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[00:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:11] <exec> 08└─I spotted a watery third planet off Alpha Centauri. Send me 10 bucks and 50 cents via paypal to view the image.
[00:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:12] <exec> 08└─Damasso and Del Sordo said they're confident in the detection but stressed that it is preliminary.
[00:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:09] <exec> 08└─That was his shit smeared against the walls of the embassy, not cat shit.
[00:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:11] <exec> 08└─Political figure. Fair game.
[00:07:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:07:13] <exec> 08└─Well, our president Mr Trump promised us to put Hilary in prison. He either delivers or we have two bitches to do next time.
[00:08:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:20] <exec> 08└─The whole 'Start your own platform if you don't like what the big ones are doing!' argument is and always has been a ruse, anyway. When these people actually follow that advice, their payment processors, web hosts, and even domain registrars attempt to deplatform them, making very expensive to opera...
[00:08:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:22] <exec> 08└─The left have plenty of villainous labels for people not sharing their beliefs. Then they use whatever power they have to censor, drive out, unperson and wield their authoritarian hand. Jokes in favor of it ring hollow at least to me.
[00:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:24] <exec> 08└─You are full of shit, and the fickle, capricious law is an ass!
[00:08:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:26] <exec> 08└─I think you aren't understanding what I am saying, or the effect it would have. Censoring your platform changes it from platform to publishing. This means assuming liability for anything published on the platform. This incentivizes not censoring except as required by law, strongly. The basi...
[00:08:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:28] <exec> 08└─No, I'm an an anti-collectivist, liberal individual.
[00:08:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:30] <exec> 08└─Look how much trouble gab has had trying to do the alternative thing. Paypal, Stripe, StartEngine, several more all removed their ability to do business. Multiple hosting companies refused them service, attempts were made to seize their domain names. Any new project seen as "Alt-Tech" will have the...
[00:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:33] <exec> 08└─Then let them start their own payment processors, web hosting, and domain registrars! This whole "We go out of our way to offend as many people as possible but they don't like it and won't do businesses with us! Whaaaa!" entitlement is pure bullshit.
[00:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:35] <exec> 08└─The GAB process is loading the plugin yourself from about:addons. It may be that GAB will come out with an installer similar to the EFF one and just hasn't had time yet, or that there are other constraints. TBD.
[00:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:37] <exec> 08└─Look how much trouble gab has had trying to do the alternative thing. Despite all that, they're still standing... It can still be done, for now... the audience is very small. I think we all know what will happen if things get serious. So yea they are going to give blocking access to alternatives th...
[00:08:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:40] <exec> 08└─Might be. The EFF process is an actual installer of some kind.
[00:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:08:42] <exec> 08└─I agree but we acknowledge the plight of the feeble minded and easily manipulated. But we shant! We have to defend ourselves against the feeble minded and easily manipulated! Lest we all become feeble minded and easily manipulated, and have them lead us to ruin. Majority rule is proving how dangerou...
[00:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Happens if Platforms are Treated as if They Were Publishers or Movie Studios? - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:51] <exec> 08└─Untrue. Now, if your platform is so outside of accepted cultural norms that no one wants to do business with you, then you're going to have to find or establish partners who will put profit above everything else.
[00:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Happens if Platforms are Treated as if They Were Publishers or Movie Studios? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:52] <exec> 08└─Not the economic strain of the gun industry. Their business is booming.
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[01:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:15] <exec> 08└─For sure they found the rebel base...
[01:06:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:16] <exec> 08└─With a tidally locked hot side? I don't think so. There might even be a thin strip of twilight where things are livable, in some sense at least.
[01:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:16] <exec> 08└─Now this is an excellent visual effect I wish I had thought of. I will steal it. And since this comment contributes nothing to this discussion, let me help nudge it into oblivion: niggers.
[01:07:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:18] <exec> 08└─Nice grows. Is it because they have Lenin for a president?
[01:07:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:20] <exec> 08└─The IMF has them now. They were offered 4 billion in high-fructose corn syrup loans to abandon socialism and release Assange to the globo-homos.
[01:07:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:22] <exec> 08└─The USA has a most powerful shadow government, operating right out in the open, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs. They even put their names right there on the ballot, republican and democrat, and win every time! Americans welcome their shadow overlords. Any minute now they're gonna open t...
[01:07:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:24] <exec> 08└─Bzzzzzzzzt. He exposed DNC emails, not HRC's private yoga tapes.
[01:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:42] <exec> 08└─Seems there was a rejected aristarchus submission on this very topic, some time ago, . . . ah, here it is! https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] Only about a month from debut to ban? Those Gab nazis are getting better! Or worse, depending on how you look at it.
[01:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 4505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:43] <exec> 08└─You have the right idea, but I think the answer is with *decentralization* rather than some new, centralized platform. I've been (as I'm sure you're aware) beating on the lack of competition and choice of ISPs, along with the abusive ToS (specifically server port blocking) of those ISPs for quite so...
[01:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:46] <exec> 08└─The whole 'Start your own platform if you don't like what the big ones are doing!' argument is and always has been a ruse, anyway. When these people actually follow that advice, their payment processors, web hosts, and even domain registrars attempt to deplatform them, making very expensive to opera...
[01:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:48] <exec> 08└─The thing is that this is a totally dishonest argument because you don't believe it's reasonable to expect that people be able to start their own payment processor, web hosting, and domain registrar companies,
[01:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:50] <exec> 08└─"hate speech" is constitutionally protected speech. They say it and we call them out. Isn't hating free speech "hate speech" in and of itself?
[01:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 1303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:52] <exec> 08└─I understood perfectly. And I'm saying what you call "censoring" is what I will do to keep my advertising dollars flooding in. You see, your claim that if it isn't banned by law it should be allowed anywhere and everywhere isn't practical for my capitalism to function. If my advertisers don't want t...
[01:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:26] <exec> 08└─Deep Fried Peeps!!! [duckduckgo.com]
[01:11:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 392 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:19] <exec> 08└─Except, hemp isn't vaporware. Hemp has a long history in agriculture. It was commonly grown throughout the world, right up until DuPont created their nylon to replace it. Prior to the prohibition of this common plant, ships carried tons of hemp, in the form of cordage and/or sails. No, hemp isn't th...
[01:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:55] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't be hard to do. Have to separate the seeds first, which must be well established tech, then the fibres.
[01:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:56] <exec> 08└─Well dude, I would not call THAT a good thing! I mean, being a dick comes natural to ya?? You really ARE one? Damn, I guess we have you to think for Trump/Clinton then, huh?
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[02:06:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:00] <exec> 08└─Apparently their 愈合脉轮金字塔 technology is up with our own [orgonitecrystal.com] can't we have ANYTHING of our own China?
[02:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:02] <exec> 08└─Yes, it should be as the math challenged can’t understand that it only benefits those at the top of the pyramid. My own parents had big dreams for first Amway then JuicePlus and still no richer, in fact poorer for wasting money that could have gone to better investments.
[02:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:41] <exec> 08└─Is being intolerant of people who are intolerant of you intolerance? Hate speech may be constitutionally protected, but that doesn't mean it has to be accepted or tolerated by civilized people. Something does not have to be illegal for it to be shunned by society. The whole white supremacy bullshit...
[02:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:43] <exec> 08└─If you want platforms to be treated as publishers, and make platforms responsible for content, then we will limit what can be posted in order to protect our business, our advertising dollars,
[02:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:45] <exec> 08└─We have to defend ourselves against the feeble minded and easily manipulated!
[02:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:47] <exec> 08└─Posting your rejects to your journal is very cathartic. I do NOT envy you your backlog however....
[02:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:49] <exec> 08└─CBS deleted their tweet, they did a follow up [archive.is] - also deleted but I'm sure late readers get the idea.
[02:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:51] <exec> 08└─It's either silencing nazis or killing them. No other choices are non-fictional. Every time you scream for a vision of "free speech" that endorses ideologies that mass murder, we move one inch closer to cutting your throat to spare our own. That's life.
[02:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:53] <exec> 08└─Don't care. Your way is too arbitrary. People must be held responsible for the choices they make. You're just trying to justify censorship. Censorship is always fascist. We must defeat it using any means possible.
[02:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Happens if Platforms are Treated as if They Were Publishers or Movie Studios? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:04] <exec> 08└─I'll take one of each!
[02:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:00] <exec> 08└─I came to give props to the clothes. I had a hemp (80% hemp 20% cotton by law) t-shirt. It was super slinky like silk. They are expensive now, but hopefully that will change as more people are accepting hemp. They are really missing out on the ultimate fabric!
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[03:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:12] <exec> 08└─can't we have ANYTHING of our own China?
[03:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:25] <exec> 08└─Sadly Proxima b is likely not very hospitable either as it is almost certainly tidally locked to the star causing blistering heat on one side and extreme cold on the other, ...
[03:07:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 243 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:07:01] <exec> 08└─Privacy is for individuals, not institutions in the service to the public, no? For institutions, "privacy" is shorthand for "lack of transparency". I don't see the irony. Maybe I am missing some nuance, as I am not a native speaker of english.
[03:07:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:07:30] <exec> 08└─No it's because Correa was President. He had a degree in economics and applied it while President. I lived there during this time. If he ever comes to the USA I'd vote for him, citizen or not, the man knows the right way to run a country.
[03:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:01] <exec> 08└─Searching for the missing twitter page eventually led me to a demotivational type picture with a tough-looking African-American and the caption "It's time to punch a few nazis". While possibly an incitement to violence, I don't think it would fail the Brandenburg test.
[03:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:03] <exec> 08└─Texting debuted on big platforms in the mid-90's. It took off instantly in Europe and Asia, but it took a further 15 years for it to really hit the big time with the American public.
[03:11:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03dry [223] 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 584 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:42] <exec> 08└─Hemp seed also contains all the proteins needed by people as well as all the essential oils. With some greens, you could live a long time on a hemp seed diet. Hemp oil was also heavily used in industry, the paint industry by itself used a shit ton. What killed it was when someone invented a machine...
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[04:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:01] <exec> 08└─Are Daimler engineers gonna get wedgied at conferences now?
[04:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:11] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ponzi_schemes [wikipedia.org] The way I see it, getting some bacon back is more than most got when their investments went belly up. And besides, with 90% of the population believing in one form or another of divinity, just because all this "healing pyramids" cra...
[04:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:13] <exec> 08└─I seem to recall something in the 70's USA about cardboard pyramids being able to charge batteries and sharpen razor blades.
[04:07:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:30] <exec> 08└─What was the relationship between Correa and Moreno? They were in the same party, Moreno was groomed by Correa for the office, but then once it was "his turn" to take the presidency, he sells the country out to the Empire?
[04:07:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:31] <exec> 08└─There's a purely speculation story to this, but it could have some credence. April 4th, Manning's twitter said he was getting out of detention, a few hours later, wikileaks' twitter said that high level info suggest Assange was about to get arrested. It's possible Manning got a deal to help Assange...
[04:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:05] <exec> 08└─I saw some of your journal posts and honestly couldn't figure out why your submissions were rejected. Maybe too much editorializing? I'd have to re-read, but usually editors just toss in the first paragraph or two of the article.
[04:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:07] <exec> 08└─I know you are joking, but they actually are: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[04:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03sonamchauhan [6546] (Score: 2) 02 - 06High Levels of Ultraviolet Radiation Should Not Preclude Life on Exoplanets - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:55] <exec> 08└─Thanks for posting - good information. I guess the first use of a space elevator, if a scalable technology is found, will be to continually send seawater high above the earth, disassociate it, and send hydrogen and oxygen back down.
[04:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06High Levels of Ultraviolet Radiation Should Not Preclude Life on Exoplanets - 810 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:56] <exec> 08└─If you have the tech level to do that, you have the tech level to not need to do that. It would be cheaper to just pave a few deserts with solar cells, and there are easier ways to get power down from space, microwave beaming for example. Once you get as far as a space elevator, you are probably als...
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[04:09:59] <exec> 08└─What a premise like that, the conclusions are obvious. See instead, "A second look at the second law": http://www.math.utep.edu [utep.edu] It is commonly argued that the spectacular increase in order which has occurred on Earth does not violate the second law of thermodyn...
[04:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Happens if Platforms are Treated as if They Were Publishers or Movie Studios? - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:23] <exec> 08└─A President and Vice President who don't know what the 1st says.
[04:12:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:23] <exec> 08└─I've read many times that hemp outlasts cotton fabric of the same weight about 7 times. What was your experience with your hemp shirt?
[04:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Hemp the Key to a Sustainable Future? - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:24] <exec> 08└─I imagine you're a Libertarian, Republicans are pretty big on the whole "personal responsibility" trope.
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[05:06:00] <exec> 08└─Some kinda engineering...
[05:07:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:07:30] <exec> 08└─he sells the country out to the Empire?
[05:08:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 898 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:08] <exec> 08└─It is a mistake. They are giving them more fuel. Gab has some loopy users, but they are easily muted. They can comment all they want, and other users can choose not to listen to them all they want. It's a simple but honest solution. I would say that Gab users are generally incensed at the censorship...
[05:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:06] <exec> 08└─Need to search the backlog, these days. As to why, TMB and some eds objected that I was "painting them with the same brush" as I was using to expose the idiot alt-right around the time of Charlottesville. And so I was banned. But I keep submitting! Check out the queue on occasion, and maybe us free...
[05:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:07] <exec> 08└─Why didn't they release their awesome new enterprise with a different name and no association with Gab?
[05:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:10] <exec> 08└─I believe a deep seated fear of clowns skating on ice hockey rinks is the most plausible explanation. There are some other less likely possibilities though. Too much snark or editorializing Bad format Busted/missing links Dupes (once mine and another sub occurred almost simultaneously on the s...
[05:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:12] <exec> 08└─Limiting the platform in this fashion so you are not losing your shirt on liability (basically in house moderation of all content) will frustrate and lose your users as well.
[05:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:14] <exec> 08└─What is this "Gab" you speak of?
[05:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:16] <exec> 08└─Civil war? What, the twenty or so "friends of jmorris" on Gab, furiously sockpuppeting to make it look like they are a force to be reckoned with? https://www.lgbtqnation.com [lgbtqnation.com] It's gonna be Waco all over again! But w...
[05:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:18] <exec> 08└─I doubt any of the site folks even run it. Even if they do, just use a different alias, like NotAristarchus and they'll never know its you. Mostly dissenter is irrelevant for SN as you can post pretty freely on this site anyway.
[05:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:21] <exec> 08└─So look to PC activists for good manners?
[05:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:23] <exec> 08└─I was honestly thinking of forking it for SN, and redubbing it, "Dementer". Do you think that Harry Potter author would object?
[05:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:59] <exec> 08└─How is this a troll? Cadbury is still being blasted for paying money to muslims for unneeded halal certification. It's cost them millions.
[05:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:00] <exec> 08└─Quality products? Bullshit. Their method of slaughter is worse than the western methods. Go watch some youtube videos on it. This is really disgusting to watch. Distressing too as the animal takes time to bleed out and die. With western butchery the animal is dead quickly. Quality products? How does...
[05:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:02] <exec> 08└─Now Cadbury has created a new "togetherness" symbol [soylentnews.org] that just happens to have two squiggles in it that look like the arabic word for "god".
[05:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sonamchauhan [6546] (Score: 2) 02 - 06High Levels of Ultraviolet Radiation Should Not Preclude Life on Exoplanets - 1023 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:17] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the information on the skyhook. I agree we don't have the tech for GEO elevator yet. I agree ion drives would be useful, and distributing them along the cable length can help, as would 'refueling' the engines' reaction mass with skyhook payloads. You're also right that a space elevator ma...
[05:10:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ancient 'Texas Serengeti' Had Elephant-like Animals, Rhinos, Alligators and More - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:58] <exec> 08└─Like Ted Cruz.
[05:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Much Nature Is Lost Due to Higher Yields? - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:26] <exec> 08└─Trump doesn't wear the funny hat.
[05:13:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03krishnoid [1156] 02 - 06Study Finds High Levels of CTE-Linked Protein in the Brains of Former Football Players - 69 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:35] <exec> 08└─They sometimes even cheer the "big hits" that lead to those injuries,
[05:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Finds High Levels of CTE-Linked Protein in the Brains of Former Football Players - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:44] <exec> 08└─With all the Blacks in the NFL, that poor fool will get his head bitten off before he even has a chance to bash it.
[05:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Finds High Levels of CTE-Linked Protein in the Brains of Former Football Players - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:46] <exec> 08└─If you really want to ensure a good supply of fresh chum, and also keep the highways safe, then include all Prius drivers in that catagory.
[05:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Politician Admits MDMA Use Amid Pill Testing Debate - 1054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:33] <exec> 08└─The premise of both yours and Runaway's reply is one of legality and authoritativeness. Surprising considering both of you typically take the anti-regulatory stance... Regardless, the issue for me is that I just don't believe I have a chance in hell to win a case against big pharma and I know they a...
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[06:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:08] <exec> 08└─Everybody is 'refusing to buy upgrades'? What for? To run what new and improved software?
[06:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:17] <exec> 08└─We all know the Germans are good at gassing. Which is why the Jews won't let them keep getting away with it.
[06:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:33] <exec> 08└─SO MUCH FOR THE TOLERANT LEFT!!!!1111ELEVENTYONE
[06:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:35] <exec> 08└─You don't need to hate them you know. At the absolute worst, you can just fork the code, can't you? And knock out whatever bits are in charge of enforcing extension signatures. Then tell all your friends (ppppphttthahahahahaha! ...sorry, sorry) about it, distribute the source and/or binaries to them...
[06:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:37] <exec> 08└─Interesting. So the free speech uber alles crowd are censoring, actually censoring, you specifically, because...you hurt their fee-fees. Amazing. Bunch of fucking special snowflakes. If they don't like being painted with that brush, maybe they ought to examine honestly whether it's entirely undeserv...
[06:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:39] <exec> 08└─Everything old is new again https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[06:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netherlands Investigating Apple and Google for App Store Monopoly Abuse - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:50] <exec> 08└─F-Droid now comes installed on some devices. Thanks, Samsung.
[06:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:10:20] <exec> 08└─I’m in shape. Round is a shape.
[06:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06High Levels of Ultraviolet Radiation Should Not Preclude Life on Exoplanets - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:10:36] <exec> 08└─The limiting factor is always energy. The chemical engineering to remove CO2 from the air, split it up, add hydrogen from water, and produce synthetic gasoline or diesel is a solved problem. The reason it is not done is simply the cost of the energy inputs. It is not economical to do. I don't think...
[06:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Happens if Platforms are Treated as if They Were Publishers or Movie Studios? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:03] <exec> 08└─Mike Pompeo is my Secretary of State. And Mike Pence is my V.P. So funny when I say, come here Mike. And they both come running!!!
[06:11:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Happens if Platforms are Treated as if They Were Publishers or Movie Studios? - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:04] <exec> 08└─Sorta like a couple of puppies eh?
[06:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australian Politician Admits MDMA Use Amid Pill Testing Debate - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:54] <exec> 08└─The premise of both yours and Runaway's reply is one of legality and authoritativeness.
[06:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australian Politician Admits MDMA Use Amid Pill Testing Debate - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:14:56] <exec> 08└─and get away with murder by releasing drugs solely based on their ability to maintain relevant IPs
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[07:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:05] <exec> 08└─There is always a new and improved antivirus available to waste your resources.
[07:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:06] <exec> 08└─until amd drivers and native linux games available make for a decent X11 experience. In the mean time intel can keep "transitioning" to a less fucked up microarchitecture
[07:07:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:07:47] <exec> 08└─'Pontius Pilate' shuffle
[07:11:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ancient 'Texas Serengeti' Had Elephant-like Animals, Rhinos, Alligators and More - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:11:15] <exec> 08└─Texas's abundant land and similar ecosystems have also made it a refuge for extremely endangered animals like the Oryx in modern times.
[07:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Politician Admits MDMA Use Amid Pill Testing Debate - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:14:52] <exec> 08└─Even in a purely regulation and lawsuit-free environment, they will get a bad reputation.
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[08:06:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:06:03] <exec> 08└─Judging from past predictions [soylentnews.org], when Gartner predicts your success you can rest assured you're headed towards an unmitigated disaster. Sad :(
[08:07:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fx_68 [2719] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:07:45] <exec> 08└─Clinton for Prison 2020 Drain the swamp limit Congress Members to 2 yrs
[08:07:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:07:46] <exec> 08└─Assange was already banned from internet by embassy for long time after government change in Ecuador. That's how you can differentiate banana republics from stable governments. Banana republics change their entire posture on every government change. That's what makes doing business with them so poin...
[08:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Politician Admits MDMA Use Amid Pill Testing Debate - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:53] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, a prescription medicine comes from an identifiable source. Most of the time the customer is likely to use the medicine again. So there is considerable value to the manufacturer to provide a consistent experience which mostly does what the medicine is claimed to do, even in the hypothetica...
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[09:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 710 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:06:15] <exec> 08└─Keeping our children safe or being on the anti-cannabis bandwagon. It's all about the almighty dollar. Remember who Google and Facebook's customers are. They are advertisers, including pharmaceutical companies and the alcohol industry. They're afraid that legal cannabis will cut into their bottom li...
[09:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:06:27] <exec> 08└─I've been running AMD exclusively for at least 20 years. I took a strong dislike to Intel long ago, for various reasons, and I don't run their hardware. Linux has the drivers for just about everything. In fact, Linux nVidia drivers are competitive with the proprietary driver downloaded from nVidia's...
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[09:10:42] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLOMlbhLa98 [youtube.com] Care to watch that and let us know if you opinion has changed? This is an example of not stunning an animal before killing it.
[09:10:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:10:43] <exec> 08└─After the meat has been bruised by the animal being kicked and slammed into the pen? Really? https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Looks like the quality is far less as the animal fights against the slaughtermen who are laughing at it.
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[10:06:07] <exec> 08└─That is a large part of it but it doesn't explain the strange US stance "We all know that violence/murder is A-OK, and that sex or drugs are not".
[10:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:08] <exec> 08└─"We all know that violence/murder is A-OK, and that sex or drugs are not".
[10:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:10] <exec> 08└─Oh no, they ban ads for drug dealer simulators, but what about games with violence? What about simulators for illegal street racing? Facebook, Google, and Valve can show whatever ads they want to. Maybe the controlling shareholders really dislike drugs.
[10:06:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 79 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:18] <exec> 08└─There is always a new and improved antivirus available to waste your resources.
[10:08:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:05] <exec> 08└─Nah, the UK Government is indeed full of big tits and gargantuan arseholes but unfortunately (?) not the sort that star in the video you link to....though they would be just as effective in the job as the shower we currently have taking the piss there.
[10:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:37] <exec> 08└─Halal slaughter is an example of barbaric cruelty muslims inflict on animals [youtube.com]. Watch this animal being killed. Do you really support this?
[10:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Stories About Indigenous Seagoing Trade on Australia's Doorstep - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:12:22] <exec> 08└─Read you citation, you moron. Does not say what you think it says, since you lack basic education and reading comprehension. Go soak your head in a bucket, Runaway! You are an idiot! Can you even read at a fifth grade level?
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[11:06:17] <exec> 08└─SpaceX reusable systems makes this thing dead on arrival.
[11:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:40] <exec> 08└─when Gartner predicts your success you can rest assured you're headed towards an unmitigated disaster.
[11:07:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:07:01] <exec> 08└─So the current Secretary of Education of the United States of America, is the wife of the founder and asshole of Amway. Somehow this pyramid scheme has avoided being ruled illegal, but Betsy is doing her best to bring the skills of soap sales to Higher education! So, if you can teach a dozen or so s...
[11:07:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03cosurgi [272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:07:16] <exec> 08└─Since reading this trilogy, every mention about proxima centauri being only 4.2ly away will always remind me about it.
[11:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Stories About Indigenous Seagoing Trade on Australia's Doorstep - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:44] <exec> 08└─What do you expect, from a "scholar" that has "Trey Gowdy" anything in his sig. Southerns, they not too bright be.
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[12:06:20] <exec> 08└─I would not dismiss it. If it really is able to avoid most of the dense atmosphere for a launch this could be good. Plus the idea of having different design constraints for vacuum or low density atmosphere from a full sea level launch sounds very interesting. I think it is not dead on arrival, it is...
[12:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stratolaunch Test Plane Makes First Flight - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:21] <exec> 08└─Not really. Using all the O2 down here for backward-pointing friction rather than combining it with fuel for forward thrust is doubly wasteful. Even the simplest air launch gives an immediate 15% dV improvent, with associated cost/payload improvements. As I've said before, landing your boosters is 7...
[12:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:32] <exec> 08└─Found the recent college grad. Though the "Full stop" implies he is not from 'Merica
[12:06:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:45] <exec> 08└─I just replaced my system from 2011, but I bought it this month so it won't show up in sales stats until the next quarterly report. It's faster and has an SSD, which is nice, but it can't seem to improve the quality of posts from some of the SN regulars. I guess it wasn't my old computer's fault aft...
[12:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:07:08] <exec> 08└─Then social security would be illegal. Many gov pensions too.
[12:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:09] <exec> 08└─Soylent *news* not Soylent *green*
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[13:06:14] <exec> 08└─maybe they can mate it ontop of a mega yuge airship. like a gigantic one. imagine all the fridges and tvs and rice cookers it could deposit in the middle of no where. heck, it would be sooo huge it could be a flying megamall! ^_^
[13:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:26] <exec> 08└─but it doesn't explain the strange US stance "We all know that violence/murder is A-OK, and that sex or drugs are not".
[13:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 1202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:28] <exec> 08└─I have not played the game but I looked at a few screenshots and it looks like some pretty ordinary business tycoon type simulator, except that you are growing and selling weed instead of pizza/videogames/trains/whatever-tycoon-type-game-it-is-product. So I'm not sure if the developer are just tryin...
[13:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:30] <exec> 08└─Oh no, they ban ads for drug dealer simulators
[13:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:43] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/~RandomFactor/journal/4151 [soylentnews.org]
[13:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:06] <exec> 08└─Don't claim credit for that, Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian. (And /WR: Mysteries of the Organism/ is a truly fucked up movie. No matter how much blindness-inducing homemade fruit wine I drank during the viewing was capable of numbing my brain enough to not feel the pain.)
[13:07:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:07] <exec> 08└─Nope, idiot. Social security that relies on there being more taxpayers in the future than now, and social security that does not rely on there being more taxpayers in the future than now, are both social security. However, only one of them is organised like a ponzi scheme. So it's not the "social se...
[13:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:09] <exec> 08└─I'm reticent to want to make obviously-never-gonna-work commerce illegal. As soon as *lies* are told about how it works, and illegal constraints are imposed on the victims, sure, you've got something that can be prosecuted under a range of offences. However, I believe in plenty of countries, for the...
[13:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:12] <exec> 08└─I for one do not expect to ever see any meaningful social security, good luck counting on an obvious pyramid scheme to keep paying out. Your politically motivated false reality will have negative effects on your life, not my problem.
[13:07:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:14] <exec> 08└─I'd even say the entire world monetary system based on the fed is a ponzi scheme that requires constant growth to avoid collapse. Namely, for every debt issued the corresponding money for the interest needs to also be generated somehow.
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[14:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:10] <exec> 08└─I started to use pfSense very long time ago, by only curiosity. And must admit, it was an initiator which in a span of couple years actually made me wanting FreeBSD on all of my network equipment, including servers and lately, even desktops. For pure technical reasons, like uptime robustness or ipv6...
[14:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Stratolaunch Test Plane Makes First Flight - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:21] <exec> 08└─As I've said before, landing your boosters is 70s tech
[14:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:37] <exec> 08└─And nobody should call them out on it!
[14:07:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 1055 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:00] <exec> 08└─It appears that the complaint is that these companies colluded to stop development and deployment of pollution control devices which would be a case of anti-competitive behavior. One thing however is whether the pollution control devices are actually desired by customers. If instead, they increase...
[14:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:20] <exec> 08└─I'm not buying your false narrative. Today, like every day, I woke and prayed to GOD to thank him for giving us president TRUMP who is busy cleansing america of her SINS 20 hours per day.
[14:07:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:21] <exec> 08└─Well the interest is generated.. by the labor of the debtor over time. Now, when the fed loans the government money at interest it makes us all debtors. We pay back the interest with taxes. See, the government can't just keep raising taxes for all the free shit people demand via their dipshit voting...
[14:07:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:23] <exec> 08└─Saw this on the net: "The US is now under control of the White Hats, and though he will have to be incarcerated to protect him from the Klinton Klan, Assange will be treated with kid gloves. The goal is to get him in front of a judge where he will swear UNDER OATH that the source of the DNC leaks wa...
[14:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:51] <exec> 08└─it'z amazing how much sh1t doesn't make it into regular so-called "news". it's amazing how much wiki "leaks" have pulled the veil from the "gleichschaltung" and "mass brain washing" agenda of all so-called poster child "democracies". shame on ALL so called free press and mass media for having "curio...
[14:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Netherlands Investigating Apple and Google for App Store Monopoly Abuse - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:51] <exec> 08└─The ACM needs to do their research.
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[15:06:05] <exec> 08└─Typical Cisco. Expect a cost for these 'future designs'.
[15:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:07] <exec> 08└─I also prefer *BSD, and always have even from the 'net' days, but video drivers is a killer. Forces many of us into Linux-land.
[15:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:09] <exec> 08└─While the response is weak from Cisco (it's worse if you read the underlying article), I would be surprised if they charge any extra for a future rev to AnyConnect. My involvement with Cisco tends to be indirect at best though, so if charging for routine revs is SOP i'll stand corrected.
[15:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:11] <exec> 08└─test response
[15:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:13] <exec> 08└─yep, pfsense is pretty nice. I got into it about the same way - tried it out on a router. No issues with it for years, and it has VPN setup as well as DNS and a few other nice features configured. FreeNAS is pretty decent too and is BSD. I tried a few desktop BSD distributions and they seem alright,...
[15:07:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:25] <exec> 08└─Well the interest is generated.. by the labor of the debtor over time.
[15:07:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:27] <exec> 08└─Damn, did i just piss off the Austrians? Or did you? :-p
[15:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ancient 'Texas Serengeti' Had Elephant-like Animals, Rhinos, Alligators and More - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:28] <exec> 08└─What was different between the "Texas Serengeti" and the African one that we no longer have these species in Texas, but still do in Africa?
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[16:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:13] <exec> 08└─So what purpose did these messages serve on the prototypes? Fun? It's not like a label alters the functionality. I guess the iFixit one could have at least been entertaining. But the others seem to just be stupid, I guess the big brother one could be interesting considering it's Facebook we are talk...
[16:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:14] <exec> 08└─It wasn't enough the telescreen is ubiquitous nowadays under the name "smart tv". Facebook took the whole boot-to-the-face (point intended) approach and mounted it straight on your head. Big brother Inc.
[16:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:16] <exec> 08└─Once again sufficiently advanced capitalism is indistinguishable from Stalinism.
[16:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:18] <exec> 08└─The Masons told me to say: It's just devs being devs. At least it wasn't some developmental backdoor accidentally left in this time.
[16:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:21] <exec> 08└─Exactly. As much as I hate Jewbook I always appreciate good gallows humor.
[16:06:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:23] <exec> 08└─That sounds about right. Facebook has a loose work culture that leads to goofing around and apparently a lack of quality control. The messages may be more than self-deprecating: they could also be an indignant take on the amount of criticism the company receives. I think we had a recent story source...
[16:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stratolaunch Test Plane Makes First Flight - 1801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:46] <exec> 08└─And airships don't respond well to bad weather. You can find sites on them online, but I think the minimum usable bladder size was the equivalent of a 40 foot diameter ball, and it improved from there. The calculations for tonnage buoyancy made it so you would be using 50 percent or more of your the...
[16:06:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stratolaunch Test Plane Makes First Flight - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:47] <exec> 08└─Not built for that. Look at these instead: Walmart Files Patent for a Blimp Warehouse [soylentnews.org] Alphabet Launches Drone Delivery Service Near Canberra, Australia [soylentnews.org] A related concept is that you could have a van that launches drones to get to the last mile deliveries: https://...
[16:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03redneckmother [3597] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:03] <exec> 08└─I guess no one else out there ever played Dealer McDope, circa late 70s? Based on the game "Monopoly", the winner was either the first player to amass one million dollars worth of cash and product, or the last one to pass out. Fun stoner game, back in the day.
[16:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:05] <exec> 08└─According to the summary, they are not banning the videos. The are "demonetizing" them, which means they don't get to earn money from advertising. One reason could be that nobody wants their ads associated with these videos. Nothing wrong with that. Another reason could be that the videos themselves...
[16:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:07] <exec> 08└─It used to be that conservatives would pull sh*t like this, especially religious conservatives. There was no way but the one, true way. Now it's the liberals and progressives. WTF? These are the intellectual descendants of the 1960's hippies. Only, now that they have power, they are turning into wha...
[16:07:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:32] <exec> 08└─I didn't RTFA -- is this a question of not implementing an existing technology, or cheating on a test because the technology doesn't exist to pass the test?
[16:07:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:33] <exec> 08└─One thing however is whether the pollution control devices are actually desired by customers.
[16:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:59] <exec> 08└─Patent it stat!
[16:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:01] <exec> 08└─Sorry, I still see this huge disconnect between modest funding for halal certification and getting an Islamic society that's killing off atheists and whatnot. It's almost like a huge non sequitur.
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[17:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:20] <exec> 08└─Those messages aren't "creepy". Creepy messages would be ... * Your mom is doing the same thing right now. * Did you know there's a camera pointing straight down from these goggles? * One out of 1,000 controllers comes with a free DNA sample. * You're not afraid of clowns, are you? Not even the one...
[17:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:21] <exec> 08└─I've always liked easter eggs. Even when they're stupid looking, finding the easter egg is a feat, however minor it might be. There was a story here some time ago, about an easter egg found after some number of years after publication. I can't remember what it was, but a search for "software easter...
[17:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:24] <exec> 08└─As a simple example: In capitalist America, TV watches you!
[17:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:26] <exec> 08└─Yeah. These seem rather 'meh' you have to basically crack the thing open to see it which most people do not do. This new outrage culture we have is no fun. This also strikes me as publicity stunt. 3d is not the homerun everyone thought it would be. It is more of a niche market that is sinking a huge...
[17:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:38] <exec> 08└─Of course, unless you really know what you're doing, tor is for browser only.
[17:06:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 710 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:00] <exec> 08└─Keeping our children safe or being on the anti-cannabis bandwagon. It's all about the almighty dollar. Remember who Google and Facebook's customers are. They are advertisers, including pharmaceutical companies and the alcohol industry. They're afraid that legal cannabis will cut into their bottom li...
[17:07:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:26] <exec> 08└─so you don't really play on linux and like to talk about you personal experience. ok
[17:07:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:28] <exec> 08└─Gaming. What is the most important driver, for gamers? Video, right? Unless you object strongly to binary blobs supplied by vendors, use the binary blob. It works. If you do object, the open source is competitive with the binary blob. Complaints about drivers on Linux are mostly outdated. Twenty yea...
[17:08:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:05] <exec> 08└─This gives me an idea: a Ponzi scheme selling pyramids, but make them religious so in the USA you can seemingly do anything under "religious freedom"
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[18:06:32] <exec> 08└─"The Rouge one"
[18:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:33] <exec> 08└─Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, or Dopey.
[18:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:35] <exec> 08└─Planet McPlanetface.
[18:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:37] <exec> 08└─My first thought was Boaty McBoatface - you beat me. :^)
[18:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:40] <exec> 08└─But you know how this is going to end, so just vote "David Attenborough" now and be done with it.
[18:06:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:57] <exec> 08└─It's a trap! You have to crack open the device to see which message you got, if any. By opening the device you are voiding your warranty so they can now make a subpar product that breaks more often and not having to replace it! Or is that to much of a conspiracy?
[18:06:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:58] <exec> 08└─By opening the device you are voiding your warranty
[18:07:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:44] <exec> 08└─I don't remember that, but there was card game named "Grass" in the 1980's. It was popular with college students at the time. https://www.gamesworld.com.au [gamesworld.com.au] It was fun. And I remember "Dopewars" in the 2000's. https://dopewars.sourceforge...
[18:07:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:46] <exec> 08└─Completely believable. He who has the power uses it. Use it for what? Whatever is convenient or in their financial interest.
[18:08:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:03] <exec> 08└─There's an 11 year old laptop at my house that my wife uses to pick up email, browse the web, youtube, run some spreadsheets, etc. It also serves as our print server. I asked her if we should get a new one and she said "No, What for? It's working fine." It's running FreeBSD 12.0 and is more useable...
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[19:06:22] <exec> 08└─Trump is the US president. He is known for creating chaos, building walls, but most noteworthy as the God of Fire. He fired the most people of any administration.
[19:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:23] <exec> 08└─Trump is the US president. He is known for creating chaos, building walls, but most noteworthy as the God Clod of Fire. He fired the most people of any administration.
[19:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03r1348 [5988] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:25] <exec> 08└─Dwarfy McDwarfface
[19:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:27] <exec> 08└─I can't believe Tyrion wasn't suggested yet...
[19:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:46] <exec> 08└─Just one picture of Zuckerberg would be CREEPY enough for me.
[19:07:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:01] <exec> 08└─if you're using a proprietary vpn you're a stupid or skanky SOB and deserve to be compromised.
[19:07:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:36] <exec> 08└─put your videos on LBRY, peertube, and bittube instead of slavetube.
[19:08:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:07] <exec> 08└─fuck the government parasites.
[19:08:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:33] <exec> 08└─> Either benefits get cut or the age of retirement gets a big bump; maybe to 80. I turn 65 this summer. Wasn't planning to officially retire and start social security for several more years, since I'm healthy (not quite as fit as I'd like) and happily working. Maybe I should consider the above in my...
[19:10:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:01] <exec> 08└─Political figure. Fair game.
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[20:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:01] <exec> 08└─Family decides to stay in stranger's house, conversely guy lets strange family live in his house. It is unregulated, unprotected and (if you come into the political eye) good for a prison term if you are the offerer. Would you be a hitchhiker or pick one up? And so you have creeps watching cams they...
[20:06:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:03] <exec> 08└─The camera offered a view of the living room, dining and kitchen area.
[20:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:19] <exec> 08└─We used to call it Pluto. They said, "oh, don't call that one a planet anymore, call it a Midget, or Dwarf planet." And now they're saying, "oh, don't call it Pluto anymore." They want to call it something much more Politically Correct. Shaking my head!!!!
[20:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:23] <exec> 08└─The Austrians have other births to feel guilty for!
[20:08:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:25] <exec> 08└─Nope, idiot. I live in a country that has had population decline for decades, and they've worked out the implications of that. You may live in an "exponential growth forever" woo-woo land, but not all of us do.
[20:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:27] <exec> 08└─You think the Klinton Klan don't have the resources to have him rubbed out in prison?
[20:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:56] <exec> 08└─Wikileaks et all just let the world see what a bitch she really is.
[20:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Julian Assange Associate Arrested In Ecuador - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:58] <exec> 08└─Wikileaks released a bunch of encrypted insurance file torrents. As far as I know none have been decrypted so far.
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[21:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 633 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:11] <exec> 08└─There does also have to be some mention of "AirBnB isn't regulated the way hotels are, and that probably affects behavior on both the side of the renter and the property owner." As you mention, property owners have a very legitimate reason to have camera footage of their property. For example, video...
[21:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:12] <exec> 08└─Lesson for hosts: run your cameras are on a separate, hidden, encrypted network. Lesson for renters: Hotels, motels, all of London, and many other places have cameras. Stop expedting privacy or do something about it. Weirdly, most people don't seem to care (until they can sell the story)
[21:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:15] <exec> 08└─Plus, do you really think hotels don't have cameras in hallways, lobbies, and other non-bedroom non-bathroom locations?
[21:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:31] <exec> 08└─Pluto was renamed "Hillary Obama LXIX".
[21:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:32] <exec> 08└─The Rouge one
[21:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 1296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:53] <exec> 08└─As a SW engineer, I say that implementing an Easter egg is cool and finding one is even cooler. As a grown up I say that any organization that lacks sufficient QA to prevent Easter eggs getting out of the door is an organization that can't be trusted. Sure, this particular set of eggs doesn't do any...
[21:06:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:54] <exec> 08└─Facefuck is creepy, not some random Easter egg messages.
[21:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:09] <exec> 08└─Either It’s secure or no one is looking at it. (Hopefully it’s the former.)
[21:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:10] <exec> 08└─Well you don't pay for the patches with Cisco, you pay for the maintenance agreement and it just happens to be the only way to get patches. Nah, they wouldn't dream of selling defective products and forcing customers to pay them to fix the defects. That would be immoral.
[21:07:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RamiK [1813] 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:35] <exec> 08└─but it doesn't explain the strange US stance "We all know that violence/murder is A-OK, and that sex or drugs are not".
[21:08:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:02] <exec> 08└─I hear that the new Microsoft cyber, known as Edge is absolutely magnificent. They made it with the very darkest Google cyber -- something nobody thought would ever happen. It happened, very successfully. And I think it's going to mean a lot of jobs in our cyber industry. Computer and everything els...
[21:08:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:44] <exec> 08└─Be careful. If you piss them off they'll get you with their kangaroos.
[21:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:45] <exec> 08└─Damn, even the snakeoil salespeople use "hide everything else" newsletter sign-up popup dialog boxes. I closed the page before I perceived I was being annoyed by the popup. (Reflex.) And now I don't know what the ad might say and never will. Is it time for the government to step in and license web d...
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[22:06:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:16] <exec> 08└─The camera offered a view of the living room, dining and kitchen area.
[22:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:20] <exec> 08└─On the other hand how often do you think they check their hotel rooms really? If I installed a camera in a smoke detector or vent in a hotel room I'm fairly sure it would actually be there for quite a while.
[22:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:22] <exec> 08└─If the camera was simply for protection of property, why wasn't it disclosed and why was it disguised? Notably, Airbnb's terms of service require disclosure of any camera even if turned off, and require that it not be disguised. If the camera was disclosed and the house was sub-divided into multiple...
[22:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:24] <exec> 08└─Public streets and public areas of a hotel are quite a different thing. Renting a home is most closely analogous to renting a suite in a hotel. There will be no cameras in the suite unless the owner is a creepy voyeur who may expect to face felony charges sooner or later.
[22:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:27] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, if you rent an AirBnB, what exactly is your expectation of privacy? And is it different from being in a buddy's home hanging out while your buddy is making a beer run?
[22:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:29] <exec> 08└─You think of it as a suite, but, with no doorman, anything but bedrooms and bathrooms are really "public" Expectations often dashed, sorry. http://time.com [time.com]
[22:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:31] <exec> 08└─It would be a shame if the renter bought an expensive camera and all the guests were ugly.
[22:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:34] <exec> 08└─Read more carefully: “In the U.S., there is no hotel or management company of hotels that would ever subject themselves to the massive liabilities of putting surveillance cameras in an actual hotel room,” said Todd Morris, founder and CEO of BrickHouse Security, which develops and sells security...
[22:06:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:36] <exec> 08└─And the next paragraph Cameras can usually be found in common and shared areas in hotels — like lobbies, hallways and pool areas. The American Hotel and Lodging Association, which represents 80% of all franchise hotels, said security protocols in place at hotels call for the use of security camera...
[22:06:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:55] <exec> 08└─Hank.
[22:06:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Public Asked to Vote on a Name for Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:56] <exec> 08└─Get a job, Hillary.
[22:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:18] <exec> 08└─I agree -- and I've always found easter eggs to be a good reminder that real, live human beings created the software/hardware, not emotionless automatons. My favorite easter egg was originally a prank that one of the developers of a late-80s tile-based RPG played on the game's producer/director whil...
[22:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creepy Messages Will be Found in Facebook's Oculus Touch VR Controllers - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:20] <exec> 08└─These aren't easter eggs though (as in, they weren't intended to exist in the final version nor intended to be found as a pleasant surprise). It's more like if lorem ipsum accidentally shipped into a final build of a game/prod website in a deactivated portion of the game/website. Obviously having su...
[22:08:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:11] <exec> 08└─I'm all for legalization, but let's not forget that cannabis has a rather insidious and potentially fatal side effect: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. Due to the nature of the disease, legalization of cannabis will likely cause a significant increase in ER visits for the medium term.
[22:08:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:12] <exec> 08└─These are the intellectual descendants of the 1960's hippies.
[22:08:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Acabatag [2885] 02 - 06PC Market Decline Blamed on Intel, AMD to See Gains - 89 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:21] <exec> 08└─Everybody is 'refusing to buy upgrades'? What for? To run what new and improved software?
[22:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Only In China: A Pyramid Scheme Involving Actual Pyramids - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:16] <exec> 08└─The sad part is that when the inevitable collapse of the scheme happens, you will blame "capitalism" for your problems. There is just no helping some people, best you can do is plan around them.
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[23:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03I'mNotAnAlienISwear Who'sYourLeader [7727] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US Legislators Frequently Let Corporations Write Your Laws - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:26] <exec> 08└─“No citizens are saying, ‘Hey, can you make it harder to sue if … low-paid (nursing home) orderlies happened to kill or injure my parents,’ ”
[23:06:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:47] <exec> 08└─There's not much of a semantic problem there. The part you rent has no cameras. The part that you're not renting should have none (and if there are any, it's a huge liability for the owner).
[23:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03lars [4376] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:48] <exec> 08└─As usual Airbnb only fixes a problem if there is media exposure. I just wanted to let people know that there are hidden camera detectors that work by letting you sense the reflection of near infrared light from the infrared filter present on most cameras: https://spyassociates.com
[23:06:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:50] <exec> 08└─Daughters, it's daughters. And, they took a Selfie. Look at story, look at Selfie & decide. By the way, one of the daughters could be 17. That's a very good age!!!!
[23:07:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Multiple VPNs Subject to Compromise - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:51] <exec> 08└─Reading the linked CERT vuln. I quote: If an attacker has persistent access to a VPN user's endpoint or exfiltrates the cookie using other methods
[23:08:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 1063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:28] <exec> 08└─AC you replied to here. That's amusing! Thirty years ago, you might have made a case for drugs/sex bad and murder/violence good. Things have changed significantly since I was a young'un. And "Full stop." is in use all over the English speaking world. If I want sex or drugs in my media, it's all over...
[23:08:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:29] <exec> 08└─I'm all for legalization, but let's not forget that cannabis has a rather insidious and potentially fatal side effect: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome.
[23:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Weedcraft: Game About Selling Weed In The Age of Legalization - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:31] <exec> 08└─And nobody should call them out on it! I guess rights to free speech just don't extend that far?
[23:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen Charged by EU Regulators With Emissions Collusion - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:03] <exec> 08└─That is completely immaterial if they are mandated by the government.
[23:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Icy second planet potentially spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:49] <exec> 08└─The summary says: The red dwarf star Proxima Centauri is 'just' 4.2 light years away...
[23:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg is a Winner this Easter - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:43] <exec> 08└─Modest? 35k per month? 2% of profits?
[23:15:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft CFO: Google Stadia Lacks Content, Local Experience Will Remain Superior to Streaming Games - 2856 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:13] <exec> 08└─Local is better due to latency, which is a huge, difficult problem. Still, there's a few options, and they can be used in tandem. A: move the servers closer -- which is expensive, and you're still fairly heavily at the whims of your users' connections, and you're still nowhere near how local play re...
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