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[00:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:27] <exec> 08└─Nono, only socialist hippy scum could pass such bullshit legislation! The right are RIGHT! How is this such a hard concept to figure out?
[00:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:29] <exec> 08└─Yup, there's plenty about any party worth bitching about. Generally enough to warrant all politicians serve a mandatory two terms. The first in office and the second in prison.
[00:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:31] <exec> 08└─Man, i'm tired of hearing about North Korea, and you misspelled it too.
[00:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:33] <exec> 08└─And if you don't see those stories, and don't hear about major efforts to bring offerings into compliance with the law ... Is that evidence enough that those major players already have everything back-doored and Australia is only bringing it to light?
[00:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:35] <exec> 08└─... the worse they've faced was a couple of stabbings and the odd plot or two.
[00:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:37] <exec> 08└─Does anybody want to remind me what makes having all those political parties in the government any better than the American "two" party system? I mean, granted, the Americans need two parties, but the question is still valid.
[00:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:40] <exec> 08└─Coming soon: special geo-blocked app stores (hold on, we already have that) So, will fdroid have to be blocked, as it allows loading of apps that (gasp!) have encryption?
[00:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:42] <exec> 08└─So that the political parties have to actually consider how their base feels! With two parties you can pander to the extremes and ignore the bulk of actual concerns. You either become pro choice or pro life, there is no middle ground of "stop political corruption" because the issue of abortion is mo...
[00:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 901 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:44] <exec> 08└─Oh, yes. That's the other part of this incredible stupidity. Apple may be locked out of Australia permanently. I don't see them giving enough of a shit, and it would give them fantastic PR elsewhere to fight against this as if Apple had principles at work. Same with Google and Twitter, and the other...
[00:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:47] <exec> 08└─"So realistically, Australia is going to be without Facebook, Twitter, and many others." Go Aussies! :)
[00:34:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 2623 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:03] <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...
[00:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:09] <exec> 08└─>build wonderful project under wpf >so wonderful MS wants to EEE it >"no wai MS, since you open sourced it i own it and do whatever i want HA" >get slammed for wpf related patent infringement is the smallprint sane?
[00:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC Will Optionally Enable 5G Connections with Added X50 Modem - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:29] <exec> 08└─How do you turn it off?
[00:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:05] <exec> 08└─Why are we infecting space with our virus?
[00:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:07] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing it's just in case it happens to miss by enough to hurt someone. They've had no qualms releasing missed landings and explosions, and they quickly released the video linked in the comments here. But when your bomb is tumbling (apparently) out of control, keeping the cool feed can turn int...
[00:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:41] <exec> 08└─I'm reacting
[00:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:43] <exec> 08└─That's how quotes go. They get coined by some no-name, often in a fictional context, and then attributed to Abraham Lincoln half a century later. I don't have a problem with this because this is how cool quotes are formed.
[00:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:35] <exec> 08└─No, I mean kompromat.
[00:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:36] <exec> 08└─Troll Oooooh! Right between the eyes! Knock me over with a feather!
[00:44:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:10] <exec> 08└─I take it you've never done any mod_perl programming? You absolutely do memory management in it, though not of the typical variety. The vast majority of our code gets interpreted at runtime and then given the boot as soon as it's finished running. The same with data. Very few things are going to be...
[00:44:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:11] <exec> 08└─That phrase always makes me want pancakes.
[00:44:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:13] <exec> 08└─Because it's interesting? Not everything needs to be about money. Money is just a means to an end and it's not even always the correct tool. I mean, I'm not going to catch more flatheads on a $50 lure than I am on a jug line with a live bluegill on it.
[00:44:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:16] <exec> 08└─That wasn't me you were replying to. We went to a lot of trouble to put those little + and - buttons on every comment and you still make the same mistakes? Way to make us feel unappreciated.
[00:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Increased Demand for COBOL, Mainframe, and Legacy Storage Skills - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:18] <exec> 08└─You absolutely do memory management in it, though not of the typical variety. The vast majority of our code gets interpreted at runtime and then given the boot as soon as it's finished running. The same with data.
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[01:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:13] <exec> 08└─Wubbah...who knows...who cares.
[01:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:15] <exec> 08└─Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
[01:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:17] <exec> 08└─Hey, welcome to politics! It would be convenient to single out the Americans, but the whole world going wacky right now.
[01:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:19] <exec> 08└─The anonymous review site puts facebook at #7, above Google and Apple. Only LinedIn is higher among well known names. https://www.glassdoor.com [glassdoor.com] Something fishy is going on somewhere.
[01:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:46] <exec> 08└─There's just no irony in that the most hated people on the planet always win the election. The psychosis is real.
[01:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 1940 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:14] <exec> 08└─Yes, it would. Despite having submitted the article, I dislike MS with passion. I was in the unfortunate situation of having to help out a customer with a large .NET/WPF project lately while having no real experience with C#, and precisely zero experience with WPF. I was able to deliver production c...
[01:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 855 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:15] <exec> 08└─Back in the '70s a neighboring property in Florida planted about 15 acres by cutting the heads off of palmetto bushes and micro-dripping water into the stems as a place for the hemp to grow from - apparently grew quite well but was spotted by deputies in light aircraft just before harvest time, was...
[01:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:16] <exec> 08└─They bought/merged with Plum Creek Timber a few years back - huge operations. Pretty good investment, REITs pay prescribed dividends that regularly beat bank interest while their shares usually appreciate about as quickly/reliably as most common stocks.
[01:36:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 215 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:32] <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.
[01:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:43] <exec> 08└─As a non Christian let me ask you, would it make more sense if I replaced jahovah with Mother nature?
[01:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 1116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:44] <exec> 08└─I agree with you but you cannot call the 'entity' sadistic because it is not supposed to be understandable. It just is. Like no matter how much fascinated I am with a star, I can't come anywhere close to it. Whatever that entity is, it is not really focused on me or mine per say. Between monotheism...
[01:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:46] <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...
[01:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:36] <exec> 08└─What about men as wet nurses? Can we get some affirmative action for that?
[01:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:37] <exec> 08└─My wife dropped English to take a Fortran course, and ended up becoming a doctor. This was around 1970. Worked then!
[01:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:39] <exec> 08└─Whereas I got a PhD in computer science around the same time and ended up being the parent at home. Go figure. That's how a modern family works. Two of my children are now computer programmers, another is an occupational therapist.
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[02:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:07] <exec> 08└─When you introduce a company in the summary that many Soylentils may not be familiar with, you should indicate what they do. Example: "Facebook, an Internet website aimed at exfiltrating users personal data for marketing purposes..." Then we will have some idea of what you are writing about. Also, w...
[02:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:14] <exec> 08└─Since it's facebook, the answer is as usual: Too many people, who really shouldn't.
[02:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:16] <exec> 08└─Mark Zuckerburg
[02:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:18] <exec> 08└─Only LinedIn is higher among well known names.
[02:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:21] <exec> 08└─Like stabbing a peer in the back?
[02:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:23] <exec> 08└─Zuckerburg, Zoidberg, Zuckerburg, Zoidberg mwoowooowoooowoooo
[02:34:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 360 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:32] <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...
[02:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:50] <exec> 08└─I don't think serious investors would agree with Aussie police reading their communications. So far even China gives major banks a free ride in this space.
[02:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:52] <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.
[02:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyper [1525] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:55] <exec> 08└─Didn't the US already try that years ago
[02:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:57] <exec> 08└─...Australia is going to be without Facebook, Twitter, and many others...
[02:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:59] <exec> 08└─Let's not forget that this piece of anti-privacy authoritarianism has been brought to you by a right-wing party.
[02:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:01] <exec> 08└─Does anybody want to remind me what makes having all both those political parties...
[02:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:03] <exec> 08└─Bull-Fucking-Shit There are enough privacy oriented people, militia nuts, etc. that the moment they attempt an outright ban of encryption, there will be open revolt. On that I'm serious. It's the one litmus test, the canary in the coal mine, that I have for immediate civil war. I can put up with a l...
[02:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:06] <exec> 08└─There are enough privacy oriented people, militia nuts, etc. that the moment they attempt an outright ban of encryption, there will be open revolt. On that I'm serious. It's the one litmus test, the canary in the coal mine, that I have for immediate civil war. I can put up with a lot, but being told...
[02:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:08] <exec> 08└─The wording is a bit more subtle (which you allude to at the bottom). If you have built something that can't be backdoored reasonably, then the government will leave you alone. This is their get-out-of-jail-free card for Apple to stay in the country. Every politician who voted for this knows they wo...
[02:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:03] <exec> 08└─Hey what's six orders of magnitude between friends?!
[02:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:36] <exec> 08└─Interesting. I remember times when here in North East it would be possible to report a "violation" next door and get a piece of the proceedings under Rico laws. I wonder what you think would happen if somebody goes to the police and reports that someone has plants growing. How would they react these...
[02:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:38] <exec> 08└─Note they're talking CBD, *not* THC. CBD is not appreciably psychoactive, and according to the first link google offered on hemp CBD content: Hemp is naturally high in CBD and low in THC; the reverse is true of cannabis.
[02:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:40] <exec> 08└─Interesting question. I suppose it depends on how popular the suspect is, or is not, and whether he is willing to pay bribes. The cops probably aren't going to invest a lot of effort into some small time pot grower, but if they smell enough profit, they'll be all over it.
[02:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:10] <exec> 08└─> Hacking a political party gets you - what, exactly? Proof of hypocrisy. Mistresses, abortions, backroom agreements, backstabs, corporate submission, voter suppression tactics ... Our politicians are stupid enough to put in writing stuff that definitely contradicts what they tell their voters about...
[02:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:39] <exec> 08└─This is why feminists classify cannabis as a date rape drug with no medical use. They want the beatings to continue, because it provides power and wealth to upper class feminists. They want working class women to be raped. So they encourage alcohol consumption while supporting cannabis prohibition.
[02:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Final Planning for the New Horizons Flyby of 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) Underway - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:51] <exec> 08└─pack a cubesat on the end of a bullet. Fire it backwards as you are passing and then the cubesat has more time for pictures or science analysis
[02:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:42:09] <exec> 08└─It can be a displacement of only centimetres,
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[03:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:38] <exec> 08└─Without open source software, you are giving everyone results that came out of a black box.
[03:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:56] <exec> 08└─Is this a national phenomenon, or a corporate one?
[03:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:58] <exec> 08└─QueueQueue more.
[03:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:00] <exec> 08└─an Internet website aimed at exfiltrating users personal data for marketing purposes...
[03:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:02] <exec> 08└─The DNC did it and it was amazing. The RNC did it and it is 'concerning'. More like data is data and your opponents *do* know how to learn when you come up with something novel that works. Could not have happened to a nicer bunch. They are being punished by other narcissists. For not helping them ou...
[03:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:04] <exec> 08└─As a non Facebook user, I had no idea.
[03:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 1048 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:07] <exec> 08└─It applies to users, why would we expect it wouldn't apply to employees? It is stupid in a way. A significant and steadily growing portion of their audience has left them behind due to their behavior. Not particularly because they wanted to. They simply keep booting people. There are advantages and...
[03:34:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 176 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:26] <exec> 08└─Yup, there's plenty about any party worth bitching about. Generally enough to warrant all politicians serve a mandatory two terms. The first in office and the second in prison.
[03:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:47] <exec> 08└─There are privacy-oriented people in the US and elsewhere, but there aren't enough of them to make a huge difference. As for the militia nuts, where are they right now? The NSA is conducting unconstitutional mass surveillance on the populace, TSA thugs are groping people at airports, the government...
[03:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:49] <exec> 08└─And mere possession of child pornography should not be illegal. For one thing, it becomes all too easy to frame someone when all you have to do is surreptitiously plant data on their equipment. For another, the idea of voodoo harm being done to the original child victims every time someone looks at...
[03:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:51] <exec> 08└─as if Apple had principles at work.
[03:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:53] <exec> 08└─Only two in the lower house, labour and the liberal/national coalition - greens and independants don't have any real authority in the lower house
[03:35:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 377 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:09] <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...
[03:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:18] <exec> 08└─Motif? You PINO!* Real programmers use Xlib! * Programmer In Name Only.
[03:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:20] <exec> 08└─and what would it mean to their platform-specific toolkits GTK and Cocoa?
[03:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:18] <exec> 08└─Fungal fieldmouse food fowls flight?
[03:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:55] <exec> 08└─Hold still. My feather happens to be attached to a 300lb ostrich.
[03:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:23] <exec> 08└─It's idiotic responses like this that I was referring to. Please do not promote weed. I don't want this stuff to spread. Let the present-day tokers keep it.
[03:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:54] <exec> 08└─Roadside Picnic, Strugatsky, q.v.
[03:41:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:55] <exec> 08└─Maybe not easy, but it *is* possible to measure the diameters of the Earth in different directions usinf satellite radar.
[03:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:57] <exec> 08└─On that matter, we have this from the National Geographic story: Finally, chugging along at the end come slow, long-period surface waves, which are similar to the strange signals that rolled out from Mayotte. For intense earthquakes, these surface waves can zip around the planet multiple times, ring...
[03:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:00] <exec> 08└─What use do you have for that measure, given that is not constant (over 24h period or at any moment over 2π rads) within the precision of interest (few centimeters/inches)?
[03:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 1286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:52] <exec> 08└─The big question here is whether the reported national IQ levels are real or an artifact of cultural bias in the IQ tests. I found a study ( https://www.tandfonline.com [tandfonline.com] ) that appears to be aware of these issues and investigated whether there...
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[04:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:17] <exec> 08└─Here is a boy, age 3, who got a Muslim exorcism instead of medical treatment. https://www.amren.com [amren.com] https://www.dailywire.com [dailywire.com] https:...
[04:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:34] <exec> 08└─... following hot on the heels of selling off Australia's sovereignty on the TPP-11 deal ...
[04:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:35] <exec> 08└─https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/04/tim_cook_tech_jesus/ [theregister.co.uk]
[04:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:37] <exec> 08└─In short: Australia suffers from the exact same problem as the US -- the two major parties are so close together in policy positions
[04:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:39] <exec> 08└─The planet doesn't get a vote. Only the bits of it that have citizenship with the nation in question do.
[04:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:41] <exec> 08└─More flavors of shithead to argue over. It's just the illusion of choice, really. You're going to get screwed no matter who's elected. The extra choices are just there so you'll get mad at each other rather than at the people screwing you.
[04:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:11] <exec> 08└─Check out the repo. MS says they will NOT accept any patches for making WPF cross platform. Not sure why anyone would bother, but you could fork and port if you wanted to.
[04:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:46] <exec> 08└─Progress is being made. Thousands of packages in Debian run on riscV: https://people.debian.org [debian.org]
[04:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kubernetes Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Infiltrate Backend Servers - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:23] <exec> 08└─Oh Danny Boy [youtube.com]! You're displaying [urbandictionary.com] your [oxforddictionaries.com] ignorance [merriam-webster.com]. Again [dictionary.com]. Carry on, ya damp squib!
[04:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:57] <exec> 08└─https://web.archive.org/web/20160705181211/http://dcleaks.com:80/index.php/the-united-states-republican-party [archive.org]
[04:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Seismic Waves that Rippled Around World Leave Scientists Bewildered - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:09] <exec> 08└─these surface waves can zip around the planet multiple times, ringing Earth like a bell, Hicks says. However, there was no big earthquake kicking off the recent slow waves....
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[05:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 1081 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:12] <exec> 08└─This is just on more example of the worrying trend of the last few decades that we see in so-called "civilized" countries. People are progressively loosing all trust in the pillars of civilization: Education, justice, democracy, journalism, science, reason, etc. Plus, we see more and more orchestrat...
[05:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:13] <exec> 08└─TFA has the term "catholic exorcisms". There's a whole caravan trying to get into the US right now from the predominately catholic part of the world. The more we irrationality we import, the greater the percentage of irrationality.
[05:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:15] <exec> 08└─The power of Christ compels you! The Power of Buddha compels you! The power of Mahavira compels you! The power of Shiva compels you! The power of The Flying Spagetti Monster compels you! The power of Thoth compels you! In fact, the power of common sense and non-partisan reasoning compels you, TMB? W...
[05:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:18] <exec> 08└─Yes, academia has become corrupted by scammers and political hacks. It makes sense people stop listening after the millionth "coffee is good/bad for you" press release from people who don't know what a p-value means yet use it for everything. Eventually, the lack of confidence hits you even if it is...
[05:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:20] <exec> 08└─Nothing compared to the irrationalism of the Purtians, the Quakers, the Morons, and the Episcopalians. In fact, best to exorcise all Christians, and it is easy to do: You just as them to pledge loyalty to the God-Emperor Trump! If they do, we kill them on the spot. Idolaters! Heretics! Republicans!...
[05:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:22] <exec> 08└─It's called "a thin veneer of civilization [wikipedia.org]."
[05:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:24] <exec> 08└─In fact, best to exorcise all Christians
[05:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 1235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:27] <exec> 08└─Part of the issue is that lots of those "pillars of civilization" got weaponized by degenerates. Education and journalism are completely dominated by leftist thinking, and even science has been badly undermined. We can see the mockery of justice that is the 9th Circuit, civil asset forfeiture is sti...
[05:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 1333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:35] <exec> 08└─I'm at least as pro- open source as anyone I know, but to be honest I think this attitude smacks of zealotry. Science should be good science. Nothing should be hidden, raw data sets should be available, so that alternative analyses can be performed on it to verify the stated conclusions, sure. But n...
[05:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:38] <exec> 08└─Show me an open source Finite Element Analysis program that is as well documented as ANSYS. They have tons of verification models with references to published calculations.
[05:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:17] <exec> 08└─Now modern .NET applications don't (as far as I know) use WinForms. So NOW they want to give it away. And SQL Server. And lots of other goodies.
[05:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:17] <exec> 08└─Pristine nature has no value except the joy/pleasure/utility/&c it facilitates in conscious life, and that only insofar as it could not be put to better use to the same end. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.* *final sentence from https...
[05:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:19] <exec> 08└─Pretending to be open, but only showing you the good bits and hiding everything that goes wrong is what we oldies like to call "propaganda". Sure, he's releases his blooper video of historical failures, but even doing that is reinforcing the pretence that failure is a thing of the past.
[05:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:04] <exec> 08└─khallow, yet again with the alt-facts rationalizing lying and deceit as long as it supports his alternate reality your bubble must be awfully comfortable
[05:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:01] <exec> 08└─The problem is not just new jobs, but also backfilling old jobs and leaving room for expansion, plus all the people who end up not working in the field. Once you reconcile that, 64K isn't really that great. Mind you, they'd probably get a lot further by establishing computer tech field apprenticeshi...
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[06:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:34] <exec> 08└─The US is already fucked, but over here we still have a chance. Y'all ought be ashamed that you permitted 70% of people to believe this shit when even the extremely low effort of shaming them would have prevented it. Living in a democracy the opinions of others are your business.
[06:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:35] <exec> 08└─Do you believe in free will over there? If not then, they have no choice in what to believe. If yes, then there is scientific evidence for it and there is ample evidence that it's an illusion.
[06:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:38] <exec> 08└─At what point in the past was civilization at its peak, because we're at an all time low in religiousness in western civilization. https://www.usnews.com [usnews.com]
[06:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:40] <exec> 08└─People mean many different things by the phrase ``free will'', I can't answer confidently without knowing which definition you intend. I'm rather confused by your apparent belief that ``choice'' can't be coherently defined within a materialist view. ``choice'' in a materialist view is rather like ``...
[06:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:42] <exec> 08└─Yu misspelled "morans".
[06:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:18] <exec> 08└─Only LinedIn is higher among well known names.
[06:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:19] <exec> 08└─who is a Mark Zuckerburg?
[06:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:09] <exec> 08└─Just goes to show that the left-right political spectrum wraps around. When they turn all authoritarian, both sides become tyrannical asshats.
[06:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:10] <exec> 08└─Thank you. I'm not alone, and I can only lose so many of the "God given" rights that Americans have fought so damn hard for. Try telling a patriot in the 19th century it was forbidden to speak without the government knowing due to fear of the consequences. That explicitly you were not allowed to be...
[06:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:12] <exec> 08└─So it's all for show? Or to help Apple and the larger companies not have any competition from smaller vendors that have to cave?
[06:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03aim [6322] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:42] <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...
[06:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:45] <exec> 08└─Because the "squirt matter at high speed out of the bottom through a nozzle" subsystem is the same as the "squirt radio waves out of the top" subsystem? Or because the transmitting antenna is highly diectional? Or because the extra tens of meters of unexpected movement of the antenna was smooshing a...
[06:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:47] <exec> 08└─"I look instead at who's successfully launching payloads. Sure isn't NASA these days, nor should it be." Yup, because launching things into space is absolutely nothing to do with either aeronautics[*] or space. [*Given the spelling of that word, when will americans admit that "airplane" should in fa...
[06:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:49] <exec> 08└─I prefer the latter. On the "r" front, how about "repast". The "m"s could be "mouldy mouse meals"
[06:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Final Planning for the New Horizons Flyby of 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) Underway - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:16] <exec> 08└─Most bullets travel at less than a mile per second.
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[07:33:35] <exec> 08└─They may be ready in terms of accidents per 100k miles and still retain a human driver, because they'll be held to a FAR higher standard than we hold meat-driven cars.
[07:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:36] <exec> 08└─They have taxis in Phoenix?
[07:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:06] <exec> 08└─When I said ``defined coherently'' I meant ``defined such that one's extant beliefs don't entail it has no referents''.
[07:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:08] <exec> 08└─Control over one's actions is a standard definition and will work. Unlike your pressure analogy choice can go eithr way regardless of external or internal pressures.
[07:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:10] <exec> 08└─We've been importing violence, bigotry, homophobia, racism, sexism, and slavery.
[07:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:12] <exec> 08└─we're at an all time low in religiousness in western civilization.
[07:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 979 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:14] <exec> 08└─If by ``control over one's actions'' you mean ``one's internal monologue and/or thoughts causally influences one's actions'' then yes, free will exists, it's just that ``one's internal monologue'' and ``one's thoughts'' have physical existence in one's brain, which evolves* per the usual laws of phy...
[07:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:16] <exec> 08└─As in the Church Universal and Dumbfounded? Utah, or Rome? Or, possibly, England? God cannot possibly support all of them, and MBS. Or can he?
[07:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:19] <exec> 08└─So, the subject line concludes the exorcism of our delighted Soylent readership. Job well done, thank you.
[07:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:31] <exec> 08└─I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time in the open source community. It came to me when I tried to classify the GPL and I realized that its not actually open. Every creative person on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding community but GPL...
[07:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 1039 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:32] <exec> 08└─Yes. In my limited experience researching at the university there was typically two motivating factors to what software to use: 1. Does the researcher already know it? and 2. The price (assuming rough feature compatibility). Inherently, open source software is present as it is much easier to downloa...
[07:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:02] <exec> 08└─Why does everyone pick on facebook when there are other companies just as bad???
[07:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 2401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:51] <exec> 08└─What specifically? The US has been at it for some time now, going back to at least the 80s. First it was fighting the largest telecom because due process was rigidly enforced and law enforcement felt they couldn't act fast enough and should be on the honor principle instead. This is the true reason...
[07:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:53] <exec> 08└─Disagree. The planet does get a vote. It's called Climate Change and Mass Extinction :)
[07:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:26] <exec> 08└─Here in the UK, being over 50 counts as having "something seriously wrong with you"
[07:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:40] <exec> 08└─I'm excited for this development. Maybe we can now find out if all the claims of Hemp being a magic plant that solves world peace is true. I've exaggerated, so here is the list of uses from Wikipedia to keep the conversation level-headed: 2.1 Food 2.2 Fiber 2.3 Building material 2.4 Plastic and...
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[08:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:22] <exec> 08└─Seems like Phoenix, AZ is a test shoot... errr, pardon... driving range of choice, already populated with human targets that the masters of the town can dispense of. For a reasonable price, I'm sure. (trollish grin)
[08:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:24] <exec> 08└─Just so long as it's less than are killed by human drivers.
[08:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:26] <exec> 08└─So far humans lead by one due to Uber.
[08:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:28] <exec> 08└─More than one. In fact try one every 25 seconds. Besides we need to talk about deaths per mile rather than absolute figures, but I'd be shocked if these aren't safer than humans. They may be scarier because we can't predict/understand the crashes, but that doesn't make them less safe, just more unse...
[08:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:31] <exec> 08└─As it is already known, scientifically and even experimentally, it is a difficult task for a human to monitor a self-driving car. Waymo should just say that the technology is not there yet. It was pretty obvious from day zero - modern neural nets are just guessing, they do not read other drivers and...
[08:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bobs [1462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:33] <exec> 08└─Not prepared to entrust my life to an org that feels it is more important to ship on a given date than when the system is ready. This isn’t a web site or app that you can ‘just ship’ and nobody cares when the ‘Minimum Viable Product’ fails. You need higher quality control and standards whe...
[08:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:35] <exec> 08└─Actually, inability to correct the problem (say, misread lane markings, like Tesla did in Mt. View, killing the driver) is very scary. This means that the error will occur again and again. Remember the experiments, where scientists were adding innocent marks to road signs, and suddenly neural networ...
[08:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:16] <exec> 08└─The type of person who would answer a poll at all, let alone honestly, has probably changed a lot since 1990. I wont even answer the phone without knowing the number...
[08:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 1121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:18] <exec> 08└─Oh, wow, mega-down modded by the forces of evil! So let's try this again, only on the alt-evil side! The Power of Satan, could it be, Satan???? (Dana Cary, Church Lady, SNL) The power of Baal compels you! To pay child support to your ex! The Power of Moldervort compels you, to not have a whole face?...
[08:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:20] <exec> 08└─Amen. It's really hard to put trust in academia right now, given how much crap gets published. If they wanted people to believe them, they need to make all the reports, procedures, etc. publicly accessible for free. Then people could examine the reports to see if they actually support the hypothesis...
[08:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:32] <exec> 08└─Obviously the concept of a run on sentence was devised after 1665...
[08:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:33] <exec> 08└─paper was more expensive, and reading/writing were restricted to people who are not afraid of grammar. also, higher education included a whole bunch of old texts, which contain even longer and more convoluted sentences (paper was even more expensive in the Roman empire and ancient Greece), so there...
[08:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:04] <exec> 08└─I care, and I don't even use The Facebook. My 401k is in a generic target retirement date mutual fund, so I likely am a shareholder of the 6th largest company by market capitalization. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[08:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:05] <exec> 08└─Yes.
[08:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Blymie [4020] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 2328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:02] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry, but you're deluded. An example. For 10+ years, hell for longer, prior to Wikileaks, Snowden, Manning and others, I told people how much was stored. Saved. Copied. Watched. Listened to. "No", people told me.. "That's absurd, our government would never do *that*". Then said info became 100%...
[08:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyper [1525] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:04] <exec> 08└─The parent was referring to geoblocking stores. I was thinking about DVD region blocking. Which has been ruled illegal in some places. Further to that, the US placed an embargo on encryption. What will happen this time? You can't export or import encryption based apps? Can't import a phone or comput...
[08:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:06] <exec> 08└─Suddenly overnight the average iq down under jumps by .5 %
[08:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:08] <exec> 08└─Have you considered the possibility that the problem is that the Australian politicians have their heads stuck up the ass of the US and the US have their hands stuck up the asses of the pollies ala kermitthefrog?
[08:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:10] <exec> 08└─If you are calling them militia nuts, they must be involved with a militia. Organizing a militia is something. And they are doing it. They are probably doing some other things too, like prepping, border watch, making movies [good-guys.us], and supporting [ronpaulinstitute.org] Constitutionalist poli...
[08:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:12] <exec> 08└─It's just the illusion of choice, really. Illusion or no, the problem is the voters' to fix. They have to take their own initiative. Nobody will do it for them.
[08:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:15] <exec> 08└─The cause of the cause, you ask? I considered many possible explanations for why our polies are missing the asses of the American deep state on a bipartisan basis. The most probable one to my mind is the fear the Chinese won't want just to play nice with what the Aussies will want to sell them, but...
[08:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:48] <exec> 08└─Have you ever used GTK? Have you ever seen the sheer amount of crazy boiler plate that Glib and GTK requires. It is not pretty. I would say that it is the ugliest framework i ever worked with. And believe me i have done a lot If only they would accept the para-object oriented model of the linux kern...
[08:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:00] <exec> 08└─I thought there was a copywrite infringement that delayed the rocket launch. At 90 years old, Mickey could be described as moldy.
[08:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:01] <exec> 08└─Provided one acts in a morally permissible way at all times then there is literally never anything wrong with doing anything for profit. No morally permissible transaction occurs which isn't believed at the time of the agreement by both parties to be beneficial to them.
[08:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 2024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:48] <exec> 08└─It's no surprise, folks. Because DeathMonkey is a big DNC donor. He gives to them, because when he wants something, he gets it. When he calls, they kiss his ass. Which he loves -- don't we all? He says, "oh, our GOP got hacked so horribly in 2018!" But he's quoting something I may have said in 2016....
[08:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Michigan Recreational Cannabis Law Goes into Effect on Thursday - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:42:22] <exec> 08└─The real problem is that you're a dweeb, and responses like the GP are the only way to communicate with your kind, through mockery. Luckily for the rest of us, people like you are finally being outvoted. Now, you can go to hell, please.
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[09:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:57] <exec> 08└─More specifically, the one with 'one term in politics/public administration, the next term in jail'. Start by making the Orange One wearing all-orange; black and white stripes will work fine too, i'm not fussy. Only, FFS, don't give him access to Tweeter.
[09:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:18] <exec> 08└─Not prepared to entrust my life to an org that feels it is more important to ship on a given date than when the system is ready.
[09:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:19] <exec> 08└─Incomprehensibility doesn't imply unimprovability, off-policy reinforcement learning will allow it to be prevented without us understanding it or requiring it happen again for each new software version. Furthermore, if it's already safer than humans could be made to be then it doesn't need to improv...
[09:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:22] <exec> 08└─Road signs are easily and commonly damaged by weather, dirt, graffiti. No ill intent here - the sign is perfectly readable to a human. A machine is not so resilient to input noise - that's all.
[09:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Species of Giant Salamander Discovered in Northern Florida and Southern Alabama - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:29] <exec> 08└─Aw shit. Here comes another attempt to effectively steal private property without the constitutionally-required compensation. You can bet that somebody is already filing legal action under the endangered species act. This is why we secretly destroy endangered creatures. We would voluntarily try to a...
[09:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Species of Giant Salamander Discovered in Northern Florida and Southern Alabama - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:31] <exec> 08└─I'm having trouble finding recipes. Did find this article about a Chinese relative [wordpress.com]
[09:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 995 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:08] <exec> 08└─I convinced my mother that I was stone deaf every time she'd walk right up to me then shout directly at my face. "No, Mom. I'm not deaf, I just wasn't listening." Those trances took place when I was nine and ten years old. They went away then returned when I was thirty four. One day I was lost in th...
[09:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:09] <exec> 08└─The Pilgrims for example, emigrated from England to Holland to escape religious persecution, then from Holland to the New World when they realized all their children were speaking Dutch. The First Amendments stipulation that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religion" was not at all to promot...
[09:35:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:48] <exec> 08└─As a non Facebook user, I had no idea.
[09:35:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:55] <exec> 08└─National, corporate, a distinction without a difference.
[09:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:58] <exec> 08└─Why does everyone pick on facebook when there are other companies just as bad?? That form of 'argument' is called whataboutery [wiktionary.org]. You will not pass your oratory exam with such poor skills in rhetoric.
[09:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:00] <exec> 08└─But I must admit I shed a Crocodile Tear or two whenever I contemplate Sheryl or Zuck getting subpoenaed by a Congressional Committee. The Right-vs-Left Troll Fiesta gets quite a lot more hateful than most people would at first expect. In other news, I just had a big bowl of Apple Sauce. It was good...
[09:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:02] <exec> 08└─We were even awarded medals when we killed them the very most effectively. There weren't enough people killing Fascists in Spain, so volunteers came round from all over so as to help those outnumbered Spaniards who preferred to kill fascists than to be killed themselves. The American cadre was denot...
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[10:33:43] <exec> 08└─Given how often the administration attributes its own misdeeds to Russia, one thing is clear. Russia rules the United States, and nothing can be done about it... every department of the government easily admits that they are powerless. The image of a strong opponent does work in politics, but only...
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[10:34:09] <exec> 08└─The specific reasons for crashes don't matter in the slightest if they kill less people per mile. This only matters if you think a) we won't be able to beat human safety levels without robust recognition (plausible) and b) we won't be able to achieve robust recognition (doubtful). Let's consider b f...
[10:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 829 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:11] <exec> 08└─> ...deaths per mile ... I'm happy to talk about deaths per mile, for my demographic. My father taught me to drive at age 5 (off the road), survived my hormone driven years and am well into middle age. Don't drive drunk or high, don't have a cell phone for distraction, have been through a couple of...
[10:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 928 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:59] <exec> 08└─The implicit claim that the government taking a stance on religion leads to the violations of people's rights is dubious. So far as I'm concerned it would be immoral to outlaw the practice* of /any/ religion, even if failing to do so would inevitably lead to the collapse of society and civil war. Th...
[10:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:14] <exec> 08└─Note that this is only a couple of decades after the death of Shakespeare. He is often credited with inventing the comma, as a hint to performers that this is the right place to breathe in a speech. Most other forms of punctuation weren't common until a lot later.
[10:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:51] <exec> 08└─Contestants: a vegan, someone who isn't on Facebook and someone who doesn't own a TV. Winner is the one who can refrain from mentioning it the longest.
[10:36:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 301 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:07] <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...
[10:36:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Blymie [4020] 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 2328 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:49] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry, but you're deluded. An example. For 10+ years, hell for longer, prior to Wikileaks, Snowden, Manning and others, I told people how much was stored. Saved. Copied. Watched. Listened to. "No", people told me.. "That's absurd, our government would never do *that*". Then said info became 100%...
[10:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:31] <exec> 08└─MS says they will NOT accept any patches for making WPF cross platform.
[10:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:12] <exec> 08└─Have you ever tried to buy a RISC-V system, specifically a non-toy one capable of self-hosting a Linux development environment for dev work? Unless something new has appeared in the last month or so, you can buy a full x86 server for less than the cost of the most rudimentary RISC-V system. It may b...
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[11:33:32] <exec> 08└─Getting arrested in a foreign country can't do much for her social credit score back in China. Or, are you exempt from the government snooping & recording if you are as rich as she is?
[11:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver, Canada - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:33] <exec> 08└─Because this is how you start....
[11:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver, Canada - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:35] <exec> 08└─Not really, just watch videos of what bill clinton said would happen when china joined the wto in 2000 and then compare to reality. The chinese gov seem to have gotten more totalitarian and militaristic since then and continue to purchase very little from the US and not take ip theft seriously. So a...
[11:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:45] <exec> 08└─In Soviet Russia, the Russians blame YOU for everything.
[11:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:47] <exec> 08└─The admittance was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the New York Times
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[11:34:13] <exec> 08└─Be careful not to underestimate the reduction in risk from better reaction times/360° vision though. I'm more excited for my car protecting me from others than myself, if only because there's more of them.
[11:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:15] <exec> 08└─You don't want rigidity for the main body, that just maximizes the acceleration you experience. You want something which crumples almost until your body, and then a /small/ rigid section around yourself. You want a croissant.
[11:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:59] <exec> 08└─It's probably more a case of there being more atheists and agnostics in the population as a whole, while those who choose to cling on to the superstitions of old have become more fanatical.
[11:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:24] <exec> 08└─Have you ever seen the sheer amount of crazy boiler plate that Glib and GTK requires Hey, I never said that GTK was pretty -- only that it is, quite obviously, not platform-specific. Portability & usability are mostly orthogonal.
[11:40:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 724 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:11] <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 ...
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[12:32:59] <exec> 08└─Slave owners were on the hook for medical bills and retirement, while homo economicus would still charge for that in practice people got /cheaper/ when freed. It's cheaper than slave labour! t. 五毛党
[12:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver, Canada - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:01] <exec> 08└─"Getting arrested in a foreign country can't do much for her social credit score back in China. Or, are you exempt from the government snooping & recording if you are as rich as she is?" To take the first point last, no. No, the rich are not exempt. Only the single richest man is arguably exempt - b...
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[12:33:03] <exec> 08└─Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver, Canada
[12:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MadTinfoilHatter [4635] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:13] <exec> 08└─Dang! And here I was already hoping that the guy had been admitted to an asylum, where he belongs.
[12:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:15] <exec> 08└─Is this just a convenient scapegoat for the US people are willing to buy, or does Russia think it'll benefit economically/politically if it destabilizes them enough? Maybe that made sense back when, but nowadays? It seems that taking out a huge potential trading partner is a bad idea unless they're...
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[12:33:44] <exec> 08└─You'd be right for a tank meets an unmovable obstacle or another tank scenario. But given that the other vehicle is designed close to a croissant, the vehicle with the higher mass will have to support a lower acceleration. At max 36-40 tonnes total weight for a fully loaded tractor truck+trailer col...
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[12:33:45] <exec> 08└─Thanks for pointing out my mistake.
[12:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:32] <exec> 08└─Actually its worse. The 'carbs are bad' idea comes from people self experimenting and 'quack' doctors saying consuming carbs over a certain percent (~10%) of your diet increases appetite and thus overeating. The academic nutrition researchers are still calling a 40% carb diet 'low carb' and drawing...
[12:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:50] <exec> 08└─For some reason I thought Cicero invented commas and BC = Before Commas, while AD = After Dots.
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[13:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:12] <exec> 08└─> Shared autonomous cars should be as much fun as riding in the back of a New York cab. New York Cabs are awful, a lot of that because of the advertising on the telescreen. Thank god for uber
[13:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:27] <exec> 08└─i dont live in the usa but boy am i glade they didnt remotely put an embargo on my toilet...
[13:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:42] <exec> 08└─What's the narrative for /why/ Russia's trying to destabilize the US?
[13:34:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 1081 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:32] <exec> 08└─This is just on more example of the worrying trend of the last few decades that we see in so-called "civilized" countries. People are progressively loosing all trust in the pillars of civilization: Education, justice, democracy, journalism, science, reason, etc. Plus, we see more and more orchestrat...
[13:34:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 519 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:58] <exec> 08└─The Pilgrims for example, emigrated from England to Holland to escape religious persecution, then from Holland to the New World when they realized all their children were speaking Dutch. The First Amendments stipulation that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religion" was not at all to promot...
[13:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:02] <exec> 08└─Three generations back you got your news in the local paper. Maybe it was accurate, maybe it was crazy, maybe you were crazy. But the flow of information was slow. You could discuss things with your family, your colleagues, your pastor for a week or two before something else came out that was unusua...
[13:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 880 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:21] <exec> 08└─What should be open source is not so much the base software used to perform well-defined analyses/tasks. Others pointed out that it is more important to document and test the base software than being open. It is much more important to have the analysis script/program of the researcher being open (re...
[13:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 1395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:58] <exec> 08└─Although you're right, I also think it's fundamentally worse than the people just being unable to understand the arguments (and I'm sure many people at least know roughly what a secret code is): it's that even the ones that are intelligent enough to grasp it won't get it because they fall for the in...
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[14:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aurean [4924] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:14] <exec> 08└─It was alright; not particularly mind blowing, but not bad, either. It's the sophons that got me - they violate the laws of thermodynamics, what with not needing energy to move or process information - additionally, they'd have no way of perceiving the world around them, considering that they're a L...
[14:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:25] <exec> 08└─Shared autonomous cars will be about as nice as the operating company makes them. Taxi cabs vary from 900,000 mile vinyl bathroom stalls to very nice relatively new limousines, and the differential cost of operation at those two service points isn't as high as most people think. If autonomous cars a...
[14:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:27] <exec> 08└─I suspect they will be more fun. I am concerned that having a private vehicle with no driver will result in sex, drugs, and vandalism occurring in the vehicle. But don't worry, I'm sure Waymo/Google will use machine learning to identify when the occupants are up to no good. Then bad stuff will happe...
[14:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 1455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:29] <exec> 08└─The report seem somewhat limited, based on the abstract, since they have limited it to mainly look at the issues of infrastructure. One would think one of the main benefits would be better air quality (assuming the automated vehicles are not gas driven) and road safety, which are not infrastructure...
[14:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 1560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:31] <exec> 08└─> and they must complement a robust public transport system that accommodates most trips When are we going to stop hating on walking? Australia is a little friendlier to pedestrians. Has mild weather where most of the population lives. But they still worship the car. The southern US is especially ho...
[14:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:48] <exec> 08└─Why exactly is Iran the boogey man but e.g. Saudis are cool?
[14:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:49] <exec> 08└─Are you really unaware of why? From 1972 to 1974, the US government made a series of agreements with Saudi Arabia, which created the petrodollar system. The US handpicked Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom’s vast petroleum reserves and its dominant position in OPEC—and because the Saudi royal f...
[14:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:52] <exec> 08└─Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
[14:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:54] <exec> 08└─Why exactly is Iran the boogey man but e.g. Saudis are cool?
[14:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:56] <exec> 08└─Iran is formally at war with all non-Muslims while the Saudis pretend to be a Western ally and recently overthrew a government that had been stabbing the West in the back. All of the media bitching about Jamal Khashoggi is because he was part of the old government and a good friend of Osama bin Lade...
[14:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:11] <exec> 08└─Is this just a convenient scapegoat for the US people are willing to buy, or does Russia think it'll benefit economically/politically if it destabilizes them enough? Maybe that made sense back when, but nowadays? It seems that taking out a huge potential trading partner is a bad idea unless they're...
[14:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:12] <exec> 08└─Dictators and the like often need an external evil to pass blame on to so that he looks strong to his own subjects. Putin's picking on the biggest out there to maximize that effect. China would be a better trade partner to him than the US anyway, much like China is a better trade partner for the US...
[14:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:15] <exec> 08└─You know you've really shit the bed when your last name is pronounced Pi and nerds still hate you.
[14:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:35] <exec> 08└─Obligatory reminder to all the religitards out there: There is no such thing as god. It is just a story someone made up a long time ago so they could gain power and boink children. There is also no such thing as an afterlife, and there are no supernatural demons, ghosts, angels, or whatever. You sho...
[14:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:36] <exec> 08└─Science and reason the pillars of civilization? friendly reminder that the world literally went to shit since the french revolution. Pollution, senseless wars. Before that, invasions were driven by need or by military leaders that would put their balls on the line. Yes, I'm trolling, just like paren...
[14:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 1573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:39] <exec> 08└─And the creatures in the simulation shouted "EUREKA! we did it! we found THE RULES! Every single particle of our world is ruled by those rules! inescapable! and guess what? we found no traces of any superior being in these rules. Nada. Everything there is, particles, states, and rules from one state...
[14:36:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:19] <exec> 08└─an Internet website aimed at exfiltrating users personal data for marketing purposes...
[14:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:33] <exec> 08└─That form of 'argument' is called whataboutery [wiktionary.org].
[14:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:36] <exec> 08└─No Facebook or Twitter. Possibly no Apple. Throw Microsoft into that last list and Australia may start to be like a piece of heaven.
[14:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:37] <exec> 08└─No, they get to bitch or they get to start a conflict but a vote is something they do not and should not get.
[14:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:40] <exec> 08└─S'true. Unfortunately the lizards are extremely adept at distracting them from this.
[14:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:16] <exec> 08└─Microsoft's strategy tragedy of locking people into the Windows GUI or APIs no longer works because developers have found many other green(er) pastures.
[14:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 1617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:18] <exec> 08└─I expressed some doubt, because by "WinForms" I was not sure if this meant the one where you wrote an HTML-like page, and it did a postback, or if it meant something based on XAML and WPF. (eg, something using Expression Blend, or whatever it is called now) I did have a good look at this back in 200...
[14:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:24] <exec> 08└─You mean copyright I presume.
[14:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:26] <exec> 08└─Why are we infecting space with our virus?
[14:40:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] 02 - 062018 Farm Bill Likely to Legalize Hemp Cultivation in the U.S. - 706 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:29] <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...
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[15:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:07] <exec> 08└─I haven't gotten that far into it. Just been quite busy. Feel free to spoiler the crap out of me as punishment.
[15:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 1520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:08] <exec> 08└─I had thought Ultima IV popularized the term "avatar" among sci-fi/fantasy fans. Maybe that's just not new enough for most of today's audience to remember? For its era, it was a best seller. It certainly introduced the concept of what an avatar was for me. I had no idea, I thought it was a made up w...
[15:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:10] <exec> 08└─As always, when you read sci-fi, even hardcore sci-fi like this, there are a few assumptions you just have to accept, like the sophons ... Write it up to Arthur C. Clarkeian "magic". In Clarke's own Rendezvous with Rama the "magic" was the reacitionless drive.
[15:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 1444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:24] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why anyone would think the number of automobiles would decrease if the pilots were removed. I'd expect there to be even more of them. Get rid of the responsibility and liability of being licensed and insured to drive, and everyone will want one. Make the street cars electrified an...
[15:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:25] <exec> 08└─Maybe shared autonomous cars won't be like a new york cab. Maybe they'll be more like a shared elevator car you ride up to the 40th floor. Or maybe they'll be more like the ride you get into at Disney World. You get in mere seconds after the previous rider got out. Yet it's nice and clean and ready...
[15:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 728 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:28] <exec> 08└─Shared autonomous cars probably know who is riding in them. I'm sure if they have the technology to be able to drive, then they can also have technology that knows who vomited. Take the car out of service, sending it back to the mother ship for cleaning. And bill the credit card of the party respons...
[15:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:47] <exec> 08└─Why exactly is Iran the boogey man but e.g. Saudis are cool?
[15:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:48] <exec> 08└─Nah. It's obviously in the USA...
[15:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:08] <exec> 08└─Most likely, he's blaming the Russkies because (a) he knows the Democrats will believe it, and (b) he's covering for Comcast, Spectrum (formerly Time Warner), Verizon, and AT&T.
[15:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03negrace [4010] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:36] <exec> 08└─Why not force these companies to use the product on themselves? Drive the engineers and the execs around first for a year or two. Then the shareholders. And only then you open it to the general public.
[15:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:28] <exec> 08└─Exorcism is not needed. Just don't use Perl.
[15:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03hellcat [2832] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:45] <exec> 08└─It seems to me that the best learning always happens when the number of layers between observations and conclusions are as few and transparent as can be. As an extreme example, using a proprietary spreadsheet *could* introduce bias that's harder to find because the underlying engine is secret. If...
[15:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:47] <exec> 08└─As an extreme example, using a proprietary spreadsheet *could* introduce bias that's harder to find because the underlying engine is secret.
[15:36:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:23] <exec> 08└─They called me a whore! They actually called me a whore! I know how you feel: they call me an Admiral, but I gave up the sea long ago.
[15:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:24] <exec> 08└─For marketing purposes? Is that what you call making a certain Mr. Trump US president?
[15:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:26] <exec> 08└─I was very similar to you until recently. I don't use Facebook, and don't care about it. Until our company implemented Workplace by Facebook. And now we all *HAVE* to use it. Resistance is a career limiting move. Yeah, I'm looking for a new employer because I'm not installing that malware on my phon...
[15:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:29] <exec> 08└─The vocal minority is by definition very vocal and a minority. The majority seems to be silent and afraid of the minority, and that has been working very well for the minority lately. Which means they will keep pushing harder and making more noise. Until someone finally pushes back. Who is going to...
[15:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:33] <exec> 08└─No, we have to acknowledge our own lizardness. It's not "them", it's all of us. We have to ignore the distractions. To follow is a choice, much more meaningful than whatever the windbag spews.
[15:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:35] <exec> 08└─Wise words. Unfortunately almost nobody will grok either the direct sentiment or the implications and resolve to do or think any differently.
[15:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:37] <exec> 08└─It's an evolutionary thing. Biological, not 'intellectual'. Our feeble idealism simply doesn't compete, in fact it doesn't really oppose, quite the opposite, we serve our master well.
[15:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:39] <exec> 08└─Humorous. Good article, I like it. Now, let's contrast Cookie to Gatesie. Did Billy Boy, or any of his subordinates, ever speak out against any evils, other than "pirating" Windows? I know the Gatekeeper moaned and groaned about people not understanding that they needed to PAY FOR MSDOS - ohhhh - I...
[15:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:41] <exec> 08└─Corporations speaking out about social issues is a relatively new trend. Apple speaking out about how much they care about your privacy is a marketing move. It may be true, may not always remain true, and might not stop your data from leaking. Their fight with the FBI was the best press they could h...
[15:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:18] <exec> 08└─Have you ever seen the sheer amount of crazy boiler plate that Glib and GTK requires. It is not pretty. I would say that it is the ugliest framework i ever worked with. And believe me i have done a lot
[15:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:20] <exec> 08└─It's not much use if one hand gives while the other hand takes away. Remember we're talking about people who describe their own business practices as Embrace, extend, and extinguish. [wikipedia.org]
[15:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:22] <exec> 08└─Last I checked it built just fine on all manner of platforms (yes, including some which lack X11).
[15:38:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:51] <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!"
[15:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:26] <exec> 08└─if you want to sterilise your experiment, use an autoclave : heat and pressure upto 140C and 10 atmospheres (say). Of course, the mice might not like this...
[15:42:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emails of top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:07] <exec> 08└─I'm not pointing fingers at any political party with this statement. Hacking a political party means you have nothing to say and no ideas to offer in the public policy debate.
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[16:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nexstar's $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Tribune Media Would Create America's Largest TV Broadcaster - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:43] <exec> 08└─And they say everything in Texas is huge. Right? This will be a huge one, folks. One of the greats -- if we approve. So sad and unfair that the FCC wouldn't approve the Sinclair Broadcast merger with Tribune. They sent that one to the Administrative Law Judge. After approving much bigger Fake News N...
[16:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nexstar's $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Tribune Media Would Create America's Largest TV Broadcaster - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:44] <exec> 08└─tv?
[16:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nexstar's $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Tribune Media Would Create America's Largest TV Broadcaster - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:46] <exec> 08└─That local news thing you stream on Kodi.
[16:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:58] <exec> 08└─It is nice to read a story with a different cultural perspective than my own. I think Liu Cixin does a great job of showing differences between Western culture and Chinese. I love how he managed to integrate the real Three-Body-Problem physics with the Three Body Problem story and translate that int...
[16:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:59] <exec> 08└─The novel features a bit of a Calexit scenario,
[16:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 873 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:01] <exec> 08└─It was a very good read even when a couple of things bordered in the incredible for me. The sophons already mentioned and the concept that a civilization exposed to constant destruction could materially advance beyond our technological level. I side with Stephen Hawking in this matter: attracting th...
[16:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:03] <exec> 08└─The sophons weren't restricted to our four dimensional world. We were never given any hint how, or how much, energy might be transferred to/from sophons in the higher dimensions. The more impossible bit that I kept chuckling over, were the way the aliens would simply dehydrate, when all three suns w...
[16:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:05] <exec> 08└─Germany was very advanced and very evil civilization
[16:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:08] <exec> 08└─I side with Stephen Hawking in this matter: attracting the attention of ET could be catastrophic. We accept, without proof, that any civilization more advanced than ours would be gentle; forgetting that during WWII Germany was very advanced and very evil civilization.
[16:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:23] <exec> 08└─Or, put a camera in the car, publish online for fun and profit?
[16:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:45] <exec> 08└─It happened in the Canada that is currently America's bitch. You know the one...that settles a free-trade agreement when America still has tariffs on goods from Canada. The Canada that falls all over itself to do the bidding of America. Yea, that Canada, eh.
[16:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:46] <exec> 08└─Expect the China head of Scotiabank get arrested soon, and both released because it was a big misunderstanding.
[16:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:48] <exec> 08└─30 years ago at the height of the Cuban sanctions, the US wouldn't have called for the extradition of Canadians or Europeans who travelled to Cuba. Probably because other countries would have laughed it off. But now they have moved into a slavish dependence on US good will. What countries still affo...
[16:34:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 98 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:08] <exec> 08└─You know you've really shit the bed when your last name is pronounced Pi and nerds still hate you.
[16:34:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 177 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:09] <exec> 08└─Most likely, he's blaming the Russkies because (a) he knows the Democrats will believe it, and (b) he's covering for Comcast, Spectrum (formerly Time Warner), Verizon, and AT&T.
[16:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:11] <exec> 08└─Yeah, no kidding. Why are we even talking about this? This is soooo boring. Hey, I heard there's a Soros-funded cavalcade of brown people starting to assemble at the very southern tip of South America. I heard they're probably filled with really bad hombres and they might even have nuclear weapons t...
[16:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:13] <exec> 08└─Same as it alway is. The people are getting restless, so the state tries to start a war to keep them busy. Easier to incite fratricide by proxy, than to answer for their corruption.
[16:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:15] <exec> 08└─This reminds me of something else that happened recently...what was it again... Oh, right. "We find Dr. Ford's testimony compelling...but we just don't give a fuck so we're confirming him anyway. Thanks for coming forward, and enjoy your nightmare scenario." One recent study recently found that of t...
[16:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:18] <exec> 08└─I haven't seen this much coordinated deception of the public between the two marketing divisions of the uniparty since Bush claimed WMD's were in Iraq. -- Keep telling the lie until you make it true. --anonymous
[16:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:20] <exec> 08└─My unspoken point is that there are corporate and investment interests in the US that are against net neutrality. So why are nerds here so quick to fall for what might be a lame attempt to deflect blame?
[16:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:22] <exec> 08└─I don't know if so many nerds are convinced, but of course our resident DNC whore (and he pays too) is convinced.
[16:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:45] <exec> 08└─The US is already fucked, but over here we still have a chance.
[16:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:46] <exec> 08└─Civilization "peaks" when it is winning. All of the great civilizations of the past were highly respected, when they were running abroad, and kicking ass. Soon after they stop kicking ass, their decadent children and grandchildren start getting their own asses handed to them.
[16:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:48] <exec> 08└─No doubt about it. His blind faith is constantly on display.
[16:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:51] <exec> 08└─I only answer a poll if I am assured that my answers will be sent to Google for safe keeping.
[16:35:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:53] <exec> 08└─And, the power of Aristarchus can compel a migraine.
[16:35:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:55] <exec> 08└─Relax, Nobody can make you believe. So you don't need to be more illogical than theists.
[16:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:57] <exec> 08└─Idle CPUs are the devil's plaything.
[16:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:59] <exec> 08└─got weaponized by degenerates
[16:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:20] <exec> 08└─There may not be such a program today. But there should be. We should not be content with less than ideal. Striving for the ideal is a good thing, even if we cannot have it in the short term. Imagine if everyone simply gave in to the Microsoft Domination of 1999. No point in open source. It's inferi...
[16:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:22] <exec> 08└─Obviously the concept of a run on sentence was devised after 1665...
[16:36:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:24] <exec> 08└─The underlying assumption here (and in many similar arguments) is that the openness of an engine means people are in there actually doing the checking.
[16:36:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 324 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:38] <exec> 08└─When you introduce a company in the summary that many Soylentils may not be familiar with, you should indicate what they do. Example: "Facebook, an Internet website aimed at exfiltrating users personal data for marketing purposes..." Then we will have some idea of what you are writing about. Also, w...
[16:37:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 2401 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:59] <exec> 08└─What specifically? The US has been at it for some time now, going back to at least the 80s. First it was fighting the largest telecom because due process was rigidly enforced and law enforcement felt they couldn't act fast enough and should be on the honor principle instead. This is the true reason...
[16:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Western Digital Unveils RISC-V Controller Design - 1459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:43] <exec> 08└─There were even relatively cheap (1.5-2x the cost of x86) alpha motherboards/processors in the late 1990s. What killed Alpha was the Compaq->HP merger and the decision to collaborate with Intel on a PA-RISC successor rather than getting Alpha onto better processes. The Alpha cores at the time better...
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[17:32:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Nexstar's $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Tribune Media Would Create America's Largest TV Broadcaster - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:35] <exec> 08└─Radio with pictures. Unlike radio, which I can still receive on my 1952 Hallicrafters SX-43 receiver they were able to change to an incompatible, compressed, DRM'ed channel-multiplexed format providing more content no one gives a shit about. It is now circling the bowl.
[17:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:55] <exec> 08└─I’ll concede the point. But other examples abound. The more advanced western civilization, supposedly Christian, wiped out the Aztec and the Cherokee civilizations (amongst others). Consider that the Aztecs had human sacrifices, which could be seen as barbaric, but the Christians were not above bu...
[17:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:13] <exec> 08└─New York Cabs are fine, once you power off the telescreen. Thank the techno-criminals for unlicensed, unqualified morons without proper insurance, and the company that gleefully boasts about ripping off drivers and customers
[17:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:40] <exec> 08└─... Julian Assange had better stay safely in the Ecuadorian embassy.
[17:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:41] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi#Foreign_relations [wikipedia.org] and https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] would give you a good starting point for why Iran is the bogey man. (i.e. the animosity has been more than mutual). As for Saudi Arabia, here [wi...
[17:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:08] <exec> 08└─are Russian! From the article: "“Nearly eight million comments were filed from e-mail domains associated with FakeMailGenerator.com. On top of this, roughly half a million comments were filed from Russian e-mail addresses" Note that if it was a fraudulent email address, it is by definition not att...
[17:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03redneckmother [3597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:10] <exec> 08└─You know you've really shit the bed when your last name is pronounced Pi and nerds still hate you.
[17:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:12] <exec> 08└─Essentially the argument here is that a known documented fiction, should have one part of its content believed but not another part, and only in so far as it contributes to the current propaganda meme.
[17:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:14] <exec> 08└─Sure, but the clueless dorks of the alt-right love this scumbag.
[17:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:16] <exec> 08└─His English sucks, but his Russian is a lot better than yours.
[17:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:19] <exec> 08└─Nobody relates to Hair Pai [youtube.com].
[17:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:47] <exec> 08└─Thank you captain pedantic pants. Where would we all be without you? (Oh, now you have to tell us exactly and precisely in excruciating detail.) If you don't like my saying that there absolutely isn't one, then please inform all the religitards out there that they can't say there absolutely is one....
[17:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:48] <exec> 08└─This is the level of control khazar jewish rats exercise over you. You write some text on your keyboard, or click a few buttons and it shows up on a jew's terminal. Sickening!!! Expose the jew.
[17:35:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:50] <exec> 08└─Just because you can't see it means it doesn't exist, right. How open-minded of you. And you make it your personal duty to offend anyone who has different views, is more open-minded or entertains the idea that all that exists is not known to them. You could be a khazar jew. Jews pray to their god, S...
[17:35:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:52] <exec> 08└─Personally, I wont believe the random claims I hear from researchers if it defies common sense.
[17:36:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 25 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:40] <exec> 08└─who is a Mark Zuckerburg?
[17:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:05] <exec> 08└─Amen!
[17:41:40] <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 - 1394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:40] <exec> 08└─It's not that I directly disagree with you - regulations can seem like law and as I said they carry the force of law if otherwise uncontested. Congress (and the judiciary) does allow the Executive branch, by and large, to determine how the enforcements of the law shall be carried out via regulation....
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[18:33:36] <exec> 08└─Put him in a diplomatic bag. Unless the UK is willing to show the world that it does not respect diplomatic bags, that'll do the job. If desired, it could be tested first. Send a bunch of people back and forth.
[18:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:37] <exec> 08└─The Saudis can tell you where to get diplomatic bags that are large enough.
[18:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:39] <exec> 08└─Even if publishing HRC's emails were illegal (which it isn't), even if the US had any jurisdiction over Assange (which it doesn't), and even if Assange could somehow commit treason against a country he's never been a citizen of, he could very easily argue in a court proceeding that the reason he pub...
[18:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nexstar's $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Tribune Media Would Create America's Largest TV Broadcaster - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:52] <exec> 08└─If you are talking about cable or satellite, sure, all of that applies. But for broadcast TV the digital switch did not introduce any DRM.
[18:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:30] <exec> 08└─I hope that all of this autonomous vehicle talk truly gets people to rethink their relationship with roads and cars. Its fun to drive into the middle of nowhere. Its not fun to drive into the middle of the city. Automobiles are one of the largest expenses people have, and also one of the largest h...
[18:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:57] <exec> 08└─It's taxpayer supported. If WalMart had responsibility for their employees as slaves and gave them so little, they'd all die.
[18:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:59] <exec> 08└─It has to be. A real sovereign country would tell the US to eat their warrant and refuse to arrest, for extradition, a visitor who didn't commit a real crime. If the US unilaterally decides that Italians are criminals if they eat French cheese, will the UK start extraditing Italians to the US ?
[18:35:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03tangomargarine [667] 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 409 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:21] <exec> 08└─This reminds me of something else that happened recently...what was it again... Oh, right. "We find Dr. Ford's testimony compelling...but we just don't give a fuck so we're confirming him anyway. Thanks for coming forward, and enjoy your nightmare scenario." One recent study recently found that of t...
[18:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:32] <exec> 08└─No, most likely he admitted it because it was the truth and if he had lied about it he would be committing perjury. Notice how he denied it up until he was forced to answer the question on the record.
[18:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:33] <exec> 08└─admittance ≠ admission admission [merriam-webster.com] admission noun ad·mis·sion | \əd-ˈmi-shən, ad-\ plural admissions Definition of admission 1 : an act of admitting : the fact or state of being admitted: such as
[18:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:35] <exec> 08└─His English isn't bad, but his abuse of the comma might be criminal.
[18:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:37] <exec> 08└─Of course you have. For example, you might have believed one of the following: - Elected Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi was evil incarnate (right before a general friendly to the US and Israel launched a coup against him). - The US involvement in Syria, Iraq, and a bunch of other places is for hu...
[18:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Waymo Announces Limited Debut of "Driverless" Taxi Service in Phoenix, AZ - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:08] <exec> 08└─Hasn't Waymo killed more pedestrians than occupants? They should be forced to have them driving through the execs neighborhoods, where their kids and family are. Then they might be motivated to keep non-occupants safe.
[18:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Species of Giant Salamander Discovered in Northern Florida and Southern Alabama - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:19] <exec> 08└─instead of shooting the innocent animal, shoot the fucking pigs who come to steal your land. have some morals! you are only here for a short period of time. what will be your legacy? dead innocent animals or dead henchmen of the NWO?
[18:36:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 80 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:45] <exec> 08└─We've been importing violence, bigotry, homophobia, racism, sexism, and slavery.
[18:37:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:16] <exec> 08└─You have never met my mother or experienced the amount of pain she can inflict. It is not possible to be more illogical than her.
[18:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:17] <exec> 08└─Non-jews should keep an open mind and, of course, there is scientific evidence that other energy beings exist on this and other planets.
[18:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:20] <exec> 08└─if you don't turn off the tv they will just repossess you. that's the whole point of tv. it's a possession delivery device. just watch the occurrence of demons in kids animated movies and cartoons. the villains in the original scooby doo series was always found out to be some harmless loser. now the...
[18:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:22] <exec> 08└─They just keep not mentioning that the "religious persecution" was that people kept stoppng them burning Roman Catholics.
[18:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 1175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:24] <exec> 08└─I don't think the connection to television is relevant, save for those ridiculous fantasy shows on TV like Jerry Falwell and Joel Osteen and so forth. I'm an atheist, and I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed and Smallville and The Good Place and so forth. I know other atheists that watch l...
[18:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:47] <exec> 08└─"But none o that analysis *needs*, morally, to be done using open source software," the hell it doesn't. these institutions should be using and donating/contributing to Free Software. using proprietary shit with public dollars or even (moral) private dollars is conspiracy to defraud, and makes these...
[18:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:48] <exec> 08└─The smartest scientists, the ones probably doing the best work, are probably smart enough to work out what are the best tools for the job, right now - which is when they need it. Nobody should dictationg what software they use: firstly the invisible hand will guide them, and secondly, we should trus...
[18:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:51] <exec> 08└─But at least someone CAN do the checking. If it becomes necessary. Or suspect.
[18:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:53] <exec> 08└─But at least someone CAN do the checking. If it becomes necessary. Or suspect.
[18:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:34] <exec> 08└─create your own job and quit looking for a new master.
[18:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:35] <exec> 08└─Easy: The Vegan will tell you about the great healthy recipes and or activist article linked on his/her FB, triggering the no-FB ... The only chance the no-TV has of losing is if someone starts talking about that episode/game last night, but if you have a vegan in the room, there no way the topic ca...
[18:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:46] <exec> 08└─I quit flying and I quit paying the income tax. I am working on ways to deny them further. The work of my life is dedicated to the cause of freedom in one way or another. I invite other Real Americans and freedom loving people around the world to join me. We don't even have to kill these authoritari...
[18:43:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 100 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:02] <exec> 08└─Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master.
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[19:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:55] <exec> 08└─I'm quite sure you can get them from the morgue. Pretty sure he wouldn't want to be taken out like that, though. Though, at this point, if he could get out to a non-extraditing country, I'm sure he would be happy with that. It's one thing to be a permanent guest in a country, it's an entirely differ...
[19:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:56] <exec> 08└─"Collusion isn't a crime herpderp" I know that wasn't your point but that is where it is going. All you people "winning" need to make a choice. Democracy or tyranny, letting Trump's unbelievably brazen criminal behavior slide will lead us into tyranny and/or revolution. You can not support such an i...
[19:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:27] <exec> 08└─I think it's explained, maybe near the end, or the beginning of the second book. The mommy trisolarsn and daddy trisolaran merge together, then split into up to 5 baby trisolarans. The children retain some parental memories, so it's less procreation and more self cloning. Thus, trisolarans have no p...
[19:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:28] <exec> 08└─I'm a software consultant who once lived in a storage locker with my father's ceremonial sword. One of his swords, rather, my sister Jean has the other one.
[19:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:31] <exec> 08└─This. My understanding of Snow Crash was a society where companies were large corporations that owned tons of land broken up across the whole globe. I couldn't tell if the US was broken up and completely decentralized with no-mans land between the various colonies or if that land belonged to the fed...
[19:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:33] <exec> 08└─I think their tech advancement is explainable. If I recall the cycles could last a couple years or thousands of years and although that which was constructed and built might be lost there was retention of information across the cycles. If we had continuous information retention and growth since the...
[19:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:53] <exec> 08└─I can't relax when I am surrounded by human threats. I could get mugged or worse on public transportation. I don't want to sit in some other person's vomit, piss, or shit. I want my stuff with me. I may have strollers, snacks, a roll of paper towels, spare clothing, car seats, guns, diapers, hand wa...
[19:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:22] <exec> 08└─One of those countries had their legitimate government overthrown and a U.S. puppet installed.
[19:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:24] <exec> 08└─35 US CEO's detatained in China for various charges and violations including 11 unlawful entry visas.
[19:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:26] <exec> 08└─If he people in the US do not take ip theft seriously then why should anyone else?
[19:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:04] <exec> 08└─When the people who were denying something are forced to admit it under penalty of perjury, I tend to believe them.
[19:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:05] <exec> 08└─My unspoken point is that there are corporate and investment interests in the US that are against net neutrality. So why are nerds here so quick to fall for what might be a lame attempt to deflect blame? Because it would be illegal for those corporate interests do so. And, since they operate in the...
[19:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:07] <exec> 08└─More specifically, the one with 'one term in politics/public administration, the next term in jail'. Well, the current administration is trying it's hardest to fulfill your wish.
[19:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Species of Giant Salamander Discovered in Northern Florida and Southern Alabama - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:50] <exec> 08└─Make America Green Again! Giant Salamander for President! uh.. that was about it for today. It looks weird. Is it family of the axolotl [wikipedia.org]? Does it change shape when you feed it seaweed or other iodine-containing food?
[19:36:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 799 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:35] <exec> 08└─Obligatory reminder to all the religitards out there: There is no such thing as god. It is just a story someone made up a long time ago so they could gain power and boink children. There is also no such thing as an afterlife, and there are no supernatural demons, ghosts, angels, or whatever. You sho...
[19:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:56] <exec> 08└─I can think of any example of an empire at its peak of hard and soft power, where the child of someone acclaimed for winning a major war would start his own random half-hearted wars with no proper planning, massively squandering goodwill and resources, while at the same time starving the system to e...
[19:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:58] <exec> 08└─Turns out energy beings give really shitty stock advice, limiting their usefulness.
[19:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:00] <exec> 08└─Or it's the same old cycles repeating themselves throughout history, on a generational swing cycle.
[19:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:02] <exec> 08└─Wood toys are underrated and make excellent play things.
[19:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:04] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't that violate some sort of public decency law and get you branded as a sex offender?
[19:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:16] <exec> 08└─It's from the Broadway play by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, that was later made into a movie starring Madonna, who rang up the director or some such then _demanded_ to play the title role. The script seemed to have been written specifically for her.
[19:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:18] <exec> 08└─That form of 'argument' is called whataboutery [wiktionary.org]. You will not pass your oratory exam with such poor skills in rhetoric.
[19:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:21] <exec> 08└─When we start saying "aeroplane", aka never.
[19:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:22] <exec> 08└─Yup, because launching things into space is absolutely nothing to do with either aeronautics[*] or space.
[19:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST) - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:25] <exec> 08└─Sure, he's releases his blooper video of historical failures, but even doing that is reinforcing the pretence that failure is a thing of the past.
[19:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:10] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you're not comfortable! Did the pacifier roll out of reach again? I was merely discussing where a lot of quotes come from, perhaps even a majority. Not I who tried to turn it into something political.
[19:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:11] <exec> 08└─When you say "secret", that does not mean nobody in opposition is in the know about it. It can in fact mean opposition lawyers may learn exactly what those regulations say - if the lawyers have the security clearance and are willing to be bound by it. It may be inspected and at the worst case a judg...
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[20:32:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:42] <exec> 08└─I bet the welding goggles and leather belts will be gone too.
[20:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:43] <exec> 08└─Vinyl will become truly modern when the record is produced by 3D printing, and playback is done by putting the record on a flatbed scanner with software that spits out a series of mp3s for the tracks that are fed into your preferred player. This avoids scratching the record during playback. A series...
[20:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:45] <exec> 08└─Electrically heating the water is probably less efficient than how the boiler was heated previously. It will vary depending on the boiler being replaced and the power plant providing the electricity.
[20:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03suburbanitemediocrity [6844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:47] <exec> 08└─than an mp3?
[20:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:50] <exec> 08└─Cue the audiophiles who will claim that traditionally pressed vinyl sounds much better than vinyl pressed with modern technology.
[20:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 1818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:52] <exec> 08└─I continue to be baffled why there are so many fans of such wretchedly inferior, limited, and obsolete tech. Is this a backlash against RIAA nastiness, either their copyright extremism or the loudness wars? Or against technology? There's a store near the local college campus that specializes in viny...
[20:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:54] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable [wikipedia.org] As far as 3D printing goes, might as well go for a smaller disk, optimized to be read by a laser too, and containing multichannel audio at higher-than-human-hearing fidelity, with optional data storage. That would be a great improvement a...
[20:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:07] <exec> 08└─The US should back off from pursuing Assange. He has caused far less damage than the Chinese stealing all the IP they can lay hands on and more, the Indians stealing all the jobs off to 4Rp/hr outsource centers in India, or the CN/RU hacking on Americans and the rest of the "free" world. Far less da...
[20:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:08] <exec> 08└─"Unbelievably brazen criminal behavior herpderp" Please give some details. Sorry that it is not so obvious to people besides yourself.
[20:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:10] <exec> 08└─If Austria was willing to violate diplomatic protections on Bolivia's plane, you can bet your balls that Britain will do it with an Ecuadorian embassy car. They all cower in fear of America, a failed state internally, but with a military that can flush torrents of terrorists into their countries.
[20:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 1053 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:13] <exec> 08└─Even if publishing HRC's emails were illegal (which it isn't) Agreed. even if the US had any jurisdiction over Assange (which it doesn't) If he committed a crime against a US party doing it over the internet doesn't magically make it not a crime or outside the US's jurisdiction. Actually getting him...
[20:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:15] <exec> 08└─I do find it ironic that he was so afraid of the Dems winning. The Dem policy was that his publishing of the leaks was protected by the first amendment and the Obama DOJ specifically chose not to go after him. So he helps the Reps and the very first thing they do is try to extradite his ass.
[20:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 1105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:17] <exec> 08└─"I have zero dealings with Russia" "Oh wait, I totally did have dealings with Russia" "Why are all my closest advisers going to prison?" The man lies constantly, has abused tax payer money has passed criminal orders that were revoked by the Supreme Court, he has defrauded countless people, he public...
[20:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 1554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:19] <exec> 08└─Yeah, yeah, yeah, Orange Man bad, collusion, we get it. I don't like that repugnant mother fucker anymore than the rest, and I absolutely believe he has massive conflicts of interest. He OPENLY asked for collusion during the campaign. Period. That being said, any attempts to indict him, or his corru...
[20:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:22] <exec> 08└─Did he release the emails before, or after, Hillary asked why they couldn't kill him with a drone? If it's before, then there may be some validity to it. When a high level, and very influential, person of the US government is speaking about killing you with their highly advanced tech, there may be s...
[20:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:24] <exec> 08└─Did he release the emails before, or after, Hillary asked why they couldn't kill him with a drone? That's an unproven allegation. [snopes.com] I thought we weren't supposed to trust anonymous sources.
[20:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:26] <exec> 08└─There is a difference between unproven and unfounded. Even in that Snopes article there is a reference to actual existing email that came from that meeting. The meeting occurred, the email was written, what is unproven is what was actually said in the meeting. I assume the minutes of meeting are cla...
[20:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nexstar's $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Tribune Media Would Create America's Largest TV Broadcaster - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:40] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why these media companies are being allowed to grow so large. Hasn't Murdock taught enough of a lesson of the dangers of media conglomerates?
[20:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:25] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why anyone would think the number of automobiles would decrease if the pilots were removed.
[20:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:00] <exec> 08└─One of those countries took over the American embassy and held diplomats hostage for more than a year. The other didn't. Correct, the other committed 9/11 instead.
[20:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:01] <exec> 08└─Evidence say differently https://www.theglobeandmail.com [theglobeandmail.com] https://internationalextraditionblog.com [internationalextraditionblog.com] https://www.ctv...
[20:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:29] <exec> 08└─Like a splinter in your mind, Runaway, like a splinter in your mind!
[20:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:58] <exec> 08└─Show me an open source Finite Element Analysis program that is as well documented as ANSYS.
[20:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:44] <exec> 08└─Far better to kill a communist than a fascist. Oh, but wait, the communists intentions were better when they killed 4x the people that facists ever did, and in much more brutally efficient ways.
[20:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:45] <exec> 08└─Because we gotta start somewhere...?
[20:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:58] <exec> 08└─I. Don't. Give. A. Fuck. Whether my fellow Americans can figure it out or not. At that point the U.S government takes away my fundamental human right to privacy, and states explicitly that it is illegal for me to speak privately (keeping info from them) with another citizen, or use certain types of...
[20:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:39] <exec> 08└─Can we compromise on Athena widgets?
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[21:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:17] <exec> 08└─Isn't a negative mass the missing piece we need to make an Alcubierre drive possible?
[21:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:18] <exec> 08└─And, for real fun, what if the dark fluid is composed of effective anti-matter - if we ever actually touch any of it, we annihilate in an invisible implosion... ----- Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce...
[21:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:20] <exec> 08└─Good luck getting your hands on any: as negative mass fluid comes nearer it exerts a stronger repulsive force
[21:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:38] <exec> 08└─It's called "vintage". Vintage is all the crap our parents owned that we couldn't to get rid of fast enough, that somehow became cool to our kids. I'm old enough to have amassed a sizeable collection of LPs back when I was younger. I literally RUSHED to replace them things with CDs as soon as the la...
[21:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:39] <exec> 08└─Why would anyone want their music collection on a hundred plus pounds of vinyl when it could all fit on one thumb drive?
[21:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:41] <exec> 08└─Even if you do everything properly, the record is still going to wear. A few dozen plays, and it's worn out. Needles also wear out.
[21:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:44] <exec> 08└─Writable CDs didn't seem to have the shelf life I would want for archival. It would be nice if information could be densely printed into a durable material like granite for a 100,000 year archival, so the data is still good when I want it some day.
[21:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:46] <exec> 08└─If you claim otherwise, you simply have inferior hearing. This post brought to you by Monster Cable.
[21:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:48] <exec> 08└─It's called "vintage".
[21:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:50] <exec> 08└─Forget thumb drive. It can fit on a 256 GB micro SD smaller than the finger nail on your pinky finger. Small enough to lose in the carpet and get vacuumed up -- as would be fitting for so much 'music' these daze.
[21:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:53] <exec> 08└─There is M-DISC [wikipedia.org] which is compatible with existing optical drives and range from 4.7 GB to 100 GB, with an expected lifetime of 1,000 years. Maybe 128 GB soon? [soylentnews.org] There has been talk of holographic data storage [soylentnews.org] that could store anything from terabytes...
[21:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:55] <exec> 08└─512 GB microSD cards are available. 1-2 TB cards can't be too far behind. 2 TB is the maximum limit for many smartphones and other devices, e.g. the Nintendo Switch. 128 TB is the theoretical limit for the newly announced SD Ultra Capacity specification. I haven't heard about anything that will supp...
[21:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:20] <exec> 08└─he publicly asked Russia to hack Clinton and publish her emails
[21:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:22] <exec> 08└─I wasn't advocating skipping due process just common sense. Trump defenders need to face reality, because if Trump successfully avoids prosecution it will legitimize this level of corruption and bully tactics. This paves the way for tyranny and we will become a distorted reflection of Russia and its...
[21:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 1157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:24] <exec> 08└─The meeting occurred, the email was written, what is unproven is what was actually said in the meeting. You mean this email? Show me where it says they're going to drone Assange: From: Mills, Cheryl D Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:36 AM To: Slaughter, Anne-Marie; H Cc: Abedin, Huma; Sullivan,...
[21:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:26] <exec> 08└─Re: an SP memo on possible legal and nonlegal strategies re wikileaks
[21:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:26] <exec> 08└─It might decrease the traffic, as it is OK to share the car with one more passenger and deliver him not too far from the intended route. This alone will reduce the traffic by 40-50%. Car owners rarely do that, but in a 3rd party cab it's not a big deal.
[21:35:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:53] <exec> 08└─... Julian Assange had better stay safely in the Ecuadorian embassy.
[21:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 2 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:03] <exec> 08└─ue
[21:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:05] <exec> 08└─Slave owners were on the hook for medical bills and retirement "On the hook" generally means they're required to provide those things. Being allowed to shoot the slave in the head, instead of providing that healthcare and 401k, makes it pretty optional.
[21:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:07] <exec> 08└─It was China's government that decided to sell to Iran, not some businesswoman from a computer company. A retaliation from China is likely.
[21:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:46] <exec> 08└─Uhhhh... The word you linked to the definition of is the correct word. You need to then look at the word which is incorrect in this context, admittance, its definition and proper use, perhaps also the root word, admit, and the differences surrounding the use as a transitive vs. intransitive verb, et...
[21:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:48] <exec> 08└─admittance noun ad·mit·tance | \əd-ˈmi-tᵊn(t)s, ad-\ Definition of admittance 1a : the act or process of admitting admit verb ad·mit | \əd-ˈmit, ad-\ admitted; admitting Definition of admit (Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb 1a : to allow scope for : PERMIT admits no possibility of mis...
[21:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:50] <exec> 08└─Well that's the first time I've had a dictionary reference called flamebait!
[21:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:52] <exec> 08└─That whole trying-to-destroy-the-internet thing is a bit off-putting, too.
[21:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:48] <exec> 08└─In fact, best to exorcise all Christians, and it is easy to do: You just as them to pledge loyalty to the God-Emperor Trump!
[21:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:49] <exec> 08└─It's not just the researchers, it's the institutions. They see ads promising to change your life right (just give us your life savings and go into a debt you'll never be able to pay off)) next to the ads for products that will eliminate fine wrinkles or perhaps leave you blind or eliminate yellowing...
[21:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:51] <exec> 08└─So, tell me, how does not the best forum for working out your issues with your mother, make you feel?
[21:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:54] <exec> 08└─"Has any of this been presented in a peer-reviewed journal?" These "peer-reviewed" "journals" are infiltrated by khazar jewish vermin, therefore will not let anyone expose them. This is why they control media and continue to buy/threaten/infiltrate independent media. The rat-faced jewish vermin cann...
[21:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Science Means Open Source - Or, at Least, It Should - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:23] <exec> 08└─The way to check if the science is correct or merely an artifact of dodgy tools is to verify it with a completely different set of tools.
[21:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:09] <exec> 08└─That form of 'argument' is called whataboutery [wiktionary.org].
[21:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Open-Sources WPF, WinForms and WinUI - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:06] <exec> 08└─No, MS will likely just buy Canonical or buy Red Hat after IBM ruins the culture, breaks the profit model and needs some quick cash.
[21:45:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:08] <exec> 08└─I was merely discussing where a lot of quotes come from, perhaps even a majority. Not I who tried to turn it into something political.
[21:45:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:09] <exec> 08└─But if a regulation is superceded or circumscribed by law then that law takes immediate precedence.
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[22:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:10] <exec> 08└─Humans are experts on catching such substance - it mimics behavior of animals.
[22:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:12] <exec> 08└─if a negative mass was pushed, it would accelerate towards you rather than away from you.
[22:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:14] <exec> 08└─I wonder if you could ionize it and then attract it magnetically.
[22:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 1028 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:16] <exec> 08└─I hear an awful lot about dark matter and energy, and now apparently fluid. As far as I can see from the outside, these exist only to avoid saying "We don't have a theory which explains measured galactic rotation and expansion". If they were simply offered as potential (and perhaps tenuous given the...
[22:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:18] <exec> 08└─Who funds this nonsense? Real science is based on observations and experiments, not taking mushrooms and imagining "negative masses".
[22:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:21] <exec> 08└─Welcome to Millennial Science where a fertile imagination is just as important as testable hypotheses. To draw an analogy: in the real world, you can observe only two genders but millennials hypothesize that there are actually 72 genders.
[22:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:23] <exec> 08└─You are missing nothing. Look into MOND, they predict all sorts of stuff exactly with no free parameters (although there is some freedom due to uncertain data-dependent ones): https://tritonstation.wordpress.com [wordpress.com] Now, MOND is more of an empirical relationship that remains to be expla...
[22:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:25] <exec> 08└─I hear an awful lot about dark matter and energy, and now apparently fluid.
[22:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:27] <exec> 08└─This article is especially good: https://tritonstation.wordpress.com [wordpress.com] As the data gets cleaner, it fits the predictions of MOND better and better. Amazing.
[22:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 1516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:30] <exec> 08└─My understanding is something like this: there's very good data on the total mass and energy of the universe, based on measurements about the relative speed of observable objects, which among other things allowed us to determine something like the big bang happened and what processes it involved. Th...
[22:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:56] <exec> 08└─Could it really be pure nostalgia? If they're so in love with old tech, why not commute to work on horseback, seeing as how there aren't too many steam powered passenger trains serving the public these days?
[22:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:58] <exec> 08└─Can it really be nostalgia if you haven't lived through it?
[22:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 1294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:00] <exec> 08└─You got a bunch of other smartarse replies, but really it is a combination. Being a Hipster is part of it, but the loudness wars are a major part. It really did fuck up a lot of music to compress the dynamic range and then record it all at the maximum amplitude. The vinyl producers didn't get into t...
[22:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:28] <exec> 08└─A legal strategy would be a lawsuit or something. A nonlegal strategy would be a PR campaign or diplomacy. Your only evidence that they wanted to drone Assange is something that says nothing about drones or Assange.
[22:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:30] <exec> 08└─It isn't speaking his mind. It is providing assistance to someone hacking. Not saying it wouldn't be a marginal prosecution for several reasons anyway, but it does look like he committed a real crime in there.
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[22:36:12] <exec> 08└─She arrives in US post-extradition and they find a dime bag of Canadian marijuana in her pocket. Trudeau's fingerprints are on the bag.
[22:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:00] <exec> 08└─Ajit Pai is fucking retarded. I mean, we all knew that, but come on. Okay, Russians interfered with the net neutrality comments right? The fake comments that were 99% against net neutrality? So you're saying that the Russians wanted to interfere by getting rid of net neutrality? The same position th...
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[22:38:57] <exec> 08└─I've covered the failure of acedemia as a pillar elsewhere. But government and the political process have proven themselves unworthy of respect. Politicians on both sides don't even seem to remember that they're supposed to represent all of their constituents whatever their personal view. They squee...
[22:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exorcisms on the Rise in the US - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:59] <exec> 08└─Turns out energy beings give really shitty stock advice, limiting their usefulness.
[22:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:18] <exec> 08└─Sigh, that should have been passée, as morality is feminine in French. Grammatical standards are, of course, absolute, and brook no alteration. There is no room for descriptivists in L’Académie française [wikipedia.org].
[22:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:35] <exec> 08└─Apple wants to protect your data because that means they then retain a monopoly over your data. Thus, if advertiser B wants to know the likelihood you, an iThing user, likes to shop for underwear C, advertiser B knows that they can only go to Apple to buy the data.
[22:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:27] <exec> 08└─because your explanation was total bullshit
[22:45:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The US Government is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:29] <exec> 08└─What I find really bizarre is your assertion that my post was somehow "political".
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[23:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:32] <exec> 08└─You're missing nothing: check out https://physicsfromtheedge.blogspot.com [blogspot.com] https://www.nextbigfuture.com [nextbigfuture.com] https://earthsky.org
[23:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:34] <exec> 08└─Hey, a shout-out! Thanks! :) But DARPA is supporting him a well https://earthsky.org [earthsky.org]
[23:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:36] <exec> 08└─Isn't a negative mass the missing piece we need to make an Alcubierre drive possible?
[23:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:38] <exec> 08└─True, however, since it has negative mass, a repulsive force will actually pull it towards you. -F = (-m)*a Of course, it repels you with an equal force, but if you're pulling it in from all directions that cancels out. Then you can capture it in a huge bottle, set it behind your space ship, and all...
[23:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:40] <exec> 08└─It seems like if it repels, then something that starts to push it causes it to move in the direction of push before physical contact is made.
[23:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:43] <exec> 08└─Then we wouldn't be here to talk about it, since the galaxy would already be jam-packed with the stuff with a density limited only by its self-repulsion
[23:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 1044 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:45] <exec> 08└─The trick is that there's no such thing as contact forces - everything is actually energy fields pushing against each other, so you can always get closer, until the energy fields balance out. More generally, think about what happens when you push on something normally - you accelerate away from it,...
[23:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:47] <exec> 08└─The only way that they could theoretically satisfy some of the equations was to use matter with a negative mass, yes.
[23:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bizarre "Dark Fluid" With Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:49] <exec> 08└─Who funds this? Must be the Russians.
[23:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:19] <exec> 08└─Having a huge collection of vinyl is a sign of dedication, time invested. and at a certain point, wealth. Having a huge collection of MP3s is a sign you can click the copy or download button. It has no perceived value.
[23:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:20] <exec> 08└─DNA storage
[23:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:23] <exec> 08└─Rewriteable discs can be considerably better, usually storing data in a phase-changing crystal that's very stable over human timescales, it should last as well as mass-produced stamped discs. Of course you still have to worry about the layers delaminating though, for both.
[23:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Method of Vinyl Record Production Introduced - 1047 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:25] <exec> 08└─Almost certainly so - heat is the energy wastebasket of the universe, it's the one thing you can generate with 100% efficiency. Every other energy conversion process has various efficiency losses, with that energy being lost as (you guessed it) heat. If the electricity is generated from heat (as is...
[23:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:54] <exec> 08└─The man lies constantly, has abused tax payer money has passed criminal orders that were revoked by the Supreme Court, he has defrauded countless people, he publicly asked Russia to hack Clinton and publish her emails, he publicly said he could shoot someone and no one would care, he publicly called...
[23:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:55] <exec> 08└─because if Trump successfully avoids prosecution
[23:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:57] <exec> 08└─I wasn't advocating skipping due process just common sense. Trump defenders need to face reality, because if Trump successfully avoids prosecution it will legitimize this level of corruption and bully tactics. This paves the way for tyranny and we will become a distorted reflection of Russia and its...
[23:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:00] <exec> 08└─If he committed a crime against a US party doing it over the internet doesn't magically make it not a crime or outside the US's jurisdiction. Actually getting him here to face a trial can be more difficult but is certainly not impossible. See the Huawei story, for reference. (Of course, that would n...
[23:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meeting of Julian Assange and Paul Manafort Denied, but Talk of Removing Assange Confirmed - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:02] <exec> 08└─How could they be so stupid as to actually do what he said for them to do on television, do it the same night, and do it so poorly that they got caught and not think the blame would fall on Trump?
[23:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Book Club: Discuss The Three-Body Problem, Start Reading Snow Crash - 785 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:37] <exec> 08└─Well, in my mind, explainable is kind of thin. Suppose everything is wiped out. Need iron? Start by rebuilding the roads, the foundries, the forges and so on. Now think particle colliders, computers, spaceship factories and other more sophisticated enterprises and every start sets the civilization b...
[23:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Autonomous Vehicles Won't Reduce Our Dependence on Cars in Cities - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:00] <exec> 08└─If we assume that traffic load stays the same, but all of the drivers are now competent and don't crash, change lanes violently, tailgate, etc., that alone would yield a significant improvement. Every week there's a wreck along my daily route, and I get tailgated constantly. I know some fellow assho...
[23:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver - 847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:39] <exec> 08└─Slaves were really expensive to buy. Breeding them was very profitable if they were good stock, and no you can't just breed that one best guy over and over because he realistically can't raise that many kids. Yes, you do want the slaves raised properly so they're more useful to you/disciplined. Yes,...
[23:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:24] <exec> 08└─I vote convenient scapegoat. The alternative seems to be that virtually all Americans are blind, impotent, stupid, and asleep at the wheel, while all Russians are sauve, debonair manipulators. In short, we have a picture painted of Russians who are superior creatures to the best that America can bre...
[23:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:25] <exec> 08└─Most of us found 2001: A space Oddysey to be compelling. However, there wasn't a shred of verifiable truth in the story. Ford's testimony was far less compelling than Clarke's story.
[23:40:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 238 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:58] <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.
[23:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Blymie [4020] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 1064 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:56] <exec> 08└─You may not care, and you may fight to keep your rights -- but my contention is that sorry, your fellow Americans won't. Don't get me wrong, I'm scratching my head as well. Let me ask you this -- the NSA was spying on Americans illegally. The NSA was spying on US companies illegally. It still is. Wh...
[23:41:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Set to Pass Controversial Encryption Law - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:57] <exec> 08└─the NSA was spying on Americans illegally. The NSA was spying on US companies illegally. It still is. What infrastructure have you destroyed? How have you fought this?
[23:45:51] <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 - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:52] <exec> 08└─Being tried in a court where one needs a security clearance in order to even know the trial exists is indeed a secret court. That's not what's under question here. We KNOW the proceeding exists - we have the news story. The trial isn't secret. The law isn't secret. The regulations (and evidence itse...
[23:45:53] <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 - 1306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:53] <exec> 08└─No, I keep stating the obvious because people keep wanting to deny the obvious. Secrecy certainly does not make regulations impossible to be superceded. One can in fact lay out the law by which any regulations - secret or not - must be held to. And what I am saying is that there are those who in the...
[23:45:55] <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 - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:45:56] <exec> 08└─One correction: The Senate and House can craft bills which become law that regulate the regulations. (If that wasn't obvious....)
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