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[00:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:56] <exec> 08└─You must have a private sector job and are not relying on other people's tax money to pay your rent.
[00:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:57] <exec> 08└─If we stopped paying public school administrators, it'd go a long way to fixing education in this country.
[00:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:59] <exec> 08└─What I find interesting is how the media is pumping the lack of TSA agents as the reason for airport slowdowns. They really, really don't want us to remember that we could do without TSA.
[00:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:02] <exec> 08└─permanently fire 800,000 bureaucrats
[00:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:04] <exec> 08└─That isn't some narrative, lack of TSA agents is the actual reason for slowdowns. Everyone already knows the TSA is garbage, but getting the politicians to repeal the Patriot act and whatever other nonsense they shoehorned in is the actual problem.
[00:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkpixel [4281] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:06] <exec> 08└─Abolish property tax. Forever. Work your entire life to buy nice property and pay off a house, raise your family, etc... Then keel over at your desk and the government will throw your wife out on her ass for not paying "rent" on the property you already own.
[00:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:09] <exec> 08└─Okay, let's shut down the whole government, including the military. Honorably discharge all our soldiers. End the wars, and bring the boys home, all of them. Close all our bases, foreign and domestic. Leave NATO. Cancel all our weapons programs, scrap our entire navy, air force, and army and marine...
[00:34:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 419 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:28] <exec> 08└─Also relevant is this [opensecrets.org]. It turns out we have the best government money can buy, who knew? And as a reminder, this kind of thing knows no political party. The people who supported net neutrality are those that got more from Google, Amazon, and maybe Netflix than they did from Verizon...
[00:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Video Game Sales Hit $43B in 2018, Eclipsing Record Year at the Box Office - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:19] <exec> 08└─It's called hentai, and it's art.
[00:37:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06SoylentNews, Moderations, and You - 307 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:13] <exec> 08└─Sorry but I'm going to have to tender very strong disagreement with this definition of mod-bombing. I am damn well going to drop all the -1 Flamebaits, -1 Trolls, and -1 Overrateds on all the comments that deserve them, because this place is going straight to shit and leaving them alone only encoura...
[00:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Our Software Dependency Problem - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:09] <exec> 08└─Anathema!
[00:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Our Software Dependency Problem - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:10] <exec> 08└─That video is almost 14 years old.
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[01:34:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 135 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:04] <exec> 08└─We can't all get on Trump's level, or there would be no-one left who could figure out the square block doesn't go in the triangle hole.
[01:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:15] <exec> 08└─You need to do it slower, first just give them all the same day off.
[01:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 944 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:17] <exec> 08└─Most of that would be a good idea. Just keep a handful of working nuclear missiles and subs. Merge the branches into DHS/border patrol, and use more robots and drones. Sell redundant military assets on the cheap to Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, and maybe a few other...
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[01:34:19] <exec> 08└─The TSA are the only thing keeping us from getting embroiled in unwinnable foreign wars against countries that never attacked us in the first place. Back in the early 00's before we didn't have the TSA, and that is exactly what happened. Thousands of people died.
[01:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:21] <exec> 08└─Can't congress solve anything? Their idea of a solution is to punt the can down the road. Immigration, DACA, Dreamers, budget deficit, money in politics, whatever. I know if I worked like Congress did my boss would have me out on my ass in a few months. Gee, my house has termites. Guess I'll just qu...
[01:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:23] <exec> 08└─It was the reinforced cockpit doors wot done it.
[01:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:57] <exec> 08└─Socrates tried, and he was sentenced to death to drink Hemlock.
[01:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:58] <exec> 08└─Likewise, none of the supposed downsides to eliminating Net Neutrality have happened either. No mass outages, no ISPs holding sites for ransom. And meanwhile, Facebook/Twitter/Google are more than happy to censor content they don't like whether NN is in place or not. Doesn't even apply to them.
[01:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:01] <exec> 08└─NN is a losing proposition for ISPs. They are in business to make money, and infrastructure costs are huge. We have three options: business as usual, NN and nationalize the internet infrastructure, and design/implement new protocols and infrastructure that don't require centralized infrastructure. 3...
[01:37:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06SoylentNews, Moderations, and You - 124 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:34] <exec> 08└─The SHA2 hashes for IP addresses will prove it. I need no sock puppets; I fight this battle alone. Always have, always will.
[01:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Dangerous Cold' Deep Freeze Grips Eastern United States, 12-year-old Dies in Chicago - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:23] <exec> 08└─This is what I refer to: https://www.ebay.com [ebay.com]
[01:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rapid DNA Analysis Machines Coming to Police Departments - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:42] <exec> 08└─* Routine DNA collection at traffic stop. Touch this device and you'll only feel a little prick*.
[01:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rumour: Intel's 10nm Launch may be Impacted by Chipset Issues - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:59] <exec> 08└─https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=89816&page=1 [go.com] good ol' 2004 news What happened in 15 years?
[01:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Software Dependency Problem - 974 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:31] <exec> 08└─Then it behooves you to update your library, doesn't it? The point is not to not update your libraries, it's to not update them automatically without first verifying that the update doesn't break anything. I've thought that the ideal way to handle external library updates is for the executable to sp...
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[02:33:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 281 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:59] <exec> 08└─Falling back onto this plan doesn't make them unstable. The dumb part was trying to blame the Democrats for a shutdown the President already took credit for. Meanwhile, Democrats have figured out that the way to deal with Trump is to get on his level and play the game of hardball.
[02:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:16] <exec> 08└─or there would be no-one left who could figure out the square block doesn't go in the triangle hole.
[02:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:18] <exec> 08└─Then keel over at your desk and the government will throw your wife out on her ass for not paying "rent" on the property you already own.
[02:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:20] <exec> 08└─Nice. And if you did your accounting like Congress does, you'd be in jail, the moment the auditors look at the books and go "Dubya tee eff!"
[02:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:22] <exec> 08└─You are arguing that government economic stimulus works. After all, if cutting $57B creates a $100B loss, then adding another $57B should create an extra $100B in income. I don't disagree, but you are likely to trigger some of the more extreme RWNJs.
[02:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 2217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:24] <exec> 08└─The army corpse of engineers has done projects like this before, and they can do it a hell of lot cheaper than commercial sources. And hmm, they just happen to work for one of those guys right? Further the army accepts applications from non-citizens. So it isn't like there is a shortage of available...
[02:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:26] <exec> 08└─He's saying you can never really "own" your property. Even if you have no mortgage, you have to pay property taxes every year or the gov't will swoop in, sell it at auction and evict you. That's just like what happens when you don't pay rent to a landlord so in essence, the ultimate landowner is the...
[02:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:29] <exec> 08└─They are also responsible for smartphones, American Idol, and the Trump Presidency. After all, back before 2000 when there was no TSA, no-one had those either.
[02:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:31] <exec> 08└─huh? I don't understand this but boy did it make me giggle.
[02:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:33] <exec> 08└─Don't sweat it, it was mostly covfefe enough.
[02:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:35] <exec> 08└─Well, I can [youtube.com], but ... well, there you go.
[02:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:38] <exec> 08└─And with all the money you collected in taxes all those years and saved from not doing any of that maintenance, I guess you build a new one and make yourself look like someone making the house great again.
[02:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Prolonged Spaceflight Could Weaken Astronauts' Immune Systems - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:10] <exec> 08└─One way to keep the threat of disease miminized would be to separate colonists into isolated groups.
[02:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Goghit [6530] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Over 1,000 Media Jobs Lost in One Day - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:07] <exec> 08└─Well, speaking as someone with experience in both - the oceans are acidifying and the farmlands are drying out and burning up. Still far, far better than working as a corporate flack.
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[03:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 7165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:36] <exec> 08└─Very proud of what we're accomplishing. We're going to make a very fair deal on this one. Big thanks to our Federal Workers, who supported me very strongly. Incredibly strongly. They're great Patriots, they know that we need, so desperately, Complete Border Security. We've had an absolutely fantasti...
[03:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:37] <exec> 08└─They're holding our Country back horribly, that's so true. We have an education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. But there's an answer. It's called Charter School. And I hired Betsy DeVos, she's a huge believer in Charter. She's blon...
[03:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:40] <exec> 08└─You just don't get it. The TSA is the slowdown. We boarded planes for decades without any TSA. The TSA came along, and the boarding became slower, and more miserable for everyone. Not to mention more hazardous. Anyone with an attitude* can now be arbitrarily sidelined into an interrogation room, and...
[03:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:16] <exec> 08└─I *never* would have seen this coming! I'm absolutely stunned! How shocking!
[03:37:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06SoylentNews, Moderations, and You - 312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:08] <exec> 08└─Ditto that. I've often moderated a comment up or down, then looked back, to find that I don't (or do) like the person who made the post, and maybe I wouldn't have modded that way had I known who posted. I *think* that is a good thing. You're not supposed to shoot the messenger, right? Shoot the mess...
[03:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Software Dependency Problem - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:51] <exec> 08└─GUI libraries are a real issue. On the one hand, it's a big dependency ball and the dependency runs deep since it dictates the entire flow of execution. On the other, it's the only sane way to have a GUI at all. I certainly wouldn't expect you to reinvent that wheel and speak raw X protocol from you...
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[04:33:44] <exec> 08└─awful for those who have died or been left homeless; alas, entirely predictable. Free market, yay! Safety margins costing too much? Cut back, make sure operating costs are minimized! Profits and dividends are where it is at! No need for government oversight, or even regulations! Free market forces w...
[04:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:46] <exec> 08└─"Free market forces will ensure safety!" Literally never said; other than as a straw man. The contention you object to is that they will do better than any alternative system at balancing safety with productivity.
[04:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 1157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:48] <exec> 08└─This Dam Break is one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water. But President @jairbolsonaro [twitter.com] is moving very strongly on this one. Hopefully, moving to repeal the burdensome Regulations that caused this horrible disaster. We call it Red Tape. It's really done a numbe...
[04:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:50] <exec> 08└─I've come to the conclusion that no one who even brings up "free market" or "capitalism" knows the meaning of those words. To them they both mean some version of crony-corporatism/socialism. If we look up these companies, what do we find: In Brazil, Samarco/Vale is involved in the financing of dozen...
[04:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Google DeepMind's AlphaStar AI Beats Starcraft 2 Players - 1041 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:02] <exec> 08└─To be clear, I think that a computer winning at Go is much more significant and impressive than winning at Starcraft 2, and that push-come-to-shove that a computer will easily be able to beat a human (using APM if nothing else). That being said, from the article: Experts have already begun to dissec...
[04:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:51] <exec> 08└─Amusing. 50k shovels and five thousand concrete forms. It's easy to see that you're an experienced concrete man.
[04:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:52] <exec> 08└─Here's the thing: If Congress "kicks the can down the road" for long enough, their terms are up. And frankly, given what government has done when it's had the power to act in recent years, doing nothing seems like an improvement.
[04:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:54] <exec> 08└─Right, because you don't need fire service, police, roads, schools, etc. in your neighborhood.
[04:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:56] <exec> 08└─Don't build a wall. Build a wal-MART. The walmart would stretch the entire 2000 miles of border between the US an Mexico. Americans come into the front of the walmart to shop. Mexicans come into the back of the walmart to work at decent paying jobs.
[04:37:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06SoylentNews, Moderations, and You - 2113 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:58] <exec> 08└─While there certainly are issues with the moderation system, I think that, on the whole, it works pretty well. With respect to mod-bombing, there are any number of ways to address that (a bunch of which have been suggested here). I've found it rather annoying to see others (and at times, myself) bei...
[04:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Take Over Nest Cameras, Hoax Owners - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:59] <exec> 08└─The trouble is that the default configuration for the smart home gadgets isn't anywhere close to that, and it will take experts like us to be able to get COTS smart home gadgets to that state, even if the manufacturers are enlightened enough to let us do that without too much fuss.
[04:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06iPhone Hack to Stop Ducking Around - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:59] <exec> 08└─Don't call me Surely.
[04:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06iPhone Hack to Stop Ducking Around - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:41:01] <exec> 08└─First thing I did when I got my iPhone was ask my son -- who is very smart with Cyber -- to turn off Auttocorrect. Very happy w/result!!
[04:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Our Software Dependency Problem - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:15] <exec> 08└─I can relate to that. I have less, I think quite a bit less, than 100 dependencies. I also am able to control which versions of which ones get in. I have the possibility to audit them if I wish. In some cases I have looked at the source code for various reasons, if nothing else, merely to study. I w...
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[05:33:50] <exec> 08└─Nuke those godless slanteyed scum before they nuke US !!!
[05:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:01] <exec> 08└─Some murders get the death penalty or long prison sentences. Other's get bonuses.
[05:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:02] <exec> 08└─To contend there's a balance to strike speaks volumes, revealing a great deal of sociopathy. Besides, this, like most "accidents", was due to corruption, and resistance means extermination.
[05:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:04] <exec> 08└─"To contend there's a balance to strike speaks volumes, revealing a great deal of sociopathy" Resources are finite, goods are rivalrous. Spend every penny possible on safety and you'll have none left for food, your baby will starve, and you not much later. Of course there's a balance! How privileged...
[05:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:06] <exec> 08└─Spend every penny possible on safety and you'll have none left for food, your baby will starve, and you not much later. Ah yes, you mentioned something about strawmen... Mildly amusing you are...
[05:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:09] <exec> 08└─It's a not a strawman, it's the fundamental facts of existence. If you can't see that you must have someone else paying for an extravagant lifestyle.
[05:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google DeepMind's AlphaStar AI Beats Starcraft 2 Players - 1175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:21] <exec> 08└─AlphaDeepWhatever's limitations may be coming into focus. This map thing - if we were to restrict it to using a the normal view of the map (at a screen resolution allowed by the game) as well as the mini-map, and force it to scroll or click as if it were using a mouse, then the problem space could b...
[05:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:13] <exec> 08└─Finally, I can buy drugs and trafficked women at walmart. 😎👍
[05:36:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06U.S. Video Game Sales Hit $43B in 2018, Eclipsing Record Year at the Box Office - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:10] <exec> 08└─I don't play chess for the story or the eye candy. Why would I play video games for it?
[05:38:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06SoylentNews, Moderations, and You - 170 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:05] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure what, if any, limitations there might be with the software stack used for SN, but what if you could check the incoming packets to see if the Evil bit is set?
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[06:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:07] <exec> 08└─You didn't notice any changes in large part because they've had around 50% of the employees working without pay to cover either the most essential tasks (leaving the somewhat-less-urgent for later), and/or trying to do both their own work and that of their absent co-workers. No different from when a...
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[06:35:08] <exec> 08└─Bureaucrats work in the Coast Guard, patrolling & running our national parks, enforcing our borders, keeping the Presidential & former-Presidential families safe, act as scientists at the NIH/NASA/USGS/AWS, handle advanced IT tasks for all federal agencies, perform safety inspections for the USDA &...
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[07:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:47] <exec> 08└─https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47000518 [bbc.com]
[07:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:48] <exec> 08└─"You can embalm a stiff in it." (Dad was a beekeeper.
[07:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:11] <exec> 08└─It was a good bit harder than usual to match up the photos on news sites like the BBC to the places on the map aerial view. There's just that much change. I was looking for several prominent features, and realized the mud flows had completely removed them. The other thing that struck me was that thi...
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[07:34:12] <exec> 08└─It's a not a strawman Of course, not when you do it... S'alright, man. You go with what works. I'm hip to the routine...
[07:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:20] <exec> 08└─By "work in the Coast Guard" I was referring to the people out there performing rescues, patrolling the waters, and similar functions (relaying communications?), not asking if there are any bureaucratic jobs in the CG. :-p
[07:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:21] <exec> 08└─And if you have an off-grid cabin in the sticks of Alaska where the only way in or out is by hiking, you still pay property taxes despite the lack of services.
[07:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:24] <exec> 08└─Schools, no, I don't need those in my neighborhood, though adults who do procreate do. There are other tax-based ways to fund schools, firefighters, police, etc. that could be more closely aligned with the person's funds, though. I'd be all for property taxes if they took personal circumstances into...
[07:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:26] <exec> 08└─khallow, instructing us all on how the Republicans can take over, by wielding overwhelming force, which they do not have, and the billionaires that funded them, the Mercers, the Kocks, the Adelson, all them be going down. They will run for cover, of course, but there is not place left to go, especia...
[07:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:28] <exec> 08└─Ex-pat Trump supporters, claiming to not be in the US! Pathetic! You are such a looser! I am surprised you can actually mis-type on a mobile keyboard, since you are such a mis-anthrope to begin with!
[07:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:30] <exec> 08└─He's not getting with reality; he specifically said he disapproves of Der Gropenfuhrer *stopping* the shutdown, and because it makes him "look weak." That kind of thoughtless, macho posturing dooms nations, and bradley is showing himself to be part of the problem, the low-information red-meat base w...
[07:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:33] <exec> 08└─Track this guy and tax his capital gains. And his booty. Illicit gains. Tax his White privilege! In fact, just tax him until he is dead, and then impose the death tax upon him. It's only fair.
[07:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:35] <exec> 08└─And I hired Betsy DeVos, she's a huge believer in Charter. She's blond. But she's very stupid
[07:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:13] <exec> 08└─Obama’s attack on the internet was another top down power grab. Net neutrality was the Fairness Doctrine. Targeting conservative media. We did, very proudly, the Repeal of that one. Now our internet Companies are spending much less money. While turning out a much better product. MAGA!!
[07:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:14] <exec> 08└─For making obviously false statements in public from a trusted position. Betraying the public trust. IF he even gets one dime out of this: fraud
[07:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:16] <exec> 08└─Obama's people wanted to pick winners & loosers. By turning our incredible internet Companies into common carriers. We were going to lose Comcast. Lose AT&T. And possibly lose Verizon. I said, "oh, hell no!" I brought in Ajit -- very smart guy. And we had some great bipartisan support in Congress. W...
[07:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Video Game Sales Hit $43B in 2018, Eclipsing Record Year at the Box Office - 693 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:54] <exec> 08└─Only two parts, the gay part and the very long hair part. I haven't cut it since fourth grade aside from periodic cleanups to keep it tamed, and wear it in a braid because loose hair that long is really inconvenient. I've got the opposite of a sister complex, since she's a nasty pot-smoking jerk who...
[07:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Video Game Sales Hit $43B in 2018, Eclipsing Record Year at the Box Office - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:56] <exec> 08└─The dark side of the internet is a weird, weird place. There is, as the AC below you alluded to, apparently an entire genre of porn focused around that exact idea called "futanari." I would guess the derivation of the word is futatsu (two of something) + ni naru (to become). And I'd bet good money m...
[07:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rapid DNA Analysis Machines Coming to Police Departments - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:03] <exec> 08└─Microsatellites can also be specifically targeted using nanopore sequencing by using a CRISPR-targeted transposase, together with a feature of the sequencing kits that means that only phosphorylated bases are sequenced. Alternatively, it can be done by chopping up the DNA and using magnetic bead sel...
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[08:34:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 81 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:02] <exec> 08└─Some murders get the death penalty or long prison sentences. Other's get bonuses.
[08:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:09] <exec> 08└─"I don’t have words to describe my suffering, my enormous sadness, my disappointment in what has just happened. It is beyond anything you can imagine,” Vale’s CEO, (((Fabio Schvartsman))), said in an address on YouTube. "We have lost so much money, and so many trained goyim that are going to b...
[08:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:25] <exec> 08└─Part of the reason Trump caved is that some major airports were turning traffic away today due to short staff in air traffic control. If the paychecks didn't start flowing, that was going to start happening all over the country.
[08:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:06] <exec> 08└─Likewise, none of the supposed downsides to eliminating Net Neutrality have happened either. No mass outages yet
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[09:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:48] <exec> 08└─But you still need something in which to put the honey..
[09:34:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 187 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:50] <exec> 08└─What I find interesting is how the media is pumping the lack of TSA agents as the reason for airport slowdowns. They really, really don't want us to remember that we could do without TSA.
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[10:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03iru [6596] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:17] <exec> 08└─What the hell are you saying? Brazilmarket has extremely burdensome marketregulations. If anything is to blame are collusion’s between government and mining companies and that doesn’t sound free market at all. Please get a grip.
[10:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03esperto123 [4303] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 1594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:18] <exec> 08└─Latest news are talking about 9 confirmed dead and over 300 disappeared. This is the second damn collapse in the region in the last 4 years, the other was the worst damn incident in the WORLD, wasn't as deadly as the one from yesterday, but basically killed a very important river and completely wast...
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[10:34:20] <exec> 08└─So, we have some demanding *less* regulation, whih patently doesn't work We have others demanding more regulation, which only works if there is effective enforcment and minimal corruption. "Market forces" include corruption.. Selling out is still selling. More corruption seems to lead to larger numb...
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[10:35:14] <exec> 08└─Don't sweat it, it was mostly covfefe enough.
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[11:33:44] <exec> 08└─As above. In other not-so-relevant news to half the users here, you can see a rollout map [nbnco.com.au] of Australia's NBN.
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[11:33:46] <exec> 08└─To be fair, those purple spots represent a large proportion of the Australian population (well, the houses, anyway) I stiil half expect 5G to beat nbn..although someone who lives a few blocks from me on a whirlpool* forum reported he is getting 90MBps on nbn hfc.. While I'm still on 2.8MBps ADSL.. *...
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[11:33:56] <exec> 08└─For context, the railway station is being expanded to accommodate a new high-speed railway line [wikipedia.org] from London to Birmingham.
[11:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:40] <exec> 08└─Alaska is a different story, because you get a check from the Alaska Permanent Fund.
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[12:35:43] <exec> 08└─I read an interesting article that boils down to this: A=Federal spending when govt running B=Federal spending with govt closed. Any guess for the value of A-B? 7% Therefore, 93% of funding is preallocated - something like $40 billion/day. How much was that wall?
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[13:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:00] <exec> 08└─From TFA: “We’ll now be able to study his skeleton to see whether life at sea left its mark and what more we can learn about him.”
[13:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:02] <exec> 08└─It also gets icky and crystallized if you put it in the fridge.
[13:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:11] <exec> 08└─CSF
[13:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:51] <exec> 08└─Just to be clear, you do realize that LANDLORDS (and other property owners) pay property tax, right? And most landlords take that into account when deciding what to charge for rent. In many locations, landlords even pay significantly higher taxes for a rental than for a property they live in. Given...
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[13:35:52] <exec> 08└─What's the problem? Have no one to play with? Sorry, khallow can't go out. He has a mean boss who expects hours out of old khallow. Hours.
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[13:35:55] <exec> 08└─Why would that small number of bureaucrats be enough to trigger a "deep" recession? They don't do that much and as you noted, they sure aren't paid that much. $57 billion (and even $100 billion in "income") is a drop in the bucket when it comes to a US economy of over 19 trillion GDP. In the meanti...
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[13:41:04] <exec> 08└─Stupidity really does know no bounds.
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[14:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:08] <exec> 08└─So this guy went to catch a train, and he's still waiting 205 years later? I'm glad I never took the train in England.
[14:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:10] <exec> 08└─If he had wanted peace, he would have been buried at sea, with Davey Jones and all the peaceful mermaids.
[14:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:00] <exec> 08└─OMG! Those are *gasp!* SOCIALIST programs!!! /s?
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[14:36:02] <exec> 08└─No air traffic control == no planes flying in US. And no IRS == no revenue for government at all.... And no FDA, so you can be served with some rotten shit and fuck you.... maybe you can buy Radithol again? I could go on and on .... It's sad that you idiots don't know know what these public servants...
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[14:36:45] <exec> 08└─"Obama’s attack on the internet was another top down power grab. Net neutrality was the Fairness Doctrine. Targeting conservative media. We did, very proudly, the Repeal of that one. Now our internet Companies are spending much less money. While turning out a much better product. MAGA!!" I thought...
[14:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03eravnrekaree [555] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:46] <exec> 08└─Because of cord cutting, revenue is also down , having less to invest. thats because companies like comcast helped subsidize the internet services with the pay TV services that people are dropping. Now people drop the pay TV services which brought in a lot of revenue and instead buy Pay TV from netf...
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[14:36:49] <exec> 08└─If we actually had a free market in ISPs there wouldn't be a problem with or without network neutrality. Unfortunately, what we really have is a bunch of state-granted local monopolies or duopolies who have a customer base that can't escape except by moving house, which is bloody expensive. My area,...
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[15:33:45] <exec> 08└─Google's translate fails utterly on the costumed otter's site :-\
[15:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:52] <exec> 08└─Actually, I was speculating whether there could have been a Planet 9 in our solar system that was ejected millions of years ago, perhaps in a close encounter with another star. But then, a close encounter with another star could do it, no need for any action involving Planet 9.
[15:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:54] <exec> 08└─The reason for the jump in the impact rate is unknown, though the researchers speculate it might be related to large collisions taking place more than 300 million years ago in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Such events can create debris that can reach the inner solar...
[15:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:16] <exec> 08└─Trains in the UK are quite a bit worse and more expensive than in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. We need a competent transport secretary. We’ve got Chris Grayling [theguardian.com] I quote: When the history of Brexit comes to...
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[15:34:18] <exec> 08└─Hmmm, I've heard Italy got the trains running on time(*) nicely in early-mid last century :-p . . . . . * - (-1 Overrated) it was more propaganda than reality.
[15:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:27] <exec> 08└─Seriously, we can't even build a wall to match the one China build ages ago. They're going to leave us in the dust. We deserve to have our asses whipped by the Han. Next up, they start importing us to do coolie labor for them. All those jobs that Chinese don't want to do.
[15:34:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03esperto123 [4303] 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 1594 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:47] <exec> 08└─Latest news are talking about 9 confirmed dead and over 300 disappeared. This is the second damn collapse in the region in the last 4 years, the other was the worst damn incident in the WORLD, wasn't as deadly as the one from yesterday, but basically killed a very important river and completely wast...
[15:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:49] <exec> 08└─Hey, moron, you should read what the person wrote until you understand it in your thick skull. Spend every penny possible on safety
[15:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:16] <exec> 08└─Some nice example of being dimwitted on display there....
[15:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:17] <exec> 08└─Keep telling yourself that as you watch hundreds of billions of dollars being wasted every year.
[15:36:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Captival [6866] 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 295 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:52] <exec> 08└─Likewise, none of the supposed downsides to eliminating Net Neutrality have happened either. No mass outages, no ISPs holding sites for ransom. And meanwhile, Facebook/Twitter/Google are more than happy to censor content they don't like whether NN is in place or not. Doesn't even apply to them.
[15:40:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Dangerous Cold' Deep Freeze Grips Eastern United States, 12-year-old Dies in Chicago - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:30] <exec> 08└─I'm not especially trusting of weather.com. Try weather.gov - https://www.weather.gov [weather.gov] Record low temps for January include -27 in 1985, -26 in 1984, -20 in 1897 - the list goes on. The same chart shows record highs for January - which has been +65 on a...
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[16:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:47] <exec> 08└─I thought Godzilla was their official tourism ambassador? Who wants to go to Japan to see an otter? There are otters EVERYWHERE! Godzilla may walk like he has a stick up his ass, but he's still pretty cool - https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[16:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:49] <exec> 08└─Japanese City's Unsanctioned Mascot Causes Otter Confusion
[16:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:59] <exec> 08└─Perhaps not a Planet 9, but there was a Plan 9 From Outer Space [youtube.com].
[16:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:23] <exec> 08└─If you want to learn how to make the trains run on time, ask the Japanese. They actually do it right somehow, and it isn't propaganda.
[16:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:25] <exec> 08└─Italy, so incredible, the trains were on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location. And the Italian Turnpike -- the Autostrada -- magnificent! You go to China, you go to Japan, they have fast trains all over the place. We don’t have one fast train. It’s the same thing with our airport...
[16:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 1319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:27] <exec> 08└─I suspect there is a cultural aspect involved there also. Hopefully the Japanese continue to retain these aspects of courtesy better than the US has. After decades of riding trains and watching ridiculously privileged scum routinely stop an entire train full of hundreds of people, physically blo...
[16:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:38] <exec> 08└─isn't destroying infrastructure called vandalism? as far as i can tell there are about ..um ... err... 6 people in space. not much to go to war against... it depends on how you define "space" 'cause a airplane could also be called a spaceship flying in atmosphere. a artillery shell is a "satellite"...
[16:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Dam Collapse: Hundreds Missing after Mining Disaster - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:01] <exec> 08└─Tailings, also called mine dumps, culm dumps, slimes, tails, refuse, leach residue or slickens, terra-cone (terrikon), are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore.
[16:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google DeepMind's AlphaStar AI Beats Starcraft 2 Players - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:16] <exec> 08└─"So yeah... give a computer unfair advantages, and it wins " This is the wrong way to think about things. Let me illustrate with another example. Give a tractor an unfair advantage and it wins the digging contest.
[16:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:30] <exec> 08└─Der GropenFuhrer [rosi-kessel.org] is Arnold Schwarzenegger, not Donald Trump, you nitwit.
[16:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:15] <exec> 08└─dude are you sober? there are a few of you, this is the cool one. if you aren't sober, at least share the name of what you had so that we can try some.
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[17:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nepal Earthquake: Waiting for the Complete Rupture - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:43] <exec> 08└─Anybody else start to read that at first as Waiting for the Rapture? Had a plant in South America hit by a major earthquake some years back. Interesting thing about satellite photos, you could see where things were offset in the images before and after. Also buildings were sort of missing in t...
[17:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nepal Earthquake: Waiting for the Complete Rupture - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:44] <exec> 08└─Still waiting for California to split into several separate states... Literally, not by vote.
[17:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Nepal Earthquake: Waiting for the Complete Rupture - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:46] <exec> 08└─"I was really sad when my house collapsed on my family. Now, thanks to science, I cheer, for they were lucky to avoid the anxiety of the upcoming even bigger quake that would kill them."
[17:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:57] <exec> 08└─In the anime series "Locodol" (contraction of "Local Idol") ( Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita ) https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] is show the creation of one of such mascot; there is also a mascot festival, broadcast by national television. JFYI :D CYA
[17:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:59] <exec> 08└─I think "unsanctioned" is the wrong word - so is "rogue mascot". A correct term would be something like "impostor". The more interesting part of the tale though, is how the power of social media coupled with a gullible and reactionary public is pretty frightening. But posts about Chiitan being "fire...
[17:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:10] <exec> 08└─Looks like they just cherry picked some start and end dates... something like the hot hand fallacy could be going on.
[17:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:12] <exec> 08└─What else can orange man possibly destroy?
[17:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:39] <exec> 08└─And further north, to Manchester and Leeds
[17:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:41] <exec> 08└─That's a couple hundred miles. Just add six more lanes on the highway and stop wasting money on trains! Regards, Americans
[17:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:52] <exec> 08└─"As a result, the People's Republic of China continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space,"
[17:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:53] <exec> 08└─So what's the proper term for "Those guys we keep threatening are developing capabilities to try to close the gap with us ?"
[17:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google DeepMind's AlphaStar AI Beats Starcraft 2 Players - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:32] <exec> 08└─give a computer unfair advantages, and it wins.
[17:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:46] <exec> 08└─I got felt up by the TSA - not Kevin Spacey style but unwarranted action anyway. I was in a rush and didn't take all the paper crap out of my pockets that wont set off a metal detector. They caught that. Then I didn't get it all because I was also frustrated. They caught that too. That got me select...
[17:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:48] <exec> 08└─Schools, no, I don't need those in my neighborhood, though adults who do procreate do.
[17:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:50] <exec> 08└─I'd be all for property taxes if they took personal circumstances into account the same way that income taxes supposedly do,
[17:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:52] <exec> 08└─Guess what: next shutdown, it will happen much quicker. Those essential employees discovered how powerful they were and next time, they will use that power to get their paychecks again much more quickly.
[17:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:54] <exec> 08└─He's saying you can never really "own" your property. Even if you have no mortgage, you have to pay property taxes every year or the gov't will swoop in, sell it at auction and evict you. That's just like what happens when you don't pay rent to a landlord so in essence, the ultimate landowner is the...
[17:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:40] <exec> 08└─Sure. It's called "Not having to deal with Mexicans for a few weeks." You should try some, really lifts the spirits.
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[18:33:47] <exec> 08└─Why be so picky?
[18:33:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 58 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:56] <exec> 08└─Japanese City's Unsanctioned Mascot Causes Otter Confusion
[18:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:00] <exec> 08└─I wonder how often Nebaaru-kun (Natto? Mascot??? Only in Japan...) gets mistaken for Mr. Hankey.
[18:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:12] <exec> 08└─Hot Hands...so you are saying that because we got smacked by a bunch of events due to random variation for a while, we expect it to continue, and when the data show it doesn't we draw invalid conclusions?
[18:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:14] <exec> 08└─I was going to write that we'd probably know abut any star passing that close - but apparently a star that had passed nearby just 10 million years ago at typical speeds would already be 600-6,000 light years away, with millions of closer stars. Apparently I badly underestimated just how mobile stars...
[18:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:16] <exec> 08└─I mean someone could look at this and think that the last 8 "eras/ages/whatever" had long periods of heads and then an equally long period of tails so something is special: # R > sample(c("H", "T"), 20, replace = T) [1] "T" "H" "H" "T" "T" "T" "T" "H" "H" "T" "H" "T" "H" "H" "H" "H" "T" "T" "T" "...
[18:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:57] <exec> 08└─Well, there are some really people and systems in the world that straightforwardly have bad designs and intent and need to not be propped up until they find a rock, as we have been with China. That said, there are certainly policies (internally and externally) in place by the US (or any other cou...
[18:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:56] <exec> 08└─It was fun watching Nancy castrate you.
[18:37:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 463 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:08] <exec> 08└─Capitalism and Communism are both great ideas, and could be made to work in a perfect universe. Unfortunately, this isn't a perfect universe and as such I trust nothing, but one thing I can depend on is shitposting on Soylentnews. But what would we do if we could no longer do that? Sit under a tree...
[18:39:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kazzie [5309] 02 - 06SoylentNews, Moderations, and You - 79 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:15] <exec> 08└─With a long post like that, I can see why you're over here, and not on twitter.
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[19:33:42] <exec> 08└─sensitive snowflakes amongst the corporate bigwigs. Put your fekkin' ads next to the suicidal posts. Maybe, if your shit is worth a shit, the ad will change some suicidal idiot's mind? Oh hell - that's really a stupid idea. Most advertising will make a sane person suicidal. Sorry, forget I said anyt...
[19:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nepal Earthquake: Waiting for the Complete Rupture - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:54] <exec> 08└─Waiting for the rupture... rapture... raptor? Who knows? Could be the site of yet another Jurassic Park sequel, which could be another sort of disaster...
[19:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:07] <exec> 08└─Follow on twitter. https://twitter.com [twitter.com] @ogecebel
[19:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:08] <exec> 08└─s/unsanctioned/anarchist/ Can't have any of THAT in .jp
[19:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:24] <exec> 08└─Fair enough. So pondering this - something happens (or doesn't happen) in the solar system or asteroid belt to send a shower of debris out and cause impacts over an 'era'. THIS event is the real coin flip, the asteroid impacts on Earth are just a downstream result and don't mean anything themselves...
[19:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:25] <exec> 08└─Dreamsicles will no longer have vanilla icecream included and will be 100% orange. Note - for older readers, this may recall the adulteration of purple/white carrots into the domestic orange abominations of today that were bred by the evil Dutch (House of Orange, basically they liked the color) a...
[19:34:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 118 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:46] <exec> 08└─So this guy went to catch a train, and he's still waiting 205 years later? I'm glad I never took the train in England.
[19:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:56] <exec> 08└─Actually, HS2 is effectively adding two tracks to the existing four-track line to Birmingham, Manchester, etc., to give a six-lane railway. Yes, we've got that many people commuting into London by rail. And we're running out of space to put on more/longer trains.
[19:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:07] <exec> 08└─Would you prefer "The Orange Cockwomble?" "Hair Fuhrer?" "Fat sack of orange Oompa-Loompa shit from hell" as a friend calls him?
[19:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:09] <exec> 08└─You've never been treated by a doctor who went to public school You've never driven a car engineered by a public school alumnus Your computer was completely designed by self-taught hardware gurus Etc. etc.
[19:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:12] <exec> 08└─I've never not had a TSA agent check my back. I always bring a backpack when I fly and sweat accumulated under it. I'm wondering when they'll start checking that it's less than 3 ml.
[19:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:14] <exec> 08└─1) No air traffic control == no planes flying in US -Whats the history behind this? It seems like a bad idea. 2) no IRS == no revenue for government at al - They can have the federal reserve or china loan them money, about 25% of the money comes from this anyway. They can also collect tariffs, etc....
[19:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:16] <exec> 08└─This is the Reagan disaster coming full circle. This karma has been almost 40 years in the making. How ironic...
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[20:33:41] <exec> 08└─If you want to advertise on a website that accepts user-generated content, you must accept that your advertisements might appear next to something objectionable. But it seems that once they finally discover that people can post Bad Things, they freak out and demand that the websites censor the evil...
[20:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:42] <exec> 08└─Instagram has a moral duty to its advertisers to condition users against posting objectionable content.
[20:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:45] <exec> 08└─Did you forget the <sarcasm> tag?
[20:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:47] <exec> 08└─Maybe.
[20:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:49] <exec> 08└─I honestly don't even know anymore. Please shitpost responsibly.
[20:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Suggests Earth Experienced More Frequent Asteroid Impacts During the Last 290 Million Years - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:29] <exec> 08└─Well the scientific way to go about it is to first come up with some explanations. Then, assuming the explanation is true, deduce a prediction about something that would be otherwise surprising (is unlikely if some other explanation were correct) will happen in the future. Finally, you compare the f...
[20:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:01] <exec> 08└─Japanese values of courtesy are based on fuedalism, aka a systematic lack of respect for 99% of human life. We got rid of that bullshit for a reason. I will not present my neck for cutting or blindly follow the orders of the more powerful.
[20:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:18] <exec> 08└─The parking lot is a little closer to your house though - why not keep things business as usual?
[20:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:19] <exec> 08└─I wonder if it is the least effective thing to do by design. On the assumption the TSA is all theater then this lets them pretend to do something, actually touch you while doing it, and in one of the least offensive places possible. I can't imagine what could be hidden on your back but I'm not much...
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[21:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:50] <exec> 08└─Product sucks.. Next to an ad for Product Alphabet may be ahead of the curve here - if the AI can pick poitive v negative senitment, then place an ad for a competitor or something innocuous, then advertisers will be happier.
[21:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:52] <exec> 08└─https://blog.cloudhelix.io/the-truth-about-youtubes-monumental-ad-crisis-7430d00fc255?gi=dab6cb1bf70e [cloudhelix.io]
[21:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:54] <exec> 08└─I pay Youtube to not show me ads. Youtube claims it pays demonetized video owners when premium viewers watch. Of course you have to take their word for that. I've never seen a demonetized creator actually confirm it happens.
[21:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:56] <exec> 08└─It would be great if I could just check the label on competing products and see how much of my money was going to advertising. I for one would be willing to pay a premium to avoid contributing to the plague.
[21:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:59] <exec> 08└─I'm all for the implosion of the Internet "advertising industry".
[21:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese City's Unsanctioned Otter Mascot Causes Confusion - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:24] <exec> 08└─Such loose language in this article. No, the "unsanctioned" one wasn't really a "mascot" at all -- the mascot was the otter one...
[21:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:13] <exec> 08└─Ignoring fanciful/idealized visions of history and ancient life, disrespect for 99% of human life has been a fact of human life in societies pretty much everywhere for the majority of recorded history. Specifics, attempts at constraint, and how far back you have to go vary. On much of the planet,...
[21:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:28] <exec> 08└─You mean like what the US did to them in the 1800s on the West Coast? National karma is a bitch, and it always hits individuals who don't themselves deserve it...
[21:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:29] <exec> 08└─"there are some really people and systems in the world that straightforwardly have bad designs and intent and need to not be propped up until they find a rock, as we have been with China" sure thing...
[21:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:37] <exec> 08└─Walmart has air conditioning. :-)
[21:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:38] <exec> 08└─el jefe naranja
[21:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:26] <exec> 08└─He's been getting high on his own supply of butt hash. Happens when your head's permanently up your ass.
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[22:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:41] <exec> 08└─How about a few hungry mountain lions?
[22:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:43] <exec> 08└─Using drones to kill could also change how conservation scientists view such work, Morley says, comparing the approach to modern warfare. “You used to be able to see your opponent. Now, you just a press a button and you fire a missile,” he says. “You become a little bit detached from the reali...
[22:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mr_bad_influence [3854] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:45] <exec> 08└─How about a few hungry mountain lions?
[22:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:30] <exec> 08└─"Competing imperial powers." Let's face it, the US is not the good guys. China just happens to be even worse. There are no good guys in empire.
[22:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China is Increasing its Military Space Capabilities - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:32] <exec> 08└─I still wonder why America leaves so much of its technical talent unused. And values even more the organizational and leadership skills that tell lower level engineers, machinists, assemblers, etc., that they no longer have a job... As outsourcing our technology is cheaper. Then they seem to delight...
[22:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:42] <exec> 08└─They don't do that much
[22:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:43] <exec> 08└─idiots don't know know what these public servants do
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[23:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:45] <exec> 08└─I can't imagine Mt. Lions being the right choice. They would eat all the other easier to catch and less feisty fauna first I would think. EF + unlimited ammunition sounds good. I would throw in some night vision as well.
[23:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:47] <exec> 08└─In your face nature, we will decide how you evolve.. or dont...
[23:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:49] <exec> 08└─In order to eradicate a rat infestation, you have to kill ALL the rats. Even one pregnant female can repopulate an island scary fast. Islands may seem small, until you're trying to find every single rat on one.
[23:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:51] <exec> 08└─Probably with enough time and monitoring they could.
[23:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:53] <exec> 08└─Spay and neuter them first so they can't have children.
[23:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03trappedwind [6371] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:56] <exec> 08└─No! you just have to kill all the females!
[23:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:58] <exec> 08└─Just like Muslims.
[23:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:00] <exec> 08└─Is this "conservation group" a front for U.S. military R&D? If so, which group is the actual target if the tests prove successful?
[23:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Drones Unleashed Against Invasive Rats in the Galápagos - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:02] <exec> 08└─They managed to eradicate wild goats, another invasive species. Of course, goats are easier to see than rats.
[23:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertisers Seek Assurances From Instagram After Brand Safety Issue, but Won’t Pull Ads - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:20] <exec> 08└─Aww, Runaway is just mad he got passed over for promotion again due to "personality conflicts".
[23:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nepal Earthquake: Waiting for the Complete Rupture - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:32] <exec> 08└─Hey Indians! Why go through all the paperwork of applying for a visa? Just move to Nepal and when the fault slips again you will be catapulted into the air with enough force to land in USA where you can do the needful.
[23:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:37] <exec> 08└─Unfuck San Diego's public transit and you'll be one popular, if not more slightly rich, dude.
[23:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:38] <exec> 08└─Say... what? The answer is: be practical, hire some train stuffers to squeeze as may passengers in as they can fit, before the train is scheduled to leave the station in time. Good for bottom line too. Like they are doing... in Japan [youtube.com]
[23:37:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03darkpixel [4281] 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 258 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:02] <exec> 08└─Abolish property tax. Forever. Work your entire life to buy nice property and pay off a house, raise your family, etc... Then keel over at your desk and the government will throw your wife out on her ass for not paying "rent" on the property you already own.
[23:37:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 386 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:35] <exec> 08└─He's not getting with reality; he specifically said he disapproves of Der Gropenfuhrer *stopping* the shutdown, and because it makes him "look weak." That kind of thoughtless, macho posturing dooms nations, and bradley is showing himself to be part of the problem, the low-information red-meat base w...
[23:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:06] <exec> 08└─"Schools, no, I don't need those in my neighborhood, though adults who do procreate do." Actually, yes you do, unless you like living in a shit hole of a ghetto.
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