd ask a question and get interesting answers from our motley crew? Don't be such a curmudgeon! My thought for what to do with it is throw it in a blender with chocolate chip mint ice cream and make a spiked milkshake. Call it "yet...
[22:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 1246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:47] <exec> 08└─Yeah it is an odd article, but one posted by a frequent visitor or member of this very dysfunctional Soylent 'Family'. Why would people take the time to voice their opposition to the article and NOT make a suggestion on what to do with Crème De Menthe ? As someone who has an Uncle that owns a bar,...
[22:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:49] <exec> 08└─Make grasshoppers or some such.
[22:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme De Menthe - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:51] <exec> 08└─Chug it.
[22:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cygnus Spacecraft Delivers 3D Printer with Recycling Capability to the ISS - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:01] <exec> 08└─An enclosure and a weak exhaust with a filter is all that is needed to maintain slightly negative pressure. Home printers rarely have that, but professional ones usually have enclosures.
[22:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:21] <exec> 08└─Shaking adds extra energy to the system, cuts power bill.
[22:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:22] <exec> 08└─I'm not a fan of dark matter but the problem we observe is that galaxies behave as if they have more matter generating gravity than we are able to observe. Since we can't find any problem with the theories it is reasonable to assume there might be something else out there. Besides, people have still...
[22:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:24] <exec> 08└─No no, you have a point. You don't haaave to speak English to be racist.
[22:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:47] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, hating on the oldest ally of the US in order to feel a semblance of superiority. Hmm, that tactic seems oddly familiar.
[22:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:48] <exec> 08└─Wow, so those golden parachutes are against the law? The insanely high salaries are actually regulated? I must have missed that development. Or you're just doing the corporate shill thing. Occam's Razor in 3...2...1...
[22:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:51] <exec> 08└─And you need a handout for that, why?
[22:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:53] <exec> 08└─Mocking a has-been world power that hasn't even been able to whip a third world country in a hundred years or contributed anything significant scientifically or artistically in recent memory but still acts as if they were the pinnacle of human evolution and everyone else is uncultured scum? Yup. All...
[22:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:11] <exec> 08└─... occurred twice in three years. Sounds like the second time *was* precedented. Goddam illiterate millennial scientists.
[22:41:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:30] <exec> 08└─This is Queenstown, one of the most expensive towns in the country. The people who do the actual hospitality work cannot afford to live there, or anywhere close, and because the employers won't pay them what the market dictates they are worth, there is a massive worker shortage. Queenstown is the...
[22:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:32] <exec> 08└─I commented above about Queenstown, but if you missed it, Queenstown is one of the most expensive places in New Zealand to live, and wages have not even nearly kept up with housing cost. If they're paying the perky blonde $15 per hour, she is living under a bridge.
[22:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Demena [5637] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:19] <exec> 08└─You are definitely short cortex if you thing that the USA has either the economic clout or the political clout to achieve anything except its own damage/demise by trying a course like that.
[22:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:29] <exec> 08└─We don't have High School seniors at all. These people are "Year 13" which means they are either 18, or very nearly 18. The youngest zombie in fact sat this exam, and yes, he knows what trivial means, because he's an 18 year old with English as his first language. Until I saw this story I would no...
[22:44:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:30] <exec> 08└─I am a citizen of New Zealand, and can't figure out how a native english speaker gets to the age of 18 and not know what trivial means.
[22:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:33] <exec> 08└─Thanks Donald. Well structured sentence by the way. Not like you at all.
[22:44:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:35] <exec> 08└─The exam was in "National History".
[22:44:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Demena [5637] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:37] <exec> 08└─Trivial Pursuit is played everywhere. There is no excuse but illiteracy for not knowing or recognising the word. Should be a mandatory fail for that alone.
[22:44:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:39] <exec> 08└─That's good to hear. Obviously a big part of this article is click bait and trolling then. I've been to Aussie Land but it was for work and despite my intentions I was never able to get the time to Visit NZ. I am a big Rugby and Footie fan though, and the All Blacks rock. I played for the Hayward Gr...
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[23:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:25] <exec> 08└─"Make grasshoppers or some such." I'll suggest the simplest way to make it palatable (to my taste at least) - just pour it over ice. Lots of ice, easy on the liqueur, and wait till the ice starts to melt to start sipping it.
[23:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:26] <exec> 08└─Because the submitter feels like part of the community and thought he'd ask a question and get interesting answers from our motley crew?
[23:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:28] <exec> 08└─I'm not a regular drinker
[23:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:02] <exec> 08└─we look at subatomic blips on the collider but have we solved other problems like: how does the body generate energy, from digestion to the single cell? What about replicating tesla's achievements? what about even simpler stuff like trying to replicate a patented invention from the patent and invali...
[23:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:57] <exec> 08└─Face justice, nuts, that's contrary to the concept of ruler. That said, this gives the current king something to consider if this guy is the right guy to take SA into the next generation.
[23:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:59] <exec> 08└─No, no, it's very easy to reach that level of evil. Just study history. Especially the history of governments, and the people that run them. Death by torture, massacre, famine, genocide, culture whitewashes ... you name it, it's well-precedented. It's almost enough to make one a libertarian.
[23:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:01] <exec> 08└─Except that the exact same dynamic accelerated a lot of other things. Shipping (including trucking, a major employer in the US) became cheaper. Other industries actively picked up because energy was cheaper. Net employment was rising in the runup to the election. Cool story, but doesn't stand up to...
[23:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:03] <exec> 08└─SURPRISE! ANNOUNCING THE AXIS OF ISLAMISTS & THUGS: Qatar offers formation of new coalition in region | Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Turkey and Syria. [twitter.com]
[23:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Demena [5637] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:22] <exec> 08└─He would have seen that when passing through Aus in '54. That sort of stuff still happens.
[23:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Demena [5637] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:23] <exec> 08└─I do not think that word means what you think it means. Trivial does not mean irrelevant - the word you might of used. History is dates, names etc.? Only a really ignorant person could believe that. As for a non-trivial, non-subjective use for the word trivial try "Trivial Pursuit". I bet every on...
[23:44:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:25] <exec> 08└─Good on ya mate. I too played rugby (mostly because I had no choice) but due to going to a tiny country school during the 1970's I have never actually played a game of rugby wearing boots. Bare feet only in those days.
[23:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:27] <exec> 08└─Before the brief 90s phenomenon of the board game "Trivial Pursuit", I had never heard the word used outside of undergraduate math classes. Your experience is not universal, and neither is mine, but your absolute insistence suggests an unwillingness on your part to imagine someone else's experience....
[23:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:29] <exec> 08└─Hi, welcome to the world with the Internet, http. My experience is hardly isolated given the global forums everyone interacts in nowadays.
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