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[00:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Security Flaw Uses Text Spoofing to Hijack UK Accounts - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:08] <exec> 08└─I've been getting weird spam ads from contacts that swear they didn't send them. Think I need a different messaging service.
[00:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:23] <exec> 08└─It suddenly occurred to me to wonder: Is the Chinese government angry at him because of what he did, or that he announced it to the world?
[00:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:24] <exec> 08└─Aren't they all clones? Sure look like it!
[00:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 4025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:42] <exec> 08└─This is complete nonsense: - The megacorps do in fact put money into open source software. Quite a lot of it. As in, a substantial percentage of the people working on it get paid to do so by IBM, Oracle, Facebook, Google, Apple, and sometimes even Microsoft. Another substantial portion are working f...
[00:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:43] <exec> 08└─Gotta wonder whether they are using this to look for suspects in known cases of computer intrusion.
[00:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 3292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:22] <exec> 08└─What you know as physics is actually just maths. Quantum physics is utter horseshit from a real-world viewpoint. Nobody would have ever come up with that nonsense and been respected. But what we did was generate the maths that we already had. Took it a step further. Solved equations that we couldn't...
[00:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:23] <exec> 08└─they are inside the socks that are 'lost' in the drier. well, actually, on the outside of the- oh, nevermind.
[00:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:25] <exec> 08└─"tonite, its going to be dark. real dark. followed, tomorrow, by random scattering of light."
[00:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:27] <exec> 08└─at the end of the meal, any extra dimensions are just given as scraps to the dog. (makes as much sense as tiny strings. don't tell me they can't be sub-divided, either, since that's just crazy talk)
[00:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:30] <exec> 08└─Wow, you are an idiot.
[00:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 785 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:32] <exec> 08└─Clearly, people value having plastic shopping bags at more than $4billion, otherwise they wouldn't spend that on them. That there might be externalities that you don't like and which would be mitigated by a legal ban doesn't mean you are saving $4billion, if just means you are using legal means to c...
[00:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovery of Topological LC Circuits Transporting EM Waves Without Backscattering - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:02] <exec> 08└─A robot made out of metal has a built in faraday cage, so a HERF that can burn through a meatbag might not be sufficient to damage a bot and definitely not the circuitry inside the housing. Sadly in hollywood movies, we see idiocy where someone pulls out a high voltage line from a wall and sticks it...
[00:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Drops the First Trailer for 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' (and releases it the next day) - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:29] <exec> 08└─Currently there is a pirated copy going around that is just the default choices.
[00:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Drops the First Trailer for 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' (and releases it the next day) - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:30] <exec> 08└─Which is probably far better and more relaxing that choosing shit in the middle of the show. My son got a copy of Minecraft Story Mode (basically a choose-your-own adventure hi-res rendered animation) for his birthday a few years ago and he ended up watching it mostly on Youtube. He actually liked t...
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[01:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Security Flaw Uses Text Spoofing to Hijack UK Accounts - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:30] <exec> 08└─Don't you dare blame Twitter. You The People demand monopoly. You The People demand huge global monopolies with single points of failure. As always, You The People are The Problem.
[01:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:50] <exec> 08└─A Conway game of life's hypothetical aware creature sees the universe in terms of full/empty cells. Theoretically it can come up with a unified formula that codifies all the rules of the simulation but it's no better, in fact it is worse because needlessly complex, than the mere list of rules. So pe...
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[01:37:52] <exec> 08└─Hard drugs like alcohol?
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[02:37:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 4025 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:11] <exec> 08└─This is complete nonsense: - The megacorps do in fact put money into open source software. Quite a lot of it. As in, a substantial percentage of the people working on it get paid to do so by IBM, Oracle, Facebook, Google, Apple, and sometimes even Microsoft. Another substantial portion are working f...
[02:37:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03johnlongjohnson [7223] 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 27 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:42] <exec> 08└─I'm a physicist with a PhD.
[02:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:56] <exec> 08└─Cost to retailers of $4 Billion/Year does not mean that eliminating them will save $4 Billion a year and could easily result in highers costs, pollution and carbon footprint. More details here on Paper vs Plastic http://www.allaboutbags.ca [allaboutbags.ca]
[02:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:58] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with this place is we have a festering, suppurating right-wing nutjob infestation. Those folks, you may have noticed, have an anti-intellectual streak a mile wide. As hangers-on, we get the tech-head mediocrities who have fairly deep but very narrow knowledge in one or two fields and th...
[02:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:00] <exec> 08└─Cue full moon in a clear sky followed by a dark and stormy day.
[02:38:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Discovery of Topological LC Circuits Transporting EM Waves Without Backscattering - 204 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:20] <exec> 08└─Maybe we can finally go back to having some privacy if people decide to start 'popping' every camera they see nearby. It's about the only method left to keep real privacy alive in most of the first world.
[02:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Discovery of Topological LC Circuits Transporting EM Waves Without Backscattering - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:26] <exec> 08└─Sisko: "What's happening out there?" Dax: "The team revealed theoretically in a microstrip, a flat circuit, that electromagnetic waves attain topological properties when the metallic strips form a honeycomb pattern and the intra-hexagon and inter-hexagon strip widths are different" Sisko: "Ahh, elet...
[02:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:30] <exec> 08└─Not to worry. Because of Obama, Ford doesn't make Mercury anymore.
[02:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:32] <exec> 08└─Oi vey! You are correct, sir. My apostrophes..errrr... apologies. :)
[02:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Naloxone, When Can Opioid Overdose Patients Be Safely Discharged? Study Confirms One Hour Rule - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:08] <exec> 08└─No one says medicine has to be clean and pretty. Try and think about what kind of mental place these poor people are in, or were in before they started using. Sorry, pal, but you don't get to condemn people to the scrapheap just because you don't like them. Users are still human, just as human as yo...
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[03:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:24] <exec> 08└─Soon you won't be allowed to have children unless they're LBGTQ.
[03:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:26] <exec> 08└─I predict, very soon, animal shelters in CA will start breeding animals.
[03:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:28] <exec> 08└─Or used to launder bred pets. Also designer pet vacations where you travel and bring back your pure bred will be a trend soon.
[03:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:30] <exec> 08└─Around here you'd pay half that much or more to adopt a rescue, while mill-sourced animals are very cheap. Not much of a disincentive unless the fine is per unit or something.
[03:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 1194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:32] <exec> 08└─"I predict, very soon, animal shelters in CA will start breeding animals." . You obviously don't know too much about the sad reality of feral animals. Animals such as dogs and cats will breed quite excessively in the wild because nearly none of those animals are spayed or neutered. This means there...
[03:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:34] <exec> 08└─But for breeds, and not just mutts, people will still buy them directly from the owners. This actually needs to be implemented everywhere, as it would eventually reduce the amount pit bulls.
[03:36:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:37] <exec> 08└─I predict you are wrong, however, I also predict that Californians will import a frightening number of pure-bred dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. from out of state.
[03:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:06] <exec> 08└─They appear in the math used to describe physics at the subatomic level (the "standard model" [wikipedia.org]). All of the three non-gravitational forces have symmetries in their mathematical descriptions with dimensions one for electromagnetism, two for the weak force, and three for the strong forc...
[03:39:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 1115 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:26] <exec> 08└─There's no point in evaluating what Trump is proposing. If he can't be bothered to evaluate it, then why should we? In this case, it's a stupid move that isn't supported by industry because they've already installed or paid for the necessary equipment to meet the standards. Pulling out now means tha...
[03:39:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mcgrew [701] 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 352 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:31] <exec> 08└─He's old enough to remember a time before the EPA, when you had to roll your windows up when driving past Monsanto no matter how hot it was outside (no car AC back then) because the air would burn your lungs, and when rivers and streams actually caught fire. His REAL motto is "Make America FILTHY ag...
[03:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Better Mouse Model Built To Enable Precision-Medicine Research For Alzheimer's - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:36] <exec> 08└─There is zero reason to think amyloid-beta is a cause rather than a symptom.
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[04:36:38] <exec> 08└─Beats having incel children.
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[04:37:02] <exec> 08└─The experiment was unnecessary, from a therapeutic standpoint, and ignored the known off-target mutation rate problem with CRISPR-based gene editing. There are also already proven-effective versions of such editing in adult hematopoietic stem cells, so it was also unessesary to edit the germ line. A...
[04:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discovery of Topological LC Circuits Transporting EM Waves Without Backscattering - 808 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:37] <exec> 08└─And you are wrong about the sprinklers. In at least some buildings I have worked in, if one little glass vial pops and a sprinkler goes off, then the almighty pumps kick in and blow them all out so that all the sprinklers go off. There are also systems where the fire alarm will trigger those pumps....
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[05:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 062-Deoxyribose Created in a Vacuum Chamber - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:12] <exec> 08└─of deniers of Space Poodles [youtube.com]
[05:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 062-Deoxyribose Created in a Vacuum Chamber - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:14] <exec> 08└─Dog works in mysterious ways.
[05:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:32] <exec> 08└─And then you and your partner can take them for a high-speed ride along the coast.
[05:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:34] <exec> 08└─I predict, very soon, more Chinese restaurants open in CA. ;)
[05:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:36] <exec> 08└─Why would you want to reduce the amount of pit bulls specifically? Pit bulls can be really nice dogs [petfinder.com], and there's no particular reason to want to reduce their numbers any more than any other breed.
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[06:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:33] <exec> 08└─therefore there will be no need for animals to actually breed in the confines of a shelter.
[06:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:34] <exec> 08└─Yes, they can be really nice and friendly for years, and then randomly snap and rip a five year olds face off.
[06:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:19] <exec> 08└─Payouts do happen. I've collected one from Espressif myself.
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[07:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:43] <exec> 08└─Serious question: Why would they do that when the FOSS community is (a) hostile to them (see the GPL for details), and (b) busily doing this kind of work for free anyway?
[07:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:44] <exec> 08└─Nobody loves open source more than billion dollar corporations, because open source means billion dollar corporations do not have to spend a penny on software. Billion dollar corporations do not need to pay software developers, do not need to outsource, and do not even need interns to work for free....
[07:39:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 569 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:22] <exec> 08└─Much ado about not very much. The standards remain in place, it's just that "environmental groups worry the move is a step toward repealing the limits". Environmental groups worry about a lot of stuff. Considering the cost/benefit ratio instead of only benefits? That ought to be pretty standard. Con...
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[07:40:55] <exec> 08└─Perhaps what is needed is a drug to make a person allergic to these drugs
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[08:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Media Regulator Ends 9-Month Freeze on Video Game Licensing - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:35] <exec> 08└─Who buys games in the non-pirate markets in China?
[08:36:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Media Regulator Ends 9-Month Freeze on Video Game Licensing - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:37] <exec> 08└─They must be contained. Even if it means less profit for business. USA, take note.
[08:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chinese Media Regulator Ends 9-Month Freeze on Video Game Licensing - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:39] <exec> 08└─Because we really want more Chinese-style obstructions of our lives. \sarc
[08:36:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 64 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:57] <exec> 08└─Soon you won't be allowed to have children unless they're LBGTQ.
[08:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:10] <exec> 08└─Recently my wife and I were looking to get a dog for the kids to grow up with. I checked out all the pounds/adoption places in town and there were no dogs that were not a mix of either pit or ankle biter. I don't have any interest in either. Ended up finding an akc breeder outside of town with pureb...
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[08:37:12] <exec> 08└─I usually laugh at California, but this law is right. In fact, it doesn't go far enough. At the IQ level of cats and dogs, the environment during puppyhood/kittenhood is critical. Living your life in a cage in a pet shop is definitely not a healthy environment. Pet stores can sell hamsters, and guin...
[08:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:43] <exec> 08└─First off a physicist with a PhD would understand the applicability of fundamental research to each of the topics listed as "want".
[08:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:44] <exec> 08└─At some price point people will start using less plastic bags.
[08:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 1177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:46] <exec> 08└─"am I the only one who's starting to think all this tinkering with this theory or that theory is sounding more like a desperate science fiction author trying to tweak a story" I would be a bit more charitable. It seems to me that physicists are just missing some essential insight. The universe exist...
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[09:36:29] <exec> 08└─You say that like it's a bad thing.
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[09:37:05] <exec> 08└─there were no dogs that were not a mix of either pit or ankle biter.
[09:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:07] <exec> 08└─The US, where you can lock the ankle-biters in the yard all night.. Australia, where thongs are worn on the feet [thongsaustralia.com].
[09:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:37:59] <exec> 08└─Piece Of Work, n, (Newfoundland English) A complex yet poor-quality contraption. "My '77 Toyota Corona was a Piece Of Work."
[09:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:00] <exec> 08└─No, it means more open; it does not mean "more secure."
[09:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:02] <exec> 08└─It's not actually true that billion dollar companies don't employ coders, rather they usually pay their own staff to contribute to Open Source projects, they often release Open Source of their own, as Apple for example has down with numerous I/O Kit Kernel Extension Drivers as well as pay to develop...
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[09:39:24] <exec> 08└─A while back I read that "Businessman are very concrete thinkers". So concrete that if you don't mention specific applications they are unable to think of any on their own, nor to imagine purchasing such an application nor investing in the company that brings the application to market.
[09:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Naloxone, When Can Opioid Overdose Patients Be Safely Discharged? Study Confirms One Hour Rule - 1382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:15] <exec> 08└─This because "Sarah" - not her real name - shoots dope. RLY. The NarCan I'll purchase for her is to she could save the life of one of her friends. If I can somehow come up with the ducats for lots of NarCan, I'll buy it for ALL of her friends. Sarah once woke up in the back of an ambulance "because...
[09:41:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Naloxone, When Can Opioid Overdose Patients Be Safely Discharged? Study Confirms One Hour Rule - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:17] <exec> 08└─Neither do Vancouver's. In fact, a Vancouver EMT quite strenuously urged my new squeeze "Sarah" - not her real name - to reduce her doses because "someone just got a big shipment in". I haven't heard from her in by now forty-eight hours. In the morning I'll right up the Medical Examiner; he they don...
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[09:41:19] <exec> 08└─Portland and Vancouver's homeless services _never_ criticize addicts. Most say nothing at all to discourage them. The most the Portland Rescue Mission [portlandrescuemission.org] ever says is to request they leave their Implements Of Self Destruction outside.
[09:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Naloxone, When Can Opioid Overdose Patients Be Safely Discharged? Study Confirms One Hour Rule - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:21] <exec> 08└─I Am Absolutely Serious: there just had to be _some_ reason I was the only kid in my school to get hay fever in the spring of '81. That I'm allergic to hemp pollen turned up when my parents grew weary of my endless sneezing and so had my allergies tested. I figure someone's Jesus Big grow-op had jus...
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[10:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:08] <exec> 08└─Microsoft drops Tasers from employee interview process. That would've been an awesome interview. If you are willing to tolerate being Tased, you'll put up with any kind of corporate bullshit and abuse. You're hired!
[10:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:10] <exec> 08└─selected few antisocial geniusesmasochistic wannabes
[10:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:12] <exec> 08└─That should be a standard test for any public service position
[10:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:59] <exec> 08└─Just like every other breed of dog? You don't like pit bulls because you're racist, not because they're actually bad dogs.
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[10:38:44] <exec> 08└─..or does anyone else think the idea of Tubgirl being the center of the universe is hilarious? if you don't know tubgirl tread carefully when trying to find out
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[11:36:13] <exec> 08└─I'd reply that zero will fit, or one. (They don't ask what is the maximum number...)
[11:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:14] <exec> 08└─That's probably a good idea. Microsoft's code quality was way higher than necessary, so they've got no reason to hire on merit.
[11:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:16] <exec> 08└─Aren't IQ tests at job interviews illegal? I wonder if there was actually any correlation with answers and job performance.
[11:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Media Regulator Ends 9-Month Freeze on Video Game Licensing - 1052 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:31] <exec> 08└─We noticed, believe me. Our entire Nation, w/one heavy heart, continues to pray for the victims & their families in Parkland, FL. So tragic what happened there because of violent Video Games & Movies. And we're looking very closely into that one. We put together a reel of some of the worst. So many...
[11:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Media Regulator Ends 9-Month Freeze on Video Game Licensing - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:33] <exec> 08└─You look at Bloomberg, they said $180 billion. And that's a lot too. By the way, still can’t believe that Bloomberg violated a firm OFF THE RECORD statement concerning my comments about Canada. Will they put out an apology? These are very dishonorable people. But I said, in the end it’s OK, beca...
[11:37:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mhajicek [51] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 110 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:04] <exec> 08└─Yes, they can be really nice and friendly for years, and then randomly snap and rip a five year olds face off.
[11:37:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 1719 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:07] <exec> 08└─I usually laugh at California, but this law is right. In fact, it doesn't go far enough. At the IQ level of cats and dogs, the environment during puppyhood/kittenhood is critical. Living your life in a cage in a pet shop is definitely not a healthy environment. Pet stores can sell hamsters, and guin...
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[11:37:19] <exec> 08└─Hint: something that doesn't require phone numbers will do.
[11:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:33] <exec> 08└─Now everyone condemns him while secretly wishing they could do it too without fear of being charged with something.
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[11:38:01] <exec> 08└─What business?
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[11:40:53] <exec> 08└─how sad.
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[12:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:04] <exec> 08└─we need to turn all of our security over to the Russians. The Russians will probably subcontract to the Chinese, cutting the Indians out of the loop, and saving us lots of money.
[12:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:06] <exec> 08└─"vein authentication", which, as the name implies, involves a computer scanning the shape, size, and position of a users' veins under the skin of their hand.
[12:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:24] <exec> 08└─"Not everyone does their best work in fast-paced, high-pressure situations." That's a sweetly naive (or alternatively a knowingly evil) way of saying "Not everyone does their best work in situations where management have messed up the budgeting and/or the timescales." The guy's going to get fired an...
[12:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:25] <exec> 08└─Is not in Silicon Valley.
[12:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:28] <exec> 08└─Diversity. Even Microsoft has caught the disease. Whatever approach to hiring they have used in the past has WORKED FOR THEM. Plain and simple, they sit on are near the top of the pyramid, because their practices have WORKED. "Oh, we've been successful enough - we're going to change things up, and s...
[12:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:30] <exec> 08└─anyone who passed the interview process wrote Microsoft quality code.
[12:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:32] <exec> 08└─Weak and totally conflicted people like @TheRickWilson [twitter.com] shouldn't be allowed on television unless given an I.Q. test. Dumb as a rock! @CNN [twitter.com]
[12:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 062-Deoxyribose Created in a Vacuum Chamber - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:59] <exec> 08└─The creator jacked off in a frying pan, then slung it out across the universe. There's life everywhere, people!
[12:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:26] <exec> 08└─The dog most likely to bite an owner, or a family member, is my beloved German Shepard. But, the fact is, the dog most likely to KILL a family member, or even a passer by is the pit bull. I've looked at the statistics many times, and I hate the statistics, because the dog I love most is one of the w...
[12:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:27] <exec> 08└─So, maths frighten you? We need to do something about feral maths!!
[12:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:29] <exec> 08└─But, kids who aren't chewed thoroughly don't often grow up right either!
[12:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:32] <exec> 08└─I'm 'Murican, and "ankle biter" means toddler to me as well.
[12:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Drops the First Trailer for 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' (and releases it the next day) - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:41:17] <exec> 08└─... aaah, Bandersnatch, Psyclapse and the fall of Imagine. A BBC film crew thought they were making a documentary about a successful games company; instead they ended up filming its spectacular failure. http://www.crashonline.org.uk [crashonline.org.uk] The documentary itself is on Yo...
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[13:36:36] <exec> 08└─And after you saved lots of money, you do your name honors by implementing "runaway" real fast at 1956 km/s, I guess ;-)
[13:37:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Username [4557] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 72 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:37] <exec> 08└─I predict, very soon, animal shelters in CA will start breeding animals.
[13:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Security Flaw Uses Text Spoofing to Hijack UK Accounts - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:09] <exec> 08└─I have 2 questions... 1) Does this work at all in the US? 2) Anyone know Trump's cell phone number?
[13:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:51] <exec> 08└─Oh I forgot they closed up shop. #usa3stooges
[13:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Issues with Secure Access to SoylentNews' IRC Fixed and... A Thank You! - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:52] <exec> 08└─You know just to balance the rest.
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[13:40:18] <exec> 08└─Nope you wont
[13:41:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:26] <exec> 08└─We have seen what it does to people https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] And the largest source today is coal burning.
[13:41:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:27] <exec> 08└─Dude, have you never seen a picture of mcgrew? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com [pinimg.com]
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[14:36:45] <exec> 08└─Aspirin, which would never get past the FDA if released today.
[14:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:46] <exec> 08└─Yup, they'd probably illegalize willow trees too just to be sure.
[14:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:02] <exec> 08└─Reminder: Hand must be stationary long enough to get a reading.
[14:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03esperto123 [4303] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 925 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:03] <exec> 08└─Again, biometrics is user IDENTIFICATION, if you are using it as a password (or passphrase or whatever), you are bound to have problems. user identification is something you don't need to change, generaly it is disirable that it cannot be changed, ever, and a password, that you test against the ide...
[14:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 1117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:24] <exec> 08└─Not sure, but I don't think that they are. There was a time a few years ago when "personality tests" seemed to be all the rage at the HR departments. But as far as I know that has largely gone away now. I guess this all just trickled down, same with the "brain teasers", when it was known that the bi...
[14:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:25] <exec> 08└─Surely the correct answer to this is "I Don't know" or "quite a lot!". Minor variations in the seat anchorage mechanism alone would cause significant uncertainty. "How hard do you force them in? or "with or without the crew?" " would be good answers too.
[14:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:27] <exec> 08└─"Aren't IQ tests at job interviews illegal?" No. Whatever gave you such an absurd idea?
[14:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:29] <exec> 08└─What legitimate reason do you have to offer that they should be? They may not tell the whole story of fitness for a job but they absolutely do tell part of it for coding jobs.
[14:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:32] <exec> 08└─Nope. The correct answer is "none outside whatever paying passengers bring on or check'". Golf balls are non-paying weight.
[14:38:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sulla [5173] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 640 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:23] <exec> 08└─Recently my wife and I were looking to get a dog for the kids to grow up with. I checked out all the pounds/adoption places in town and there were no dogs that were not a mix of either pit or ankle biter. I don't have any interest in either. Ended up finding an akc breeder outside of town with pureb...
[14:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 1152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:33] <exec> 08└─"I predict you are wrong, however, I also predict that Californians will import a frightening number of pure-bred dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. from out of state." So like... not much change then. Great! I know a breeder of one type of dog that loves to talk my ear off about her (good and bad!) adventur...
[14:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:35] <exec> 08└─Interesting that two ACs interpret "frightening number of animals" as a fear of the number itself, rather than the quantity of animals. Put all of the animals imported into California in a year in a single stadium, say on a football field with you in the middle, and tell me if you are frightened of...
[14:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:37] <exec> 08└─Pit bulls can be really nice dogs, but... number of pit bulls owned by neighbors I have personally witnessed mauling other pets to death in the last year: 1, number of other breeds of dogs owned by neighbors I have personally witnessed mauling other pets to death ever: 0. Large wild cats can also be...
[14:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:39] <exec> 08└─If an especially "mean" German Shepard mangles my arm, it will almost certainly heal.
[14:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:41] <exec> 08└─Cali should just ban pets fully, thats their longterm goal anyways.
[14:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:43] <exec> 08└─When I was young my dad bought a Persian cat from a breeder, I it was several months old when we got it and had essentially lived in a box up until that time. It had long fur on its feet, so when it would run across the slick floored living room it would slide to a stop, usually running the long dia...
[14:39:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 1299 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:59] <exec> 08└─here's a specialists' view on it: http://backreaction.blogspot.com [blogspot.com] this is a blog where a physicist tries to explain why current theories of high energy physics are mostly junk, but the community refuses to do anything else. most of the entries deal with this problem. string theory i...
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[14:40:34] <exec> 08└─You are going to need 1000% tax on a 10 cent bag to even get people to notice. It is incandescent lights all over again, the current inefficient product is just too cheap and as long as it is even available people will keep using it. The alternative is to bring your canvas bags or re-use the store's...
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[15:36:25] <exec> 08└─That's coming from the NSAID manufacturer's association: "Willow trees are worthless weeds that sap the productive energy from people who see them. They cause obesity, clog your arteries, rot your teeth, and exposure to their sap can cause uncontrolled bleeding." If it weren't so damn expensive to e...
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[15:36:27] <exec> 08└─Always figured there was some merit in just shrugging off pain, in addition to the macho "cred" that comes from peers when gutting-out childhood injuries. So, I've used painkillers very infrequently. On the other hand, not getting proper treatment after an injury was a false economy. As a kid, crash...
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[15:36:29] <exec> 08└─Aspirin is just another NSAID to profit from. It didn't start in the public domain after all.
[15:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:41] <exec> 08└─These things all have a critical thing in common. The all work only if you keep the thing secret. 1) If you take a picture of you house key or crypto key, so sorry. 2) Ditto the password on the stickey under the mouse pad. 3) Apparently ditto for a measurement of you. The thing is that if your key o...
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[15:36:42] <exec> 08└─> the process is praised as a high-security system Oh come on, who do you think says that? The businesses that are trying to sell it, that's who. All corporate marketing departments exaggerate like this. They push it as far as they can without quite outright lying. "High" in the context of security...
[15:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:10] <exec> 08└─I guess it was from this case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] It seems that such a test is alright as long as it is relevant to employee job performance and not needlessly discriminatory based on sex or race. Anyone with mod points should feel free to down-m...
[15:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:11] <exec> 08└─It would probably depend on whether the test is redundant due to other interview requirements and assessments. I assume that a certain level of intelligence is needed. The tests aren't illegal. I'm pretty sure that I was misremembering the details of this case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org
[15:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 1536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:13] <exec> 08└─As you noted, the legal issue is mostly about whether a test is discriminatory. Since the ruling you cited, we've had stuff like Jordan v. New London, where a person was denied admission to a police officer program because he scored TOO HIGH on an IQ test. IQ tests -- or tests that mimic them -- are...
[15:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:23] <exec> 08└─I've always dreamed of a +5 troll.
[15:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:25] <exec> 08└─Pits are fine with children. Never owned one but had a friend who took in a female pit. It was great with their three kids. The most gentle dog you could ever own. Dog are a reflection of their owner.
[15:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:27] <exec> 08└─Joke from the 80s: California is like a bowl of granola. What ain't fruits and nuts is flakes. I think things are worse now.
[15:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Netflix Drops the First Trailer for 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' (and releases it the next day) - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:21] <exec> 08└─It's been about 20 years. Must be time for the the interactive movie [thedissolve.com] to come back again.
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[16:36:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:07] <exec> 08└─So it reduces the chances of me knocking some girl up. Hey, works for me. I don't want kids, ever. I've already got a square Schwarzaneggar jaw and every inch is covered in hair, so I doubt it'll affect my "masculinity" in any measurable way.
[16:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:09] <exec> 08└─Possibly. Inflammation reduction usually lessens localized tissue damage, so in the short-term NSAIDs can be good. Another downside of pain killers in general is they can mask a problem, delaying corrective treatment. Also, they could embolden risk-takers. Of course alcohol does that very well.
[16:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:11] <exec> 08└─Now that Aspirin is public domain, it's time to villify it, like they did saccharine when new alternatives came out, margarine, etc.
[16:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:13] <exec> 08└─The risk is less to do with knocking up someone but more to do with birth defects. Say, some types of autism... Appearence wise, that has more to do with the proliferation (or lack of) receptor sites of varying types and cells unless we're talking about exogenous hormones. Like, some women have more...
[16:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:15] <exec> 08└─"Also, they could embolden risk-takers." - What's the matter, faggot ? You don't like people who have more courage than you do ? Hang yourself.
[16:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:58] <exec> 08└─The light in the Earth's shadow can't change because the moon is passing through it. So how does the lunar eclipse start out black, and end red? Lunar eclipse time lapse [vimeo.com] Next eclipse: January 20 2019 [timeanddate.com] Video: Why is eclipse red? [businessinsider.com] For this reason, God...
[16:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:59] <exec> 08└─Well, management *does* mess up budgeting and timescales, so last-minute rush-jobs are the norm. If you find a company that doesn't have managers like that, please let us know.
[16:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:01] <exec> 08└─they sit on are near the top of the pyramid, because their practices have WORKED [so why change?].
[16:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:03] <exec> 08└─correction: "ever since"
[16:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 1019 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:06] <exec> 08└─Just curios but what exactly was new and significant about the Xbox? There was already Nintendo consoles, Sony Playstation etc that had been out for decades already when the Xbox was released. Not to mention the multitude of gaming consoles (not "home" computers etc) that had fallen by the roadside...
[16:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 1130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:08] <exec> 08└─Thanks, I can't believe that I forgot about that case. The testing material included the Wonderlic Personnel Test and Scholastic Level Exam (“WPT”), which purports to measure cognitive ability. An accompanying manual listed recommended scores for various professions and cautioned that because ov...
[16:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:09] <exec> 08└─This reminds me of a story a coworker used to tell. He had a home in the township and his neighbor had a vicious dog that followed him along the fence barking everytime he would go in the back yard. We're not talking normal yappity, this dog would charge the fence. He couldn't even mow his yard in p...
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[16:38:11] <exec> 08└─That doesn't happen with the vast majority of pit bulls. You're looking at statistics and seeing lots of pit bull bites, but what you're not seeing is what overall percentage of pit bulls actually do such things. Also, most of the time, pit bulls can't even be properly identified, skewing the statis...
[16:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:13] <exec> 08└─Pits are fine with children. Never owned one but had a friend who took in a female pit. It was great with their three kids. The most gentle dog you could ever own. Dog are a reflection of their owner.
[16:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:15] <exec> 08└─That happens with a very, very small number of pit bulls out of the total number of pit bulls in existence. Not to mention, the fact that pit bulls can't even be properly identified most of the time puts the statistics further into question. You might also consider how the dog was raised, and how me...
[16:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:17] <exec> 08└─That doesn't happen with the vast majority of pit bulls. You're looking at statistics and seeing lots of pit bull bites, but what you're not seeing is what overall percentage of pit bulls actually do such things.
[16:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:19] <exec> 08└─You're still worried about a nearly nonexistent possibility compared to all the other unnecessary risks you happily take. And, again, proper pitbull identification remains a problem. Well, in the end, people can get whatever dogs they like, but it's the fearmongering breed-specific legislation that...
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[16:38:49] <exec> 08└─Immunization trials are never therapeutically necessary. The whole point is to take a healthy person and give them resistance to something they're not infected with yet. As for the risks, I'm not a doctor. I've heard the same claims about mutations and whatnot. But for all I know those risk assessme...
[16:39:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 806 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:00] <exec> 08└─These are all open source projects that are heavily used within the EU and (perhaps more importantly) also by the EU itself in many cases, although they were actually selected by a poll. Basically, it's risk mitigation for the EU; by offering a bug bounty on a suite of tools they use they're going t...
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[17:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:41] <exec> 08└─Chinese will just steal the IP. Either by hacking or reverse engineering. This law is just paper, won't change a thing until their society learns to respect foreign IP. Which will *never* happen.
[17:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:43] <exec> 08└─The US, on the other hand, will continue to "steal" Chinese engineers, scientists, bright students and folks with capital.
[17:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:45] <exec> 08└─Chinese engineers, scientists, bright students and folks with capital
[17:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 1088 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:06] <exec> 08└─grandparent: > shrug off pain I agree. parent: > in the short-term NSAIDs can be good. Yep. Long term severe arthritis problems can be helped by long term use of NSAIDs. But that comes with problems too. There are lots of prescription NSAIDs. Your doctor can work with you to find a potent one that y...
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[17:37:07] <exec> 08└─What's the matter, faggot ? You don't like people who have more courage than you do ? Hang yourself.
[17:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:10] <exec> 08└─I once met a girl with a jaw like a clothes iron. Pretty, too, I mean it suited her. A mathematics student. Not from Northern Europe but from the Netherlands. True story.
[17:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:12] <exec> 08└─Painkillers are fine for situations like when you have a pulled muscle and the pain is causing it to cramp and heal slower. Other than that, you should use as little of them as you can manage. None of them at effective pain killing doses are especially good for you.
[17:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:14] <exec> 08└─ibuprofen can reduce testosterone production and interfere with fertility.
[17:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:30] <exec> 08└─Again, biometrics is user IDENTIFICATION
[17:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:08] <exec> 08└─Nah, it was modded Interesting. Interesting doesn't require correctness, just that it brings up something worth talking about.
[17:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:16] <exec> 08└─The plural of anecdote is not data.
[17:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:17] <exec> 08└─The same reason I would want to reduce the number of children running around with matches or machetes. Doesn't matter how good they are when they're good - sometimes some of *anything* will act badly, and then how much damage they do depends on the weapons at their disposal. For pit bulls that's the...
[17:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:16] <exec> 08└─With closed source software you have to trust the sole provider to not put anything in that you don't want.
[17:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:18] <exec> 08└─And you have an example of this problem in mind?
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[18:36:05] <exec> 08└─Trump simply did what the puppet master Putin told him to do: withdraw your troups from Syria so I can reign supreme over this future new-USSR country and his "leader" Al-Assad, one of my other puppets.
[18:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 1370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:06] <exec> 08└─Link to the resignation letter: https://www.pbs.org [pbs.org] Wikipedia context: On December 19, 2018, Trump announced immediate U.S. withdrawal from Syria, over the objections of his national security advisers. Mattis felt strongly that th...
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[18:36:09] <exec> 08└─Good riddance! Trump really is draining the swamp! Good for him. I'm starting to like the guy!
[18:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 1099 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:11] <exec> 08└─(trying to wash this of political partisanship to the extent I can, though there is surely lots of poo to fling all around) The Saudis want an oil pipeline into Europe that'd have to pass through Syria. The Iranians do too, an Syria is friendly with them. The Russian economy depends on oil sales to...
[18:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:13] <exec> 08└─I talked to a few servicemen recently, and they are not too happy about the decision to pull out. Kinda understandable, they risked their necks over there and after Iraq being exposed as a big lie, we now abandon the missions in Syria and Afghanistan. They respected Mattis and his stand. But our mil...
[18:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 835 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:26] <exec> 08└─I had a statistics professor who came to the US for education and then stayed to teach. He said that if China wanted its students to come home maybe China shouldn't be totalitarian. He lamented that he would never be able to see his parents again because they were too poor to visit him and if he fle...
[18:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:49] <exec> 08└─There was evidence out some decades back that they reduced muscle growth associated with exercise some also.
[18:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:51] <exec> 08└─"Now that Aspirin is public domain". As I already noted, it didn't start in the public domain. RandomFactor's point is that drug regulation has degenerated greatly since Aspirin was first put on the market. This is a separate issue from business marketing strategies.
[18:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:42] <exec> 08└─True. Another point - one has to satisfy customer requirements; even those that have nothing to do with the product itself. If clients want the project partially done by lesbian Eskimo of challenging abilities, let them have it. Microsoft's advantage is that it can afford such requirements, while a...
[18:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:44] <exec> 08└─So that explains why they suck. Hiring policy does not worry about your actual technical qualifications, but instead your skills in 'jeopardy'.
[18:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 869 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:46] <exec> 08└─Look at it from someones PoV that is trying to hire someone. Lets say you have 1 open position. You get 1000 resumes (yes it can be that bad). One thing you know at least 999 of those have to go away. So you sort at first on keywords. That gets you down to a specific amount. OK lets say you have 30...
[18:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Media Regulator Ends 9-Month Freeze on Video Game Licensing - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:03] <exec> 08└─Canada shall once again be America's friend.
[18:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:07] <exec> 08└─It had long fur on its feet
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[18:39:41] <exec> 08└─The risks and complications associated with vaccination are well known and has more than two hundred years worth of history. The risks are balanced by their benefit to the patient and the hazards are prepared for (e.g. anti-inflammatory drugs). Vaccines are also tested in vitro, various animal model...
[18:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:42] <exec> 08└─any scientist following the field would know that methods have been and are rapidly being developed that can substantially reduce the off-target mutation rate of CRISPR-editing
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[18:40:16] <exec> 08└─I know of at least three such standards: X Window, KDE, and Gnome with the first working in the other two. And you can always write for Windows and run via Wine.
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[19:36:39] <exec> 08└─I had read that the Kurds had recently declared Mission Accomplished over ISIS. The expected endgame then was that Erdoğan was going to turn against the Kurds. That would put the US between a NATO party on one side, and a partner of convenience on the other side. Turkey is much more important to US...
[19:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:40] <exec> 08└─You want to have a sovereign nation, that's great. Good luck. If you want us to be your military muscle, here's the bill, all payments due in advance, thanks. Because, you know, there tends to be not a lot left standing after we... "help."
[19:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:42] <exec> 08└─Damned if he does damned if he doesn't
[19:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:59] <exec> 08└─Quite a few find their morals are elastic, when China offers large amounts of funding and academic freedom. I wonder whether he has considered cracking open his wallet to bring his parents over...? if he flew home he would be vanned by the government
[19:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:00] <exec> 08└─Don't kid yourself, Chinese students stay for one reason, they can make more money staying. Many returned to China during the US 2008 economic downturn because the prospects looked better there.
[19:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03doke [6955] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:31] <exec> 08└─Male pattern baldness is linked with a form of testosterone. Could ibuprofen possibly slow balding?
[19:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:32] <exec> 08└─As a kid, crashing a dirt bike (motorcycle) numerous times I would have done well to visit a physical therapist or other "body work" expert...at the time. Might have reduced the level of back pain that I have now.
[19:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:34] <exec> 08└─A major benefit of NSAID is relieving inflammation, an immune response that actually hinders healing of muscle/bone tissue injury.
[19:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:36] <exec> 08└─Since when are the Netherlands not in Northern Europe?
[19:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:39] <exec> 08└─More like West Europe, innit?
[19:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:41] <exec> 08└─I have one of these fuckers in my yard, they are fucking useless. Just grow roots everywhere and wreck cobblestones.
[19:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:43] <exec> 08└─tl;dr: One study has suggested that ibuprofen may reduce testosterone production and may therefore interfere with fertility.
[19:39:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 61 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:27] <exec> 08└─I predict, very soon, more Chinese restaurants open in CA. ;)
[19:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:58] <exec> 08└─You're still worried about a nearly nonexistent possibility compared to all the other unnecessary risks you happily take. And, again, proper pitbull identification remains a problem.
[19:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:32] <exec> 08└─The big picture consequentialist reason I'm against it is because this kind of recklessness promotes more distrust in scientists and reinforces the "mad scientist" stereotype. These perspectives already negatively shape the public's opinions on scientific topics and causes uninformed reactionary pol...
[19:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06EU To Fund Bug Bounty Programs For Some Open-Source Projects - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:05] <exec> 08└─It appears — to me — that accomplishing the above requires attention to problems.
[19:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:59] <exec> 08└─Your comment history, and the one of those who debated you, is out there. One can count the ad hominem vs actual arguments. The lumping together of people based on a couple metrics oppa Nazi style and talking about anti intellectualism in the following sentences is a troll gem, good one!
[19:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:43] <exec> 08└─Well, he is right about one thing. No major industry can survive without being propped up by the government, energy, agriculture, transportation, your tax dollars at work there. On the other hand, price stabilization is a thing, but I would also like to see the petrol industry compete on even footin...
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[20:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:18] <exec> 08└─Congress will pass another copyright extension that will remove these works from the public domain. This will happen before Mickey Mouse enters the public domain.
[20:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:19] <exec> 08└─Additional Discussion here Public Domain Day is Coming [soylentnews.org]
[20:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:21] <exec> 08└─This is Disney's unforgivable sin. It cannot and should not be forgotten.
[20:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:38] <exec> 08└─And, so, another generation of servicemen learn about the Big Lie. We left the Sunni Moslems in the lurch during/after the First Gulf War. It's what we do.
[20:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:39] <exec> 08└─In other news.. In Syria's neigbouring country, Iraq, the Trumps and John Bolton made a surprise visit on 25 december. Apparently overjoyed by Trump's sudden decision to withdraw his troops from their neighbours, Iraqi parliamentarians asked if the USA could now also please bugger off from Iraq: Ira...
[20:36:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03soylentnewsinator [7102] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:41] <exec> 08└─BZZZT Orange Man Bad. More war!
[20:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:44] <exec> 08└─I definitely question the idea that our allies would not be standing without our "help".
[20:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:59] <exec> 08└─but the culture does not appear to see any wrong here.
[20:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:36] <exec> 08└─ibuprofen can reduce testosterone production and interfere with fertility.
[20:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:38] <exec> 08└─Well, at least you won't have kids running around screaming to further enhance your headache
[20:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:40] <exec> 08└─So quickly distribute pills to everybody, especially in the developed countries! Perhaps the planet could still survive.
[20:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:59] <exec> 08└─I think the lesson in the story is that they only work under controlled circumstances. Bank teller has to verify that the client is not waving a 3d printed fake at the scanner. Also check that the client does not have printed finger tip replacements. Without that they are a joke. So where are they n...
[20:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:40] <exec> 08└─Microsoft had a campus on the same side of 101 and Shoreline as Google for decades. It was torn down and is being rebuilt (I'm assuming they're moving back), they moved to the buildings near 237 and 101 and have a huge sign on the building there. The La Avenida campus held Web TV, XBox, and other de...
[20:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:42] <exec> 08└─Microsoft had caught that disease many, many years ago. The splashscreens on the Visual Studio 2008 installer are testimony to that.
[20:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:44] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't know. I don't install Microsoft products.
[20:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:46] <exec> 08└─https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-this-is-what-our-revamped-silicon-valley-campus-will-look-like-by-2020/ [zdnet.com] Yes, their headquarters aren't in Silicon Valley, but that doesn't equate to not being in Silicon Valley.
[20:39:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 1194 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:32] <exec> 08└─"I predict, very soon, animal shelters in CA will start breeding animals." . You obviously don't know too much about the sad reality of feral animals. Animals such as dogs and cats will breed quite excessively in the wild because nearly none of those animals are spayed or neutered. This means there...
[20:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:09] <exec> 08└─That's part of my point though - I've been bitten by sheps many times, but never seriously injured. Never had one even think about going for the kill - they'll take a bite out of you, then back off, unless you corner them and won't allow them to back off. If the pit bull takes a bite, he's going to...
[20:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:11] <exec> 08└─You can keep telling yourself that, or you can be honest like I was with my sheps. In the 13-year period of 2005 through 2017, canines killed 433 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (284) of these deaths. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers contributed to 76% of the total recorded deaths.
[20:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:13] <exec> 08└─I've heard the same thing about doberman, if you don't raise them to be mean, they're actually quite nice to have as pets. So much of the trouble here isn't the animals, but the people who care for them.
[20:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:40:51] <exec> 08└─Damn that whole "law" thing. Always getting in the way.
[20:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netflix Drops the First Trailer for 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' (and releases it the next day) - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:44:27] <exec> 08└─the web. https://www.defectivebydesign.org [defectivebydesign.org]
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[21:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:20] <exec> 08└─It is too bad that anything written before 1985 is unreadable crap. /s
[21:36:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 929 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:34] <exec> 08└─To me, this is one of those "a stopped clock is right twice a day" things. I'd like to see all US troops, ships, and aircraft along with all the gear it is even remotely practical to move brought back to the US. No jobs lost, just plop them down on US soil / borders / waters and let the money it tak...
[21:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:42] <exec> 08└─"Someone" arms Syrian rebels? It's not even a secret - the US (under Obama) did. And those rebels in essence became ISIS in Syria. Why the US wanted to overthrow Assad is unclear, at least to me. So now withdrawing because ISIS is defeated? That's entirely thanks to Russian intervention. Claiming an...
[21:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:00] <exec> 08└─China may have gotten to the point the technology gap is small enough to be able to continue on its own. If it takes the lead in technology in the near future, IP protection serves them better.
[21:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:37] <exec> 08└─"Northern Europe" usually means the Nordic plus Baltic states. From the truth [wikipedia.org]: Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea [..] Countries which are central-western (such as Belgium), cen...
[21:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:42] <exec> 08└─I was once asked the following, for a fairly low level position. They did not have a whole lot of applicants. Please answer the following, these are not technical questions. Red or Blue? Android or Iphone? Elephants or Pigs? I would never ask these questions in an interview, and honestly don't know...
[21:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:44] <exec> 08└─Well, management *does* mess up budgeting and timescales, so last-minute rush-jobs are the norm. If you find a company that doesn't have managers like that, please let us know.
[21:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 1029 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:08] <exec> 08└─I don't think pet laundering will be a problem. Professional breeders, of which I know a few, seem to be unaffected by the law. These are the people that charge thousands per puppy depending on the breed, and generally, those puppies have it pretty damn good. Prospective owners are encouraged to spe...
[21:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 883 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:09] <exec> 08└─https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-multi-year-fatality-report-2005-2017.php [dogsbite.org] Summary: In the 13-year period of January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2017, canines killed at least 433 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% of these deaths. Rottweilers, the second leading canine kil...
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[22:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:27] <exec> 08└─It's already forgotten. Disney is making money hand over fist, and all of America is happy to fork their own hard-earned money into Disney's coffers. America's response to Disney's insult was to bat an eye, and briefly mutter a round-mouthed "OHHH". Next day, it was forgotten.
[22:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:29] <exec> 08└─That statement suggests to me that you are illiterate. You're not capable of reading print and/or cursive on dead tree skin? In effect you've tossed out everything ever written by the Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, and all those savages from the colder parts of Europe. China is right out the window (wat...
[22:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:31] <exec> 08└─Wrong. It could also mean that he's a millennial asshole.
[22:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:33] <exec> 08└─> ... he's a millennial asshole , who had to read some literature in school, and didn't like it.
[22:36:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 239 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:52] <exec> 08└─You want to have a sovereign nation, that's great. Good luck. If you want us to be your military muscle, here's the bill, all payments due in advance, thanks. Because, you know, there tends to be not a lot left standing after we... "help."
[22:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:59] <exec> 08└─I definitely question the idea that our allies would not be standing without our "help". For instance, the EU has the hardware and personnel to protect themselves from just about anyone trying to go after them You're nuts! They would be going after each other the moment the US steps out. It would be...
[22:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:01] <exec> 08└─> They [EU] would be going after each other the moment the US steps out. Yep, the tribes of Europe live on, and on, and on...
[22:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:04] <exec> 08└─Why did we want to mess with Assad? Pipeline deals. Look up the company and the people behind speculative pipeline deals that would pass through Syria. Surprise, I'm not surprised over the names that turn up. A leader that puts his nation and people before outside banking and oil interests simply wi...
[22:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:57] <exec> 08└─They haven't spent enough time, money, or effort villifying saccharine. Or margarine. Both are polished turds.
[22:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:59] <exec> 08└─Can't you read? Opening line of parent is, "As a kid..."
[22:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ibuprofen Alters Human Testicular Physiology To Produce Compensated Hypogonadism - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:01] <exec> 08└─Ibuprofen, trigger warnings, safe spaces... all causes/results of insufficient testosterone.
[22:38:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03esperto123 [4303] 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 925 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:14] <exec> 08└─Again, biometrics is user IDENTIFICATION, if you are using it as a password (or passphrase or whatever), you are bound to have problems. user identification is something you don't need to change, generaly it is disirable that it cannot be changed, ever, and a password, that you test against the ide...
[22:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:03] <exec> 08└─How could they miss the critical ones such as "Boxers or Briefs?", or perhaps the ultimate: "Emacs or VI?"
[22:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:04] <exec> 08└─Microsoft dominates because Bill Gates was willing to bend, and frequently break, the boundaries of legality; Not because of the quality of its products.
[22:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:30] <exec> 08└─German shepherds which are known to be aggressive made up 5.4% of the dog population in 2016, compare this to the pit bill population of 4.9% for that year. The percentage of pit bulls increases each year. Between 2005 and 2017 the known to be aggressive german shepherds made up 4.6% of all fatal do...
[22:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:32] <exec> 08└─Incorrect. Dogs are a reflection of their breeding and environment. You cannot discount genetics, or what has happened to some breeds of dogs as specific strains. The problem with pit bulls is their heritage. There are many super aggressive pits that exist as 10th+ generations bred for animal fighti...
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[22:41:11] <exec> 08└─The risks and complications associated with vaccination are well known and has more than two hundred years worth of history.
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[23:36:45] <exec> 08└─Doesnt anyone else see the problem in this? This is not cause for celebration, its time to get pissed off and get out the flaming pitchforks.
[23:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:46] <exec> 08└─I vote this.
[23:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:49] <exec> 08└─Well, I remember hating "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", and "Jude the Obscure". Horrible classics. I also, however, didn't like "Moby Dick", and many people assure me that's really an excellent book.
[23:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:51] <exec> 08└─Or just exempt Disney properties expressly. They wouldn't mind if everyone else lost their rights....
[23:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:53] <exec> 08└─I'd done a s/Ic/Ir/ in my brain the first time I read this and my first thought was that the hipsters are going to make this a holiday.
[23:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:55] <exec> 08└─It includes 1984, so it's probably not arbitrary :-P
[23:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:58] <exec> 08└─D'oh [urbandictionary.com].
[23:37:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 155 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:17] <exec> 08└─And, so, another generation of servicemen learn about the Big Lie. We left the Sunni Moslems in the lurch during/after the First Gulf War. It's what we do.
[23:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:25] <exec> 08└─Don't know why you modded that down. He was a villain before Trump hired him, just like Comey and the rest. Now he's a victim?! God, really, who are the psychos around here?
[23:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:27] <exec> 08└─Answer in the form of a question: What is the most offered Trump comment on SoylentNews? :)
[23:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:30] <exec> 08└─"Knock softly, but firmly. I like soft, firm knockers." I like my knockers Al denté too! :)
[23:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Draft Law Would End Forced Technology Transfers - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:46] <exec> 08└─While they won't steal the IP, I agree it doesn't matter and they'll definitely find a way to make sure the IPs are transferred and won't let foreign investors use local sock puppets to hold the patents for them. Last time we've ran the ball around I think progressive taxation on licensing was the b...
[23:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Make A Fake Hand To Beat Vein Authentication - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:46] <exec> 08└─created a fake hand out of wax to fool a vein sensor.
[23:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:33] <exec> 08└─"That is how we ended up with this mess." Finally, someone admits Windows is a mess! :)
[23:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Drops Brain Teasers From Employee Interview Process - 1971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:34] <exec> 08└─"IQ tests -- or tests that mimic them" Some of these are certainly better than others, but at a fundamental level they're all the same exact thing. You take 100 questions and make a questionnaire, you score the tests and rank them from best to worst, and assign scores based on that. The people who s...
[23:40:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 91 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:24] <exec> 08└─therefore there will be no need for animals to actually breed in the confines of a shelter.
[23:40:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Revek [5022] 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 34 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:42] <exec> 08└─I've always dreamed of a +5 troll.
[23:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:02] <exec> 08└─I hope the dog owner appreciates the medical and legal obligations that were avoided, if nothing else, as someone stood their ground. Ownership of a nasty dog is not license to intimidate the neighbors.
[23:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:03] <exec> 08└─Recently a new neighbor moved in behind me with two pitbulls. Ripped several sizable holes in the fence between us over the past few weeks. Sound aggressive and don't listen when their owner calls to them. I have a year old collie and three kids who play in my yard and now have to find enough money...
[23:41:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:06] <exec> 08└─A pet shop is going to be even worse. The animals are going to be stuffed in a cage, on display all day.
[23:41:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:08] <exec> 08└─Doberman's make up 1.4% of fatal attacks over the past decade compared to pitts 65.5%. Lot more shitty pitt owners out there.
[23:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Scientist Who Allegedly Created the First Genome-Edited Babies is Reportedly Being Detained - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:47] <exec> 08└─When the relevant technologies become orders of magnitude cheaper, as they have started to, it is inevitable that the "mad scientist" will rise up.
[23:42:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06Our Universe: An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension - 3292 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:59] <exec> 08└─What you know as physics is actually just maths. Quantum physics is utter horseshit from a real-world viewpoint. Nobody would have ever come up with that nonsense and been respected. But what we did was generate the maths that we already had. Took it a step further. Solved equations that we couldn't...
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