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[00:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:26] <exec> 08└─https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/probing-seven-worlds-with-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope [nasa.gov] Take a look at it with JWST, then we should learn a lot more. One mixed blessing for the JWST launch delays is that we have discovered a lot of interesting targets for it to look at. If JW...
[00:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:38] <exec> 08└─Is it the trolls' fault or the courts'?
[00:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:40] <exec> 08└─It would be better if this guy were to be declared a Vexatious Litigant. That way he needs the court's permission to bring any claim. According to Wikipedia, the only US state supporting this is California - perhaps the other states need to take a look? I'd also look at disbarring any lawyers who ag...
[00:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:42] <exec> 08└─Neither, the lawmakers (or those who elected them) for penning laws that allow such things to commence.
[00:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:31] <exec> 08└─It's not simple incompetence, but only incompetence about things that won't improve their ratings. I've seen pictures of minor disasters with carefully chosen camera angles to make them seem a lot worse than they actually were. And if the editor considers part of a story boring, he'll demand it eith...
[00:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:32] <exec> 08└─I gave you an underrated above so now you're a +1 Troll. ;-) I do agree with the sentiment that the media are inherently untrustworthy and manipulative -- I have a number of outfits in my /etc/hosts file so I can never accidentally give them traffic (NYT and WAPO being at the top of the list) -- and...
[00:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:34] <exec> 08└─I guess I just assumed that we are all technically qualified to use a computer here. Just put "Daniel Rigmaiden-american greed" into your favorite search engine. That should lead you to something like this: http://crimedocumentary.com [crimedocumentary.com] So if yo...
[00:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:36] <exec> 08└─Smoking crack isn't normal, captain. Put down the pipe.
[00:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:01] <exec> 08└─Ask about the early days of Apple and Microsoft. Both of those guys were anti-software patents in the early days while the businesses were growing.
[00:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:41] <exec> 08└─More than that, Palemoon is so dependent on Firefox that I am funny convinced that without it, Palemoon would either collapse under its own development weight or become even more of a haven for security holes.
[00:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:42] <exec> 08└─"Yes", "I" "still" "use" "Google" "well" -shop -price -sell -site:[snap*!] -site:[snap**!] ;) * - one of the biggest e-shop putting links to every problem. ** - forum aggregator who has stolen search queries database some time ago and is trying to get all people to their ad-infested pages. I get use...
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[01:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:31] <exec> 08└─JWST literally cannot fail, ie it will never launch and instead continue under development forever.
[01:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:32] <exec> 08└─Let's declare the grass is greener on exoplanets, guilt everyone on earth for causing global warming, then cram our political agendas down their throats.
[01:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:34] <exec> 08└─We all know how accurate they are. Let me guess, they're recommending that TRAPPIST-1 start buying carbon credits.
[01:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:36] <exec> 08└─Let's declare the grass is greener on exoplanets, guilt everyone on earth for causing global warming, then cram our political agendas down their throats.
[01:37:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Mykl [1112] 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 333 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:52] <exec> 08└─It would be better if this guy were to be declared a Vexatious Litigant. That way he needs the court's permission to bring any claim. According to Wikipedia, the only US state supporting this is California - perhaps the other states need to take a look? I'd also look at disbarring any lawyers who ag...
[01:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:54] <exec> 08└─Salty Spice! Maybe this copyright troll needs a programmer to help upload the bait movies and then trap & track the victims. Your attitude would be perfect for those people. You should apply today!
[01:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:18] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure that I'm convinced "socialism" is the best word for your concept
[01:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Australian Push For Encryption Backdoor in Wake of Alleged Terrorist Plot - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:30] <exec> 08└─I did not realise he was a mate of Joh's.
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[02:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:31] <exec> 08└─I made a porn and, not only did I not get any likes (fuck you down thumb idiots), I did not get a single penny for my work. This is an outrage! An outrage I say! The world wants to watch my 300 lb white ass teasing on cam, just like half the 18 y/o teenage hotties. They don't show the goods, they ge...
[02:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:59] <exec> 08└─It couldn't possibly be a balanced view that understands that Amazon is far from saintly but also isn't a mustache twirling bad guy!
[02:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:30] <exec> 08└─Pin locks on basement doors don't count.
[02:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:31] <exec> 08└─I'm not fake!
[02:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:40] <exec> 08└─Bold of you to assume that users know what folders are
[02:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:41] <exec> 08└─Because the current method for reading/writing files is uploading/downloading the entire file. If you're editing a 1GB file, that's undesirable. Having direct file access is clearly superior for this use case. (Also, take a look at the HTTP file transfer protocol at some point, it could be generousl...
[02:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06More Calls to Regulate Facebook After Soros-Related Opposition Research Scandal - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:48] <exec> 08└─Which results? The official ones. The ones that gave the ruling party 94.3% of the votes. About the same as always. Prove that the numbers are valid. Prove that they are not. Shouldn't be too difficult with your electronic contraptions counting the votes. You got records, right? If they are not val...
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[03:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:40] <exec> 08└─What is the point of this? Academics simply need to publish in open access journals. What is so hard about that? This seems like misdirection. *I know the real reason, most people in academic research now are careerists rather than legitmately trying to improve knowledge. So the real solution is to...
[03:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:42] <exec> 08└─So academics shouldn't try to get ahead in life? They are human, too. Collective action would help change the system. Even so, for second-tier journals, open access is growing. It's hard to see why that trend would stop.
[03:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:44] <exec> 08└─No, they should go do something else if they care about getting ahead more than growing knowledge and understanding. I would love to return to academia when they are gone.
[03:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:58] <exec> 08└─dude wtf. calm down
[03:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Brings New Climate Models of Small Star TRAPPIST 1’s Seven Intriguing Worlds - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:59] <exec> 08└─dude wtf. calm down
[03:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:19] <exec> 08└─You say that like it's a bad thing.
[03:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:20] <exec> 08└─Neither, the lawmakers (or those who elected purchased them) for penning laws that allow such things to commence.
[03:40:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:19] <exec> 08└─Have never used crack. Only tried any type of cocaine back in the early 70's. Quit smoking tobacco 10 years ago. Quit smoking weed shortly after that. Haven't had any alcohol since Thanksgiving dinner. I'm sure there are people on here that drink way more than I. Sorry if I was short with you. I wok...
[03:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:00] <exec> 08└─...the US is indeed the lesser of two evils.
[03:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:31] <exec> 08└─I'm funny convinced that you're uninformed.
[03:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:32] <exec> 08└─If you treat users like idiots they will become and remain greater idiots.
[03:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Australian Push For Encryption Backdoor in Wake of Alleged Terrorist Plot - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:06] <exec> 08└─...Perhaps Queensland is one of those jurisdictions that doesn't want their cops to be too smart.
[03:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Australian Push For Encryption Backdoor in Wake of Alleged Terrorist Plot - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:07] <exec> 08└─when are the people going to exterminate every mole that pops his head up trying to subvert the freedom of the people? there are no consequences for these parasites.
[03:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Proposes Raising Rural Broadband Speeds - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:45:17] <exec> 08└─Google Fiber provided 1 Gbps down, and 1 Gbps up. Symmetrical. But the lofty predictions about it changing the industry turned out to be false. It provided competition in just a handful of cities. Only satellite-based Starlink can save rural America now.
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[04:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:04] <exec> 08└─Mars landings are tricky to get right. It takes a circus-like series of steps with no do-overs. I'm sure everyone at JPL are biting their nails.
[04:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:15] <exec> 08└─If we could purge the careerists or at least encourage them to seek a different path in life hopefully that would get rid of the postmodernists.
[04:37:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 7572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:16] <exec> 08└─I'm very much in favor of moving toward open access for all scholarly publications, but there are very good reasons why a lot of people seem to be signing onto that open letter mentioned at the end, as well as finding other ways to question Plan S. (I'd suggest following the link and reading the con...
[04:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:18] <exec> 08└─Another side effect of OA publishing and "pay to publish" models: your journal brings in more revenue if you publish more. Which means there's an incentive for OA publishers to put out more mediocre or low-quality research. Either that or charge exorbitant fees that only rich universities and well-f...
[04:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:20] <exec> 08└─Doesn't liberate old knowledge held hostage by these publishers.
[04:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:24] <exec> 08└─The Sontaran jab at trans women every time they want to have an episode of lizard person Sherlock and lesbian Holmes is where I lost interest in Doctor Who.
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[05:37:03] <exec> 08└─On Earth, plate tectonics and the constantly churning mantle have altered the planet’s deep interior, obscuring its history and evolution. But Mars is a smaller planet and much less active than Earth, retaining the “fingerprints” of those earlier processes.
[05:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:05] <exec> 08└─Hope they have their feet-metres per second sorted this time. :) "Bah, we use elephant tails per whale heartbeat to calibrate our rate of descent." "Oh, African or Asian elephant? And, er, Blue Whale or Minky?" * splat *
[05:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:07] <exec> 08└─Now, now, c0lo! Let us not demean the Red Planet! After all, despite being named for the God of War, Mars has yet to develop an alt-right. In fact, now that I think of it, being the Red(-pillar) Planet, and names after Ares, the God of war and man-type stuff, or αρετή, after the god himself, Ά...
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[05:37:09] <exec> 08└─Trump Mars spaceforest deranged
[05:37:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 7572 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:21] <exec> 08└─I'm very much in favor of moving toward open access for all scholarly publications, but there are very good reasons why a lot of people seem to be signing onto that open letter mentioned at the end, as well as finding other ways to question Plan S. (I'd suggest following the link and reading the con...
[05:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:24] <exec> 08└─Yet another unintended side effect: many academic societies publish journals, which are often top journals in a field. The subscription costs and membership fees for such journals often provide a lot of other services for members of those societies, like funding grants of various kinds to support sc...
[05:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:58] <exec> 08└─Oops, skimmed too quickly. It appears that there are 5 US states [wikipedia.org] with Vexatious Litigation legislation - California, Florida, Hawaii, Ohio, and Texas. 45 to go!
[05:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:59] <exec> 08└─What if you really are the constant victim of infringement? And is Sony a vexatious litigant yet?
[05:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:02] <exec> 08└─Pretty much what HiThere above said. It is not a conspiracy, although the meaning of conspiracy really depends upon your level of cynicism. But really, there isn't one person who is controlling everything - it is just that large number of people have hidden biases and when they work together to form...
[05:41:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03prospectacle [3422] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 2241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:29] <exec> 08└─Good take. People often forget or deny that patents are state monopolies for private profit, as if they're naturally arising property rights (like simply owning a tool you built yourself). The great benefit to those who have the money and size to successfully abuse the patent system, is that they ca...
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[06:37:33] <exec> 08└─Why hasnt anyone designed a lounging-compatible workstation?
[06:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03ShadowSystems [6185] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:34] <exec> 08└─I'm clinging precariously to the planet by my buttocks. If I ever lose my grip I might fly off! *Cough* I need more caffeine...
[06:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:36] <exec> 08└─Shit like this passes as a "science research" these days?
[06:41:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 131 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:03] <exec> 08└─Allies ask Washington to drop Windows; they say "We're done with this shit...let it die." Then Justin Trudeau cried and apologized.
[06:41:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:29] <exec> 08└─Re-education camps vs being gang raped if officialdom takes a disliking to you. Social credit rating vs credit and facebook history deciding if you can work and live somewhere nice. Neither sounds very inviting, but at least China is honest about its authoritarianism.
[06:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:31] <exec> 08└─The US is a lot closer to my home. The US has repeatedly shown how quick it'll throw its allies and neighbours under the bus. China at least are consistent in their evilness, and are fairly honest about it. Shit, this article is a good example, is the American government trying to prop up its indust...
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[07:37:29] <exec> 08└─you gotta get people to care when the law is broken by those they put in charge to enforce it
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[07:37:40] <exec> 08└─I worked in a restaurant before graduation. I've done enough standing; I'll sit down for work now, thank you very much.
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[07:37:41] <exec> 08└─Work ergonomics has always been a subject of interest for management since industrialisation.
[07:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:56] <exec> 08└─Wow, anticrust, does this come naturally to you or is it medication induced? Either way, it's just not very good.
[07:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:47] <exec> 08└─If you really are a constant victim, you won't meet the criteria for vexatious litigant.
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[08:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 1759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:51] <exec> 08└─It happens that I once sat quietly at my desk at work for well over twenty four hours, getting up only to use the can or to make tea. I didn't even eat, not at all, because the passage of time was imperceptible to me. I've had other such experiences; this particular one took place as I studied to C...
[08:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:23] <exec> 08└─The publishers are refusing papers from researchers that dual publish and are increasing the subscription fees for their papers for universities that employ researchers that don't use their service. TL;DR: They're anti-competitive.
[08:40:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 291 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:21] <exec> 08└─"Hacker" used to be kind of cool. A bit edgy, to be sure, but cool. That hacking is now so firmly connected to criminality speaks to the fearfulness of society. The current anti-intellectual feelings made it worse. Better to be a bootlegger of alcohol during Prohibition than a hacker today.
[08:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:43:07] <exec> 08└─Modern browsers are already big, complicated beasts that have far more functionality than the Web needs or puts to good use. Seriously, show me pages with nice formatting, allow forms entry, and everything after that needs to be argued to hell and back for use cases before even considering adding it...
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[09:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How I Changed the Law with a GitHub Pull Request - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:05] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Washington,_D.C.#/media/File:Washington_DC_vs_US_total_homicide_rates.svg [wikipedia.org]
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[09:38:06] <exec> 08└─MrPlow writes in with a submission via IRC for SoyCow1984:
[09:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:34] <exec> 08└─Stop that, AC, you'll go blind! Potatoes, or no potatoes!
[09:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:36] <exec> 08└─That does nothelp if your descent vehole is a bowl of pettunias.
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[10:37:19] <exec> 08└─> I'm not sure why one would intentionally run sailors routinely to the point that if they had to keep going during an emergency they would potentially be starting in a sleep deprived state, A) Because getting more work out of less people is cheaper. B) Because STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING TIRED, SI...
[10:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:21] <exec> 08└─Related are the problems of working different shifts in a 24/7 operation like a working ship. Moving your awake/sleep time around the clock does strange things and it's common to fall asleep at inopportune times.
[10:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:23] <exec> 08└─I don't see it either. During exercises, where you are trying to simulate war conditions - sure. People need to know how to push themselves, and how to perform under less than ideal conditions. But on a routine basis? Nope, that's just stupid. That said, I've never been on a navy ship (I was once US...
[10:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How I Changed the Law with a GitHub Pull Request - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:34] <exec> 08└─1984: the year that Marty McFly learns how to play the guitar, learns how to drive, and meets his girlfriend, all while being closer and closer friends with Doc Brown! You'll never believe the excitement. The drama. The suspense, as he manages homework as well as everything else! This is the excitin...
[10:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:49] <exec> 08└─Roll your own? While house hunting, I looked at a house with hot tub between kitchen and dining/living area, with a convenient wall for a large screen. Someone must make a waterproof keyboard & mouse...
[10:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:50] <exec> 08└─...and also for people with chronic back pain. A couple of middle aged acquaintances have had very good luck reducing their back pain by alternating standing/sitting while they program. If you haven't had back pain yet, just wait...one of those delightful gifts of aging.
[10:43:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06New Australian Push For Encryption Backdoor in Wake of Alleged Terrorist Plot - 350 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:31] <exec> 08└─All they need do is communicate in some obscure dialect. I'm not even a linguist, but I've noted that the same names can be spelled and even pronounced in many different ways. So, you get a few tribesmen who speak back-country Arabic, or even some nearly dead tribal language. Good luck figuring out...
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[11:37:38] <exec> 08└─C) Well rested soldiers might be able to think through their orders and realize their commanders are ignorant idiots.
[11:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:40] <exec> 08└─i agree with previous poster: pay for 10 hours of work but require them to work 12+ or court martial. also this "news" might be a signal over open channels for people in the know, that "no" the planed " accidental" collision in the south china sea will not be happening and has been put on hold?
[11:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:05] <exec> 08└─if this much study, funding and public information would be invested in the perfect placement of wifi routers, the world would definitly improve for the better ... unlike sitting desks or standjng desks or ball chairs, perfect wifi router placement is not a personal preference.
[11:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:06] <exec> 08└─It happens that I once sat quietly at my desk at work for well over twenty four hours, getting up only to use the can or to make tea.
[11:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:24] <exec> 08└─Let us not demean the Red Planet!
[11:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mars InSight Lander on Course for Monday Touchdown at 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC) - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:25] <exec> 08└─Either way, it's just not very good.
[11:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:50] <exec> 08└─Started poorly -- the second episode was the worst, but it's recovered strongly since then and there have been some brilliant episodes. As a season it certainly beats the Capaldi lot, and the Matt Smith / Clara ones, but it's still a long way from the heights of Smith/Ponds, Eccleston/Rose, Tennant/...
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[11:39:51] <exec> 08└─> That's OK, I'm sure "The Witchfinders" is is a not-so-subtle dig at white men for witch hunts conducted hundreds of years ago Except the villan was a white woman who was fighting an infection (she wasn't possessed other than by fear). The only village in england won by a woman and they had to erad...
[11:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:54] <exec> 08└─through added costs that are passed on down the chain we all pay for them one way or another
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[12:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:15] <exec> 08└─Am I allowed to pay with IOU tickets? When that happens, I won't protest you being able to pay with your own IOU tickets. The point of the state paying us with its IOU is that it also demands that we pay it for protection, and it accepts its own IOU for that. That means the state's IOU has value. I...
[12:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:30] <exec> 08└─Isn't it the same issue with doctors and nurses? The problem is who we put in charge to manage our skilled people. They aren't skilled people themselves, they haven't done the job (in many cases). They are good at managing spreadsheets and making graphs. There is even an "advanced degree" for these...
[12:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 3578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:31] <exec> 08└─Swing shift, basically. Or, rotating shifts. No one is ever permanently on a shift. Duty sections rotate, everyone has a day of sunlight, everyone has a midshift, everyone has a dog watch, and everyone has a first watch. With four or more sections, those swing shifts are somewhat easier on you, with...
[12:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:33] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure why one would intentionally run sailors routinely to the point that if they had to keep going during an emergency they would potentially be starting in a sleep deprived state, but there you are.
[12:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:35] <exec> 08└─if they had to keep going during an emergency
[12:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 1285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:37] <exec> 08└─The common phenomena of working so much that one rarely gets enough sleep is discussed in Martin C. Moore-Ede's "The 24-Hour Society: The risks, costs and challenges of a world that never stops". That a passenger jet's flight crew had not got enough sleep resulted in that plane having flown right pa...
[12:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:40] <exec> 08└─The Norwegians have blamed women drivers, for example. OK, not quite, but some commentators have noticed that the Norwegian battleship which crashed and sank recently had "Fire av fem navigatører på fregatten KNM Helge Ingstad er kvinner." https://forsvaretsforum.no (T...
[12:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:42] <exec> 08└─That's a form of paranoia that is common among soldiers who are unable to get enough sleep during a protracted battle.
[12:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:13] <exec> 08└─I was hired at that particular shop because I knew all about calibrating CCD image sensors, as I had been taught how by a Caltech astronomer I once worked for, then performed for my own CCD images when I worked a three-day observing run at the sixty-inch telescope at Palomar Mountain Observatory. Wh...
[12:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:50] <exec> 08└─it just has to be a viable alternative. Market forces will do the rest. . oh and obligatory "/s/closed access journal/RIAA//MPAA"
[12:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:52] <exec> 08└─If I publish in a "second rate" journal, I don't get as much funding. If I don't get as much funding, I can't push all of the ideas and research that I want to push. Funding instead goes to bob/brenda down the road who I know have worse research.
[12:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:54] <exec> 08└─Just for those who don't know, the current model is that: * Researchers push their paper to arxiv or equivalent. This is okay as researcher still owns the copyright. * Researchers then push their paper to journal. The unfortunate thing is that the journal paper gets cited, not the arxiv paper. It is...
[12:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 1361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:30] <exec> 08└─You don't need them, believe me. Because I'm looking out for you. And for all our beautiful American workers. Who I always put first. People don't know this, I starred in porn too. The very best -- Playboy. With Darlene and Carol. The sexy twins. Years ago but it's still a big seller. Because of me....
[12:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:04] <exec> 08└─You say Life Lessons, I say ill-informed, misguided, destructive propaganda.
[12:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:06] <exec> 08└─Industrial secret. Good lock.
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[13:36:51] <exec> 08└─does alcohol go bad?
[13:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Food-Safety Detection by MIT’s RFIQ uses RFID and AI - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:52] <exec> 08└─Give the AI radar eyes and let it learn which food is bad for humans. We're safe now.
[13:37:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 431 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:12] <exec> 08└─> I'm not sure why one would intentionally run sailors routinely to the point that if they had to keep going during an emergency they would potentially be starting in a sleep deprived state, A) Because getting more work out of less people is cheaper. B) Because STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING TIRED, SI...
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[13:37:18] <exec> 08└─Swing shift, basically. Or, rotating shifts. No one is ever permanently on a shift. Duty sections rotate, everyone has a day of sunlight, everyone has a midshift, everyone has a dog watch, and everyone has a first watch. With four or more sections, those swing shifts are somewhat easier on you, with...
[13:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:26] <exec> 08└─We don't climb the ladder because that makes god angry with us. Only incels climb the ladder.
[13:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:00] <exec> 08└─Management can save money by not having to buy office chairs.
[13:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:01] <exec> 08└─ymmv
[13:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03aclarke [2049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:03] <exec> 08└─I have a height-adjustable desk. I stand until I feel like sitting, then I sit until I feel like standing. I probably am 50/50 each position over the course of a workday. This seems like the best of both worlds although some employers don't want to spend money on their employees. I'm self-employed s...
[13:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:40] <exec> 08└─as a panel reviewer - *this*. If only a single publication/year was allowed, there would be academics that published useful stuff every leap year. The best example of a good publication (my bias - I was impressed) was the GFP(Green Fluorescent Protein) one that led to the Nobel . The paper had prett...
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[13:38:41] <exec> 08└─As a researcher, two more things: 1. Price of publishing in OA journals is usually high enough to eat funds dedicated to e.g. conference. This is quite large problem in some universities, if they have to choose between visibility in conferences and in journals. 2. Title piracy. Seriously, I have no...
[13:41:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:25] <exec> 08└─Apparently, neither do ATM card PIN codes - mine has been the same 4 digits since 1985.
[13:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Progress Launch Timelapse Seen from Space - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:21] <exec> 08└─...if you can't hear screams? . I love the percussion (sound effect?) timed exactly with the core stage separation. That would have been appropriate in a big screen production. . And better writeup than my sub, so i can't even ninja gripe with any enthusiasm.
[13:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:48] <exec> 08└─How can I get Midori to list the files on my hard drive in some semblance of alphabetical order?
[13:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Australian Push For Encryption Backdoor in Wake of Alleged Terrorist Plot - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:44:23] <exec> 08└─The sort of women who watch cop dramas, legal dramas, or medical dramas think exactly like that. They are just the late night replacement for the soaps the majority of women watched in decades past (and a dwindling number of housewives still watch today.) The scariest part is quite a lot of them hav...
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[14:37:37] <exec> 08└─Bank notes aren't IOUs. Not since the gold standard was dropped. This isn't accepting bitcoins for paying taxes. This is making a deal with an exchange, for PR, I assume, while the exchange gets a preferential position for earning those exchange fees.
[14:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:01] <exec> 08└─> That was all that I ever saw of Portland, England. You didn't miss much.
[14:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Work Resumes on Telltale's Final 'The Walking Dead' Season - 679 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:56] <exec> 08└─And the racist handcuffed to the roof threading into a *LOT* of other plotlines throughout the next 2-3 seasons and had an effect long after that. Having said that, the stupid remains, and just to be even funnier, it's now been lampooned by Z Nation, which imho is turning into the better zombie show...
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[14:44:19] <exec> 08└─Or only buy computers capable of running registered memory. And that is ignoring the speculative execution and other timing/race leaks in modern processors. Very little hardware can be considered secure from either hackers or state level adversaries largely because of the commercial limitations of a...
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[15:37:20] <exec> 08└─https://www.libreoffice.org/ [libreoffice.org]
[15:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03eravnrekaree [555] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:22] <exec> 08└─Does Libreoffice have a comparable feature that would do the job and work better than Excel feature? Libreoffice can work well, and can be used for generate Office documents. However, I have heard that there are still some corner cases and features of Office that Libreoffice does not support.
[15:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:24] <exec> 08└─What will become of us? I'm sure, like everyone else here, Excel is my default tool of choice for combining text strings - I cannot conceive of how I will cope without the CONCATENATE function! In other news I also iron my clothes with a hammer.
[15:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:26] <exec> 08└─My word processor of choice is MS Paint. You can type text with it. Erase it. Re-arrange portions of text. Far superior to typewriter and paper. How did we ever do without such an amazing tool!
[15:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 1555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:28] <exec> 08└─This is just the next nail in the coffin of "old fashioned" software that didn't require a subscription. I'm WAY more worried about people sending me spreadsheets with CONCAT and TEXTJOIN functions that a perfectly functional copy of Office 2003 can't open, let alone 2007/10 or 2016 unsubscribed (if...
[15:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:30] <exec> 08└─"I still keep my copy of OpenOffice and keep it current and try to use it once in awhile, " you should probably move to libreoffice...use your internet machine to understand why.
[15:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TechieRefugee [5665] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:32] <exec> 08└─LibreOffice has both, although strangely, =CONCATENATE expects you to enter each cell individually, separated by commas, while =CONCAT will happily accept a range of cells. Both just skip over empty cells though if you try to add 'em in.
[15:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Shire [5824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:34] <exec> 08└─In an enterprise environment, LibreOffice Calc is a poor substitute for Excel for anything beyond relatively simple spreadsheets. And if, like most companies, you already have invested in highly complex Excel spreadsheets you're going to have one hell of a time convincing management to even try to...
[15:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:37] <exec> 08└─I've found it incredibly convenient for one offs when I have a list of strings that I need to manipulate quickly. I'm actually seriously pissed off about this. Looks like I'm going to have to familiarize myself with LibreOffice, or maybe get a regex tool.
[15:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Food-Safety Detection by MIT’s RFIQ uses RFID and AI - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:48] <exec> 08└─RTFA "For this study, they used pure alcohol and alcohol tainted with 25, 50, 75, and 100 percent methanol; baby formula was adulterated with a varied percentage of melamine, from 0 to 30 percent."
[15:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Food-Safety Detection by MIT’s RFIQ uses RFID and AI - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:49] <exec> 08└─If an alcoholic beverage can have a worm in it, then it can have a tiny RIFD tag in it. This can be expanded to other food safety. By putting RFID chips into the food, the health of the human and how the food is processed can be monitored. Eventually the ratio of RFID tags to food substance can be c...
[15:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:00] <exec> 08└─The bitcoin is handed directly to bitpay. They in turn process it, filing the transfer record attached to your ohio tax form payment stub. Ohio gets their amount, and bitpay gets some percentage tacked on above that as the transaction fee. This is of course ignoring the fact that paying with bitcoin...
[15:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:01] <exec> 08└─That's right. They're not IOUs. They're just counterfeit Green Backs, printed at will and loaned to the federal government with US indentured servants' taxes as collateral for the loan.
[15:38:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crafoo [6639] 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 314 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:17] <exec> 08└─Isn't it the same issue with doctors and nurses? The problem is who we put in charge to manage our skilled people. They aren't skilled people themselves, they haven't done the job (in many cases). They are good at managing spreadsheets and making graphs. There is even an "advanced degree" for these...
[15:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:28] <exec> 08└─D) Practice for time of war when the luxury of 8 hours of sleep is not feasible
[15:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:30] <exec> 08└─>you were battered and tossed, in your bunk, out of your bunk, sitting up or lying down - there was no rest. It seems strange to me that hammocks have gone out of style on seafaring vessels. The extremely comfortable "hanging cot" design hangs flat enough to allow you to sleep on your stomach, while...
[15:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:12] <exec> 08└─ZTE was going to cease operations because of the sanctions. Trump forgave ZTE in exchange for about half a billion from Chinese sources flowing into his businesses. Trump justified it with: "too many jobs lost in China" That's a nice quote to remember at election time when his third term comes aroun...
[15:44:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 734 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:03] <exec> 08└─I know this to be true of Apple. Back in the day. When I was an Apple fanboy and also Mac developer, before them intarweb tubes. Apple delivered a monthly deluge of paper to developers. Yes, really. It was heavy. A brick like slab of paper, later including a CD ROM, shrink wrapped, and wrapped, and...
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[16:37:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snospar [5366] 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 245 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:06] <exec> 08└─What will become of us? I'm sure, like everyone else here, Excel is my default tool of choice for combining text strings - I cannot conceive of how I will cope without the CONCATENATE function! In other news I also iron my clothes with a hammer.
[16:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:13] <exec> 08└─[Eric Cartman as Ming Li, the Vietnamese prostitute] "Me charge you long time."
[16:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:15] <exec> 08└─office 2003 is the best version
[16:37:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 1023 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:17] <exec> 08└─Oh, yeah, they're definitely copying the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC playbook here. Next up they'll be adding absolutely essential features that any right-thinking person would expect to just work out of the box to the subscription only feature list, but won't realise they are missing until after they i...
[16:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:19] <exec> 08└─I agree, move to LibreOffice. LibreOffice is developing at faster pace. I also believe that many of the LibreOffice developers actually came from OpenOffice.
[16:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:21] <exec> 08└─What are they using to edit PDFs?
[16:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:24] <exec> 08└─Considering what a pain it is to do those things outside of a spreadsheet on Windows, it's a pretty big deal. On *NIX systems you can concat manually using the included tools if you so choose. A bit of a pain, but you can do that stuff via script if you need to. On Windows, it's possible, but it doe...
[16:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:26] <exec> 08└─Indeed, the best thing would be really to just not buy into it to begin with. IMHO, the real reason that MS is converting to SAAS is that it makes it harder for people to migrate away as they can't just refuse to stop buying new versions that are an easier target. The extra money is probably not muc...
[16:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:50] <exec> 08└─this is good for bitcoin adoption. whether people should be paying "business taxes" is another matter. we'll also see if people are smart enough to make privacy coins like monero dominant or if they just jump from plutocrat to technocrat masters.
[16:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:51] <exec> 08└─why should you?
[16:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:19] <exec> 08└─All that still doesn't explain why 3 US warships, at different times, were apparently conducting maneuvers, in the middle of the night, in the middle of major commercial ship traffic lanes, with the AIS turned off. Who ordered that?
[16:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:20] <exec> 08└─Now you've gone and done it. You started the Sea Stories.
[16:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:55] <exec> 08└─Yeah, they're getting ready to remodel our space into an open concept (ostensibly to fit more people in, but really they just want to get rid of our privacy I think). In any case, its looking like we'll be getting adjustable desks most likely. I'm pretty psyched for it. I'd like the option to stand...
[16:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 1460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:56] <exec> 08└─.... It's about ACTIVITY versus INACTIVITY. An inactive body stagnates - your veins and your lymphatic system depend upon skeletal movement for optimal function. If you sit at your desk but tap your toes, stretch your muscles, do a little shimmy, etc. you're better off than lying motionless on a bed...
[16:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:37] <exec> 08└─Yep, the only way to win is not to play. Get out, make money, fund your own research. Treat all the money wasted by bob/brenda as a cost of civilization (ie, jobs program).
[16:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:38] <exec> 08└─Then don't publish in journals run by those publishers.
[16:44:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Software Patents are Harmful - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:03] <exec> 08└─How could you possibly leave out bouncy scrolling? That was an innovation worth at least 40 years of protection. One of the best patents ever to be weaponized by Apple.
[16:44:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:54] <exec> 08└─allow forms entry
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[17:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:44] <exec> 08└─Documents posted on China's clinical trial registry show that He used the ubiquitous
[17:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:46] <exec> 08└─Quartz had a good article on the ethics: https://qz.com [qz.com] Life is starting to resemble a science fiction novel. Expect designer babies in a year or two. Who knows, we may even need smarter people to complete with the...
[17:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:48] <exec> 08└─Who knows, we may even need smarter people to complete with the robots for jobs.
[17:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 816 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:51] <exec> 08└─Or are engineered to be able to actually foresee and care about the consequences of such technological advances. It's a scary time now when there's so little control over technological advances that may not be undoable if something goes wrong. We've already got GMOs spreading in the wild because the...
[17:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:53] <exec> 08└─He Jiankui, a genome-editing researcher [says he implanted an] embryo that had been edited to [disable!!!] HIV. [He further says that] genome sequencing [shows] that the editing worked, and only altered the gene they targeted.
[17:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:55] <exec> 08└─1 baby $40k 3 baby 5% off 5 baby 7% off 9 baby 10% off 20 baby 15% off >100 baby Please contact sales for bulk orders Shipping and VAT not included.
[17:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:57] <exec> 08└─This is racist and offensive. Also, it was much funnier the first time I read it on QQ. XD
[17:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03J_Darnley [5679] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:21] <exec> 08└─I don't know what use cat has in a math context but an empty cell sounds equivalent to an empty string so "skipping" the cell sounds identical to "concatenating" the cell.
[17:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:22] <exec> 08└─But Eric doesn't look so great in drag.
[17:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 1012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:24] <exec> 08└─> LibreOffice Calc is a poor substitute for Excel for anything beyond relatively simple spreadsheets I keep hearing this, and it sounds like perfect FUD. Microsoft shills are always saying vague, scary sounding stuff exactly like this. Where's the evidence? The bug reports? Admit it, it's M$ propaga...
[17:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:27] <exec> 08└─Like the other AC said... Why did you take the time to go on a rant about Acrobat and then tout some magical open source product only to leave the name of it out? I call bullshit!
[17:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:29] <exec> 08└─I have a similar message in MS Paint. It says it will be moving to the "Microsoft Store". Does that mean they'll charge for it? MS seems to be pushing microservices for the just that reason: they want to nickel and dime you for every little service. What's next?: "Ctrl+V is no longer available, but...
[17:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:31] <exec> 08└─PDFedit [pdfedit.cz] is the default PDF editor that is pre-installed on our Windows builds, but there are some other options available for those that need features it doesn't support yet or just don't like the interface, including PDFSam (also F/OSS) and a couple of other freeware/commercial options...
[17:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03PhilSalkie [3571] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:33] <exec> 08└─http://www.gnumeric.org [gnumeric.org] =concatenate(A1:C8) does just what you'd expect (which might, possibly, even be a useful thing.)
[17:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:35] <exec> 08└─The only problem I've had is that Libreoffice refuses to take information from a table from my browser and paste correctly. It insists upon making it a single column or putting too much into a single cell. It's hardly an insurmountable problem, but it's really annoying to have to manually separate t...
[17:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:37] <exec> 08└─Along with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
[17:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:39] <exec> 08└─And it's best feature: it's made by the default vendor, Micro$oft! Why would anybody ever change default settings?!!!1 Insane!
[17:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:33] <exec> 08└─I have road stories too, if you prefer. I've been meaning to re-write my encounter with Texas Canyon. Let it be a lesson to never trust an internet site with your only copy of a document. Had I not trusted that site, it would be simple matter of linking to the story as I wrote it years ago.
[17:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:34] <exec> 08└─Ships don't move quite as fast as race cars or jet fighters
[17:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03PocketSizeSUn [5340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:08] <exec> 08└─You are correct .. it is all about moving ... Well, if all you'll do is stand motionless and type it may be marginally better ..
[17:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:30] <exec> 08└─Because Porn Stars need to get paid
[17:42:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Convicted Tax Fraudster Sues CNBC for Defamation, Says He's Not a “Hacker” - 649 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:06] <exec> 08└─I think it pretty safe to say that all hackers, black, white, or gray, hear "You can't do that", and they immediately ask "Why not?" Or, "You have to . . ." and the question is, "What if I don't?" "This goes that way." leads to "What if I put it this way instead?" They are always looking at things u...
[17:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:25] <exec> 08└─Like it or not, China is a lot more Autocratic, please see the new "Social Rating System" for examples of the government abusing their power. Yes, I'm sure we have some issues, but please stop trying to paint the USA and China with the same paintbrush. I would gladly, joyously live in Russia, if my...
[17:43:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:27] <exec> 08└─Sometimes, there's no other choice. Plus, choosing the lesser of two evils is a good management skill. I mean, even the Avengers would team up with Loki for the good of the Universe.
[17:44:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Apparition [6835] 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 393 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:33] <exec> 08└─The problem with wiping Firefox and Google Chrome from your drives is: What's left? The only major web browsers not based on Chromium or Mozilla Firefox are Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari. Opera? Chromium. Brave? Chromium. Vivaldi? Chromium. Falkon? Chromium. Now, it may be possible for Opera/Brave...
[17:45:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:09] <exec> 08└─In other words, you use Lynx. No need for fancy graphics, you can't relate to me what I need in text or ASCII images, then You Shall Not Pass!
[17:45:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google and Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Access Users' Files - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:10] <exec> 08└─I've actually heard of Dillo and used it a bit. It's definitely it's own beast. Had issues displaying some things correctly or at all, so never really took it seriously. I thought it was dead, but apparently their releases are just few and far between? Though, looks like latest release was 2015, so...
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[19:32:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:26] <exec> 08└─Published online 20 November 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1246 An exhaustive calculation of proton and neutron masses vindicates the Standard Model.
[19:32:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:27] <exec> 08└─Nope https://journals.aps.org [aps.org] Proton Mass Decomposition from the QCD Energy Momentum Tensor Yi-Bo Yang, Jian Liang, Yu-Jiang Bi, Ying Chen, Terrence Draper, Keh-Fei Liu, and Zhaofeng Liu Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 212001 – Published 19 November 2018
[19:32:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03melikamp [1886] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:30] <exec> 08└─The equation is off by a factor of c/2, utf to the rescue! E=mc²
[19:32:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:32] <exec> 08└─If they already proved the standard model correct by rigorously calculating the mass of the proton in 2008, then how did they only finally calclate the mass in 2018??
[19:32:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:42] <exec> 08└─everyone got the t-shirt memo.
[19:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:44] <exec> 08└─...was easier to read.
[19:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:59] <exec> 08└─It would be plenty enough if the edited genome makes humans immune to many, if not all, diseases1. This hand-wringing of "ethicists" is similar to earlier prohibition to learn human body, then the mass refusal to vaccinate... when one man invents a better human, can you imagine how many medical spec...
[19:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:00] <exec> 08└─The problem with patching vulnerabilities is that those same capabilities are often used by other features. With evolution expect this to be a *LOT* worse. But if the features are late developing, or subtle, it may be hard to tell what is broken. E.g., one problem with iron is that there's no excret...
[19:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:02] <exec> 08└─There is plenty of known things that might bring about the extinction of mankind. A few more or a few less does not matter.
[19:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:05] <exec> 08└─A seriously contrived example. Resistance to poisons will take a long time to engineer; you likely will need new ferments to chemically transform unwanted substances into something else, not as harmful. In the article the researcher prevented a deadly, untreatable, pretty common disease. He should g...
[19:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:07] <exec> 08└─well i guesz it's time to dump those shares in the rubber plantation business ... or is it? maybe the well to do that can afford to make beauty surgery last past the initial operation will charge their beta class workers extra for STD control: "i am sorry worker number 4992, i dont get aids. it is Y...
[19:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:09] <exec> 08└─I get the offensive, but the racist bit? The article is about a Chinese scientist genetically altering children . . .
[19:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:11] <exec> 08└─I love how people will just begin wildly speculting and feeling like they live in the future as if this isnt a bs press release. There are so many ways to misinterpret data like produced by these gene "editing" procedures either on pupose or accident. When will people learn to wait for independent r...
[19:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:14] <exec> 08└─There is[sic] plenty of known things that might bring about the extinction of mankind. A few more or a few less does not matter.
[19:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:16] <exec> 08└─and also a host of other unknown things, some of which might bring about the extinction of mankind.
[19:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:18] <exec> 08└─There is[sic] plenty of known things that might bring about the extinction of mankind. A few more or a few less does not matter.
[19:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:20] <exec> 08└─> He Jiankui, a genome-editing researcher from the Southern University of Science and Technology of China in Shenzhen, says that he implanted into a woman an embryo that had been edited to disable the genetic pathway that allows a cell to be infected with HIV. And then what, jab one of them with an...
[19:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:55] <exec> 08└─Have you seen Office 2016?
[19:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:57] <exec> 08└─You've been able to buy Office 2016 as a stand alone product for quite some time. I was not aware of it being substantially different in most respects - there are a few differences like not including cloud storage (required for some features such as autosave). The article implies this feature will o...
[19:33:58] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 1965 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:59] <exec> 08└─I can list several areas where Libreoffice works far better than excel. Some of them are insanely dumb things that Excel does with TSV format importing and the like: 1. If you associate the TSV extension with excel in order to automatically open them in excel, doing so does NOT bring up the same imp...
[19:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:01] <exec> 08└─> if a spreadsheet is that freaking huge, you're better off using a database anyway. Exactly! And yet in practice instead of a database lots of us are stuck with excel.
[19:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:03] <exec> 08└─I've done some regex, but it can definitely get convoluted quickly. I've used LibreOffice and MS Office over the years and they both have worked well enough for me. I don't buy it myself, but when it's on your work computer it's simpler to just use MS Office. I keep hearing how you can't do everythi...
[19:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:06] <exec> 08└─Thanks. I'm always on the lookout to add good open source programs to my list of alternatives.
[19:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:08] <exec> 08└─PDFedit [pdfedit.cz] is the default PDF editor that is pre-installed on our Windows builds,
[19:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:10] <exec> 08└─Tell me about it. Oh yes, people are really good at adapting existing tools to do things they were never iTentended for, such as using a spreadsheet as a database. And then things get more and more convoluted... they continue to push the boundaries farther and farther until something finally breaks,...
[19:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:13] <exec> 08└─In the corporate world . . . too much time invested
[19:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:15] <exec> 08└─> LibreOffice Calc is a poor substitute for Excel for anything beyond relatively simple spreadsheets For instance, if "relatively simple" means anything less than a billion cells, and LibreOffice can handle that, while Excel can handle a billion plus another few thousand, .... I think you've stumble...
[19:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:12] <exec> 08└─On a constant and ongoing state, no. On an occasional state? Your enemy is NOT going to respect that the battle has been going on for twenty hours and thus you deserve some rack time. He's going to try to kill you anyway. And the soldier or sailor who doesn't realize this and outfit that doesn't tra...
[19:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:13] <exec> 08└─I got a minor in Business Administration. I would call those hours of study useless, but apparently some people actually think that having a minor in BA is worth something. So, all in all good for my career, but I pretty nearly learned nothing. The most interesting classes I had for my BA were the A...
[19:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:16] <exec> 08└─Safety is important. So is readiness. Training is not necessarily a synonym "practice" and while risks can be minimized valuable training always involves elements of risk - because you're actually Doing, not Practicing.
[19:35:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:54] <exec> 08└─Standing desks aren't some magic cure, but they sure beat sitting 100% of the day. Switching between the two is optimal. I doubt it does much for cardiovascular, but it certainly helps posture and encourages a little more movement throughout the day.
[19:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:38] <exec> 08└─Collective action would help change the system.
[19:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:39] <exec> 08└─Get out, make money, fund your own research.
[19:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:54] <exec> 08└─..but it's still a long way from the heights of Smith/Ponds, Eccleston/Rose, Tennant/Rose or Tennant/Donna
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[20:32:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Volvo's First Commercial Self-Driving Trucks will be Used in Mining - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:38] <exec> 08└─Well! I so glad that Volvo is doing its part for deforestation! All those damn trees blocking my view! Clear them all! Don't they have robotic tree cutters yet? What's taking them so long?
[20:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Volvo's First Commercial Self-Driving Trucks will be Used in Mining - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:39] <exec> 08└─but I asked my girlfriend to get me this for my birthday https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[20:32:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Volvo's First Commercial Self-Driving Trucks will be Used in Mining - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:41] <exec> 08└─This story with the aircraft driver one, that is what an AI editor would have done. ~
[20:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:55] <exec> 08└─E=mc² Citation Needed
[20:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:56] <exec> 08└─There's a difference between calculating the mass of the whole proton, and figuring out how its internal components add up to make that mass. The latter is not explainable just with quark masses.
[20:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:59] <exec> 08└─How do you calculate the mass of a proton without adding up the components of a proton?
[20:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:01] <exec> 08└─Religulous! Keep the faith, baby!
[20:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:03] <exec> 08└─The components are being added up, dumbass.
[20:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:05] <exec> 08└─Uh-huh, did this happen for the first time in 2008 or 2018?
[20:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:07] <exec> 08└─How would you measure the mass of a cardboard box labeled "bathroom". Are there towels and first aid items in there? Or just big giant doodies? Does that uncertainty prevent you from putting the box on a scale?
[20:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:10] <exec> 08└─They didnt claim to have measured it in 2008, they claimed to have rigorously calculated it in a way that confirmed the standard model. Not sure what kind of cognitive dissonance is going on in this thread, but I suspect the real answer is these are a couple of incorrect and hyped up press releases...
[20:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:20] <exec> 08└─to successful landing. All down and safe so far.
[20:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:47] <exec> 08└─E.g., one problem with iron is that there's no excretion mechanism
[20:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:48] <exec> 08└─At this point the cost is not a factor. Nobody knows what the cost might be for a given set of improvements. But I do not expect it to be extreme, like launch of a probe to Mars. This is pure chemistry. The Illumina's HiSeq machine [illumina.com] costs $1M, but each test costs only $1K.
[20:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:50] <exec> 08└─What's the cost/benefit? If it costs a billion dollars to get a moderately smarter kid, then it's not worth it except possibly for the most wealthy.
[20:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:52] <exec> 08└─seems to me that you're hand-waving about my hand-waving WRT any hand-waving the resulting person might engage in
[20:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:55] <exec> 08└─I found this article in a medical magazine [nih.gov]: HIV attacks and destroys the CD4 cells of the immune system. CD4 cells are a type of white blood cell that play a major role in protecting the body from infection. HIV uses the machinery of the CD4 cells to multiply (make copies of itself) and s...
[20:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:36] <exec> 08└─Readiness is important. But still maybe it is possible to conduct war in a safe way so that nobody gets hurt. NEW! Fisher Price nuclear weapons!
[20:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:38] <exec> 08└─"As far as I understand it, the person to blame was the officer of the deck who's theoretically responsible, not some overworked kid." Politics has invaded the armed forces! RUN!
[20:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:15] <exec> 08└─Management can save money by not having to buy office chairs. It's cheaper than buying them new wrists and spines.
[20:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:03] <exec> 08└─Smart research only requires a fraction of the funding used by crappy research. At most it would be 1/100th by my estimation. Even official admissions have grown to about 90% of their own research is crap: https://nihrecord.nih.gov [nih.gov] In reality, we can...
[20:38:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03isostatic [365] 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 481 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:13] <exec> 08└─> That's OK, I'm sure "The Witchfinders" is is a not-so-subtle dig at white men for witch hunts conducted hundreds of years ago Except the villan was a white woman who was fighting an infection (she wasn't possessed other than by fear). The only village in england won by a woman and they had to erad...
[20:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Inadvertedly Streamed an Upcoming Episode of 'Doctor Who' - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:17] <exec> 08└─Wow, you can be victimized by just about anything, can't you?
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[21:32:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:36] <exec> 08└─A return to the misogynerd narrative. Let's keep blaming this on half of the planet's population. They're just incels anyway. If you don't have a womb, you're worthless unless you're having sex with somebody who does. (Huzzah for republicans, promoting the kind of anti-feminist gendered socializatio...
[21:32:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:38] <exec> 08└─Since when do you need to report this? Why?
[21:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:40] <exec> 08└─They aren't meeting "diversity" quotas. How many black people you see speaking for their companies? How many Asians? You'll see a token woman here and there. How many Latinos? Almost all the people getting rich in Sillycone valley are white guys. So much for tokenism.
[21:32:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:42] <exec> 08└─I'm beginning to wonder if half of these "diversity initiatives" actually mean it. Much like affirmative action, it feels like locking the barn door after the horse has escaped. Which is not to say we should just scrap them and do nothing at all, but I can't help thinking if these people are serious...
[21:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:44] <exec> 08└─Either grand-standing, or it's just a stick to beat other companies with.
[21:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:46] <exec> 08└─I'm beginning to wonder if half of these "diversity initiatives" are just another way for the ruling class to continue to divide and conquer. Let's keep the working class fighting among themselves.
[21:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:49] <exec> 08└─it's too make sure companies hire enough women, njiggers and other decorative elements.
[21:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Volvo's First Commercial Self-Driving Trucks will be Used in Mining - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:01] <exec> 08└─Do you have an AI editor in your back pocket that SN could try out?
[21:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:23] <exec> 08└─I did not research the 2008 assertion, just responding to "If they already proved the standard model correct by rigorously calculating the mass of the proton in 2008, then how did they only finally calclate the mass in 2018??" You can measure the total mass of the proton without breaking down the in...
[21:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:24] <exec> 08└─It's just somebody who's frustrated because we aren't covering electric universe theory instead.
[21:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:27] <exec> 08└─What research would you need to do? Read the sentence from 2008 I quoted. And why are you repeating this stuff about measurement again? It is irrelevant to claims of calculating a value from the standard model. I mean, tell me this: Did you vote for Trump?
[21:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:29] <exec> 08└─That was original work, aka just "belief" - since another scientist has validated it it now becomes "scientific knowledge." Actually, dupe studies like that happen all the time, where the author is convinced that they have something truly novel but someone knowledgeable in the field has seen it all...
[21:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:31] <exec> 08└─The 2008 article didnt mention anything about belief, they used the calculations as "vindication" for the standard model.
[21:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:43] <exec> 08└─Atmospheric entry at 48:30 in the provided link: https://mars.nasa.gov [nasa.gov]
[21:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:44] <exec> 08└─Touchdown around 55:00.
[21:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:16] <exec> 08└─Seems like a great reason not to have a child at all to me. But again, no idea of the cost(s), so... meh.
[21:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:17] <exec> 08└─That was the intention, but CRISPR isn't perfect or exact. It might have worked, or they might have a fascinating novel genetic disease that will manifest in years to come.
[21:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:19] <exec> 08└─Queue jazz hands.
[21:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:22] <exec> 08└─It's both offensive and racists to assume the people of Guangdong have a sense of humor.
[21:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:24] <exec> 08└─Queue jazz hands.
[21:34:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 46 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:33] <exec> 08└─https://www.libreoffice.org/ [libreoffice.org]
[21:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:09] <exec> 08└─Nice FUD there, bud. "Some vauge edge case that I will not mention. Better stay away from non-MS products!"
[21:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 2920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:10] <exec> 08└─Total FUD. I've been dealing with databases and data entry for damn near 30 years now. My first spreadsheet software was VisiCalc on an Apple II, and then on the Apple IIe. I remember getting a 286 PC and started using Lotus 123 in the early 80s (I still miss Lotus). I've been with Excel since it st...
[21:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: -1) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:37] <exec> 08└─When I was living in Tokyo years ago, you could pay a lot of government fees w/ bitcoin. You can already pay for hotels/cabs/restaurants in Vegas w/ bitcoin. I guess this slowly transitions it from a poker investment to actual currency, although I can't predict if that will effect its price. While i...
[21:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:39] <exec> 08└─Ohio doesn't have a currency either.
[21:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 1372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:17] <exec> 08└─I was in a Navy A-7E squadron (VA-72) and we deployed on USS America (CV-66). In my day (early 80s), we worked two shifts at sea, days and nights, twelve hours each. We spent long periods of time on the same shift, though people did tend to get rotated every three months or so. Most of the time I wo...
[21:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:49] <exec> 08└─So how many people have the ability to make three million dollars a year, and at the same time do full-time research?
[21:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:51] <exec> 08└─Very few, it is a luxury. But that isnt the real point, the real point is to purge the careerists every few generations so academia can be refreshed with people who would do this stuff as a hobby (if wealthy enough).
[21:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03mr_mischief [4884] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:33] <exec> 08└─Most of the lawmakers come from a trial lawyer background.
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[22:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:52] <exec> 08└─Affirmative action, if done properly, is an attempt to correct for problems that exist outside of the organization doing the affirmative action. For instance, the thinking might be that somebody who grew up dirt poor in the projects or a trailer park didn't have an opportunity to get the same educat...
[22:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:53] <exec> 08└─I'm beginning to wonder if half of these "diversity initiatives" actually mean it.
[22:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:55] <exec> 08└─Let us see what the numbers are. My guess is the diversity is hardly there except for H1B workers. Basically both sides of the diversity debate will get pissed because the only real diversity hires are H1Bs bringing down wages and the lack of decently paid diversity hires will show the prejudice is...
[22:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Volvo's First Commercial Self-Driving Trucks will be Used in Mining - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:08] <exec> 08└─them coal minin' trumpsters won't like this, dey tuk ur jerbs!
[22:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Volvo's First Commercial Self-Driving Trucks will be Used in Mining - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:09] <exec> 08└─Nothing new. At most, this could be of interest for a segment of Trump's voters: you know those jobs in 'clean, beautiful coal'? Well, not yours, a robot will be doing it. 'cause, look, Volvo's doing it too. Since Dec 2016 - https://qz.com
[22:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:34] <exec> 08└─An equation is just another form of belief. Otherwise, black people would really be worth 40% of a free white man like it says in the Constitution.
[22:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:36] <exec> 08└─The relation between energy mass and square of c was discovered, two years before Einstein published it, by an Italian self taught scientist, Olinto De Pretto, coming from basically the opposite POV of Einstein: no relativity, existence of ether. It's not even a coincidence, as Einstein and de Prett...
[22:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:38] <exec> 08└─In the context in question, it is not a belief. The equation is a mathematical representation of certain parameters of reality. If another, better equation comes along, then you will have a more precise mathematical representation of reality. This is how science works. It takes the the scientific me...
[22:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:50] <exec> 08└─Who's taking the video if the lander hasn't landed yet? Plus the soundstage looks just like the one they used for the "moon landing".
[22:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Watch Online | Landing – NASA's InSight Mars Lander - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:52] <exec> 08└─The Russians will be verifying that for us...
[22:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:30] <exec> 08└─Or, its just a random mutation to the ccr5 gene.
[22:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:31] <exec> 08└─Number of points 1) no ethnical scientist can replicate because to do so would be unethical 2) ever since CRSPR, scientists have worried about something like this because gene editing became almost too easy 3) it was in Nature which is a 'respectable' source, you can bet they double checked a few th...
[22:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 1507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:33] <exec> 08└─It might be the state who monopolizes production of new humans, as documented in a well known book. There, however, the state intentionally reduced the intelligence of some workers, so that they can be unthinking slaves. But now we know better - the state is richer not when it has a million slaves,...
[22:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:36] <exec> 08└─I get the offensive
[22:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:38] <exec> 08└─I wonder how the anti-vaxxer crowd will feel about their new uber-babies who come out of the womb pre-edited to nominally be disease-proof.
[22:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:40] <exec> 08└─Link, please, highly interested. I'm a little bit behind on my world domination plans.
[22:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:42] <exec> 08└─As far as I know, anti-vaxxers are programmed by self-sustaining rumors that vaccines are harmful. It may well be that a child somewhere, under some circumstances, got vaccinated and became ill. Each such case reignites the popular opinion against vaccines. Nobody knows or cares to know what exactly...
[22:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:44] <exec> 08└─An example of amorality, this one. Sorta not surprised to see it coming from China. Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply...
[22:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:31] <exec> 08└─Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid[-for] Alternative: CONCAT
[22:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:33] <exec> 08└─I think you've stumbled across another reason we don't see a lot of these Excel to Calc conversions. In a lot of these business cases, Excel is not the proper tool for the job in the first place. So when you finally decide to replace these Excel solutions you realize a database is actually the prope...
[22:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:35] <exec> 08└─Sounds like LibreOffice Calc's CONCATENATE is designed to match Excel's by name for compatibility. Maybe I missed something?
[22:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:37] <exec> 08└─Yeah, didn't mean to insult your hard work, or anyone else. I looked into an MBA hoping that I would learn skills to run a small business, handle finances, very basic employment law, contracts, insurance, basic marketing, sales, identifying niche markets, etc. It seems they teach none of that. At le...
[22:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:39] <exec> 08└─Ahhh. Ahh haha you joker! You almost had me. I've heard people say something similar with a straight face.
[22:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:41] <exec> 08└─Somewhat similar, I did 12 hour shifts on a 3-2 2-3 day schedule. With overtime .. and sometimes they asked you to double up and work a day shift after a night shift. Living hell. Exhausting. Everything else afterward though has felt like a relaxing walk in the park.
[22:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:20] <exec> 08└─The human body is just a piece of garbage. Intelligent design my ass.
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[23:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:54] <exec> 08└─Yes, GO! And please stay there!
[23:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:56] <exec> 08└─Dear AC, We were hoping to deposit the agreed upon fee of $20 cents per post for attacking Elon Musk but we do not know how to do so as you chose to remain anonymous. Sincerely, Big oil/Boeing/Arianespace/GM/etc
[23:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:58] <exec> 08└─World will be better off with the both of you gone.
[23:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:00] <exec> 08└─Of course he is going. He already sent his Roadster into space. He's expecting to have it waiting by the Mars landing site at the valet parking station.
[23:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:02] <exec> 08└─Well, climbing Everest without any way of getting back down, and depending on recurring supply drops to keep you alive.
[23:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:05] <exec> 08└─MRAWAAAARRR!!! ROAAAAR! SKREEEEEE HISSSS REEEOOOO!!! What is up with all the dinosaurs around here?
[23:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:07] <exec> 08└─Musk is a fairly smart boy, but good grief is he in need of some psychological software updates. I have a strong suspicion that Musk would collapse mentally if he was denied public attention for an extended period of time. He is a sad case.
[23:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:09] <exec> 08└─All you Musk haters are just jealous because he can fuck hot godesses like Amber Heard and you can't.
[23:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:11] <exec> 08└─Even if you make it to Mars, you'll spend all your time building the base and struggling to survive harsh conditions, Musk said.
[23:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03NPC-131072 [7144] (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:13] <exec> 08└─That joint Joe Rogan passed the dude must have been laced!
[23:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Offtopic) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:35] <exec> 08└─Sometimes it is amazing how blinded people could be to the obvious if they just have some reason not to believe it. I cant wait until, "Im beginning to believe this climate change thing isnt really that important, the reliability of the data is questionable, the long term predictions are ok but not...
[23:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:36] <exec> 08└─Affirmative action is based on things like race and gender, not class. I guess it's not being done properly. then?
[23:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:38] <exec> 08└─They aren't meeting "diversity" quotas.
[23:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:40] <exec> 08└─We can't honestly claim that there's no racism effecting hiring decisions
[23:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data - 741 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:42] <exec> 08└─To me it is more of pointing out the hypocrisy than it is telling them what they should do. Silicon valley takes it upon themselves to tell us how we should be doing everything differently, then does not do it themselves. While I disagree with a lot of the things that happen in California, I like th...
[23:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:25] <exec> 08└─So black lives matter, but only 40% as much?
[23:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:26] <exec> 08└─Well you're an idiot. However I will take the time to explain it for you. "If they already proved the standard model correct by rigorously calculating the mass of the proton in 2008" There was the original sentence about 2008. So, in 2008 they very accurately measured the TOTAL mass of the proton an...
[23:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:28] <exec> 08└─Maybe in your racist worldview. Go derp it up somewhere else.
[23:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Physicists Finally Calculated Where the Proton's Mass Comes From - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:31] <exec> 08└─Measurement is different from deriving (calculating) a value from theory. In science you compare a measurement to the results of your calculations. These are two different things. You apparently think measuring is the same thing as calculating? Good lord we are fucked if people are this confused abo...
[23:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Created the First Genome-Edited Babies (Twins) - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:35] <exec> 08└─1) How convenient for any scammers. Anyway, doesnt mean the methods and results cant be published. 2) Did it beckme so easy? I havent seen that its become any easier than before, just a lot of hype that dropped off once crsp, ntla, and edit stocks started dumping. 3) Nature (along with Science, Cell...
[23:36:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 1012 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:04] <exec> 08└─> LibreOffice Calc is a poor substitute for Excel for anything beyond relatively simple spreadsheets I keep hearing this, and it sounds like perfect FUD. Microsoft shills are always saying vague, scary sounding stuff exactly like this. Where's the evidence? The bug reports? Admit it, it's M$ propaga...
[23:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft to Silently Remove the CONCATENATE Function from Excel, Offers Paid Alternative: CONCAT - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:28] <exec> 08└─Well yeah, cause "We" are the ones who get called in for the replacement when Excel finally becomes too painful to maintain. I've replaced a LOT of spreadsheets in my career and it's never been with a different spreadsheet.
[23:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio is the First US State to Accept Bitcoin for Paying Business Taxes - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:57] <exec> 08└─its still far too unstable to use as a currency. Once it started trading as a future, it was worthless as a 'currency'
[23:37:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 117 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:12] <exec> 08└─C) Well rested soldiers might be able to think through their orders and realize their commanders are ignorant idiots.
[23:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:40] <exec> 08└─If they're under constant attack and hyper-adrenalined, those hours ARE possible...for a while. "Steer the ship...and stay awake" is not a hyper-adrenalined situation, so the upper levels SHOULD have known better. That they didn't shows how out of touch they are.
[23:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Fatal Collisions Navy Changes Sleeping Policies... on Aircraft Carriers - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:41] <exec> 08└─"if you wan tit." After ALL that, I'm sure you DID! :)
[23:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03hellcat [2832] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:23] <exec> 08└─Think yoga. There's all sorts of poses you can do sitting down at your desk. Good luck.
[23:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:46] <exec> 08└─greed, making america great one dollar at a time.
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