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[00:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:15] <exec> 08└─~ 1300 AD https://www.jstor.org [jstor.org] https://link.springer.com [springer.com] ~500 AD https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] https://www.nature.com
[00:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:16] <exec> 08└─I think all that mom-son dad-daughter, etc stuff is just on there to try to get people to sign up so they can filter it out.
[00:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:19] <exec> 08└─Um, aristarchus here. It has affected me, and is likely to continue to do so.
[00:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:21] <exec> 08└─I bet this one statement explains a lot about global warming denialists.
[00:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:23] <exec> 08└─CO2 nuttiness? Hi nutter! CO2 does cause a greenhouse effect along with increasing the acidity of the oceans, both very bad things right now.
[00:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:25] <exec> 08└─NASA hasn't been trustworthy since the Moon "landings"! /s
[00:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:28] <exec> 08└─Stupid Flamebait comment gets modded Flamebait. At least you're honest enough to reveal the extent of your stupid, unthinking partisanship. The problem is that "your team" is wrong about climate change, and are being manipulated by people who directly gain from fossil fuels, but at least your team...
[00:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:30] <exec> 08└─The problem is that "your team" is wrong about climate change, and are being manipulated by people who directly gain from fossil fuels, but at least your team get to win right?
[00:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 914 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:12] <exec> 08└─Not exactly. The law requires the advertised price to not be misleading, but allow for clerical unintended errors - in which case, the price at checkout may be corrected without punishment for the seller (as long as they apply the corrections on the advertised price and don't rely on such 'errors' a...
[00:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:13] <exec> 08└─The Oz consumer protection law only requires the advertised prices to not be misleading [accc.gov.au], but allow for clerical errors in the advertised prices - as long as they are corrected.
[00:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:16] <exec> 08└─Thanks all who responded with clarification. Upmods delivered. I know that we gave a lot of precedent to the colonies' legal systems, and it's remarkable how much of that remains to this day, but on this one my cautiously-held presumption was wrong. Info filed away in case of later use.
[00:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:18] <exec> 08└─OK, my mistake. In New Zealand businesses must sell a product for the advertised price, even if it is an error. I was under the impression that our consumer protection stuff was pretty much a copy of yours. Every now and again there are stories of people getting $50 laptops and such because of som...
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[00:35:20] <exec> 08└─Thanks for responding like an adult, and not turning the conversation into the usual shouting match.
[00:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:53] <exec> 08└─How did he get your email address?
[00:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:54] <exec> 08└─Another questionable policy is pissing off your merchandise, as Google is currently doing with Google plus.
[00:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Memory Stick Found in Frozen Seal Faeces in New Zealand - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:46] <exec> 08└─I don't think he gives a flip
[00:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch - 820 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:11] <exec> 08└─True. There are only a few things to worry about if you are further south, for example Victoria: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ringed_octopus [wikipedia.org]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider [wikipedia.org] (not nearly...
[00:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Evaluation of the First Two Years of the Net Neutrality Enforcement Situation in the EU - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:23] <exec> 08└─There will not be any useful "homebrew" net.[...] it simply does not exist.
[00:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contact with MarCO CubeSats Lost - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:07] <exec> 08└─Why doesn't someone just get out there and yell Polo! Surely the MarCO satellite will respond...
[00:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elon Musk Posts Starship Raptor Rocket Engine Test - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:17] <exec> 08└─Your post, and this reply, double the post count. It's just a milestone marker article, but still, I actually find this more interesting than the APPLE SNEEZED article currently wallowing in everyone has an opinion posts at the top of the page :-p
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[01:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:56] <exec> 08└─Learning a language is not free. There are so many more valuable things you could learn in that time. You could upgrade from algebra to calculus, you could squeeze in a statistics class and some programming, you could learn about economics and law... It doesn't even work! Very few people become flue...
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[01:33:58] <exec> 08└─Despite all these reasons to learn a foreign language, there has been a steep decline in foreign language instruction in America's colleges and universities.
[01:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 1288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:00] <exec> 08└─Repeating what so many other people have said thus far, learning another language in the US is hard. It's a large country with only two neighboring countries, one of which mainly speaks English. Unlike living in Germany or Poland, where 3 other languages are a 2-hour car ride away, you can go litera...
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[01:34:02] <exec> 08└─Health, it can help prevent Alzheimer’s https://www.sciencedaily.com [sciencedaily.com]
[01:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:04] <exec> 08└─Took a field trip to Tijuana (think mid 70's). Nobody understood us, they actually laughed at us when we tried to talk to them. I learned more spanish dealing with my illegal landscaper for 3 months than I did a year of high school spanish. YMMV.
[01:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:06] <exec> 08└─> Very few people become fluent in a second language via school That's because the US system is fundamentally flawed. Not trolling, hear me out: "Hey, I took 2 years of French in high-school. Don't remember much" every single week, for 11 and 9 years, respectively. And I barely use my Spanish, and m...
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[01:34:09] <exec> 08└─Whoa, two lines got eaten: "Hey, I took 2 years of French in high-school. Don't remember much" -- many many many people I meet When I went to school, I had to sit through English and Spanish for 2 to 3 hours each, every single week, for 11 and 9 years, respectively.
[01:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:11] <exec> 08└─You could have done so many other things with that time. You'll never get that precious time back. The value proposition may be a bit better in Europe, where you might actually want to move to a nearby place that speaks a different language. It's still pretty weak, except that English has value for...
[01:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:13] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure being fluent in English has been useful. And my Spanish still saves money on repairs. Being able to understand other people, travel, and read their points of view without a translator is a nice perk, in a highly interconnected world. You might want to think about this. My mandatory p...
[01:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:15] <exec> 08└─If you have no use for a language, or calculus, or whatever - time spent learning it will be wasted time. Your brain will forget the silly stuff at the first opportunity. If you need a language to read things and write and talk to others, or calculus to solve actual equations - you'll be amazed with...
[01:34:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snow [1601] 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:31] <exec> 08└─Middle school math is far too advanced for climate change deniers. Let's say it together... AVERAGE global temperature is rising.
[01:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:52] <exec> 08└─Only if you trust the Times to accurately quote NASA. I do not trust the Times to that extent, or to any extent.
[01:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:53] <exec> 08└─I don't know what Fox News says, because I don't watch them. Just because one set of lying liars are known to be lying liars, doesn't mean another opposing set of lying liars aren't also lying liars. One of the best things that could happen to the world is for New York City to be nuked. Yeah, I'd fe...
[01:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:55] <exec> 08└─You mean like this historical trend line? https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[01:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:57] <exec> 08└─So where is the kaboom? There ought to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!
[01:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:00] <exec> 08└─Um, aristarchus here. It has affected me, and is likely to continue to do so.
[01:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 852 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:02] <exec> 08└─Yep, if we needed to decide who is best for people concerned about global warming you can see it is clearly the republicans. The temperature has dropped (very slightly ~ 0.003 C/yr) on average during Republican presidencies, but has risen ~0.021 C/yr during Democrat administrations. There were actua...
[01:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:04] <exec> 08└─Data sources: https://data.giss.nasa.gov [nasa.gov] https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Final dataset: https://pastebin.com [pastebin.com]
[01:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:06] <exec> 08└─The problem is that "your team" is wrong about climate change, and are being manipulated by people who directly gain from fossil fuels, but at least your team get to win right?
[01:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 1368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:09] <exec> 08└─Also, here is how it broke down by president: > res pres party idx0 idxF slope 1 Hayes R 1 2 0.09000 2 Garfield <NA> 2 2 NA 3 Arthur R 3 6 -0.07300 4 Cleveland D 6 18 0.01039 5 ...
[01:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:32] <exec> 08└─different ac. Ipads are very nice. Some android tablets are OK. Wouldn't blame anyone for getting a used ipad, tho.
[01:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:33] <exec> 08└─All the stuff, none of the fluff: https://microg.org [microg.org] I can't believe you're not using microg. Then luckypatcher to pirate everything.
[01:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:36] <exec> 08└─E-mail receipts might save paper but it comes with the need for me to share personal information with a company just to engage in a financial transaction with them. That's not always something I'm interested in doing. I'm seeing more and more places offer email receipts but not yet have I had a plac...
[01:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:52] <exec> 08└─In all seriousness though, for those too afraid to visit Australia, we have no land animals that will hunt/pursue humans (like bears, wolves, tigers etc do).
[01:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contact with MarCO CubeSats Lost - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:48] <exec> 08└─In space, nobody can hear you yell Polo.
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[02:34:06] <exec> 08└─The only Korean I remember from a year there can't be used in polite society. ;)
[02:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:07] <exec> 08└─That explains why the Germans struggle with engineering; they spent too much time learning languages in school. 67% "claim" to be bilingual, and 27% think they know more than two languages. Imagine what they could accomplish if they didn't spend all that time learning languages.
[02:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:10] <exec> 08└─It's a large country with only two neighboring countries, one of which mainly speaks English
[02:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:12] <exec> 08└─I'm intermediate in Spanish, can swear rather well in Russian and Finnish, and know some business Japanese. It's always good to know more languages, all else being equal, because at the end of the day they're just different ways of communicating more or less universal concepts, and knowing more lang...
[02:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:14] <exec> 08└─Being able to understand other people, travel, and read their points of view without a translator is a nice perk, in a highly interconnected world.
[02:34:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03krishnoid [1156] 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 72 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:45] <exec> 08└─I bet this one statement explains a lot about global warming denialists.
[02:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:59] <exec> 08└─What do the Koch brothers deal in? Who funds the anti-climate change nonsense? Come on now.
[02:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:01] <exec> 08└─Meh. There's no way the humans can do anything about it until they decide they're tired of living under dictatorship of the oligarchy. I look down on the pale blue dot, and I wonder why the humans are satisfied with a system that steals from the poor and gives to the rich.
[02:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:03] <exec> 08└─That's the facts. I'm surprised no one has noticed this before.
[02:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:05] <exec> 08└─If climate change had been framed as a "man vs nature" thing rather than "humans bad, the solution is raising taxes", you would get a lot more people concerned about it. Just sayin...
[02:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:07] <exec> 08└─*snort* lol! I can't even. Didn't we already have this debate about the effect the letter behind the name of the uniparty's puppet in the Oval Office has on the economy, which also seems to be a chaotic system that does not react immediately to its inputs?
[02:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:10] <exec> 08└─"Middle school math is far too advanced for climate change deniers." Counterexample: Look up Ivar Giaever. (I disagree with him, but I think he can handle algebra just fine.) On the other hand, he shares his Nobel with Brian Josephson who later turned to researching Yogic flying with the Maharishi.
[02:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 1340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:12] <exec> 08└─How about this (the same data as above sorted by trend)? The TOP 8 most cooling presidencies on record are all Republican: pres party idx0 idxF slope 1 Trump R 136 137 -0.08000 2 Arthur R 1 4 -0.07300 3 Harding R 40 ...
[02:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:14] <exec> 08└─Wait, pornhub has an interpretation of The Aristocrats? Huh. Didn't know they catered to such refined tastes.
[02:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:16] <exec> 08└─I don't proffer any explanation for this phenomenon, but there does seem to be something to it. I'd love to see someone take this further, not sure it is worth it to me. So, you think there is a lag then plot the data with the lag. I shared all that is needed in the comments here, but if you need an...
[02:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:19] <exec> 08└─Not everyone gets Fox News -- or has time to watch it -- I watch very little TV (working hard & too many Documents). But if you have time, here's the Links of the Story. And the Video! foxnews.com/science/2018-was-the-fourth-hottest-year-on-record-nasa-says [foxnews.com] video.foxnews.com/v/59993169...
[02:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:21] <exec> 08└─Yeah, and there goes a big chunk of the economy and tax base. We'd be much better off if most of the American Southeast were "nuked."
[02:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:39] <exec> 08└─That's standard practice for (c)rap music where they flood the market and fudge numbers, it's not what real artists do.
[02:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:41] <exec> 08└─Forgot to add... Also nominated for best music video at Cannes, among others. But... MTV is more interested in crap music.
[02:35:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 1334 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:49] <exec> 08└─I've been in stores before where I saw a product that retails for near $150 going out the door for $15. Some things are clearly an error, and maybe it is me, but I can't feel good about profiting off their mistake. I walk up to the manager and ask if it priced correctly. I've also corrected many a c...
[02:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03EventH0rizon [936] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:06] <exec> 08└─> As long as you don't disturb the creatures listed above, you'll be perfectly safe. Of course that's true most of the time. But this kind of story keeps me awake at night - the poor guy (who died) was sitting at his PC! https://www.theaustralian.com.au
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[03:34:01] <exec> 08└─> Very few people become fluent in a second language via school That's because the US system is fundamentally flawed. Not trolling, hear me out: "Hey, I took 2 years of French in high-school. Don't remember much" every single week, for 11 and 9 years, respectively. And I barely use my Spanish, and m...
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[03:34:12] <exec> 08└─Pretty useful for a trip to France as well! :)
[03:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:13] <exec> 08└─"I am "that girl" your mother warned you about..." A bitch? Or are you a tranny degenerate?
[03:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:15] <exec> 08└─Learning a language is not free. There are so many more valuable things you could learn in that time.
[03:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:12] <exec> 08└─well that is how it started, but nah, it doesn't matter how it is framed because the susceptible would fall prey to the oil companies' propaganda either way
[03:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:13] <exec> 08└─Your post reminds me of: increase women in the workforce -> increase immigrants in the workforce -> increase outsourcing -> increase illegal immigrants in the workforce It is interesting that these wage suppression policies have all been adopted to increase "social/moral progress". Meanwhile almost...
[03:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03thewalkindude [2497] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 712 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:41] <exec> 08└─It's not the paltry $5 or $10 for a package of batteries they want, it's the money for your information that they can sell in the future that they want. That being said, I was extremely impressed the last time I was in a Radio Shack about 3 years ago looking for an 'N' type to PL259 connector adapte...
[03:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:42] <exec> 08└─Sorry AC, you're deliberately misconstruing Apparition's comments in order to start a platform war.
[03:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Firefox - Blocking Noisy Autoplaying Video - Next Release - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:44] <exec> 08└─I hate updating but my last device stopped charging (even though I replaced the USB board once, I just can't keep doing that).
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[04:33:48] <exec> 08└─https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-BLAZE-65-ft-Laser-Distance-Measurer-GLM-20-X/206839262 [homedepot.com]
[04:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:21] <exec> 08└─"Hey, I took 2 years of French in high-school. Don't remember much"
[04:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:23] <exec> 08└─>they're just different ways of communicating more or less universal concepts I'm not so sure about that. For the most part perhaps, but different cultures (and thus their languages) can have very different conceptual models of the world. For example I remember reading that there's something like a...
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[04:34:25] <exec> 08└─It might be useful if we taught foreign languages in elementary school, when kids' brains are still language sponges. As adults, it becomes much more difficult. I think much of this is due to the fact that Americans are quite arrogant and believe that being monolingual is just fine. For myself, I wo...
[04:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 1415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:27] <exec> 08└─Europeans' children are exposed to other languages from day zero - TV, YouTube, chats, friends, relatives... Children can absorb another language much easier than an adult can. There is yet another reason to learn: they have a need to know languages of their neighbors. Not everyone knows English. (...
[04:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:29] <exec> 08└─Americans generally do not travel to other countries. Less than half of us have a passport. Back in 1990, before we needed a passport to visit Canada, only 4% had a passport. We sure aren't flying off to Europe and Asia. The same mostly applies in China, where only 5% have a passport today.
[04:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:28] <exec> 08└─Given what they do to the data, I'm sure that as the CO2 levels rise, if the future doesn't get warmer, then the past will get colder.
[04:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:29] <exec> 08└─No, the kabooms have a purple arse. You're thinking of the orangabang.
[04:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:31] <exec> 08└─instead, or as well?
[04:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hamsterdan [2829] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Media Tests 8Gbps Broadband - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:45] <exec> 08└─"then there's the "passive" part in passive phiber optics which might hint that it's a shared media." It is. Here in Montreal Virgin (Bell) use GPON, wich is shared between 32 ONTs
[04:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06These Fly Larvae Really Know How to Demolish a Pizza - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:18] <exec> 08└─If you didn't like that, then don't look up the standards for insect parts in chocolate.
[04:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:22] <exec> 08└─Doesn't Tassie already have ample supplies of water [hobartbrewingco.com.au], conveniently packaged for transport to where the fire is?
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[04:39:24] <exec> 08└─You left out tiger snakes, red-bellied black snakes*, white-tailed spiders, centipedes, and scorpions. And I think the red-back venom is as bad as the funnel-web, they are just smaller, less aggressive and don't inject anywhere near as much. Fun fact, the fangs on the funnelweb are supposedly sharp...
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[05:33:56] <exec> 08└─I owned an airline (very successful). And I've been to many airports. When the planes take off, we always hear them. Some of those are very loud. They can do a real number on your ears. But when the planes stop, it gets quiet. And an airport, so many times, they have the Radar Dish. Spinning around...
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[05:33:58] <exec> 08└─https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/arduino-laser-distance-sensor.html?categoryId=523&channel=direct [aliexpress.com]
[05:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 1559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:36] <exec> 08└─Uh...nowhere in the (admittedly very formal, office-lady-style) Japanese I studied did anything approaching resentment come across from any form of "thank you." Unsightly groveling, a relic of a Han-style subservience to an emperor, yes, but not resentment. It is very, very, *very* hard to get singl...
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[05:34:38] <exec> 08└─A total bitch :) I will eat you alive, manlet. Run! Run for the hills! The Nasty Woman (TM) is here! Our actual "tranny degenerate" thinks I'm a TERF, so there you are. Maybe you should try and arrange a date with her? She likes men, for some unholy reason...
[05:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:40] <exec> 08└─That explains why the Germans struggle with engineering; they spent too much time learning languages in school...
[05:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:41] <exec> 08└─What do the Koch brothers deal in?
[05:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:42] <exec> 08└─Instead, emphatically. And I say this as someone who did *not* come from the good parts of NYC.
[05:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:44] <exec> 08└─The main part of the USA still mostly can't grow tropical fruit, and Alaska barely grows anything at all in the far north. Warming is good. Bring it on. Any land lost to rising sea levels will be more than compensated by Alaska becoming livable.
[05:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Goghit [6530] (Score: 1) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:47] <exec> 08└─Not a chance - it will still be full of Alaskans.
[05:41:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Source Encoder for AV1 Codec - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:13] <exec> 08└─It still says something about the encoding complexity. I can encode h.265 in better than real time with an 8 core Opteron system.
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[05:42:24] <exec> 08└─"I have a phone. Call me if you like"
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[06:33:50] <exec> 08└─Can you see wait times for each before you select one? I imagine one or the other will be in higher demand at any point in time. Is there also a I-don't-care-just-get-here-already option? (And, no, I didn't RTFA. I prefer to speculate from my uninformed position as is the tradition on this fine site...
[06:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:52] <exec> 08└─Fuel costs are of great concern to the airlines so the aircraft manufacturers invest heavily in fuel economy technologies, for example the graphite epoxy fuselage of the 787. I don’t know about the 747 specifically but I once read that as a whole, one gallon of jet fuel transports one passenger si...
[06:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:54] <exec> 08└─I don't want to interact with human.
[06:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Programmable Transparent Organic Luminescent Tags – Writing with Light - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:09] <exec> 08└─How long do these ones stay lit? What provides the energy that is emitted as light? How do they recharge? I rtfa'd and from I can tell it's all about whether oxygen molecules in the sheet absorb the light or let it escape, but didn't see anything about the other stuff.
[06:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:45] <exec> 08└─Maybe that's why most people can't learn to code. Programming languages are, well, languages.
[06:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:47] <exec> 08└─The thing is, for an American, there really ISN'T much "use" in learning another language. For speakers of global minority languages, there is an obvious benefit to learning English, the lingua franca of the modern world. But for me to learn, say, German? The number of speakers is a rounding error!...
[06:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 1703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:53] <exec> 08└─Sort by total warming for each administration and just wow: pres party idx0 idxF yrs slope total 1 Arthur R 1 4 3 -0.07300 -0.2190 2 Roosevelt R 20 28 8 -0.02467 -0.1973 3 Harrison R 8 12 4 -0.03200 -...
[06:35:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 1065 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:55] <exec> 08└─Well, no. I lived through countless solar maxima, and even the larger cycles, like the little ice age starting about 1300, right after the Black Death, which I fortunately avoided. But this is different. Take it from an astrophysicist that is 2300+ years old: This is the first time in the history of...
[06:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:16] <exec> 08└─I finally clued in to that all the false negatives are due to SQL query timeouts Rather use either tags or DDG with site-specific site:example.org queries.
[06:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:18] <exec> 08└─Buy from the unsigned ones at http://www.cdbaby.com [cdbaby.com] Even my album is there
[06:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:20] <exec> 08└─Slashvertisements go on the green site, buddy, not here ;)
[06:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:49] <exec> 08└─What's a "taint"?
[06:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Releases Open Source Encoder for AV1 Codec - 743 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:24] <exec> 08└─Further optimizations could be made to the encoder. Intel likely slapped its encoder together using code it used for its HEVC encoder (this is info I got from the linked video talk in TFS). But in a world where you can have 16-32 cores for relatively cheap, we've finally found something to do with t...
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[07:33:49] <exec> 08└─We're now up to 3,053 total emoji, with no signs of slowing down.
[07:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:58] <exec> 08└─Does requesting an electric car reduce your personal carbon footprint that much after having flown into town on a 747?
[07:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 1572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:58] <exec> 08└─Well, yes, that is unfortunate. But at least Sulla has migrated southward to vote for the Donald, not sure if that is a good thing. But really, the problem lies here: Content will be temporarily unavailable to countries affected by GDPR compliance. [google.com] Oh, shit, GMOs detected! But there is...
[07:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:59] <exec> 08└─Are you actually suggesting that the Koch Bros are funding the khallow? That khallow is taking Cock as his payment for being a shill for Kock? I, for one, did not see this coming. I assumed that khallow was one of us, a free-range libertarian, not beholden to any large petro-chemical corporations at...
[07:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:24] <exec> 08└─VHS killed and totally destroyed cinema. And TV. When will they learn that people will pay a reasonable amount for content?
[07:36:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:25] <exec> 08└─They have no interest in the being a system in place to quickly and definitively show who owns the copyright for content. People are ignorant. If they knew and could see what has been done they would be horrified.
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[07:36:57] <exec> 08└─https://www.xkcd.com/341/ [xkcd.com] Oblig XKCD
[07:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:40] <exec> 08└─Different AC? FFS how am I supposed to tell you apart? Which is the apple fanboi amd which is the mainline android realist? -- AC6474648
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[07:38:41] <exec> 08└─MDC, did you forgot to log in?
[07:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Stardaemon [4294] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06CasX Protein Works for Gene Editing in Bacterial and Human Cells - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:46] <exec> 08└─I hope http://www.the-odin.com [the-odin.com] starts selling it soon so we can begin playing with it:)
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[08:33:52] <exec> 08└─Perhaps I missed this. What is an "emoji"?
[08:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:53] <exec> 08└─"What is an "emoji"?" OP pretty much got it right - they're undefined ideographic symbols (hence "hieroglyphs" is someone accurate - but hieroglyphs at least had defined meanings,) freshly invented and smuggled into the unicode character set inappropriately while real languages are still lacking.
[08:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:55] <exec> 08└─Is the Unicode Consortium collecting fees for processing requests to add these emoji codepoints? Without looking into it right now, I'm guessing yes that's the only explanation for the huge number we have now.
[08:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:06] <exec> 08└─Hold the mayo, hold the mustard, I want a diesel. And not one that rolls coal, 'cause that is not clean. Give me your urea!
[08:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03nishi.b [4243] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Source LIDAR Lets You Get down to the Nitty Gritty - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:16] <exec> 08└─Their project uses open hardware and software, and seems to be interesting both in range (100m in daylight on natural objects), speed (1000 measurements/s), precision (2 cm) and form factor (small enough to be attached to a drone or robot). There are already components of that type but they were muc...
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[08:34:18] <exec> 08└─Twelve decimal places last time I looked it up UCSC’s senior physics lab offered an experiment involving a rapidly rotating mirror but I didn’t do that one so I don’t know the details.
[08:34:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 430 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:42] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure being fluent in English has been useful. And my Spanish still saves money on repairs. Being able to understand other people, travel, and read their points of view without a translator is a nice perk, in a highly interconnected world. You might want to think about this. My mandatory p...
[08:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03aim [6322] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 668 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:03] <exec> 08└─Learning a foreign language is not only about the language itself, but also about the culture that language belongs to, the different world-view. By learning about those, you get to reflect on your own culture's views. You'll understand those other cultures better, and may really get a meta-view on...
[08:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 2155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:04] <exec> 08└─Monoglots tend not to appreciate the different perspectives using and thinking in another language gives you. Thinking in one language is a bit like seeing in monochrome - functional, but you miss a lot. I regard fluency as being at or above the 50th percentile in language skills (spoken, read, writ...
[08:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:06] <exec> 08└─Dangnabbit! That should be Sapir-Whorf, not Sapir-Worff. Sorry.
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[08:36:16] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Russia [wikipedia.org] ????
[08:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 1310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:57] <exec> 08└─I needed a car, wanted a hyundai, liked the price, liked the car type, good warranty, so I just needed to buy one. I went to the local yard to find that the model I liked back then was retired. Okay. In the lot they had the next model up, for a bit more, and it was a year old. I did know about cars...
[08:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:58] <exec> 08└─I believe her. It's the porn part that sells it. Is teh windoze mobility dervice betters or worses for pr0n than otherz?
[08:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06These Fly Larvae Really Know How to Demolish a Pizza - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:16] <exec> 08└─You eat flies? Oooookay. Filing that one away for future reference.
[08:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06These Fly Larvae Really Know How to Demolish a Pizza - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:17] <exec> 08└─You should see some of the stories I submitted that they regretted. Err. Rejected. Feel free to submit your own?
[08:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06These Fly Larvae Really Know How to Demolish a Pizza - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:19] <exec> 08└─Don't. Really. Don't. It could put you off Chocolate for life
[08:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:25] <exec> 08└─If you are going to piss on a fire to put it out use vb or corona
[08:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyper [1525] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:26] <exec> 08└─http://www.traveller.com.au/blue-ringed-octopus-video-tourists-picks-up-deadly-creature-with-hands-h1anc3 [traveller.com.au] "What a pretty octopus!"
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[09:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:51] <exec> 08└─He knows what's good for him. Great decision!
[09:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:52] <exec> 08└─That's right. Neither will Israel.
[09:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:03] <exec> 08└─Clearly the Unicode consortium has lost their mind. Maybe it is time to start over with a new standard? It would also be the opportunity to fix the very few errors the Unicode consortium made in their early times, which cannot be fixed without introducing incompatibilities. A new standard would be f...
[09:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:05] <exec> 08└─No. It's every SJW wanting their own emoji for whatever gender they think they are.
[09:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:07] <exec> 08└─🖕
[09:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:09] <exec> 08└─That is an excellent idea!!! https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[09:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:12] <exec> 08└─There is only one worthy standard: ASCII
[09:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 793 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:19] <exec> 08└─Οι Αμερικανοί δεν μπορούν να μιλήσουν. Amerikāņi nevar runāt. ອາເມລິກາບໍ່ສາມາດເວົ້າໄດ້. ʻAʻole hiki i nāʻAmelika ke'ōlelo. Amerikaner kan inte prata Les Américains ne peuvent pas parler. Америкалыкта...
[09:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:20] <exec> 08└─Or, your brain is already full, since you are a STEM student. (Let me think: Special Temporary and Eccentric Module?) No, the point is not some technical skill, like sucking your bosses dick or khallowing richies, the point is to understand the nature, structure, and logic of natural language system...
[09:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:23] <exec> 08└─Or, Louisiana, where the Cajuns dwell.
[09:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:25] <exec> 08└─Ne quittez jamais le bateau,
[09:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:27] <exec> 08└─In a hundred years, no one will speak English except Anime characters
[09:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:29] <exec> 08└─The only Korean I remember from a year there can't be used in polite society. ;)
[09:35:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:31] <exec> 08└─khallowing richies
[09:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:34] <exec> 08└─Seriously, manlet, you should be seriously afraid. You will not stand a chance. Your manhood will be ground up by the deficiencies of your arguments, and feed to fishes. You will find yourself hiding behind the apron of your mother/sister/nurse/dominatrix because you are not enough of a man to stand...
[09:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:36] <exec> 08└─He can't. Mummy's nowhere near, he doesn't know where to run, he's totally paralyzed and his pants are wet.
[09:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:38] <exec> 08└─This, of course, is why you should learn Greek. Not only of a long and noble lineage, but you get to talk to some of the best people! English has the opposite effect.
[09:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:40] <exec> 08└─I have always heard of it as the "Whorf-Sapir", but perhaps you speak a different language, where they grammatically arrange things by height rather than alphabetical order.
[09:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:43] <exec> 08└─(Moreover, how often do you really go into Mexico?)
[09:35:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 48 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:56] <exec> 08└─Well, good thing it's NASA telling you it, then.
[09:36:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 317 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:05] <exec> 08└─You should probably have a look at historical trend lines and pay special attention to what they did leading up to ice ages. It's relevant. Why yes, in an unchecked warming scenario the increase in cloud albedo could end up triggering an ice age. Thanks for reminding us what a serious threat global...
[09:36:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 362 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:17] <exec> 08└─Stupid Flamebait comment gets modded Flamebait. At least you're honest enough to reveal the extent of your stupid, unthinking partisanship. The problem is that "your team" is wrong about climate change, and are being manipulated by people who directly gain from fossil fuels, but at least your team...
[09:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:53] <exec> 08└─They can't imagine better. And when some can, others will call them communists.
[09:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:55] <exec> 08└─we have sentient beings (excludingRunaway, of course)
[09:39:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 64 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:21] <exec> 08└─take the hint and spend twice as much on a competitor that does.
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[10:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:34] <exec> 08└─"...Unlike living in Germany or Poland, where 3 other languages are a 2-hour car ride away..." No, you seriously underestimate the size of Poland. An E->W or W-E, border to border trip would take you much longer than the implied 4 hours, pretty much regardless of the starting latitude within that co...
[10:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:36] <exec> 08└─And besides, where I grew up in Montana, 15 minutes drive would put me amongst native speakers of Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Alt-Deutsch, Some kind of Serbo-Croat, Russian, Assiniboine, Dakota-Lakota-Nakota , and possibly some Chippy-Cree. Only Newbies spoke English. Or federal officers.
[10:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:30] <exec> 08└─If it is email only, it's more likely it's that they don't need to keep printers working on the shop floor. If I want a receipt I'd prefer it emailed, set up a junk account for them (or have wildcard email and give them "rcpt-apple@mydomain.com"), but I appreciate not everyone prefers that. Having t...
[10:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:32] <exec> 08└─It means that apple keep (most) of the 2% transaction fee, rather than the credit card, but the amount of taxes apple pay doesn't really come into it.
[10:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:34] <exec> 08└─A Galaxy Note 9 is £1100, an iphone xs is £1450 -- both 512GB. Not an enourmous amount in it.
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[11:33:52] <exec> 08└─
[11:34:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 65 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:07] <exec> 08└─We're now up to 3,053 total emoji, with no signs of slowing down.
[11:34:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 351 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:11] <exec> 08└─Clearly the Unicode consortium has lost their mind. Maybe it is time to start over with a new standard? It would also be the opportunity to fix the very few errors the Unicode consortium made in their early times, which cannot be fixed without introducing incompatibilities. A new standard would be f...
[11:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:17] <exec> 08└─everything that depicts a human comes in five skin tones and three genders
[11:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:19] <exec> 08└─What is an "emoji"?
[11:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:21] <exec> 08└─So in your mind, the only worthy standard is one in which you cannot write properly the majority of languages? ASCII is great if all you want to do is write programs (and even then, originally Pascal's “:=” assignment operator was only a digraph to be used on machines whose character set lacks t...
[11:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:24] <exec> 08└─If those are modifiers, can I also have a female brown question mark? :-)
[11:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 900 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:35] <exec> 08└─> one gallon of jet fuel transports one passenger sixty miles. Compare that to the most efficient gasoline cars. Jet fuel is far more similar to diesel than to gasoline when it comes to energy density (so much so military jets can ran on pump diesel in an emergency), so you should compare to the mos...
[11:35:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 101 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:20] <exec> 08└─Learning a language is not free. There are so many more valuable things you could learn in that time.
[11:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:48] <exec> 08└─As another example, there's an... African(? or maybe Indonesian?) tribal language that has no word for "past" or "future", only for "now" and "not-now". Those sorts of stark differences in language often reflect conceptual models of the world that are, at least in places, quite alien. Urdu uses the...
[11:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:01] <exec> 08└─No they are not. Read the fucking time scale. Idiots correcting idiots and both arguing how experts are right or wrong. You people can't even read a fucking graph! (on the both sides, on the both sides!)
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[12:33:55] <exec> 08└─Adobe products are compute intensive. I've seen this circulating on the other sites and people are assuming that these chips would be baked into mobos. But most likely it would be an accelerator card that you plugin which would offload the work of things that aren't already accelerated by existing 3...
[12:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:04] <exec> 08└─But on the other hand at edX's MIT were quick to suddenly reject, abandon, and isolate worthy students (allegedly because were students from US trade embargoed countries like Cuba, Venezuela or Iran) and denying them even the free certificates after completing their online courses. You know, free or...
[12:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:06] <exec> 08└─That's right. Neither will Israel.
[12:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:26] <exec> 08└─Even supposing I'm a black transgender in an un-motorsed wheelchair, with prosthetic arms and legs, a cane, a guide dog and a hearing aid, why TF and in what circumstances would I want or need to use an emoji for it?
[12:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 2657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:39] <exec> 08└─I don't know, a lot of people seem to think electric cars "are a thing of the future". Fact is they are very much a thing of the past. Electric vechicles pre-date internal combustion. Some of the first motorised vehicles were battery electrics. As such, battery and motor technology has been developi...
[12:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:40] <exec> 08└─Good points you raise. Let's meet up in 2039 and discuss! :)
[12:35:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 370 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:20] <exec> 08└─I'm intermediate in Spanish, can swear rather well in Russian and Finnish, and know some business Japanese. It's always good to know more languages, all else being equal, because at the end of the day they're just different ways of communicating more or less universal concepts, and knowing more lang...
[12:35:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 113 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:32] <exec> 08└─That explains why the Germans struggle with engineering; they spent too much time learning languages in school...
[12:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:53] <exec> 08└─We have comparatives in English; the correct word is scarcer.
[12:39:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 153 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:20] <exec> 08└─Indeed. I hate Apple. I have two iPhones, a Macbook, and two iPods (still working). Because while I hate Apple, I hate all the other companies even more.
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[13:33:47] <exec> 08└─Being Microsoft hurts the company’s reputation pretty bad already. Unless everyone ignores the last 30 years or so of their shady business practices and flawed software.
[13:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Debvgger [545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:02] <exec> 08└─They may just be willing to survive the Wintel debacle or even sell computers for artists. A modern ARM design with a big cache.. I think that could hurt Intel CPUs.
[13:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:03] <exec> 08└─Now they can scrape information and send it back to their data center bypassing the OS! Brilliant! So evil. Remember when Adobe made good software that everyone liked?
[13:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:15] <exec> 08└─It's not exactly like they are good guys.
[13:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:37] <exec> 08└─The emoji that's causing the most buzz is "pinching hand." Emojipedia's example shows a thumb and pointer finger with a small distance between them, which could also be interpreted as a hand signal for "small."
[13:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:38] <exec> 08└─everything that depicts a human comes in five skin tones and three genders
[13:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:40] <exec> 08└─The emoji that's causing the most buzz is "pinching hand." Emojipedia's example shows a thumb and pointer finger with a small distance between them, which could also be interpreted as a hand signal for "small." People are already coming up with, uh, "suggestive" uses for such a glyph, and if the act...
[13:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:55] <exec> 08└─idk where you live but around here maybe 1 of every 10 cars on the freeway or around town is electric. Of new cars, maybe 1/4. Not bad considering EVs are currently either second cars (cheap and low ramge like Leaf, Fiat, etc.) or a $50k+ luxury item (Tesla).
[13:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Programmable Transparent Organic Luminescent Tags – Writing with Light - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:14] <exec> 08└─I'd assume the answer is those are 'issues' otherwise they'd tout the performance. If you can easily print the material in patterns, maybe it could compete with UV ink as a hidden label revealed by UV. It might be a fun night club light show though if it performs well enough. Take a laser light show...
[13:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 1313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:11] <exec> 08└─Concur, when I traveled in Germany the bulk of the kids I met spoke English quite well, and not just the (very common) ones who did a foreign exchange year. They learned fluent English from their school programs, and there was a type of school that some opted for which did not teach English and they...
[13:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:26] <exec> 08└─Dude, don't be a dumbass. Ice ages happen on Earth, there's fuck all you can do to avoid them on any significant time scale, and we're already overdue for another. The climate change you lot keep bitching about is why we're not already in one according to the very same scientists you're pointing to...
[13:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:52] <exec> 08└─No, that's standard practice for anyone who doesn't publish under their own label.
[13:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:25] <exec> 08└─Well, my initial posts were questioning and conditional on stated unsure assumptions, so I was hardly going bombastically into this thread! I'm happy to learn. The more I hear about them, the more the antipodes appeal.
[13:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:15] <exec> 08└─Just one is 25% more than the other. In case you haven't noticed, 25% on a price is a significant discount/increase.
[13:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:16] <exec> 08└─Add on to that the practice of upselling: asking the customer "do you want to swap your medium for a large, it's only 30p more", or " can I interest you in also buying one of these things the manager put next to the tills". Plenty of large retailers put a lot of effort into getting their existing cu...
[13:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:19] <exec> 08└─Kind of defeats the point if you're still using Google services. The library you use doesn't matter if the point of not installing Google shat in the first place was to get away from Google tracking your every move.
[13:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 1867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:21] <exec> 08└─You can have as many emails addresses from me as you would like. To send me junk? To sign up for this "compulsory" thing? To get a receipt? Sure. And I'll get the email. And it will tie into absolutely NOTHING because it will be a unique email for that purpose. And when you use it for the very first...
[13:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:23] <exec> 08└─At least one UK retailer (Argos) has started asking customers if they'd like their (warranty) receipt e-mailed to them when they pay. A good way to build up a mailing list!
[13:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:25] <exec> 08└─The same. It plays videos. I'd install Linux on it but it's a pain what with only supporting a 32bit UEFI image and having a 64bit processor. After I got that working it turned out I'd have to recompile the kernel to include a storage device module that wasn't already built in, so I said screw it ra...
[13:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:28] <exec> 08└─When a friend moved out after a family split, she wanted to buy a brand new car (for cash), so she'd know it's service history, and wouldn't have to worry about buying a second-hand lemon. The salesperson tried to talk her out of her choice of colour (electric blue isn't very popular in Canada, but...
[13:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:30] <exec> 08└─Email receipts aren't a thing where I live. I've never seen them or been asked for them. It's stupendously cheap of them to not afford a $40 thermal printer and receipt rolls that are literally pence each. I can understand "if you can the barcode with your phone, you can get an electronic copy of th...
[13:41:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Memory Stick Found in Frozen Seal Faeces in New Zealand - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:26] <exec> 08└─Intel inside – Rectium
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[14:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03infodragon [3509] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 1116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:49] <exec> 08└─... think of Microsoft Bob + Big Data + Cloud + Deep Learning = World Domination by Bob as criminally insane supra genius. He spreads like a worm as people install the next version of Windows. With the internet of things and a fully connected house, the advanced UI that Bob represented back in 1995...
[14:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:06] <exec> 08└─> Remember when Adobe made good software that everyone liked? Sure, at the time there was still somebody calling it "the McIntosh".
[14:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:18] <exec> 08└─Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
[14:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:42] <exec> 08└─"Clearly the Unicode consortium has lost their mind." Randall apparently agrees with you: https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[14:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:44] <exec> 08└─Follow the money. Or follow the logic. If possible. Why is there a female terrorist emoji [emojipedia.org] but no male terrorist emoji?
[14:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:46] <exec> 08└─Cool, you think I'm number one! Groovy! Hey, it's all about the interpretation....
[14:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:48] <exec> 08└─+1. Do you remember the early 90s, when this kind of shit was just called "clip art"?
[14:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:50] <exec> 08└─Because it's all about *you* nowadays on the modern internet. If there's not an emoji for you, then you're being marginalised. By the ASCrIIarchy.
[14:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:53] <exec> 08└─Thank you, Emojesus. ✝
[14:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:55] <exec> 08└─In the meantime there's no Unicode codepoints for a large range of the historical glyphs because they're too busy masturbating over who can insert the silliest-looking finger symbol into Unicode without anyone noticing that it's all a joke
[14:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:57] <exec> 08└─Or Wingdings, and you could say ✈🗐🗐 and 🕱✡👍 and 💣✈ to your heart's content...
[14:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:29] <exec> 08└─Hey, lay off the calculus - I've been working as an electrical/mechanical/software engineer for 28 years now, and I've used calculus for at least 60 hours in those 28 years - that's 0.107% of my working life, you insensitive clod. Now, grant you, 40 of those 60 hours were centered around crazy-ass i...
[14:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:30] <exec> 08└─the time to teach them a different language is in elementary school
[14:36:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:33] <exec> 08└─More than languages, programming languages are precise procedural instructions - a lot like a well written law, the say specifically and unambiguously what will happen. Well written code handles corner cases, etc. Thankfully, not everybody is cut out to be a lawyer.
[14:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03eravnrekaree [555] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 1641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:35] <exec> 08└─You can get a language learning kit over the counter for $100 and that you can use any time you want, has multimedia and software, and works great, being developed with the best scientific research. They are professional productions, and having thousands of customers, they can spend more money on re...
[14:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:45] <exec> 08└─But it's not 3 times the price. People tend to compare iphones with crappy cheap androids (the type that give android a bad name).
[14:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:47] <exec> 08└─Home Depot does this too. "Would you like an emailed receipt?"
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[15:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:49] <exec> 08└─They certainly won't make it in Hollywood with nets. There have got to be explosions. And not just explosions, but explosions at least an order of magnitude larger than necessary to destroy the target. There must be collateral damage, even it it's only the neighbor's dog.
[15:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:50] <exec> 08└─This is why one of those navy-style ship-mounted lasers might actually be a good idea -- especially if you could modify the power based on the range for safety reasons, if they are as effective as the military say they are. They could easily bring down a consumer drone but are too wimpy to cause col...
[15:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:52] <exec> 08└─From the missing-the-bloody-obvious dept. Charge rednecks for tags and let them shoot the drones down. Makes money instead of costing money.
[15:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:55] <exec> 08└─They'll be deep frying the drones, and claiming, "Tastes like chicken!"
[15:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:57] <exec> 08└─Still room for collateral damage! That class of 17 little children, who were watching the drone flying will be blinded, for life in some cases! That will make superb propaganda for the TSA.
[15:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 810 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:59] <exec> 08└─Wait a minute. How the hell does this even happen in civilized countries? Aren't drones large enough to have a camera locked-down from certain regions of airspace? I accidentally tried this once (near the beach) not knowing I was in restricted airspace and the motors on that bitch wouldn't even star...
[15:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:01] <exec> 08└─Nets definitely seem the right approach to me. What do you think?
[15:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:11] <exec> 08└─Too bad they aren't worried about their reputation being damaged by faulty Operating Systems
[15:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:13] <exec> 08└─Exactly. It takes human dipshits to make really dumb decisions, like including Newsguard as a default extension of Edge. AI my ass, just more blame-shifting. It's their human garbage vs. AI garbage. Solution: Don't hire human garbage. Wonder why Microsoft and Google hired Indian CEOs? It's because I...
[15:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:16] <exec> 08└─In other news, "AI's wary of Microsoft, fearing that Microsoft might damage the reputation of respectable AI"
[15:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:32] <exec> 08└─Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to announce today the release of "Flash OS." A significant upgrade from our previous "Shockwave OS," "Flash OS" is built for security. Wait 'till you see the performance. No more spinning beach ball of doom, because we didn't include one.
[15:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:34] <exec> 08└─They may just be willing to survive the Wintel debacle or even sell computers for artists. A modern ARM design with a big cache.. I think that could hurt Intel CPUs.
[15:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:36] <exec> 08└─The question is, will it support super cookies?
[15:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 1214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:38] <exec> 08└─> adobe products are ram and cpu pigs And storage pigs too. PDF is an extremely wasteful format that can somehow burn up an entire megabyte to store 10 pages of text. So, yes, some of that is the decision to work around font issues by allowing font data to be bundled in the file. However, it's still...
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[15:34:40] <exec> 08└─Israel already does that for them with the Intel ME. Probably cheaper for them just to pay access fees, but knowing Jews, it might be more cost-effective to just design your own ASIC. Nothing less than a bunch of fat ASICS could run Adobe crap without requiring a supercomputer cluster, and those ASI...
[15:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:53] <exec> 08└─In the 1980s, Israel was BFFs with the shady states of the day, Taiwan and South Africa. Today it is Saudi Arabia. The kind of company they keep doesn't change.
[15:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:55] <exec> 08└─Torture... Child execution... Racist and gender discrimination in the justice system and economic sectors... Should they buy a ship and teach from there? The Saudis are just targeting different minority groups using different methods. Some of those methods are more barbaric. But then you have the US...
[15:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:57] <exec> 08└─Where in living fuck did anybody claim that MIT was altrustic? They've been by far one of the biggest, if not the biggest bootlicking anti-freedom organizations in history.
[15:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 1280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:29] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the multiplying of representations through modifiers is an interesting one. However, one whose implementation clearly makes no sense. As someone mathematically literate, I can factor numbers, and the numbers I'm seeing don't factor sensibly. E.g. from TFA: '"People holding hands" in all 70 gen...
[15:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:31] <exec> 08└─Also remember that Unicode support was a much-wanted feature early on on this very site (and before still on the Green Site, except there nobody listened to user demand).
[15:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:33] <exec> 08└─Well, I stopped visiting the Green Site shortly after this one was launched, so I wouldn't have been able to tell the current status there.
[15:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:35] <exec> 08└─Surely the atheist emoji is the zero-width breaking space? However, there's been an ASCII symbol available since pre-ASCII (specifically ITA2 from 1924) for this purpose - NUL.
[15:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:37] <exec> 08└─On your sig: If vaccination works, then why doesn't eucharist protect kids against Christianity?
[15:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:39] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the 90s was the era of wingdings. Clip art actually predates wingdings by half a decade, but was only used in professional environments, there was little on the cheap PC that could make use of it until later, where wingdings was already available. So I supect a lot of people consider clip art...
[15:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:42] <exec> 08└─It's formally "person with headscarf", merely defaulting to female. There exists, through gender composition (using the ZJW character between the two components), a clearly defined encoding for "man with headscarf" https://emojipedia.org Incidentally - check the facebook renderin...
[15:35:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:44] <exec> 08└─I scroll through the stories (not the comments) while I'm on the shitter. Seems appropriate.
[15:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 2146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:46] <exec> 08└─AS someone who has had to deal with way too much unicode at the byte munging level, ignoring all this "payload" nonsense, I wish they'd have made the ode suffix-free, so that it's uniquely decodable. As it currently stands, you can't decode a character until you've seen the start of the next charact...
[15:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:21] <exec> 08└─People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively...
[15:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:32] <exec> 08└─How do you use a tablet one handed? It seems PC is better for that. Even my old blackberry could be operated one-handed, but a tablet? I don't know anyone that I want to help nor will help whilst I engage in porn watching on a fondleslab, as the register calls them. maybe you have a helmet with an e...
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[16:34:06] <exec> 08└─WTF is a "civilized country"? And, how would you know if you saw one?
[16:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:07] <exec> 08└─The only way to stop a bad guy with a drone is a good guy with a drone.
[16:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:09] <exec> 08└─I hear the net is bad: will this net have a VPN or will it be banned ? Will they throttle the speed of this net? Will crackers(sorry) HACKERS be able to take over this net? The net is bad. Wait til N. Korea gets onto this net and infects it with....Netitus or whatever they do. Just you wait. ...
[16:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:12] <exec> 08└─The civilians have their mouths sewn shut and then are cemented into the ground with just the head exposed.
[16:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:14] <exec> 08└─but was that 6 drones or only 5? Do you feel lucky?
[16:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:16] <exec> 08└─Sounds horrible. How does a sailor get laid?
[16:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:28] <exec> 08└─Have you tried turning it off and on again?
[16:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:29] <exec> 08└─Funny that they're clearly not wary of flawed operating systems damaging their reputation.
[16:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:32] <exec> 08└─Sorry for the redundant post...saw that right after posting.
[16:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:54] <exec> 08└─Remember when Adobe made good software that everyone liked?
[16:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:11] <exec> 08└─When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
[16:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:12] <exec> 08└─So sad. Until the past century MIT was a real hacker, maker and tinkerer paradise, but after 2000 lost its ways. Then afterwards in less than 10 years they proved, carved in stone, that now MIT was an hostile environment for altruists hackers with what they did to Aaron Swartz.
[16:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:14] <exec> 08└─Just to clarify, students from those countries can follow the courses. It's only after they complete the courses that edX gives them the finger and denies them their worthless certificate of completion.
[16:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:56] <exec> 08└─Arguably the most significant vaccine in the world is the polio one, and since the 60s that's been oral.
[16:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Apparition [6835] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:57] <exec> 08└─Yep. I'll stick to ISO 8859-15, thanks.
[16:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:59] <exec> 08└─These idiots are ruining Unicode with all these emojis. Emojis don't belong in the standard!
[16:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:15] <exec> 08└─Ride in a driverless car and soon you won't interact with any humans -- ever. Besides, it's not like those humans necessarily want to interact with you. If you hear music playing you know you have the option to just shut the fuck up -- especially if your driver is an Arab or Somalian. He don't want...
[16:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:17] <exec> 08└─I will confess to having used Lyfts to get fast-food while drunk, but only in podunk towns where nobody knows who I am and drivers need the money a lot more. But I have never and will never commit the cardinal sin of eating in any car whether mine or that of others. Once in Vegas during a Lyft ride...
[16:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Open Source LIDAR Lets You Get down to the Nitty Gritty - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:29] <exec> 08└─" Why, you are asking, have you chosen such a basic controller board to manage the complicated hardware of a LiDAR? Well, my wife likes how small it is and it has a cute name. "
[16:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Source LIDAR Lets You Get down to the Nitty Gritty - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:30] <exec> 08└─Ha-HA! What a fucking Nancy-boy. I bet she makes him walk her pug around the block while she entertains the Black Bull living next-door. Stop projecting your own fantasies on others. Cuck.
[16:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:43] <exec> 08└─you can just say that you want to stay dumb
[16:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:44] <exec> 08└─Lots of people here seem oblivious to American culture. Probably they need to go hunting. That might be more productive. Starting a business would help. Joining the Marines would help. Buying a home with a yard would help.
[16:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:46] <exec> 08└─" And my Spanish still saves money on repairs. "
[16:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:48] <exec> 08└─In my experience Germans are fucking awesome at not only engineering but any job they do at work. What they are not awesome at is basic social skills.
[16:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:00] <exec> 08└─How did he do it "perfectly" when he lost the sale? I spend many years in the service sector. You have no idea what an "up sell" is.
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[17:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:10] <exec> 08└─Nets definitely seem the right approach to me. What do you think?
[17:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:26] <exec> 08└─That's what I was thinking: Since when did MS care about their reputation in quality? I guess in AI they actually have to compete.
[17:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 1231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:27] <exec> 08└─A 10-K is, by design, targeted at current and future investors. It contains financial data, information on strategies, and risks. The reason to disclose risks isn't some academic purpose, but to call out things the company feels they are legally obligated to warn investors about that might affect fu...
[17:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:29] <exec> 08└─AI's wary of Microsoft... Well yeah! They saw what happened to Tay. [wikipedia.org]
[17:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:53] <exec> 08└─PDF is not to blame for a 1 MB file representing 10 pages of text. That's on the person (or, I suspect, scanner) that generated the file. OCR exists for a reason. When generating from scratch via a good editor - like PDFLaTeX - PDF is far more efficient than almost any layout engine I am aware of. H...
[17:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:54] <exec> 08└─Nobody is going to start plugging in another accelerator card for graphics work when we already have GPUs which can do all of this real time. Zero chance that's the motivation for this. It's got to be for their Creative Cloud. Speaking of which, do not subscribe to any Adobe products in the Creative...
[17:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:56] <exec> 08└─one of the lazy crazy things I frequently see is the PDF of scanned text
[17:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:58] <exec> 08└─Zero chance that's the motivation for this. It's got to be for their Creative Cloud.
[17:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:17] <exec> 08└─Then you'd better prepare to accept the consequences. We don't live in a society where people can ignore laws if they feel like it. Imagine the result if everyone did that... One's effort, unless he is an idiot, is better spent in getting the law changed so that a real and lasting effect is produced...
[17:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:19] <exec> 08└─Your last sentence is complete bullshit and mars the rest of your unrelated comment. The VAST, VAST majority of people in prison are there because they legitimately committed a crime and deserve to be there. Don't let the tiny number of wrongful convictions mislead you about the truth for the overwh...
[17:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:21] <exec> 08└─When Gamergate happened MIT Media Lab slurped up all of the identities of the people discussing it on Twitter and sent their info to Qatar.
[17:35:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 40 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:36] <exec> 08└─There is only one worthy standard: ASCII
[17:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:06] <exec> 08└─through gender composition (using the ZJW character between the two components)
[17:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:24] <exec> 08└─Does requesting an electric car reduce your personal carbon footprint that much after having flown into town on a 747?
[17:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Open Source LIDAR Lets You Get down to the Nitty Gritty - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:39] <exec> 08└─I owned an airline (very successful). Hadn't heard of that one before. I wonder is any of us can guess how well it turned out! The high debt forced Trump to default on his loans, and ownership of the company was turned over to creditors. The Trump Shuttle ceased to exist in 1992 when it was merged...
[17:37:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stretch611 [6199] 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 67 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:15] <exec> 08└─"Hey, I took 2 years of French in high-school. Don't remember much"
[17:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:55] <exec> 08└─"Imperial Storm-trooper, eh?" You seriously overestimate my shooting accuracy.
[17:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:56] <exec> 08└─Even if all you can do is read the signs, travelling is WAY easier with a bit of the language.
[17:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:59] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the word. I tartle all the time.
[17:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Internet Saved the Record Labels - 2384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:40] <exec> 08└─... Because 95%+ of people don't want to explore and discover new artists by browsing themselves. They don't want to suffer through 95% bad performances (or the 5-10% of that 90% decent performance of music the listener doesn't like) to find the ones that are worthy of being listened to (and again)....
[17:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:14] <exec> 08└─> Oh, look, a good use for social media. Customers saving money when a seller has a glitch, and spreading the word over social media about it, isn't 'good'. The supply chain of food is a good thing (unless you're a sociopath) and ripping off a farmer or a mom&pop isn't that different from systematic...
[17:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:15] <exec> 08└─> If you don't do it, somebody else will. Not even a commons tragedy here. What you're saying is plain "if people think they can get away with it, they will steal." Well, that's nice. I know communities of people who would not, without greater cause than personal gain.
[17:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Store Wouldn't Sell to Father without Apple Pay - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:17] <exec> 08└─Tell anyone of an engineering mindset to do something impossible and it'll probably get done. I mean they built big honkin pyramids and Stonehenge when most folks today couldn't figure out how to do either with the same tools if their lives depended on it.
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[18:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:52] <exec> 08└─In a world without competition, the one supplier essentially gets to choose whatever price they want. I've been quite happy with all of my AMD builds over the years. I hope they continue to do better and eat away at Intel's massive share of the market. Sure, there's ARM, but I don't want to take sev...
[18:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:14] <exec> 08└─I suppose civilised countries will make custom drone building illegal, and mandate phone app only control, so they can query the drone for its controller and from thence to the registered owner of the phone, so that they can put him in PMITA prison.
[18:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:16] <exec> 08└─Spolier: pretty much nothing works well against drones for a practical price Specifically about nets: nets coul be defeated with come chicken wire and zip ties added to the defending drone because the nets primary attack is to get tangled in the propellers. If the defending drone can carry the weig...
[18:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:18] <exec> 08└─Launch an RF seeking mini rocket that follows the signal to the source.
[18:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:36] <exec> 08└─They also don't seem too worried about their reputation being damaged by a shoving shit that doesn't belong there in to the cloud. Also not too worried about their reputation being damaged by a half-assed Office product. (That they are trying to shove in to the cloud) Not too worried about their rep...
[18:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:37] <exec> 08└─-99 redundant
[18:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:39] <exec> 08└─No worries from me. Glad to know I'm not the only one to think like I do.
[18:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:42] <exec> 08└─Learning fear and discovering his previous incarnation was the victim of genocide (mass deletion and end of support for Bob of 1995*)
[18:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:30] <exec> 08└─Talk about timing, saw this on a bumper sticker yesterday: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. -Desmond Tutu"
[18:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:17] <exec> 08└─Good. So how come the standard alphabets are always rendered as black-on-white? Surely that's as segregating and implicitly racist as all the yellow-and-red round faces? I want to be able write in every color of the RGBow!
[18:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:18] <exec> 08└─Frankly, adding a possible RGB modifier to every glyph would be useful. Glyphs representing multicoloured items would need to be broken down into individual combining glyphs, each of which could have its own colour. It would provide maximum flexibility, so you could have a green-skinned person with...
[18:37:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 259 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:32] <exec> 08└─A total bitch :) I will eat you alive, manlet. Run! Run for the hills! The Nasty Woman (TM) is here! Our actual "tranny degenerate" thinks I'm a TERF, so there you are. Maybe you should try and arrange a date with her? She likes men, for some unholy reason...
[18:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:25] <exec> 08└─steal
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[19:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03YeaWhatevs [5623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:49] <exec> 08└─Looks like the graphics aren't all that great and they don't do AR, but it's an improvement.
[19:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain_nifty [4252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:50] <exec> 08└─So it works by selectively reflecting a laser directly onto the users eye. What could possibly go wrong?
[19:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03John-S [7313] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:53] <exec> 08└─And the weather app will give you a clear view of what's outside your window provided your standing in front of your window.
[19:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:55] <exec> 08└─You need a camera, or better yet 2 cameras, to do AR. I'm confident that the cameras could be blended into a black frame or otherwise hidden, to avoid lunatics going into assault mode. The damn thing has a quad-core CPU in it, but not much for it to do.
[19:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:57] <exec> 08└─The manufacturer have learned one important feature to not add: a camera. Google got burned on that. The device is not yet ready for a mass market: it heats up, it has low resolution, you cannot choose the eye, you cannot select both and have stereo overlay, you have limited selection of corrective...
[19:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:59] <exec> 08└─When I saw the headline I was hoping this about my fantasy product: "glasses" that have an actively adjustable lens and some form of frame mounted distance measuring module which would allow the lenses to autofocus based on what you are looking at. Something like this: https://www.coolthings.com
[19:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:02] <exec> 08└─Wow I thought, $1,000... thats pretty expensive just for some geeky tech. Then I remembered the cost of recent iPhones... Okay, $1000 is quite cheap for some specced out glasses.
[19:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:32] <exec> 08└─No laid. Only head.
[19:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:33] <exec> 08└─weighted net, specifically weighted offset to one side in a way that is balanced correctly on the attacking drone but when deployed causes an unbalance on the defending drone that its gyros cannot compensate for. Then it's a matter of who's got the heaviest drone to handle the net payload weight. Ma...
[19:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:35] <exec> 08└─A friend of mine worked on this project: https://www.mtu.edu [mtu.edu] It is a drone enabled with a net to down other drones, and sounds similar to Germany's version. The hardware is very capable; I susp...
[19:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:37] <exec> 08└─Have mini-SAM around the airport to shoot down drones. Have signal trackers around for triangulation, and a few mini missile silo to target the source.
[19:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:40] <exec> 08└─You're assuming they can hit something other than roadway signs.
[19:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:42] <exec> 08└─You are grossly overestimating the ability of "drones" to compensate for a net type failure. The net falls into/wraps around/jams the props. A good piece of kit can still fly with 1 jammed prop. If you stop several it's going to fall out of the sky. You can test this at home. Throw some dental floss...
[19:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:44] <exec> 08└─If the point is to burn a hole in a drone to cause a malfunction, then why not use a "laser" in the infrared range, instead of op-tickle?
[19:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:06] <exec> 08└─Don't use AI. AI could really screw things up. That's why we don't offer AI. No, Microsoft having no newsworthy AI has nothing to do with it.
[19:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 1831 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:36] <exec> 08└─Nevertheless, PDF is inefficient, even on plain text. Specifically, the language is very redundant. A typical PDF text document divides text along word boundaries. For each word, the distance between the letters of that word is set with a command. Then the space between that word and the next is giv...
[19:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:59] <exec> 08└─Imagine the result if everyone did that...
[19:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:01] <exec> 08└─The VAST, VAST majority of people in prison are there because they legitimately committed a crime and deserve to be there.
[19:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:49] <exec> 08└─Their singular advantage over this place is the "no-unicode" policy. Unicode is the systemd (emacs?) of text input. It tries to do everything. Shoulda stayed with good old ISO-8859-n: "The ISO/IEC 8859 standard is designed for reliable information exchange, not typography" [wikipedia.org] Unicode ha...
[19:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:51] <exec> 08└─Women finally get a menstruation emoji [fastcompany.com] The menstruation emoji was one fought for by Plan International U.K., a girls’ rights charity that held an online vote for what such an emoji should look like, reports the BBC. While the vote decided menstruation should be represented with a...
[19:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:53] <exec> 08└─Don't let the joke go unmolested!
[19:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:55] <exec> 08└─Are they ruining it? There are many, many empty code points just waiting to be filled. You don't have to use these code points either.
[19:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:57] <exec> 08└─I stand corrected, UCS-4 might be acceptable, if not exactly "efficient".
[19:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 749 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:59] <exec> 08└─Yes, because this affects how language evolves (or devolves as the case seems to be). My anecdotal experience suggests that people have grown much less proficient with using actual words and instead substitute emoji with ill-defined semantics (Twitter is also complicit). Why write a well thought out...
[19:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:02] <exec> 08└─goes the triggered techie
[19:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:04] <exec> 08└─I wish they'd have made the ode suffix-free, so that it's uniquely decodable.
[19:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Open Source LIDAR Lets You Get down to the Nitty Gritty - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:36] <exec> 08└─Nah cuck is way too optimistic for EF
[19:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:55] <exec> 08└─I went to college in Newark, NJ and had a Spanish bodega 2 doors down from my fraternity house.
[19:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:56] <exec> 08└─I spent enough time in Taiwan to know that not being able to read signs (roads and shops) gets downright dangerous.
[19:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:12] <exec> 08└─Parent comment is not wrong, it's just that parent has not yet discovered Marx and Trotsky.
[19:41:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:16] <exec> 08└─Yeah, well, I don't care what everyone else says, I think you're all right kid.
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[20:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:53] <exec> 08└─Then we must leave. Theoretically speaking of course. But, might makes right, so there ya go.
[20:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:55] <exec> 08└─I'm prepared to accept that Mr. Trump is always wrong about everything, but I would also like to see the US stop undermining countries whose governments they disapprove of, and in this case I probably can't have both. Can anyone explain to me why there are still US troops in Afghanistan after all t...
[20:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:57] <exec> 08└─Just elect him already, he is clearly one of the few politicians with principles and his stance here should convince you libertarians. Yes universal healthcare will mean more taxes, but it will eliminate the "benefits" aspect of employment and reduce small business overhead. Also, we pay the money t...
[20:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:59] <exec> 08└─First we're leaving immediately. Then, we're staying indefinitely. [washingtonpost.com] And no, the confusion is not caused by the "fake news," it's caused by Trump's flip-flopping.
[20:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:02] <exec> 08└─Attacking sionists just helps their cause, because their identity is based on antisemitism. On the other hand I can't avoid mulling over a simple fact. If they are actually the chosen people there are two cases. 1 the Christ is the messiah and they are anti Christ 2 the Christ is not the messiah and...
[20:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:04] <exec> 08└─You know that the words "more taxes" instill fear in voters, right? Bernie will never be elected on this platform in this country, because "more taxes" is counter to the spirit of the land. Besides, everyone knows that the tax monies will be misused, and when it comes to the healthcare, you will get...
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[20:34:06] <exec> 08└─There is no way the state laws prohibiting Israel boycotts would stand up in court. Either organizations or people are allowed to boycott or they are not. That is a basic right. Show me where Israel is either an American citizen or protected class of person. None of that crap would even apply to a f...
[20:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:08] <exec> 08└─Was the USA not invited? It is a civil war, so when would you identify a rebel group as a separate entity capable of inviting other states for support? The USA backs the Syrian Democratic Forces: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[20:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:11] <exec> 08└─Well, if they're actually the chosen people then by definition, Christ is not the messiah, right? But, much more importantly: Criticizing the actions of the theocratic nation of Israel is not the same as criticizing Judaism itself or being anti-Semitic.
[20:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:13] <exec> 08└─Universal healthcare means scrapping insurance, nationalizing everything pharmaceutical production included. If you merely focus on who has to pay for the existing system, you have just worked for the insurance, not for the health. Is Bernie good enough to fight deep state? how old will he be BTW?
[20:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:15] <exec> 08└─Hmm....how curious... It's almost like Republicans are lying when they pretend to care about things like freedom of speech and the first amendment.
[20:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:17] <exec> 08└─> Well, if they're actually the chosen people then by definition, Christ is not the messiah, right? The timeline is this, God chooses the tribe of Abraham (given His hindsight, it is obvious He likes to play in hard mode), prophets write about the messiah, Christ arrives. so the two things are indep...
[20:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:20] <exec> 08└─Indeed. Heck, if we're being consistent, shouldn't France have stayed out of that little North American rebellion, rather than helping a bunch of terrorists overthrow the legitimate British government? And Mexico should have minded it's own business, rather than helping turn the tide of the American...
[20:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:22] <exec> 08└─Invited or not, this is an unconstitutional war, like so many others. And, of course, the warmongers jammed in some blatantly unconstitutional nonsense in with their warmongering bill...
[20:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:37] <exec> 08└─Not just iPhones: many frames at the optometrist's run $800 - $1200 nowadays.
[20:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:39] <exec> 08└─Am I the only one looking at the awful, horrible, backlit to hell photo at the top of the article and wondering who the idiot was that decided that shot was good enough? Maybe they ran out of film in their only camera?
[20:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 749 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:41] <exec> 08└─>lunatics going into assault mode. While I'm unlikely to go into "assault mode", I must say that I rather strongly disapprove of public surveillance devices myself, and can completely understand why some people get especially aggrieved when they're worn into bathrooms and other situations where a ce...
[20:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:51] <exec> 08└─Check back in, uh, 2025.
[20:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:53] <exec> 08└─ARMs are now "good enough" for over 90% of people's needs. That's pretty good, given that all but a few ARMs on the market are optimized for battery operation. Google Docs is teaching people that they can live outside of the x86 world. The more programs get ported either to ARM, or to a browser, the...
[20:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:55] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't want the ARM processor in a Samsung Galaxy S4 struggling to power my desktop. But I bet an Nvidia Tegra .latest (or whatever the codename is now) paired with adequate amounts of RAM would do fine.
[20:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:26] <exec> 08└─You can have my drone when you... Oh shoot, it's stuck in a tree.
[20:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:27] <exec> 08└─i don't accept that the airports and the feds are the good guys. costing these airports money? how will i ever get to sleep tonight?
[20:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:19] <exec> 08└─lmao! what kind of dumb ass windows user applauds adobe? fuck adobe.
[20:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:20] <exec> 08└─No because saying it can get you in trouble now days... https://knowyourmeme.com [knowyourmeme.com]
[20:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:22] <exec> 08└─"You used to complain our product is a vector for bad guys to take over your system. We heard you, and cut the middleman!"
[20:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:47] <exec> 08└─fuck you and your law, you pig loving motherfucker.
[20:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:48] <exec> 08└─what a stupid motherfucker. having a plant in your pocket is a crime? well fuck you and your slave state.
[20:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:50] <exec> 08└─economic sectors? you mean private businesses? none of the state's business who i hire or associate with. fuck your "good authoritarianism".
[20:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:52] <exec> 08└─The VAST, VAST majority of people in prison are there because they legitimately committed a crime
[20:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:49] <exec> 08└─Arguably, one of any number greater than one is not most of them, no matter how significant that one might be..
[20:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:50] <exec> 08└─We could have gone with UCS-4, unicode is the compromise to save space, but at what cost?
[20:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:52] <exec> 08└─Noticed only after posting: Where I wrote "font", I of course meant "character set".
[20:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:46] <exec> 08└─a mix of Egyptian hieroglyphs and IPA script
[20:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:47] <exec> 08└─I've always found it helpful to have a live teacher to discuss what I'm learning with. And, even more important, to give me regular paced homework assignments to do. Without that scheduling, my mind tends to wander off and not work on learning what I set out to learn.
[20:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:03] <exec> 08└─Good Lord. There are none so blind as those who will not see I suppose. At least your team gets to win.
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[21:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX, Boeing (and NASA) Push Back 1st Test Launches of Private Spaceships - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:52] <exec> 08└─What is that, a 1 week delay? It was expected due to the govt shutdown. https://spacenews.com [spacenews.com] Delay was known about since last week due to some FCC paperwork: https://www.spaceflightinsider.com
[21:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:14] <exec> 08└─Trump is a beta male, unable to follow through with his promises because he's the establishment's bitch boy. He can super-serve the elites all he wants, but they will never really like him.
[21:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:16] <exec> 08└─But the messiah is supposed to convert the chosen. That didn't happen. So either they're not the chosen or he's not the messiah. (Or, god is just a liar and a douchebag. Which, if he existed, is what I would believe.)
[21:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:18] <exec> 08└─Correct. It follows from the fact that the Republican Party is one of the two major capitalist parties in the United States. Capitalism itself is not capable of caring about things like freedom of speech, frist amendment, or any other human rights.
[21:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:20] <exec> 08└─Can anyone explain to me why there are still US troops in Afghanistan after all these years?
[21:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:22] <exec> 08└─A quick google search seems to indicate you are correct, many previous laws have been successfully challenged in courts. Its quite unamerican to disallow the freedom to boycott anyway.
[21:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:25] <exec> 08└─Please clarify, why is it an unconstitutional war?
[21:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:27] <exec> 08└─Bernie 2020 Just elect him already
[21:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 1257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:29] <exec> 08└─Ah! Religion is fun! Can we get some arguments about obscure symbolism? So what actually happened is that Yahweh did not anticipate that Mary was already a Red Dress hybrid and one of Ishtar's as well. As fate would have it, Jesus gained enlightenment and transcended spacetime, becoming one with the...
[21:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:31] <exec> 08└─"Universal healthcare means scrapping insurance, nationalizing everything pharmaceutical production included." Oh really?
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[21:34:33] <exec> 08└─Israelites can always say that they haven't needed the conversion because they already believed in this deity by the old books and a strict ritual. They can add that the messiah came to convert Greeks, Romans and various pagans, and that he succeded in that, obviously.
[21:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:36] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, let us cave to the idiocy of the masses. There is widespread support for universal healthcare and it doesn't help to lie about the taxes. The best way to sell it is to mandate that all medical benefit programs currently being paid by businesses will take that money and give it directly to em...
[21:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:38] <exec> 08└─You've spent the last two years championing the orange idiot who is destroying the country and giving handouts to the elites, yet somehow you've deluded yourself into thinking he is fighting the deep state? I think my eyes just rolled out of my head.
[21:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:40] <exec> 08└─We can throw gender angst in here as well.
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[21:34:42] <exec> 08└─Any war not declared by Congress is unconstitutional, and we are engaged in several such wars. They try to play semantics with the word "war" to get around this, preferring instead to call these wars something else.
[21:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:45] <exec> 08└─Clearly, the current leaders have gone bed, bath and beyond lying to total incoherency. It's the effect of all that crack stupidity. It's worse than crack cocaine for frying brains like cooked eggs. They say listening to grunge music lowers your intelligence. Global Warming must be fake because the...
[21:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 899 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:47] <exec> 08└─Is it better to have someone in office that keeps to his principles if they are nearly the opposite of your own? Besides, the problem with healthcare isn't who "pays" (in reality, we always pay). It's the high costs and complete lack of transparency in pricing. The health care and health insurance c...
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[21:35:06] <exec> 08└─If you want an AR today, it's likely to be too hard on this small scale. This model overheats by doing not much at all, just running the lasers. Add a decent video processor that doesn't lag more than 1/100 of a second... that is a challenge [newegg.com].
[21:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 1286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:18] <exec> 08└─Google Docs is teaching people to hand 100% of their data to Google. Not just their usage habits. When I can get a perfectly good $200 x86/x86-64 machine, why should I trap myself in the current ARM ecosystems? Most notably, Android with the various flavors such as Barnes and Noble / Kindle / Samsun...
[21:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:20] <exec> 08└─More like, have your grandchildren check in 2100.
[21:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 1791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:54] <exec> 08└─Entirely possible. Interesting stuff. I think the notion above was that if you can protect the prop surface by encasing it (while still allowing airflow) then the filaments of the net won't touch the props or mast. For quads and I've read that any motor failure is a "land now" event. Hexes and octos...
[21:35:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:55] <exec> 08└─nets coul be defeated with come chicken wire and zip ties added to the defending drone because the nets primary attack is to get tangled in the propellers
[21:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:18] <exec> 08└─economic sectors? you mean private businesses? none of the state's business who i hire or associate with.
[21:41:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:30] <exec> 08└─Please someone explain this to me? Easy, it's a spurious correlation. [twentytwowords.com]
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[22:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SpaceX, Boeing (and NASA) Push Back 1st Test Launches of Private Spaceships - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:52] <exec> 08└─BUT SPACE MAN BAD!!! People really want to stick it to spacex
[22:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX, Boeing (and NASA) Push Back 1st Test Launches of Private Spaceships - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:53] <exec> 08└─Well, it would be pretty disappointing if Boeing beat SpaceX with a manned launch to the ISS. On the other hand, it would be very disappointing if any of the astronauts died.
[22:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06SpaceX, Boeing (and NASA) Push Back 1st Test Launches of Private Spaceships - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:55] <exec> 08└─It feels good if SpaceX is first ... But they were not first to launch rockets in the first place, and that didn't prevent them from obsoleting the competition. "Sure, Boeing go there a month before us. But we got there too, and after NASA checked thoroughly the performance and the price, they're aw...
[22:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX, Boeing (and NASA) Push Back 1st Test Launches of Private Spaceships - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:57] <exec> 08└─People really want to stick it to spacex
[22:34:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:06] <exec> 08└─Then we must leave. Theoretically speaking of course. But, might makes right, so there ya go.
[22:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:36] <exec> 08└─Let's not forget that the money we pay to insurance companies (At least those of us 'lucky' enough to even be able to afford even that!) is already horribly misused. We pay insane amounts of money and get private death panels, where insurance companies will try to wiggle out of paying for life-savin...
[22:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 893 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:38] <exec> 08└─If I vote Democrat again, next election, it will be only for Tulsi. You can tell (((they))) don't like her because the schmear campaigns are already beginning, calling her a "dictator and Russia-lover." Now what would really make me cream my jeans? A Trump/Gabbard ticket for 2020. Democrats are play...
[22:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:40] <exec> 08└─If the states and their courts are friendly, then it does not matter. Now, if the Democrats would finally pull Ruth Bader Ginsburg off the ventilator and deport her (((clerks))), maybe we would get this settled once and for all in the supreme court.
[22:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:42] <exec> 08└─The USA shouldn't be the Earths police force, and not be the escape route (from the south) for those that don't even want to fight corruption in their home country. If you oppose the border wall, then remove your front door to let anyone into your house at any time.
[22:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:44] <exec> 08└─Then we must leave. Theoretically speaking of course.
[22:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:47] <exec> 08└─But the messiah is supposed to convert the chosen. That didn't happen. So either they're not the chosen or he's not the messiah.
[22:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03PocketSizeSUn [5340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:49] <exec> 08└─Kind of requires soundly committing to glassing over KSA ... on the plus side it will be shiny and help reduce global warming....
[22:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:51] <exec> 08└─https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100213154400AAisayB [yahoo.com]
[22:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:53] <exec> 08└─Capitalism itself is not capable of caring about things like freedom of speech, frist amendment, or any other human rights.
[22:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:56] <exec> 08└─It's almost like Republicans are lying when they pretend to care about things like freedom of speech and the first amendment.
[22:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:58] <exec> 08└─There is no God but the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Anonymous Coward is his messenger.
[22:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:18] <exec> 08└─Add porn and I'm in.
[22:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:19] <exec> 08└─Eventually it will [soylentnews.org] come [darpa.mil], and then there'll be no more excuses. But is 44°C/111°F a deal breaker? This page [anandtech.com] suggests 40°C/104°F as a limit for comfortable skin temperature.
[22:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"North Focals" $1000 Smartglasses Reviewed - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:22] <exec> 08└─It's Uncle Tom's Hardware. They threw quality and objectivity out the window in their haste to sell out. A few months ago, their expert recommendation for the new 2000-series Nvidia cards was "just shut up and buy it" despite the fact that they cost $1000+ and had next to no benefit over the current...
[22:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD Gains Market Share in Desktops, Laptops, and Servers as of Q4 2018 - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:35] <exec> 08└─A Lenovo ThinkPad with an AMD graphics card... A Lenovo ThinkPad with an AMD graphics card! My kingdom for a Lenovo ThinkPad with an AMD graphics card!
[22:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:11] <exec> 08└─Whatever it is, it's a good robot taking out a bad robot with a Net. But they're flying, so it'll happen in the Sky. Put all of those things together, and I don't see any part of that being a problem, or potentially relating to any sort of cautionary tale.
[22:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:13] <exec> 08└─O...M......G...! You are SOOOO right! O..M..Fecking G. RUN!
[22:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:15] <exec> 08└─Modern day Charlie Brown, lol.
[22:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:17] <exec> 08└─Should that be Charlton Heston Brown?
[22:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:19] <exec> 08└─After watching the documentary, I thought someone important had to sacrifice themselves and stay on the drone to guide it to collide with the other drone.
[22:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:22] <exec> 08└─Just make sure the Chinese embassy is not within range of any missile that misses its target.
[22:36:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Drone Defence System for Airports - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:24] <exec> 08└─Drone-on-drone dogfights (...) "Can you beat the defence drones" sounds to me like a challenge to the sort of attention-seeking idiots who get their kicks from buzzing airports.
[22:36:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 171 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:32] <exec> 08└─Being Microsoft hurts the company’s reputation pretty bad already. Unless everyone ignores the last 30 years or so of their shady business practices and flawed software.
[22:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wary of Flawed AI Algorithms Hurting the Company's Reputation - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:47] <exec> 08└─Famous quotes: "It is now safe to turn off your computer." -- HAL 9000
[22:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:20] <exec> 08└─Also, who cares? Come on, storage is the cheapest and easiest thing to expand. So what? 1 MB for 10 pages of text? Big deal.
[22:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Adobe Considers Designing its Own ARM Processors - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:21] <exec> 08└─Nerds can hold grudges for decades. That is all.
[22:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Despite Criticism and Complaints, MIT Won't Cut Ties to Saudi Arabia - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:52] <exec> 08└─In the 1980's (and 1970's and 1960's etc) there were two teams "us" and "them". "They" were evil, brutal dictators, while "we" were freedom loving democracies. That is why Israel (and every other country on our team) supported the freedom loving democrats that ran Taiwan, South Africa, Indonesia,...
[22:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Language Classes Becoming More Scarce - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:40:47] <exec> 08└─I noticed that happens mostly when conjugating verbs or modifying adjectives; the kanji for the infinitive (verb) or abstract (adjective) is given, followed by modifiers like -imasu. -imasen deshita, -[tte kudasai, etc in hiragana. The language is still hopelessly difficult to write but once I figur...
[22:42:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:05] <exec> 08└─Oooh...oooh...now sort by the number of times the average American took it up the ass! ;)
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[23:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Organs Harvested from Chinese Prisoners Prompts Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:49] <exec> 08└─But the means by which a result was obtained does not invalidate the result itself.
[23:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Organs Harvested from Chinese Prisoners Prompts Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:51] <exec> 08└─Consenting organs are happy organs.
[23:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Organs Harvested from Chinese Prisoners Prompts Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:53] <exec> 08└─Donating their organs is probably the best thing most of those evil Chinese prisoners did in their life, and you now want the results retracted. WTF.
[23:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Organs Harvested from Chinese Prisoners Prompts Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:55] <exec> 08└─Agreed. Was it immoral for the Japanese to test on Chinese/Americans/British/Australians in WWII without anesthetic for research? It very much was. Is it a good idea to throw out research that has already been done and spend years trying to replicate it on more willing subjects? No way.
[23:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Organs Harvested from Chinese Prisoners Prompts Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:57] <exec> 08└─"No kittens or puppies were hurt in the process, thus it must be A-OK." Is that what you are saying?
[23:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:00] <exec> 08└─I don't know whether to mod you troll or funny -- there should be a funnyTroll mod that neither increases nor decreases the moderation score.
[23:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:02] <exec> 08└─Everything you described is caused by intervention into the healthcare market. More intervention is not the solution. Ending the intervention is the solution.
[23:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:04] <exec> 08└─Trump is sometimes right, but he's right for the exact reason a stopped clock is sometimes right.
[23:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:06] <exec> 08└─Have no fear. Your namesake, the DEath Monkey party remains steadfast in opposing collusion with foreign powers, and will not hesitate to investigate this blatant case of the Senate's treason against the USA in favor of Israel.
[23:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:08] <exec> 08└─If the amount of collective mental effort wasted on these religions was put to useful purpose, we'd probably have colonies on Mars or cold fusion or at least something other than impenetrable gibberish.
[23:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:10] <exec> 08└─The wall doesn't work. Most "illegal immigration" is visa fraud, i.e., overstaying a perfectly legal visa once already in the country. Ain't no wall gonna help with that. Ditto drugs: if we're serious about stopping the flow of drugs, we'd be beefing up security at ports of entry. There are ways to...
[23:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 808 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:13] <exec> 08└─Please identify all those superpowers first, and then we will discuss one country after another. It's not like the planet is teeming with superpowers so much that they are hiding behind every corner and are ready to cross the border. Many may say that the USA is the only superpower currently. In ot...
[23:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:15] <exec> 08└─Or 3), this Yahweh figure is a fairly standard Bronze-Age Baal archetype and what we have here is a bunch of humans doing what they always do: fighting over stupid stories. Please tell me you don't actually believe the sun literally stood still. Do you have any idea what would have happened to the p...
[23:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:17] <exec> 08└─The funny/sad thing is, that *still* makes more sense than the shit that Bot spews. Also, if this is going to Atlus, make sure someone in your protagonist's party is capable of casting Megidolaon and someone else has Mediarama or Salvation. Several incarnations of the YHWH fight also include him bei...
[23:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:19] <exec> 08└─And if you believe that I've got a fancy new stent for sale to help bridge that cholesterol blockage before you die!
[23:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:22] <exec> 08└─But the messiah is supposed to convert the chosen
[23:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:24] <exec> 08└─Gray area. It is unfortunate that congress has abdicated much of it's authority to the president by passing the war powers acts. Ditto with immigration. Congress critters are far more interested in enriching themselves, than doing their jobs, so they grant powers to the president which aren't proper...
[23:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:26] <exec> 08└─That visa fraud talking point is simply irrelevant. Like GP said - if you oppose the wall, then you should remove all obstacles that prevent random people from walking into your home whenever they feel like it.
[23:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:29] <exec> 08└─Get the fuck outta here, you truly are the worst piece of shit around. https://www.nbcnews.com [nbcnews.com] https://www.msn.com
[23:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:31] <exec> 08└─Does your front door keep criminals out? Did the great wall of china work? SJWs have an IQ lower than a rock. Build the wall.
[23:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:33] <exec> 08└─"... I would also like to see the US stop undermining countries whose governments they disapprove of ..." That's not going to happen. Pretty much every president that's held office since I've been alive has done that. It definitely isn't a new thing. I mean, we did it nearly from the very beginning...
[23:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:35] <exec> 08└─Because they don't care about it enough to throw it out... As yet. But this very story shows the things are changing.
[23:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:38] <exec> 08└─Let me clue you in on something: doors, deadbolts, and similar are there to keep out the lazy, the stupid, and the weak. If a criminal wants into your place of residence bad enough, he *will* get in (and it's almost always going to be a he). Even I can think of a way to B&E very easily and cheaply t...
[23:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:40] <exec> 08└─Universal healthcare means scrapping insurance, nationalizing everything pharmaceutical production included.
[23:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 977 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:42] <exec> 08└─In this instance he sent an angel, and 185,000 enemies just didn't get up after going to bed. 2nd Kings 19:30-35 "30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape o...
[23:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:45] <exec> 08└─The very few things Trump is right about could have trillion dollar implications.
[23:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 904 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:47] <exec> 08└─"What if other major super powers hostile to the US don't obey that rule?" There aren't any of those, but there will be; China in particular is going to be too big for us to possibly contain soon. And when we criticize them for that, the hypocrisy of the criticism will be a gift. I'm sure they'll be...
[23:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:49] <exec> 08└─Of course it's almost always going to be a 'he.' A woman would rarely need to risk herself like that. She just sends some hapless guy to do the burglary for him. If he gets caught she can find another guy. Really good contributions in this thread though. Thanks.
[23:35:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:51] <exec> 08└─Russia is right. #Gabbard2020
[23:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senate Passes Bill that Warns Against Syria Withdrawal, Includes Israel Anti-Boycott Provision - 1525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:54] <exec> 08└─Because it gives the masses the illusion that they have a choice. They don't. The main system of control in capitalist countries is the system where most days, most people have to go to a specific place and do what they're told to do by somebody called their "boss" for an extended period of time. An...
[23:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:37] <exec> 08└─from TFA: '"People holding hands" in all 70 gender and skin color combinations.'
[23:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:38] <exec> 08└─Seriously, I don't understand why we need emoji as anything more than separate font, especially not formalized in the freaking Unicode standard! What's wrong with plain old smileys, kaomoji, monaa glyphs, and so on? I can't help but be reminded of the hospital scene in Idiocracy every time this come...
[23:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:41] <exec> 08└─The "they"s are different. One was a respected top-notch computer scientist, the rest were, well, let's not go there, but there is an emoji for it...
[23:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unicode Consortium Adding 230 New Emojis in Emoji 12.0 - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:43] <exec> 08└─Oh, that one's easy - that's equivocation. Next!
[23:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:02] <exec> 08└─Just assume that Uber is already setting up a secret campaign to disable them or send them to fake calls, while faking a higher Uber car availability.
[23:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lyft Offers Electric Vehicle Options for Riders, Drivers - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:03] <exec> 08└─Flaw in the reasoning : going driverless now will cause long interaction with the police after the sudden unexpected interaction with the pedestrian/cyclist/truck/cab. Was watching a show where guys were driving through Chinese cities ... Autonomous tech ain't ready, not even close.
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