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[00:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:13] <exec> 08└─I came to call the same thing out you did, this hasn't been true for a while.Heck, modern phones are typically designed to use multiple of these systems to improve their location detection and accuracy. I suppose technically it is true that the US does have a practical monopoly on the specific const...
[00:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:14] <exec> 08└─Beyond that there's India's NAVIC [wikipedia.org]/IRNSS [wikipedia.org], and Japan's QZSS [wikipedia.org] UK may build a Galileo alternative due to Brexit: https://spacenews.com [spacenews.com] https://www.theguardian.com
[00:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:34] <exec> 08└─study proves studies ineffective.
[00:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:35] <exec> 08└─It seems you are the person I thought you were. I don't know what is so difficult for you to understand: NHST is treated as a floor. If the data can't even pass a NHST, then it is beyond unreliable. Passing a NHST is not evidence against a hypothesis, like you seem to treat it, it is weak evidence t...
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[00:37:37] <exec> 08└─You see studies of how vitamins, for example, don't provide health benefits to many people. I'm not saying vitamins are good or bad but the consensus is that they shouldn't be needed, you are supposed to get your vitamins from your food. There are some people that may be deficient in some vitamin an...
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[00:37:40] <exec> 08└─Passing NHST is not primarily used like you say, and anyway I "dont understand" that because that would be wrong. Unless you actually believe the null model may be true, its completely controlled by sample size (you will always get significance if you spend enough). It doesnt matter if the data is g...
[00:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:42] <exec> 08└─Or look at this, laws of neural growth from Ramon y Cajal in ~1900. Only today do we have the computational power to simulate the growth, and it works.
[00:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:44] <exec> 08└─https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916857/ [nih.gov]
[00:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03AlwaysNever [5817] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:57] <exec> 08└─I hear you. I'm not donating money for the Mighty Buzzard to keep his trolling.
[00:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:59] <exec> 08└─Yeah. On other sites people would probably wait just to see the animation. On SoylentNews they'll hand over big bucks just to make sure they don't have to look at animations! ;) You know--That's a nice user interface you have loaded up there in that browser of yours. Very slick and clean. Pretty int...
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[00:39:52] <exec> 08└─The "Electric Universe Theory", is a sort of anti-science conspiracy theory that suggests that all of modern cosmology is wrong. They suggest that there were wildly variant orbits of the planets within human cultural memory. As stated above, the videos are rambling, present coincidental ideas as 'ev...
[00:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Logitech Disables Local Access on Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems [Update] - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:21] <exec> 08└─No problem. The more the merrier. -- Reality is that thing which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
[00:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Logitech Disables Local Access on Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems [Update] - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:22] <exec> 08└─And thank you for the very informative follow-ups!
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[01:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:52] <exec> 08└─I suppose next someone will tell us that the Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos ) is being used as a means of disseminating propaganda which suits Bezos' agenda. Bezos is a piece of garbage who treats people worse than most people treat beef cattle. Personally I hope to soon read that Bezos has so...
[01:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:53] <exec> 08└─mycroft.ai
[01:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:55] <exec> 08└─And Windows!
[01:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:58] <exec> 08└─Mycroft.ai sends everything to their servers just like all the others.
[01:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Crew of Three Safely Lands in Kazakhstan After 197-Day Space Mission - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:08] <exec> 08└─They tried to go to space but only reached about 400 km.
[01:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 1691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:03] <exec> 08└─It is pretty funny that you are using an obviously satirical paper as evidence, but I will concede that I did not state things clearly as I meant for positive claims. Here's an example: Paper A: Main claim - Drug X can inhibit breast cancer progression in mice. Evidence - Two groups (Mock-treated an...
[01:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:05] <exec> 08└─This is exactly how NHST is commonly used: Our groundbreaking study found no statistically significant difference in the primary outcome between the treatment and control arms. Our findings should give momentary pause to experts who advocate for routine use of parachutes for jumps from aircraft in r...
[01:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:07] <exec> 08└─*When that aircraft is resting on the ground and motionless.
[01:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:09] <exec> 08└─Bees don't fly, a better analogy is that they swim in the air. At low Reynolds Numbers (low speed, small dimensions) the viscosity portion of the governing equations starts to dominate over the pressure portion of the Navier–Stokes equations...and what insects do in air is somewhat analogous to sw...
[01:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:11] <exec> 08└─Paper A: Main claim - Drug X can inhibit breast cancer progression in mice. Evidence - Two groups (Mock-treated and Drug X-treated) with 20 mice each. Average cancer stage of Drug X-treated mice was lower (by one stage) than Mock-treated, p=0.3. Paper B: Main claim - Drug Y can inhibit breast cancer...
[01:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:14] <exec> 08└─To clarify my own post: if there really was no effect of the drug on cancer stage both p-values would be equally likely
[01:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sprint Will Pay New York $330 Million Over Unpaid Taxes - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:26] <exec> 08└─That money will go towards maintaining khazar jewish control over the masses, filling their deep pockets with yet more cash.
[01:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sprint Will Pay New York $330 Million Over Unpaid Taxes - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:28] <exec> 08└─That's enough to buy every New Yorker a mandatory Alexa-powered Amazon Echo Dot!
[01:39:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 147 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:13] <exec> 08└─it's nearly the end of the calendar year. How'd we get here One day at a time where are we at At the bottom right of the last page of the calendar
[01:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:42] <exec> 08└─Don't pretend like Aristarchus' submissions are being refused without reason or just due to political bias. Aristarchus makes some great points, when he's not trolling (sometimes even when he is), but a lot of his submissions are garbage or they vastly exceed the "One Politics story per day" rough g...
[01:40:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06Logitech Disables Local Access on Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems [Update] - 108 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:59] <exec> 08└─The website gives the impression one needs to have a "Mycroft Home" account to which everything gets linked.
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[02:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:30] <exec> 08└─Too lazy to link articles, you can google as well as I. Seems tears don't match blood insulin (or whatever they measure, dammit, I'm retired, not a Doctor!) very well.
[02:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:32] <exec> 08└─I want to know eight ways. Why stop at seven?
[02:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:34] <exec> 08└─How about get your shit together or die. I know enough fucking old people who have diabetes and just don't give a fuck. All these technologies do is allow them to continue their glutounous lifestyle, whil sucking me dry via taxes and higher premiums for their healthcare.
[02:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:36] <exec> 08└─All of these are directed at type 1 diabetese, and almost all of these (certainly anything that says "insulin") aren't applicable for type 2 diabetese. Type 1 is considered "child-onset" -- as in, this isn't (just) about old people. Things that say "Google" in them are being developed, by Google, to...
[02:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03CZB [6457] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:47] <exec> 08└─National exclusivity only matters for military use, industrial GPS antennas use all of them for better accuracy. Last fall I was using my GPS guided tractor and realized the past swath was off a couple feet without an alert sounding. Later talking with some neighbors, some of them had the same thing...
[02:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:49] <exec> 08└─The UK has already contributed £1.2bn to Galileo, cutting them out is the EU being pissy. Again.
[02:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:51] <exec> 08└─Well, when your neighbor decides to take his ball and go home, that doesn't mean he gets to keep playing with the stuff other people brought or force them from playing without him.
[02:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:54] <exec> 08└─This [npr.org] may be somewhat related. And this [nationalinterest.org] is probably directly related to the previous link.
[02:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:22] <exec> 08└─Not if you don't want it to.
[02:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:24] <exec> 08└─Washington post is the worst out of all the "anonymous officials said" sites. Its not uncommon to see stuff like "an unnamed official speculated that what a source whose identity will be kept anonymous leaked to a random twitter user could mean ORANGE MAN BAD".
[02:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:26] <exec> 08└─Why would someone supposedly smart in business buy into what pretty much everyone considers an unprofitable industry? Unless he wants to drive public opinion to his benefit.
[02:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:38] <exec> 08└─Billions of dollars are spent annually on people jumping from landed motionless airplanes with parachutes? I don't think they meant to avoid extrapolating to flying airplanes, but even if they had meant to limit the conclusion to stationary ones it would still be fallacious reasoning.
[02:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:40] <exec> 08└─It could be due to the drug, or they just messed up the experiment somehow, or just "random" stuff.
[02:38:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:42] <exec> 08└─No, it could be B that messed up, or neither (could just be irreducible variation in the mouse system), or both. But sure, something was different between the two studies.
[02:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SEL Develops 8K OLED Displays for Tablets and Laptops - 1671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:41] <exec> 08└─That's some cool stuff, and a great way to compensate for rendering latency as much as possible, but it's completely independent from variable screen refresh technologies like freesync/gsync, which require hardware support for variable refresh rate. Essentially they're a way to eliminate the "tearin...
[02:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Isotopic Ratios in Water of Saturn's Rings and Satellites (Except Phoebe) Matches Water of Earth - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:06] <exec> 08└─I wrote the comment about "rambling" but still consider the EU input valuable. They were spot-on regarding the rosetta mission. The scientists were overconfident that the surface would have the consistency of ice, but instead it was black as coal and hard as rock (like EU people said). The engineers...
[02:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Isotopic Ratios in Water of Saturn's Rings and Satellites (Except Phoebe) Matches Water of Earth - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:07] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry but EU just doesn't rise to any level of scientific debate. They may occasionally be right by accident but it's so laughably flawed to say that planets were on fundamentally different orbits in human memory. There would be plenty more evidence of that. Gravitational laws may not be perfect...
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[02:41:39] <exec> 08└─I might be the only one that has a different take on this. Reading into this, a lot doesn't make sense. The harmony hub is a remote that controls other devices. It's an infrared device, and I'm guessing the hub itself was connected to a network, and you could then send commands to the hub to make it...
[02:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Logitech Disables Local Access on Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems [Update] - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:41] <exec> 08└─I ordered the kit version. Planning to install a momentary switch on the mic so it doesn't hear anything unless someone is holding the switch down. This adds a minor inconvenience; can't use it by yelling across the room, with greasy/soapy hands, etc. But it's still like the computer panels on the o...
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[03:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:04] <exec> 08└─And to add to your comment, I doubt anybody at Google has Type-2 diabetes. Every image depicting campus life shows only scrawny little wimps who eat only kale and drink Michelob Ultra when they do drink. And of course the senior executives get the best healthcare maintenance in the world -- transfus...
[03:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:06] <exec> 08└─Sorry to let some air out of your balloon but it seems Alphabet canceled the contact lens project last month ..., and the project was originally announced in 2014, so not really "recent" to begin with. https://www.reuters.com
[03:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:22] <exec> 08└─Except that this kid basically brought the ball. British officials have been reported to be seeking legal advice on whether they can reclaim the €1.4 billion invested by the United Kingdom, of the €10 billion spent to date.
[03:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:57] <exec> 08└─Revolution at The Washington Post [cjr.org] IS IT AN UNDERHANDED COMPLIMENT to be called the most innovative company in the newspaper business? The Washington Post will happily take it. In the three years since Amazon’s Jeff Bezos bought the Post for $250 million—now seen as a steal for one of t...
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[03:36:58] <exec> 08└─Washington Post: "Reports are coming in from sources in the know that a sticky note was seen on Trump's desk saying "You're fired", possibly referring to Fed Chairman Jerome Powel. Our sources have said this ORANGE MAN BAD- caused event would cause a stock-market crash.
[03:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:00] <exec> 08└─it far outstrips The New York Times (and even BuzzFeed) in the number of online posts its reporters file every day
[03:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:03] <exec> 08└─As a humble AC, you should have no problem with anonymous sources being used.
[03:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:05] <exec> 08└─No one should ever trust anything an AC says unless they can verify it for themselves. Or any non-AC either.
[03:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:20] <exec> 08└─I read it (I'm not the person you are responding to). I think the point is valid, research can be twisted to support whatever conclusion you want if you use the right assumption. Making broad generalizations, like "multivitamins are good" or "multivitamins are bad" or "multivitamins don't do anythin...
[03:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creator of Viral Glitter Bomb Video Admits Parts of It Were Staged - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:06] <exec> 08└─(cont) By the way, Stanley Kubrick. He said, "oh, I'm drug free, 100%." But, very hard to believe that one!!
[03:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Air Force Awards SpaceX $28.7 Million to Study Military Applications of Starlink - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:59] <exec> 08└─This doesn't look like a no-bid favoured-supplier-only contract. And frankly, the Air Force would be idiots to only use one service when several are available. SpaceX are a good choice for testing the technology because their network is only just starting to be deployed, so changing it is still rela...
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[03:40:00] <exec> 08└─Ground based interception is easier and cheaper. The Jews are the scapegoats, not the perpetrators. Look for supposedly 'good' Christians in positions of power when you place the blame.
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[03:40:46] <exec> 08└─They weren't right on "accident" though. They were right because they didnt have an unhealthy belief in the current dominating theory of comet formation. Instead they followed the evidence that comets are pretty much the same as asteroids (at least the surface), which has been indicated in many prev...
[03:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03YeaWhatevs [5623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Isotopic Ratios in Water of Saturn's Rings and Satellites (Except Phoebe) Matches Water of Earth - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:47] <exec> 08└─The ratio of isotopes of hydrogen was fixed at the big bang, since stars consume the heavy versions faster than they produce it. No scientist in this field would be surprised that the isotopes were in the same ratio as earth, only a reporter. If they weren't, THAT would be surprising.
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[04:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:02] <exec> 08└─If someone with type 1 diabetes gets AIDS, would they cancel eachother out? Seems like a doctor mengele type experiment, doubt it's been tried, but may have happen by chance anyway.
[04:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:04] <exec> 08└─Having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy, diabetes.
[04:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:06] <exec> 08└─No. Type-1 diabetese is where your immune system destroys beta cells, which are not recreated by the body. Once gone, they're gone. AIDS may prevent you from developing type-1 diabetese, but typically if you don't have it by the time you're 15 you're not going to get it, so I'm not sure what to say...
[04:36:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:08] <exec> 08└─Ten years? That's short compared to the time most medical devices need to be developed, tested, and approved before deployment/ I'd say 'new' is the right word.
[04:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:24] <exec> 08└─Next thing you know, he'll try to get money from the rest of the world for using GPS.
[04:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:26] <exec> 08└─Its Beidou (北斗 – "Big Dipper") navigation system has been slowly building up since 2000
[04:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:28] <exec> 08└─A few feet would not exceed the normal GPS error. Those errors can easily be correlated, i.e. everyone in the area is affected by the same ionospheric fluctuations. Even if it was something else, pushing a system beyond it's spec (with ground augmentation) might not always be the most reliable thing...
[04:36:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 67 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:37] <exec> 08└─There is no way they let you really delete all copies of this data.
[04:36:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 83 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:40] <exec> 08└─As this example shows, you may just send a request to delete another person's data.
[04:36:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 451 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:50] <exec> 08└─isn't that Amazon sent a complete stranger intimate recordings of somebody and his wife. It's that Amazon has these intimate recordings in the first place. I trust a random German dude more than I trust Amazon on moral grounds, and that's a sad statement. Another proof, if ever there was a need, tha...
[04:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:08] <exec> 08└─Also, i wouldn't use the word 'humble' for most of them :-p
[04:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: -1) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 1485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:09] <exec> 08└─yeah, I don't understand someone who can be so dumb as not to understand the usefullness of a smart speaker. i just have a home mini. here are some use cases, for people who think being dense is so cool they pretend to be: 1: I lay down in bed, realize I forgot to turn off the living room tv. "hey g...
[04:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:11] <exec> 08└─This will be good for you. It can suggest and auto order a new fleshlight when you wear it out
[04:38:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:28] <exec> 08└─Last I heard, it was the application to bees of the equations for fixed-wing aircraft.
[04:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:29] <exec> 08└─It was a 0.6 metre jump. About 2 ft, not 1.
[04:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:00] <exec> 08└─Man, you know my sense of humor. If anyone were going to get a star of David by their name it'd be you.
[04:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:02] <exec> 08└─Like reup or get your theme forcibly switched to Vomit? Nah, cruel and unusual punishment. I'm currently thinking replace the "This page was generated by a Mob of Overworked Mongols for The Mighty Buzzard (18)." banner up top with a notice your subscription is about to expire or has expired within t...
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[04:40:04] <exec> 08└─Why I haven't coded something like that is mostly because it'd be a lot of work to produce a system that would never be as secure or anonymous as mailing cash wrapped in aluminum foil. If you lot really want to unvolunteer us volunteers though, I'd cheerfully take out a PO box, forward the funds to...
[04:40:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:06] <exec> 08└─I haven't done any significant trolling in half a year or better. Are you sure you're not simply intolerant of anyone holding ideas that conflict with your own? Worth examining.
[04:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:09] <exec> 08└─Yup. Ari's comments are often top notch trolling and occasionally even insightful. His submissions are generally shit though. I'm not sure whether he's just trolling the eds, setting up false oppression to point to, or both. He absolutely knows the difference between a submission that will get poste...
[04:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Vocal Minority [2765] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:11] <exec> 08└─Vaguely familiar. Catch 22?
[04:41:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Isotopic Ratios in Water of Saturn's Rings and Satellites (Except Phoebe) Matches Water of Earth - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:41:18] <exec> 08└─The idea is that lighter isotopes evaporate and dissipate away from the planet faster than the heavier ones. If it is warmer (closer to the sun), the effect of this difference in loss rates is larger.
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[05:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06World's oldest large predator dinosaur unearthed in Italy - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:05] <exec> 08└─" 80-centimeter skull, dagger-sharp teeth, steel-strong claws and two-legged hunting and ambush specialty. "
[05:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:46] <exec> 08└─The article mentions national security but does not expand on the reasoning: Theoretically, one positioning chip could be designed to incorporate all of these different systems, but that might run afoul of U.S. national security laws, particularly in regards to GLONASS and Beidou
[05:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:30] <exec> 08└─This is misandrist corporate propaganda. They act like new dads have never before that moment been involved in taking care of the infant. They begin from the premise that it's emasculating to care of their own child and that men have no business being entrusted with infants. This hearkens back to th...
[05:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:51] <exec> 08└─They forgot to mention that half of each group died of vaccine-induced autism before or shortly after hitting the ground.
[05:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03YeaWhatevs [5623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Isotopic Ratios in Water of Saturn's Rings and Satellites (Except Phoebe) Matches Water of Earth - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:31] <exec> 08└─Good to know. They should have crunched the numbers on comets first then, some of which already have such data (spoiler, the ratios are the same) and should have the same issues. Of course, easy to say in hindsight.
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[06:36:24] <exec> 08└─Yes, I know. The U.K. is the one that decided to "take his ball and go home" as it had the referendum and hit the big red exit button.
[06:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyper [1525] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:51] <exec> 08└─The two people arrested yesterday suspected to have been involved with the Gatwick airport done incident have been released [news.com.au]
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[07:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:08] <exec> 08└─Never heard of those. I wear a full face helmet, and I expect its base to dissipate energy into my back, chest and shoulders, should an accident happen. Hopefully that will provide equivalent protection.
[07:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creator of Viral Glitter Bomb Video Admits Parts of It Were Staged - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:48] <exec> 08└─They are black? In a recent news article it showed a still of a repeat parcel thief. A white woman. Pictures please.
[07:39:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creator of Viral Glitter Bomb Video Admits Parts of It Were Staged - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:49] <exec> 08└─https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6477297/Motorcyclist-rides-womans-house-steal-parcel-doorstep.html [dailymail.co.uk] white people stealing from white people
[07:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:42:49] <exec> 08└─That is not racist. There are several types/races in India including people from several surrounding country's. In this case "India" / "Indian" refers to a geographic area. Get an education you mother locking sjw ass.
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[08:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:46] <exec> 08└─What about the 17th horn, if you add it all up just right? Is there a special name for that one?
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[09:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:06] <exec> 08└─Sounds like they were in a hurry to show results and just grabbed some almost random people off the street to trot in front of the rabid press to make it look like something had been done. It probably saved that poor fellow and his wife that there were alibis otherwise they'd still have their names...
[09:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:14] <exec> 08└─Or you could wear a parachute.
[09:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:17] <exec> 08└─...it has been reported that going 80 mph sitting atop a gasoline motor with nothing between you and the pavement is dangerous.
[09:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:19] <exec> 08└─...they also noted that sitting in a metal box travelling at speeds over 40 kmph with only a thin layer of metal for protection is also dangerous
[09:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:43] <exec> 08└─Encapsulated pancreatic cells offer possible new diabetes treatment
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[10:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:24] <exec> 08└─They also noted that sitting in a moving cage (self driving or not) is dangerous to your self esteem and any sense of mastery over your conveyance.
[10:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:26] <exec> 08└─A quick google showed several devices for motorcyclists that look to be related to the HANS (head and neck support) https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] that is now used widely in car racing. It's fairly clever, allows certain degrees of freedom (motion) for the neck, while limi...
[10:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:28] <exec> 08└─I'm also wondering what these motorcycle competitions are about. Some kind of Evel Knievel type stuff? Would the neck brace be practical to wear in traffic or does it restrict movement too much to be able to see whats going on?
[10:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 1182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:30] <exec> 08└─some people like living dangerously check out the Michigan Madman who rode a drag bike powered by a small block Chevy V-8 https://www.nytimes.com [nytimes.com] “Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right t...
[10:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:26] <exec> 08└─Oh no not the metric system!
[10:43:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:43:59] <exec> 08└─I've never eaten a roach, but I once swollowed a bunch because I drank from the wrong bottle in the car.
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[11:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:59] <exec> 08└─Does it actually need the entire head? Just printing a/the face would be a lot faster and cheaper. Perhaps just a mask that you put on or over your own face (or some kind of dummy head).
[11:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:01] <exec> 08└─if someone can get a good enough scan of your head to unlock the phone, they could probably just unlock your phone, with your face...
[11:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:03] <exec> 08└─Word is that faces are now being scanned in public. Go anywhere in public and you run the risk of your fingerprints, head, face, irises, etc etc etc all being scanned into a database. Use a password on your phone. Don't let anyone see you type it in.
[11:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:14] <exec> 08└─The Daleks usually time their attacks to coincide with the Doctors Xmas special don't they?
[11:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:15] <exec> 08└─It probably saved that poor fellow and his wife that there were alibis otherwise they'd still have their names being actively run through the mud.
[11:37:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:17] <exec> 08└─The Daleks usually time their attacks to coincide with the Doctors Xmas special don't they?
[11:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:19] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, I believe we're still producing it. The show I mean, not good neighbours, they're harder to come by.
[11:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:22] <exec> 08└─Just like the terrorist incident in the Lindt chocolate shop [wikipedia.org]. Both of these cases could have been handed far better.
[11:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:39] <exec> 08└─..it has been reported that going 80 mph sitting atop a gasoline motor with nothing between you and the pavement is dangerous Particularly if you are not paying attention.
[11:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:41] <exec> 08└─https://www.mcas.com.au/shop/category/?search_custom_category=&page=1&per_page=30&search_custom_partial_keyword=neck+brace&sort_by=-price1 [mcas.com.au] There is some restriction to movement, but you aren't supposed to be doing any caving in a full motorcycle outfit. While the Hurst and MAIDS papers...
[11:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:43] <exec> 08└─It's a racing thing. Me? I don't even own a bike anymore because I live in a helmet state and it's not worth riding if I can't feel the wind.
[11:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:45] <exec> 08└─I'd rather enjoy what life has in the way of pleasure while I can move around without pain than gain another thirty years of being a crippled burden on my family. That's just me though. Have fun doing your own thing.
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[12:35:57] <exec> 08└─Sounds like they're about ready to blame aliens, the original drone champions.
[12:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:19] <exec> 08└─https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CmDKQ7UQwTQ [youtube.com]
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[12:36:29] <exec> 08└─to perform the customary 5 minutes of hate for the god that allows catastrophes like the one that wiped out cute dinos like this one. Merry Christmas everybody.
[12:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 1181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:15] <exec> 08└─When I tried to buy a GPS receiver/tracer/map renderer for my friend (I don't use GPS devices for myself), I found a very disturbing trend with it. It is related to GPS chipsets which are in fact a selective RF amplifiers, detectors and decoders. Because signals are weak, significant power has to be...
[12:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creator of Viral Glitter Bomb Video Admits Parts of It Were Staged - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:10] <exec> 08└─when you go put this funny paper into voting box with conviction that it's your decision and it will make some consequences. All media work this way, this "so independent" Internet gave up the last around 2005 (at least in my part of the Net). I found the best way to get more or less objective news...
[12:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Logitech Disables Local Access on Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems [Update] - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:42:32] <exec> 08└─I would appreciate any reports you might have about your experience with it. -- Yes sir, two copies of "Math For Dummies" at $16.95. That'll be $50.00
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[13:35:43] <exec> 08└─None responded in a substantive way.
[13:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:20] <exec> 08└─X-Files s03e12
[13:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:21] <exec> 08└─Faaaake! It was all a test to prepare the public for martial law following an unplanned Brexit!
[13:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's oldest large predator dinosaur unearthed in Italy - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:54] <exec> 08└─Why not. We've already had the customary 5 minutes of parents-basement misogyny. Let's hope in 2019 SN can find a reason to exist. Being a poorly-moderated clone of /. is not a reason.
[13:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:24] <exec> 08└─I had hoped to reel in somebody else. I think everyone here would already agree with most of your position, along with a lot of the YouTube commenters as well. Your wife's boyfriend says you're doing a good job! [knowyourmeme.com]
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[13:39:47] <exec> 08└─Given that neither the test nor control groups had any injuries reported, I think it's safe to conclude that vaccine-induced autism played no role in the findings and was unaffected by the testing process.
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[14:36:51] <exec> 08└─...my ass... Someone genious invented this... INVENTED IT, DO YOU HEAR ME? Also, curious... Since nature implements a lot of signal processing rather good, are we to expect a decline in the usage of the word "invented", or we just ignore nature, and take all the glory? Also, MXMAS old farts =)
[14:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New AI Computer Vision System Mimics How Humans Visualize and Identify Objects - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:52] <exec> 08└─...it still looks like a toaster to me. Oh well. Happy anniversary of the god who became meatbag instead of machine (else, probably it would not have been a sacrifice).
[14:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 063D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:06] <exec> 08└─Why bother with 3D? Cameras are, in the end, basically taking 2D images. In other experiments, a simple picture [arstechnica.com] suffices. Biometrics are not passwords. News at 11:00. Also: passwords may be legally protected (depending on where you are). However, afaik, any police anywhere are allo...
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[14:37:07] <exec> 08└─Bad news if you're an Android user: only the iPhone X defended against the attack.
[14:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:28] <exec> 08└─"droning on" obviously from that, the sense of an unthinking person just obeying orders and working (as drones do to a queen bee)
[14:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Oldest Large Predator Dinosaur Unearthed in Italy - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:03] <exec> 08└─> we had the 5 minutes of parents-basement misogyny where? sh.t, missed it again.
[14:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:32] <exec> 08└─Who of us is without a political bias? I've had perfectly good submissions rejected. I've been considering leaving. I once liked the old site. I once like this site. Oh well. If you aim for an echo chamber, keep the course. If not, some adjustments are called for.
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[15:36:02] <exec> 08└─with a tiny device in my pocket, I can instantly hear the voice of any of my loved ones
[15:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New AI Computer Vision System Mimics How Humans Visualize and Identify Objects - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:18] <exec> 08└─As a man, I suspect 90% of my image detection algorithms are designed around the female anatomy.
[15:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:50] <exec> 08└─Or could it be a case of swatting?
[15:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:13] <exec> 08└─I think I now understand why your such a fucking dumbass. You've had a few head injuries, haven't you? A brain bucket style helmet doesn't impede the wind to any appreciable degree and AFAIK, in all states those are legal. But, even with a full face helmet, there's not any law that says you can't ha...
[15:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:00] <exec> 08└─"...As a reminder, you can delete your Amazon Echo recorded history or just parts of it should you wish to do so, as described here..." Or, you could just not have an Amazon Echo in the first place. I'm still at a loss as to why anyone would want one of the damn things.
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[16:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:40] <exec> 08└─Zamboni is a cool name for a cool piece of equipment.
[16:35:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 951 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:49] <exec> 08└─I'm old enough to remember, as a child, having to dial the operator to make a long distance phone call so I could talk to my grandparents. We didn't have direct-dial long distance until I was about eight. The goal in the past was to create ultra-reliable, ultra-clear phone calls. In fact, the long d...
[16:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06ACLU to Feds: Your “Hacking Presents a Unique Threat to Individual Privacy” - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:00] <exec> 08└─No, They call it "Network Investigative technique". It is only "hacking" if somebody else does it. Of course both are wrong. In both cases what it is, is felony computer intrusion.
[16:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU to Feds: Your “Hacking Presents a Unique Threat to Individual Privacy” - 814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:01] <exec> 08└─In the government's case, if the do it without a real warrant it's a violation of the 4th amendment. Our amendments are rights that were believed to be so self-evident that even writing them down should not be necessary. All rights originate and are reserved for USA citizens except for those specifi...
[16:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:06] <exec> 08└─Except the law of stones and wasps: Soon as you open up your visor, one of those will hit you at speed, making you close it again.
[16:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:08] <exec> 08└─The article title of that last link alone makes it well worth a read. "Wire rope road barriers divide motorcyclists.
[16:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:10] <exec> 08└─So, any ideas on what possible legal basis they might have for claiming usage rights over the data? Neither patents or trademarks are at all relevant Copyrights explicitly don't apply to information content, only the presentation And I'm pretty sure trade secrets stop being so when voluntarily publi...
[16:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:06] <exec> 08└─in cell phones the GSM (and/or LTE) stuff augments the pure GPS parts. whether helping by giving cell tower location info or getting satellite coords info, both which speed up acquiring GPS coordinates.
[16:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 748 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:54] <exec> 08└─I can easily imagine a future in which every new smartphone, dumbphone, smartwatch, laptop, and TV has either Alexa, Google, Siri, Bixby, or whatever on it. Along with some other devices such as wireless headphones. This scenario is enough to make Soylentils cringe, but in truth you probably have to...
[16:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:55] <exec> 08└─An attacker could activate millions of microphones, record audio in low bitrate Opus, collect it all, automatically transcribe it, and have an algorithm search for anything that could be used for breaking into bank accounts or blackmail.
[16:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:58] <exec> 08└─Amazon employees: "Oh, they want to delete this? It must be juicy. Better save it for later."
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[17:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:08] <exec> 08└─I think that in some of the grand theft auto games (or maybe it was saints row), you can punch a zamboni driver in the face and steal his ride. that is awesome.
[17:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:10] <exec> 08└─Anybody else immediately think about the Peanuts gang going for an ice-skate in the crater to the tune of Christmastime Is Here?
[17:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:12] <exec> 08└─Being Canadian, i guess, i thought of my two favourite hosers: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] "Oh, my left nut!" :)
[17:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:22] <exec> 08└─Now we don't have to remember phone numbers.
[17:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03slap [5764] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:25] <exec> 08└─The phone in our bedroom connected to the house telephone line is an old rotary dial phone. We kept it because the house line was on copper, so the phone line was active even with the house power out. The rotary dial phone doesn't need house power for it to work - it uses the phone line power.
[17:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:27] <exec> 08└─My grandparents were on the country 'party' phone system where YOUR calls had a certain ring to them and you were ONLY supposed to pick up the phone when it rang for you, but everyone listened on everyone else's conversations.
[17:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:29] <exec> 08└─The days of the banks of batteries are long gone. As are continuous copper from Central offi e to premises. There is fiber in between and batteries on poles, but they do not last like the glass jar wet cells in the olden Co's.
[17:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:31] <exec> 08└─Yeah, dial up sucked: i remember trying to download linux over dial up. Impossible until i found wget -c... could have kicked myself for not having found it sooner.
[17:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:49] <exec> 08└─...this explains so, so much.
[17:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:51] <exec> 08└─You've obviously never ridden a bike down the highway without one if you can say that with a straight face.
[17:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03SDRefugee [4477] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:36] <exec> 08└─Just say NO to any of these insidious spying tools masquerading as a household helper.. My wife asked me if I'd like one of them for Christmas.. I sat her down and educated her on them.. Needless to say we won't be buying any of them... And no, I'm not a luddite..
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[18:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX Completes its Last Mission of 2018 With the Launch of a Military GPS Satellite - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:22] <exec> 08└─Falcon 9, a two-stage rocket manufactured by the company.
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[18:35:24] <exec> 08└─Trembling, the little boy peeked out of the crack between the two cupboard doors. Nothing. Nothing was there. Then, seconds later, he appeared; it was that man again. The man's appearance was truly terrifying; he was skinny, haggard, balding, and deformed. The mere sight of the man caused the boy to...
[18:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:36] <exec> 08└─Then Lucy takes off Charlie Brown's helmet and he straight dies. Fade to black.
[18:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:38] <exec> 08└─"Take off, you hoooser"
[18:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU to Feds: Your “Hacking Presents a Unique Threat to Individual Privacy” - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:05] <exec> 08└─yes. they are Enemies of The People.
[18:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New AI Computer Vision System Mimics How Humans Visualize and Identify Objects - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:18] <exec> 08└─so are they using tax dollars to develop this (directly/indirectly) then sell it off to some scum like they did with the hep c drug?
[18:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:52] <exec> 08└─"Det Ch Supt" - I first though they had a Vietnamese spokesperson or something, then later decoded the Dalek Dialect for what it is :)
[18:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:18] <exec> 08└─British officials have been reported to be seeking legal advice on whether they can reclaim the €1.4 billion invested by the United Kingdom, of the €10 billion spent to date.
[18:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study "Proves" Parachutes Ineffective - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:31] <exec> 08└─How high does a theist bounce?
[18:42:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:10] <exec> 08└─Indeed. Let all articles through and allow users to up/down mod, allow users to hide/show stories on mod value.
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[19:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's InSight Places its First Instrument on Mars - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:39] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't deploying AT LEAST one more, preferably two more be better? And what about a Bat-arang? Come on... at least give me a Bat-arang.
[19:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:56] <exec> 08└─The scan would have to be acquired beforehand. Don't know if the face unlock is resilient when bumps and bruises are involved.
[19:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 063D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:58] <exec> 08└─Screw biometrics, I'll just use a password, thanks.
[19:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:20] <exec> 08└─Things were handled so poorly that it might just turn out to all have been a hoax.
[19:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03tbuskey [6127] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:48] <exec> 08└─You've probably never heard of them because you ride on the road. They're widely worn for motocross and offroad competition. ( https://www.leatt.com [leatt.com] ) is the brand I know about. Also widely used are knee braces ( https://www.asterisk.com [asterisk.com] ) There was a study done on full fa...
[19:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03tbuskey [6127] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:50] <exec> 08└─Motocross, Supercross, anything like that
[19:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03tbuskey [6127] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:52] <exec> 08└─And why road racers don't wear them https://www.quora.com [quora.com]
[19:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Motorcycle Safety: Ten Years of Data on Neck Braces - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:54] <exec> 08└─My guess -- the lawyer for Great Lakes EMS probably suggested that wording. The goal was to scare off any companies that were thinking about the use of this *curated* accident data (now it is in a convenient format) to plug their neck brace or other product. If a neck brace company wants to use the...
[19:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03CZB [6457] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GPS is Getting Competition - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:54] <exec> 08└─There are a bunch of rules about what GPS capabilities can be exported to particular countries. Many dev kits state there are built in limitations of accuracy at particular speeds, to make it harder to build DIY guided missiles. Some chips quit working if they calculate high speed travel.
[19:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The End of the Year is Nigh; End-of-the-Year Summary and Subscription Request - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:52] <exec> 08└─Da fuq? Is TMB completely lacking in self-awareness?
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[20:35:40] <exec> 08└─One thing I thought was interesting is that the machine is not called a "Zamboni," but rather an "ice resurfacer." Zamboni is a trademark that Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc. are desperately trying to hold on to for marketing purposes. It is similar to "Kleenex," "Xerox," "Jacuzzi," or "Freon." Those a...
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[20:36:07] <exec> 08└─The first time I heard of the ACLU, I was a teen and a classmate was expressing his deep hatred of the organization. He was extremely unhappy they mess up plans to hold prayers in school during the school day. He hoped the members would all be arrested and the organization disbanded and made illegal...
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[20:36:55] <exec> 08└─Yes, obviously. I didn't mean "working" in the sense of "worker bee" -- though sorry for using a bad phrase and creating confusion. Regardless of all the bee talk, my point seems to have been lost -- the drones are fairly "mindless" and don't do much (as you say) except serve the queen. Hence all th...
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[20:37:12] <exec> 08└─some people like living dangerously check out the Michigan Madman who rode a drag bike powered by a small block Chevy V-8 https://www.nytimes.com [nytimes.com] “Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right t...
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[20:38:25] <exec> 08└─This is not true. GPS receivers do not have transmitters, unless it is an RTK base station (RTK is not used in consumer products.) When you buy a GPS-enabled device with a transmitter, you obviously get a transmitter of that device (cell phone etc.) If that's not what you want, get a pure receiver o...
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[20:40:07] <exec> 08└─What's that up in the sky? It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the point and you missed it!
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[21:35:45] <exec> 08└─So mars-murdo station then? Is there anybody whose figured out the amount of insulation this would provide to a station submerged in it? By the shadows there looks to be some exposed ice cliffs around the edges. Also I'm wondering about the SE corner. The ice there looks polished, like maybe freeze...
[21:35:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Called a Zamboni, John Carter - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:47] <exec> 08└─Got the clickbait aliens/martians link in there, it's Mars after all. It also looks like a round mirror, or a bowl of icing sugar, or even a ice lake!
[21:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:01] <exec> 08└─You can blame the PSTN system for the bad quality. I'm surprised there was quality at one point as the whole system is limited to 8Khz sampling. What's particularly sad about it is that there are plenty of super high quality voice codecs that you can use with VoIP.
[21:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:03] <exec> 08└─I spoke with an old telephone technician and one of my favorite stories was when he had to tech out a strange problem nobody could figure out. One customer was calling his mother several times a day, but every so often his call was routed to a wrong destination. What he noticed was it the misdirecte...
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[21:36:17] <exec> 08└─No, it's "hacking" if a military-age male (over age of 10) does it, and it's "network investigative technique" when somebody who menstruates regularly does it. Because, as every feminist knows, an ideal society is one where humanity is male and man defines woman not herself but as relative to him. T...
[21:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Seven Ways Technology Will Help Diabetes Patients - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:09] <exec> 08└─Every time I see an article with 7 things, I think of this. https://www.psychologytoday.com [psychologytoday.com]
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[22:35:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:58] <exec> 08└─There's no satisfying the worrywarts. The Earth is definitely overpopulated, yet this article paints Japan's population decline as a bad thing. Suffered? Suffered?!?
[22:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:00] <exec> 08└─Any of you white people listening? You'd better start before the negro muslim hordes overwhelm us!
[22:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:02] <exec> 08└─Meantime, Nigeria has one of the highest birthrates in the world. Just what we need, more pirates, scammers, and don't forget the very creme de la creme - future "refugees" that the UN will foist onto member victims (er, countries).
[22:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:04] <exec> 08└─But... some of the best people I know are negro muslims...! Come to think of it, all of my problems with "feminists" are actually problems with white women's feminism. White women are a bunch of crazy spoiled-rotten bitches who do shit like voting for Trump and then demanding collective and several...
[22:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:06] <exec> 08└─Trump understands you better than 99.999% of people, he is a 1%-er of love. That is why he is a billionare president who can work with anyone to achieve anything.
[22:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:08] <exec> 08└─It's bad for Japan, and bad for anyone who likes Japanese porn.
[22:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:11] <exec> 08└─No worries about running out of chinamen since they started to clone their babies. But good sushi requires japs, so we can't let them go extinct.
[22:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA's InSight Places its First Instrument on Mars - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:21] <exec> 08└─We have an agreement with the Martians. We don't lay down two instruments, they don't kidnap Santa Claus.
[22:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:05] <exec> 08└─Might be a throwback for me, but nothing new. I spent years running field telephone switchboards in the Army and Guard. Technically, I was a radioteletype operator, but everyone layed field wire and pulled telephone switchboard shifts. "Essex switch. Essex 53. One moment please." Just make sure you...
[22:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Try Your Hand at Being an Operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum - 697 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:07] <exec> 08└─Our POTS phones still work fine, but Verizon sent a letter a few months back that we will have fiber/Fios sometime in 2019...and the migration is mandatory, copper service being taken down. We'll probably go with the fiber to get it installed, but then compare prices with phone over tv-cable service...
[22:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU to Feds: Your “Hacking Presents a Unique Threat to Individual Privacy” - 1172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:22] <exec> 08└─Given that there is no real way to prove data forensics on a digital medium (that doesn't involve analog analysis of the media, which only works/worked on real hard discs of certain vintages.) It is entirely possible that their hacking plants the evidence they claim to expose with no way to refute o...
[22:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU to Feds: Your “Hacking Presents a Unique Threat to Individual Privacy” - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:23] <exec> 08└─He probably was a racist and was not happy with their work helping colored folk.
[22:38:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] 02 - 06Pair of Gatwick Airport Suspects Released Without Charge - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:09] <exec> 08└─"droning on" obviously from that, the sense of an unthinking person just obeying orders and working (as drones do to a queen bee)
[22:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon 'Echo' Lives Up to its Name - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:38] <exec> 08└─Well composed, Amazon droidslave. Getting up - to turn the light off, hook up your phone for music - might save you from a couch-potato health problem in 15 years time. "I have nothing to hide" is no excuse at all and has been debunked to heck already.
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[23:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:36] <exec> 08└─The solution to so many issues is to build long-term durable structures from cast limestone like they used to do: https://www.geopolymer.org [geopolymer.org] 1) Lock up carbon in rocks and emit less CO2 that portland cement (for people who think that is an is...
[23:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:37] <exec> 08└─America is not exactly synonymous to humanity. America has lost it's appetite for grand projects, but humanity still seems to be doing some cool stuff. But, even in America, there are some people thinking of grand scales. Multiple private individuals are getting into space, along with the companies...
[23:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:39] <exec> 08└─This has been going on for generations. Close to completion now since 69% of school aged children in the country can't do basic math or reading.
[23:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:42] <exec> 08└─Americans have been working for centuries on this... but the problem is half are pushing for more rights and half for less. Poor colored folks be caught in the middle.
[23:35:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:44] <exec> 08└─Clock of the Long Now [wikipedia.org]: Not a multi-generation project, but represents multi-generation thinking. ITER [wikipedia.org] is a project spanning multiple decades, and longer (into the 2050s) if that is the track we need to ride on to reach a commercial reactor. But I don't think ITER's lo...
[23:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:46] <exec> 08└─The asymptotic approach to thermonuclear fusion as a viable power generation technology assures us that we can constantly get closer and closer to break-even for as long as we'd like. Forever, even! Forever seems fairly long term, doesn't it?
[23:35:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:48] <exec> 08└─> made worse when you consider lifespans that were half or less what they are currently. Obviously we are still struggling with the long term project of making people understand the difference between average life expectancy and longevity.
[23:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASK SN: Has Mankind Lost its Appetite for Long Term Projects? - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:51] <exec> 08└─That's right! Methuselah lived to 969, you don't see that sort of longevity anymore.
[23:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:08] <exec> 08└─In an economy heading towards automation and mass unemployment, this is a good thing. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[23:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:10] <exec> 08└─Yay, racist crap modded insightful /s
[23:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:12] <exec> 08└─https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sushi+robot&t=h_&ia=web [duckduckgo.com]
[23:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:14] <exec> 08└─No, we need more Japanese so they have even more mass unemployment and I can rent a cheaper geisha girl.
[23:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:17] <exec> 08└─Can't he just grab his voters' white pussies and tell them to get back in the kitchen where white women who think second wave feminism was a mistake belong?
[23:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 1563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:19] <exec> 08└─If you are worried about population declining because of its impact on the economy, then your economy is based on a pyramid scheme. We artificially raised our standard of living in the present by buying prosperity on credit that would be paid by future (larger) generations. This actually works perfe...
[23:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japan's Population Declines by 448,000; China May Reverse Childbirth Restrictions - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:21] <exec> 08└─If you are worried about population declining because of its impact on the economy, then your economy is based on a pyramid scheme.
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