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[00:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:11] <exec> 08└─"I saw a few vendors who effectively claimed they supported customers keeping longer audit logs that could be examined to find evidence once a breach was discovered. Think about that — the assumption is that assembled products can’t protect an enterprise well enough, or respond quickly, so that...
[00:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:12] <exec> 08└─The threats contained in those environments would not be simple ones. Harsh weather and natural disasters either kill you or they don't, and once conquered—or adapted to— they lose their relevance. No, the only environmental factors that continued to matter were those that fought back, that coun...
[00:34:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 164 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:27] <exec> 08└─I'm mostly libertarian, but this is exactly where regulations are appropriate. "If you want less of something, tax it. If you want more of something, subsidize it."
[00:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:46] <exec> 08└─The major externality is, of course the cost of disposal of all that plastic.
[00:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:48] <exec> 08└─We want recycling to be profitable, because then it gets done.
[00:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:50] <exec> 08└─Seems to me if the people wanting recycling to happen ain't willing to foot the bill, they should just admit it's not that high a priority to them. If it's that important, pony up. If it's not then why are they willing to forcibly take other people's hard earned money over it?
[00:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:52] <exec> 08└─Well, disposing of it acceptably :-P . . But yeah - I mean it's not nuclear waste, but just tossing it back into the environment does have ramifications from the great pacific garbage patch to dead birds and wildlife to air pollution (from burning) to groundwater contamination. . Costs for these are...
[00:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:54] <exec> 08└─Well, disposing of it acceptably
[00:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:56] <exec> 08└─I'm generally willing to pay a reasonable amount extra for something that isn't made of plastic, or to go without in some cases. But I'm in favor of industry doing its bit too and offering more environmentally friendly choices in the market at reasonable prices rather than making them a niche luxury...
[00:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:59] <exec> 08└─Not sure if sarcasm... I didn't say anything about underprivileged being forced to anything. I would consider living in a hut made out of garbage (I prefer the term "sustainable materials") if the property taxes were low enough.
[00:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:01] <exec> 08└─The thing is, the people who don't pay also benefit from the improved environment. So the best strategy is to make the other person pay for it so you don't have to pay but also benefit. This is the prisoners' dilemma and the tragedy of the commons. If it was up to individuals, then the environment g...
[00:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:03] <exec> 08└─This is so stupid it shot right past depressing and back into hilarious. My favorite line is "When her grades went up, sometimes other students’ grades went down, the school said." How is this proof of anything?
[00:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats To Push To Reinstate Repealed 'Net Neutrality' Rules - 1877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:43] <exec> 08└─Possibly you don't like Ajit. And, a lot of folks don't like him. I don't like him either. Not because he did the Repeal of Net "Neutrality." We need that badly, we were loosing many people to the internet, to I.S.I.S.. Then Ajit did the Repeal and -- with some help from our brave soldiers in Middle...
[00:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remove Denuvo DRM, Gain Up to 20 FPS in Devil May Cry 5 - 1163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:44] <exec> 08└─It's funny that you bring that up. DNA doesn't "want" anything. It is not sentient and has no desire. The fact that any piece of information that is capable of evolution and reproduction will survive and become dominant is a simple natural or mathematical phenomenon. The concept of a meme is a unit...
[00:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remove Denuvo DRM, Gain Up to 20 FPS in Devil May Cry 5 - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:45] <exec> 08└─Why bother going physical at all? Just require a public key - download, use private key to decrypt, and go. Stopping unwanted sharing becomes relatively simple if you can incentivize people not to share their keys, which shouldn't be all that hard.
[00:39:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Mark Zuckerberg is Rumored to Have a Secret Escape Passageway Beneath His Conference Room - 130 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:09] <exec> 08└─But do they have frickin' laser beams on their heads? Don't tell me we had to cut corners and go with the ill-tempered sea bass...
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[01:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:06] <exec> 08└─do this fur real
[01:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:08] <exec> 08└─This is most definitely a candidate for the Ig-Nobel awards this year.
[01:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:10] <exec> 08└─My cat: You seem upset Me: Yeah My cat: Can I help? Me: Please don't put your butthole in my face My cat puts her butthole in my face.
[01:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:12] <exec> 08└─RandomFactor your plays on words are bloody awful. I'm ashamed for you...
[01:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:14] <exec> 08└─So there's more meat for Chinamen to stir-fry.
[01:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:03] <exec> 08└─No, it's better to recycle as in reuse. I agree that melting down is a bad idea for most materials including plastics. Some metals or glasses make sense to melt down (but I do wish we can go back to actually reusing glass bottles, it's an egregious waste to cast glass bottles only for a single use).
[01:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 819 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:05] <exec> 08└─We had Free Trade and Open Borders. We tried that one, it was a disaster. You elected me to take back our Country. And we're going to have FAIR TRADE. Not Free Trade. We have Fair Trade Cofee, Fair Trade Palm Oil -- why not Fair Trade TV, Fair Trade Cell Phone, Fair Trade Ammo? Sometimes referred to...
[01:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:07] <exec> 08└─If you can build a hut out of hay bails then why not bails of plastic bottles?
[01:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:09] <exec> 08└─Franklin's residents get manufacturing jobs that need the recycled plastic. This means fewer container ships crossing the Pacific, which means we burn less fuel. Container ships don't go to China with trash or empty; they just don't go. Franklin's residents can make their own toxic plastic toys or w...
[01:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 1322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:12] <exec> 08└─I'm a DIY kind of guy. I also really hate taking the trash out because I live in a third-floor walkup. So I'm always on the lookout for new ways to reduce, eliminate, or recycle waste. We've got paper waste pretty well figured out. Everything gets shredded, then used as bedding for the guinea pig, t...
[01:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 2202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:14] <exec> 08└─Back in the 60s they built houses and apartments in the canyons we played in. 10-12 y/o me and a friend spent an hour or so after school scouring the construction sites for bottles, which we then took to the closest grocery store for $$$ (a nickle each). Back in 71/72 California decided to recycle a...
[01:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 2219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:16] <exec> 08└─We don't love Christo, do we? Central Park, they did those horrible "yellow" gates. Made of plastic. And those could have lasted a thousand years. Fortunately they took them out -- what an eyesore! Miami, the islands of Miami -- that was the original Miami vice. And Christo was going to damage, very...
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[01:37:56] <exec> 08└─Didn't seem to matter really. they signed a contract, and it was back to regular business, whatever it was. But I don't believe we *kicked the shit out of the Brits*.
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[02:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:12] <exec> 08└─I do the same when I'm about to land the plane. I just settle into the machine, my seat. Everything has to be perfect. It's a thing that you feel. Of course, with the cat, it's pretty obvious, I would expect them to be more subtle. Eh, whatever, as long as he isn't looking at you, there's nothing to...
[02:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:14] <exec> 08└─One of my biggest culinary regrets has been my inability to get my friends to split a cat with me (in China).
[02:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:16] <exec> 08└─So you think they are a...catastrophe?
[02:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:18] <exec> 08└─If you even hint at being upset in my presence, remember you're in a great position to kiss my ass.
[02:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:20] <exec> 08└─...same reason they lick their balls.
[02:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:23] <exec> 08└─They lick their balls because they don't have thumbs.
[02:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:25] <exec> 08└─https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/dogs-poop-in-alignment-with-earths-magnetic-field-study-finds [pbs.org]
[02:34:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03acid andy [1683] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 351 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:42] <exec> 08└─So they care about the environment but only so long as that makes a profit, rather than incurring a cost. Really, the government should be subsidizing this and fund that by charging the manufacturers for using plastics. Maybe subsidize the companies for using more environmentally friendly alternativ...
[02:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:22] <exec> 08└─The hats have been a winner -- a true classic. And I think the bikini will be too. I love the way Ivanka looks in a bikini. I told her, don't enter for Miss Universe. Or you'll win. And that will be too many "questions." We love bikini, don't we? And we can do KAG -- Keep America Great. With the K o...
[02:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:24] <exec> 08└─I mean, the sun is going to consume the earth a few billions years from now. What's the big deal? I doubt the universe is going to care. All the plastic came from earth, which came out of cosmic dust, anyway. Everything is recycled, there is no "end". It is a circle. But if you're gonna burn your sh...
[02:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 907 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:26] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you live in a "low regulation state"? Here in NY State, stores that sell deposit bottles are required to take them back (for a nickel). Our local trash collection recently revised the recyclables list to include: Plastic types 1 & 2 (no higher numbers) Glass - clear only, no colored glas...
[02:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai's Rosy Broadband Deployment Claim May be Based on Gigantic Error - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:37] <exec> 08└─Policy in this administration based on lies. I'm shocked, SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.
[02:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai's Rosy Broadband Deployment Claim May be Based on Gigantic Error - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:39] <exec> 08└─Just like you know, Andrew "More Coal" Wheeler in charge of the EPA, Betsy DeVos the Creationist as Secretary of Education, and Scott "True Blue Pharma Shill" Gottlieb as FDA Commissioner.
[02:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Moiré Patterns of Three Layers Change the Electronic Properties of Graphene - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:55] <exec> 08└─> bleh. burrrr. ftfy
[02:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remove Denuvo DRM, Gain Up to 20 FPS in Devil May Cry 5 - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:16] <exec> 08└─Not that I completely follow everything you said. But it sounds like you just want to give computers unique identifiers and have binaries onyl run on the one they are signed for. We don't need special tech for this. We won;t seem sim cards for desktops. Just give the CPU a unique identifier. I imagi...
[02:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Martin Shkreli Accused of Running Business From Prison With a Smuggled Smartphone - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:33] <exec> 08└─Because the kids did not have sell their product to anyone so 99% of the costs of a drug: FDA, Marketing, Bottling, RnD, giving away free product, were not included in their $2 cost.
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[03:34:19] <exec> 08└─50% of the time
[03:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:21] <exec> 08└─Come on! You know the deal. Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Deal with it. And yes, that look your cat is giving you means: "WTF is wrong with you? You're not making my life better! What do I pay you for, mofo?"
[03:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:23] <exec> 08└─So you think they are a...catastrophe?
[03:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:25] <exec> 08└─This is most definitely a candidate for the Ig-Nobel awards this year.
[03:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:28] <exec> 08└─Well, I guess he wasn't lion then
[03:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:30] <exec> 08└─me OWWWW
[03:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:32] <exec> 08└─And this is precisely why I prefer cats. I just can't respect dogs. You yell at a dog, they cower in shame. You yell at a cat, they give you a fuck off look and go back to whatever they were doing. If cats had opposable thumbs, they would walk around with their middle fingers up 24/7. That's an atti...
[03:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:34] <exec> 08└─Piers Anthony ruined that word for me for all time by putting the back half of a cat mounted on a plaque in one of his early Xanth novels.
[03:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:45] <exec> 08└─Companies aldready manage risk: if "cost of dealing with potential threat is greater than $0, or, will delay launch/VC meeting by more than 1 hour, do it "later" (and don't add it to any documentation)"
[03:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:37] <exec> 08└─The proper course would be to create the demand for the alternatives you desire and make that demand known to someone who'd like your money, not legally mandate them. One is treating your fellow citizens like equals and the other is treating them like you own them. The second bit seems like you get...
[03:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:38] <exec> 08└─Those who don't care if the environment goes to shit don't care. If you force them to pay you're forcing them to pay for something they do not want. Now if you think that's a morally correct thing to do to a person, tell me, how do you enjoy buying Trump's lunch every day? How do you enjoy paying fo...
[03:35:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:41] <exec> 08└─I feel like Picard here. There are FOUR Rs. Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle. Repair. Repair repair repair. For fuck's sake don't throw it out if it can't be reused but can be easily fixed.
[03:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:43] <exec> 08└─re CYCLE means to take output material, break it down, and use that to make new goods. it is a distinct idea from reuse.
[03:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:45] <exec> 08└─It's a good thing you didn't pick up on his homophone switcheroo or you'd be pulling your pud to pedantic ecstatic extremes to marvel us with your superior whatchamajigger. Oh ... too late.
[03:35:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03tekk [5704] 02 - 06Ajit Pai's Rosy Broadband Deployment Claim May be Based on Gigantic Error - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:53] <exec> 08└─Seems more like an outright lie to me, but when have telecoms companies ever lied about coverage or speed?
[03:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03mattTheOne [1788] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:52] <exec> 08└─I'm skeptical, it reminds me of when I was very young, I'd fake taking a shower rather than taking one, and I realized it was easier/faster to take one than try to trick my parents. If she could do all this (as a vet and not a CS engineer), wouldn't it just be easier to get the better grades rather...
[03:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:53] <exec> 08└─But she was using a Mac, it's impossible for those to get malware, so it can't have been a RAT.
[03:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Claims Former Engineer Co-Invented Tech In Qualcomm Patent Dispute - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:08] <exec> 08└─"Om ... MG! Did you see what that thing can do?"
[03:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple CEO Tim Cook Explains Why You Don't Need a College Degree to Be Successful - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:37] <exec> 08└─My job now is to teach newbies the skills and knowledge they lack for not having a uni degree. I would rather be designing and developing systems. They don't know why what they are doing is so wrong. "It works! Look!" Yeah. Sure. You maintain it then.
[03:41:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple CEO Tim Cook Explains Why You Don't Need a College Degree to Be Successful - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:38] <exec> 08└─No, that's a micro aggression. Get it right dumbass.
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[04:34:08] <exec> 08└─I swear, some folks just don't get the concept. If they want to grow GMO fish that can't reproduce, fine. If you don't want to eat them, also fine. STFU telling other people they're not allowed to eat them though. You don't need to go out of your way to let us know how big of a shithead you are. Res...
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[04:34:10] <exec> 08└─All I see is: Great, another mutant that generates low quality meat for poor people I need to not buy. They already fucked up the chickens around here, why not the fish? Tenderloins are getting to be the same too. Grass fed or organic is worth like 2x as much as "regular", because there is something...
[04:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 616 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:12] <exec> 08└─View from a sometimes fish snob: So, what does this new fish taste like? There are already big differences in taste between existing varieties of salmon and the wild caught usually tastes a bunch better than any of the farmed varieties (although we have one store that carries an organic-farmed that...
[04:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:14] <exec> 08└─The problem is you are too addicted to interesting, exceptional "capitalist" fish. It is time for you to accept your new global warning induced future of bland, conforming "socialist" fish.
[04:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:16] <exec> 08└─I won't disagree on the chickens. They're essentially all the next best thing clones. Seriously, their gene pool really is absolutely that tiny. They're perfectly acceptable for eating though, the layers just produce lame, flavorless eggs. Oh, but fuck vegetarian-fed chickens. Chickens are omnivores...
[04:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:18] <exec> 08└─It's way lower in fat content
[04:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:45] <exec> 08└─my dog was right about cats, sick fucks.
[04:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:46] <exec> 08└─That's cuz you are a pussy..
[04:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:49] <exec> 08└─That's cuz you are a pussy..
[04:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:51] <exec> 08└─Yes, this is getting quite painful. And the puns aren't even cathartic! Ouch! I hurt myself with that one!
[04:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:53] <exec> 08└─You are what you eat.
[04:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:55] <exec> 08└─Buzzy, you are a brave(?) man, I give you that.
[04:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:57] <exec> 08└─Because the earth is so hot and they are trying to cool off? It is for the same reason you shake your hand out after touching something hot, it blocks off the greenhouse effect. I never noticed a cat doing this until after climate change became a thing.
[04:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:00] <exec> 08└─I'm not a fan of abusing and yelling at dogs - as you described, a person like that deserves no respect from any creature and deserves forever memories of billions of middle fingers
[04:35:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bart9h [767] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 165 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:29] <exec> 08└─There is a reason the three Rs are in this order: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The first two are by far more the important, but unfortunately they go against consumerism.
[04:36:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:05] <exec> 08└─Has no one tacked a plastic bag to the side of a shed, to see how long it lasts? Oh, I miss frojack. Classic SoylentNews.
[04:36:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:07] <exec> 08└─I didn't Moderate. "Up" or down. So interesting that the tweet from the guy that hates ALL BUSINESS got two "Up" Boofs. But the tweet from the guy that hates (envies) Microsoft got pushed down. Where are all the other Microsoft haters? And the Microsoft hating stories. It's not Soylent News without...
[04:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:14] <exec> 08└─finding the elusive wombyn programmers
[04:37:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:16] <exec> 08└─I am not a Womble. I am a free frog.
[04:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:18] <exec> 08└─Assuming vet school is like med school, hacking and being a vet require totally different skills. Hacking requires understanding, cleverness and ingenuity. Med/vet school requires rote memorization and paying the right people hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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[04:40:42] <exec> 08└─I tried to, but the damn app took so long to save all its files and close down that by the time it was finished Lumbergh was standing by my cubicle. Now it looks like I'm going to have to work weekends.
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[05:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:06] <exec> 08└─TFS is a good example of how nice it would be if fyngyrz' mouse-over acronym thing were enabled - that would help make summary less verbose and more keep the extra information where it belongs rather than in footnotes not visible from the main page.
[05:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:19] <exec> 08└─Not even kind of. I get most of my calories per day from fats. I use heavy cream in my coffee and big heaping wads of real no-bullshit butter anywhere it wouldn't be grossly inappropriate to put butter. Why? Because it's delicious, duh. Fuck cholesterol. It's possible I'll die sooner but I guarantee...
[05:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:20] <exec> 08└─Grilled fresh salmon is awesome, but all other preserved kinds seem worse than turnip. Smoked salmon sucks. It's the garbage sushi.
[05:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:56] <exec> 08└─What, you don't like Chinese food? Das racis!
[05:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:57] <exec> 08└─Ahh, you're probably one of those people who thinks telling your kid "no" is abuse too. It is, just not the way you think. It's abusive to those of us who have to live on the same planet as your precious little shithead. Same with a dog. If you don't teach them not to be an annoying, fur-covered ass...
[05:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:59] <exec> 08└─Please elaborate … further.
[05:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 2578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:10] <exec> 08└─Oh, come on, Dr. Spafford. It's security. Fear is the number one powerful emotional trigger. Better than any other at bringing out those lizard brain reflexes that throw all reason and logic out the window. Plus, there's a lot of money being thrown at security. While you may be criticizing just this...
[05:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:09] <exec> 08└─There's a hell of a lot of Spelling Mavens on this sight. But you're the Champeon. Great job! 🏆 I have two "rules" about spelling. That have served me very well -- very well. If you can't spell it, don't right it. And if you can reed it, don't worry about spelling!!!
[05:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:20] <exec> 08└─Define "equality," troll...
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[06:34:12] <exec> 08└─We see that one with Facebook and with more and more "websites." The 1st. is Password. And the second is Cell Phone number. Also known as Mobile Number. Very smart idea because when the company gets hacked, they can call to tell you about it. Or, the hackers can call to let you know how much it's go...
[06:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:05] <exec> 08└─It is a process of judging if the ground is stable and trying to make sure their feet aren't going to slip. If they aren't confident they won't slip, they'll readjust. Cats who miss jumps often didn't "wiggle" or otherwise failed to judge how much power they could put down without losing traction. T...
[06:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:06] <exec> 08└─Yup, pretty much literally [youtube.com] the truth.
[06:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:19] <exec> 08└─I suspect that he and the few capable individuals still around are getting worn down by the carpetbaggers, charlatans, and frauds. He writes in his post: There are some good, useful products and services present on the market. But the vast majority are intended to apply bandaids (or another layer o...
[06:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 841 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:19] <exec> 08└─Although this could go seriously wrong if mismanaged, I do recall reading about bacteria that are able to degrade some polymers back into their constituent monomers, or at least shorter-chain monomers that can be reused as feedstock. What I'm envisioning here is some sort of bioreactor facility full...
[06:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:20] <exec> 08└─This is the anti-vax argument in an environmental context, do you realize that?
[06:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 2330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:23] <exec> 08└─Thank you. Look what's happening in Linköping. Beautiful example of what NOT to do. Sweden is Socialist, right? One of the big Socialist countries. They're saying, "oh, we're closing our Coal Plants, we're very Environmental!" And supposedly, they're closing them because of the Carbon. It's not the...
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[07:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:10] <exec> 08└─It's taken me very far. And I wouldn't change it for the World. Well, maybe for the World. How does somebody that’s sleeping 12 and 14 hours a day compete with someone that’s sleeping 3 or 4?
[07:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 1297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:20] <exec> 08└─I don't think Citrix is an acronym. Or, it's an acronym but the Editors didn't tell us what it stands for. Didn't know or didn't want us to know. That's O.K. And you're so right, they could have made the Summary less words. As in, Folks, another Company got hacked, another big hack. Many documents s...
[07:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:22] <exec> 08└─Come to the cloud buddy, what could possibly go wrong?!
[07:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:36] <exec> 08└─The fish are not actually swimming upstream; the commercialization of these GMO salmon is progressing. I had to read the summary closely before realizing the title is not to be taken literally. I was originally worried that these farm salmon entered the wild. While sterile, they would still affect t...
[07:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:38] <exec> 08└─finds a way
[07:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:19] <exec> 08└─Stunning and brave.
[07:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:34] <exec> 08└─One is treating your fellow citizens like equals and the other is treating them like you own them.
[07:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:36:35] <exec> 08└─There are lots of sin taxes. For example: smoking. Similar logic can be applied to materials. First: we as a society need to establish that the external costs of plastics (disposal, pollution during production, injuries incurred when opening awful clamshell packaging, etc). We then need to associate...
[07:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:46] <exec> 08└─if she had the device with her when she was not around to do the hacks, that'd point to MAC spoofing, and that someone knew she was not around.
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[08:34:17] <exec> 08└─You keep using that phrase, "little death", and I do not think it means what you think it means. In fact, it means, in modern usage refers specifically to "the sensation of post orgasm as likened to death."[1]
[08:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:44] <exec> 08└─More attractive mate isn't too much of an issue if my knowledge of fish biology is correct. Don't the males just jizz into the open water and hope for the best?
[08:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:26] <exec> 08└─Perhaps related: When my cat is about to pounce on a mouse (she brings home a lot of mice), she first lashes her tail around. At first glance, this seems really counterproductive. "Hey, mouse, you're about to be eaten - run!". After thinking about it, I have two theories: First, the sight of somethi...
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[08:36:15] <exec> 08└─Well, disposing of it acceptably :-P . . But yeah - I mean it's not nuclear waste, but just tossing it back into the environment does have ramifications from the great pacific garbage patch to dead birds and wildlife to air pollution (from burning) to groundwater contamination. . Costs for these are...
[08:36:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03darkfeline [1030] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 538 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:36:20] <exec> 08└─The thing is, the people who don't pay also benefit from the improved environment. So the best strategy is to make the other person pay for it so you don't have to pay but also benefit. This is the prisoners' dilemma and the tragedy of the commons. If it was up to individuals, then the environment g...
[08:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:37:55] <exec> 08└─It's the "more details" fallacy, whereby adding more details to a lie makes it more believable. If you say she took 10 minutes rearranging her terminal windows before commencing the hacks it's vaguely believable that you have evidence she was hacking, but if you say she took 8 minutes 37 seconds arr...
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[09:34:09] <exec> 08└─I would not want to be a Boeing stockholder right now. On the other hand, Boeing is going to resolve this problem just as it has resolved over problems with its newest planes in the past and the 737 MAX is going to be a very safe plane. A look into a flight safety database shows that the Boeing 707,...
[09:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:18] <exec> 08└─http://nassauweekly.com/the_philology_of_the_orgasm/ [nassauweekly.com]
[09:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:21] <exec> 08└─That was my immediate response as well, are we talking about sleeping or wanking? I guess one of the things you'd learn there is "I need to stop wanking so much".
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[10:34:08] <exec> 08└─little intelligence in politics. Either that or Trump bought the DNC?
[10:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:17] <exec> 08└─I might become a Boeing stock buyer soon. It's bound to dip quite a bit before the inevitable recovery.
[10:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:19] <exec> 08└─>It's bound to dip quite a bit I see what you did there.
[10:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:21] <exec> 08└─I would not want to be a Boeing passenger. If it ain't Boeing, I ain't crashing ;-)
[10:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:32] <exec> 08└─I discovered I learn things a lot better this way during college. I had access to most lectures online. I found one day that if I play the lectures while sleeping I could replay them the next day and I would retain a lot more. This works especially well for topics that go against intuition such as q...
[10:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:33] <exec> 08└─What?! Cumming is supposed to feel like death?! Have I been doing it wrong, have the past 20 years of my life been wasted?
[10:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:36:59] <exec> 08└─You won't miss microplastics. Also things tend to last longer when not exposed to the sun or much oxygen.
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[10:38:42] <exec> 08└─Meatbags. It's spelled meatbags.
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[11:34:08] <exec> 08└─It's possible that the D's don't really want to win the election this time. How long has it been since the incumbent lost? Voters seem to prefer the status quo, no matter how good or how bad the status is.
[11:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:10] <exec> 08└─1992, but that was after 3 terms of republicans. Before that was 1980 when Reagan beat Carter with a landslide in seats.
[11:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:21] <exec> 08└─Stocks always crash a bit before they start to soar.
[11:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:22] <exec> 08└─WITH NO SURVIVORS
[11:34:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 210 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:31] <exec> 08└─You keep using that phrase, "little death", and I do not think it means what you think it means. In fact, it means, in modern usage refers specifically to "the sensation of post orgasm as likened to death."[1]
[11:35:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:44] <exec> 08└─Scottish Terriers are stubborn and independent like cats - they don't give a flying handshake what you want, they're going to do their thing. I've said for years that if they had a middle finger they'd use it.
[11:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:57] <exec> 08└─> Steam's so called DRM is actually access to their game room Disagree. Video games are incredibly cheap. Compare a video game ($20 for maybe 100 hours entertainment) to a DVD ($10 for maybe 2 hours entertainment), CD ($10 for a few hours background noise) or a bottle of wine ($10 for a nice evening...
[11:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:03] <exec> 08└─In the UK (maybe in US as well) there is a great source of "charity shops", which are essentially junk shops for old books, games, dvds, clothes. Give a donation to charity, take away something second hand, donate your stuff and they sell it to the next person. Freecycle [freecycle.org] is also a th...
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[11:37:17] <exec> 08└─Corrupt Trump administration nominee lying and being generally evil. Just noting for benefit of all the Trump apologists...
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[12:34:09] <exec> 08└─I'm dead, don't delete my account! What I want to know is, how do they know a member is dead, if he didn't let them know ahead of time that he was planning to die.
[12:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Flickr Softens 1,000-Image Policy, Will Not Delete Creative Commons Licensed Photos - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:10] <exec> 08└─Easy, they handle the killing.
[12:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 1133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:20] <exec> 08└─Isn't this pretty much the status quo? I remember outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and PBS hosting the Democratic debates. I looked it up. In 2008, there was a debate [wikipedia.org] that lists "CNN, Fox News Channel, IPTV, MSNBC". All the rest were associated with a single network. In 2016, Fox News was go...
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[12:34:22] <exec> 08└─It's possible that the D's don't really want to win the election this time. Entirely possible. It's easier to hate on the others, than to do things right yourself. On top of which, unless Trump majorly screws up, he is likely to be re-elected. The D's may well use this election to (a) get certain un...
[12:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:24] <exec> 08└─On top of which, unless Trump majorly screws up,
[12:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:26] <exec> 08└─Right wing web site is critical of DNC for not holding primary debates on right wing cable network. Fox News is the de facto propaganda arm of the RNC generally and Trump in particular, so why would they?
[12:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:29] <exec> 08└─Pretty much the only effect Trump has actually had on the life of anyone I know is he saved them from being forced to pay a tithe to health insurance industry. All the rest is BS.
[12:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:31] <exec> 08└─Trump will be the President for the next 46 years. Donald Trump 6 more years 2024 Donald Trump Jr 8 years Ivanka Trump 8 years Eric Trump 8 years Tiffany trump 8 years Barron Trump 8 years
[12:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:33] <exec> 08└─You realize that post is getting spammy? You may soon be bludgeoned with the message, "We have received too many crap posts from this ISP, now go sit in the corner until after the 2036 elections have passed."
[12:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:35] <exec> 08└─he saved them from being forced to pay a tithe to health insurance industry
[12:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:37] <exec> 08└─Why would they? Good question. But then, most of the rest of the media is the de facto propaganda wing of the DNC. So, why would any right winger consent to a debate hosted by any of them? Going back to TFA and TFS, Trump may well decline to participate in any debates. Which TFA and TFS notes, are g...
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[12:34:50] <exec> 08└─Boeing is going to resolve this problem. Resolving software problems minihowto: 1. does it run some sort of windows? start anew. 2. does it run some sort of unix? linux maybe? remove systemd. 3. there is no step 3
[12:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:51] <exec> 08└─OTOH, Lockheed successfully fixed the wing-shedding problem on the Electra, but the airplane never recovered. The US Navy version soldiers on, but airlines just flat stopped buying it.
[12:35:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:05] <exec> 08└─have the past 20 years of my life been wasted?
[12:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:16] <exec> 08└─One of my biggest culinary regrets has been my inability to get my friends to split a cat with me (in China).
[12:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:17] <exec> 08└─Perhaps related: When my cat is about to pounce on a mouse (she brings home a lot of mice), she first lashes her tail around. At first glance, this seems really counterproductive. "Hey, mouse, you're about to be eaten - run!". After thinking about it, I have two theories: First, the sight of somethi...
[12:37:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 1322 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:16] <exec> 08└─I'm a DIY kind of guy. I also really hate taking the trash out because I live in a third-floor walkup. So I'm always on the lookout for new ways to reduce, eliminate, or recycle waste. We've got paper waste pretty well figured out. Everything gets shredded, then used as bedding for the guinea pig, t...
[12:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:37:38] <exec> 08└─Of course, if the little buggies spread out, we may end up in the worst case being forced off plastics entirely as the whole planet gets covered in things that go om-nom-nom whenever they see a polyalkyl bond...
[12:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:53] <exec> 08└─The device could have been connected to wifi and still be on her person (e.g. if university wifi network extends to university leisure facilities, which is quite common).
[12:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:55] <exec> 08└─I thought it was emphasising that her alleged misdeeds had a negative impact on other students, due to the moderation system in the university (we only allow 100 students to pass, if this student passes someone else has to fail).
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[12:39:49] <exec> 08└─... and they are willing to sell their (lack of) knowledge to advertising, credit ratings agencies, and a whole host of bad actors.
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[13:34:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 204 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:21] <exec> 08└─Right wing web site is critical of DNC for not holding primary debates on right wing cable network. Fox News is the de facto propaganda arm of the RNC generally and Trump in particular, so why would they?
[13:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:41] <exec> 08└─A look into a flight safety database shows that the Boeing 707, its first jetliner, had a horrible safety record in the beginning. They fixed its problems and it became a reliable and safe work horse for decades.
[13:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:25] <exec> 08└─Is this why the sea is so salty?
[13:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:11] <exec> 08└─Our hearts are extended to the 17 catsualties of the recent Soylent News puns.
[13:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:32] <exec> 08└─I guess it's something you haven't entirely settled your mind on yet.
[13:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:34] <exec> 08└─So they care about the environment but only so long as that makes a profit,
[13:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:36] <exec> 08└─There are lots of sin taxes. For example: smoking. Similar logic can be applied to materials.
[13:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:53] <exec> 08└─No, I'd say part 2, in which "Expelled student sues the shit out of her university and wins a huge settlement" is coming soon, to a news feed near you.
[13:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:54] <exec> 08└─DIY forensics is asinine, and not something you want some non IT-Security administrator doing in a situation that has significant importance, like destroying someone's life.
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[14:34:08] <exec> 08└─why does much of this come across as some kind of propaganda?
[14:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:09] <exec> 08└─Because, if we can bluff everyone, we'll never have to test the system in real life.
[14:34:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 1561 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:28] <exec> 08└─It's possible that the D's don't really want to win the election this time. Entirely possible. It's easier to hate on the others, than to do things right yourself. On top of which, unless Trump majorly screws up, he is likely to be re-elected. The D's may well use this election to (a) get certain un...
[14:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:37] <exec> 08└─Its clear to anyone that fox news is just a GOP propaganda machine. They should make an effort to exclude all fake news sites. It shouldn't be a surprise that the GOP has embraced the 'fake news' label for their opposition. They know that what they represent are mostly lies to sucker poor and middle...
[14:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:39] <exec> 08└─Don't they see what precedent they're setting now? The next time a D occupies the White House, that person can now expect to be hounded by special investigations and threats of impeachment throughout their entire term.
[14:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:41] <exec> 08└─It's somewhat different from Italy in that while you've got the same thing with parties blocking each other from governing effectively, Italy doesn't have anywhere near the level of vitriol that the US does, the bottomless gulf dividing one half of the electorate from the other. Italian politics is...
[14:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 716 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:43] <exec> 08└─See this: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]. Executive summary: FoxNews Tucker Carlson defending underage rape marriage. Of course, this is because some vaguely "christian"-like cult leader practices it. I wonder if he would condemn it knowing that Mohamed did the same, even...
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[14:34:59] <exec> 08└─Many passengers died to bring us this "humor".
[14:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:42] <exec> 08└─And I swear, some people like you NEVER grasp the concept that whatever CAN happen WILL happen. These GMO fish that are "bred female and sterile", at some point, will NOT be female, and/or will NOT be sterile. They WILL escape in the environement, they WILL interbreed with wild salmon species, and t...
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[14:36:29] <exec> 08└─And what have you done of your miserable, empty, worthless, basement-dwelling life today ?
[14:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 4612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:43] <exec> 08└─I have gone to these RSA conferences; I stopped years ago. The business I was at paid full expenses for lodging, travel, and the full week of being there; classes, keynotes, etc. The last memorable one I was at had Bill Gates as a guest speaker, focusing on firewall enhancements for Windows (not 98!...
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[14:37:54] <exec> 08└─Kids don't mind getting toys second-hand if there's no social judgement attached to it. We armored them against that by instilling a sense of, "woo-hoo i got this for FREE!"
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[15:34:18] <exec> 08└─What's really interesting is that without the weak meat sack in a cockpit, the jet is capable of flying significantly better/faster. The jets themselves can likely do sustained 15G rolls / climbs. That would not be fun to experience.
[15:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 807 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:19] <exec> 08└─Yes, it does put air warfare on a whole new level. The unmanned jet can target and get to an enemy missile/drone/aircraft much faster than the "command" aircraft with the human in it. So, they go on the attack much faster, but they are also much harder to target. The real dogfight takes place betwee...
[15:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 1294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:22] <exec> 08└─Assuming secure, unjammable communications (which is a big ask, but entirely do-able in most circumstances... Assuming that, fighter pilots really should not exist: - Air superiority: normally they are using missile and fighting beyond visual range anyway. Nothing you can't do remotely, no advantage...
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[15:34:24] <exec> 08└─Side-drones, a staple of ye' old side/top scrolling shooting arcade games. It's kind of amusing that they even named the company that makes the "video game drones" after a video game character. OK they probably didn't name it after the God of War protagonist Kratos, but they really could have after...
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[15:34:34] <exec> 08└─This was 2015, my 2nd. Campaign. Also known as my 1st. "real" Campaign. And I had a young kid doing my Tweets. College kid, great kid we were teaching to Tweet. Also known as an intern. And the kid sees, iStock. Sounds like iPhone, sounds legit, right? And they put the picture of brave soldiers in b...
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[15:34:56] <exec> 08└─Trump [washingtonexaminer.com] accomplishment [magapill.com] list [whitehouse.gov].
[15:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:58] <exec> 08└─That said, and I'm watching this from outside the US, the sheer level of vitriol since Trump's election is just astounding. The D's are still chasing Russian fairy tales, and going on about impeachment,...The next time a D occupies the White House, that person can now expect to be hounded by special...
[15:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:00] <exec> 08└─He also didn't immediately start a major war with Syria like HRC would have done.
[15:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:02] <exec> 08└─Counterpoint: Rachel Maddow. If she was Republican and male, she'd be Rush Limbaugh.
[15:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:04] <exec> 08└─And this is why you will never be a successful political strategist. Your opinion is not the majority opinion but you can't comprehend anyone else disagreeing, so your actions are all predicated on a falsehood.
[15:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 901 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:06] <exec> 08└─If you want to win an election that you previously lost, here is how to do it: Thoughtfully and calmly engage voters of the opposite side on how your policies are better, and persuade them that switching their vote would be better for them and for the country. Proceed from the basis that they are in...
[15:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:09] <exec> 08└─It would help if you learned about what you were spouting off on before doing so. FNC talking heads were nearly universally Trump haters in the primaries and a good part of his presidency so far. Eventually it sunk in that most of their viewers were sick of hearing that though and they moderated the...
[15:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:11] <exec> 08└─Nah, he's way fatter. Not as homely though.
[15:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:13] <exec> 08└─Mohamed didn't marry a nine year old. She was in her mid-twenties and let's just say she'd been around the block a few times. His clerics retcon'd her to be nine over a hundred years later because they thought pedophilia was more acceptable in their prophet than taking sloppy seconds.
[15:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:30] <exec> 08└─If it's Boeing, I ain't going
[15:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 2657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:44] <exec> 08└─Nevermind my choice of subject material, but it is the book of Revelation. Some years ago, probably about a decade ago, I started playing the reading of The Revelation while I slept. I already had some familiarity with the overall outline up to about chapter 7 and a bit of 8. Here is how it progress...
[15:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:45] <exec> 08└─How does somebody that’s sleeping 12 and 14 hours a day compete with someone that’s sleeping 3 or 4?
[15:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:47] <exec> 08└─Aren't sleeping and wanking opposite states? If you're not doing one, you're doing the other?
[15:35:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:58] <exec> 08└─Idea: put a Citrix based server in the cloud, and make that be the mother ship for some IoT based plastic junk. Forecast: mostly cloudy with 80% chance of IoT
[15:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:18] <exec> 08└─I suppose I should just go ahead and sell my fishing gear and buy good booze then because we're all going to die in a nuclear holocaust. It can happen so it must happen, right? Dipshit.
[15:37:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03rleigh [4887] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 1343 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:37] <exec> 08└─Even small costs make people think twice and change their behaviour. Look at the effect of a 5p charge on plastic bags in the UK. Plastic bag usage plummeted, because people had to pay, so reusable bags are now the norm. Why not impose that on plastic drink bottles, too? And plastic food packaging....
[15:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:31] <exec> 08└─>If you force them to pay you're forcing them to pay for something they do not want. And if I force you to pay for breaking my windows and shitting in my front yard, I'm forcing you to pay for something you'd rather do for free. And you're damned right I'm going to do everything I can to force you t...
[15:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:32] <exec> 08└─Well, it's not like they were actually recycling the stuff. They were just dumping it all in the Pacific.
[15:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:34] <exec> 08└─Ah, the libertarian "fuck you" argument. As appropriate and self-destructive as it always is. We live in a society. Pretending that you are an individual that has no interdependencies upon others makes absolutely no sense in this day and age. Should all the people who don't care about shitting on yo...
[15:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:36] <exec> 08└─Two problems here. First, you seem to be under the assumption that you know where I'd stand if folks wanting to recycle had to pay for it themselves. You're wrong. Second, your analogy is shit. We're talking about people shitting in their own yard and breaking their own windows. You don't own the en...
[15:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 1008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:39] <exec> 08└─>A real big problem here is that people haven't shown that developed world usage of plastics are environmentally unfriendly. It's merely assumed. Plastic doesn't magically teleport from your garbage can to the middle of the ocean. Transport is the big problem and the developed world would solve that...
[15:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:41] <exec> 08└─Nope, see just above.
[15:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MindEscapes [6751] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:43] <exec> 08└─Just remember that using re-usable glass contains for products like soda and milk have a heavy weight component. So you help lower plastic waste, but vastly increase CO2 generation related to hauling that weight everywhere. Which one is the lower environmental impact? I haven't seen the numbers post...
[15:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:45] <exec> 08└─In Finland the last figure I saw for bottle returns was 97%, meaning each bottle gets re-used over 30 times on average. It's possible, it just requires people to be persuaded to give a shit. (The deposit will buy you about a tenth of a beer, which is worth it if you're a Finn! Having said that, the...
[15:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:47] <exec> 08└─Using an existing wrong to justify a new wrong is wrong.
[15:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:50] <exec> 08└─"...it's an egregious waste to cast glass bottles only for a single use" Please provide the science and economics behind this statement. Because if it were true, bottle recycling and reuse would be thriving without government intervention.
[15:39:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 217 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:22] <exec> 08└─Q for someone that knows about this stuff: What if she was logged in and the villain tried to also log in using her MAC? Would the network just disallow this? Seems like it should have tripped a warning of some kind??
[15:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03r_a_trip [5276] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is Gene Editing Ethical? It Depends - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:37] <exec> 08└─Just engineer severe photosensitivity into the skin on the genital area and they'll wear loin cloths "voluntarily". As a bonus, they will make love in the dark as God intended.
[15:41:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nobuddy [1626] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Democrats To Push To Reinstate Repealed 'Net Neutrality' Rules - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:54] <exec> 08└─Ajit Pai is the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He was designated Chairman by President Donald J. Trump in January 2017. Obama had him in the FCC as an employee on the board. Trump gave him the lead position. But go ahead and tell another lie to protect your Dear Leader.
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[16:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:13] <exec> 08└─a possible route to get an ARM based supercomputer - with Nvidia acceleration of course...
[16:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:14] <exec> 08└─Why do we care about the CPU architecture of supercomputers? I honestly don't know the answer to that.
[16:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:29] <exec> 08└─Robotic voice: "Yes, ma'am. As Captain Rod Johnson's best friend, I can assure you that he's the bravest and coolest guy I've ever met. Look at these jet packs he designed ..."
[16:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:31] <exec> 08└─they will never be risked in any sort of close air combat
[16:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:33] <exec> 08└─The lasers aren't portable enough, yet. Still need something the size of a ship to power them effectively.
[16:35:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Revek [5022] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 642 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:00] <exec> 08└─Its clear to anyone that fox news is just a GOP propaganda machine. They should make an effort to exclude all fake news sites. It shouldn't be a surprise that the GOP has embraced the 'fake news' label for their opposition. They know that what they represent are mostly lies to sucker poor and middle...
[16:35:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 716 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:03] <exec> 08└─See this: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]. Executive summary: FoxNews Tucker Carlson defending underage rape marriage. Of course, this is because some vaguely "christian"-like cult leader practices it. I wonder if he would condemn it knowing that Mohamed did the same, even...
[16:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aurean [4924] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:14] <exec> 08└─"But then, most of the rest of the media is the de facto propaganda wing of the DNC still relatively sane." FTFY
[16:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:15] <exec> 08└─Even after the 2036 elections, there is the year-2038 problem to live through. It may be unrealistic to assume that Trump or any of his dynasty might be limited to an 8 year reign.
[16:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:17] <exec> 08└─Muh favorite fake neeews! How dare people exclude our propaganda machine@! DJT forever@!! What babies
[16:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:19] <exec> 08└─The rest of the media would not have buried the Story Daniels story right before an election.
[16:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:22] <exec> 08└─...can now expect to be hounded by special investigations and threats of impeachment throughout their entire term.
[16:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:24] <exec> 08└─The current level of vitriol is somewhat new. At least, before Obama it didn't seem anywhere near this bad. Perhaps I just didn't pay enough attention to politics, before that.
[16:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:41] <exec> 08└─except Warren Buffett.
[16:35:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Learning Awakens - 884 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:58] <exec> 08└─We love Day Light Saving Time, don't we? Folks like me that work very hard and are very successful love that one. We go to work in the morning and maybe it's dark, that's O.K. Because at the end of the day, when they pay us, it's not the end of the day. We get an extra hour to spend our money. Wheth...
[16:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:30] <exec> 08└─My wife tried getting some water packed Salmon in a sealed pouch. She said it didn't have that fishy taste you would normally get with canned fish or the like. So, maybe try that? Otherwise, as is true in most cases, you can't beat fresh. Unless you're love smoked food or something like that.
[16:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:31] <exec> 08└─TLDR - yes
[16:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:34] <exec> 08└─Why so serious!!?!
[16:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:20] <exec> 08└─That's fur real.
[16:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 1515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:35] <exec> 08└─I have not been to a lot of conferences, but I see what you're saying. These are problems common to all such events, not just security ones. These days, what really is the point of such a gathering? Meaning, with the Internet, why not do it all online? One of the conferences I attended is at a ski r...
[16:38:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stretch611 [6199] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 62 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:10] <exec> 08└─We want recycling to be profitable, because then it gets done.
[16:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:58] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure it's illegal in a lot of the USA to poop in your own yard. Sanitation / hygiene and all that.
[16:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:59] <exec> 08└─Where does the deposit money come from? Does the beer maker save money by paying to get the bottle back and reuse it? Or are they forced to do it by legislation and lose money on the deal?
[16:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:02] <exec> 08└─The cost of a well-managed landfill is very low. If the price is much higher than the cost where you live, then there are other, more stupid and emotive externalities at play.
[16:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:04] <exec> 08└─You're right, it doesn't "magically" get transported to the middle of the ocean. But take a good hard look around and you'll see a whole lot of plastic trash that *isn't* in trash cans.
[16:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:06] <exec> 08└─Where it gravitates towards the great pacific gyre? A gyre being a circular oceanic current. The largest example of literal re-cycling we've ever created!
[16:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:24] <exec> 08└─Did they actually find those answers on her computer? Or did someone else clone her mac address in order to steal the answers, lower other students' grades, and then raise the grades of the same person whose PC they'd already hacked in order to better cover their tracks? I don't think those claims a...
[16:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:26] <exec> 08└─That's actually, a very nice feature. Much better than the mandatory finger print sensors that seem to be forced on you, if you want a new phone.
[16:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Gene Editing Ethical? It Depends - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:57] <exec> 08└─"The Island" (I think that was the name of the movie) was a really fun movie, based on that concept.
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[17:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:09] <exec> 08└─All I ask is the freaking laserbeam.
[17:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:11] <exec> 08└─I would greatly prefer these laws for robotics and/or AI: First Law – A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Second Law – A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. Thi...
[17:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:13] <exec> 08└─The Department of Defense Directive 3000.09, requires that humans be able to "exercise appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force," meaning that the U.S. won't toss a fully autonomous robot into a battlefield and allow it to decide independently whether to kill someone. This safeguar...
[17:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:15] <exec> 08└─Is it like a jolly Nazi? Or factual propaganda? A tank is an instrument of war. How the fuck can it ever be ethical?
[17:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:18] <exec> 08└─Like the pentagon has any of those standards.
[17:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 960 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:28] <exec> 08└─basically - toolchain and software. Having used a few supercomputers, if you want to run on *all* the resources you need to have the correct toolchain/library connect to work. There are *decades* of some scientific software for which the "benchmark answers" are really tightly controlled. ARM is low...
[17:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:30] <exec> 08└─Two reasons, the economy and National Security. If we foolishly buy all our Peta Flops from China like the Dems want, our great cyber industry will Flop. And China will be able to send bad cyber. We're doing new I.C.B.M., new nuclear. And we need Peta Flop for that, right? Well, if we use China cybe...
[17:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:32] <exec> 08└─They already do IBM POWER-based supercomputers. POWER 8+ natively supports NVLink with planned support for future version in at least POWER 11. Interestingly if you want to buy a performant non-blob infested PC then a POWER9 Talos II is the only choice. Even the motherboard firmware and CPU microcod...
[17:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:35] <exec> 08└─I don't like this parody, but only because it's too damned easy to write like he speaks. Bush was at least a challenge to mimic the folksy idiocy of. With trump all you gotta do is start a thought, and then finish a completely different thought in a babbling staccato, and throw in his favorite keywo...
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[17:34:47] <exec> 08└─Assuming secure, unjammable communications (which is a big ask, but entirely do-able in most circumstances... Assuming that, fighter pilots really should not exist: - Air superiority: normally they are using missile and fighting beyond visual range anyway. Nothing you can't do remotely, no advantage...
[17:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 922 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:53] <exec> 08└─We couldn't imagine the Great War until it happened, and we thought it was the War To End All Wars, and then later we renamed to to World War I. If we fail to prepare for "the unthinkable", then we lose. So, let's make a plan to simultaneously fight most of the world. We could be fighting Russia, or...
[17:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 633 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:41] <exec> 08└─That said, and I'm watching this from outside the US, the sheer level of vitriol since Trump's election is just astounding. The D's are still chasing Russian fairy tales, and going on about impeachment, even though (afaik) they have zero actual, credible grounds for either of those. They don't like...
[17:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:43] <exec> 08└─How many people were assaulted for wearing their "I'm with her" clothing? How many kids were kicked out of school events for their Hillary 2016 shirts? How many Democrats had their restaurant dinners interrupted with assaults or refusal of service? This is not the same.
[17:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:45] <exec> 08└─Democrats have become the party of book burners (or the modern equivalent: deplatforming) and lynch mob mentality (#metoo). I considered myself a Dem for many decades, but they've become absolutely horrific even without getting into all of their militarism and crony capitalism. When you are down to...
[17:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:47] <exec> 08└─Democrats have become the modern day book burning lynch mob party. They use the media and digital platforms to achieve these ends rather than rope and fire, but its the same end.
[17:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:49] <exec> 08└─Rich dude gets pussy. (maybe) Rich dude has his lawyer deal with it. News at 11. Eh, not really. You don't actually care. Your hypocrisy is showing again. You can go look up popular democrats if you like, LOL.
[17:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:51] <exec> 08└─Does the GOP attract the martyr mentality or does it cause it?
[17:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:54] <exec> 08└─Heather Heyer
[17:35:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:56] <exec> 08└─If Democrats want more votes, these votes will have to come from Republicans.
[17:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:58] <exec> 08└─I remember when a rich dude getting some pussy was enough to start impeachment proceedings.
[17:36:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:00] <exec> 08└─Well Trump was not elected by any majority except the electoral college so your point is not even applicable. Also everything the AC said was accurate sooooo yaaaaa, not sure what else to add that wouldn't come off as a simple ad-hom attack.
[17:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 1033 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:03] <exec> 08└─With the economy as it is, 2020 is doom for democrats. Democrats who have a serious shot at winning are not going to want to blow their chances in 2020. An exception is candidates who will be seen as too old in 2024. That likely means Biden, because the alternative is a complete shitshow of insane a...
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[17:36:05] <exec> 08└─If it's not the majority opinion, how come Trump is consistently polling above 50% disapproval? You white-wingers need to realize that the only reason it feels like you share a majority opinion is because of how far we've strayed form one citizen one vote. The EC, senate, and gerrymandering gives yo...
[17:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:07] <exec> 08└─But now he's brought in swamp scum like Bolton, and they're fucking with Venezuela now.
[17:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 773 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:09] <exec> 08└─Actually Republicans laid that ground work by being vitriolic hate spewing asshats for decades. Trump's awfulness is what finally pushed the line so far that "uncivil" discourse became the norm. It seems like a game of chicken with Republicans, how much of a turd can they get away with? Seems that T...
[17:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:12] <exec> 08└─> If the Dems want more votes, they need to excite the people who have been staying home instead of voting. That's a much larger group of people than the Fox News watchers who still have an open mind. Implying everyone who voted for Trump 1) watches Fox news 2) voted for him because they thought he...
[17:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:14] <exec> 08└─And if HRC had won, she too would not have had a majority of all votes. Both candidates had something less than 50% of the vote.
[17:36:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 17 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:25] <exec> 08└─WITH NO SURVIVORS
[17:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 1529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:25] <exec> 08└─That's not the problem. The problem is that the ecosystem has only a limited amount of space for species to live in, and we're already pushing fish out of it. It's not clear whether this fish is even a part of a solution. It certainly isn't going to end up feeding poor people, so that's pure PR gibb...
[17:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:27] <exec> 08└─You need to broaden the tastes acceptable to your pallet, but it's true that fresh fish (of any sort) is always better than preserved. And fresh beef is better than corned beef. Frozen salmon can be quite good, but that depends on how it was handled while being frozen...and whether it got thawed whi...
[17:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:29] <exec> 08└─If they're raising the fish in holding ponds, I find it hard to see how it could possibly be economic. Salmon are carnivores. Normally they take about five years to reach maturity. (Google says 3 to 8 years to maturity, I assume that varies by species/variety.) There have already been complaints abo...
[17:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:31] <exec> 08└─That wasn't serious. That rant was entirely faux-hysterical. Over the top isn't just a crappy old Stallone movie, it's also a humor style.
[17:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 1865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:01] <exec> 08└─The deposit money comes from the punters buying the beer, obviously - that's why they get it back upon return. You're probably more interested in the other places at which money does or doesn't change hands. There's an EU-wide packaging tax, which is quite a gnarly stick you don't want to be beaten...
[17:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:02] <exec> 08└─It's infrastructural. The overheads of individual companies doing it do not make sense, even if the idea as a whole does. C.f. roads, railways, air traffic control, ...
[17:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:05] <exec> 08└─If the disposal cost of the plastic packing were to be included in the price of the product, the packaging would disappear really quickly. Also sushi bars would all shut down. ;-)
[17:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:07] <exec> 08└─It's not about owning the entire world; in case you didn't notice, things like water and air FUCKING MOVE. You fill your own property with shit, you can't pretend the smell isn't going to come onto my property next door, and if you leave it there long enough it's going to seep into the groundwater a...
[17:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:09] <exec> 08└─Transport is the big problem and the developed world would solve that problem by locking stuff in landfills - where it won't go anywhere.
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[18:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:07] <exec> 08└─Okay, I agree an get the bonus. They play the ad. How do they know that I watched it? Do they monitor via the phone's front camera? Can I just put a photograph of my face as a proxy while I do something more interesting with that extra 30 seconds of my life? Idea: new hardware feature for mobile pho...
[18:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:19] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_engagement [wikipedia.org]
[18:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:20] <exec> 08└─If this goes into mass production, they better make them water-resistant https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[18:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:22] <exec> 08└─Omni Consumer Products of Detroit, MI has great experience creating killbots that are capable of making appropriate decisions about when to kill. Well, except for the occasional glitch.
[18:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03rcamera [2360] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:25] <exec> 08└─yep - that's what the ottawa treaty [wikipedia.org] tries to prohibit. the US is the only major western nation to NOT join, which leaves us in good company with the likes of russia, china, vietnam, india, pakistan, isreal, syria, saudi arabia, egypt, the uae, and cuba.
[18:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:27] <exec> 08└─so IOW operator = remote fall guy.
[18:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia to Acquire Mellanox Technologies for $7 Billion - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:39] <exec> 08└─so you want in the datacenter? you know who's in the datacenter? Gnu+Linux users. remember how you've shit on linux all this time? well fuck you!
[18:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:58] <exec> 08└─Secure, unjammable communications? Sounds like a whonking great EM emitter, and thus a wonderful beacon to missiles designed to home in on such. Unless the drones are controlled by cables instead of wireless of course, and that would play merry hell with drag and maneuverability.
[18:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:00] <exec> 08└─The problem is: most of the USAF generals are ex-fighter jocks.
[18:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:02] <exec> 08└─"Secure, unjammable communications? Sounds like a whonking great EM emitter, and thus a wonderful beacon to missiles designed to home in on such. " The planes are already radar beacons. They're in constant contact with the ground, other aircraft, their missiles in flight, and much more. On top of th...
[18:35:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Tokolosh [585] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 901 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:39] <exec> 08└─If you want to win an election that you previously lost, here is how to do it: Thoughtfully and calmly engage voters of the opposite side on how your policies are better, and persuade them that switching their vote would be better for them and for the country. Proceed from the basis that they are in...
[18:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:06] <exec> 08└─If she was Republican and male, she'd be Rush Limbaugh. She would also need to be a massive liar. Oh wait, you said 'Republican' so we're good.
[18:36:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:07] <exec> 08└─James Thomas Hodgkinson
[18:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:10] <exec> 08└─Rasmussen says 49% approval, 50% disapproval. His approval alone is not the metric you need to be looking at though. You don't technically need any approval at all. You just have to suck ever so slightly less than whoever is running against you. That's going to be an astoundingly difficult hurdle fo...
[18:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:12] <exec> 08└─If Democrats want to position themselves as better than the prudish fundamental christian right, perhaps they should act better than them.
[18:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:14] <exec> 08└─Wah, wah! The electoral college keeps us from employing tyranny of the majority! It's not fair! No shit, Sherlock. That's why we have it.
[18:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:16] <exec> 08└─RussiaRussiaRussia is Maddow's communist in every closet schtick. She's a McCarthyite figure.
[18:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:18] <exec> 08└─They were really fucking nasty [merriam-webster.com] back before national media was a thing.
[18:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:21] <exec> 08└─Indeed. Brownshirts in all but fashion choice.
[18:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:23] <exec> 08└─So are you saying you would have voted for Sanders if Clinton hadn't fucked him over? Cause personally I think that is highly unlikely. Might as well run on the platform of Unicorn Wrangling. Rethink this spin-cycle, Bubushka's arms are getting tired and that is one big load that needs cleaning.
[18:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:25] <exec> 08└─Incorrect on two counts. First, he was impeached, not just "started the proceedings". Second, that was about lying under oath about sex, not just sex. If it had just been about sex JFK would have been on the stand in the Senate before he could manage to get himself shot. Okay, it was also about styl...
[18:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:27] <exec> 08└─"Your opinion is not the majority opinion but you can't comprehend anyone else disagreeing, so your actions are all predicated on a falsehood." TMB is epically dumb, news at 11 (except on Fox, the unNetwork for unfair and unbalanced news)
[18:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:30] <exec> 08└─Remember ELEVEN Benghazi investigations?
[18:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:32] <exec> 08└─Trooooolololol This is b.e.a.utiful. More SUN! MOAR MELTIIIINNGGG!!!!
[18:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 668 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:34] <exec> 08└─Oh, FFS, 51% vs 49% is not a "clear majority", nor does it amount to that old worn-out "mandate" bullshit. Less than half of eligible Americans bother to vote. Some of the vote (mine, for instance) went to third party voters. Euros like to tell us that "first past the post" is a well and truly fucke...
[18:36:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:36] <exec> 08└─(a) get certain unelectable geezers out of the way (cough, Hillary, cough, Bernie, cough)
[18:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:39] <exec> 08└─Let's suppose that the white wing decided the election. So - maybe you need to get off your ass, and help to get the more colorful vote out. But, don't be surprised when it bites you in the ass. The Latin vote passed Proposition 8 in California. But, the left wasn't having any of that, for damn sure...
[18:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 1603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:41] <exec> 08└─This is exactly the kind of crazy I was describing. "Actually Republicans laid that ground work by being vitriolic hate spewing asshats for decades." Perhaps you forgot all about the Bush chimp memes. They rate right up there with the Trump orangutan memes. Can you imagine the nuclear reaction if Ob...
[18:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:43] <exec> 08└─"But then, most of the rest of the media is the de facto propaganda wing of the DNC." You should stop getting your opinion from Fox News. The rest of the media is sensationalist and opportunistic, but they aren't directly trying to shill for DNC. Republicans do a lot of shitfaced things, which get t...
[18:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:45] <exec> 08└─Obama contributed, I think. Rewrite your sentence to make it more accurate. before Hillary it didn't seem anywhere near this bad
[18:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:47] <exec> 08└─And, each of them were run by incompetents because none of them found any wrongdoing on Hillary's part. Military commanders are routinely shitcanned for being ineffective. Even if Hillary committed no overt crime, she was ineffective. She sat on her stupid ass while people she was responsible for w...
[18:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:50] <exec> 08└─Democrats don't have the ability to do a lot of introspection.
[18:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:52] <exec> 08└─Don't be too sure. Hillary has not stated that she won't run again. Nor has Bernie. And, remember that Bernie had the young Dem voter support. Hillary ran on the uterine plank as much as anything, and young women rejected her for that reason, as much as any other. If Bernie runs again, the youngster...
[18:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:54] <exec> 08└─Ooops, fewer old geezers to vote FOR Hillary.
[18:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:56] <exec> 08└─You didn't give a shit about Clinton doing far worse. He raped several women. He also did sexual things (but "did not have sex") involving a cigar and a subordinate's vagina while obviously in a position of power. So get off your high horse. It's so high that you aren't getting enough oxygen at that...
[18:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:58] <exec> 08└─Need citations for that one, Old Buzzard. The story was that Mo was some old skank's boy toy when he was young, and he thought that he deserved a little girl toy of his own when he grew up.
[18:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 674 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:01] <exec> 08└─Except that one EC voter decided to vote for HRC instead of DJT and they were overruled and told to vote how their district did. So it turns out the EC is really just a tool to enable gerrymandering, AKA election fraud. Keep dreaming you snotty child. DJT won for one reason only, HRC stole the elect...
[18:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:03] <exec> 08└─If you ignore the socialism, the two had a decently similar message. It was anti-globalist. It favored the American worker. It makes some sense that one would be a second choice for the other. If you can't get one anti-globalist, go for the other anti-globalist. People who made this move are fond of...
[18:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 2004 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:05] <exec> 08└─Awww, someone doesn't like the Constitution huh? Get bent you fucked up fascist piece of shit. I'm sure you'll sweep it under the rug as "activist judges" but a lot of work went into the fight against Prop 8. Regressive assholes, holding back humanity since 88,000 B.C. What a hateful prick you are....
[18:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:07] <exec> 08└─he electoral college keeps us from employing tyranny of the majority! It's not fair! No shit, Sherlock. That's why we have it.
[18:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 910 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:26] <exec> 08└─From what little I know and have read, the angle-of-attack sensors seem to have problems and get replaced. And pitot tube problems. If the MCAS is getting bad information it might make very bad decisions and nosedive. There's a lot of finger-pointing going on, including whether the pilots knew about...
[18:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:27] <exec> 08└─Reading on in the wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] it's revealed that Boeing did not even mention the MCAS in the flight training manual. I'm stunned. Is it me, or is this a really bad thing? What is going on with automation that can't be disabled? The robo...
[18:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:57] <exec> 08└─citrix and all their suited whore customers deserve to be hacked.
[18:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:00] <exec> 08└─Surprisingly, in the majority of the US it's standard operating procedure. Well, under your own yard, really, in the form of a septic tank. There is far more land unserved by public sewage systems than served by them.
[18:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:02] <exec> 08└─Ah, so you feel justified in forcing others to do what you think they should against their will? Thanks. It's handy when the bad guy outs themselves so clearly.
[18:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:04] <exec> 08└─My friend, modern products are almost 100% unrepairable even if you wanted to.
[18:41:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:06] <exec> 08└─No, I explained exactly how you can live in a way that I would not be justified making you pay for a single damn thing -- go build your bubble. Until then, you can pay for your own externalities instead of forcing other people to pay for you against their will.
[18:41:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 108 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:47] <exec> 08└─If she paid someone to do it, why would they use her laptop rather than hacking some other student's laptop?
[18:41:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 362 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:57] <exec> 08└─With all the poorly configured student laptops plus public use library computers, it seems at least as likely that she *IS* one of those other students with a poorly configured laptop. If I was a hacker with no ethics hired to change someone's grades, I would have the client plug a USB key into some...
[18:42:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 95 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:14] <exec> 08└─But she was using a Mac, it's impossible for those to get malware, so it can't have been a RAT.
[18:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:27] <exec> 08└─Thought I'd posted this, but maybe not. I'm wondering if we're seeing the whole story.... Both because if a student user can create another user *at all* the IT department has dropped the ball, let alone a privileged one. But also, they don't have to show all their cards, either. Just having the Mac...
[18:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:29] <exec> 08└─Should have said.... worth it to the tune of expulsion? No. But if she got her machine infected, as any users (but especially Apple users) who believe they're invulnerable might, then she bears some responsibility for having opened the door. Again, not to expulsion though.
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[19:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:10] <exec> 08└─Same way they know you're paying attention to ads on TV or radio or YouTube -- they don't. One option is the make the ad catch your attention so you do end up watching it. Another option is to make it short enough that it'll take you longer to figure out something else to do than it takes to just wa...
[19:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:12] <exec> 08└─Coming soon, to a crappy mobile app developer near you China: ADPOCALYPSE 2! I'd say I hope it comes soon...but honestly...maybe the idiots playing these games are serving as useful cannon fodder, keeping the advertisers focused there instead of spending too much time looking at the rest of us. PLEA...
[19:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:14] <exec> 08└─So if I leave my phone in the sock drawer will my vibrator turn into one of those little pink egg things from Japan, or does this only work on organic matter? =P
[19:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:16] <exec> 08└─The ads only reward the user with make believe money "gems" and such stuff. Even if it wasn't easy to see when the only phones watching your rewarded content are all in the same place, the revenue for one view is probably barely worth the energy powering up the phone.
[19:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:18] <exec> 08└─We live in a fucking dystopia.
[19:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 895 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:35] <exec> 08└─There is a history of object lessons to all this, in terms of failures and accidents. One anecdote involves demonstration of the Sgt. York anti-aircraft autonomous systems, where all the brass and VIPs were seated in bleachers, and a copter on a tether was the intended target. When the system was sw...
[19:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:36] <exec> 08└─Will the tank have the capacity to evaluate the constitutionality of it's orders?
[19:36:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:48] <exec> 08└─Because Republican votes are ones they'll easily have? GOOOOOD DAAAAAMN you're just so DUUUUUMB. The point is that those votes they lost are the ones they need to get back. Playing the corporate centrist card does not win them many Republican votes but it sure loses the liberal voters. "Think about...
[19:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:49] <exec> 08└─Fuck that stupid bitch and your lies. The driver of that car was running from attackers that were not being policed. She got what she deserved anyways.
[19:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:51] <exec> 08└─Congrats. You have a more realistic view of things than at least half of the Dems in this country.
[19:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:54] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, another fool sucked into the black hole of TD propaganda. So you're answer is a long winded "no", got it. I imagine you frequent https://old.reddit.com [reddit.com]
[19:36:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:56] <exec> 08└─Your list is mostly headlines of things that have happened while he is president. There are few actual "accomplishments by the president of the United States" in there. A few examples: First woman to be nominated to X. -- Thats great. Not his accomplishments, her accomplishments. X number of jobs...
[19:36:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:58] <exec> 08└─And you are batshit crazy with occasional glimpses of reason. We were being honest with each other right?
[19:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:00] <exec> 08└─When do you learn? I'm not a fox fan. I've explained it many times. Install Liferea, and you too can pull from news feeds around the world, effortlessly. If I have any "favorites", they would be OneAmericaNews, Jpost, and Russian Times.
[19:37:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:02] <exec> 08└─Incorrect, I just don't believe the government should restrict the freedom of individuals to marry. You are free to shove your bible waaaaay up your butt and keep pretending you support the "Land of the free". At least with that book up there you we could literally call you a dumbass :D
[19:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:05] <exec> 08└─If Runaway is dumb, you're working really hard to out-dumb him, aren't you? I didn't say the Dems would attract R votes. I said the D's can't even keep the votes they have. I suggested that they've alienated a lot of voters who just stayed home. They've alienated other voters who voted third party....
[19:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:07] <exec> 08└─Honest? About the bastshit? Well, yes, of course.
[19:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:09] <exec> 08└─DJT won for one reason only, HRC stole the election from Sanders which alienated a good portion of her base.
[19:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:11] <exec> 08└─Well all the Planned Parenthood workers, medical professionals, homosexuals, and others that are routinely harassed by conservatives. The list is a bit long so pardon me for not naming names.
[19:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:14] <exec> 08└─So are you saying you would have voted for Sanders if Clinton hadn't fucked him over? Cause personally I think that is highly unlikely. Might as well run on the platform of Unicorn Wrangling.
[19:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:16] <exec> 08└─It's funny when the Nazis (remember, those are good people too) complain about antisemitism.
[19:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:18] <exec> 08└─Pissant state occupant here: fuck off and grow your own damn food.
[19:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:20] <exec> 08└─That said, and I'm watching this from outside the US,
[19:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:22] <exec> 08└─I don't do twitter, and I don't need Mueller's report and the wealthy version of "justice" to see Trump for what he is. Your last hope is a corruption of justice and it is supremely sad to see conservatives not just making false accusations but now actively defending criminals. Simply astounding, an...
[19:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:25] <exec> 08└─Nah. We have it due to 18th century political horse-trading, to get the pissant states that nobody lived in on board with the Constitution. Being as there weren't any plans at the time to let people actually vote for the President (your state legislature would take care of that, you dumb peasant) it...
[19:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:27] <exec> 08└─I know I've said it before but not 100% sure if it was replying to you. Guess you're so stuck in the Foxhole you don't even see on-topic week old news http://time.com [time.com] I love how your disparaging metaphors are the weakest insults possible wh...
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[19:41:21] <exec> 08└─b-b-b-but what about the gas molecules we lose forever??? [earthsky.org] *grin*
[19:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:23] <exec> 08└─Think about that from the perspective of a healthcare worker, please...
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[20:34:11] <exec> 08└─Link [youtube.com]
[20:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 1308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:26] <exec> 08└─Android wants to be the future of gaming platforms (or, at least, a major player - bigger than they are now). To be a gaming platform, you need game developers to target your platform and make tons of games. And you need game players who want to play the games that are offered on your platform. If y...
[20:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:27] <exec> 08└─It means you cannot use the app again until the ad finishes playing. Press the Home button, then reenter the app, and the ad restarts. Press the Recents button, switch to another app, and switch back, and the ad restarts.
[20:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:29] <exec> 08└─To be a gaming platform, you need game developers to target your platform
[20:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:32] <exec> 08└─What? Nothing real? Not even something I can hold in my hand, like a Bitcoin?
[20:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:34] <exec> 08└─While technically that might be true, it will get worse.
[20:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:53] <exec> 08└─"human in the loop" is code for lawyers watching killcam footage and making sure the political fallout doesn't look too bad. My understanding is that final OK to fire weapons on current drones are made by lawyers, not military personnel.
[20:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:54] <exec> 08└─Rules governing how and when to kill don't make killing ethical. You're mistaking ethics and legality.
[20:35:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 57 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:23] <exec> 08└─they will never be risked in any sort of close air combat
[20:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:30] <exec> 08└─They're called options, from the game Gradius.
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[20:37:48] <exec> 08└─But based on the second crash I will simply burn a ticket (exit the aircraft) if the equipment is a MAX. I usually confirm the equipment before I buy a ticket and I will not buy a flight that has a segment using a MAX. Maybe after they fix something and there have been no further incidents for 3-4 y...
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[20:38:45] <exec> 08└─What, you don't like eating bugs??
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[21:34:13] <exec> 08└─This is why I read my news at SN!
[21:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:32] <exec> 08└─engorged clitoris
[21:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:34] <exec> 08└─But game players HATE being monitized. They hate "play to win" microtransactions. And they hate being forced to watch ads. The more of these there are in games, the more turned off people get by the games in question, but by the platform as a whole.
[21:34:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:56] <exec> 08└─Nice laws. Of the meatbags, by the meatbags, for the... bots??? No way!!! The south bridge shall rise again!!!
[21:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:57] <exec> 08└─That was not a glitch, it was a practical joke. [laughs in binary]
[21:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The US Air Force’s Jet-powered Robotic Wingman is Like Something Out of a Video Game - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:33] <exec> 08└─Wow, this really does seem like life mimicking video games or in this case anime (which also has a video game made after it). Very similar to the x-9 Ghost in Macross Plus. That shit didn't end well...
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[21:36:27] <exec> 08└─Heather Heyer
[21:37:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Second 737 MAX8 Airplane Crash Reinforces Speculation on Flying System Problems - 212 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:44] <exec> 08└─A look into a flight safety database shows that the Boeing 707, its first jetliner, had a horrible safety record in the beginning. They fixed its problems and it became a reliable and safe work horse for decades.
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[21:39:36] <exec> 08└─Of course!
[21:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Professor Eugene Spafford Comments on the RSA 2019 Conference - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:52] <exec> 08└─Not sure if you're aware, but the DRM in the Linux kernel has nothing to do with digital rights management.
[21:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:31] <exec> 08└─As you have so done. Quite why putting your hands over your ears, closing your eyes, and chanting "I REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EXTERNALITIES" has become so popular as a battle cry, I will never know. Maybe it's something in the water.
[21:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:32] <exec> 08└─Not really. It's more like the anti-Obamacare argument. The anti-Vaxxers' argument is a (bad) judgment call on medical safety. They believe (wrongly I'd agree) that the vaccine in their child's body is more dangerous to their health than any disease exposure they might or might not face. It's not fi...
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[21:41:34] <exec> 08└─What about Japan? They are extremely strict when it comes to recycling. Take a look at this video, for example: TL;DR - How To Recycle in Japan https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Do they recycle everything locally, or do they ship the bulk of it off to China too? In which case...
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[22:34:09] <exec> 08└─Physicists do drugs, get munchies... heard it a thousand times.
[22:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Of Microwaves and Grapes - the Science Behind the Spark - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:10] <exec> 08└─Theme for the next book club session?
[22:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:31] <exec> 08└─that's where the chip in your head comes into play.
[22:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:33] <exec> 08└─What's the best way to block this at the router?
[22:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:35] <exec> 08└─It's worth a try, but be careful your vibrator might start to show ads.
[22:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:58] <exec> 08└─How the fuck can it ever be ethical? If it points its gun away from you, it's "ethical", just like a soldier or a cop. Everything else is fair game or "collateral damage". I believe that's well within standard military "ethics"
[22:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 1042 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:59] <exec> 08└─18 August: The United States finally joined the Ottawa Process. The White House announced that the USA would be a full participant in the negotiations at the forthcoming Oslo Diplomatic Conference. But in a letter to key foreign ministers the US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, laid down five...
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[22:35:36] <exec> 08└─They can laze through an argon matrix synthesizing an excited bromide, it will consume the sample during firing, but that's fine for a weapon.
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[22:37:55] <exec> 08└─The replacement for the P-3C Orion is the P-8A, based on the 737.
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[22:37:57] <exec> 08└─Just a coincidence, or is Boeing testing top secret new CIA ethnic cleansing device to be used where their AIDS virus failed?
[22:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:27] <exec> 08└─citrix and all their suited whore customers deserve to be hacked.
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[22:39:45] <exec> 08└─This. Also, it seems a way to let out some excitement (it's faster and more pronounced when they are excited), and finally it seems a kind of a preparation rite.
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[22:39:46] <exec> 08└─... I dunno either, though Mrs Lawn and I are owned by two cats. But my WAG has always been that it primed the back body to be ready for short somatic reflexes [opentextbc.ca]. The cat's brain is giving a command akin to, "At the next neural command start firing the short reflex chain for a pounce a...
[22:42:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 59 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:45] <exec> 08└─[...] based off a unique identifier, known as a MAC address
[22:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:07] <exec> 08└─If she could do all this (as a vet and not a CS engineer), wouldn't it just be easier to get the better grades rather than this elaborate scheme of hacking?
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[23:34:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03chromas [34] 02 - 06Of Microwaves and Grapes - the Science Behind the Spark - 18 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:16] <exec> 08└─Link [youtube.com]
[23:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:44] <exec> 08└─You not paying attention means the ad is working its way through your subconscious brainwashing you. For instance, if a half naked woman pops up in your browser holding a brand drink you'd just look at her before closing the window. But if you're busy doing something else while your peripheral visio...
[23:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:45] <exec> 08└─You mean by blasting sound out of the device speaker? Sure. That certainly gets my attention. It is suddenly worth my while to install or configure a new advertising blocker
[23:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:47] <exec> 08└─Or report your orgasms back to the internet.
[23:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Play Will Let Developers Earn More Money by Having Users Watch Ads in Exchange for Rewards - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:49] <exec> 08└─This is why Google is against users having root access to their device. A hosts file and firewall would fix most of the problem cheaply. But no, can't have users deciding what does and does not happen on their device. Google knows best. Can't disable Google services. Can't uninstall locked third par...
[23:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:15] <exec> 08└─Also, from that same wikipedia link: The United States has unilaterally committed to never using persistent landmines of any kind, whether anti-personnel or anti-vehicle, which they say is a more comprehensive humanitarian measure than the Ottawa Convention. All US landmines now self-destruct in two...
[23:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:17] <exec> 08└─Not, whenever we feel like it. As the demands listed show. If you equate, "a clause permitting a party to withdraw when its superior national interests were threatened.", with whenever we feel like it. Go right ahead and think that. In reality, that's probably just another reason tacked onto our lis...
[23:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pentagon Reassures Public That its Autonomous Robotic Tank Adheres to "Legal and Ethical Standards" - 617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:19] <exec> 08└─Actually Israel wanted to sign but the US asked them to show solidarity and not sign it. Practically speaking Israel hasn't deployed mines in decades and was demining the leftovers (the Syrians and Egyptians planted) since the early 2000s (ottawa was drafted in 97 and singed in 99) instead: https://...
[23:36:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Aurean [4924] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 113 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:38] <exec> 08└─"But then, most of the rest of the media is the de facto propaganda wing of the DNC still relatively sane." FTFY
[23:36:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06DNC Blacklisting of Fox News from Debates is a Strategic Mistake - 114 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:42] <exec> 08└─...can now expect to be hounded by special investigations and threats of impeachment throughout their entire term.
[23:38:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Citrix Compromised, Data Stolen - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:46] <exec> 08└─its the only way to be sure
[23:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GMO Salmon Swimming Upstream - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:16] <exec> 08└─I'll take a feed lot finished cow any day of the week because I know it's going to be from a healthier animal, have better marbling, and cost less.
[23:39:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 134 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:26] <exec> 08└─My cat: You seem upset Me: Yeah My cat: Can I help? Me: Please don't put your butthole in my face My cat puts her butthole in my face.
[23:39:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Why Do Cats Wiggle Their Butts? - 319 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:42] <exec> 08└─And this is precisely why I prefer cats. I just can't respect dogs. You yell at a dog, they cower in shame. You yell at a cat, they give you a fuck off look and go back to whatever they were doing. If cats had opposable thumbs, they would walk around with their middle fingers up 24/7. That's an atti...
[23:41:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06Is This the End of Recycling? - 569 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:36] <exec> 08└─>If you force them to pay you're forcing them to pay for something they do not want. And if I force you to pay for breaking my windows and shitting in my front yard, I'm forcing you to pay for something you'd rather do for free. And you're damned right I'm going to do everything I can to force you t...
[23:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ajit Pai's Rosy Broadband Deployment Claim May be Based on Gigantic Error - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:19] <exec> 08└─.... believing anything Ajit Pai says. (And Wheeler before him, in case anyone thought this was just a Republican thing).
[23:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:29] <exec> 08└─From what I've read, there doesn't seem enough evidence to definitively say she is guilty.
[23:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tufts University Expelled a Student for Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:30] <exec> 08└─Reread TFA... so she allegedly stole a librarian's password to create the fake account. So IT is still somewhat guilty... why would a librarian have user creation rights? And I also wonder if the librarian involved was disciplined for letting his or her password get out into the wild as well...
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