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[00:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Bit of a Stretch... Material that Thickens as It's Pulled - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:28] <exec> 08└─Old geezers can't get it to thicken no matter how much they pull it.
[00:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:23] <exec> 08└─gallows humor.
[00:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:25] <exec> 08└─That's "sort of" correct in this context. I found that if we resolved what we were fighting about (not the fight, but the goal of the fight) that the fight tended to evaporate. The important step towards solving the problem was being willing to get clear on just what the problem was. Also important...
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[00:34:39] <exec> 08└─o_O 8008135
[00:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Could Lead to Safer and Cheaper 3D Medical Imaging - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:41] <exec> 08└─Maybe. That's the normal assumption, but it's not certain. So perhaps there is a safe[*] dose...but if so it would be pretty low. Probably less than normal background. The arguments in favor of this position have always seemed pretty sketchy to me, but I've never encountered proof that they are wron...
[00:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 951 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:07] <exec> 08└─However, all these stores are from older generations, who have since retired./quote One part of that is simple, you won't here about people who worked there whole lives in one company until the end of their life. Particularly in today's culture it sounds ludicrous to say "I got this job straight out...
[00:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:08] <exec> 08└─That sounds too much like gathering requirements and specifications, so it'd never work. But the hardware the current system runs on is probably already well spec'd (I hear that's how they used to do things.) so it's easier to just take that spec and emulate the old hardware and keep the old system...
[00:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:34] <exec> 08└─This is what I love about SoylentNews, what makes it so much better than the "site which will not be named": fair and unbiased editors!
[00:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 5272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:17] <exec> 08└─"What makes you think rent-seekers need government help?" The observable fact that successful ones always turn out to have it would be a good pointer in that direction. "There's vanishingly few markets where the upstart little guy can compete on equal footing with large established players," True. "...
[00:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:18] <exec> 08└─In my opinion, a well run government has a lot in common with a well run business, and that, too, makes them harder to separate. In the (not so distant) past, government had license to do things like take your children and send them off to die, which made simple transgressions of occupational safety...
[00:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:20] <exec> 08└─Because those Libertarians are idiots who just want to be left alone to live their lives as they see fit. They start from a basic principle and then stop. "Freedom good" full stop. Trying to explain that limiting some freedoms results in greater freedoms for more people is like trying to tell flat e...
[00:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:22] <exec> 08└─It is called getting people elected to fix the bad laws, not deciding that all government is bad because it restricts your ability to do literally anything you want. The blanket statement "taxes are theft" is the kind of generalization that gets people to roll their eyes and lump you in with the cra...
[00:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:37] <exec> 08└─Actually, I very much hope it is not, even though I suspect the days of Windows are now numbered. If you look around, what do you think will replace Windows on the desktop? I won't be Linux, it's too fragmented and still considered "difficult". OS X has been languishing just as Windows, resigned to...
[00:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06IBM Reveals 8-Bit Analog Chip with Phase-Change Memory - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:07] <exec> 08└─Analogue digit, were there such a thing.
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[01:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:00] <exec> 08└─17 is the Qth number of the alpahabet.
[01:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:02] <exec> 08└─So... it's aliens then? I knew it.
[01:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:04] <exec> 08└─> They're too nice. They're too perfect to be nature," joked the University of Glasgow's Helen Robinson Aliens, then? Or, the lost continent of Atlantis is stirring? God has a message for us? The End is Nigh??
[01:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:06] <exec> 08└─Some aliens may have been cruising past and blasting their stereo, leaving the planet shaking much like how a car's license plate frame will rattle.
[01:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:08] <exec> 08└─Could it be a military experiment to, say, send encoded messages to submarines?
[01:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:11] <exec> 08└─For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion(operation of wandering)(planet) so that they will believe the lie. Working of Error [wa.hle.rs]
[01:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:13] <exec> 08└─cthulhu farted?
[01:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:15] <exec> 08└─Mayotte being French, that's more likely to be the vibration caused by people slamming doors to go on strike. If you want military experiments, let's talk about Glasgow having PhDs in applied vulcanology...
[01:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:42] <exec> 08└─What kind of jobs do people with CS degrees get, and what is their work like? I'm an EE and with one notable exception, every single person I've worked with knows how to program, in any language you put in front of them. Most know a lot about things like data structures and some even know about...
[01:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:44] <exec> 08└─Donno why this is rated troll. It's quite close to the truth. But I'd say 1 year of propaganda and 1 year of useless crap like music appreciation.
[01:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:46] <exec> 08└─It's rated troll by someone who finished a CS degree with honors in SJW studies. At least half of the sheep here believe the women-are-equal, Muslims-are-friendly, genders-are-fluid nonsense they teach in school these days.
[01:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 747 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:48] <exec> 08└─Computer Science is basically a specialised subset of discrete math. If you live for finite state machines, correctness proofs and discussions about Goedel, this is where you want to live. If you want to make real-time raytracing a practical system for your AR goggles, CS won't hurt, but Software En...
[01:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:50] <exec> 08└─Programming is the easy part. Most CS students where I'm from are expected to pick that up as a consequence of personal study while they deal with questions such as memory models and error handling philosophies. A real CS guy should be an architect of cutting-edge systems, not a codemonkey punching...
[01:34:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:01] <exec> 08└─you just give up and accept your fate.
[01:34:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03gawdonblue [412] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 227 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:06] <exec> 08└─Psychologists have long known that the 5 stages of marriage are: 1. Denial and isolation 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance 6. Humour 8. Loss of numeracy skills 9. Conflating unrelated memes 10. ???? 11. Profit!
[01:34:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 114 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:11] <exec> 08└─I had modeled marriage in 3 stages, instead. 1. fuck 2. "honey I'm pregnant" 3. "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
[01:34:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 232 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:13] <exec> 08└─It's any friendship, with or without sex. Once you get past the novelty, either people wind up with Billy Joel's "cold remains of what began with a passionate start", or they have become friends who put up with each other's foibles.
[01:34:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 410 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:15] <exec> 08└─That's not so much unfitness for each other as unfitness as a human being in general. If you don't buy into tribalism on a family level at least, you're not going to be happy with anybody. If you do buy into tribalism on a family level, it's not an issue; you fight and you make up. Small scale triba...
[01:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:34] <exec> 08└─I look at it as "Do I want to be able to hold my head up in life?" Also, am I a good role model for my kids? Am I comfortable with 'me'? And I am. My wife and I watched a movie on Netflix a few nights ago: Leisure Seeker, I believe it was called. It's about this old couple. He has senility or Alzhei...
[01:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:35] <exec> 08└─Aaaand, Bob's your uncle!
[01:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Could Lead to Safer and Cheaper 3D Medical Imaging - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:50] <exec> 08└─Here's another non-proof for you: I don't see how that might be possible given that a single high enough energy photon can cause a mutation, how unlike that might be. Of course if we talk about cancer then you actually need a series of mutations, both removing protections and increasing growth. But...
[01:36:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Blymie [4020] 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 674 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:34] <exec> 08└─I came here to say this exactly. Even today, women are stolen from families. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] And if you raid a village in the bronze age? Guess what's part of the plunder. And war?! Well, that's another whole ball game. Even "good" outcomes to war can m...
[01:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:47] <exec> 08└─There's a picture of me hanging on the wall at sensitivity school, with a sign. "Don't be this guy!"
[01:37:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03taylormc [5751] 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 488 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:28] <exec> 08└─To a Brit, many aspects of US politics are surprising. On the one hand, there seems to be nothing like an independent Civil Service; most appointments under a new government are party political. On the other hand, you permit those who have been voted out of office a free run to commit what mischief...
[01:37:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pipedwho [2032] 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 928 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:33] <exec> 08└─Lame duck sessions should not exist at all. You fire an employee, he leaves the building and his login credentials are revoked then and there. Maybe you let him clean his desk, but if he looks sideways, security is called and escort him out with a box full of the shit left on his desk. You don't let...
[01:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:45] <exec> 08└─You said: Good men with the best of intentions are far more terrifying
[01:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:46] <exec> 08└─you permit those who have been voted out of office a free run to commit what mischief they choose for a couple of months
[01:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:48] <exec> 08└─You are implying that it's necessary for legislation to be passed 24/7/365. In most democracies, there is a transition period to allow the new team to get up to speed. Much of the public service is also independent of party politics - the machinery of government continues and changes course only whe...
[01:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:51] <exec> 08└─Not in WI they are not. We are so gerrymandered that the legislature is far less accountable than the AG or Gov. Those two (actually all state-wide GOP posts) flipped to the Dems, but the GOP is still 2:1 in the assembly. Once again TMB's knee jerk ideological purity flounders on the shores of reali...
[01:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:53] <exec> 08└─What the hell country do you live in? It sure as hell isn't the US. Our government answers to the campaign donors.
[01:38:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:41] <exec> 08└─Nice single data point. Let's get back to TFA and the legal loopholes being exploited at the moment. This is clearly not government-sponsored rent-seeking. It's a loophole in the law, one which was not intended for the purpose to which it is being used and which the government is hopefully working t...
[01:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA's OSIRIS-REx "Arrives" at Asteroid Bennu - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:14] <exec> 08└─How in tarnation do asteroids and comets stick together [having such weak gravity]? What made them clump together in the first place.
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[02:33:39] <exec> 08└─There you will find your missing airplane...
[02:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:41] <exec> 08└─The Thumpians, or the Boomboxians?
[02:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 3111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:43] <exec> 08└─No, I'm not kidding, melting glaciers will create a global effects on Earth's crust. See Post glacial rebound [wikipedia.org] and maybe read Melting Glaciers Are Wreaking Havoc on Earth’s Crust [smithsonianmag.com] (see **blockquote below) The hypothesis of a 'reconfiguration' of the crust as a wh...
[02:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:45] <exec> 08└─How 'bout an executive summary? Some site with a shitload of stupid videos and crap, and the innocent(?) clickbait victim is supposed to sort it all out? WTF? No one has time for that shit.
[02:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:47] <exec> 08└─https://coto2.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/1968-macdonald-how-to-wreck-the-planet.pdf [wordpress.com]
[02:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:49] <exec> 08└─No one can be told what Energeian Planes is; you have to see it for yourself.
[02:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:52] <exec> 08└─Executive summary [soylentnews.org]
[02:34:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 474 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:19] <exec> 08└─Yes. I wonder, is this a plan for more code monkeys, to keep pay down? Seems a lot of businesses want to use smart people, but won't respect them, instead viewing them with a blend of jealousy, contempt, and hatred. It's as if college is only a brief escape between the persecutions and gaslighting t...
[02:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:27] <exec> 08└─The future is indeed unpredictable for both the IT field and one's career. Past patterns are not always a good guide to future patterns. IT has been a lucrative field for the past 15 years, but there are too many variables to say that will continue. While programming can make decent money out of col...
[02:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:29] <exec> 08└─The article's apparent subject is retaining qualified people within the field of computer science. Then, they go astray with the challenge of retaining more women and people from underrepresented minorities (African-American, Hispanic, Native American) has been a persistent challenge
[02:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 1255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:11] <exec> 08└─You don't need to wait until retirement -- there's the "empty nest" syndrome that can set in well before that. Someone above said that people find each other's quirks amsuing for the first few years. Sounds about right. Traditional timeline would be to spend that time courting, then marry, and by th...
[02:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:13] <exec> 08└─Actually, he's my brother-in-law. How do you know him?
[02:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:25] <exec> 08└─Women at least had the option to move. For men, it would mean near-certain death. If you're a dude, and you wander over to a different tribe, WTF do you think is going to happen? You think you will be welcomed with open arms? You think they will share their hot babes with you? No. You're getting fuc...
[02:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Qatar to Pull Out of OPEC by 2019 - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:43:29] <exec> 08└─And dumping such bonds at fire sale prices will just firm up the dollar a bit.
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[03:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:14] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, virtual reality cafes are empty
[03:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 1000 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:15] <exec> 08└─Too bad about smartphone-based VR. It seems like a good and cheap way to do it if you already have a flagship. And people carry their smartphone almost everywhere. I'm optimistic about the future of untethered VR hardware. Switch to a new transistor design and 3D ICs [soylentnews.org], and we could...
[03:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:18] <exec> 08└─Fuck content and games. Virtual Reality Window Manger :) I want a VR headset that I can develop with on Linux/BSD, that doesn't require shit proprietary drivers, phones home, or requires Steam to operate. With untethered hardware and the ability to track my hands and fingers, I could easily imagine...
[03:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:20] <exec> 08└─The VR window manager and a VR cinema mode for 2D videos (exists already) should be relatively easy to accomplish and not need much updating. Actual made-for-VR videos and games need to be an ongoing thing. And it indirectly benefits you since greater adoption of VR means more people picking up on t...
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[03:33:44] <exec> 08└─Paradigm shift.
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[03:33:54] <exec> 08└─Sex toys
[03:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:19] <exec> 08└─Man, you got these people all wrong. They just want to help the industry bend over for that hot SJW CoC. Me, I'll be off in the corner selling CoC lube. But not to the SQLite folks. Those froods have it figured out.
[03:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:20] <exec> 08└─I kind of like Trump's plan, where people paying H1Bs the most go to the front of the line, and everyone else gets none. If you really, really, REALLY need that one dude with a PhD in applied leapfroggery, you will pay through the nose and smile. America will benefit. If you want Ashok Cheap and Ahm...
[03:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:03] <exec> 08└─Everyone knows Bob... I don't know Jack, though. ;)
[03:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:05] <exec> 08└─I am too lazy to read let alone check the research, but it is probably because couples without humor and acceptance were long divorced and as such not counted. So, there is no point to hang in there. It will not get better.
[03:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:46] <exec> 08└─If you work on one of the older style systems, such as an AS/400 type system, you have to do it all.
[03:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:14] <exec> 08└─I totally agree, but want to add some. It probably means that overall society aggressiveness was lower those days. I mean there were not many men going to foreign lands in mass and raping everything in sight as became customary with more modern societies. Communities of stone and bronze age were lik...
[03:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:15] <exec> 08└─For what it's worth, grooms are kidnapped too at the same rate but it doesn't make spicy news for you lot and it is still women who move. Something about it being about powerful families dominating powerless and agriculture and land being important and men being able to do more physical labor.
[03:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:09] <exec> 08└─Nice single data point.
[03:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:10] <exec> 08└─Can we point out the one thing that Libertarianism is absolutely right about? The concept that unless, and until, you infringe upon the rights of some other person, no one has the right to tell you how to live your own life. That is, once you reach the age of majority, you don't have to answer to an...
[03:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:12] <exec> 08└─I thought to sole solution to Tyranny was a strong rope?
[03:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:14] <exec> 08└─It is called getting people elected to fix the bad laws, not deciding that all government is bad because it restricts your ability to do literally anything you want.
[03:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:17] <exec> 08└─But would a confession of judgement clause be made illegal in a Libertarian utopia? I suspect the attitude would be "if you don't like the terms then don't sign the contract" with no allowance for deception, legalese etc. My position is that Libertarians are no better equipped to deal with dodgy con...
[03:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Qatar to Pull Out of OPEC by 2019 - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:21] <exec> 08└─Finally, the exact nature of the crisis is always not what was predicted. Otherwise, it would be easy to prevent.
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[04:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:07] <exec> 08└─The real problem with VR movies (as opposed to 3D) is that we are accustomed to the screen drawing us to the points of interest that the director wants us to focus on. Want to see the twitch in the eye of the suspect while the police are interrogating them? In traditional movies that will be a close...
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[04:33:08] <exec> 08└─I wasn't thinking literal 3D video, although your point about it driving the window manager is a good one. The 2D Video Window Manager is just a monitor with a regular window manager right? I meant to indicate that I overwhelmingly support a 3D VR Window Manager over games, and see games as the leas...
[04:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:34] <exec> 08└─I'm honestly confused. How are sea levels dropping when all we have been hearing is that they are rising.
[04:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:36] <exec> 08└─I'm honestly confused. How are sea levels dropping when all we have been hearing is that they are rising. Ignore my other post, I replied to the wrong comment!
[04:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:38] <exec> 08└─Trouble with reading comprehension? The land is rising as the weight of all that ice on top melts away. In that location, it will appear that the sea level is falling (more land uncovered), although the truth is the sea is rising but the land is rising faster.
[04:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:40] <exec> 08└─God sends them a powerful delusion
[04:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:47] <exec> 08└─IN PRINCIPIVM POPVLI SCRIBEBANT MVLTIS SIMBOLIS DENIQVE LITTERAS CONCIPITUR IN FINIS AETATIBUS MVLTIS SIMBOLIS REVERTERUNT ET CHAOS FUIT 😛
[04:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:49] <exec> 08└─1 fucking megabyte of RAM? 40 MB HD? whatever you needed to do, run a corporation? MDC mode ON I wrote a blackjack app for the casio pb 100 which had 544 memory locations (I am not sure it was 8 bit) for both data and a basic BASIC interpreter. I bought the 16kb expansion for the commodore vic 20 so...
[04:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:51] <exec> 08└─> if i wanted to learn Cobol IMHO You are better off coming all the way from INTERCAL.
[04:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:53] <exec> 08└─> subject AI to COBOL systems when skynet happens, it will be for self defense.
[04:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:55] <exec> 08└─For fire and forget webapp development, web2py has retrocompatibility as a design goal. In fact it is a python 2 app and with bruno fleeing the SJWs (which is the only rational explanation I found, and I am a bot) python might never fully transition to v3 and above, which is not necessarily a bad th...
[04:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:22] <exec> 08└─But would a confession of judgement clause be made illegal in a Libertarian utopia?
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[05:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:45] <exec> 08└─Valeroa anti-tamper does [not][sic] require you to have an internet connection. Not even when you launch your game for the first time or after you upgraded your hardware. Some games require you to be online, but this is not a Valeroa requirement [...] They also don’t need to install additional sof...
[05:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:46] <exec> 08└─Yes, many if not most AAA titles require you to "phone home", at least the first launch, and generally always. I avoid AAA titles these days and stick to stuff on GoG [gog.com] without DRM, because f*ck DRM [fckdrm.com].
[05:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:48] <exec> 08└─In other news, syphilis and gonorrhea are also available without an internet connection required. Order now while supplies last!
[05:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 1413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:01] <exec> 08└─I think directors will have a lot of trouble adapting movies to the VR medium, but maybe someone out there can carve a niche doing it. Look no further than video games such as Skyrim to see examples of "cinematic sequences" where the player can move their head or even move around. Worst case scenari...
[05:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:31] <exec> 08└─Here's the tweets [twitter.com] that started it all.
[05:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:33] <exec> 08└─No, I'm not kidding, melting glaciers will create a global effects on Earth's crust.
[05:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:35] <exec> 08└─Not aliens... Godzilla!!! They weren't recognized because they are coming from off Madagascar's coast, not Japan,
[05:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:37] <exec> 08└─How are sea levels dropping when all we have been hearing is that they are rising.
[05:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:39] <exec> 08└─The Moon is fake and NASA is hiding the truth at the behest of the Freemasons and Satan. You can tell by stepping outside, and seeing that with the appropriate brain rot the winter sun looks different from the summer sun.
[05:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:41] <exec> 08└─No? Because why? Is Madagascar kept isolated somehow from planet-global phenomena? Take a tennis ball and squeeze it between two diametrically opposed points - those will represent an approximation of the extra weight of the ice in Antarctica/Greenland. Are any point on the ball's surface isolated f...
[05:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:44] <exec> 08└─It's in the Bible. I believe 2 Kings has an instance of Yahweh specifically sending people delusions, as opposed to simply sending evil spirits to tempt people...which is totally different, just like you're not a murderer when you hire a hitman. Honestly, I really think the Abrahamic religions are t...
[05:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:46] <exec> 08└─Is Madagascar kept isolated somehow from planet-global phenomena?
[05:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:48] <exec> 08└─How can you classify those as a single idea?
[05:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 1048 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:27] <exec> 08└─Only looking back can I see how lucky I was with my selection of college to go to 30 years ago. The Comp Sci department there was strictly an offshoot of the Comp Eng dept. That meant we had required courses on designing and building circuits, with required lab work. Best prof I ever had taught a co...
[05:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:39] <exec> 08└─The legislature should be dissolved at the start of the election period and recalled after the election is over.
[05:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:36] <exec> 08└─So the take away is that when a gallon of kerosene should have cost a few pennies, Standard Oil charged 7 cents a gallon. Or perhaps Standard Oil only charged 7 cents a gallon at a time when it cost 8 cents a gallon to produce to make sure there was no competition. Without a lot more information, it...
[05:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:38] <exec> 08└─The problem is when is someone infringing on the rights of someone else and what exactly are those rights. There's a spectrum from physically assaulting someone for no reason that most everyone agrees is wrong to things like burning oil and releasing CO2 that may affect everyone. In libertarian land...
[05:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03zzarko [5697] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:40:56] <exec> 08└─As a every day heavy user of LibreOffice at work and at home, for many years (since 1.0 version), I can say that early versions were crash prone, but I didn't get a single crash for more than 2-3 years now, so I do not understand this "unstable" argument that often pops up (very often by people who...
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[06:32:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:40] <exec> 08└─Damn, Steam006 had to waste his money on a brand new game and only got 20 minutes of enjoyment out of it? What a rip off. Think he can get a refund?
[06:33:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 233 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:10] <exec> 08└─For this reason, Marissa sendeth thee a powerful Spam mod, that thou mayest stop shitting up thy discussion forums, and hie thee elsewhere, lest your foe findeth thee and breaketh off her steel-toed-boot-clad foot in thine ass...eth.
[06:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:32] <exec> 08└─Honestly, I really think the Abrahamic religions are the single worst idea the human race has ever had.
[06:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:34] <exec> 08└─At the current estimated rate of one-tenth of an inch each year, sea level rise could cause large swaths of cities like New York, [...] to disappear underwater in the next 20 years.
[06:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:36] <exec> 08└─You're going to bury a skyscraper in 2 inches of water? I mean the math doesn't add up even to flood the streets in 20 years, but even if New York was "underwater" it would just be New Venice for a long time to come.
[06:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:38] <exec> 08└─Glaciers aren't planet-global despite your assertion to the contrary.
[06:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:41] <exec> 08└─It looks like the same type of signals ligo has been calling gravitational waves.
[06:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:20] <exec> 08└─You dissolve the legislature before the election and recall it after the election. No laws are passed and the executive just does caretaking duties to keep things running and in between the election and the new government getting sworn in, the old consults with the new on anything out of the ordinar...
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[06:40:40] <exec> 08└─The quote and attribution are incorrect. It should be: Insanity is repeating the same mistake expecting a different result. --Narcotics Anonymous
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[07:33:25] <exec> 08└─And I second GOG for anyone who isn't familiar with them.
[07:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:24] <exec> 08└─L-Ms in the Chain Cities testing something...look out puny humanity, you're about to be 'anal probed' on a global scale
[07:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:25] <exec> 08└─Not Godzilla, but Gorgo (or Ogra)..
[07:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:27] <exec> 08└─Hmm, Someone testing Mr Brin's GAZER maybe? (I borrowed my then Boss's copy of Earth [davidbrin.com] 16 years ago...I really must return it someday..)
[07:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Bit of a Stretch... Material that Thickens as It's Pulled - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:38] <exec> 08└─Pics or it didn't happen.
[07:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:40] <exec> 08└─If you're relying on GC, I do not want to work with you
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[08:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:35] <exec> 08└─I've known some Michiganders. One of them told me that their state legislature one took of the question of whether they should be referred to as Michiganders or Michiganians. What's your take?
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[08:34:53] <exec> 08└─what misadventures? as far as I know he cheated on his wife constantly, and always got away with it. otherwise he had fun on mount olympus, eating, drinking and throwing lightning at people.
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[08:35:33] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but is this what most CS graduates do? How many cutting edge systems are there? I've been involved in the design maybe a dozen or so systems, all of which is boilerplate, or at least data sheet implementation. If you want more than this, you're probably working for samsung or apple on chip des...
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[09:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:43] <exec> 08└─it was the Chinese concerned with the threat to their market weapon AKA global commerce*. The reds hacking the reds while the russkies hack the blues, both parties for sale. The problem is that america first should be the motto for both sides, because whatever your ideology is, you need an independe...
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[09:33:54] <exec> 08└─their state legislature one took of the question
[09:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:21] <exec> 08└─How can you classify those as a single idea?
[09:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03aim [6322] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:45] <exec> 08└─What about legacy systems that are on obsolete hardware with no possible upgrade path. They desperately need to be rewritten. But they are mission critical. So excess resources are poured into keeping them running. Even with emulators. Because rewriting and validating would be just too much.
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[10:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:27] <exec> 08└─For a political party's cybersecurity to be hacked threatens the very foundation of our nation.
[10:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:38] <exec> 08└─The slide towards degeneracy is progressing nicely. The inevitable fallout420 will be interesting and sad to watch.
[10:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:40] <exec> 08└─The quick ultramarine toothbrush jumped over the putrid supersonic telephone pole.
[10:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:02] <exec> 08└─uwork or some such, I think there was also guru. Guru was the first one I looked over, during the Dot-Com Boom. One of the gigs posted there specifically and explicitly stated that "We want a program that will change the user's homepage to one that we supply remotely, and that the user cannot change...
[10:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:04] <exec> 08└─Am I do understand correctly that you said f*ck drm [fckdrm.com]? I just want to ensure that I get its increment of Link Popularity right.
[10:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:06] <exec> 08└─Yes, I did write f*ck DRM [fckdrm.com], though perhaps the correct spelling is just fck DRM [fckdrm.com] without the asterisk? For this link popularity thing, is case important? I mean, would a link to http://www.fckdrm.com [fckdrm.com] be different from a link to http://WWW.FCKDRM.COM [fckdrm.com]?...
[10:36:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 383 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:06] <exec> 08└─that when my wife and I fight, it is because one or both of us is tired or stressed. When I say "We're just tired, let's just stop now before we regret it" it DOES stop because we realize we're heading into territory we don't go when we're not tired. Usually we joke about what we began fighting abou...
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[11:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:23] <exec> 08└─No, seriously, I don't run kurgettenets, neither do I hack the damned vegetables. Why should I care?
[11:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:09] <exec> 08└─Are you saying we should get order syphilis and gonorrhea from you? Do your strains have DRM?
[11:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:17] <exec> 08└─Not aliens, but definitely typical vibrations of pulsed phaser crust drilling. That or whales...
[11:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Could Lead to Safer and Cheaper 3D Medical Imaging - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:02] <exec> 08└─That's really neat, but are there health risks associated with x-rays?
[11:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:10] <exec> 08└─I think back then the brides were only available through self-collection.
[11:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06IBM Reveals 8-Bit Analog Chip with Phase-Change Memory - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:43:08] <exec> 08└─In other words, it's an artificial neural network realized by using memristors.
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[12:32:06] <exec> 08└─No, seriously, I don't run kurgettenets, neither do I hack the damned vegetables. Why should I care?
[12:32:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:07] <exec> 08└─The Kubernetes flaw has been assigned CVE 2018-1002105. More details can be had from here [github.com] and patches are currently available. Affected versions: Kubernetes v1.0.x-1.9.x Kubernetes v1.10.0-1.10.10 (fixed in v1.10.11) Kubernetes v1.11.0-1.11.4 (fixed...
[12:32:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:09] <exec> 08└─But apparently you do care enough to whinge about it.
[12:32:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:12] <exec> 08└─Such a waste of time waiting for something I can troll in a professional way.
[12:32:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:23] <exec> 08└─If they had nothing to hide, they now have nothing to fear. Right? RIGHT??!?!
[12:32:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:34] <exec> 08└─The slide towards degeneracy is progressing nicely. The inevitable fallout420 will be interesting and sad to watch.
[12:32:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:35] <exec> 08└─Michiganoids Michigunners Michiganglions. Michigonorrheans. Michiganthropoids
[12:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:01] <exec> 08└─HumbleBundle for good for a while when they were mostly DRM-free titles. Now it's all Steam and books. Meh.
[12:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:02] <exec> 08└─If he got it on steam he should be able to.
[12:33:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 52 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:46] <exec> 08└─Here's the tweets [twitter.com] that started it all.
[12:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 1976 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:46] <exec> 08└─Could someone check the proofreading on the propaganda? Not trying to be harsh but someone typo something. The argument seems to be that a quarter million IT jobs opened per decade, and 64K students get a degree per year so we have a "problem". They're trying to convince us that 250K is larger than...
[12:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:47] <exec> 08└─becoming a programmer
[12:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:33] <exec> 08└─suburbanitemediocrity wrote :- just give up and accept your fate
[12:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:13] <exec> 08└─As much as I'd like the demise of M$ (cue trolls decrying the practice of putting the dollar sign on the acronym of a literal vampire corp.), I must point out that IBM is still around and GASP innovating with their AI stuff. But, there's hope, maybe Google wants to expand their evil segment and buys...
[12:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:14] <exec> 08└─REPETITA JUVANT -- a possibly smarter guy than Einstein
[12:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:16] <exec> 08└─Grandparent simply factored in the time lost in updates.
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[13:32:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:42] <exec> 08└─Gotta love a "free" country.
[13:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:44] <exec> 08└─Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master.
[13:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:56] <exec> 08└─There was me thinking Kubernetes were an alien race of robotic overlords from a cheesy '50s space opera. Am I now to believe it's just a container system like docker but with a stupid name?
[13:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:57] <exec> 08└─There was me thinking Kubernetes were an alien race of robotic overlords from a cheesy '50s space opera. Am I now to believe it's just a container system like docker but with a stupid name?
[13:33:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 220 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:35] <exec> 08└─Yes, many if not most AAA titles require you to "phone home", at least the first launch, and generally always. I avoid AAA titles these days and stick to stuff on GoG [gog.com] without DRM, because f*ck DRM [fckdrm.com].
[13:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kiffer [3153] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 732 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:50] <exec> 08└─Average global sea levels rise as more water is added to the oceans from land ice, e.g. Greenland, and Antarctica. However "local" apparent sea level can fall, as isostatic rebound changes the height of the land. Basically where all the ice was was pushed down by the weight of the ice, when the ice...
[13:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:52] <exec> 08└─as far as I know he cheated on his wife constantly
[13:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:54] <exec> 08└─Lava burp, unusual one, but aliens are not required to explain it.
[13:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:14] <exec> 08└─After you have a few languages under your belt, ones in different categories, what's the point of learning more? You'll need X years of skill in them if you want to switch jobs into that language and you won't get that through personal projects. You shouldn't start using that language at your curren...
[13:39:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03tibman [134] 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 265 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:31] <exec> 08└─That's silly. A good person could be reasoned with and accept they screwed up. Could even attempt to undo damage. A bad person who intentionally does bad things really doesn't care. Will deny they did anything wrong. Will abuse power to cover up any visible damage.
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[14:33:01] <exec> 08└─amirite?
[14:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:03] <exec> 08└─Yup. And home of the Braves (Atlanta).
[14:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:05] <exec> 08└─So a farmer gets busted once for pot, and now cannot grow it. Of course, this measure is just the camel's nose under the tent.
[14:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:15] <exec> 08└─They have rules? Beyond "don't get caught"? Shocking.
[14:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:17] <exec> 08└─Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master.
[14:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:33] <exec> 08└─So Kubernetes is like Docker with the addition of a murderous userbase? Got it - Thanks.
[14:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:34] <exec> 08└─So Kubernetes is like Docker with the addition of a murderous userbase?
[14:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:46] <exec> 08└─We asked our resident politics expert, Nelson Muntz, to quantify the impact of the hack on the GOP. He replied: "Haw Haw!"
[14:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:00] <exec> 08└─Michigeese.
[14:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:01] <exec> 08└─What's with this re-purposing of "FTW" Back in the day, it meant either "Fuck The World" or "Fight The Whites" Stealing, even if it be from anarchists or minorities is still wrong! Boo! Boo! Boo! Then again, "Fuck The World, For The Win!" or "Fight The Whites, For The Win!" has it's own charm.
[14:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:28] <exec> 08└─So it works quite well to say FCKDRM [fckdrm.com]. I'll Send You My Bill In The Mail.
[14:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:45] <exec> 08└─I believe the order that drives new technology is porn, games, then everything else.
[14:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:40] <exec> 08└─Quote: According to the National Geographic, analysis by the French Geological Survey suggests the new activity may point to huge movements of magma beneath the earth’s crust, miles offshore and under thousands of feet of water. Large movements of liquid rock, or reverberations through the magma c...
[14:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:41] <exec> 08└─Things like Hurricane Sandy causing data centers to move up [huffingtonpost.com.au] and unreliable power connections and "good bye mass transit" and Wall Street banksters needing to put up with the stench of overflowing shiters aso ... spring (or, if you like, flood) to mind.
[14:35:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:44] <exec> 08└─I still find it funny that Switzerland gets nuked because it has rich people. The whole thing reeked of wish fulfillment, but not enough that I wouldn't read it.
[14:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:46] <exec> 08└─And this global deformation, which let us note is not very big by the time it gets to Madagascar, manifests at a single place why?
[14:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Webweasel [567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:08] <exec> 08└─I have worked for the same firm for 17 years now.
[14:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:08] <exec> 08└─So now Windows users will be using a Chromium based browser from Microsoft to download a real Chromium based browser from NOT-Microsoft.
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[15:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:43] <exec> 08└─Gotta be tough on crime, even when the crimes shouldn't be.
[15:32:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 861 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:45] <exec> 08└─The experienced people get locked out by the system. I think the silver lining here is that the increasing normalization of cannabis across the country means that you are much more likely to get away with growing or transporting it. If in Michigan, you can "legally" hand some cannabis to a friend (a...
[15:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:47] <exec> 08└─that taxpayers is going to stop paying for the DEA to fly around 10M$ helicopters with 2k$/hour operating costs (not counting crew pay), just so they can peak in peoples back yards? It seems like they are going down the same road as the booze laws. You can make it, but only if your one of "us". Prob...
[15:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:49] <exec> 08└─The role of the Government of the United States was explicitly restricted to protecting the rights of the individual, chief among which are the rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (i.e., the pursuit of self-interest).
[15:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:02] <exec> 08└─I live in the U.S. My mother lives in Canada. We're both U.S. citizens. However, when I call her and have to listen to her complain about her sciatica for half an hour it give me great comfort to know I'm not alone.
[15:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:04] <exec> 08└─BOHICA, here come the law! A lot of people have problems with pubic and public.
[15:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:06] <exec> 08└─In essence, these memos serve as the law that governs the executive branch.
[15:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 1173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:08] <exec> 08└─There are no secret courts of law in the United States. Article 1 is clear about that. Which is to say, if the law has to be adjudicated ONLY in secret, then the court adjudicating it is a secret court, and therefore not a court with jurisdiction within the United States. Which is to say that the FI...
[15:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:25] <exec> 08└─It's simple really. Got your shit in the cloud? You've been compromised. I may be compromised, or I may not be. Those of you who put your stuff in the cloud have been compromised. Perhaps with this exploit, perhaps with another, but unless you encrypted all your stuff on your own machine BEFORE you...
[15:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:36] <exec> 08└─Why would that be? Is there some way to spread anti-democracy cooties via computer?
[15:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:51] <exec> 08└─If I can't get drunk, beat my girlfriend/wife/kids/random other drunk person, then wrap my car around a telephone pole every weekend, then 'murikkkan culture is dead. amirite?
[15:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:53] <exec> 08└─So you are not in favor of expelling people that enter a restroom for the purpose of attempted rape?
[15:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:55] <exec> 08└─We need to make sure we expel all the bathroom rapists, including post-menopausal women [thinkprogress.org], because they are indistinguishable from trans women and therefore indistinguishable from men. Humanity is male and feminism defines woman not herself but as relative to him.
[15:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:35] <exec> 08└─> Who needs multiple 4K screens when virtually you are free to put data wherever you want in the virtual space. They're trying, but it's going to be a while based on early prototypes: https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[15:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:35] <exec> 08└─I was more thinking this type of thing wouldnt be filtered out by ligo if it was so unexpected and only got noticed by an amateur digging through siesmic data.
[15:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:36] <exec> 08└─...so you don't think nymphomania is less of a problem than the kind of ego that goes "kiss my ass or I'll barbecue yours alive for eternity" then? Right. Interesting. Not entirely surprising, just disappointing.
[15:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:38] <exec> 08└─What NotSanguine said. They all spring from the same diseased root. If this Yahweh character is real in any sense, he's a blaspheming demon, as he claims to be God but clearly does not meet the qualifications.
[15:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:41] <exec> 08└─I'm not entirely sure it's only the weight of the ice that is "squeezing" earth. Centripetal force will also have an effect on it. The proportion? I guess it can be calculated but I'm too lazy for that, taking in account earth's rotation speed, diameter, and estimated mass quantity both around the e...
[15:35:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Bit of a Stretch... Material that Thickens as It's Pulled - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:52] <exec> 08└─I've got some material, that when pulled, will thicken.
[15:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:10] <exec> 08└─I will point out that humans, indeed any living thing, have been raising babies since their existence as a species. To say that children cause marriages to fail seems... statistically not the majority case.
[15:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:12] <exec> 08└─Real Trump, your usually excellent Soylent posts have grown a bit flabby. I hope for your fans you rise to your former level.
[15:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:14] <exec> 08└─I agree with many of your points but not the "traditional" timeline for having children. Traditionally, pre-birth control, you started fucking and POP! out comes the first baby. You were still in the ga-ga, how cute my woman or man is, when you had your kid. This all makes sense evolutionarily becau...
[15:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:16] <exec> 08└─I will add to my post (parent) that we would have to define the meaning of "marriage breakdown" first. Maybe what you call "breakdown" I just call "stress". We both agree that children are not the carefree bliss shown on a Hallmark card, but I would say that a relationship that has not been tested m...
[15:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:18] <exec> 08└─Meet, I meant meet. Not eat. By the way, Bill Clinton. His wife lets him do whatever he wants. Whoever he wants. And actually, I think she encourages him. Marriage can be A LOT of fun -- when you find the right woman!!
[15:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:20] <exec> 08└─I'm laughing with you, not at you. Really, I am.
[15:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:11] <exec> 08└─I have today systemms that I wrote in 80's still running on hardware from the 90's. This computer I am writing this on is 17yrs old.
[15:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:45] <exec> 08└─"Remember, Russia is a democracy. Iran is a democracy. America is a republic." Fox News. The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings ALL states, especially the smaller ones, into play.
[15:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:45] <exec> 08└─So - uhhhhh - lemme get this right. Lead was introduced into paint and gasoline by Libertarians? That was back when Libertarians ruled congress, right? And, the Senate. And the White House. Wanna know what I think? I think it was mostly Republicans and Democrats reaping the profits off that lead. I'...
[15:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Predatory Lending is Crushing Small Businesses (continued) - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:46] <exec> 08└─No, when lead was introduced into paint etc, things were how Libertarians want things, government staying out of peoples and companies business. it's an example of how things would be in libertarian land.
[15:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:14] <exec> 08└─You are right. But I can still hope. :-)
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[16:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:45] <exec> 08└─If it wasn't for this news, RISC-V would be worse off. Bring on the billions of cores.
[16:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:46] <exec> 08└─Fabricated in a 28mm process? Millimetres? My CPU so fat she got several Yomamas in decaying orbits! On the plus side, rad-hardening will not be on the trouble sheet for NASA adoption ...
[16:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:48] <exec> 08└─There are currently several microcontroller-class RISC-V boards avaliable, such as the HiFive and GAP8 (seemingly with a focus on computer vision): https://www.cnx-software.com [cnx-software.com] Further, there is some recent and interesting work being done on a software/vulkan-based RISC-...
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[16:32:50] <exec> 08└─Even in the 1960s they were using 60 micron process, so can you explain why this would be so much larger? I am a hair stylist. https://en.wikichip.org [wikichip.org]
[16:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:53] <exec> 08└─fixed. modernized.
[16:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:08] <exec> 08└─Uhh no. The role of the US Goverment was to provide for the common defense and to serve as point of resolution when issues arise between the several states. The US Gov only enumerated and recognized rights to individuals. It has always been on the individual to protect those rights.
[16:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:26] <exec> 08└─We're not blaming the government, are we? Because, I mean, you know...
[16:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:46] <exec> 08└─No, seriously, I don't run kurgettenets, neither do I hack the damned vegetables. Why should I care?
[16:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Final Planning for the New Horizons Flyby of 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) Underway - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:24] <exec> 08└─One interesting thing about TFA is that the spacecraft is closing at 1,000,000 miles per day. That works out to 41 and 2/3 thousands (41666.66667) miles per hour or 11.5 miles per second. So at closest approach point it will speed by it in less than two seconds edge-to-edge. (Yeah, it's more complic...
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[16:34:25] <exec> 08└─True I guess, but since the closest approach is a planned 3,500 km (~2,175 miles), it will already be snapping away great photos from a distance of 5k, 10k km, etc. Helped by the fact that the planned approach is closer than the distance that New Horizons passed by Pluto (12,500 km). So I guess for...
[16:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Sales Slide, Virtual Reality Fans Look to a Bright, Untethered Future - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:01] <exec> 08└─For the virtual desktop manager and some games, it would be nice for the headset to have some presence awareness so that it finds a desktop/laptop keyboard and any external mouse using its front-facing camera and sensors, and overlays a faint, accurate representation of their location. Use simple ma...
[16:36:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:07] <exec> 08└─...so you don't think nymphomania is less of a problem than the kind of ego that goes "kiss my ass or I'll barbecue yours alive for eternity" then?
[16:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:08] <exec> 08└─Doesn't the Greek mythological cycle have something akin to Ragnarok in it, prophesying the end of the Olympians and their system?
[16:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:10] <exec> 08└─Sounds like someone's messing with the core. Hope some unappreciated scientist somewhere working on that unobtainium. Otherwise, we may have already killed the planet.
[16:37:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Aurean [4924] 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 289 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:22] <exec> 08└─Consider that those who have been married that long have remained together for a reason. - one of those reasons being that they can deal with conflict with affection and humor. The results may say more about what makes for long lasting relationships than how relationships change with age.
[16:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:50] <exec> 08└─In any case, as I said: it is true. So true.
[16:41:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:29] <exec> 08└─So true! I was a businessman. I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them. And they are there for me. And that’s a broken system. But Crooked Hillary's campaign spent much more money than mine did....
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[17:32:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:33] <exec> 08└─The subject line almost made me think it had been postponed again.
[17:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:47] <exec> 08└─you're being very unrealistic. this is good news. a big company using riscv in such a big way and being good community members at the same time is a good first step.
[17:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:49] <exec> 08└─I was 50/50 typo or poor description of chip size. So, a typo or some marketing person having no idea what they were talking about when they said nanometer.
[17:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:51] <exec> 08└─It's also irritating.
[17:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:53] <exec> 08└─Yes, a good first step. A good second step would be for an education focused board, like a Raspberry Pi type thing, to use this chip. That would spur more software development. And get it into the hands of students and hobbyists.
[17:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:56] <exec> 08└─You were a typo? Did a grammar nazi put you into a consternation camp?
[17:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:58] <exec> 08└─Fixed or repaired in the sense that I took my cat to the vet to be 'repaired'.
[17:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:14] <exec> 08└─yes, they're making it so you "have to" sign away your rights in a licensing scheme to do something you already had the right to do. they are treasonous scum and people who get licensed are dumb whores.
[17:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:15] <exec> 08└─My first take on the "CBD derived from hemp..." is that it's intended to carve a safe space for the production and sale of pharmaceutical products as a product of hemp farming and processing, rather than just fiber. CBD is one of the particularly promising molecules. It also lays the groundwork for...
[17:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:18] <exec> 08└─That might have been true back in the daze when I was but a mere typo and had not yet matured into a full blown gramatical disaster.
[17:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:20] <exec> 08└─Just wait. There will be: All New! Monsanto Genetically Modified Hemp! Patented! And you have to keep buying it from Monsanto every year! Large fines or patent lawsuits if any of it blows into your field from a neighboring field!
[17:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:54] <exec> 08└─unless you encrypted all your stuff on your own machine BEFORE you put it in the cloud, you are compromised
[17:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:56] <exec> 08└─All true - but, if you're doing your own encryption, and using reasonably secure encryption, then you haven't simply handed your document(s) over to Big Brother. Those people who use the cloud to do their encryption can't even make such a claim. At least you've made some attempt, and the other guy n...
[17:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:10] <exec> 08└─" The NRCC brought on the prominent Washington law firm Covington and Burling as well as Mercury Public Affairs to oversee the response to the hack. The NRCC paid the two firms hundreds of thousands of dollars to help respond to the intrusion." they did a good job paying off/pressuring the "media" t...
[17:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:11] <exec> 08└─Is there some way to spread anti-democracy cooties via computer? YES
[17:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:32] <exec> 08└─...would deprive pharma bros from 1000s per month per patient my required colon medicine went up in price from $25 per month (15 years ago) to $1000 per month now for the same old medicine - I have no sympathy for big pharma missing their quarterly numbers, especially for classic formulations
[17:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:33] <exec> 08└─all the hand wringing over enforcement and the implications of the law are ridiculous. it's real fucking simple, pigs. just mind your own goddamn business and start doing the job you were fucking hired for. going after real criminals, you chicken shit thieves!
[17:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:28] <exec> 08└─And this global deformation... manifests at a single place why?
[17:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:29] <exec> 08└─Didn't say the weight of glaciers is the only local factor to cause a global effect, just that it is one of the factors.
[17:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:32] <exec> 08└─Apparently, someone had written that Zeus was destined to be overthrown by the second child of Metis (the first being Athena - it's complicated). From Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]: Zeus lay with Metis but immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear extremely powerf...
[17:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 1178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:34] <exec> 08└─I'm disagreeing with these terms. Sea level to me, implies depth. When a land mass sinks, that isn't the ocean rising, that's the ocean staying the same level, and the land mass sinking. If you want to pretend that the ocean level can rise and fall in different areas depending on how much of the bea...
[17:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:36] <exec> 08└─Not very big in terms of what? E.g. neither very big is the distance the tectonic plates suddenly move relative to each other, but the resulting earthquake can release a huge amount of energy.
[17:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:38] <exec> 08└─It's entertaining enough, I suppose nuking Switzerland to kill the Gnomes was a wee bit of overkill (fun, but overkill as we all know they only infest Zürich...) I've got a badly formatted epub version of it on my Nook found on a trawl of the wilds of the interwibblz which is a pain to read, I migh...
[17:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:40] <exec> 08└─As a non Christian let me ask you, would it make more sense if I replaced jahovah with Mother nature? Nature causes delusions and creates tempting traps that you should avoid has almost a scientific ring to it. Your fixation on jahovah makes you as much an ignorant as fundamentalist Christians. The...
[17:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:43] <exec> 08└─When a land mass sinks, that isn't the ocean rising, that's the ocean staying the same level, and the land mass sinking.
[17:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:45] <exec> 08└─A big quake can displace rock by meters.
[17:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:23] <exec> 08└─The standard is achieved once more! Say hi to Melania for me if you see her this week.
[17:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:18] <exec> 08└─In "the same job"? No. No single job tends to last that long anymore that isn't a CxO position and even they shift around. At "the same firm"? Define your time range. I've seen a couple of places so far that had one or two people that have stayed in the firm and retired after 20-30 years because the...
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[18:33:35] <exec> 08└─Actually, I thought it was some kind of brand name, probably sub-licensed from Disney. "Hey kids! Ask Mom for some Moldy Mouse Munch, found in the cereal aisles of most grocer's! Astronauts love it, so will you!"
[18:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:57] <exec> 08└─Did Musk get an electric go-cart into the hands of campus-weary students or mobile hobbyists? No. He built a goddamn, mother-fucking Hot Rod for the wealthy players. We need a FOSH GPU as a RISC-V extension—something with some serious computing ability; something which is expensive. Otherwise, ain...
[18:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:58] <exec> 08└─9.34 atto-light-seconds or 858 nano-light-caesium-transitions Interestingly, for the metric-haters, a light-caesium seems to be 32.6mm, or about an inch and a quarter.
[18:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:00] <exec> 08└─Hey what's six orders of magnitude between friends?!
[18:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:03] <exec> 08└─To get a processor to be popular, it needs code. Remember Alpha, Itanium, and so many others ? Lottsa power, but very expensive and therefore only doing a few specific things. If you're gonna go incompatible and ask for a lot of money, the people willing to shell out that money need instant amazing...
[18:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 1980 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:24] <exec> 08└─I don't know about any free-for-all, but let me offer some insight into rural living in SW Arkansas. When I moved here, 30+ years ago, cannabis was strictly illegal. Helicopters flew around, using state-of-the-art cameras to locate hemp and cannabis. I saw them hover right over my property, apparent...
[18:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:25] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyerhaeuser [wikipedia.org] Weyerhaeuser (pronounced "Warehouser") Company, is one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, owning or controlling nearly 12.4 million acres of timberlands in the U.S. and managing additional 14.0 million acres timberlands un...
[18:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:27] <exec> 08└─You'll have to explain that joke. It's wooshing over my head. Diagrams would be appreciated.
[18:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 875 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:29] <exec> 08└─If you use printer paper in the US, you use Weyerhauser supplied trees. In 1990, I helped to build what was then the largest paper mill in the world. At least 80% of the wood going into that mill comes from Weyerhauser land. The rest of the paper mills in the region (Kraft paper mostly) can say the...
[18:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:49] <exec> 08└─yes, this is how local and county courts act around the country too. they hear cases extra-judiciously (via illegal laws) and the "officials "are so brainwashed and ignorant they don't even believe when you explain it to them, or they know, but don't care. when you explain it to the cops they don't...
[18:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:50] <exec> 08└─Who else is better?
[18:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:52] <exec> 08└─This suggests that the EU is making laws in a secretive process [euobserver.com], but it probably isn't as outright bad as the U.S. secret justifications for surveillance. Maybe Canada is doing better. I wouldn't look to Australia given their recent activities. You can toss South America, Africa, Ru...
[18:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:31] <exec> 08└─You mean FaceTwit ?
[18:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:32] <exec> 08└─“The DNC should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be hacked. They had bad defenses, and they were able to be hacked,” Trump told CBS News in July. “I heard they were trying to hack the Republicans, too. But, and this may be wrong, but they had much stronger defenses.” The R...
[18:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:35] <exec> 08└─Hacking a political party gets you - what, exactly? And, what can you use it for? Dems or repubs, if you're looking for intelligence - you ain't gonna find it. Politics, and intelligence. Think about that. If our politics were informed by intelligence, we would adopt most, if not all, of the Green p...
[18:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:37] <exec> 08└─Ivanka for prison 2018!
[18:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:39] <exec> 08└─If our politics were informed by intelligence, we would adopt most, if not all, of the Green party's policies. So why do you oppose all the Green party's policies, then?
[18:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:00] <exec> 08└─NPC sez: "Green Plant Bad!"
[18:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:01] <exec> 08└─Don't forget fewer overdoses! Legalizing Marijuana Decreases Fatal Opiate Overdoses, Study Shows [drugabuse.com]
[18:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:03] <exec> 08└─See rape statistics from about 2001 or so until 2014. Here's rape statistics for 2003 to 2011. [wikipedia.org] Big shocker: AC is completely full of shit.
[18:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:34] <exec> 08└─torrent uploading teams need to doxx the authors of the drm so people can teach them that their actions have consequences.
[18:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:35] <exec> 08└─Every time you buy a DRM'd game part of your money goes to these very leaches. Spend your money on something socially more constructive like hookers and blow instead.
[18:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:13] <exec> 08└─That's Gojira you moron! ;)
[18:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 1307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:14] <exec> 08└─Any personification of objective reality is going to lead into either contradictions or a massively sadistic entity running things. Either that or just denial of what's observable. The normal work around is some form of polytheism, including dual gods. But when you take your traditions from numerous...
[18:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:16] <exec> 08└─When the ice over land melts, the water runs quickly into the ocean, but it takes multiple thousands of years for the land to rebound due to the removal of weight. Both are happening, but they're happening on different time scales. OTOH, most of the current rise in the ocean is due to the oceans get...
[18:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:19] <exec> 08└─It can be a displacement of only centimetres,
[18:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03IndigoFreak [3415] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:21] <exec> 08└─I disagree. It's not like there's an infinite amount of water so that sinking a volume of solid lets the water level unmodified. in fact, the volume of water on the entire Earth is surprisingly small as a proportion of entire Earth [usgs.gov]
[18:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:23] <exec> 08└─How can you classify those as a single idea? It's easy, that Abraham guy was a massive douche.
[18:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:10] <exec> 08└─A trade school is probably a better fit for those of you who are so desperate to remain ignorant of the world around you.
[18:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:08] <exec> 08└─kind of like what happens to the american voter. the older voters seem to think the government is just good folks trying to help and everything is basically fine.
[18:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Could Lead to Safer and Cheaper 3D Medical Imaging - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:27] <exec> 08└─regular xrays aren't that big of a deal but when you get a cat scan that's like many(hundreds?) of xrays at once, which increases your odds of getting cancer significantly.
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[19:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:09] <exec> 08└─Why did you post this Takyon? Is this interesting to you? Is there someone here who actually finds this interesting? Like, it inspired you to do something in your life? Or to make an investment, or ANYTHING? I honestly want to know who cares about this, or what it means to you if you do.
[19:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:10] <exec> 08└─The 5G spec isn't finalized yet, I suspect they made it 2 packages because it's easier to update the modem than the baseband chip. When the spec is finalized the baseband will stay the same, only the modem will change. Next gen chip will have the modem in the baseband chip.
[19:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:13] <exec> 08└─It's 5G. It will make your putrid AC life so much better.
[19:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:24] <exec> 08└─Nooooo! Mom! I want New Improved . . . Sugarooos! Yes kids, Sugarooos are part of a delicious breakfast. These sugar frosted flecks of 100% pure sugar are then coated with the golden goodness of glucose and fortified with 12 essential sweeteners! So demand Sugarooos today! Because you are entitled t...
[19:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:26] <exec> 08└─I didn't watch the launch, but this is on Twitter [twitter.com]: Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data. Recovery ship dispatched.
[19:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:28] <exec> 08└─Looked like it was supposed to land on land. As soon as the retros came on it looked like there was too much thrust off to the side, when they cut out there were lots of corrections, wobbly, spinning, then driving out to sea, and feed cut. Hopefully they eventually provide the footage, based on prio...
[19:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 933 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:30] <exec> 08└─Yep. I think that's one major difference between SpaceX and NASA: With NASA if something goes wrong it would still be broadcast - I remember watching Challenger. Maybe they lost the signal at SpaceX, it's sure possible, but I got the distinct impression that as soon as the data went south they cut t...
[19:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:33] <exec> 08└─I wish they had just left the video feed live. There was obviously a problem. It was coming down steady. There was a great view of the ground. Then it started making some adjustments which suddenly got larger and larger. It seemed like a bit of a spin. Then some over correction in the reverse direct...
[19:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:35] <exec> 08└─I was watching and find it hard to believe signal was lost. Although the steering was obviously out of control, there was no physical harm to the rocket still falling. As for the cheering, I don't think it is from the control room but from the peanut gallery.
[19:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:59] <exec> 08└─It's in the name: General-purpose computing is, well, a large and difficult arena. That's why you concentrate on a niche market first. You computer folks keep trying to go for the low-end niche market (e.g., IoT crap), which the market keeps telling you isn't real; I'm suggesting you instead go for...
[19:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:00] <exec> 08└─Might be because the established players are throwing billions at the high-end, hiring very smart people and patenting all the math and Si tricks those can think of, so kicking their ass is far from cheap and trivial. It's a bit like my startup: When you provide equipment above a certain grade, cust...
[19:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:02] <exec> 08└─https://community.cadence.com/cadence_blogs_8/b/breakfast-bytes/posts/risc-v-summit-preview [cadence.com] https://community.cadence.com [cadence.com]
[19:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:04] <exec> 08└─Kicking their ass on the high end isn't even near what's required - you just have to be competetive with the run-of-the-mill stuff, while ATTRACTING the high-end money people. Consumers are fickle.
[19:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:28] <exec> 08└─I'm basically just agreeing with your sarcasm. It is no longer necessary to be tough on hemp. It once may have seemed like it was important. But no longer does it seem like it, except to Jeff Sessions.
[19:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:29] <exec> 08└─Good to hear that Evil Keebler Elf Sessions is out of the White House and out of a Senate seat. Hopefully he retreats from public life.
[19:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:32] <exec> 08└─Industrial Hemp doesn't have much in the way of Cannabinoids to begin with, the variety grown for fiber is so low that your more likely to get a head ache and passout from the carbon monoxide in the smoke long before you get even a buzz from the THC. For anyone interested in Hemp, it's history and h...
[19:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:53] <exec> 08└─yay! random fictional quotes from fictional characters, that's really insightful srsly, its like you don't even understand the point of quotes versus just using your own words to say what you believe
[19:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:55] <exec> 08└─Good to know I'm not the only one who took those words to heart. I've been using a paraphrase of that line as my sig for almost 20 years :) Here is the full text from the game: "As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against ...
[19:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 907 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:57] <exec> 08└─> You can toss South America, Africa, Russia + Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. right in the bin. Why ? To satisfy your sense of superiority ? "Hey let's just put Japan, Buthan, Singapore, Irak, Benin, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Paraguay and Mauritius in one big category, because they must...
[19:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:59] <exec> 08└─Here's the thing. The regulations are interpretations of the grey areas in the law. Congress leaves grey areas in the law on purpose - they expect that the people closest to the action are better informed and thus leaves it up to their expert discretion. So for all intents and purposes regulations a...
[19:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:02] <exec> 08└─If anything the entire tronald dump fiasco has proven that not only do they have rules, they follow them to excruciating levels. Because if they had actually been breaking all the rules, as dump and his basket of guillibles are constantly screaming, he would have been taken down long before the elec...
[19:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:04] <exec> 08└─There is a substantive difference between not doing something bad because there is no motive or that they can't afford the means, and actually having formal legal protections to prevent it from being done. If you've got evidence that any of those places have got effective laws on the books preventin...
[19:35:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:48] <exec> 08└─It's an honest question. You say we should stop arguing about global warming. But you're the one who's always arguing that it's not real.
[19:35:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 1359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:49] <exec> 08└─Wellllll, let me explain some subtleties that seem to have escaped you. 1. I acknowledge that global warming is real. Really for real. I posted an inane post about trying to get laid while living on land covered by a mile of ice somewhere. About 20,000 years ago it was much too cold to talk chicks o...
[19:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:51] <exec> 08└─No, DeathMonkey means World Socialist Web Site [wsws.org], Truthdig [truthdig.com], Consortiumnews [consortiumnews.com], counterpunch [counterpunch.org], Alternet [alternet.org], and other various "fake news" websites. He also wants us to believe that dictatorship of the financial oligarchy constitu...
[19:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 1106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:53] <exec> 08└─Here is the most recent Green Party climate platform I could find. Quotes below are from this platform. [gp.org] I think man-made global warming is pretty lame. "Climate change is the most grave environmental, social and economic peril that humanity has ever met..." Taxing people for using resource...
[19:35:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:56] <exec> 08└─I did say something about "most, if not all" of the Green's policies. I can't be a Libertarian, because I don't buy into all of their policies. I can't be a Greenie, for the same reason. I will buy into much of their platform, but I'm not moving to their plantation.
[19:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:54] <exec> 08└─It is the same with Fiverr and Mechanical Turk, and the rest. Short of the FBI or InterPol or the like knocking on their door, they won't care; and even then they don't always (looking at you Backpage).
[19:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:56] <exec> 08└─Yes, I did write f*ck DRM [fckdrm.com], though perhaps the correct spelling is just fck DRM [fckdrm.com] without the asterisk?
[19:37:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 148 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:28] <exec> 08└─Some aliens may have been cruising past and blasting their stereo, leaving the planet shaking much like how a car's license plate frame will rattle.
[19:38:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 44 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:05] <exec> 08└─How can you classify those as a single idea?
[19:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Early Bronze Age European Women Moved Around More than Men - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:44] <exec> 08└─Can you quote the mysoginistic part jesus. Are you even ok? Please let me drink from your wisdom. You would find that most jokes are about stereotypes and it never hurt anybody. But i guess you must be funny at parties
[19:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:53] <exec> 08└─that's why i vote 3rd party every time. unfortunately, there are only 2% americans left...
[19:43:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:54] <exec> 08└─Why not, right? I did. I just pick the best person for the job. I only hire all the best people. apply.whitehouse.gov [whitehouse.gov]
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[20:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:03] <exec> 08└─I'm glad the AC asked. The AC forced you to admit what the AC implies: Nobody cares.
[20:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:04] <exec> 08└─I'm glad the AC asked.
[20:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:07] <exec> 08└─Unless, of course, you're admitting to abusing some kind of administrative feature to check, say, an IP address.
[20:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:09] <exec> 08└─username == AC where username is None.
[20:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:25] <exec> 08└─No way would an erratically spinning rocket possibly lose its link to mission control!
[20:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:26] <exec> 08└─https://twitter.com/elonmusk [twitter.com] Musk's twitter has a video of the water landing
[20:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:28] <exec> 08└─To my understanding this is not from the control room. Older videos shows a lot of the people from spacex gathered to watch the launch/landing that appear to be different than the control room. Visible in the FH launch.
[20:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:30] <exec> 08└─On Monday's launch and other previous launches, you can hear the commentator(s) talking over what sounds like cafeteria noises. Maybe they just gather employees in the company lunchroom to watch the launch on a big screen while eating some food (increasing their serotonin levels). Then record their...
[20:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:33] <exec> 08└─They were originally going to land on the pad, but there is another spacecraft on a different pad with a NRO payload. That forced them to move the planned landing to the barge close offshore. There was a hydraulic failure in the gridfin system preventing normal landing of the first stage. The first...
[20:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:01] <exec> 08└─If you're new and just "competitive", you need to be cheaper. If you're better, you can command the high-end margins. You need those margins to get anywhere, because even being "competitive" on the "high-end" against dominant established players requires a lot of resources, and gaining market share...
[20:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:01] <exec> 08└─Logic failure. The original assertion was that 3 continents' worth of countries can just be assumed to be worse than The Democratic West. I'm pretty sure the onus is on that poster to prove that all those countries are actually actively acting worse than the US (secret laws being the topic), not on...
[20:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:03] <exec> 08└─Reality failure. This is an informal discussion board. Not a philosophical treatise of formal logic. Your demand that the OP make a thorough accounting of every single other country's legal system, isn't just unreasonable, its designed to shut down the discussion without actually engaging with it. I...
[20:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:15] <exec> 08└─We had some pretty strong ant-MJ laws and propaganda before that were out of proportion to the problem. Now we're overreacting the opposite direction and acting like it's harmless and it will save our state economies. I can't feel too happy about legalization except that it takes away from police wa...
[20:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:17] <exec> 08└─I will add to my post that, being a drug, I am all for it for people who benefit from using it for medical reasons.
[20:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 1059 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:29] <exec> 08└─It is the first level effects from the singularity that got shot into the planet in the Tunguska event. It has been slowing down and accumulating more matter, but as it slows the accretion accelerates. From the bits and pieces we've managed to put together the extra terrestrials that did this have j...
[20:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:30] <exec> 08└─Islam was developed independently from Christianity
[20:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:33] <exec> 08└─I don't know about Zeus being all that bad. There were a bunch of swamp dwellers, who worshipped a vulture, a snake, a cactus, and the sun. They build a huge pyramid, and raided hundreds of miles around for victims. Said victims were dragged to the top of the pyramid, to have their hearts cut out, a...
[20:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03schad [2398] (Score: 2) 02 - 06State Legislators try to Limit the Power of Voters - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:52] <exec> 08└─These legislatures are not representative because of heavy gerrymandering in those states, which mean that Republicans get more seats than Democrats with fewer total votes.
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[21:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:50] <exec> 08└─Motif is good enough for any GUI. I'm a crotchety old bigot and I haven't upgraded my rig since XFree86.
[21:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:09] <exec> 08└─Ah.
[21:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:31] <exec> 08└─I thought it was name for the latest Ubuntu version.
[21:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:33] <exec> 08└─That's sort of what I gathered. And it was still good coverage - I liked it. Although I found the cheering pretty distracting it was still well worth watching and I'm glad SpaceX provided the coverage. It was also very interesting in a positive way that the commentators all (?) seemed to be actual l...
[21:33:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:53] <exec> 08└─You were a typo? Did a grammar nazi put you into a consternation camp?
[21:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:04] <exec> 08└─And they put him in contraction!
[21:34:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 1173 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:50] <exec> 08└─There are no secret courts of law in the United States. Article 1 is clear about that. Which is to say, if the law has to be adjudicated ONLY in secret, then the court adjudicating it is a secret court, and therefore not a court with jurisdiction within the United States. Which is to say that the FI...
[21:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:04] <exec> 08└─I'm reacting to some guy dismissing three quarters of the world out of some sense of superiority. "Those continents just don't matter, those people couldn't possibly get it right if we don't"
[21:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:05] <exec> 08└─Yes, its clear you decided to interpret his words that way and were reacting to that interpretation. On the other hand I presented a more reasonable way to interpret his words. Up to you which version you prefer.
[21:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:01] <exec> 08└─Mysteriously? Seriously? Please! They didn't have to talk out of both sides of their mouth, like the democrats do to keep the liberal (Sanders etc.) money in their little corral. Republicans can just say fuck you, and get more votes. What do they have to hide? Their corruption is wide open for all t...
[21:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:02] <exec> 08└─So you don't like any of the green policies in the Green party. Climate change, stronger EPA, etc. That's a rather large chunk of their whole deal.... So, what policies of theirs do you support? Socialized healthcare? Regulating the financial industry?
[21:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:28] <exec> 08└─Dessert is a drug. And sugar is addictive, maybe chocolate too. And weed is good for the economy, especially if you make desserts... You are welcome to reasonable regulation, prohibition, never.
[21:36:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 148 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:52] <exec> 08└─Damn, Steam006 had to waste his money on a brand new game and only got 20 minutes of enjoyment out of it? What a rip off. Think he can get a refund?
[21:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:05] <exec> 08└─I'm completely out of the loop as well. If I really feel like playing a game with DRM, I instead obtain it through piracy. Interestingly enough, there is no DRM in piracy :) Although, I'm quite happy enough with all the Indie games, and they're all DRM free and more affordable too.
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[22:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:49] <exec> 08└─Highly doubtful, that you're rig (assumed main work computer) is 26 years old. Sure, I've got a few clunkers running around somewhere, but it's definitely not what I would call my "rig." In fact I have a couple of functional, usable Thinkpad A21m Laptops that work with some modern Linux systems. The...
[22:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:51] <exec> 08└─Just FYI. The vast majority of x.org (Linux, BSD, etc) desktop applications are written in either Gtk+ (with GNOME libs or without) or Qt (with KDE libs or without). Not Motif. Most firms that pay you to write Linux desktop applications will pay you to write Qt (and/with QML) code. Not Motif, not Gt...
[22:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:53] <exec> 08└─The final release of XFree86 was in 2008. No I haven't replaced my main computer in ten years. We have this recession for the past decade and I can't afford a new computer. Money is tight for most and non-existent for computer nerds ever since the jock bros and the purple hairs took over the entire...
[22:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:55] <exec> 08└─Don't tell me shit I already know. What part of "Motif is good enough" don't you understand?
[22:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:57] <exec> 08└─So maybe now we'll see Mono with a usable cross-platform GUI
[22:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:00] <exec> 08└─I could see that, all of the computers I've built over the same time period are perfectly functional. Well, one of them has an issue with booting from an SSD, but when it stalls on windows boot, I hit reset and it boots up again fine. Been doing that for the last year or two, so I figure if it ain't...
[22:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:02] <exec> 08└─It ain't real Windows if it doesn't phone home. Constantly.
[22:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:04] <exec> 08└─Microsoft is a CANCER! (and now, for your enjoyment....A Ballmer monkey boy dance!) Is this open source? Is this a biopsy? Caught in a fuck up, no escape for MS Edge. Open your eyes, and drop Microsoft right NOW! I'm just a monkey boy, I need brain surgery Because I'm really dumb, Really slow, Trude...
[22:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 2623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:06] <exec> 08└─First Microsoft had Java envy. So they got Java on their platform. Then in brazenly flagrant violation of the clear contract they signed, they started poisoning Microsoft Java by adding poisonous extra features in the standard APIs. Result: developers would build a Java product on Windows and then t...
[22:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:09] <exec> 08└─Didn't know whether to mod funny or insightful. :-)
[22:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:11] <exec> 08└─If we did, would it matter?
[22:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:13] <exec> 08└─Are they looking for help for when they move to MS Linux?
[22:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:33] <exec> 08└─So, once all chips can have a modem, they likely will have a modem. How do you turn it off?
[22:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:34] <exec> 08└─Ah.
[22:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:00] <exec> 08└─You are confusing Ubuntu's Mouldy Mouse release with the Masturbating Monkeys release.
[22:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:02] <exec> 08└─Here is video of it landing in the ocean https://giphy.com [giphy.com] https://www.cnbc.com [cnbc.com]
[22:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:04] <exec> 08└─I had seen it spin a full 360 with perfectly clear signal. Video below of it landing in ocean.
[22:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:06] <exec> 08└─For the same reason PCs come pre-infected with Windows: Profit!
[22:36:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:07] <exec> 08└─The little guy was VERY MIXED UP. And confused. He had a big job -- couldn't do it! I told everybody I didn’t have an Attorney General. It was very sad. But I moved very strongly on that one. I told him, resign. Or you'll be in a World of Hurt.........He got the message. Welcome my TERRIFIC new At...
[22:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:09] <exec> 08└─I've heard he's back in the tree making fudge stripes.... (that asshole was a major problem for the US. so glad he's out of the picture, now)
[22:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:05] <exec> 08└─I do appreciate the sentiment [acm.org], yet do not completely agree i.e. your remark that "there are encryption methods that are claimed by fairly reliable people to be more than just reasonably secure [baud.fr]". You probably know, but at least some unsuspecting readers -- typically programmers --...
[22:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:09] <exec> 08└─It scales all the way up to "they have a different skin color"
[22:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Married Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:10] <exec> 08└─You've never made fish tacos??? Time to head south and learn some tasty tricks to handling meat.
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[23:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:25] <exec> 08└─Australia has decided that all of its tech companies will have irrelevant and inferior software that cannot be exported or used elsewhere, and any open source / FOSS communities will find asylum in other countries. The tragic part about this is that the Australian government is now ensuring it will...
[23:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:27] <exec> 08└─If anybody sees any follow-up stories about companies pulling out of Australia because of this, please submit them. I'd like to see a backlash much fiercer than when North Carolina did the bathroom bill [wikipedia.org]. Maybe there aren't enough major tech companies in Australia to make a difference...
[23:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:29] <exec> 08└─Just looking up their terrorism entry makes it pretty clear that compared to most European nations, the worse they've faced was a couple of stabbings and the odd plot or two. These laws are just their way to further commit to sticking with the US in the trade wars. Nothing more.
[23:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:31] <exec> 08└─I would say foreign companies are not going to cooperate or stay, but Google is building China's censorship and surveillance systems. Who knows how Twitter and Facebook will react, and other "companies" will be wholly incapable of cooperation like those behind Signal, Telegram, Whisper. None of them...
[23:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:33] <exec> 08└─Almost like the US but the put their assholes on steroids. Did you blokes take Roger the Kangaroo as your political mascot? I'm a buff idiot! MRAWWWW! I'd like to hear Jim Jeffries mock this move!
[23:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:36] <exec> 08└─Let's not forget that this piece of anti-privacy authoritarianism has been brought to you by a right-wing party. I realize that this violates the orthodoxy that some posters here would like to promote, but actions speak louder than words.
[23:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:00] <exec> 08└─Great insight is frequently couched in humor. Consider Mark Twain...
[23:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:53] <exec> 08└─For those of you compelled to look up the real name, here is where I learned that Ubuntu 10.10 was called Maverick Meerkat [ubuntu.com].
[23:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:54] <exec> 08└─He also said they'd reuse it for some "internal" mission. Landing video looks soft (impressive considering the failure), but I'm not sure what the dip in the salty drink does to the hot engines bells and the resultant steam bubbles to the rest of the structure.
[23:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:57] <exec> 08└─Yep. I think that's one major difference between SpaceX and NASA: With NASA if something goes wrong it would still be broadcast - I remember watching Challenger. Maybe they lost the signal at SpaceX, it's sure possible, but I got the distinct impression that as soon as the data went south they cut t...
[23:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:16] <exec> 08└─...off her steel-toed-boot-...
[23:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:17] <exec> 08└─Here's an example: Slow Slip Events [gns.cri.nz] In the New Zealand slow slip events, large areas of land have been observed to move eastward by up to 30mm over days, weeks, or months. Some scientists believe that these movements can shift stress within the Earth's crust and trigger earthquakes, so...
[23:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:19] <exec> 08└─73 requests across 23 different domains? Gawd how can they even sell this? At least they're considerate enough to serve the actually useful content from their own domain.
[23:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:21] <exec> 08└─I can't afford anything fancy. My last pair, and they're unfortunately coming apart after a year, are a set of men's Roebucks I got at the local Sears last November for $50. It turns out you can just subtract 2 from a mens' size and get the equivalent womens' size :)
[23:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 693 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:08] <exec> 08└─The code cutting stuff is a means to an end. Its the start to get to that architect of cutting edge systems. Getting a CS degree doesn't just land you an architects job and rightfully so. One of implicit reason you want to start at the bottom is to also learn about the problem domain, be it banking,...
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