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[00:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:20] <exec> 08└─And this is the entire problem with machine learning/AI bullshit. You never really know what it has "learned" or how it will react outside of its testing environment. Well, you could say the same thing about every human behind a wheel, but the difference is humans are assumed to be imperfect, even s...
[00:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:22] <exec> 08└─https://drivetribe.com/p/tesla-model-s-driving-on-highway-FC-8PXaqT-e_xSy-Y_W6zg?iid=Pu3HaUwUSfOW0rS4o9dUVQ [drivetribe.com] Seriously... These Tesla asshats should be castrated.
[00:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:24] <exec> 08└─What part of "Autopilot" don't you understand?
[00:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:26] <exec> 08└─Can I trust it or not? I wish I can rule out at least the April fool day.
[00:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 949 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:28] <exec> 08└─I agree with you completely when it comes to self-driving cars. I don't believe it's possible in the near future to solve this problem with enough safety to avoid lethal edge cases. I do find it interesting though that they make a big deal out of the fact that this particular exploit used things tha...
[00:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:41] <exec> 08└─Heh, seems like the PLA nanoparticles aren't that hard to prepare [springer.com] (I can see two pages, the second one containing the method in enough details). Infusing them with fentanyl for a "hours long safe high" may be an attractive proposition for illicit drug makers.
[00:55:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:57] <exec> 08└─That was actually kinda cool. Especially as the Oreo version was half as long as the real version. / the real version was cool // the first 3-4 times I saw it /// after that, fast forward that bitch.
[00:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:59] <exec> 08└─Noooo! The intro graphics do actually subtly change not just from season-to-season, but within each season too. It's a great little indicator/reminder of where the key action is happening.
[00:57:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Reveals Genes Associated With Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:57:12] <exec> 08└─Thanks Sometimes I wonder if people still get the reference.
[00:58:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:58:11] <exec> 08└─Is it just me, or do others reading this thread feel like they've entered a twilight zone where no one actually can comprehend anything others write? From your post, it's not clear to me that you actually understood GP, nor is it clear to me that GP comprehended your previous post either. What the h...
[00:58:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DrkShadow [1404] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:58:12] <exec> 08└─If this is anything but as search through groups and other studies with naught on their mind but statistical p-values, I'll eat my shoe. They found a statistical likelihood amongst a pile of results and went "Oh look! We can claim something with p=0.04!" ..... shit. Did they even say that they contr...
[00:59:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Justice Department Warns Academy Over Potential Oscar Rule Changes Threatening Netflix - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:16] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure the weekly hot female alien "strip search" was a standard Riker maneuver... Pretty much why he was on the show, along with the other standard Riker maneuvers: (1) standing up to shout "Red Alert!" at least once per episode, along with (2) being unable to sit down without swinging his...
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[01:02:40] <exec> 08└─But it could be. For example, an 18 Y/O son could reasonably sue his parents for intrusion if they got one of these test done ON THEMSELVES. Particularly if he/she had markers for a genetic disorder. The loss is incured because this stuff could be used in the future by a potential mate, or even an e...
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[01:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:16] <exec> 08└─With everyone (and their mother) hell-bent on running Docker on Kubernetes, Chef's been slowly fading into the background. This move may make it somewhat more relevant short-term, but they will have to do something drastic to come back to the glory they enjoyed in the past.
[01:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:28] <exec> 08└─Oncoming Traffic.
[01:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:30] <exec> 08└─Difference being that everybody knows about that trick, the trick is illegal, and most importantly since the driver has complete control over whether or not he's drinking the driver can be, and is held responsible not to drink before driving.
[01:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:32] <exec> 08└─Not just that, but people can be assholes. You can bet some prankster will put the magic markings somewhere that will cause AI to flip its shit. Look at what happened to the Internet...
[01:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:34] <exec> 08└─If someone put stickers on the road to intentionally make a self-driving car crash, that would be illegal too, as it would be if they spiked a drink unbeknownst to the human driver.
[01:55:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:47] <exec> 08└─Good lord! You have a devious mind.
[01:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:56:06] <exec> 08└─The intro shows you the map. It zooms in where the action will take place.
[01:58:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:58:19] <exec> 08└─Yeah...pics or... ;)
[01:58:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:58:20] <exec> 08└─and facials will stop aging! :)
[01:58:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:58:22] <exec> 08└─No one has a mouth big enough to fit a typwriter in.
[02:00:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:24] <exec> 08└─I use Kapute!s UltraHyperLoader, which will load an entire CD onto my VIC20 in under five minutes.
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[02:55:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 2130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:32] <exec> 08└─"There's an instinctive bias against anything that does things differently to how we humans do it to the extent that it may be perceived as inferior when really it isn't." a) Given we already have a standard, it is pretty reasonable that alternatives are automatically measured against that same stan...
[02:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 738 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:33] <exec> 08└─Sure it would, but they wouldn't actually be present at, or involved in the crash, so its not as practical to actually enforce as law against stickers the same way. And again... the stickers done right will reliably knock out any member of the fleet. You just can't get that predictability with human...
[02:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:35] <exec> 08└─Machines? How about bee [howplantswork.com] vision? [thekidshouldseethis.com] Humans don't really have good vision for driving. We "see" a very small cone, asnd our brains stitch the rest of the scene together from memory.. Also, most people think they are better-than-average drivers, when, in reali...
[02:55:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:50] <exec> 08└─Good lord! You have a devious mind.
[02:55:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:51] <exec> 08└─I'm sure I don't know what you mean sir!
[02:56:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:10] <exec> 08└─Really? I did not know that. Especially as the last 2 months I've been getting the seasons from the library and binge watching them, getting ready for season 8.
[02:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:12] <exec> 08└─Oreo != food As with most sweet, fatty edibles, just beause you can doesn't mean you should..
[02:56:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:48] <exec> 08└─You can't. You can only rent them, same as any other DRMd content.
[02:56:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:49] <exec> 08└─Apparently, it turns out to have been "escrow some money while you have access to the books, and get all the money back after you're done"
[02:56:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:51] <exec> 08└─Except that you'll get MS Store credit if you've switched banks or something. And that's nowhere near parity value with cash.
[02:57:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Reveals Genes Associated With Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:57:29] <exec> 08└─Sorry, your insurance will cost ten times as much due to your predispositions.
[02:57:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smart Liquid Goes Dark in the Heat - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:57:42] <exec> 08└─It gets hot, darken the outside windows so they don't let the sunlight in.
[02:58:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:35] <exec> 08└─Is there a paper that says the same about threesomes? My wife has this hot friend that I'd like to get it on with. Oh, and we need another paper on A2M. And one on beer afterwards. Also, was this amazingly useful paper published in late March, just in time for the start of April?
[02:58:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:36] <exec> 08└─You can send (female) researchers around to collect my data any time you want.
[02:58:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:39] <exec> 08└─Jesus hates oral sodomy as much as the putting in the dirty place.
[02:58:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:41] <exec> 08└─They must have swallowed because they got pregnant, didn't they?
[02:58:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:43] <exec> 08└─I'm goodthinking that sig.
[03:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's First Jaguar Born by Artificial Insemination is Eaten by Mom - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:00] <exec> 08└─Or else I'll fucking eat you.
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[03:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:13] <exec> 08└─I definitely spent more time outside when I had easy access to nice places to *be* outside. It's so much easier to just spontaneously go to a park or a greenway or whatever if it's within walking distance, so that I don't have to plan around "oh, I'm going to the park today at x time"
[03:55:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:15] <exec> 08└─Counties who are smart require less government help.
[03:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 1175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:17] <exec> 08└─When we're golfing and the ball goes into some trees, it's not great, right? But when we put up a building, the trees are a big part of that "finished" look. You put in the trees, folks think, "oh, that building's done, it looks very ready." And they buy like crazy. I don't have pets. But so many fo...
[03:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:25] <exec> 08└─Containers completely replace configuration management, and good riddance. I use Puppet, another configuration management software, and from experience, your servers will still become special snowflakes unless you regularly reimage them, at which point you're basically just using containers anyway,...
[03:55:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:44] <exec> 08└─I do find it interesting though that they make a big deal out of the fact that this particular exploit used things that affected the machine but that were "nearly invisible" to humans. Yes, they found a flaw but it was also an act of sabotage that doesn't necessarily mean the machine is inferior.
[03:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:56:01] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure I know what I mean.
[03:56:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:56:22] <exec> 08└─And, if you watched the season 7 finale, you would have seen the wall falling down making it utterly useless.
[03:56:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:56:24] <exec> 08└─At least the people in Westeros often die due to a sword in the heart, or poison in their food; they will be spared the death from "diabetic complications" after eating all those Oreos.
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[04:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:22] <exec> 08└─This might be a case of putting the cart before the horse. Are these counties in overall better health specifically because of the green spaces, or does the presence of said spaces act as a proxy for higher wealth in general, which is correlated with better health outcomes?
[04:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:23] <exec> 08└─Based on past studies showing no link and how this study tried to differentiate itself, I wouldn't be surprised if the real correlation isn't something related to air quality. I wouldn't be surprised if the reason why forested areas reduce Medicare expenses is because the areas large enough to have...
[04:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:25] <exec> 08└─Middle-of-nowhere "green land cover" flyover regions with 57 people per square mile pay less on Medicare than urban centers with 28000 people per square mile. This got them a published paper?
[04:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:27] <exec> 08└─This might be a case of putting the cart before the horse.
[04:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:37] <exec> 08└─Very hard to compete with Google in the whole world of cyber. Very hard. Apple & Microsoft are almost the only ones that truely can. And if Microsoft buys the Chef Company, it will take off like a rocket -- believe me. Look what happened at Github!!!!
[04:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:39] <exec> 08└─Too bad it's written in such a horrible language, otherwise is ditch salt. The idiots at salt want $250/node/month for their Enterprise pile of garbage.
[04:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:59] <exec> 08└─Just to add to your point, it'd be probably better to enhance humans than try to build a better than human AI's.
[04:56:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 1070 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:56:00] <exec> 08└─Old research application that looks targeted against Tesla specifically and for some reason, no word against google. Probably for negative press but it's the inherent flaw of the current "AI" Related paper: - https://arxiv.org [arxiv.org] BadNets: Identifying Vulnerabilities in the Ma...
[04:56:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:56:18] <exec> 08└─Assuming the guy you're replying to wasn't just trolling, the next likeliest explanation is he's one of those people who only understands suffering when it happens to him personally. Nothing reaches that type except through pain, unfortunately.
[04:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:56:20] <exec> 08└─I don't know what's worse, the fact that we both thought of this, or the fact that that means one of said dictators or his assistants likely already have as well.
[04:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:56:43] <exec> 08└─The one benefit is that this is the last season. The writers already had everything planned in advance before AT&T took over. There is a good chance that it will be completed before AT&T forces all the budget cuts that will completely ruin HBO and any creativity at all left within Time Warner. Of co...
[04:57:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:57:22] <exec> 08└─No need for lasers. With Tesla, it's just a painless wireless upgrade. But we fear not. Disappearance of private property was predicted long ago by Karl Marks. He also said that capitalists will do it themselves.
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[05:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Italian Government Spyware Infiltrated Google Play - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:55:16] <exec> 08└─Are you sure it were not Russians?
[05:58:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Reveals Genes Associated With Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:58:01] <exec> 08└─I recognized it right away; I'd be surprised if anyone who was 12-30 and online back in 2000 wouldn't.
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[06:00:39] <exec> 08└─The personal service and chatter over the counter.
[06:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:01:13] <exec> 08└─I thought DRM would have killed off game purchase about as fast as a dab of dog doo on your suit would have killed off your chance of success at a job interview.
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[06:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Italian Government Spyware Infiltrated Google Play - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:29] <exec> 08└─binding a shell on all available interfaces will obviously make it accessible to anyone who is sharing at least a local network with an infected device. For example, if an infected device is connected to a public Wi-Fi network any other host will be able to obtain a terminal on the device without an...
[06:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:43] <exec> 08└─"We want... ...a shrubbery!"
[06:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:36] <exec> 08└─Don't buy DRM garbage, it will bite you again and again. There are plenty of libre options available, including https://www.gutenberg.org [gutenberg.org]
[06:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:26] <exec> 08└─Oral sex, your honor...
[07:00:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Justice Department Warns Academy Over Potential Oscar Rule Changes Threatening Netflix - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:31] <exec> 08└─Netflicks!!!1 https://www.defectivebydesign.org [defectivebydesign.org]
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[07:55:31] <exec> 08└─Calabrese mafia, maybe.
[07:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Italian Government Spyware Infiltrated Google Play - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:33] <exec> 08└─This is why: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[07:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:48] <exec> 08└─Per capita. Of course, a sample size of 57 isn't great...
[07:55:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:49] <exec> 08└─vMacbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him.
[07:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:30] <exec> 08└─Are you suggesting we start selling seminal fluid in supermarkets?
[08:02:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Orders Fairfax Police to Stop Collecting Data from License Plate Readers - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:02:19] <exec> 08└─Current cars don't look the same? You could've fooled me.
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[08:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Italian Government Spyware Infiltrated Google Play - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:55:34] <exec> 08└─If we look at the possible infiltration from the mob, Catanzaro is as safe a place as Palermo. From n fact, Palermo is the home of noscript devs. Other fun fact, I still trust noscript more than Google.
[08:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:56:01] <exec> 08└─Wow, so many corrupt, dumb, or just ignorant Moderators. For those that don't know. Kubernetes is Google cyber. Try to go up against that one, you're competing with Google. Something they absolutely cannot stand!!!
[08:57:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:57:05] <exec> 08└─Of course AI prefers right wing propaganda, it is internally consistent. Left wing positions require too much plasticity. Guy is a refugee, a resource, a migrant (without specifying the direction), and instantly becomes an Italian when deciding to set a bus on fire, as instructed by foreign isis gro...
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[09:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:28] <exec> 08└─"This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world." Bush 2001
[09:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:30] <exec> 08└─See how they like it. Strip search in front of everyone at the airport Mr Bush? Search and seizure of your phones and computers Ms Clinton? What would happen if important people were harassed in the same way normal people are?
[09:56:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:56:15] <exec> 08└─Horrible is currently defined as “I don't like it”, I guess?
[09:56:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:56:38] <exec> 08└─If someone put stickers on the road to intentionally make a self-driving car crash ...
[09:56:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:56:59] <exec> 08└─I'm not a dictator, unfortunately. But, I love this story. Because I love our amazing Corn Farmers. So I'm very happy about the brand new use for Poly Lactic. Something that, people don't know this, comes from beautiful Clean Corn. Same as our E15 gas, now available year round -- because of me!!
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[10:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Making a Dent: Japan Probe Prepares to Blast Asteroid - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:28] <exec> 08└─I have seen enough hentai to know where this is going.
[10:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:37] <exec> 08└─Welcome to USA 2019.
[10:56:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 274 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:56:03] <exec> 08└─This might be a case of putting the cart before the horse. Are these counties in overall better health specifically because of the green spaces, or does the presence of said spaces act as a proxy for higher wealth in general, which is correlated with better health outcomes?
[10:56:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:56:44] <exec> 08└─Wow, can you imagine the carnage if it were possible to confuse human drivers by messing with the markings on the road, screwing with road signs, tampering with traffic lights etc? Luckily, that is completely impossible.
[10:57:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:57:05] <exec> 08└─You'd be better off going for the straight up heroin. Junkies don't like fentanyl, they buy it because they don't have a choice. It's a much less pleasant high than heroin AND more dangerous. Trying to sell them something new that's what they explicitly don't want? Good luck.
[10:58:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:58:09] <exec> 08└─jeez that is a depressing story
[11:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:02] <exec> 08└─nfi I feel like I live in a permanent twilight zone
[11:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:03] <exec> 08└─I would like to believe you. Really I would. I just find it within myself to do so. Is there any evidence you'd like to publish to back this up? You know, for science, yes, for science
[11:00:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06There Really is Something Unique About Tennessee Whiskey, Study Finds - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:18] <exec> 08└─Just don't expect me to drink it.
[11:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Justice Department Warns Academy Over Potential Oscar Rule Changes Threatening Netflix - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:01:12] <exec> 08└─It's a Law and Order SVU reference
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[11:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:55:33] <exec> 08└─fewer trains Tighter timetables More freight not transported Pissed off companies.. Profit!?? Oh, stock price is up.. So .. Win?
[11:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 2822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:55:35] <exec> 08└─I would have been the fourth (fifth?) generation working for the railroad, so I hear a lot of family gossip about the rail business. I'm more an energy investor than logistics but I still pay a little attention on the financial side. So I kinda know what I'm talking about but I'm not exactly persona...
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[11:55:52] <exec> 08└─Gal should have been born an American citizen. If he had done that he wouldn't be treated like a barbarian trying to enter America's self-envisioned concept of Rome. But, since he did not have the foresight to be born an American, he should show the appropriate deference to the views of Emperor Limb...
[11:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:55:58] <exec> 08└─A lot has changed since 1994.
[11:58:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:58:29] <exec> 08└─Baen Books seems to be doing ok with a DRM-free model, (even though Jim died a few years ago :( RIP Jim, we miss you. ). They also do a lot of free books (mostly old books, first in a series, and new authors trying to attract readers) and depend on the fact that people who read a lot are honest and...
[11:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03sonamchauhan [6546] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:58:31] <exec> 08└─"after *we're* done"
[12:02:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 122 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:02:26] <exec> 08└─Really!? On my Windows box, the download will take 45 days, no... 26 hours, no...2 days, no...65 hours, no...5 days, no...
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[12:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:55:22] <exec> 08└─This is great news for Amtrak - which has to share rails with freight trains, and is often slow and late because the rails ahead are blocked by freight traffic. Make American trains great again!
[12:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:55:23] <exec> 08└─One of my priorities as a car driver and tax payer is less truck-miles on the roads -- since road damage is mostly done by trucks (4th or 5th power of the weight correlates with road damage). If scheduled freight trains really happen it would help one of my pet ideas: gov't subsidized train rides fo...
[12:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:55:25] <exec> 08└─STOP BLARING THE TRAIN HORN...at every damn crossing. Can’t AI see if it the guards are down and crossing clear and NOT blare the horn?
[12:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:55:28] <exec> 08└─It's called Rolling Highway [wikipedia.org]. Though for safety reasons the truck drivers are usually not in their lorry, they are riding in the passenger carriage at the front of the train (look at the first photo in the wikipedia article).
[12:56:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:56:32] <exec> 08└─It still has a lot of fans and You know they almost Renamed it OTP outlaw techno psychobitch https://m.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[12:56:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:56:57] <exec> 08└─Nope, this never happens /sarc c.1980 a friend trashed a perfectly good MGA because some vandal had taken down a stop sign at an intersection (in a residential area). Q: What would a self driving car do if a stop sign had just been removed? (in other words, this particular AI was the first to come o...
[12:58:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03J_Darnley [5679] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:58:27] <exec> 08└─Except if you are in these categories: In case this [payment] method is no longer valid or if you purchased a book using a gift card
[13:02:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:02:30] <exec> 08└─CSA cooking has definitely been more of an adventure than a business plan; gotta kinda cook with whatever they provide. Fun, but its not a "I want a carrot now" "I got a carrot now" service. There are CSAs that provide individual items like chickens or eggs and thats obviously different from "a bag...
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[13:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:30] <exec> 08└─Google has just provided the world (as it relates to Televisions) with the biggest argument for buying the over priced Apple TV. I think it is the last IP TV device that doesn't show commercials on the home screen/launcher/default screen.
[13:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:31] <exec> 08└─Hahahahahaha. You though those boxes you "bought" actually belonged to you? You thought that it would not eventually turn on you and rape you bloody? Welcome to the future! Where YOU are the product! Google. "Fuck you, we're advertising"
[13:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:34] <exec> 08└─think it is the last IP TV device that doesn't show commercials on the home screen/launcher/default screen.
[13:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:36] <exec> 08└─I would no buy an Apple TV either. No way. No how.
[13:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:38] <exec> 08└─And no proofreading. And no caffeine.
[13:55:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:40] <exec> 08└─My LG TV has spotify, netflix and youtube and i do not see any advertising. It is simple and does it's thing. It maybe not be the most powerful but it is enough. It also spies but you actually have to agree to it, and i did not, so the voice thing does not work.
[13:55:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:43] <exec> 08└─NEVER take an update from android if you are happy with how your android works. for years, I have a decent enough phone. I never took updates. for some reason, I decided to try. it was a one-way trip and now I have shit on my home screen (we're talking ancient phone from cyanogen era, the orig googl...
[13:55:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:56] <exec> 08└─This is great news for Amtrak - which has to share rails with freight trains, and is often slow and late because the rails ahead are blocked by freight traffic.
[13:55:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 1084 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:57] <exec> 08└─I thought that was mainly because half the tracks had been pulled up so the transport became half duplex as it were instead of full duplex. That might not matter on certain stretches of track but in very busy areas it creates lots of problems. We're looking at just over 80 years since the conspirato...
[13:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:55:59] <exec> 08└─The old steam trains used to have cow catchers on the front. New trains could have bigger, tougher, meaner versions to clear the cars out of the way when they happen to block the tracks in the areas which still have old fashioned level crossings. The train would have enough momentum that it woul not...
[13:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:02] <exec> 08└─Are you proposing making cuts to Amtrak, or building a new rail for passenger trains? If you're talking about eliminating just Amtrak's long-distance routes which run more heavily on freight rails, that's still something that would affect millions of passengers and quite a few cities. It's not a min...
[13:56:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:04] <exec> 08└─No, hitting a car doesn't slow the train, at all. Doesn't even slow it down when it hits a loaded 18 wheeler. It's anybody's guess how much of the car, or truck, you actually find after the dust settles.
[13:56:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:06] <exec> 08└─If you're talking about eliminating just Amtrak's long-distance routes which run more heavily on freight rails, that's still something that would affect millions of passengers and quite a few cities. It's not a minor thing.
[13:56:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:08] <exec> 08└─They do that because it saves lives. I know it's annoying - I sometimes wake up to them going by at 2:30 AM or so.
[13:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:26] <exec> 08└─Wow, for a second there I thought that speech was going to be against ICE, TSA, Homeland Security, PATRIOT act, NSA and Border Security. But then when the punch line comes (Bush), you realize that it is in support of those very evils.
[13:56:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:28] <exec> 08└─> Law is what the guy with the gun says it is No. In a dictatorship, yes. Not in a democracy. The guy with the gun may be someone who is very much AGAINST the law. (example Ruby Ridge) Who thinks they are above the law. Above the court system. They are "free" and a law unto themselves. Except they a...
[13:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:30] <exec> 08└─He could also help is case if he would simply change his skin to white and his economic status to super rich. Duh! He should have known this beforehand.
[13:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03terrab0t [4674] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:32] <exec> 08└─I thought these invasive border searches were long ago established as legal. I know this is a case of a rich and influential person refusing to put up with what the rest of us have to accept, but didn’t his lawyers tell him he has no rights at the US border? The ACLU complaint adds that “critica...
[13:56:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:41] <exec> 08└─This is modded "troll", but it is truthful even if not welcomed honesty.
[13:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:57:09] <exec> 08└─Last I checked, Scottish != Anglish. And alt-righters could do much worse than to quote the Bard.
[14:01:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Justice Department Warns Academy Over Potential Oscar Rule Changes Threatening Netflix - 31 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:59] <exec> 08└─a standard Rikers strip search?
[14:03:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:23] <exec> 08└─I found a use for consoles. In games where you just can't play without drm and do want to try it, and I am looking at you Fortnite, a machine with no personal info that is rooted anyway will do. I have a PS4 now. Most games are quite cheap. This "pay to play online" pisses me off to the point where...
[14:03:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:24] <exec> 08└─The 1 year super pack is $250 / year is $20 / month gives unlimited calls and sms and 160GB of data (13GB per month). I have paid $20 to $40 per month for a mobile phone for about two decades. Aldimobile does have $10 and $15 plans and a $99 / year 365 plan. Given that Netflix only needs around 5GB...
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[14:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:27] <exec> 08└─It's called "discipline". The terracotta army cleaned their weapons, according to regulation, after every use.
[14:55:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 237 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:35] <exec> 08└─Hahahahahaha. You though those boxes you "bought" actually belonged to you? You thought that it would not eventually turn on you and rape you bloody? Welcome to the future! Where YOU are the product! Google. "Fuck you, we're advertising"
[14:55:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 806 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:41] <exec> 08└─NEVER take an update from android if you are happy with how your android works. for years, I have a decent enough phone. I never took updates. for some reason, I decided to try. it was a one-way trip and now I have shit on my home screen (we're talking ancient phone from cyanogen era, the orig googl...
[14:55:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:43] <exec> 08└─Ads on TV? What could go wrong? A lot ... Even though people have less (or no) control over the physical (or digital) products they purchase, they do have a lot of control over their choices and brand loyalty. Intrusive is not a good marketing approach for long-term customer loyalty or retention.
[14:55:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:46] <exec> 08└─You connected your tv to the Internet? Your tv is spying on you.
[14:55:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:48] <exec> 08└─I also have a TV that is "smart". Yet I have never used those features. It is able to spy on me and see that I alternate between a two different HDMI inputs. (DVD or RoKu) RoKu is an ancient word which fell out of use several millennia ago, that, loosely translated, means: screw cable tv! Linguists...
[14:55:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:50] <exec> 08└─Yes, buy an even more locked in device. Apple will NEVER give you ads..... nosirreeee!!!! Oh, you mean there's a reason that broadcast television, and even the cable TV you pay for, has to be supported by ads? This is a case of newer generations intentionally burying their heads in the sand, or how...
[14:55:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:53] <exec> 08└─I recently read, just this week, an article with a graph of various streaming TV platforms. To my surprise Android TV was about 50 ish percent. Why, because a lot of Chinese "smart tv" manufacturers use a forked open source Android TV with no Play store, but with preinstalled apps for Netflix, Amazo...
[14:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:55] <exec> 08└─Except that company 1 sees company 2 being intrusive and supposedly profitable and so company 2 does it. Then company 3 gets into the act. There is no company 4, because the market won't support more than 3. When all players become equally intrusive you will have no distinguishment in the market bet...
[14:55:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:57] <exec> 08└─Then don't buy a smart TV, or don't hook it up to the internet. Those choices are still in the hands of the consumers.
[14:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 1177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:59] <exec> 08└─Derrr, but if you don't update, you might get maaaalware!... Oh, wait. :P On another forum I visit there is a member that always gets their panties in a wad and starts scolding people left and right whenever they talk about turning off updates. He says he works in the security industry. What he won'...
[14:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:02] <exec> 08└─The summary should have explained this for those who don't know. I watch TV only on laptops and tablets and I'll never buy a "smart TV". Is Android TV a hardware product or some kind of software add-on? According to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org], Android TV is an operating system. And it appears that in...
[14:56:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 2822 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:11] <exec> 08└─I would have been the fourth (fifth?) generation working for the railroad, so I hear a lot of family gossip about the rail business. I'm more an energy investor than logistics but I still pay a little attention on the financial side. So I kinda know what I'm talking about but I'm not exactly persona...
[14:56:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 601 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:14] <exec> 08└─One of my priorities as a car driver and tax payer is less truck-miles on the roads -- since road damage is mostly done by trucks (4th or 5th power of the weight correlates with road damage). If scheduled freight trains really happen it would help one of my pet ideas: gov't subsidized train rides fo...
[14:56:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:25] <exec> 08└─> doesn't slow the train, at all doesn't slow the train appreciably Never studied Newtonian mechanics, did you? F=mA is damn reliable (at the macro level) and the train must slow down a tiny bit.
[14:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:27] <exec> 08└─I'm sure that'll be as profitable as tank cars full of crude oil, LOL.
[14:56:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:29] <exec> 08└─Cool, thanks for the link. I like the name chosen in India, "Roll On Roll Off" (RORO) service, sometimes good ideas need a catchy name (ie, marketing) to become popular.
[14:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 654 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:32] <exec> 08└─Maybe do both: Run Amtrak on that rail. Ease congestion by adding more scheduling to freight. Make Amtrak be closer to or eventually completely self sufficient without subsidies. That is always a good thing. Now, subsidizing something like Amtrak isn't necessarily a bad thing. Such things can be don...
[14:56:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:34] <exec> 08└─over population issues and climate change makes mass transit an essential activity to resume
[14:56:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:36] <exec> 08└─Somehow last year I stumbled onto YouTube videos of train accidents at railroad crossings. This should not happen. It is an amazingly stupid thing. And I must squarely place the fault upon car / truck / bus drivers. To my astonishment, even with a train coming, the signals down, and a train blaring...
[14:56:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:38] <exec> 08└─Most railroad crossings in the US are not guarded. Even if they are, people are stupid (possibly more stupid than the "AI" we currently have in self-driving cars) and will try to beat the train, with varying degrees of success from "made it" to "this is all we could find of them".
[14:56:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:41] <exec> 08└─Amtrak's AutoTrain, for trucks. It was fabulously expensive and inconvenient for cars, I'm sure trucking companies will love it. If you don't care about schedule, it's more efficient. However, if you're paying your drivers to sleep - that usually isn't a favorite choice of management.
[14:56:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:43] <exec> 08└─Another thing to do is look at how countries with a functioning rail infrastructure do it, which typically means looking at Europe. Is this something being done out of desperation to rally the stock, or an actual practical way to do things?
[14:56:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:45] <exec> 08└─Ships call it RoRo - very popular for new car delivery.
[14:56:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03mobydisk [5472] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:47] <exec> 08└─I don't understand the benefit of transporting the trailer+truck+driver, rather than just transporting the trailer. I suppose it saves the step of moving the trailer between the truck and the train, but I thought that part is pretty easy.
[14:56:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:50] <exec> 08└─We rode the Silver Meteor from Charleston to DC, it was like one non-stop train horn the whole way. I lived about a mile from the tracks in Miami, you get used to the noise from that distance - sort of soothing like bird calls. I think we're 5 miles from the crossings here, can still hear the horns...
[14:56:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:52] <exec> 08└─The old saying attributed to P.T. Barnum doesn't just apply to people's handling of their own money (there's a sucker born every minute) - it also extends to their handling of their own safety. Not everybody is an idiot in that regard, but in a population of millions, there are plenty of idiots out...
[14:56:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:54] <exec> 08└─Perhaps. Or, maybe the train just absorbs all the energy, resulting in some dents and crumpled metal. You're not going to measure any loss in speed.
[14:56:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 745 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:56] <exec> 08└─I have to consider this thought for a moment. Maybe it is better that these people "darwin award" themselves. The very way they rush, drive wreckfully, without regard to their own or others' safety is why they get hit by a train. How in the world does a car, with plenty of warning, and a loud train...
[14:57:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Making a Dent: Japan Probe Prepares to Blast Asteroid - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:05] <exec> 08└─We'll shoot all of you, one rock at a time!
[14:57:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:19] <exec> 08└─Sept 11 2001, was one of the most influential events of American society since WW2. They went from bold to wimps with 2 towers. Americans always mock the French, but the truth is that they were never attacked at home like the French did (ok Pearl Harbor) for a long time. Look what 2 airplanes did to...
[14:57:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:21] <exec> 08└─He came from Hungary, where people normally are white.
[14:57:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:23] <exec> 08└─It is true that we have sacrificed freedom for security. And we should not have. Trying to protect American citizens is a goal. But there will always be terrorists. You cannot absolutely guarantee security. Just how "open" of a society we want to have becomes a question. But on the topic of trading...
[14:57:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:25] <exec> 08└─So what happens these days if one goes through customs without a cell phone or laptop? Is that illegal? Or is it not even possible to get in there in the first place without using a smart phone "app"?
[14:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:34] <exec> 08└─I think it'll bounce back and forth a lot depending on who last read it, a Linus fanboy or a realist. I'm a long-time Linus user but I readily admit that the guy running the show has user interface bugs.
[14:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:37] <exec> 08└─Torvalds still acts like an asshole when he wants, without being held accountable.
[14:57:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:39] <exec> 08└─And we're still waiting for the year of the Linux desktop.
[14:58:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:58:07] <exec> 08└─But I bet it doesn't reduce their tax bill.
[14:58:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 376 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:58:27] <exec> 08└─And this is the entire problem with machine learning/AI bullshit. You never really know what it has "learned" or how it will react outside of its testing environment. Well, you could say the same thing about every human behind a wheel, but the difference is humans are assumed to be imperfect, even s...
[14:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:58:45] <exec> 08└─Self driving cars currently use radars, lidar, cameras and various other sensors. Any reason they couldn't also use an annotated map / satnav for things like junctions, speed limits etc?
[14:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:58:47] <exec> 08└─You're absolutely right and no, I didn't miss that point. I just found it interesting to focus on areas where the arguments people are applying to the machines can also apply to humans. The biases aren't always immediately obvious but they're worth picking out, even if they're not immediately releva...
[14:59:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:10] <exec> 08└─Infusing them with fentanyl for a "hours long safe high" may be an attractive proposition for illicit drug makers.
[14:59:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:11] <exec> 08└─c0lo does not have a devious enough mind. Otherwise he wouldn't have said "illicit drug makers" and discriminated against our poor struggling prescription pharmaceutical corporations. They should also be allowed to make and profit from this. Keep the illicit drug makers out of it.
[14:59:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Alfred [4006] 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 207 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:45] <exec> 08└─If they hadn't used DRM they wouldn't have to refund anything. I bet there wasn't a single executive bean counter that saw this as an eventual operating cost. Of course Microsoft can totally absorb this one.
[15:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:21] <exec> 08└─Government, please pay attention! When you take away all the books, just be sure you refund us the purchase price! You can afford to do this with increased taxes to pay for the program. Thank you!
[15:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Reveals Genes Associated With Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:03] <exec> 08└─Maybe you missed the part about hoping you get a passing grade on your government mandated DNA test.
[15:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:28] <exec> 08└─300 baud
[15:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:29] <exec> 08└─Games are like cars - the longer they exist, the cheaper they get.
[15:04:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 955 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:31] <exec> 08└─Let's say one of your friends has recommended a game to you. You visit the game's website and see this: Windows PCDownload Demo | Buy Now on DRM-free USB Flash DriveLinux PCDownload Demo | Buy Now on DRM-free USB Flash DriveMacJoin our mailing list to be the first to know when crowdfunding to bring...
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[15:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:34] <exec> 08└─Nah, it was just back when Made In China didn't mean "this is complete crap that is going to break after three hours of use".
[15:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:36] <exec> 08└─In Southeast Asia "Made in China" means exactly the opposite. Merchants push their wares forward saying "It's good, from China!"
[15:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:55:59] <exec> 08└─I take my computer to the SS. Philip and James Catholic Church, ask priest to bless my computer, and to perform an exorcism on it. That's how I got Microsoft out!
[15:56:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:00] <exec> 08└─Younger people still laugh at me when I say this. There's always some chic Indian guy who has parents that are lawyers or are in IT that updates everything and has no idea how it really works. usually he leads the pack of laughing at simpletons like me that is clinging to something that still works...
[15:56:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:03] <exec> 08└─Oh, you mean there's a reason that broadcast television, and even the cable TV you pay for, has to be supported by ads?
[15:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:05] <exec> 08└─Not if it's connected to the internet through a hdmi plug to a linux computer. Sometimes I wish I were better about pirating, rather than buying streaming media, though. It's really fucking annoying that I should see a real moral compunction against fairly paying for things I enjoy.
[15:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah, there's often a lot of call for "vote with your dollars", but I really am getting damn close to "vote with my guillotine" being the best and fairest approach to express my views to the market.
[15:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:09] <exec> 08└─I took my computer to Jack Lalanne to be exorcised.
[15:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:12] <exec> 08└─As in huge piles of it.
[15:56:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 772 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:47] <exec> 08└─Almost. You don't want to put the trucks and drivers on the train - that's a waste of space and of people's time. You just want standardized trailers, or even just containers. One local driver drops the cargo off on one end of the journey, and another local driver picks it up on the other end. This...
[15:56:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:48] <exec> 08└─It means less time taken in loading and offloading, and less machinery required. All you really need is a ramp. Driver drives up, on, parks. Rides the rails, at a higher average speed than the truck could achieve because of various factors including traffic, no pit stops, etc. and then you have a fr...
[15:56:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:50] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, I don't think it's genes (nature) so much as learned behavior (nurture), so the real solution would be to correct the system that let them grow up stupid - because as long as that exists, new idiots will continue to replace them. I do feel like we hand out the driving privilege far to...
[15:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:56:52] <exec> 08└─Our trains, finally, are running on a timetable. And, they're running on time. Something that never happened before. Something nobody thought was even possible. Now it's happening, so beautifully. America is Great Again -- greater than it's ever been!!!!
[15:57:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Making a Dent: Japan Probe Prepares to Blast Asteroid - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:03] <exec> 08└─[in space] That bloody dinosaur planet is at it again - probe just blew a hole in fred's wine shed Shoot all of them, maybe just one rock at a time, one kept 'em quiet for a while last time didn't it? ...
[15:57:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 359 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:17] <exec> 08└─Sept 11 2001, was one of the most influential events of American society since WW2. They went from bold to wimps with 2 towers. Americans always mock the French, but the truth is that they were never attacked at home like the French did (ok Pearl Harbor) for a long time. Look what 2 airplanes did to...
[15:57:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:22] <exec> 08└─Do you think your Congressman takes off his shoes and belt for a TSA groping? Do you think he even stands in line?
[15:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:35] <exec> 08└─And a lot hasn't. Torvalds still acts like an asshole when he wants, without being held accountable.
[15:58:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:58:05] <exec> 08└─Hey, as long as they can read and understand The Bard, I'm pretty happy. Language comprehension is important! And that goes for critters of any political stripe. If you're gonna get yourself elected and fuck us, at least be well-read.
[15:59:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:34] <exec> 08└─They have the SPOILER thing, you didn't put that one. And, didn't say there was a spoiler coming. Thanks a lot, asshole!!!!
[16:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:20] <exec> 08└─It's funny how many people discounted Stallman as crazy, but as times goes on and if you really think about it a lot of what he said is correct. This is just one more example.
[16:02:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06There Really is Something Unique About Tennessee Whiskey, Study Finds - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:30] <exec> 08└─Trump Vodka -- the World’s finest super premium vodka -- is QUINTUPLE distilled and QUINTUPLE filtered. After the distilling, we double filter it through beautiful Clean Carbon, and aged six months. Then we put it through our famous, and very special Nine Column Filter, double filter it through th...
[16:04:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:32] <exec> 08└─GameStop stopped carrying anything beyond a tiny shelf of stuff over a decade ago in my area. My guess is that Steam just straight up killed off physical distribution. The only place I go anymore that has true physical disc PC games is Half-Price Books, for used PC games. You can obviously get old g...
[16:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 1608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:34] <exec> 08└─It might have, except that Steam was convenient enough, and Steam Sales. Seriously, Steam Sales are probably the thing that solidified their place, if anything did. In the past, you had inherent issues with distribution of physical media. You had to be able to move a certain volume of games to make...
[16:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 743 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:36] <exec> 08└─I was never the kind of person to go sit in line at a store for hours, that never appealed to me. For many people, that'll be an inconvenience they don't have to worry about. I really do get the whole being ripped off by your trade-in. What's more, it's simpler to do a quick search yourself on E-Bay...
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[16:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:22] <exec> 08└─"We could get much better appreciation of cats if they'd just all herd together in one direction". Linux people go to various distros because they're already the kind of people who like flexibility and personal control above standardization. Without that sense of intellectually valuing independence,...
[16:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:24] <exec> 08└─Ah, the old song about the number of distros. It's just that, an excuse. Bundle everything and ship it.
[16:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:26] <exec> 08└─Preferably one where functions aren't arbitrarily renamed by the maintainers out of spite for people using their API.
[16:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:05] <exec> 08└─There literally needs to be laws against vendors making unwanted changes in mandatory updates.
[16:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:06] <exec> 08└─So it's back to torrents and mythtv.
[16:56:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:08] <exec> 08└─Oh, you mean there's a reason that broadcast television, and even the cable TV you pay for, has to be supported by ads?
[16:56:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:47] <exec> 08└─Now if we could just get rid of corruption
[16:56:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:49] <exec> 08└─Yeah, empty trains running on time... kinda misses the point don't ya think?
[16:56:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:51] <exec> 08└─Momentum is conserved, train is minutely slowed down. Git edumacated son!
[16:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:53] <exec> 08└─The benefit? Trucker lobby gives you votes... The U.S. could leapfrog the world in rail tech, because lets face it, all our rail infrastructure is so badly out of date that there is no reason not to refactor the whole system from the ground up. Really there should be four tracks from Halifax all the...
[16:56:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:55] <exec> 08└─I think that's exactly what I said - you're not going to measure any loss in speed.
[16:56:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:58] <exec> 08└─> Freight railroads generally have operated the same way for more than a century: > They wait for cargo and leave when customers are ready. > Now railroads want to run more like commercial airlines, where departure times are set. I never cease to be amazed that the country of Google and the Opportun...
[16:57:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:27] <exec> 08└─Get a phone with a removable battery, ship the battery ahead of your arrival. You think they've got a spare for that particular model handy? Alternatively...They can compel a search of the phone, but can they compel you to reassemble it if you carry it in pieces?
[16:57:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:40] <exec> 08└─The quality of his work has nothing to do with his being an asshole (often on purpose). He is not held accountable for the way he treats people. You purposefully missing the point explains why you like Torvalds' attitude towards people. You think being an ass is an asset, but you are mistaken.
[16:57:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:41] <exec> 08└─Linux on the desktop is not dominant but it's a player.
[16:57:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:44] <exec> 08└─Even Microsoft isn't able to sell you a phone with Windows on it.
[16:57:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:46] <exec> 08└─Torvalds' attitude seems very similar to Steve Jobs'. The fact of the matter is that no cares about it, so long as they get results. It would be nice, if people could naturally learn to get along. In actuality, most people do, because it's no fun hanging out with someone who doesn't care about basic...
[16:57:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Italian Government Spyware Infiltrated Google Play - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:57:58] <exec> 08└─Probably Itallians. Don't they always leave their weapons behind?
[16:58:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:58:57] <exec> 08└─Supporting documentation for your sarcasm. https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[16:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single-Dose Antidote May Help Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:21] <exec> 08└─Infusing them with fentanyl for a "hours long safe high" may be an attractive proposition for illicit drug makers.
[17:00:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03nishi.b [4243] 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 97 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:20] <exec> 08└─And yet 22 years ago someone had seen that coming, Richard Stallman : The right to read [gnu.org]
[17:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:34] <exec> 08└─True, but it's not exactly fair (and I'm talking about MS, here... argh) to blame them for the worst-case option, which is a logical choice and leads them to give you twice as much "value" for your money (unless you can unread the books). The best-case is better than most retailers usually provide....
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[17:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:28] <exec> 08└─Invalid form key: b5KZLIRHr1
[17:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 1292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:29] <exec> 08└─Yep. Just pick a distro. Can't make up your mind? Target Debian LTS then. Other binary distros like Void can package a compatibility layer (use the deep magic of LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH or chroot or something, plenty of tools available). The crazy Exherbo and Gentoo users will figure it out....
[17:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:32] <exec> 08└─Yes, bundle everything, There's even an app for that: AppImage.
[17:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 1524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:35] <exec> 08└─It Is Not Profitable. That's all. Unifying under one primary distro might get you there but isn't guaranteed and a sufficiently powerful gaming title could release to one particular distro to see if it gets traction on the platform. (Nothing stops a publisher from going with The Biggest Fish only al...
[17:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 841 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:37] <exec> 08└─Items 1 and 3 are similar arguments from different angles. Both are blaming the variety of distributions for the problem. I don't think this is the core problem but rather a detail about the core problem. Item 2 is bad but I don't think it is sufficiently troublesome to submit as a major problem sto...
[17:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:39] <exec> 08└─Yesterday it was the Chef, that one's dieing because Google moved in with modern digital that's much better & cheaper. And I said, what can really save the Chef is if Microsoft buys it. Today it's another one failing very badly and even the article says that Windows is much much better. This is some...
[17:55:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:41] <exec> 08└─SN should just come right out and say they don't really want ACs posting anymore. This blocking of half our AC posts with the "Invalid key" stuff is a sly way to make us frustrated so we go away.
[17:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:44] <exec> 08└─Gaming on Linux isn't mainstream because Linux on desktops isn't mainstream. Even if Linux was a single distro, there still aren't enough Linux desktops users to make going after their business worth the effort. (I'm assuming very few people want to play games on a Linux server machine.) Besides, th...
[17:55:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 110 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:51] <exec> 08└─It's called "discipline". The terracotta army cleaned their weapons, according to regulation, after every use.
[17:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:27] <exec> 08└─I know you are making a joke, but I'll say it anyway. If it is connected to the internet, they can tell what you are watching.that stands even if you only watch hdmi input. I'm not saying no one is able to spy on me. I like the conveniences in trade. By limiting the number of people holding a copy o...
[17:56:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:28] <exec> 08└─Or don't buy a smart TV ... and display whatever content you see fit.
[17:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:30] <exec> 08└─Apple TV being bigger than Roku is shocking actually. So much so that I would actually have to question it. Roku is older, has a decent size fan base, and is even built into some popular budget TVs. Up until recently Apple TV wasn't that great. 4K Dolby Vision support is about the only big selling p...
[17:56:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 1084 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:32] <exec> 08└─I have a Vizio "smart" tv (and yes, I am aware of the spying and other nastiness they do). However, I use it as a dumb monitor. I don't even switch HDMI inputs, as it's just plugged into an HDMI output jack on my A/V receiver (not network connected). What's more, to keep the Vizio from sneakily conn...
[17:56:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:35] <exec> 08└─for some reason, I decided to try. it was a one-way trip and now I have shit on my home screen (we're talking ancient phone from cyanogen era, the orig google phone, no less) and no way to get back.
[17:56:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:37] <exec> 08└─According to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org], Android TV is an operating system. And it appears that in this story, Google is asserting ownership of the device by "updating" it to add "features" the vendor didn't sell to the user.
[17:56:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:39] <exec> 08└─The summary should have explained this for those who don't know. I watch TV only on laptops and tablets and I'll never buy a "smart TV". Is Android TV a hardware product or some kind of software add-on?
[17:57:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:24] <exec> 08└─Empowering our employees... to find other jobs.
[17:57:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:26] <exec> 08└─You're right on an absolute level. Here on Earth, we use sensors, which are usually electronic, and the change in train's kinetic energy is often less than one valence electron knocked loose, so kind of immeasurable. But I know you'll have an absurd response, so I'll eagerly keep checking back for t...
[17:57:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 1300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:28] <exec> 08└─Interesting timing here (pun not intended). Up until yesterday I have always thought people who stop on tracks are just idiots. And I could write on and on about how people seem to live in their own fantasy, not reality, and blame it on TV, movies, computers, smartphones, and even formal classrooms...
[17:57:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:30] <exec> 08└─Have you seen (in the Russian crash videos) what they've done in Russia? Those car-blocking ramps that pop up? Might be a good idea here, may cut down on need for horns.
[17:57:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:32] <exec> 08└─Was I the only one hoping this was an article on a hobo uprising?
[17:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:35] <exec> 08└─I always naively assumed trains always ran on a schedule, and I'm surprised that they would not have in the 19th century (which was much more technologically advanced than most people imagine). Clock and watch precision in the 19th century was greatly improved, driven by the need to keep trains and...
[17:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Improbus [6425] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:37] <exec> 08└─If it hits a truck, depending on what it is carrying could cause the train to derail. Picture a GIANT electrical transformer on a lowboy trailer. That would cause a bad day for EVERYONE.
[17:57:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:39] <exec> 08└─It seems that the way to deal with PRS is to have warehouses near the train stops to act as a buffer (cache). And they already do this for the delivery flow; now they will accumulate goods so they can better fill the trains. Does this make sense, or am I missing something?
[17:57:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:41] <exec> 08└─Unlike all other industries, railroads are exempt from anti trust issues but are instead regulated by the STB. The railroads are taking advantage of a cowardly STB who is not regulating the Industry during this administration. Precision Railroading is dropping unprofitable customers and chasing shor...
[17:58:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:58:11] <exec> 08└─At this point, I'm all for, having a different phone in each country. Leave my main phone at home, backup the contents somewhere, and get a new phone for every place I need it. There's compatibility issues between networks and the like anyway, so may as well get a cheapo phone when traveling to a ne...
[17:58:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:58:12] <exec> 08└─The guy with the gun may be someone who is very much AGAINST the law. (example Ruby Ridge) Who thinks they are above the law. Above the court system. They are "free" and a law unto themselves. Except they are happy to take advantage of the things that everyone else pays for. Yet they are delusional...
[17:58:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:58:14] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the third plane that miraculously spiraled into the one newly-reinforced side of the pentagon. Or the forth that was taken down by the rest of the people on board.
[17:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:58:31] <exec> 08└─Mmm, Linux would not be where it is now if Linus was an yes man. Big projects need big egos, name me one big success where the leader is an yes person...
[17:59:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:03] <exec> 08└─Are these counties in overall better health specifically because of the green spaces, or does the presence of said spaces act as a proxy for higher wealth in general, which is correlated with better health outcomes?
[18:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:21] <exec> 08└─OK but let's be honest here: How many current NYT best sellers on on Baen books right now?
[18:05:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:35] <exec> 08└─What do you tell your friend when your friend asks you what you thought about the game?
[18:05:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GameStop Posts Massive Loss as Pre-Owned Game Sales Plummet - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:05:36] <exec> 08└─DRM-free USB Flash Drive
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[18:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:29] <exec> 08└─Well, it's not my land, but there's some nice lake front property at Great Beat Lake. 65.7°, -122.2°
[18:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:30] <exec> 08└─Great BEAR Lake. I don't know where Great Beat lake might be . . .
[18:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:32] <exec> 08└─That's dumb. It isn't going to spy on you unless you pay for the privilege.
[18:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:34] <exec> 08└─Trump is going to rename Lake Michigan in honor of Kanye. Great Beat Lake.
[18:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheFool [7105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:37] <exec> 08└─I'm not concerned with it spying on me randomly, I just enjoy not having neighbors. Lack of broadband is one of the main things that keeps people from moving where I am now. Terrain is the main problem here, and sending it down from the sky would clearly remove that problem if they can do it cheap e...
[18:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:39] <exec> 08└─Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter
[18:55:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:41] <exec> 08└─Lemme guess, all of them launched by Blue Origin? Left pocket, meet right pocket...
[18:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:44] <exec> 08└─Looks like someone (BO) is angling for "Past Performances" so that they can stuff that in responses to government RFPs.
[18:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:01] <exec> 08└─I've never developed for Linux since I don't know anything about Linux. But whenever I've tested my Windows programs in wine they work fine. Based on what I see on GOG, publishers don't seem to be very big on doing testing or trying to determine accurate system requirements (most stated system reqs...
[18:56:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:02] <exec> 08└─Yep. Wine means that most things don't need a native Linux version, and the market is too small to support developing for it specifically. Containers/appimage/flatpak/LD_WHATEVER/etc. make packaging and distribution simple once it works, but if it's not cheap and easy for the dev to make it work, no...
[18:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:05] <exec> 08└─I think "Works in WINE!" would be a good start and is really what Steam is trying with Proton (basically their own integration with WINE). Hopefully if enough Steam users work out the small tweaks and fixes to get games working in Proton then this can lead to a more generic "Works in WINE!" classifi...
[18:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:07] <exec> 08└─I realize that first, I'm an AC, and second, one piece of anecdotal evidence is not a valid sample, but with these caveats, I'd like to point out that I've been doing all my gaming on linux for several years now. First on Ubuntu 14.04, and now on 16.04. I'm using steam, and turned proton (their buil...
[18:56:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03anotherblackhat [4722] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:09] <exec> 08└─It only takes one thing; Customers. No one is going to make a game (or a port of a game) if the potential customer base is 50 people. Most companies aren't even interested in numbers as "small" as 10 million.
[18:56:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:11] <exec> 08└─There is a certain kind of person who takes things that are very obviously software bugs to be malevolent plots against them. Don't be that person.
[18:57:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:02] <exec> 08└─I'm old enough to remember when cable TV first started being rolled out widely across the US. One of the main selling points to get people to pay for TV was the cry of "no ads!" Of course, after enough people were signed up, they started putting ads in, even on the supposedly "pay only" channels. Th...
[18:57:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:03] <exec> 08└─Pretty much, yep. And don't think that NetFlix won't reach a price point where they can't bump up any further but a few little ads will work nicely. They might be the last to go but once no blowback happens on AndroidTV - and it won't - the way will have been paved for them.
[18:57:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:05] <exec> 08└─Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winnah! who remembers history.
[18:57:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:07] <exec> 08└─I've no problem with Ads on TV as long as that TV service is free to me, the viewer, and is somehow being paid for by the advertising. What I strongly object to is being forced to watch adverts on a service that I have paid for. Amazon Prime has started to stick adverts for other programs at the sta...
[18:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:10] <exec> 08└─Until there are no TV's left except smart TV's, or the day that the TV's will be required to have an internet connection to work at all. Enjoy your freedom while you have it, for it is unlikely you'll ever get any more of it unless you wash your hands of the whole thing and decide you don't need to...
[18:58:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 1236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:06] <exec> 08└─I had a conversation with local DOT about why they re-striped 10 miles of 2 lane road to push the vehicles toward each other in the middle, widening the bike lanes. The lanes were narrowed to the point that school buses would touch both the centerline and the rumble strip separating the car lane fro...
[18:58:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:07] <exec> 08└─The horns mostly blow on rural crossings without even automatic gates or lights - far too expensive to put in popup ramps at the thousands of uncontrolled crossings just to cut down on noise pollution. As with all things US rail oriented: it might work in the NE Corridor, but not so much anywhere el...
[18:58:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:09] <exec> 08└─Another thing to do is look at how countries with a functioning rail infrastructure do it, which typically means looking at Europe.
[18:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:31] <exec> 08└─act as a proxy for higher wealth in general
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[19:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:31] <exec> 08└─The fact that my neighbors all have ultra-strong antennae broadcasting on every fucking channel crowding out my own signal in my own home. There's too many wifi routers at too high a broadcast power, using too much of the shared spectrum. They name their stupid dumbass wastes of bandwith "AT&T-fast"...
[19:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:48] <exec> 08└─Beats By Dr. Lake and Tim Apple Creek
[19:56:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 2369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah, a lot of games that I try will actually work *better* in Wine than they do in any recent Windows distro. Wine is great for old games (although new ones often work well too). I once tried to run Wine on Windows for that exact reason -- Windows' own compatibility mode is a freakin' joke, and I K...
[19:56:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 1191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:14] <exec> 08└─Linux being only 1% of Steam users - Linux only has 2% market share I am not sure that there is much in the way of valid data anyway. Lots of homes have a PC or three sitting in a corner, used once or twice a year. When people try to use them next, and find they have to sign up to "Windows as a shit...
[19:57:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:57:10] <exec> 08└─you piss all your customers off, you will vanish so fast it will be like a vacuum..
[19:57:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:57:12] <exec> 08└─you piss all your customers off, you will vanish so fast it will be like a vacuum..
[19:58:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:11] <exec> 08└─Sea freight terminals are already very automated. The order of container unloading and where each needs to go in the yard (or directly onto a truck) is all sorted before the ship docks And they want to automate more. http://www.saf-project.org [saf-project.org] Truck-train and train-truck is where t...
[19:58:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:13] <exec> 08└─They do that because regulations compel them to. Other countries use higher-pitched horns, prefer non-level crossings, rely on the guard arms, or all of those. It was the prime criterion for me finding a place to stay that it was out of earshot of a RR crossing. And even formerly inactive lines are...
[19:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:46] <exec> 08└─You are forgetting that the origin of the word "democracy" is "dem ah crazy!" (Only in America)
[19:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:47] <exec> 08└─The electronic devices were the property of Apple, who as masters of international commerce should have clear and definite policy they can communicate to their employees on how to act with customs. Anyway, the guy here refused, but he was let in without having the devices seized or searched. They ju...
[19:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:39] <exec> 08└─[...] It's so much easier to just spontaneously go to a park or a greenway or whatever if it's within walking distance, so that I don't have to plan around "oh, I'm going to the park today at x time"
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[20:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:24] <exec> 08└─2.4 Gbits in lab condition. Probably 80 Mbits/s in real life, under ideal conditions (10 cm between transmitter and receiver)
[20:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:25] <exec> 08└─Reed TFS: its main advantage is that it will work better than existing adapters in RF-noisy environments where multiple Wi-Fi networks co-exist.
[20:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:28] <exec> 08└─I guess I missed that line. Sorry.
[20:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:30] <exec> 08└─Solution: social engineer your way inside, get the passwords off their AP, and change their settings. Or just stop paying for internet and use theirs. Seriously though, is your AP 802.11ac? The available 5GHz bands should be more than enough for all of you, and your APs should automatically avoid co...
[20:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:32] <exec> 08└─BYTE magazine, April 1980, page 115. NEW HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATIONS BUS: Xerox Corporation recently made a public announcement of a new concept of processor-to-processor communications intended for an office environment. This novel concept is called "Ethernet", and is a result of some of the work bei...
[20:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:34] <exec> 08└─My $100 laptop supports 802.11ac. Next one will hopefully have Bluetooth 5 so I can use longer range wireless headphones.
[20:56:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 1292 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:01] <exec> 08└─Yep. Just pick a distro. Can't make up your mind? Target Debian LTS then. Other binary distros like Void can package a compatibility layer (use the deep magic of LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH or chroot or something, plenty of tools available). The crazy Exherbo and Gentoo users will figure it out....
[20:56:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:16] <exec> 08└─Is there a spam filter that generates that error? I was bashing Windows in a funny way, not being rude about it, and kept getting that error when trying to post. It let me post the error though.
[20:56:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:18] <exec> 08└─After examining the site html source: in order to prevent accidental double-submission(i.e. click submit twice) duplicate posts, when you load the reply page, soylent news embeds a <input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="[some randomly generated blob]"> into the form. It also caches temporarily t...
[20:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:20] <exec> 08└─Maybe not in America, but who in other countries is going to pay MS?
[20:56:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:31] <exec> 08└─That's weird, because all the Chinese merchants around here just say "bes price, bes price."
[20:57:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:57:20] <exec> 08└─pi-hole. Works for Android TV too.
[20:57:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:57:21] <exec> 08└─Enjoy your freedom while you have it, for it is unlikely you'll ever get any more of it unless you wash your hands of the whole thing and decide you don't need to consume media on video anymore.
[20:57:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:57:23] <exec> 08└─But since you stupid assholes keep buying their shit you deserve all the spam and spying you get...
[20:58:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 1019 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:58:24] <exec> 08└─Nope. "Or, maybe the train just absorbs all the energy, resulting in some dents and crumpled metal. You're not going to measure any loss in speed. " A human eyeball may not be able to see the loss in speed on the speedometer, but there will be a loss in speed. I wouldn't have made a fuss if you hadn...
[20:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:00] <exec> 08└─It's true.
[20:59:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:02] <exec> 08└─Only in America
[20:59:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:04] <exec> 08└─He clearly refused to provide the passcodes.
[20:59:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:06] <exec> 08└─The ACLU complaint adds that “critically, Dr. Gal never refused to provide the passcodes to access the electronic devices in his possession.”
[20:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:24] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_Men [wikipedia.org]
[21:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:00] <exec> 08└─There needs to be a -1 "I didn't read the summary" mod. Literally in the second sentence it says "The relationship persists even when accounting for economic, geographic or other factors that might independently influence health care costs, researchers report." and a few sentences later "Urban and r...
[21:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:32] <exec> 08└─I watched the Oreo trailer and found it interesting. I also have no intention of watching the full GoT, so might as well see it replaced with Oreo cookies. Only so much time in the day to devote to TV anyways. More importantly, what this about the tits?
[21:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See Game of Thrones Intro Reenacted with 2,750 Oreo Cookies - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:34] <exec> 08└─Standard HBO recipe : Great visual quality, decent storylines, gore and violence, and naked women. Every episode. In the last couple years, probably because of MeToo, they have almost eliminated that last one, on both GoT and Westworld.
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[21:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:19] <exec> 08└─"Convoy" [youtube.com] (1978 film) and hat-tip to Futurama [youtube.com]
[21:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:20] <exec> 08└─Yeah it's in the game.
[21:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:22] <exec> 08└─I might have to check it out this weekend. I usually play a bit of DOTA2 when I have a chance to play computer games, but I've been looking for a new game. P.S. I love steam. I think it's great. I remember entering my Day of Defeat key into it 20ish years ago. That game is still in my steam library.
[21:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:25] <exec> 08└─desert. bus. greatest game evar!
[21:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:55] <exec> 08└─Do we really need 3 different companies launching a combined total of 10,000 satellites? I know they can do multiple satellites per launch but still seems wasteful.
[21:55:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:56] <exec> 08└─I welcome ANY alternatives to what we have now.
[21:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 1467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:26] <exec> 08└─You know, the game developers with the least Linux support for their wares are the ones with the deepest pockets. I wonder why that is. There are so many games available from very small groups, and Linux support is exploding. And that is just an observation from visiting GOG frequently. I can't imag...
[21:56:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:28] <exec> 08└─And one of the reasons it is not profitable is because you have to support such a wide range of hardware/software, because Linux isn't one platform but thousands of different platforms (ignoring the negligible long tail of less common hardware/software). You can get a taste of this by finding a few...
[21:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:30] <exec> 08└─yeah, and tor browser drags ass and causes this error many times. never seen it with vpn and normal browser.
[21:56:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:40] <exec> 08└─"Made in Japan" and "Made in Korea" are the goods to get. "Made in China" is ... serviaceable, one step below, say, "Made in Vietnam".
[21:56:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons are in Such Good Condition - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:42] <exec> 08└─Back around that time, the most advanced civs were the Chinese and the Persians. The Greek Alexander pulled the Mongols (i.e., conquered a lot, didn't stick around), and it was a time before the Romans.
[21:57:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 1177 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:04] <exec> 08└─Derrr, but if you don't update, you might get maaaalware!... Oh, wait. :P On another forum I visit there is a member that always gets their panties in a wad and starts scolding people left and right whenever they talk about turning off updates. He says he works in the security industry. What he won'...
[21:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:34] <exec> 08└─That quote should have read: As we explore new opportunities to enrage the user community, (...)
[21:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:36] <exec> 08└─DNS-over-HTTPS will exfiltrate your data even with a pi-hole.
[21:57:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:38] <exec> 08└─You can become Google's customer; G Suite is 6 USD a month. If you read the contract terms, you will find it is very different from the "consumer" terms in terms of data ownership and support.
[21:57:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:40] <exec> 08└─Well you know what they say... one person's malware is another person's freedom protector.
[21:57:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:43] <exec> 08└─You can become Google's customer; G Suite is 6 USD a month. If you read the contract terms, you will find it is very different from the "consumer" terms in terms of data ownership and support.
[21:57:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 1060 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:45] <exec> 08└─Egress Filtering [wikipedia.org] FTW! DNS sinkholes [wikipedia.org] like Pi-hole aren't bad, but as you pointed out, local DNS restrictions can be overriden, and not just with DNS-over-HTTP. Assuming your firewall allows DNS requests outbound (necessary because you don't have the whole 'net in your...
[21:57:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:47] <exec> 08└─A fair point. But since nearly 85% of Google's revenue comes from serving ads, you'll still be *product* and G-Suite is a tiny portion of Google revenue [techcrunch.com].
[21:58:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:49] <exec> 08└─I would have thought that on a tech/science site that such pedantic points wouldn't be seen as some kind of personal attack, but OK Runaway's alt account!
[21:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:50] <exec> 08└─Yay, another internet person learns that reality is complicated and maybe just maybe they shouldn't judge things so harshly. Next up you'll be voting for universal healthcare!
[21:58:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:52] <exec> 08└─I'm a New Yorker and some days we have 2 or even 3 folks getting hit by the subway cars. It makes the news but, it's not big news when that happens. And, not a big deal for the Transit Authority guys. They run the windshield wiper, they do the little spray and life goes on, you know? A lot of the ca...
[21:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:31] <exec> 08└─and #3 and #4 disappeared when they crashed too.
[21:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DrkShadow [1404] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:33] <exec> 08└─Most phones start with just the charger attached. Will their data-sucking gear provide power as well?....
[21:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0625 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:52] <exec> 08└─Is that right?
[22:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chef, the Configuration Management Tool, Goes 100% FOSS - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:42] <exec> 08└─maybe i'll give it a second look
[22:04:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oral Sex is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Recurrent Miscarriage - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:44] <exec> 08└─>--<-O~>--<-Ö
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[22:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:22] <exec> 08└─These state legislators want to visit Washington for the Supreme Court decision that will never come. Assuming, of course, they have enough support to get their proposal passed and signed into law in GA. Which, even though it's GA, seems unlikely. And even if they do, they'll likely get smacked down...
[22:55:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:32] <exec> 08└─There is a demo available for this, and American Truck Simulator (by the same developer), on Steam.
[22:55:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 686 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:34] <exec> 08└─Bah! Truck Simulator is ok, but it's not immersive enough. I'd rather play Star Citizen where my character has to take bathroom breaks every few hours, and if I want to play a female character, I need to keep tampons stocked in my ship.</sarcasm> I've played the demo of the game, and it's been a lon...
[22:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:36] <exec> 08└─Canadian kids of the 80s might remember a game on AppleII computers called Crosscountry Canada'. This game is the spiritual successor to that. Here it is: https://archive.org [archive.org] You can play it. It's pretty sweet.
[22:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:38] <exec> 08└─Considering the only other truck games I know about is Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing... Yeah, sure it must be better... But I'll pass.
[22:55:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:52] <exec> 08└─I've speedtested a .ac connection at over 400Mb/s. Next room, about 5m from the box. Wired Gig-E to the same box yielded 500Mb/s down. About 20 Euros a month. I'm jealous of my usually low-tech dad...
[22:55:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 1376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:53] <exec> 08└─Ahhh, back in the day. circa '91/92, wrote an Ethernet driver for an Intel chip to be released RSN (we had advance knowledge). Wrote dummy code for the chip and got my driver working (this was not unusual back then). Chip arrives, serious lag issues in my code. Chip had a feature, you could chain to...
[22:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:43] <exec> 08└─The only thing that really has any impact between distros now is ALSA vs. PulseAudio, and the solution is to just support ALSA and ignore PulseAudio because it works that way but not the other way around. The days where every tiny version difference between libc caused incompatibilities are long pas...
[22:56:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Gaming Won't Find A Mainstream Audience Until Three Things Happen - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:45] <exec> 08└─You don't expect your Linux box to be a dishwasher, why expect it to be a gaming machine?
[22:57:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:57:56] <exec> 08└─I am more down the line of the way Prohibition was repealed. People were drinking left and right, regardless of law. Well, now its Copyright and DRM. We will get what we tolerate. If they can piss off enough people, anyone promising to throw the whole DRM Copyright thing out on its ear will find the...
[22:57:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:57:57] <exec> 08└─Google has just provided the world (as it relates to Televisions) with the biggest argument for buying the over priced Apple TV.
[22:57:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:58:00] <exec> 08└─I'm old enough to remember when cable TV first started being rolled out widely across the US. One of the main selling points to get people to pay for TV was the cry of "no ads!"
[22:58:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:58:02] <exec> 08└─You can become Google's customer; G Suite is 6 USD a month.
[22:58:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Android TV Users are Seeing Ads after Latest Update - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:58:05] <exec> 08└─You will still not be a Google customer, but just another subject to extortion. Pray that Google doesn't alter the deal further.
[22:59:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:09] <exec> 08└─Oh this frustrates on so many levels. I used to know a very successful businessman who was very cynical about govt., and he dealt with many: codes, inspections, health, food, licenses, taxes, etc. His degree and years of work was sociology and generally a nice guy and believed in people, but at some...
[22:59:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:10] <exec> 08└─Good points and perspective. Can you imagine a country whose government actually served the people and did what we want? (within reason of course)
[22:59:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:13] <exec> 08└─This is not an Einstein thing. This is train. Listen to Runaway1956. He knows. Train runs on time -- does not slow down AT ALL!!!!
[22:59:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:15] <exec> 08└─I don't think you understood my comment; I was responding to an AC mega-troll. I try to never respond to them unless they're positive and contributing to the discussion. I agree with Runaway, JoeMerchant, and others here. AC was making inane comments about F = MA, etc. I'm an EE, which means I've co...
[23:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Reveals Genes Associated With Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:49] <exec> 08└─But, but, it's not presented to me as a link so I can see what it means. And Google doesn't provide any relevant hits, nor does unix.stackexchange.com. Forcing me to use my brain to parse that command line. I hate you! More seriously, if you *really* want it to be "All your base," shouldn't you do s...
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[23:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:17] <exec> 08└─The Koran does not allow images of Allah or Mohammed, so what happens if you ask for a copy of an interview with either of those subjects?
[23:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:18] <exec> 08└─If the Dems made the same move, you'd call it Transparency. I think it's a great move. But, I wouldn't trust C.N.N. to give an honest copy. I learned the hard way about those assholes -- Koi Pond Incident. Now I always bring my own Camera Guys. Some of the footage they get is a real eye opener. And...
[23:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:20] <exec> 08└─Why don't you ask Yusuf Islam [wikipedia.org]? He'll tell you that a lot of nice things turn bad out there [youtube.com].
[23:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:22] <exec> 08└─And C-S.P.A.N. is amazing too
[23:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:25] <exec> 08└─Jokers to the Left of me, jokers to the Right of me...
[23:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:27] <exec> 08└─CNN will only have to move to another country to avoid real news... like California.
[23:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:29] <exec> 08└─OK. But first let's get a Ethics In Politics board formed first. Where we can investigate and sanction politicians for unethical behavior. What? There are already laws in place that can be utilized? Why, I had no idea. Imagine that. Wait a second, do these laws not apply to journalists? Oh, OK then,...
[23:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 881 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:32] <exec> 08└─So you mean that if I get interviewed by my local news for whatever reason, they chop it up for sound-bytes and it makes me look bad because some intern who doesn't understand finance made a okay thing sound like a bad thing, that I can't request a copy of the interview to protect my name/company/wh...
[23:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:34] <exec> 08└─Election Year Rag.
[23:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:36] <exec> 08└─Ethics in politics is an oxymoron or a least a gaggle of morons.
[23:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board' - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:38] <exec> 08└─What will be even funnier is when Faux News gets ensnared by this debacle. "W-w-what?!? You mean these laws that we pass apply equally to our side too?!? Why that is just plain anti-American!!!"
[23:55:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review - Bonkerous - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:53] <exec> 08└─> and if I want to play a female character, I need to keep tampons stocked in my ship. Future version of the game will require a special desk attachment, which will punch you in the gut at random times to remind you that it's time to check the stock of tampons.
[23:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Launches a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Wireless Network Adapter - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:56:10] <exec> 08└─It depends a lot on the wireless card in the end device - hockey end stuff has multiple antennas, lower end stuff will be 1x1.
[23:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Planning its Own Satellite-Based Broadband Service, with 3,236 Satellites in Low Earth Orbit - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:56:29] <exec> 08└─there's some nice lake front property at Great Beat Beet Lake.
[23:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:28] <exec> 08└─Like cheetos, idiots are cheap. Thanks to unskilled labor, more will me made to replace the less successful specimens.
[23:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:29] <exec> 08└─It's not that tough to figure out. No major conundrum or existential crisis or legislative BS. Don't try to cross the tracks until you're double damned sure you've got room on the other side. Granted the yokels at DOT could show some smarts, but jesus. You have a responsibility to protect your ass....
[23:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:31] <exec> 08└─newsflash, PR injects a large dose of accountability into the process. If the train's not on time, who's at fault. You can bet that it'll be built into the process. Everyone loves someone to blame when something goes wrong. In this case, that's not a bad thing.
[23:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Revolution Sweeping Railroads Upends How America Moves Its Stuff - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:33] <exec> 08└─Take it in stages, squeeze it out slowly, no shocks to the system.