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[00:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:40] <exec> 08└─This makes me chuckle. Our resident space geeks would normally be bitching profusely over this but since the guy had an R by his name you can hear every chirp.
[00:37:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 320 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:58] <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...
[00:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:06] <exec> 08└─Generally speaking, yes. Our standard preference for tech/science/whatnot is applied much less strenuously to Ask Soylent submissions though. That's a personal observation not me speaking on policy. I don't know that we have a policy on AS subs at all.
[00:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PocketSizeSUn [5340] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:08] <exec> 08└─I think the biggest issue here is that webtender lists Creme de Menthe under 'White Creme de Menthe' and 'Green Creme de Menthe' if you don't care about the resulting color (White) https://www.webtender.com [webtender.com] Crème de Menthe is a very sweet mint flavored liqueur. It come...
[00:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:10] <exec> 08└─Yes, I'm sure to the Creme de Menthe people we're exactly their target audience. Before you know it there'll be articles extolling the benefits of the Corby trouser press or how cod liver oil is used to lubricate rocket parts.
[00:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:12] <exec> 08└─It's called karma-whoring. A big-boy would spend 10 minutes on google or bing and find the answers himself, instead of fishing for mod points.
[00:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:14] <exec> 08└─Write one quick or you'll get 'Ask Soylent': "Why are Aristarchus submissions rejected?" :)
[00:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:17] <exec> 08└─God, now I want some crème de menthe with a cod liver oil chaser! Damn you monkey-person!
[00:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1, Disagree) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:19] <exec> 08└─It's also a shitty Liqueur, so if SN is advertising it, then it would be like back when Slashdot advertised Packt Publishing. My first suggestion would be to sell it to desperate high school kids, because they're the only ones who would willingly drink that shit. Failing that, I'd use it to Irish up...
[00:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:21] <exec> 08└─If Marty ended up eating it with ice cream, then that's probably the exact effect he got. The booze/dairy combination is not very kind on the stomach, despite what the marketing department of Kahlua might tell you.
[00:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:23] <exec> 08└─Pretty much every frequent user has between 40-50 karma, and it's capped at 50. There is no reason to karma whore.
[00:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:25] <exec> 08└─Stupider words have rarely been spoken.
[00:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:27] <exec> 08└─Personally -- I like the submission. Not everything has to be serious all the time.
[00:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:29] <exec> 08└─Isn't that what the SN journals are for?
[00:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:32] <exec> 08└─If you don't have a fixed policy, you can use common sense.
[00:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:34] <exec> 08└─Cocoa's good, in particular as winter approaches, but a mocha is the best context, the extra bitterness of the coffee counters that sweetness of the other two components.
[00:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:36] <exec> 08└─Drop the ice cream and crack a beer or two
[00:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:38] <exec> 08└─Well Gale Boetticher drinks Creme de Menthe and he's supposed to be a nerd...
[00:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:40] <exec> 08└─Use it to make pie crusts. Alcohol will add liquid to make the crust easier to work, but not allow for gluten development (the protein structure obtained through kneading requires water).
[00:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:13] <exec> 08└─Except dark matter has no scientific process attached to it: you have to arbitrarily add dark matter to each and every galaxy by hand. To make this galaxy not fly apart we need to add, let's see...100 dark matters....no...250, no 234 dark matters! But THIS galaxy takes 234....no...259.....no...421.....
[00:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:39] <exec> 08└─15 chinese ships produce more pollution than all the cars in the world. Trump is saving us by putting tariffs on stuff transported by these ships: http://www.industrytap.com [industrytap.com]
[00:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:41] <exec> 08└─Which would require further raising taxes until it worked. See, its a perfect plan. More taxes, bigger government, more spying on citizens, and more time wasted on filling out forms. This is the perfect solution to climate change.
[00:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:43] <exec> 08└─Looks like TMB got triggered.
[00:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:45] <exec> 08└─Looks like you don't know what triggered means.
[00:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:47] <exec> 08└─Because markets only work properly when both sides are free to walk away.
[00:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 689 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:06] <exec> 08└─Millenials are the worst generation. They literally have instant access to the collective knowledge of mankind, yet waste their time thinking they are being productive when they are 'protesting' on twitter because there are not enough emojiis in the lastest update of some app or OS. I am really worr...
[00:41:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:30] <exec> 08└─https://www.webtender.com/cgi-bin/search?name=&ingr=creme+de+menth&what=drink&show=50&verbose=on [webtender.com] Drink search results Search for drinks with ingredient(s) 'creme de menth'. Hits 1 - 50 of 973. Show hits 51 - 100 | Hide details 1. Emerald Forest (Ordinary Drink....
[00:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:30] <exec> 08└─If I'd given and Aus or NZ average hotel employee wage, the US readers would have expressed disbelief or accused me of lying.
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[01:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:37] <exec> 08└─How come the video of the add is unlisted and as such can not be found using google or youtube search?
[01:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:39] <exec> 08└─So, he's kinda like the Jordan Peterson of Space Science, only a bit less with the "all beef" diet? [theatlantic.com] You wiley anti-reason devouror of carrion and alt-Republican, some Mightly Brissard.
[01:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:41] <exec> 08└─Guy likes space, pushes for funding. Now that he's gone the funding is gone. This is not how you fund long term projects. Main corollary being funding big projects. Cost effective to have a few places build stuff. Politically effective for lots of small places in various districts to build stuff. If...
[01:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:43] <exec> 08└─The Democrats have been caught stealing elections, and now the RICO prosecutions will commence. The Democrats have not forgotten the bitter defeat of Slick Willie at the hands of Kenneth Starr's kangaroo-court, and have since then adopted Morroccan-tier sportsmanship. What the Democrats defending Sl...
[01:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:25] <exec> 08└─Beer is actually a practical water purification method. Or it was, when it wasn't an anachronism. Towns had breweries to produce a beverage that wasn't unsafe to drink.
[01:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:27] <exec> 08└─I have no idea, I don't drink urine although some bars serve lagers that are close enough. But hey, if you're a piss drinker; Try it and get back to us!
[01:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03sensei_moreh [4698] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:29] <exec> 08└─Personally, I like Creme de Menthe - preferably blended with chocolate or mint chocolate chip ice cream. Perhaps it could be used as inspiration for a decent GTK3 theme
[01:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:31] <exec> 08└─Ed Krassenstein, is that you?
[01:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:33] <exec> 08└─The cake is a lie, as is the Creme d' Methe. I have tried that "submit better stories" routine. It does not work. Ends up being all takyon subs, anyway, or proxy takyon subs, like this one. Now what I hear is that all the young people today are in to absorbing things, um, rectally. [theguardian.com]...
[01:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:35] <exec> 08└─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.
[01:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:37] <exec> 08└─Why are aristarchus submissions rejected? You may well ask. Half a dozen met their unmaker just today, and fine submissions they were. We mourn. Of course, as janrinok was wont to say, they belonged in a journal, not on the front page, like this pile of vomit that smells of mint. (for our soylentil...
[01:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:39] <exec> 08└─We used to pour it on ice cream, which was tasty.
[01:38:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:42] <exec> 08└─As far as I know it'll keep pretty much forever, so no hurry on trying the many suggestions you've gotten here. I remember it being nice on ice cream occasionally. There are many cake and desert recipes with it added, like the brownies you mentioned. Sorry you lost your friend, and kudos to you for...
[01:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:44] <exec> 08└─Just a wild stab in the dark here but at least this one was original, quirky, odd and somewhat entertaining and not the same news over and over again. Yes we get it now, Nazis are bad ... ooookay.
[01:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:46] <exec> 08└─This is why it should be uncapped or raised. So we can use it as a highscore-meter.
[01:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:19] <exec> 08└─geez, i am sorry to say that the discovery of the higgs hasn't profoundly changed my daily life (yet?) i am sure, though, it will "somehow" improve life for chinese people once the border-respecting particle is artificially generated on chinese soil ... i am however hoping that instead of making a c...
[01:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:48] <exec> 08└─What if I kill you? Can I have your tax allowance? Because I'm willing to kill anyone with your ideas.
[01:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:49] <exec> 08└─Because trickle down is a lie and the world doesn't need that much work doing anymore anyway. Automation.
[01:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:52] <exec> 08└─Are you aware that Trumps fed is just now ending the biggest, unprecedented, trickle down operation in known history: https://fred.stlouisfed.org [stlouisfed.org]
[01:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:12] <exec> 08└─By the time the boomers finally relinquish the reins of power, the Gen-Xers will be considered too old. Like Prince Charles. Power is going to go directly to the millennial twitter hive minds.
[01:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:39] <exec> 08└─Oh? Wow. I had not thought of that. You might be right.
[01:46:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:46:02] <exec> 08└─It is not as simple as you think... .. see what I did there?
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[02:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:07] <exec> 08└─We already discussed Culberson: Impact of the Midterm Elections May be Felt at NASA [soylentnews.org] The Planetary Society's post was written after that date and goes into details I didn't know (the Houston Chronicle editorial and attack ad), so I won't drop the D-word. The Planetary Society doesn'...
[02:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:10] <exec> 08└─Now that he's gone the funding is gone.
[02:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:15] <exec> 08└─I have never heard of the bloke myself, but I am wondering what an 8-term Texas Republican has to do to lose his seat? It can't be because of his support for a particular space project. That's just not credible. I had a quick search, but the only thing I could find was about him skipping a MAGA ra...
[02:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:18] <exec> 08└─From the seat he had could he even have funneled large amounts of money into some water sanitation project in his home district or was that somewhat out of his purview? I could be wrong but if you chair a subcommittee named "Commerce, Justice and Science" wouldn't it be a fairly large misappropriati...
[02:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:20] <exec> 08└─Like most republicans, AND democrats, you don't get it. It's not a matter of him being a republican, it's a matter of him supporting the pussy-grabbing child-molester in the White House. It's not a matter of republicans vs democrats anymore, although that's what the ennemies of your country would li...
[02:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:22] <exec> 08└─There's no indication that Europa Clipper will get cancelled. Maybe the optional lander portion of the mission will get cancelled.
[02:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:24] <exec> 08└─That's not good though is it? I thought the lander bit was the most interesting part of the project.
[02:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:26] <exec> 08└─Soylentils?! Really, nobody knows the reason why the guy lost? I know for a fact that there are many regular contributors here who are old enough to know the real answer why this guy is gone. Sigh: ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS—EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
[02:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:29] <exec> 08└─You get that I'm of the "A pox on both their houses" variety, yes?
[02:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:31] <exec> 08└─I was the leader of a decent sized grassroots activist group in the 00's. We were active in a lot of electoral races, one of which was the NYC mayor's race. The guy we backed against the self-funded billionaire lost. When we held the election post-mortem, one of our members, a paraplegic in a hovero...
[02:38:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RamiK [1813] 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 200 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:50] <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".
[02:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03braddollar [5445] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:31] <exec> 08└─I'm all for it, but I was wondering if maybe there was some deep connection to normal topics that I was unaware of. Such as: Perhaps Creme de Menthe has become preferred drink of programmers everywhere, but nobody is openly admitting it so sub had to ask somewhere? Maybe somebody developed a new car...
[02:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:33] <exec> 08└─Had this been a question about Mountain Dew I'd agree.
[02:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:35] <exec> 08└─Maybe you could run a comparative study between yeti poo that uses Creme de Menthe vs. Peppermint Schnapps. Study participants can easily be recruited at a nearby freshman dorm (or grocery store parking lot on Friday nights, if you don't have a college nearby.) Chart the results across various axes...
[02:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:37] <exec> 08└─Eating asparagus changes the smell of urine How much creme de menthe to get an effect? Experiments required. For science!
[02:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:39] <exec> 08└─The ONLY redeeming quality of the stuffy old-person restaurant my parents used to take me to a few times a year was their Creme d'Menthe on vanilla ice cream dessert. Served in a tall, chilled metal parfait dish, it made up for having to smell fried fish for an hour.
[02:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03dw861 [1561] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:41] <exec> 08└─I have memories of eating something like this as a child, though I seem to remember it setting in the fridge rather than the freezer. Whatever the differences, my mom probably used less creme de menthe, or it evaporated somehow before being fed to kids. We called it grasshopper pie.
[02:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:44] <exec> 08└─You lie. Bing is for the lowest of the proles. And, Google is sinking almost as low. Big boys use the duck. Real men just reach through the screen, and manually drag answers out of the web.
[02:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:56] <exec> 08└─Houston cleaned up its act in large part by pushing gasoline refinement offshore, when Rita and Katrina took out the offshore refineries they moved it back onshore and polluted worse than ever for at least a year (I don't know if/when they ever got it cleaned up again, we left town in 2006, in large...
[02:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:58] <exec> 08└─Catapult launch for commercial aircraft, great idea, don't see it happening anywhere. Meanwhile, for the next 20 years, you can buy a ticket to emit more CO2 from your share of jet fuel than your car will emit all year, for the low low price of $329 round trip, cross country.
[02:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:00] <exec> 08└─Mostly those plants are taking the byproducts of refining fuel for those cars and turning them into other profit streams.
[02:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:02] <exec> 08└─your closed windows are no match for the death angel.
[02:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:04] <exec> 08└─You think you're not? Interesting.
[02:42:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:07] <exec> 08└─Who said anything about trickle-down?
[02:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:29] <exec> 08└─The last author was publishing papers (as last author, meaning probably had a supervisory role) in at least 1996, so I doubt only millenials are responsible. https://scholar.google.co.uk
[02:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:57] <exec> 08└─New Zealand rates [employment.govt.nz] randomly picking San Diego, where $32,000pa [glassdoor.com] is "noErmal". Loos like $16 would have covered both..!
[02:45:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:45:52] <exec> 08└─Making fun of the Clown Prince is unhealthy.
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[03:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:16] <exec> 08└─They could take the stuff directly from my blood plasma. I drink so much dark coffee it's green.
[03:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:17] <exec> 08└─So if the roasting process makes these compounds, then espresso would be even better?
[03:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:19] <exec> 08└─If coffee is linked to selfish genes, and selfishness is linked to alzhiemers, perhaps the mechanism of action is selfishness. https://www.thehindu.com! [thehindu.com] http://www.eldercareresourcesoklahoma.com
[03:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:45] <exec> 08└─As mentioned above: "skipping a MAGA rally, and how he was not a firm Trump supporter" Failure to fully support Trump means no enthusiasm. Lots of never-Trump republicans lost their seats in this past election. Those who supported Trump did better. You aren't American, so I guess you understand us v...
[03:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:47] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Lander_(NASA) [wikipedia.org] https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] The lander would be nice to have, but won't be entering the internal ocean, which is what we would want from an aggressive, multi-billion dollar Europa landing...
[03:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:49] <exec> 08└─Without delving too deeply into the politics of it, Europa ought to be a more ardent target of our collective search for life. We're pretty sure there are significant amounts of liquid water there. Life on Earth evolved in our oceans, so it stands to reason it could well have done on Europa. Closely...
[03:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:51] <exec> 08└─I don't know about "likes Trump". Maybe "accepts Trump". Maybe "grudgingly respects Trump". I, for one, still insist that the election campaign was between the Court Fool and the Wicked Witch. So far, the Court Fool hasn't done us terribly wrong.
[03:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:53] <exec> 08└─I just think those two have sexy names. Some of the others could use name changes. How about that former planet, Pluto? Thanks to Disney, Pluto is just a dumb sounding dog's name. No one wants to go to Pluto, just to become one of many fleas on a dog's ass. Europa? It just sounds sexy. Pretty much a...
[03:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:55] <exec> 08└─There may actually be more proof of action at Enceladus. Hydrogen Emitted by Enceladus, More Evidence of Plumes at Europa [soylentnews.org] Complex Organic Molecules Found on Enceladus [soylentnews.org] Europa Plume Sites Lack Expected Heat Signatures [soylentnews.org] (you subbed this one) The icy...
[03:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:59] <exec> 08└─When I was in the Navy, I'd drink the stuff. I drank anything, if some chick recommended it. The hotter the chick, the more ridiculous stuff I'd drink. Today - blehhh. I'll stick with a beer now and then, or a shot of Scotch whiskey. The AC who thinks you're stupid is only about fifty times stupider...
[03:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:01] <exec> 08└─Well, I've never seen a cod get stuck inside of a rocket engine, have you?
[03:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:03] <exec> 08└─> not the same news over and over again Thanks -- you get it! I'm the AC submitter with the bottle of Hiram Walker brand green (it's very old, no idea if this is still available). One of my tech related submissions is languishing in the queue right now, my hit ratio might be a little better than Ari...
[03:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:05] <exec> 08└─"pile of vomit that smells of mint." I had a girlfriend once who took a bottle of Goldschlager to a Halloween party. Nobody else could stomach more than a joke shot of the stuff, so she wound up drinking most of the bottle herself. She spent most of the night projectile vomiting sparkly gold-flecked...
[03:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:07] <exec> 08└─If the cap makes a good seal, most alcoholic beverages last for ages. If you happen to get a poorly fitting seal, you can come back to an opened bottle, to find that the alcohol has evaporated. We ought to be aware that not all bottle caps are equal.
[03:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:09] <exec> 08└─Real men just reach through the screen, and manually drag answers out of the web.
[03:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:12] <exec> 08└─One of those infinite shows on Ancient Egypt they run on cable said beer was the pharaoh's soldiers' daily ration of food + drink (they fermented it by throwing chunks of sourdough bread into the barrel).
[03:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:14] <exec> 08└─In the US there's a major holiday coming up this week that revolves around eating and drinking too much. Perhaps Soylentils can experiment with different concepts and re-convene to compare notes after the holiday and horrific hangovers have passed.
[03:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 975 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:16] <exec> 08└─Bingo! Said benefactor was a very smart little old lady who lived down the street. She really did die at 95, no remaining family, but a large group of devoted friends. No kids, outlived her husband. We had a nice memorial dinner for her, don't think the restaurant/bar would have appreciated if we br...
[03:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:18] <exec> 08└─I've never had grasshopper pie but I have had a drink called a grasshopper.
[03:40:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:20] <exec> 08└─Low beer or Small beer as it was commonly known. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[03:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:42] <exec> 08└─Every single "solution" seems to disproportionately hit the poor and middle class, while the rich can still enjoy their private yachts, massive houses, private aircraft, and other trinkets of wealth.
[03:44:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:31] <exec> 08└─Inconsequential. Diminutive. Inappreciable. Evanescent. I hope that's commensurably delineated the matter for you.
[03:45:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed - 243 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:32] <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].
[03:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:51] <exec> 08└─Until I saw this story I would not have thought it possible to attain the age of 18, speaking english as your first language and not know what trivial meant.
[03:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 918 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:52] <exec> 08└─As additional info, this whole story is so ridiculous sounding (a student called Daniel Snakez, and most news media seems to be re-reporting a story from Australian media, who aren't going to present the most positive view of NZ) that I took the highly unusual step for a web board of trying to track...
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[04:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:59] <exec> 08└─Trump doesn't drink coffee.
[04:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:00] <exec> 08└─Does coffe protect against TDS?
[04:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:02] <exec> 08└─I must be fucking immune! Finally something good comes form having my piss smell like espresso.
[04:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:04] <exec> 08└─Humans naturally act in their own self interest, its no less natural than other things puritans try to ban like sex and fun. I dont get the mental effect behind it, its like somehow depriving yourself feels like a productive activity. I guess its a demonstration of self control.
[04:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:06] <exec> 08└─No. Sorry. The roasting creates these compounds. Extracting coffee from ground beans doesn't happen at hig enough temperature tomchange anything. Cold extraction wouldn't change anything, either; Just use the darker roast, whatever coffee makijg method you wish (except instant.)
[04:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:09] <exec> 08└─They're afraid that if they have too much fun on earth, they won't get to heaven. So they try to make their miserable metaphysical problem everybody else's. Without evidence that heaven exists and that this is necessary to gain entrance, it's completely irrational.
[04:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 968 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:11] <exec> 08└─It didn't mention how much caffeine is found in coffee blossom honey. Were that enough to be of interest to humans, it could provide a second source of income for coffee farmers. The article did say that coffee nectar has very little caffeine in it, however honey has quite a lot more sugar in it tha...
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[04:38:13] <exec> 08└─Hehehe, the coffee smell when you are leaking into the urinal.
[04:38:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 854 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:32] <exec> 08└─Like most republicans, AND democrats, you don't get it. It's not a matter of him being a republican, it's a matter of him supporting the pussy-grabbing child-molester in the White House. It's not a matter of republicans vs democrats anymore, although that's what the ennemies of your country would li...
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[04:38:45] <exec> 08└─"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that..."
[04:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:46] <exec> 08└─The court fool, or jester, was usually highly intelligent. Yes, his job was to entertain, but also to present unpalatable truths to power in a way that didn't end up with his head on a spike. People who were stupid did not last long in that role.
[04:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:01] <exec> 08└─A bit of a different story is sometimes a good thing. All grey tech news gets a little dull, even with all the Win10 and Intel shenanigans in the daily feed. A shot of Menthe while installing yet another Mint on a formerly Windows machine. Ah... yes.
[04:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:02] <exec> 08└─> booze/dairy combination is not very kind on the stomach Never heard of anyone having problems after drinking spiked eggnog, which is also booze/dairy. Do you have a reference, or just personal experience...?
[04:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:04] <exec> 08└─you first If you want something to practice with, you could try green Scope mouthwash...
[04:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:07] <exec> 08└─You know, I was thinking that but it seemed obvious so didn't write it. But yes, absolutely, nice tight screw-on cap. Corks have to be kept wet. Otherwise in umpteen years you have some green syrup.
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[04:40:18] <exec> 08└─It's not like they can open a window or get that far away from it!
[04:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:28] <exec> 08└─Wow, so those golden parachutes are against the law?
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[04:42:29] <exec> 08└─Really surprised to see you having a go at France, I'll bet you have a lot in common with the French, http://fishinglicence.eu [fishinglicence.eu] France offers a wide range of fishing opportunities. You can fish for 83 different fish species in more than 500,000 km of brooks, 15,000 km...
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[05:38:47] <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,...
[05:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:43] <exec> 08└─I haven't tried that "submit better stories" routine.
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[05:40:21] <exec> 08└─the problem we observe is that galaxies behave as if they have more matter generating gravity than we are able to observe...we can't find any problem with the theories
[05:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:08] <exec> 08└─Fair enough - by "poverty" I mean absolute poverty.
[05:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:09] <exec> 08└─unlike the rich that squirrel it away
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[05:42:12] <exec> 08└─You only notice this when it comes to climate change? Every solution the bourgeois propose to attempt to reconcile the inherent contradictions of capitalism (such as the build up to world war 3) disproportionately hits the working class--and what's left of the middle class as they continue sinking d...
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[05:42:35] <exec> 08└─I too shed a single perfect tear for the folly of the Millennials. The folly of my generation was so much better!
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[06:37:36] <exec> 08└─What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI
[06:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:30] <exec> 08└─Right. To illustrate the risks of half-arsed missions. Drilling down and founding microscopic life demonstrate what? The preexistence of that life or the contamination of the probe? If the latter and the contaminant microbe survives/thrives, we may never know for sure if we didn't actually kill the...
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[06:38:31] <exec> 08└─Enceladus may be less sexy, but she's intriguing!
[06:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:52] <exec> 08└─Jeez, three quarters of the way down the line before someone suggests Grasshoppers. As if there's anything else to do with a bottle of CdM. (Ok, there are [thespruceeats.com]... but Grasshopppers are the perfection of Creme de Menthe and anything else is a novelty drink (ok, so are Grasshoppers but...
[06:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:54] <exec> 08└─When you have your family over during the holidays, server them vanilla ice cream with it poured over the top. Even the kids. It's super good.
[06:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:56] <exec> 08└─If the OP is one for baking, how about making a chocolate (layer) cake, and putting Creme de Menthe in the buttercream frosting? It wouldn't use it up quickly, but that's no problem. My mother-in-law only recently finished a bottle of banana liqueur that had been knocking around since the 70s, using...
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[06:42:23] <exec> 08└─So you figure if people have no bread they should just eat cake?
[06:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 1334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:11] <exec> 08└─They were down on Phobos. Pollux got up from where he had sprawled on the deck-plates – and bumped his head on the overhead. After that he tried to walk like Jason Thomas. He had weight, real weight, for the first time since Luna, but it amounted to only two ounces in his clothes. "I wonder how hi...
[06:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:19] <exec> 08└─Not to worry: Alexa will be around to witness the crime. [sophos.com]
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[07:38:55] <exec> 08└─Wow, so much crap can be written because somebody sick said she feels better when after eating beef and her father decided to do the same. Btw, he has a lot of good things to say for people like you aristarchus.
[07:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:57] <exec> 08└─Mmmmm - point taken, but even so, some names are more intriguing and/or more sexy than others. A good for instance is Steven, or Stefan. Same name, really, same roots, but Steven sounds manly, and Stefan sounds - uhhhhhh - not feminine, but less manly at least. But, then, we're back to "Beauty is in...
[07:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:59] <exec> 08└─I suspect that was probably true in classier courts. I also suspect that many a petty king was nothing more than the strongest brute in the area, with some cunning and guile. No real brains required to keep him amused.
[07:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:01] <exec> 08└─This is one of those times when RTFA will help you.
[07:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:25] <exec> 08└─I had one case of about twenty months. Asked the wife to pick up some Scotch, and she did so. Went through about half the bottle in a couple months, then just didn't want any again for awhile. The holiday season rolled around again, and I reached for the bottle. The goo at the bottom just didn't loo...
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[07:41:06] <exec> 08└─Kinda like that Pauli guy making up a tiny particle just to balance some equations, I'm sure you would have gone on about him making up science as well.
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[08:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:10] <exec> 08└─What is this "fda" going to do?
[08:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:12] <exec> 08└─So many reasons it ain't gonna happen, why even try to troll about it ?
[08:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 962 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:21] <exec> 08└─What I learned here, was that people are selfish. Not all people, but enough people to make a difference. And, the SJW refrain of White Privilege. People, in general, were accepting of this new bus schedule. Far more people were going to benefit, than the number of people who might lose a little. Bu...
[08:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:39] <exec> 08└─The French use espresso machines but with a lighter roast than is used for espresso
[08:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:20] <exec> 08└─Feels better? The man is a charlatan, besides being a psychologist! This has all the markings of critical thinking that back up gluten-free diets and vaccinations causing autism! Science, my dear and less-than-optimally-functioning AC, science and philosophy are the way to truth, not anecdote and Y...
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[08:40:55] <exec> 08└─I suppose that plastic wrenches would be alright in a lot of applications. They wouldn't do me a lot of good, the way I use tools, in the environment that I work in. But - space. Controlled atmosphere, low humidity, generally pretty clean. Stuff doesn't oxidize, rust, anodize, or whatever like it do...
[08:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 902 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:42] <exec> 08└─Lots of locals make spurious claims. Among the claims that I grew up "knowing", was that Western Pennsylvania had the most plant diversity either in the world, or in the Americas, or in the United States. It was taught to us repeatedly, all through school. I still believe that the "fact" is probably...
[08:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:46] <exec> 08└─Thanks -- I stand corrected. I got "National History" from TFA -- I know, silly me: should never read those ;) Still, the main point remains unchanged: if after 13 years of formal education, a substantial proportion of students still aren't familiar with as common a word as "trivial", clearly the sy...
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[09:38:54] <exec> 08└─It recently came to my attentions that algorithms don't matter. That 90% of programmers forget all the math and formal combinatorics analysis they've learned as soon as they get their diplomas and that the only people buying algorithms books are the academics that never wrote a commercial piece of c...
[09:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:26] <exec> 08└─We all need darker roasts, apparently [worldlifeexpectancy.com].
[09:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:38] <exec> 08└─Yep. Until about roman times, pretty much all bread that wasn't flat was sourdough, and beer used the same yeasts. Eventually, breweries got big enough that byproducts of alcohol production (the "barm") was used (for people who could afford it at least) until yeasts started to be grown industrially...
[09:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:39] <exec> 08└─You shouldn't really be handling pie crust enough enough for it to form gluten anyways. Cut in your butter, mix until it holds together and shape.
[09:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:24] <exec> 08└─Whilst I've always been a dark matter skeptic, as the popular description of the models aren't particularly predictive, so can't be tested, these vids did help persuade me that the scientists aren't just pulling a god-of-the-gaps (or "aliens!") type argument: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com
[09:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:26] <exec> 08└─Possibly the last hadron collider. However, there have long been plans for e-e+ colliders with a similar energy to LHC. Electrons are harder to pump as much energy into, as they're lighter. However, you get cleaner collisions from them, as you're not smashing bags of varied, and perhaps virtual, qua...
[09:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:28] <exec> 08└─What a horrifically biased and unscientific article. Oh, it's Scientific American, I guess that's to be expected. Detection of the Higgs was *not* a function of the maximum energy of the LHC, as long as the beam energy is sufficient, it's a function of the tech that's behind the detectors. This coul...
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[10:38:40] <exec> 08└─I'm gonna dust and revive that C64.
[10:38:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:41] <exec> 08└─That what my boss Scott Lydiard told me in 1988 was that reason that the military was "very interested in RISC". But much of what used to be RISC is now very complex.
[10:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:43] <exec> 08└─You can get pretty far with the Amiga: http://www.apollo-accelerators.com [apollo-accelerators.com]
[10:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:55] <exec> 08└─What is this "fda" going to do?
[10:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:57] <exec> 08└─make algorithms transparent, regulated, and forgiving of the flawed creatures that converse with them
[10:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:59] <exec> 08└─Yea, I read that but its nonsense. What exactly are they going to do? Also I skimmed that story and she says her favorite algo is "geoprofiling", so I dont think she knows much about algorithms.
[10:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:11] <exec> 08└─Well, you learn something new everyday, today it was that there are actually places in the USA where "the privileged elite" send their kids to public schools. Need to look on the bright side sometimes - Boston's public schools must be awesome (far better than the parts of the USA I've been to) if th...
[10:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:12] <exec> 08└─What I learned was that AI has reached the point where it can optimize schedules and provably save money, but the next frontier is the ability to use current computer text/image/audio/PSTN/video communication interfaces to: convince the affected people to 'discuss' the matter with it, and subsquentl...
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[10:44:46] <exec> 08└─> "The local extinction rate, according to the new study, reached as high as 85 percent in the hardest-hit places." > > So, not extinct. There was an 85% die off, and that only in the hardest hit places. That leaves 15% to repopulate those hardest hit places, amirite? """ In the soils of Yungay, and...
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[10:44:47] <exec> 08└─YFI. Rain is predicted, based on atmospheric models, to fall there every hundred years or so, and it's know to have so done. Rainfall was not unprecedented at all. Two rainfalls in three years was unprecidented. However, this is a lesson in the implications of having a Poisson distribution. It may h...
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[11:38:45] <exec> 08└─Off topic: Google Search for Fuck MDC [google.com]. I get 470,000 hits; and you?
[11:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:01] <exec> 08└─The obvious name for this new administration would be ADA, Algorithm and Data Administration!
[11:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:15] <exec> 08└─From the original submission: The lessons learned from Boston’s effort to use technology to improve its bus routing system and start times provides a valuable lesson in understanding how to ensure that such tools aren’t used to reinforce and increase biased and unfair policies. They can absolute...
[11:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Blymie [4020] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:23] <exec> 08└─To be fair, the article doesn't say that he lots his seat because of him pushing for it. What the article does say, is that it demonstrates that it was seen as a liability, because the political attack ad (shown in the article), uses his stance on science -- and this mission, to denounce him as .. w...
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[11:41:53] <exec> 08└─While it is true you shouldn't be mixing enough to develop gluten, lots of folks overdo it by accident, or tear the crust and end up re-rolling or add too much flour during rolling or whatever. Adding high proof alcohol has been shown to help mitigate gluten development with some of this, resulting...
[11:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03xorsyst [1372] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:46:30] <exec> 08└─Room temperature - that can just be a thermostat, not sure why you'd want that remotely controlled at all, and when you're in the room it hardly matters what it is - but sure, still it on the "room computer" that manages everything else.
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[12:39:17] <exec> 08└─RISC definitely was of interest due to potential to be provable (probably still is - I don't do Mil-stuff anymore). x86 has never been RISC, though some of these attacks work on ARM too. Fundamentally though, "You can prove that it works." does not actually mean that something else is unable to see...
[12:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:32] <exec> 08└─Prevent and slow advancement in programming, enhance the profitability of algorithm patents and patent trolling by making alternative algos illegal, increase hardware sales by making certain more efficient algos illegal, increase hiring of middleman and lawyers for regulatory reasons, make free soft...
[12:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:46] <exec> 08└─"At the time, I had no contact with the MIT researchers who designed the algorithm."
[12:40:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 266 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:34] <exec> 08└─Soylentils?! Really, nobody knows the reason why the guy lost? I know for a fact that there are many regular contributors here who are old enough to know the real answer why this guy is gone. Sigh: ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS—EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
[12:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:53] <exec> 08└─NASA has means to decontaminate their spacecraft up to a point. If they start taking samples and find more microbes than could be expected to have come from the spacecraft, that would point to an extraterrestrial origin. But if they find fish-like organisms down there, then we're golden.
[12:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03splenolymph [5495] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:21] <exec> 08└─Save all but one bottle for the 28 days later style apocalypse. You never know when that stuff might come in handy!. With the remaining bottle.. mix 1:1 it with a cream liqueur - such as baileys (irish) or amarula (south african) - this results in something called a 'springbok' and it is quite enjoy...
[12:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:22] <exec> 08└─If you have an imagination and a girlfriend / wife you could have lots of fantastic sticky sex...or I suspect that in your case you could use your hand and pretend you have a girlfriend but still have great sex... Showering together after is fun too. Protip: Use old sheets on yer bed too...
[12:43:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 2001 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:46] <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...
[12:43:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Unixnut [5779] 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1061 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:51] <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...
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[12:44:56] <exec> 08└─I'm willing to kill anyone with your ideas
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[13:37:45] <exec> 08└─DeBeers has been manipulating the diamond market with artificial scarcity for years now anyway and inflated demand with their "diamonds are forever" campaign and other things pushing diamonds as the choice for engagement rings. Of course they're reacting badly to anything that threatens their near-m...
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[13:37:47] <exec> 08└─World’s biggest miner plans Hong Kong diamond auctions to spur impulse buys of ‘girl’s best friend’
[13:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich26189 [1377] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:57] <exec> 08└─I've suspected this is why local (and national) so called news shows here in the US just flood the viewers with simultaneous video, audio and text crawling along the bottom of the screen along with lots of cuts in the scene. All the better to implant their narrative without conscious processing. It'...
[13:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03splodus [4877] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 2457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:29] <exec> 08└─I’m sure people are gonna hate this, cos it’s REGULATION! However, I think she’s got it dead right with her drugs and snake-oil analogy… Now of course you can take the line that ‘people should be able to mix St Johns Wort with glucose and claim it cures cancer – and the free market will...
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[13:38:43] <exec> 08└─white people, stood to lose some benefit
[13:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:20] <exec> 08└─You follow Alton Brown, don't you?
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[13:41:22] <exec> 08└─True, but it will still make it easier to handle. It can also allow you to use a higher protein flour, which will promote browning of the crust, with less caution. Different techniques and recipes for different problems: Too much browning - add a little bit of acidic ingredients (lemon juice, vinega...
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[13:41:24] <exec> 08└─You got peppermint oil in an alcohol solution... peppermint oil contains a ton of stuff including menthol. Menthol cigarettes are overwhelmingly a black person thing. The FDA is banning menthol vape juice and cigs and getting called 'racist' for doing it. So would you be doing a nice thing by civil...
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[14:38:30] <exec> 08└─It's not like we didn't know that already. This strategy is actively used in both marketing and politics. Why convince someone with good arguments when you can just Oh look! A squirrel!
[14:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:59] <exec> 08└─no peon, you should only run code vetted by a trusted authority that can do you no harm.
[14:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:00] <exec> 08└─Add a pearly white horn that spews rainbows on demand and I'm on board with this plan.
[14:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:02] <exec> 08└─Only a sick jewish mind could come up with more regulation and central control. Remember how they love communism and hijack all good things and corrupt them. A person writing an algorithm (walking their dog | using a pencil | repairing their electronics | repairing their home | ...) answerable to au...
[14:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:04] <exec> 08└─She uses the example of court-room AI to decide on bail cases. It’s only a matter of time before companies are selling expert systems that claim to make sentencing ‘objective’ - and ultimately assist juries in deciding guilt. Do we want those systems to be secret? Free from regulation?
[14:40:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 409 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:37] <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...
[14:40:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 91 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:56] <exec> 08└─Write one quick or you'll get 'Ask Soylent': "Why are Aristarchus submissions rejected?" :)
[14:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:55] <exec> 08└─That "goo" was the good stuff! Just add water (or not), grain alcohol, stir, enjoy.
[14:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:57] <exec> 08└─Its kind of like how legal abortion has killed 15 million black people [...] Hitler killed fewer Jews than Roe v Wade has killed blacks.
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[15:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:33] <exec> 08└─Try to launch a crowdfunding campain to raise that kind of money for medical research on cancer or malaria, or environmental solutions, or science research and education, or space exploration, or peace efforts throughout the world, and you would fail miserably. But for a stinking, worthless, mind-nu...
[15:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:34] <exec> 08└─Star Citizen and its developer and publisher Cloud Imperium Games have been raising money for the game for several years.
[15:37:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 332 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:44] <exec> 08└─DeBeers has been manipulating the diamond market with artificial scarcity for years now anyway and inflated demand with their "diamonds are forever" campaign and other things pushing diamonds as the choice for engagement rings. Of course they're reacting badly to anything that threatens their near-m...
[15:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:47] <exec> 08└─Why are lab-grown diamonds not considered "real gems"? They are absolutely diamonds in a chemical sense. They are more pure than natural diamonds.
[15:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:58] <exec> 08└─where?
[15:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:59] <exec> 08└─I want my I want my MTV Dunno why, well, now I do.
[15:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 2419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:35] <exec> 08└─is pretty arrogant. I can say so, from having done too much of it over the years. The FDA is an apologist for the health insurance industry, not a regulatory agency. Same goes for the EPA, DOE, and FCC. Only once in a while do they actually come up with standards that create interoperability between...
[15:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:13] <exec> 08└─"Starbucks brand 100% Arabica instant coffee (Starbucks Via InstantTM) " Who the hell drinks instant? Hopefully the effect transfers to brewed coffee as well.
[15:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Hotels are on the Rise - 2281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:06] <exec> 08└─Any decent electric strike lock will fail secure or fail open as required. But then can always be opened from the inside by the use of... a handle - complete physical override of the selected setting to facilitate escape. Or break-glasses which literally cut to the power to the lock overriding any s...
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[16:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:48] <exec> 08└─But for a stinking, worthless, mind-numbing fucking video game
[16:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:49] <exec> 08└─If they want respectability, they ought to put an end to the fundraising. As it is, they'll never put out a game, no matter how awesome it may be, that will live up anywhere close to the hype of this. "$200M-plus, and this is all they could put out???" On the other hand, which game was fundraising a...
[16:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:51] <exec> 08└─There are all sorts of charitable organizations that each raise hundreds of millions every year to (supposedly) address some medical issue. AHA is nearly a billion each year itself. Most of this goes to unnecessary or needlessly expensive administrative stuff and unreproducible in principle research...
[16:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:53] <exec> 08└─Waiting for the flood of Star Citizen apologists of their sunk-costs fallacy "purchase". I am not calling SC a pyramid scheme yet; but what do you think would happen if people stop paying for more virtual ships? Do you think Roberts would keep developing the game, or would he call it "done" and rele...
[16:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:56] <exec> 08└─Because the American Cancer Society has a better chance of curing cancer than Star Citizen has of releasing a game.
[16:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:07] <exec> 08└─As far as I can tell, the reason they aren't considered "real gems" is that it's possible to create them without slave labor. Seriously, the amount of misery that has come from people liking shiny rocks is absolutely horrifying.
[16:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:09] <exec> 08└─With this we can flood the market with gems that are discernible from slave-labor gems, and run them out of business.
[16:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:11] <exec> 08└─*indiscernible
[16:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MindEscapes [6751] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:15] <exec> 08└─Because of the one word to rule them all, "Marketing"
[16:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:22] <exec> 08└─Boston's public schools are pretty awesome, as are Cambridge's the next town city over across the river (where MIT is). The high school looks like a college campus, and they have robotics classes in school. And if anything the cost of housing in the city over the past few years being out of control...
[16:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:25] <exec> 08└─haha you must be new here.
[16:42:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:02] <exec> 08└─Yeah, caps that don't seal... I wonder if you heard that from a teenager who might have been covering for something? If there is a teenager in the house, I'd look there before looking at the caps!!
[16:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03cykros [989] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:04] <exec> 08└─Instead of googling, try looking at the bar of links on the top left of the page. Specifically the one that says "Journals".
[16:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:49] <exec> 08└─> that theoreticians are by now pretty much out of ideas. You have it backwards. Theoreticians have now explained all of the experimental data. There is nothing left to do but wait for the experimentalists to catch up.
[16:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:50] <exec> 08└─> first seismic tremor Yes. See for example slides on ATF test beam to test beam stability system. https://indico.cern.ch [indico.cern.ch] There are also links in those slides to the main design document...
[16:44:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Spamalope [5233] 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 611 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:53] <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...
[16:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03TrentDavey [1526] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NZ Petition to Pass Exam Over Trivial Meaning - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:07] <exec> 08└─As in: "This milk is pizzled". I don't know, you'll have to ask Mr. Philip K. Dick
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[17:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:55] <exec> 08└─maybe the person was trying to be helpful. :) like "hey, jackass! update your shit!"
[17:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:56] <exec> 08└─You know, my neighbors weren't happy about when I made a similar "lock your upper story windows" argument.
[17:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:58] <exec> 08└─I hate humanity so fucking much. Nothing's sacred. A charity for dying children taken over with cryptomining malware. Absolutely disgusting.
[17:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:00] <exec> 08└─You're probably ascribing morals to a small script.
[17:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:02] <exec> 08└─It's highly unlikely that they were targeted by a specific person. Most likely, there is some server somewhere configured to blindly hit public IPs, look for specific vulnerabilities, and then exploit them when found. Anyone who actively monitors firewalls are used to seeing random incoming traffic...
[17:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:20] <exec> 08└─> I think at some point, they decided it was more lucrative to sell the idea of $product than to actually build one. A concept so old that even the ill-gotten patents have expired.
[17:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:21] <exec> 08└─Waiting for the flood of Star Citizen apologists of their sunk-costs fallacy "purchase".
[17:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:23] <exec> 08└─Every company/ charity needs to be good at it or no matter how good their product/ service, they'll die. The only products excluded from this rule are viagra and the immortality pill (whenever it gets developed)
[17:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:39] <exec> 08└─Well, I can understand their attitude. Blood diamonds are especially valuable. Those upstart Chinese are going to offer people diamonds without a blood history. They're just valueless, as well as worthless. DeBeers washes their diamonds in oceans of blood, so that you get the very best value in diam...
[17:38:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:41] <exec> 08└─We were whispering in the darkness. The conversation touched on wildlife, poachers, and rhino horns. I asked if she would like a real rhino horn, and she said yes. But, the discerning young lady knew immediately that this horn wasn't taken from a rhino. Women are smarter than we like to give them cr...
[17:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:43] <exec> 08└─Such negativity ! Not all diamonds are washed in blood. Many are washed in sweat of poverty, and tears of working children. Artificial diamonds ? How dare you not think of the children ?
[17:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:45] <exec> 08└─With this we can flood the market and run them out of business.
[17:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:59] <exec> 08└─Anyone with children knows that no external request or demand can be processed while the eyes are riveted to the blinky screen.
[17:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:00] <exec> 08└─The real place this happens is advertising. Back in 1978, J. Mander, a former advertising mogul, raised this point in "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" - the technical events test. It's a relatively simple test that demonstrates that shows are not normally permitted to be more inter...
[17:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 1876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:15] <exec> 08└─I certainly understand not doing Mil stuff. The military boys are wont to make unreasonable demands, and think they're not asking for all that much. Formal verification of a computer system, yes, it's possible to do that, but at what price? Even when money is not an issue, it can still take years to...
[17:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:16] <exec> 08└─RISC was easily decodeable, which invites deeper decode queues, which encourages attempting to prefetch more... ... and therefore Spectre!
[17:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:41] <exec> 08└─you don't have to set up a parasitic, unconstitutional bureaucracy, ffs. just make a law that says all government purchased software must be Free Software. done.
[17:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 1672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:42] <exec> 08└─Having written commercial software almost four decades, I find that even for boring business and accounting software the things I learned in CS did and still do matter to this very day. It is important to understand algorithms if you want efficient and correct code. Examples: I shouldn't use this al...
[17:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03splodus [4877] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 2209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:44] <exec> 08└─Thanks for that. You are quite right – I’ve assumed there’s no regulation just cos I’m not aware of it, and she hasn’t mentioned any, but works in the field – so I’m just guessing she would have said if so... If there is regulation that you’re aware of, I’d be grateful if you’d l...
[17:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:47] <exec> 08└─Open Source is the reason why this won't happen. All the big businesses now use open source. So much so that Microsoft Loves Linux now, haven't you heard? We're talking Google, IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP, Amazon, Netflix, and many others, including even Microsoft. An attempt to make any of that open...
[17:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:49] <exec> 08└─I can only throw in my support if we also have a plank for good dental hygiene, including a law requiring people to brush their teeth.
[17:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:51] <exec> 08└─I'm certain the angle of "this will get us more programmers who menstruate regularly" is lurking in here somewhere.
[17:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:09] <exec> 08└─The real issue is that family schedules are difficult in the first place and many employers are inflexible. For example, the school changes it's schedule and suddenly the 7 year old that used to get home from school within minutes of a parent or older sibling is home alone for 2 or 3 hours.
[17:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drinking Coffee May Reduce Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:33] <exec> 08└─Being selfish is not the same as acting in your own interest. Indeed, most selfish people act against their own interests; they just don't understand it.
[17:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03danmars [3662] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:55] <exec> 08└─The only time I've ever bought/used the stuff was to make a "Grasshopper Pie" one time. Not bad, though you'll take a long time to go through it.
[17:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils Design for $5 Billion Particle Smasher - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:42] <exec> 08└─LHC was $10B. CepC would be more like $50B as it is ~4 times the size and will use a more demanding magnet design. ILC is about $10 B The summary didn't mention FCC, which is the CERN version of CepC. Try fitting a 100 km ring near Geneva! Colleagues at CERN scoff somewhat about the CepC - but of co...
[17:44:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 190 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:27] <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.
[17:45:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fuel Protests in France - 1044 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:37] <exec> 08└─Yes, driving my car produces a certain amount of air pollution. I'm yet to be convinced that it's "the big concern" in the USA right now. Sure, certain concentrated areas, I could see it being a real problem. Silicon Valley, New York, DFW, pretty much all of the major metropolitan areas will have a...
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[18:38:04] <exec> 08└─You know, my neighbors weren't happy about when I made a similar "lock your upper story windows" argument.
[18:38:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ilsa [6082] 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 476 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:07] <exec> 08└─It's highly unlikely that they were targeted by a specific person. Most likely, there is some server somewhere configured to blindly hit public IPs, look for specific vulnerabilities, and then exploit them when found. Anyone who actively monitors firewalls are used to seeing random incoming traffic...
[18:38:08] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 135 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:09] <exec> 08└─Someone was wishing they had truckloads of money. So, they set up a money making scheme on the make-a-wish site. How is this a problem?
[18:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:11] <exec> 08└─actual_chuckle.ogg
[18:38:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 62 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:24] <exec> 08└─But for a stinking, worthless, mind-numbing fucking video game
[18:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:32] <exec> 08└─release something playable.
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[18:38:34] <exec> 08└─in a global sense, probably. In more focused projects done by Really Rich People,, targeting other Really Rich People, not so much. Efforts like those done to set up the Knight Cancer Institute do work. ($1 billion or so raised, to match the $500 million given to it initially by Nile's Phil Knight)....
[18:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:55] <exec> 08└─Yes, well, you'll agree that sweat and tears are rather mundane. People can excrete both by the gallon. Blood, on the other hand, is limited to a few pints. For REAL value, we can take those blood diamonds, and steep them in fresh brains. Fresh human brains, spattered from the skull with either a ma...
[18:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:56] <exec> 08└─The segmentation of the industry between diamond producers, polishers, and ring-makers, is a real problem, preventing what would be the most exclusive and special experience: Diamond rings delivered in a very cute box on the hand of the very cute child who mined it. Them darn customs in Antwerp ruin...
[18:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:58] <exec> 08└─> They are the one corporation that I genuinely fear. They sell diamonds. I'm pretty sure they rank far below Monsanto, Dow & friends, Big Pharma, Big Oil, most of Wall Street ... on the list of evil corporations to be worried about.
[18:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:00] <exec> 08└─Granted, I am not married and even if I was getting hitched there most likely would not be a diamond involved, as I'm not that type of person. But I do buy a significant amount of diamond tooling, typically off eBay and from China. As I understand the equipment is ready to make jewelry quality diamo...
[18:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:03] <exec> 08└─Says the Microsofter.
[18:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03splodus [4877] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:01] <exec> 08└─I wouldn’t object to that – but is it realistic? Would a law like that ever get passed in the US? I don’t think it could happen in the UK…?
[18:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 1274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:03] <exec> 08└─>>>> Examples: I shouldn't use this algorithm because it is just wrong for this application or will have a huge performance impact. Having written embedded systems firmware for four decades, I find that most embedded work is done by EEs, and I was the only CS person they had ever met, and they had n...
[18:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:05] <exec> 08└─For those who miss the joke, ADA is a programming language developed by DOD specifically to address software quality by building it into the language. https://en.m.wikipedia.org(programming_language) [wikipedia.org]
[18:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 1877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:23] <exec> 08└─A new way may indeed be "better" (for some definition thereof), but destabilizing established patterns has costs. This story has nothing to do with AI or algorithms, beyond the basic definition that any consistent set of instructions for performing an operation or computation can be called an "algor...
[18:41:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:34] <exec> 08└─If i am not mistaken TMB was being critical of the guy and mocking users for their paartisanship.
[18:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:35] <exec> 08└─He has tanked our reputation, wasted money, and rolled back a ton of regulations. Maybe you just need to pay more attention.
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[19:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:22] <exec> 08└─The corralation between violence and child abuse and people who "think of the children" and demand these kinds of studies is likely quite high.
[19:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:24] <exec> 08└─I recently read an article blaming online porn for reduced sexual activity in millenials. So by that logic violent video games should reduce violence since it allows for a release. I'm not agreeing with or disagreeing, just pointing out how in one instance we expect more(violence) but the other get...
[19:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:26] <exec> 08└─Does the person getting shot in the video game enjoy it ? Because in porn, the girl being treated like shit acts as if she enjoys it, biasing the perception that the behavior is acceptable in real life, however painful it actually is. Does the violent video game portray being the victim of the viole...
[19:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:28] <exec> 08└─They tested the "Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour" by varying the realism of violence in games. What they didn't test was games against other uses of one's time. I claim that the game content doesn't matter much, but games still cause behavior issues. When playing games, you get a cons...
[19:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:39] <exec> 08└─How about targeting flexible tech to my-arms-are-not-flat wearables, instead ?
[19:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:55] <exec> 08└─What kind of person would compromise a site that grants wishes to dying youngsters?
[19:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:57] <exec> 08└─And in the meantime here's a crypto currency donation to you
[19:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:17] <exec> 08└─So what is it actually supposed to be in the end? Some kind of souped-up version of Elite?
[19:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:18] <exec> 08└─Call me an apologist if you like, but I see 6 years development for a major label as "6 years because we already have our infrastructure." Star Citizen started without that - they had to build everything from scratch except for the base engine (which they licensed and STILL had to customize almost b...
[19:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 1014 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:20] <exec> 08└─The problem is that Star Citizen used crowd-funding, which means they don't just have to please most players, they have to please all funders, by order of funding amount. If a funder wants something you need to provide it. So, they have to have a proper space-flight simulator for that crew, RP eleme...
[19:38:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MindEscapes [6751] 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 53 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:37] <exec> 08└─Because of the one word to rule them all, "Marketing"
[19:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:48] <exec> 08└─> Granted, I am not married and even if I was getting hitched there most likely would not be a diamond involved, as I'm not that type of person. If you're a straight guy buying a wedding ring, your opinion of diamonds is not the important opinion.
[19:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:49] <exec> 08└─But is it a diamond-tipped rhino horn?
[19:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:51] <exec> 08└─Lab grown diamond is real diamond. Synthetic diamond is real dimaond. Did you mean natural instead of real? Because synthetic diamonds are every bit as real as natural ones.
[19:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 787 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:53] <exec> 08└─> If you're a straight guy buying a wedding ring, your opinion of diamonds is not the important opinion. If your partner doesn't accept your beliefs, you probably shouldn't get married. A nice ruby, sapphire, or emerald cluster ring can be quite attractive, and all of these can be synthetic. DeBeers...
[19:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:56] <exec> 08└─We should work to fix that then. More research into CVD should help.
[19:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:09] <exec> 08└─Avoid shitty JJ Abrams movies, and other Hollywood trash, and read more books
[19:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:26] <exec> 08└─> The result? Seven new possible attacks. Who cares? What are their NAMES? That's what's important! If it's not something ominous, it's nothing to worry about! I propose: Revenant Apocalypse Harbinger Pandemic Apocalypse 2: Electronic Boogaloo FindsYourPornStash and OMGSomeoneClonedHitler.
[19:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:00] <exec> 08└─What exactly are they going to do? More specifically, what are they going to do that NIST doesn't do already?
[19:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:01] <exec> 08└─That's a different world than I live in, but I hear what you're saying.
[19:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:03] <exec> 08└─ADA: * American Dental Association * Americans with Disabilities Act
[19:41:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 568 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:07] <exec> 08└─I have never heard of the bloke myself, but I am wondering what an 8-term Texas Republican has to do to lose his seat? It can't be because of his support for a particular space project. That's just not credible. I had a quick search, but the only thing I could find was about him skipping a MAGA ra...
[19:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06When Space Science Becomes a Political Liability - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:35] <exec> 08└─Fish-like organisms? Clearly, you have not seen the movie. Tentacles, dude! Japanese got there first.
[19:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:14] <exec> 08└─Does it go well with Sterno?
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[20:38:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 310 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:09] <exec> 08└─I recently read an article blaming online porn for reduced sexual activity in millenials. So by that logic violent video games should reduce violence since it allows for a release. I'm not agreeing with or disagreeing, just pointing out how in one instance we expect more(violence) but the other get...
[20:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:12] <exec> 08└─I think of this a bit like the people who have been trying to convince us that cell phone cause cancer. Despite 20 + years of effort they still can't provide evidence.
[20:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:14] <exec> 08└─I was finishing up High School when the Columbine shooting took place. This was exactly the thought of me and most of my friends at the time. Had a bad day? Fire up Quake, Half Life or whichever game was big that year. Turn the codes on and blow things up - it's a better way to blow off steam than g...
[20:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 2166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:16] <exec> 08└─First off, I don't have a problem with responsible adults enjoying violent video games. If someone is going to perform a violent act, then they clearly have other problems. However, I doubt these sort of experiments are going to pick up any significant change in behavior from playing the games, as t...
[20:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:19] <exec> 08└─"That was fun, shoot me again"
[20:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:21] <exec> 08└─Though I've seen more than one modern puritan insisting that porn is responsible for the skyrocketing number of rapes happening right now. You know, the skyrocketing number there's no evidence of.
[20:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 810 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:23] <exec> 08└─These results aren't necessarily comparable to previous results. The reason is that most previous studies were undertaken in America, and Americans and Brits are different. This happens all the time in psychology. Usually, the impact is that psychological effects unique to Americans are improperly p...
[20:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:25] <exec> 08└─Because in porn, the girl being treated like shit acts as if she enjoys it, biasing the perception that the behavior is acceptable in real life, however painful it actually is.
[20:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:34] <exec> 08└─I use both a phone and a tablet for various content consuming activities, and having one device able to be both things would be great. I won't be buying the Royale however, or the Samsung device as it is going to take several years for manufacturers to figure out how to make it all work, then figur...
[20:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:36] <exec> 08└─I'll consider getting a flexible phone once Apple "invents" it in 5 years or so.
[20:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:38] <exec> 08└─it is going to take several years for manufacturers to figure out how to make it all work, then figure out the little wrinkles that actually make a usable device.
[20:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:57] <exec> 08└─Let me guess, the kids being bombed happen in a third world country, and not in the West. And it was some western terrorist sitting in an office pressing a button to bomb a school full of children ... in a third world country thousands of miles away.
[20:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:21] <exec> 08└─I've never heard 6 years referred to as "several years" before. Several is more than 2 and less than many, although I personally tend to think more in the 6/7/8 range (where few would be 3/4/5), mainly because of the similarity to "seven". https://www.cbsnews.com
[20:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 1122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:22] <exec> 08└─I am seeing massive scope creep, bad regressions in every new build, half-assed gameplay, bad performance, and no resemblance of a release schedule. I am not sure if they ever will release a game close to what their current scope is. On the other hand some of the technology that they are building is...
[20:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:25] <exec> 08└─Fwiw, performance got a lot better with the recent 3.3 release ("Q3" even though it just recently went to the live universe/servers). Object container streaming (OCS) seems to be doing what it was promised to do.
[20:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:27] <exec> 08└─couple (2) < few (3-5) < several (6-9)
[20:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:29] <exec> 08└─In the end, even if they fail to produce a game and go insolvent, I hope that the technology and the most competent of the developers will be acquired by other companies and included in their games
[20:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:02] <exec> 08└─Well, manufactured diamonds can be distinguished from mined diamonds, as mined diamonds have more imperfections, especially when viewed with a loupe or microscope, and can fluoresce differently when exposed to UV light, and can also phosphoresce differently. You can also discern differing patterns i...
[20:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:37] <exec> 08└─Perhaps it's impractical to eschew speculation altogether, would be too much of a performance hit. But, is it really so burdensome for the hardware to make permission checks before doing the speculative execution?
[20:41:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:35] <exec> 08└─Can we not teach the computers to "convince" human beings of anything? Unequal distribution of persuasiveness is a breeding ground for demagoguery. In other words, when one group is more persuasive than the rest (and one group would initially have exclusive access to convincing computers), you tend...
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[20:41:36] <exec> 08└─This, absolutely. The problem isn't that the algorithm came up with a bad answer. The problem is that the people using the algorithm thought people would just trust them and the results of the algorithm. In other words, they failed to politically justify themselves. The job of a politician is to com...
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[21:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:54] <exec> 08└─I apologize for forgetting to mention that guys and trannies also likely get the shit beat out of them (I'll let others do that research), in ways that essentially all would ellipse as "it pays the bills".
[21:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:56] <exec> 08└─And there's no link between advertising and sales, or political propaganda and votes. So, that means the Russians did nothing but make some noise on Facebook. And that means we can talk important things... like baseball, and the weather. You think the Cubs will have to wait another hundred years bef...
[21:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03splodus [4877] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:58] <exec> 08└─Very much this! I’ve never even seen a gun! Let alone fired one! I wouldn’t know where to get a gun – I don’t know anyone who could. For pretty much everyone in the UK – there simply are no guns. So a computer game with guns is pure fantasy for us – ‘we’ (UK citizens) can’t be ‘p...
[21:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:00] <exec> 08└─In this case, it raises a peculiar question: are Americans in any way more susceptible to 'priming' than Brits? Data point: jmorris
[21:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:02] <exec> 08└─Very different scenarios here. Show me the advertising and propaganda that makes people engage in the worst moral offenses. Military propaganda would fit the bill, but that only opens more of this complex nutshell. I don't know why I bothered responding to you, you're obviously an AC troll pushing p...
[21:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:04] <exec> 08└─I see, so anything you disagree with or don't understand is "Pro-Trump"... The pathology you suffer has a name, but I forget what it's called. And "morals"? Please! Do tell!
[21:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:06] <exec> 08└─But watching too much Great British Bake Off causes you to attack each other with knives...
[21:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:20] <exec> 08└─Two years might be a little optimistic, but you might be right. I wonder what Apple is making of this? Have they the courage to make a foldable phone?
[21:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:21] <exec> 08└─Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. [9to5mac.com]
[21:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:23] <exec> 08└─I wonder what Apple is making of this?
[21:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More on Royole's Foldable Smartphone, the FlexPai - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:25] <exec> 08└─Oh yes. I had forgotten they were first to market with a bending phone.
[21:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Make-A-Wish Website Crammed with Coin-Mining Malware - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[21:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:16] <exec> 08└─Tends to be what I usually think. Although "a couple of beers" tends to be more than 2. XKCD however have different views: https://www.xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[21:39:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 1506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:49] <exec> 08└─They do wasabi, too. If you like sushi, you'll be familiar with that green stuff served with it. But the thing is, even if called so, it's not wasabi. If you're lucky, it will have one percent of wasabi content, with the remainder being horseradish, green colour, and fillers. The pure stuff (sometim...
[21:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:08] <exec> 08└─This strategy is actively used in both marketing and politics.
[21:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:03] <exec> 08└─Algorithms are math, what's there to regulate? You cannot make bubble sort run in O(log n) worst case any more than Indiana can define the value of pi through legal fiat. I mean, I guess you could make using bubble sort illegal, punishable by death, but where's the fun in that? What I see is someone...
[21:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:04] <exec> 08└─As above
[21:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:21] <exec> 08└─If you're all that worried about gluten, use a gluten-free flour! Cup4Cup's blend is good for flaky pastries. Personally, I have my own mix of sorghum, tapioca, and almond flours with potato starch and xanthan gum, but I don't remember the exact proportions. The Gluten-Free On A Shoestring website h...
[21:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03doke [6955] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:44:22] <exec> 08└─Get a vanilla milkshake. Mix in Creme de Menthe. Get a good Shamrock Shake.
[21:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walk, Don’t Run, on Martian Moon Phobos - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:56] <exec> 08└─Nice one... Now, people looking for drink recipes with creme de menthe will end up in this discussion about the escape velocity of a martian moon... Did you consider that before posting to the wrong article? Well, did you? The shame you bring to your family must keep them awake at night grinding the...
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[22:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hemimastigotes: A New Kingdom of Eukaryotic Microbes - 838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:37] <exec> 08└─These sorts of discoveries raise some questions to me: Is it possible there are many more undiscovered branches? It certainly seems possible. If these guys only live in the soil of Nova Scotia, it seems possible (or even likely) that the soil of Northumberland or Queensland might have a similar, bu...
[22:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hemimastigotes: A New Kingdom of Eukaryotic Microbes - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:38] <exec> 08└─Yes it is possible. With a billions of years of natural selection (or just good fortune) ending up with the survivors we know about, there could be just as many that never got far enough to leave a fossil record we will discover. The fact that these little buggers are still alive means there could b...
[22:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:06] <exec> 08└─Alan Dean Foster, "Quozl", had a race of aliens who engaged in ULTRA-violent video games (more like holodeck) exactly so that they would NOT be tempted to act that way in real life. I'll bet there is more difference in the individual than in the game; some people will play FPS and say "that was fun...
[22:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 1540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:07] <exec> 08└─You're making the assumption that the reduction in sexual activity is due to a sexual release provided by online porn. Quite frankly, that assumption in of itself needs to be tested. There could be different dynamics at play, body dismorphic disorder, or any one of the other socially deleterious eff...
[22:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:09] <exec> 08└─Are we talking about video games or porn?
[22:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 1896 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:11] <exec> 08└─It would seem that there is an underlying problem here, the idea that violent video-games are violent or for that matter have any kind of connection to reality. No matter how cool the graphics or how awesome the physics engine. There just are not any transferable usable skills between shooting peopl...
[22:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:14] <exec> 08└─According to Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin... blame the continuing occurrence of U.S. mass shootings on America’s culture that "celebrates death" through zombie television shows and abortion. [newsweek.com] Of course, this is the same Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin that a year ago blamed violent vide...
[22:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:16] <exec> 08└─I’ve never even seen a gun!
[22:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 1273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:18] <exec> 08└─Blame Canada [youtube.com] And for those that want to sing along... Time's have changed Our kids are getting worse They won't obey their parents They just want to fart and curse Should we blame the government? Or blame society? Or should we blame the images on TV? No, blame Canada, blame Canada With...
[22:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:20] <exec> 08└─Slightly touching on one of your points. I think our culture in the USA is to blame for our gun problems. If guns weren't so glorified in movies, music, video games, and language, we would have fewer problems. People will always kill each other, but in the states you solve your problems by grabbing...
[22:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:25] <exec> 08└─They will not be because it's a good way for devs to get paid twice for same thing. Nobody gonna pass a chance like that..
[22:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:27] <exec> 08└─I'd like to hear whatever happened to that Firefly Online game allegedly in development. Ever since that gag order on the developer to never produce updates on their current developments again, it's truly been quiet hasn't it?
[22:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:59] <exec> 08└─There is also wasabi grown in soil, but some people claim infrerior quality to those grown in streams. Maybe they are wasabi snobs.
[22:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spectre, Meltdown Researchers Unveil 7 More Speculative Execution Attacks - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:34] <exec> 08└─I'm gonna dust and revive that C64.
[22:41:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:13] <exec> 08└─Software Correctness Active Mentoring is doublespeaky enough for me.
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[23:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:40] <exec> 08└─Ok, here you go [spacetelescope.org].
[23:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:41] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deep_fields [wikipedia.org] This list has some non-Hubble deep fields.
[23:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:43] <exec> 08└─I am currently listening to "Tales from Topographic Oceans" which might go really well with this movie. I should probably give Mr. Whitacre's music a chance I suppose, but something tells me that they did this right sometime before 1976.
[23:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:45] <exec> 08└─But no boobs? Pass.
[23:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:47] <exec> 08└─Nous Sommes du Soleil! One of my favorite albums (and I do mean albums; you don't cram Roger Dean art onto a tiny CD cover!).
[23:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hemimastigotes: A New Kingdom of Eukaryotic Microbes - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:59] <exec> 08└─They're probably inbred, with alcoholic damage to the DNA.
[23:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hemimastigotes: A New Kingdom of Eukaryotic Microbes - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:01] <exec> 08└─Yeahbut... OK, not Plant, Not Animal, Not Fungus. Why are they not then Protists [wikipedia.org] by definition? Granted, the Protist label is just as confusing [shmoop.com] a label in some ways. And, so I was taught in Microbio, the Protist category itself may be spilt up when the professional micro...
[23:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:38] <exec> 08└─You don't know where to get a gun? Just 3D print one.
[23:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:39] <exec> 08└─Because in porn, the girl being treated like shit acts as if she enjoys it, biasing the perception that the behavior is acceptable in real life, however painful it actually is.
[23:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:41] <exec> 08└─Yes.
[23:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 1068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:43] <exec> 08└─You'll notice in some porn they look like they're having fun. In others they don't. Over the years I've noticed that there is certainly a sort of man who likes unhappy looking porn. I get the impression that these aren't guys who have lots of sex and the thought of having good sex is more or less fo...
[23:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:46] <exec> 08└─> it's prudes like you WTF did that come from ? Not from the comment you're replying to, for sure. Projecting much ?
[23:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:48] <exec> 08└─I think AC was referring to your assumption that porn actresses who engage in 'rough play' movies never enjoy it. I will freely concede that there are almost certainly individuals in the porn industry who engage in acts purely to 'pay the bills', but I am equally convinced that some of those actors...
[23:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:50] <exec> 08└─Propagandists try very hard to fake facts, and it can be hard to tell who's lying and who's telling it straight. Whereas video games are like fiction. They aren't trying to pretend they're reputable and reliable news reports or scientific findings, they're entertainment and they don't deny it. Somet...
[23:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:00] <exec> 08└─I am still waiting on the B5 game :(
[23:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Citizen Hits $200 Million in Crowdfunding - 1838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:02] <exec> 08└─At some point you have to ship. They are nowhere near ready for that. This is DNF all over again. What we wanted was another wing commander. What we are getting is privateer 5.0 and taking 6 years to do it. 6 years is an eternity in software development. Consider the rust language did not exist at t...
[23:40:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 228 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:15] <exec> 08└─As far as I can tell, the reason they aren't considered "real gems" is that it's possible to create them without slave labor. Seriously, the amount of misery that has come from people liking shiny rocks is absolutely horrifying.
[23:40:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 305 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:20] <exec> 08└─Well, I can understand their attitude. Blood diamonds are especially valuable. Those upstart Chinese are going to offer people diamonds without a blood history. They're just valueless, as well as worthless. DeBeers washes their diamonds in oceans of blood, so that you get the very best value in diam...
[23:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06China's Lab-Grown Diamonds Look Good - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:37] <exec> 08└─Don't forget PBS. They created Barney.
[23:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, but Inhibits Conscious Processing - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:55] <exec> 08└─So true, when watching older movies/TV, you get long scenes with slow panning, then an appropriate scene cut to the next, well scene. Whereas these days, some shows are at the point of unwatchable with MTV style scene cuts every 3 seconds. The mind is almost settling down to digest the scene, then b...
[23:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Need an FDA For Algorithms - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:56] <exec> 08└─The world needs less millennial nitwits like you. If you spent more time teaching your students C, and less time teaching them how to code gender-selection algorithms in Ruby on Rails, the world would be a better place.
[23:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:18] <exec> 08└─Hmm -- you make a strong argument.
[23:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:19] <exec> 08└─Borrowing cold war (?) terminology, we are currently experiencing a "persuasion gap" with the Russians based on influence cues we observed shortly during the election. Mr. President, we can ill afford to let the Russians get ahead of us, which is why we're asking for additional DoD and NSA funding f...
[23:48:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:23] <exec> 08└─They literally have instant access to the collective knowledge of mankind, yet waste their time thinking they are being productive when they are 'protesting' on twitter because there are not enough emojiis in the lastest update of some app or OS.
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