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[00:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:19] <exec> 08└─Holy shit, I just realized that the number is almost exactly the amount that the House of Representatives passed for funding the wall: https://www.usatoday.com [usatoday.com] The House respond...
[00:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:20] <exec> 08└─Maybe one day we'll try capitalism instead of socialism.
[00:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:23] <exec> 08└─That move created a vicious cycle that props up the bottom line of the US Military-Industrial complex that Eisenhower saw was developing strength and warned us about in 1959. Now, it's out of hand.
[00:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:25] <exec> 08└─Face it, the Bad Guys (tm) get their money from drugs, most of that money comes from us, errr, the US. In other words, those assholes on the other side of the tracks. Or next door, hard to tell nowdays. I have to wonder, take the money away and how much violence would we see in Mexico (Tijuana is ov...
[00:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:27] <exec> 08└─Mexican culture does not value education that much. In Texas, most young Hispanics want to learn only enough to hold down a blue collar job. They'd like to quit after the 8th grade, and only grudgingly finish high school. The young are in a hurry to get through their education, get that job (constru...
[00:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:29] <exec> 08└─Knowing the US's history with Latin America, especially where the CIA is concerned, I am taking a very cynical view of this. What exactly are they going to do
[00:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:32] <exec> 08└─DEA head in August: [iflscience.com] DEA head Chuck Rosenberg told reporters Wednesday morning that “heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana.” According to The Huffington Post, Rosenberg was clarifying a previous statement he had made last week, saying marijuana is “probably not” as...
[00:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:34] <exec> 08└─Coincidence?!?!?! Corruption?!?!?!
[00:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:36] <exec> 08└─And even if cannabis gets legalized federally, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs are going to stay just as illegal for many years to come.
[00:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:38] <exec> 08└─Knowing the US's history with Latin America, especially where the CIA is concerned, I am taking a very cynical view of this.
[00:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:40] <exec> 08└─..resistance greatly muted...
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[00:37:32] <exec> 08└─In your post you describe two options: 1. Secure version where SSH gets stuck for a while waiting for entropy to be collected. 2. Insecure version where SSH starts up right away but isn't guaranteed to be safe. And then you duck right past other options, like: 3. When you load up the seed files, che...
[00:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:37] <exec> 08└─It's not expensive at all. I've even seen RNGs thrown in as a freebie on various chips including flash chips. BUT, unlike the various auditable open software solutions, how do we audit the hardware?
[00:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:39] <exec> 08└─Or Devuan [devuan.org].
[00:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:41] <exec> 08└─you cannot distribute seed file at all. it is negative entropy when shipped. It should be generated by the system at shutdown and deleted after it is loaded at startup. if you have to bassh systemd pile on the fact that a patch was needed to have the option to enable that feature but don't blame it...
[00:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:44] <exec> 08└─Ideal software? SystemD is light years further away from that now than we were with scrappy ol' SysV and individual, replaceable components. The man repeatedly fails to comprehend the core Unix tenet of "do one thing, and do it well". And I do not comprehend why people keep accepting his cruddy soft...
[00:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 797 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:46] <exec> 08└─Another reason to use Devuan. i recently installed the latest version on a production server and have been really happy, it's quick, has good compatibility with extra packages (ZFS installed without hassle). The devs are doing a great job of keeping proper linux alive. I hope Debian continues to do...
[00:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:48] <exec> 08└─It seems systemd can do no right.
[00:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:19] <exec> 08└─Sorry, no. Arrests for secret reasons and whisking people to undisclosed locations while not letting them speak with a lawyer are all things more closely associated with iron curtain countries than the United States. No exceptions. Nobody seemed to see a need to arrest him at all until he refused to...
[00:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:21] <exec> 08└─but but but.....jerbs!
[00:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bent iPad? No Problem, It's "Expected" to be That Way. - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:55] <exec> 08└─Well, if they complain just tell them they're holding it wrong!
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[01:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:13] <exec> 08└─It will easily fix the obvious symptoms of a bug without addressing the real problem
[01:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:15] <exec> 08└─If private_data_exists GetIt
[01:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:17] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of one of the many horrendous misuses of Visual Basic: On Error Resume Next
[01:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:19] <exec> 08└─I imagine if it screws with the code just enough so that the automated tests pass, there could be quite a risk of turning an obvious bug into a far subtler, harder to detect, bug, liable to bite developers on the ass at a later date, if there are any left! Is this a stepping stone to fully automated...
[01:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:21] <exec> 08└─I wonder how easy it is to start accepting fixes without properly examining them.
[01:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:23] <exec> 08└─Notification: Joe Coder, you have been added to the "Expected Void, received Null Group" by Sapienz. Notification: Joe Coder, Sapfix likes your post "I'll fix it with a compiler flag." Notification: Joe Coder, Getafix disabled your access to Compiler Flags. Notification: Joe Coder, Cindy is raising...
[01:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:51] <exec> 08└─It's the smart thing to do. If you're stupid and not politically connected, why bother? They will have 8 years seniority on dumbasses who go to college and end up with the same job.
[01:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 717 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:52] <exec> 08└─History wise, the Bracero program" [wikipedia.org] is more relevant here since this is basically US government assisted out-sourcing. You see that "commercially viable projects" clause? The way it would work is that for every promising initiative, an American owned corporation would be tipped off to...
[01:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:55] <exec> 08└─Too bad about that government shutdown, eh? 😂😂😂💊
[01:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:57] <exec> 08└─Maybe one day we'll try capitalism instead of socialism.
[01:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:03] <exec> 08└─when I want a static IP, I want it even if the link goes down and back up again. linux broke that very simple concept. NetworkManager is a piece of crap and even disabling it does not get you to full static files. I hate that linux is now the playground of too-young-to-know-better kids. perhaps BSD...
[01:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:36] <exec> 08└─If there are classified reasons they'd like to search, they have to decide whether to reveal them in order to force an involuntary search. Secret 'we know better, you shut up' courts/police/laws are abhorrent in a free society and it's everyone's duty to resist efforts in that direction.
[01:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:37] <exec> 08└─he is talking about saving more life's, high blood pressure is the silent killer, he did not talk about reducing annoyance
[01:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:39] <exec> 08└─and has this ever happened?
[01:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Courts Want "Something More" Than an IP Address to Catch Pirates - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:44:06] <exec> 08└─The problem exists, as the wikipedia page points out, however the "solutions" have no bearing on U.S. law. Notably, for a while the courts were fairly lenient with the copyright holders (accusers) but after rampant abuse are no longer so kindly disposed. Neverminding that, our law does not (and shou...
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[02:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:33] <exec> 08└─If it is mostly dependent on the automated tests, then the art has moved from specifying instructions to specifying automated tests - TDD has finally arrived. If I were to develop a tool like this, I'd also look for syntax morphology of common bugs and revise to well recognized / reliable implementa...
[02:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:06] <exec> 08└─first you must try education
[02:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:08] <exec> 08└─but his hands are just toooooo small. Sigh.
[02:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:10] <exec> 08└─the first agency to wither away would be the DEA, which would be a major win for society but a major loss for the government.
[02:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:12] <exec> 08└─What exactly are they going to do
[02:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:15] <exec> 08└─Everybody has pet projects, that's why we have 535 voting congress critters. Instead of going on about a preferred project that could use this money, either defend the project independently, or attack this one independently. Drawing 1 to 1 comparisons in a sea of millions of projects is not an effec...
[02:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:17] <exec> 08└─Now, it's out of hand.
[02:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:45] <exec> 08└─Actually, the banks' point is that Altria has leveraged themselves excessively to make these purchases and they're not likely to un-leverage themselves in the next 6-12 months, and that's a fair point. However, in the long run, even with a $2B (more likely $20M) settlement from Juul for marketing to...
[02:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:46] <exec> 08└─One of my biggest concerns, and why I vape marijuana only when I need discretion, are the possible health effects. I've heard of medical doctors talking about "popcorn lung" as a side effect. That and dabbing, can be extremely dangerous if you don't take the temperature down. If they identify some h...
[02:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:48] <exec> 08└─Have you considered using edibles?
[02:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:10] <exec> 08└─I'm not buying it either. The victim inquired about a lawyer, and that inquiry drove the agents bugfuq, so they decided to fuck him over. Besides, this is the US of A. We're supposed to have rule of law, and all that. If you are to be accused, or charged, or incarcerated, the people who are infringi...
[02:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:11] <exec> 08└─Jose Padilla.
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[03:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:25] <exec> 08└─Three separate datapoints indicate it exists and one doesn't find it. I don't envy the position Martian researchers are put in. On the other hand I'm sure future experiments to be sent to our rusty neighbor will be specifically looking to solve this conundrum.
[03:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:26] <exec> 08└─You don't envy them? Why should anyone be concerned about your opinion then?
[03:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:28] <exec> 08└─We're going to need a lot more data points to sort out seasonal variation. Or maybe it isn't even seasonal. Perhaps a microscopic chaotic predator-prey system?
[03:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:30] <exec> 08└─So I was wondering, if the instruments on this new lander can detect levels in the Part-per-trillion, what were the previously detected levels at? I found a couple nice papers that seemed to pin down the mixing ratio to between 0 and 30 ppb, well within the expected detection range of the new instru...
[03:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:49] <exec> 08└─It will easily fix the obvious symptoms of a bug without addressing the real problem.
[03:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:29] <exec> 08└─they are already working with the three letter agencies you dummy!
[03:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:31] <exec> 08└─If this 'macho' drive includes young Mexican women, then I'm confused. And simultaneously aroused a little. And unsure as to cause and effect in this case.
[03:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:33] <exec> 08└─Changing social circumstances so that central Americans don't want to migrate is probably as effective a building a bigger wall.
[03:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:02] <exec> 08└─*wipes crumbs from face* They make those? ;) Sometimes they're too strong for going out and about. Seems easier to control with a vape pen, whereas an edible is more like a roller coaster. Once you leave the station you're going for the ride no matter what.
[03:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:22] <exec> 08└─Yes, and this is the solution to airport security according to my brother in law: don't let brown people fly.
[03:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Called in Amid UK Drone Chaos (Updated) - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:48] <exec> 08└─(cont) I'd also do the Travel Ban -- and hopefully it wouldn't go to the Court of some HORRIBLE Muslim Judge!!!!
[03:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rabbit DNA Added to Houseplant in Order to Remove Chloroform and Benzene From Indoor Air - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:43:18] <exec> 08└─Just fill up on windy days, that will keep the vapor plume well away from your nose...
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[04:35:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:55] <exec> 08└─Maybe no Martian has farted recently.
[04:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:56] <exec> 08└─However one of the papers I read seemed to indicate that the expected half-life of methane due to photochemical destruction was about 350 years but the measured half-lives were between 0.6 and 4 earth years.
[04:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:58] <exec> 08└─They ate all their cows?
[04:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:00] <exec> 08└─It would be unfortunate if methane readings on Mars have nothing to do with life forms, but it was probably a long shot to begin with. There's nothing stopping Mars from having life locked away deep under the surface in liquid lakes or oceans. Kind of like how people are excited by the idea of life...
[04:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:18] <exec> 08└─Q: What went wrong? A: Who knows?
[04:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:19] <exec> 08└─This, a thousand times this. The costs of understanding dependencies seem to have grown so much for the lead that second and third rungs of people touching the code .... ugh. So in a weird way, I welcome these kinds of assistants given that one day they may well be able to explain what's going on w...
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[04:36:22] <exec> 08└─p.s. https://blog.mgechev.com [mgechev.com] about google's frontend stack, kinda related to the 'knowing whats going on thing'.
[04:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:02] <exec> 08└─The Marshall plan worked in Europe. I was a toddler then; I don't know how that worked our re corruption and the like. Anyone remember those days?
[04:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:04] <exec> 08└─Yeah. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of 🍆🥜heads. -- Keep electing the rich. Keep wondering why tax laws screw everyone else. It's a mystery!
[04:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:06] <exec> 08└─Much of that amount, however, was previously committed or contingent on the identification of "commercially viable projects."
[04:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:08] <exec> 08└─Maybe, but one of those ~$5.8 billion piles gets us a wall, presumably made with at least some American materials and labor (acting as economic stimulus), while the other ~$5.8 billion goes into the pockets of G_d-knows-who, with no guarantee of effectiveness. Kind of like giving food aid to Africa...
[04:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 988 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:35] <exec> 08└─I'm not too knowledgeable about it, so one of the soystoners will need to pitch in. But I imagine that if a product is well labeled, it will tell you almost exactly how much THC and CBD it contains. This should be mixed into stuff like butter or chocolate that gets evenly mixed throughout the entire...
[04:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 897 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:34] <exec> 08└─Ebay is still pretty great. Why should I not get you started on them? The thing about Ebay is that there's no such thing as "fulfilled by Ebay"; it's all 3rd-party sellers, and they never let you forget that. No two sellers are alike. So just treat Ebay like a big public square where a bunch of unre...
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[04:42:19] <exec> 08└─Lased microwaves. Pew pew. Bzzrt bzzrt.
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[05:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:14] <exec> 08└─They must have tripped over it since these sights have been running rampant for years.
[05:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:30] <exec> 08└─This story is a blurb from Phys.org. Well, so is that story [soylentnews.org] (a different topic), which was submitted much earlier. Why was this story fast-tracked to the main page, but not that story?
[05:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:31] <exec> 08└─Because the evil editors want to censor any mention of Electric Universe? Because Bytram didn't notice the other story? Why do you care, what's your angle? *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) Btw, Phys.org mostly reprints stories. So it's a comparison between two different topics, an...
[05:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:33] <exec> 08└─It's all Phoenix666. That's bullshit. People are trying to contribute to this site; treat them with respect, you'll only have some old boomer fart submitting stories about methane.
[05:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:51] <exec> 08└─I wonder how easy it is to start accepting fixes without properly examining them. I wonder if the time saved in actually coding the fix is irrelevant compared with the time you would otherwise take to find the correct fix.
[05:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:38] <exec> 08└─The US is giving money away that could have been put towards a better VA hospital system.
[05:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:40] <exec> 08└─" DEA head Chuck Rosenberg "
[05:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:45] <exec> 08└─Not all linux distros use systemd.
[05:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:26] <exec> 08└─Why don't you post your address so we can talk about this in person, you smart-mouthed faggot piece of shit.
[05:39:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Biohacker Injects Himself With Religious Texts Converted to DNA - 165 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:37] <exec> 08└─Seriously, fuck the waste of time and resources that is religion. Can't these people do something useful with their bio-engineering talents, such as curing diseases?
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[06:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:30] <exec> 08└─The correct spelling is SITE, not SIGHT.
[06:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:31] <exec> 08└─" Did the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) just paint a giant DDoS target on its back? "
[06:35:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:53] <exec> 08└─I was already planning on posting the submission, but complaining about it doesn't help and is off-topic. Yes, it's unfortunate when a solid wall of Phoenix666 or my own submissions go up. I don't want that to be the case. You can ask martyb or Fnord666 why those were all posted, but I'm guessing it...
[06:36:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RamiK [1813] 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 717 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:44] <exec> 08└─History wise, the Bracero program" [wikipedia.org] is more relevant here since this is basically US government assisted out-sourcing. You see that "commercially viable projects" clause? The way it would work is that for every promising initiative, an American owned corporation would be tipped off to...
[06:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 1409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:02] <exec> 08└─I disagree, at least partially. Mexican college education is not taken seriously in the U.S., and a lot of guys I knew who went to college in Mex bragged about bribing their professors and can barely connect a few wires to an Arduino without blowing it up, which is a feat considering how sturdy thos...
[06:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:04] <exec> 08└─The migrants are blaming Whitey for their problems, and out of White guilt we should either give them money or allow them access into the country. Sounds a lot like attempted blackmail, if you ask me. So, we give them what they ask for. Pull out all Military presence from their countries in exchange...
[06:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 1036 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:06] <exec> 08└─Outsourcing some work to other countries really isn't a problem for us as long as that foreign country isn't taking active measures to keep those workers poor. Outsourcing to Japan and South Korea worked out great for us in the long run.. Got cheap goods and services from Japan/Korea, their goods go...
[06:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:36] <exec> 08└─Of course they are anti-tobacco, their product is in direct competition with it. Tobacco != nicotine.
[06:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 1058 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:19] <exec> 08└─Good job exposing your own ignorance. > When you load up the seed files, check to see if they're "bad" (whatever that means) You can't, that's the point. There's no way to really measure entropy, you can only estimate it. If you get it from a file you have no idea what the quality is. >then generate...
[06:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:21] <exec> 08└─No, but some of us still choose to use NetworkManager with OpenRC. There aren't a lot of good options for wifi configuration from a gui, "easy like it is in windows". I agree NetworkManager is a tower of kludges and could be a lot better, but trying to set up multiple wifi configurations without edi...
[06:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:23] <exec> 08└─The thing here is if you had a hardware RNG you didn't build yourself, the question becomes one of trust. How can you be certain that the RNG isn't actually a kleptographic system that produces output that LOOKS random to all statistical tests, but can really be predicted by someone with the right k...
[06:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03SnorkleZ [5284] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Swarm Technologies Fined $900,000 by the FCC for Unauthorized Launch - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:07] <exec> 08└─https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34D7815E48A3F8C7 [youtube.com]
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[07:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:39] <exec> 08└─Us deleting it is the end of the world.
[07:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:00] <exec> 08└─Must be nice, not living in a world were "close out the Sev 1s tonight, the next release is being pushed first thing tomorrow" isn't "normal".
[07:36:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03seeprime [5580] 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 434 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:12] <exec> 08└─The US is giving money away that could have been put towards a better VA hospital system. I find financing much of the rest of the world to be a terrible use of our resources, as was spending trillions invading Middle Eastern Countries. That move created a vicious cycle that props up the bottom line...
[07:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Lens Can Now Recognize a Billion Items - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:01] <exec> 08└─And, can it recognize Dem Zoe Lofgren? Maybe we should try that.
[07:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 1651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:22] <exec> 08└─Popcorn lung is a condition that arises from inhaling diacetyl (used in artificial butter flavor) at too high a concentration. It has primarily affected people who worked in plants that packaged artificial butter flavored microwave popcorn, but is thought to have affected one or two people who prepa...
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[08:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:44] <exec> 08└─I never liked games. But what I did like about them is that you never fucked with their hamster. [wikimedia.org]
[08:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:45] <exec> 08└─It's not a matter of trust. You can be absolutely sure that at least some distros will screw it up. This issue is easy to miss and won't result in bug reports from users because it doesn't break things in noticeable fashion, until it enables some attack on the system. And then it will be systemd tha...
[08:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:46] <exec> 08└─Systemd makes this behaviour worse
[08:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:48] <exec> 08└─Care to name one? On the other hand, systemd will be rightly blamed when an embedded system appears to fail on upgrade with systemd taking over an hour in some cases to get past the random-seed issue. In all cases like these, the rule in Unix is that the system should implement mechanism and leave p...
[08:39:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Spamalope [5233] 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 288 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:23] <exec> 08└─If there are classified reasons they'd like to search, they have to decide whether to reveal them in order to force an involuntary search. Secret 'we know better, you shut up' courts/police/laws are abhorrent in a free society and it's everyone's duty to resist efforts in that direction.
[08:39:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 442 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:27] <exec> 08└─I'm not buying it either. The victim inquired about a lawyer, and that inquiry drove the agents bugfuq, so they decided to fuck him over. Besides, this is the US of A. We're supposed to have rule of law, and all that. If you are to be accused, or charged, or incarcerated, the people who are infringi...
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[09:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:26] <exec> 08└─So what? If it comes to that, I never fucked with any hamster.
[09:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 1431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:27] <exec> 08└─BG1 had very little character development, outside of the protagonist and Saravok. There was some banter between characters, and a few scripted events if you had specific party members, but it was far less than earlier games, such as Wasteland (Which I will note was penned by Michael Stackpole, well...
[09:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:04] <exec> 08└─I feel jokes are best when they’re old, like a fine wine or French cheese.
[09:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:05] <exec> 08└─Or, maybe the Martians were careless with their environment, and kicked off global cooling, which did them in. Industrialization does stuff like that.
[09:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:07] <exec> 08└─disappearing methane and isotopic ratios are cool, but how about an 87km ice sheet? http://www.astronomy.com [astronomy.com]
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[10:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Autonomous Rice Transplanter Set to Head for the Paddies - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:18] <exec> 08└─This is why the previous generations didn't make so many kids. They were too busy making plans to feed the kids, there was no time left over for baby making. Hope you millenials enjoy your labor-free rice!
[10:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:32] <exec> 08└─Jesus - hamsters. Do you have any idea how many hamsters it takes to make a man-sized breakfast? NOBODY fucks with hamsters, or chipmunks, or field mice. The food chain starts with squirrels. Two or three squirrels can make a meal. Hamsters? Fuck you, man.
[10:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:42] <exec> 08└─GP is unsighted, you insensitive clod. Take it up with his speech to text program.
[10:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:44] <exec> 08└─To legitimize the said sites, the FBI could ask them to cooperate with launching attacks against individuals and other sites that question the khazar jewish rats. DDOS and other criminal sites for hire operate openly from the borders of the illegitimate state of israel/new khazaria (can we call it n...
[10:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:33] <exec> 08└─When you're a jew with other people's labor and money at your disposal, you get them to do your dirty work and work of questionable value, like the one in the article*. Heaven forbid if someone asked the khazar jewish vermin to do any useful work. It is unnatural to them and they would rather specul...
[10:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:24] <exec> 08└─Why does the US have to provide welfare to people in other countries? Because they threaten to invade the US?
[10:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:24] <exec> 08└─The destination is evidence enough
[10:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:26] <exec> 08└─This person was never arrested. He unlocked his phone voluntarily
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[11:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:17] <exec> 08└─Just hire the people at the site to shut themselves down.
[11:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:07] <exec> 08└─Very much so, yes. You too can enjoy this flavor of sanity if you're willing to throw off your corporate shackles. Most people seem to prefer security even at the expense of allowing evil men and fools to dictate their actions for some reason though.
[11:39:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 797 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:14] <exec> 08└─Another reason to use Devuan. i recently installed the latest version on a production server and have been really happy, it's quick, has good compatibility with extra packages (ZFS installed without hassle). The devs are doing a great job of keeping proper linux alive. I hope Debian continues to do...
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[11:39:24] <exec> 08└─http://nosuchlabs.com/ [nosuchlabs.com]
[11:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:11] <exec> 08└─All agree that I have COMPLETE POWER to declassify. And I'll tell you the reason. It's the guy's name. "Elsharkawi." Which in Mexican means, The Pissing Shark. Officer Rivas & Officer Rodriguez -- obviously they're Mexican -- they know this. And I gave VERY STRICT orders to my Customs & Boarder Prot...
[11:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:13] <exec> 08└─That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people! I have complete power to suspend entry into the Country of any class of persons that I deem detrimental. And to suspend immigration from areas of the World whe...
[11:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:01] <exec> 08└─I'd like a huge blow
[11:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:02] <exec> 08└─Sounds like what happens when you get thrown into a low level mental asylum or holding place. Literally either sit there and wait them out showing aggression in a situation which is high agitating or sue them or go through the process of mental evaluation for which for normal sane people results in...
[11:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 1134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:05] <exec> 08└─Paypal. They suck. Badly. The straw that broke the cow's back was buying something from ebay with an Australian credit card that was loaded with US dollars. The item was displayed in US dollars. The payment went through in US dollars. Paypal converted it from US to AUD dollars charging a fee and add...
[11:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:07] <exec> 08└─I remember when I ordered a pair of snow shoes from Amazon. I got ONE(1) snow shoe.
[11:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:09] <exec> 08└─The straw that broke the cow's back was buying something from ebay with an Australian credit card that was loaded with US dollars. The item was displayed in US dollars. The payment went through in US dollars. Paypal converted it from US to AUD dollars charging a fee and adding that to the amount. My...
[11:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Biohacker Injects Himself With Religious Texts Converted to DNA - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:01] <exec> 08└─I don't think this person has logic as a base processing ability anymore
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[12:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:15] <exec> 08└─Not just any ordinary hamster, a miniature giant space hamster! Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!
[12:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:16] <exec> 08└─It may have been a semi-crappy port but I never played NWN1 on anything except Linux and I played through the entire game several times as well as quite a lot of LAN play with friends.
[12:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:56] <exec> 08└─And nobody has a clue what it's like...
[12:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:57] <exec> 08└─The pipeline gets a little thin over the holidays, so i try to submit a bunch of stories up front to give the editors a hand. It's my way of trying to help out the community.
[12:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:14] <exec> 08└─The US has a long and disgusting tradition of fucking with Central and South American countries.
[12:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03NPC-131072 [7144] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:15] <exec> 08└─Tldr trade with South America and not China
[12:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:39] <exec> 08└─If you're running SystemD in an embedded system you'd probably be better off with XP.
[12:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Army Called in Amid UK Drone Chaos (Updated) - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:58] <exec> 08└─The problem with numbers two and three is that it is usually just one scummy real estate developer who does the suing and building. He's made his bucks and vanished by the time the noise complaints start. What they need to do for any building that does get forced unto free space or buffer zones is r...
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[13:36:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:23] <exec> 08└─Do you have any idea how many hamsters it takes to make a man-sized breakfast?
[13:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:25] <exec> 08└─It's easy. Just make sure you have sufficient duct tape.
[13:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:27] <exec> 08└─Care to bitch about the lack of character development in Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance?
[13:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 1463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:29] <exec> 08└─What other network games like that from the same era that run on linux can you suggest? I had no idea this was even an option--and I own the game! Makes me wonder if it might be worthwhile for someone to write an occasional journal about older games that the Soylent crowd might want to play. We seem...
[13:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:20] <exec> 08└─They are demanding 50K USD each or they will force their way in to America.
[13:39:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:24] <exec> 08└─Or Devuan [devuan.org].
[13:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:39] <exec> 08└─a solution would be to have a standard port for hardware RNG so you can plug external ones. The paranoid should be able to sidechain/combine/xor two or more of them. Two backdoored RNG combined do not add two backdoors, but probably void both.
[13:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:40] <exec> 08└─> Basically, Poettering's stance is that it is not possible to know how much entropy is in the saved file, therefore systemd errs on the side of caution Basically, Poetterix should not take it on his shoulders to virtually sysadmin all linux boxen (boxenes, boxii, however you prefer to spell it) and...
[13:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:43] <exec> 08└─or antix or mxlinux or gentoo or artix or obarun....
[13:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:45] <exec> 08└─What's so hard about wpa_passphrase XXX xxx >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf? The shit just works and it's not complicated at all. Do you have trouble reading man pages or something? I have 5 networks in my wpa_supplicant.conf, and I did absolutely 0 manually editing and it just works. The only thing I e...
[13:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:47] <exec> 08└─The really ironic part is that if you look for entropy and randomness there are few options better than the behavior of systemd itself.
[13:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:49] <exec> 08└─You can't, that's the point. There's no way to really measure entropy, you can only estimate it. If you get it from a file you have no idea what the quality is.
[13:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Army Called in Amid UK Drone Chaos (Updated) - 739 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:44:14] <exec> 08└─https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-22/two-arrested-over-gatwick-illegal-drone-activity/10663776 [abc.net.au] UK police say they have made two arrests in connection with criminal drone activity at Gatwick Airport, and urged the public and passengers around the airport to remain vigilant. Britain's s...
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[14:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Autonomous Rice Transplanter Set to Head for the Paddies - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:38] <exec> 08└─Welcome to the rice fields, motherfucker.
[14:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:58] <exec> 08└─Not bloody many without using wine. Mind you, that is absolutely an option for most games of that era and resource usage. Starcraft and Warcraft play fine under wine last I checked, for instance. Icewind Dale and Icewind Dale 2 I haven't checked myself but winehq gives them good enough ratings they...
[14:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:59] <exec> 08└─Ultima games had more alive and dynamic worlds. Baldur's gate had better production values and D&D 2nd gen combat system which was popular at the time, but terrible. Clunky, unbalanced, and restrictive. I think The Bard's Tale did more to advance the genre. Or Pool of Radiance. Or even Dungeon Maste...
[14:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:59] <exec> 08└─Maybe, but one of those ~$5.8 billion piles gets us a wall, presumably made with at least some American materials and labor (acting as economic stimulus), while the other ~$5.8 billion goes into the pockets of G_d-knows-who, with no guarantee of effectiveness.
[14:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:01] <exec> 08└─How are the remaining drug lords "muted"?
[14:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:35] <exec> 08└─From the research I've done on the subject, popcorn lung is caused by diacetyl used in some commercial vape juices. This is one of the big reasons that I mix my own fluids. All of the reputable flavoring sources will tell you if the flavor you use contains diacetyl, and it is FAR cheaper (order of m...
[14:42:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Biohacker Injects Himself With Religious Texts Converted to DNA - 57 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:34] <exec> 08└─Seems like a good origin story for a religious superhero.
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[15:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ready for Glasto-net? Cheap, Local Low-Power Networks up for Grabs in The UK - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:28] <exec> 08└─The Telecoms won't like this.
[15:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:02] <exec> 08└─I remember playing one of the Baldur's games, maybe Throne of Bhaal, don't remember. Messed around in the town for 30 minutes, then died in the first fight instantly and just ragequitted. Maybe I'll try it again.
[15:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:03] <exec> 08└─The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind saved or "killed" the genre, depending on who you ask [wikipedia.org]. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[15:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:00] <exec> 08└─The man is what 6'3"? I bet his hands are a lot bigger than mine.
[15:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 1229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:34] <exec> 08└─Throw anything just a little complicated at the typical Linux distro's wifi, and it flops. Lately, I've been using PCLinuxOS on my laptop, in large part because it does not have systemd, and I'm not impressed. Had similar problems with Lubuntu. Connect to free wifi at business X, go to business Y an...
[15:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:35] <exec> 08└─Fascinating, and no doubt a PITA.
[15:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:37] <exec> 08└─Yes, it's easy to spot boot delay, research the issue and ensure there is some good source of entropy such as TPM or RDRAND. And all before the embedded system gets into user's hand.
[15:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Denies Altering YouTube Code to Break Microsoft Edge - 1137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:23] <exec> 08└─Why yes, an empty div is all it takes. Thats because of how hardware and software works. There is a hardware accelerator in the CPU for rendering graphics, which makes it a lot faster and more energy efficient to do as compared to doing it in software. However, it only can be safely used when you kn...
[15:42:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Murdoc [2518] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Biohacker Injects Himself With Religious Texts Converted to DNA - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:04] <exec> 08└─On top of that, one of the first things he did was to take out all the spaces and punctuation so that only letters were "translated" into DNA, so it was pretty much useless information to start with. What I want to know is where the heck he got the equipment to do this crap? They're giving high scho...
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[16:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:26] <exec> 08└─So here's my question. What is the reason we can't add a retractable barrier of some sort on commercial jets for takeoff and landings? This is apparently impractical in flight for various reasons, but something similar was actually used on some Soviet era fighters (on the premise they might be oper...
[16:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:28] <exec> 08└─I was expecting 17 years olds.
[16:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:30] <exec> 08└─Cynically, I'm inclined to think that blame might always end up being pinned on somebody. It would sure look bad to admit they couldn't find who did it. But then, it will also look bad if more drones come afterwards.
[16:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:32] <exec> 08└─You mean over the jet intakes? I suppose it could help, but I think these things can easily damage other parts of the aircraft too if they hit those. I suppose you could start putting metal cages over the windshields and flaps and other vulnerable areas. It would certainly look a bit different!
[16:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03ensigndna [7179] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Harvard's Sticky-Footed Inspection Robot Can Climb Through Jet Engines - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:50] <exec> 08└─Hopefully they make them out of something relatively soft and weak so that when one is inevitably lost or forgotten inside an engine it just disintegrates and doesn't damage it......
[16:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Harvard's Sticky-Footed Inspection Robot Can Climb Through Jet Engines - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:51] <exec> 08└─There's a reason aircraft inspection and maintenance is (supposed to be) checklist driven - you know exactly what was done, don't miss any important steps, and know and exactly where all your tools are when you're done. The strategy has been recommended repeatedly over the years for surgery, where m...
[16:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 1055 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:32] <exec> 08└─Very true. If you're lucky enough to completely set your own schedule, perhaps for a hobby project, so you're truly the master of your own codey destiny in that regard, then what I would add it's also important to remember not to let perfect be the enemy of good. If you take the perfectionism too fa...
[16:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fennec [7053] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:33] <exec> 08└─After reading TFA it seems just limited to null pointers. Those should not even get into commit as most IDEs will warn you about those. Even if it gets committed, you should run some static code analyser like findbugs that easily gets those bugs. So the tool is just overrated to me.
[16:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:35] <exec> 08└─I don't often agree with TMB, but at the very least you should get out from under the yoke of managers who can't code their way out of a paper bag. Especially the ones who try to use "metrics" and such to evaluate their staff. As it stands, I'm going to assume that GP's managers are utterly incompet...
[16:38:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 43 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:10] <exec> 08└─but his hands are just toooooo small. Sigh.
[16:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:34] <exec> 08└─I seem to recall a bunch of U.S. assets down there being appropriated a few years back. It is only an "investment" if the guy getting the money actually has a reason to give it back. And if it is enough money, then the Congress can be relied on to send the sons of midwestern farmers to shitholes aro...
[16:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:08] <exec> 08└─"There are currently not any feasible work-arounds." Not so [openbsd.org]
[16:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:52] <exec> 08└─The wikipedia [wikipedia.org] entry on this guy is quite a read. The federal courts debased themselves over and over again for years dealing with this guy. And unfortunately we are still operating under the same rules because there has been no end to hostilities.
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[17:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:32] <exec> 08└─"However, microwaving will reduce the energy used in cooking the vegetables by about two thirds. It also keeps more of the water soluble vitamins and minerals intact, making the vegetables more nutritious. " Good to know, however I live with someone afraid of EM radiation , For those without contact...
[17:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:33] <exec> 08└─I don't have a source for this so maybe someone else does. I thought I read about a side-by-side study involving guinea pigs fed veggis cooked in the microwave vs the stove. The guinea pigs fed exclusively microwave veggis got diabetes. One study vs many is pretty much nothing and guinea pigs are we...
[17:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:35] <exec> 08└─You can't fix stupid. If we could, environmental impacts would be among the last things we'd ever need to worry about.
[17:35:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:47] <exec> 08└─The holiday season brings out the inner child.
[17:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:48] <exec> 08└─They are from Crawley which is the nearest town. I suspect it might be about issues with the airport - aircraft noise or disgruntled employees?
[17:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:51] <exec> 08└─Same here. This is more the kind of thing you expect from 15 to maybe 30 years of age. One near 50, the other over 50? One thing we can be certain of: They will not be dealt with harshly enough.
[17:35:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:53] <exec> 08└─The snipers may have shot one down and traced the serial number. Or they could have triangulated the signal used to control one of them and found the culpripts. I doubt they would frame someone because the accused could have been anywhere on the preceding days when the other drone sightings occurred...
[17:35:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:55] <exec> 08└─Sorry yes, that little detail didn't make it from brain to fingers during composition :-)
[17:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:57] <exec> 08└─Weight may be negligible, but aerodynamics would be screwed up pretty badly. It would be a very large engineering feat to design and install them on all commercial aircraft. Not to mention, it would take the FAA a couple years to approve of all of them. Bear in mind, that would be a separate approva...
[17:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:00] <exec> 08└─I'm inclined to think that blame might always end up being pinned on somebody
[17:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:02] <exec> 08└─There are also pictures of them using a portable DJI AeroScope, which sniffs known drone RC protocols to identify the drone from its unique ID that it broadcasts and track its movements from commands sent to the drone from the controller and GPS info sent back to the controller. So if they used a dr...
[17:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:04] <exec> 08└─They don't have silent black helicopter drones scaled down yet?
[17:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:06] <exec> 08└─Assuming the narrative hasn't changed much since I last looked, very few 17 y.o. can afford a commercial drone of the type they were intimating was involved, even on the used market they`re still a bit on the expensive side... This one is definitely interesting, I forsee much popcorn munching over t...
[17:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:08] <exec> 08└─Or they could have triangulated the signal used to control one of them and found the culpripts.
[17:38:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 607 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:26] <exec> 08└─Face it, the Bad Guys (tm) get their money from drugs, most of that money comes from us, errr, the US. In other words, those assholes on the other side of the tracks. Or next door, hard to tell nowdays. I have to wonder, take the money away and how much violence would we see in Mexico (Tijuana is ov...
[17:38:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 158 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:28] <exec> 08└─Knowing the US's history with Latin America, especially where the CIA is concerned, I am taking a very cynical view of this. What exactly are they going to do
[17:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:05] <exec> 08└─If instead of doing business with China we did extensive business with South America we could potentially have more Japans/Koreas on our southern border which would be wonderful.
[17:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:06] <exec> 08└─In other words, Mexico is providing the lion's share of the funding, and the US is making a symbolic gesture. Maybe Mexico isn't in the business of buying revolutions.
[17:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 902 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:43] <exec> 08└─As always, security represents a tradeoff. The goal of a security system is to let the "good guys" use the system while at the same time preventing the "bad guys" from doing the same. Typically this means making the "good guys" do more work to access the system, plus some risk that a "good guy" is m...
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[17:40:45] <exec> 08└─haveged is great. I use it on all my lab machines which lack natural entropy sources specifically to avoid this exact problem after reboots.
[17:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:47] <exec> 08└─those two distros are serious outliers. lubuntu uses a DE that barely/doesn't exist/is very stripped down and/or modified. pclinuxOS is maintained by a very small team the last i checked and is somewhat custom and boutique. i would be more convinced that there is an actual problem if you had said ar...
[17:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:31] <exec> 08└─Why bother with people who are leaving? Just set up shop in the turkey airport and don't let him come back. "Oh, so sorry. We have plenty of muslims in the US already. Your citizenship was revoked under the Banish Goat Humpers Act of 2019"
[17:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:22] <exec> 08└─you don't have to use pp on ebay now.
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[18:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:26] <exec> 08└─Wonder how that study would have looked compared to a third group, only fed raw vegetable matter?
[18:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:27] <exec> 08└─So what do you suppose? Robbing people of free choice so people who "know better" can dictate everything. Yeah, that never was an issue in the past. Also, prove to me EM radiation is 100% safe. You can't. So fuck off.
[18:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:29] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I know, that giant EM source in the sky outside of your mom's basement is frightening. But once you step outside and feel its effects on your skin, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
[18:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2, Flamebait) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:32] <exec> 08└─Eat roaches.
[18:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:34] <exec> 08└─That's not a lot of help for bong smokers, yo.
[18:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:36] <exec> 08└─You mean the street light that used to shine in the basement window? That's why I put tin foil on the window!
[18:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:38] <exec> 08└─That you have a First World 'problem'.
[18:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 2142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:41] <exec> 08└─The demographic this will be blamed on: faggots and "incels." (i.e. people who refuse to have sex with cisgender women... why is saying cisgender necessary? because having sex with a transgender woman does not count towards one's "score"... only feminism could successfully turn humanism on its head...
[18:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:03] <exec> 08└─Either that, or they're trying to get us used to airports being shut down in preparation for martial law.
[18:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ready for Glasto-net? Cheap, Local Low-Power Networks up for Grabs in The UK - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:15] <exec> 08└─I remember reading about 5G mostly in a negative light, specifically that it is extremely harmful to health and increases the risk of cancer. Dvorak got fired for writing about it [scientists4wiredtech.com], as he claims. Does anyone have any idea how much merit it has?
[18:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Autonomous Rice Transplanter Set to Head for the Paddies - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:34] <exec> 08└─The number of private farmer opportunities just aren't that large anymore, and unless you get really lucky with a tech or skilled labor job you aren't financially going to be in a position to buy a farm while you are young enough to actually work it. And even if you do, you need to start popping out...
[18:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 1117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:56] <exec> 08└─Until patch 1.18 or so, and wasn't really playable until 1.30 or 1.50. The last patch of the original game was 1.9x after both expansions, neither of which were supported on linux on the release day patch. Hint: market demand had been there for the game from the start. They had even claimed for abou...
[18:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:57] <exec> 08└─That'd probably be why then. I played it as soon as I could and never worried much about patching unless there was something broken affecting me specifically.
[18:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:09] <exec> 08└─It, on another platform, was a great tool for my 11 year old programmer self.
[18:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:11] <exec> 08└─Yup, it's one thing to have outstanding bugs but it's quite a worse thing to introduce more bugs because you couldn't be arsed to read someone's commits. If your boss doesn't understand that, the ratio of bullshit you have to put up with to compensation isn't going to be very good at that place of e...
[18:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:13] <exec> 08└─It's okay to ship with bugs you know about that aren't critical and you plan on fixing as soon as time allows if you're up front about the situation. It is not okay to introduce shiny, new, unknown bugs because you half-assed your job.
[18:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah. Looks like you won't be getting your welfare check.
[18:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:14] <exec> 08└─Yeah, worked much better than the post WWI plans - I'm sure there was corruption, always is, as long as the corruption isn't overwhelming it's better to do good with some corruption than to do nothing at all.
[18:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:54] <exec> 08└─But not using /var/lib/urandom/random-seed, if I understand what systemd is doing differently from all other init systems, especially for the reason given, is just stupid. And I still don't know what tangible benefit switching to systemd from OpenRC would get me, other than headaches.
[18:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:56] <exec> 08└─What makes you think either of those exist on an embedded device? Some have it, some don't. It's also easy to make it configurable and let the admin decide policy, but systemd is not very good about following the rule.
[18:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:42] <exec> 08└─So the handcuffs placed on him were just a gift of exotic jewelry? If you're not under arrest, you're free to go. If you're not free to go, you're under arrest. He was not free to go. He unlocked his phone under duress.
[18:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swarm Technologies Fined $900,000 by the FCC for Unauthorized Launch - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:06] <exec> 08└─He didn't commit any crimes. The guilty party had his exact same name with his exact same birth date. He even had his wages garnished but he eventually got his garnished wages back once the mistaken identity crises was solved. But that doesn't compensate for the fact that he was out of work while de...
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[19:35:41] <exec> 08└─faggots and "incels."
[19:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:42] <exec> 08└─Christmas is special. The head elves at the North Pole assure me that Christmas Day pollution is magically turned into Christmas decorations, for use at Christmas time next year. So, splurge, just a little, you Grinches.
[19:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I know, that giant EM source in the sky outside of your mom's basement is frightening. But once you step outside and feel its effects on your skin, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
[19:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:47] <exec> 08└─Okay, vegetables make you fart. Farts contain methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas. The only green option is to not eat vegetables. Eat other animals instead. When you eat other animals, herbivores especially, you have caused an end to all their future flatulence and thus reduced net carbon emission...
[19:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:14] <exec> 08└─Now, we just need to devote all of our time and resources to stopping this exact method of disrupting airport operations, at maximum expense. This is the only way to be certain that a slightly different method used to interrupt our lives the next time will work just as well.
[19:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Harvard's Sticky-Footed Inspection Robot Can Climb Through Jet Engines - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:34] <exec> 08└─Merge this with a drone and you get "Weasel"(TM) the drone that can harmlessly be sucked into a jet engine.
[19:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:13] <exec> 08└─There are several D&D titles on GOG that have been port to Linux recently. There is even a recent re-port of NWN. Beamdog has been doing a lot of ports for Linux. The Icewind Dale games are there. I've bought them but haven't gotten around to playing them yet.
[19:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:53] <exec> 08└─And their beans.
[19:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 647 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:54] <exec> 08└─Phoenix666 has historically been a frequent contributor. It looked like he'd taken a break for a while, but this site depends on people like him. (Even if he may be a shill with a fabricated backstory about working in proximity of the Clintons... otoh who knows. His subs are usually good. Source: IA...
[19:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:26] <exec> 08└─Yeah that's right when you get to go-live. But at the other end of the scale, if your self-imposed deadlines are too flexible (or non-existent) and your goals are too lofty, the thing might never reach alpha even--that's how to make vaporware. I'm not suggesting for a moment that that's an issue for...
[19:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:28] <exec> 08└─I'm not suggesting for a moment that that's an issue for you BTW.
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[20:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:29] <exec> 08└─That is one of those self aggrandizing, self important terms that means nothing. Translated into common layman terms, "I'm bigger/stronger/tougher/have more guns than you, so you better do as I say."
[20:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:31] <exec> 08└─I imagine you're being sarcastic, but I think you're absolutely right. Really what they did was create a massive impetus for creating open sourced hardware level security. And they did it in a country where there are lots of people with the chops to do it. So yeah. Get ready for the India Secure CPU...
[20:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:33] <exec> 08└─SNAFU If people don't resist, they will get fucked. If they do resist, they'll probably get killed. Pretty tough choice.
[20:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:35] <exec> 08└─Lol what? Indians do rote tasks cheap. Where is the last thing they innovated? And I'm not talking about the ones who moved here and aren't going back, doesn't count. I've used russian software, chinese, english, US, etc the absolute only way I've encountered any indian code is because some US compa...
[20:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:59] <exec> 08└─From what I've read, most people have little or no methane in their flatulence, and it's mostly atmospheric nitrogen with elevated levels of H2S and CO2.
[20:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:01] <exec> 08└─DFTT
[20:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:03] <exec> 08└─Forgot to mention the incels who are also rapists.
[20:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:05] <exec> 08└─Eh, fair enough.
[20:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:33] <exec> 08└─While we're wearing the tinfoil, a more plausible "dry run" would be to see what the reaction might be from passengers left stranded and with broken holiday plans in the event of that any UK-based airlines suddenly cannot fly as a result of a hard Brexit. The UK is supposed to be stepping up its "No...
[20:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:35] <exec> 08└─Yes, but I heard that they are still having problems getting the tinfoil penetrating scanners small enough to fit.
[20:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ready for Glasto-net? Cheap, Local Low-Power Networks up for Grabs in The UK - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:48] <exec> 08└─Litigation will save them!
[20:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:35] <exec> 08└─Connect to free wifi at business X, go to business Y and connect to their free wifi, then go back to business X. It should reconnect to X's wifi, but it often won't. It'll try,
[20:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:36] <exec> 08└─Have you read Ted's warning about RDRAND? It would probably apply to any other HWRNG.
[20:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:38] <exec> 08└─I haven't had any issues like that on my thinkpad or my macbook air, both running linux with no DE at all just running straight wpa_supplicant. If I move to a different wifi location, it connects to the new AP as long as it's configured. If it doesn't for some reason, the most I've had to do is rest...
[20:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:41] <exec> 08└─Someone didn't read Ted's warning about RDRAND or doesn't care.
[20:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:30] <exec> 08└─"There may be classified reasons this person's phone was designated to be searched." Now whether they classified those reasons before or after they seized the phone, is another question entirely.
[20:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:32] <exec> 08└─You mean an ELECTED VIOLENTLY IMPOSED MONOPOLY, right??
[20:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Man Sues Feds After Being Detained for Refusing to Unlock His Phone at Airport - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:34] <exec> 08└─We're supposed to have rule of law, and all that. Well, we won't get it until the voters start to care enough to stop reelecting crooks. It's as simple as that.
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[21:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:30] <exec> 08└─"I hereby authorize all requests to unlock any device made by anyone in any government department signed, Rajiv Gauba"
[21:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:31] <exec> 08└─LOL. I don't think he can sign away his entire fucking job like that.
[21:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:59] <exec> 08└─We do Christmas pizza. Baked at home starting with flatbread and toppings. Each his own pizza. How does that rate on the energy scale? Also, baking here doesn't cost extra energy -- It's freezing outside and the oven and the apartment heating are both electrical. So if the oven leaks heat, the apart...
[21:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:31] <exec> 08└─Some guy saw a cyclist trying to disassemble and pack up a drone in the area. I hope they have more than that on these too than just that. https://www.telegraph.co.uk [telegraph.co.uk]
[21:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:33] <exec> 08└─Now, we just need to devote all of our time and resources to stopping this exact method of disrupting airport operations, at maximum expense.
[21:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 1319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:20] <exec> 08└─Ohh, that's no longer possible in Northern California. They completely killed the edible industry. You used to be able to find relatively affordable edibles in the $10-$25 price range that had 200-300mg THC/CBD in them. I think some fucking newbs ruined it with a low tolerance person losing their sh...
[21:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Altria Invests $12.8 Billion in E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Valuing It at $38 Billion - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:22] <exec> 08└─Thanks for information. I don't vape tobacco or these flavored juices. I exclusively vape THC/CBD products, and looking at my pen I notice that those products run on a lower temperature. What I don't know is what is in the THC laden "syrup" inside the cartridges.
[21:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:36] <exec> 08└─Then estimate it, and see what the estimate is.
[21:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:37] <exec> 08└─What workaround does OpenBSD employ to gather enough entropy to bring up OpenSSH and LibreSSL as quickly as possible after a restart or power cycle?
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[22:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:48] <exec> 08└─Like maybe a mass-produced free-as-in-freedom RISC-V chip to be used in computers in classrooms? That's something that might be cost-effective for a government of a billion people to do. And no royalties to spend out of the country!
[22:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:20] <exec> 08└─These are the same people who caused an obesity crisis by telling you the majority of food you eat should be grains. Isnt it curious how every restaurant tries to force bread or fries or rice or chips on you?Almost as if that makes you spend more money on food. So, I would recommend doing the opposi...
[22:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:54] <exec> 08└─How else would satans harvest creep nearer?
[22:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:47] <exec> 08└─I loved The Bard's Take. But you're talking mid 90s, same with Pool of Radiance. I played Champions of Krynn a lot at the time too. On my C64. But Baldur's Gate was what, 10 years or more later? Maybe I'm thinking of number 2 though. I liked it but found it difficult to get far in. But that's ok.
[22:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find Any Evidence - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:35] <exec> 08└─I don't think you are very familiar with the "Electric Universe" concept. The rosetta mission went exactly how the electric universe people predicted. They said the comet would be black as coal and the philae lander would bounce off the surface because it would be rock instead of ice, and it did. If...
[22:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:10] <exec> 08└─... Must have some hotels to build in Central America. I don't see his this could possibly be authorised by him otherwise.
[22:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Post-Boot Delays in SSH Access Due to Small Entropy Pool - 1146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:41:56] <exec> 08└─Need to clarify what happens with business X, Y, and X again. Whether or not the reconnection is automatic, or manual and I initiated it, it fails, complaining of incorrect password or key, though it has the correct one or none was required. (In another minor annoyance, it then sets the connection d...
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[23:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:39] <exec> 08└─So now any company that outsources project development to India will have to worry even more about their trade secrets or confidential designs getting stolen. What was that line? "The odds of a secret getting leaked is proportional to the square of the number of people who know it." Not that many sm...
[23:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:41] <exec> 08└─LOL. I don't think he can sign away his entire fucking job like that.
[23:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:11] <exec> 08└─Instead of using Christmas wrapping paper that is not recyclable, I bought Kraft paper that is: I have written notes on it about how I feel about the person and then silly stuff. No Christmas card: all I want to say is right on the wrap. When done, recycle!
[23:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:12] <exec> 08└─EM radiation is not 100% safe. If it was you could sunbathe for hours without effect and stick your head in the working microwave oven without ill effect. What you want is me to say "all EM radiation of every kind and power is safe". What I'm saying is microwaves aren't irradiating you via your food...
[23:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:47] <exec> 08└─Enforcers absolutely will rush to judgment, convincing themselves that they got the bad guys when they didn't. The faster they catch the bad guys, the better they look, and they can easily get unscrupulous and uncaring about checking that they got the right ones. They will railroad the innocent if t...
[23:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:49] <exec> 08└─UK police say they have made two arrests in connection with criminal drone activity at Gatwick Airport, and urged the public and passengers around the airport to remain vigilant. Britain's second-largest airport reopened on Friday after a mystery saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for more th...
[23:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:51] <exec> 08└─weight would not be negligible. plus, say you do gave a "solution" on jet intakes. itll break the drone into various smaller chunks that still get ingested by the engine. with similarly bad consequences. So not really a viable solution at all. Thanks for playing.
[23:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:53] <exec> 08└─why? well-timed snow storms already fuck with air travel already.
[23:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:55] <exec> 08└─While we're wearing the tinfoil, a more plausible "dry run" would be to see what the reaction might be from passengers left stranded and with broken holiday plans
[23:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:58] <exec> 08└─I hate to be the one to break this to you, since you are such a meatbag loving bot, but it could very well be that a drone took the ultimate flight ... all the way up to drone heaven.
[23:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kalas [4247] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:59] <exec> 08└─At first I thought I saw a motherfucking Megatokyo reference on SN, but after doing some digging I can see I got it backwards. The hamster named Boo in that series is just a reference to this game. Never would've guessed that. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia...
[23:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:00] <exec> 08└─I also played the original NWN on linux. In order to do so, you needed to download a patch file that added linux executables for the game. The DLC for NWN also worked on linux, I specifically remember playing the Infinite Dungeons DLC. I now have the Beamdog Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, whi...
[23:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:16] <exec> 08└─Would that be recursive ddos?
[23:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:18] <exec> 08└─It was just an OVERSITE.
[23:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Debugging - 782 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:22] <exec> 08└─It probably just is part of a static analyser. Rather than just reporting the problem, it suggests a fix based on some previous examples of how people fixed similar problems based on commit logs that fixed the same error. The stupid thing is, about half of those sort of errors are ultra simple to fi...
[23:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. to Invest $5.8 Billion in Central America - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:25] <exec> 08└─Nah, they just voted themselves a few extra day's Christmas vacation days. When they reconvene next year, they will vote themselves retroactive pay. That's just how they play the game in Washington.
[23:44:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prime and Punishment: Dirty Dealing in the $175 Billion Amazon Marketplace - 1458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:00] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you were too clever for the programmers at PayPal? In other words, they never anticipated your particular combination of location and currency. If the coders didn't allow for this edge case, then you are going to land in the hands of customer (dis)service who also may have a problem figu...
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