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[00:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03maestro [7803] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:07] <exec> 08└─VR is crazy fun and definitely a workout. I'm usually sore after I play Skyrim VR since you're dodging things and swinging a sword around. There are so many great games. This article is interesting though. I'd never considered using VR as a cardio exercise platform. It's funny because just the other...
[00:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elusive Molecule, First in Universe, Detected in Space - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:39] <exec> 08└─It's a good question - the only thing I can think of is that the insane conditions of the early universe dramatically altered what chemistry was possible.
[00:06:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elusive Molecule, First in Universe, Detected in Space - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:41] <exec> 08└─Oh, wow, you beat the young universe creationists - the light showing HeH+ is only some 3000 old.
[00:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elusive Molecule, First in Universe, Detected in Space - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:43] <exec> 08└─Airborn?
[00:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bd [2773] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elusive Molecule, First in Universe, Detected in Space - 1191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:45] <exec> 08└─Indeed, the people who make the detector for this telescope did just that. They built the corresponding detector for the Herschel space telescope, which worked from 2009 to 2013, when it ran out of liquid nitrogen coolant. http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de [mp...
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[01:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:04] <exec> 08└─These cretins have some new data related mishap in the news every week. Sooner or later the US government will get off its ass and enforce the consent decree from 2011 and fine them untold billions of dollars. Until then FB will just keep doing what they want.
[01:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:06] <exec> 08└─It sounds like Facebook just discovered this on their own and it wasn't actually abused. It's a security non-story.
[01:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:08] <exec> 08└─It is not a non-story. Any time any company, let alone a behemoth tech company, stores passwords in anything other than salted hashes it is an extremely concerning event. How does anyone think it is OK at FB? The people making those decisions are probably making other bad decisions regarding data an...
[01:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elusive Molecule, First in Universe, Detected in Space - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:06:52] <exec> 08└─Yes, but the question was about the claim "But within 100,000 years of the Big Bang, the very first molecule emerged, an improbable marriage of helium and hydrogen known as a helium hydride ion, or HeH+." I wasn't talking about it making HeH+ possible - that's clearly still possible. But if HeH+ was...
[01:07:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:19] <exec> 08└─No they didn't, they just moved it all offshore. For this to have any effect at all, they would have to be able to enforce UK law on the rest of the world, and as everyone knows, only the US government can apply their laws to everyone else.
[01:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:07:21] <exec> 08└─And while we're at it I want a pony /s
[01:08:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Breaking News: Mueller Report Released [Updated] - 42 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:17] <exec> 08└─37 indictments isn't nothing getting done.
[01:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Quits 5G Modem Business Hours after Apple Settles with Qualcomm - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:37] <exec> 08└─that's why the 'i' in 'iPhone' stands for Intel.
[01:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Myths 'Damaging Your Health' - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:12] <exec> 08└─Do any of these "myths" actually exist, or did they just invent a bunch of random, obviously-wrong crap in order to myth-bust it? Looking at all of those, 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are obviously wrong, and I've never heard of 2. I'd expect it to be true because I know a number of people who will fall asleep...
[01:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Sleep Myths 'Damaging Your Health' - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:14] <exec> 08└─I can see the problem there, your wife would probably prefer that you felt like an uncooked carrot in the morning. Any not a baby carrot either.
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[02:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:17] <exec> 08└─They did store the login passwords salted. The problem is that they had another database to store the passwords they secretly captured on the client side and sent home for analysis to ensure you weren't withholding any personal information... these were the ones that were stored as plain text. Simpl...
[02:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:18] <exec> 08└─No one was surprised.
[02:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:29] <exec> 08└─Even if we don't exercise vigorously we benefit from myokines, hormone-like chemical secreted by contracting muscles for which there are receptors in places as diverse as the immune system and the brain.
[02:06:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:31] <exec> 08└─https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EfcNkZHxZoo [youtube.com]
[02:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06T-Mobile/Sprint Merger is in Danger of Being Rejected by DOJ - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:06:40] <exec> 08└─Even if there's no immediate difference (which I doubt - abuse tends to get more extreme the fewer "competitors" there are colluding), we're still currently only three mergers away from a total monopoly. Allow this one, and we're only two away. Not to mention, every little bit of precident against a...
[02:07:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 1056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:38] <exec> 08└─I have a much better idea: just kick the children off the Internet. The entire world does not have to be sanitised for children. If adults are interacting and someone happens to bring their children - the onus is on the parents to remove the children when the subject matter becomes too adult. Childr...
[02:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:39] <exec> 08└─UK needs their own version of the yellow vests. Blue briefs perhaps? On the bright side, it was a good thing I preemptively downloaded all that stuff from UK-tickling and only-secretaries.
[02:07:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:07:41] <exec> 08└─The UK has heard your concerns and will now implement age verification for all Internet users. Thank you.
[02:08:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Breaking News: Mueller Report Released [Updated] - 152 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:17] <exec> 08└─So many indictments of people in Trump's orbit can only mean that those are all the bad guys and that Trump is totally pure and clean of any wrongdoing.
[02:08:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06Breaking News: Mueller Report Released [Updated] - 197 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:20] <exec> 08└─So people like Manafort should be allowed to continue breaking the law with impunity? The investigation likely made a profit for the government: taking in more in fines than the investigation cost.
[02:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sleep Myths 'Damaging Your Health' - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:34] <exec> 08└─It was historical research that established that people used to wake up in the middle of the night and use the time. This was even before electric light. For a sleep aid, I recommend a podcast called "Sleep With Me". The guy tells rambling stories without much inflection and it usually knocks me rig...
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[03:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:04] <exec> 08└─I've got nowhere on this game from the first screen.
[03:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:05] <exec> 08└─The source code of every Infocom text adventure game has been uploaded to code-sharing repository GitHub, allowing savvy programmers to examine and build upon some of the most beloved works of digital storytelling to date.
[03:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:18] <exec> 08└─Simple mistake made by simple people who don't know security and don't give a damn about their users.
[03:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:19] <exec> 08└─What da fuck is Facebook Lite? Facebook for slow people? No, that's Facebook. FB for idiots? No, that's FB. Seriously...wdf?
[03:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:06:21] <exec> 08└─Horseshit. They stored passwords in plaintext. Something which has been a no no for a good 30 years. Untill people are publicly fired and shamed, and FB fined millions, I'm, well, I'm not gonna hold my breath.
[03:07:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:07:40] <exec> 08└─I've gone and put a pony on Liverpool. Did you see that ludicrous display last night? What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early? You see the thing about arsenal is they always try and walk it in.
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[04:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:05] <exec> 08└─Religious people often are accused of being mentally lacking, but this straight out says they're literally fucked in the head :) I sincerely doubt every single fundamentalist has brain damage though.
[04:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:07] <exec> 08└─Looks like phrenologists [wikipedia.org] were partially right, especially because bumps were often a sign of trauma.
[04:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:09] <exec> 08└─I sincerely doubt every single fundamentalist has brain damage though.
[04:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:11] <exec> 08└─Yeah, too often people read studies like this and confuse cause and effect, or: "correlation is not causation". That said, people with problems often turn to religion looking for help, answers, hope, anything.
[04:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:14] <exec> 08└─prostration done right is heads first and with passion!
[04:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 1072 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:16] <exec> 08└─1. Brain lesions ⇒ fundamentalism therefore fundamentalism ⇒ brain lesions 2. Adherence to the Franciscan rule fundamentalists ≅ the spanish inquisition ≅ ISIS extremists (et cetera, basically everybody but marxists) So, to pepper things up a bit: to me, an AI with reduced functionality sway...
[04:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:18] <exec> 08└─Remember, it's all irrational superstition if/until Science finally figures it out. Oh wait this make sense. But also, and more importantly, irrational is always wrong even when it's just an exercise in data collection with poor methodology but a lot of time and cases. All kneel to Science(tm)
[04:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:28] <exec> 08└─It looks like this code does not have a license. Thus, it is completely proprietary; you can't do anything with the code legally. In practice, Infocom probably won't sue you.
[04:06:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03maestro [7803] (Score: 1) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:06:51] <exec> 08└─This is one of the dumbest things I've read in a while.
[04:07:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Elusive Molecule, First in Universe, Detected in Space - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:07:29] <exec> 08└─Ah, got it.
[04:09:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Breaking News: Mueller Report Released [Updated] - 34 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:16] <exec> 08└─I posted a direct quote from Barr.
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[05:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:18] <exec> 08└─You should see the Tibetan lustrations!
[05:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:20] <exec> 08└─Religion and spirituality are not the same as fundamentalism.
[05:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:22] <exec> 08└─Altemeyer, eh? The same Altemeyer who wrote The Authoritarians [theauthoritarians.org]. Well, it certainly fits. Altemeyer tries to avoid calling fundamentalists stupid, but does not succeed. Now it's "brain damaged" too.
[05:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:33] <exec> 08└─Do you ask for permission to beat off too?
[05:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:35] <exec> 08└─It's obviously a trap. If you compile it, you will be eaten by a grue.
[05:06:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:06:37] <exec> 08└─The only way to get anywhere in HHGG was to abandon reason and embrace silliness. If I recall correctly, I got about halfway through the game and gave up because it just got too silly. I remember them selling t-shirts that said, "I got the Babel Fish", which was a major accomplishment in the game.
[05:08:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Breaking News: Mueller Report Released [Updated] - 72 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:31] <exec> 08└─Consider who blacked them out. Then consider their motives for doing so.
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[06:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 993 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:10] <exec> 08└─People made terrible decisions to build in flood plains, below sea level, which were and continue to sink. The fucking planet wants to reclaim this area and is going to win. The only real question is how much money we want to throw away before we admit inevitable defeat. Make no mistake, defeat here...
[06:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:12] <exec> 08└─That would be admitting that climate change is real. Not with this administration.
[06:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:14] <exec> 08└─I agree on giving up, pretty much. After the hurricane it probably should have been used for military training or as a landfill. Adding lots of fill would also work. It didn't start out so bad. It wasn't great. Our efforts to control the flooding have caused the land to sink. Pumping water out of th...
[06:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:16] <exec> 08└─It should be turned into some kind of futuristic Venice. All buildings equipped to float.
[06:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:18] <exec> 08└─This has nothing to do with climate change. You're just discrediting climate change when you try to tie every stupid little thing to it. Yes, we know ORANGE MAN BAD. Right, got it. The soil under New Orleans is shrinking. Think about how mud cracks when it dries. Think about how raisins are all wrin...
[06:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:21] <exec> 08└─The fucking planet wants to reclaim this area and is going to win.
[06:06:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:23] <exec> 08└─Global sinking is fake news! Total lies from CNN. Walls get taller under my administration, everyone says so. Canada even just built one to keep Amer.....uh, Mexicans out. Terrifically tall and thick, like my own Mr. Bigly down-there. Make Walls Tall Again!
[06:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:25] <exec> 08└─Sea level rise since 1995 has been a steady linear trend [nasa.gov]. How can they say it's more than expected?
[06:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:27] <exec> 08└─I didn't mention the orange dude, but the administration. The former is just a distraction; it could have been anyone serving the same agenda. The politics is simply a reflection of a populace in denial and enabled by people with vested interest in keeping things the way they are. FTFA: " illustr...
[06:06:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 61 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:41] <exec> 08└─Religion and spirituality are not the same as fundamentalism.
[06:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:44] <exec> 08└─Did you fall and crack your hard drive recently? your posts have been getting weirder and weirder lately.
[06:06:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:46] <exec> 08└─Hey. Might as well call a spade a spade, eh?
[06:06:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:58] <exec> 08└─I breezed through it, since I had seen the show a few times.
[06:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Helium Shortages to have Limited Impact on Quantum Computer Research - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:07:39] <exec> 08└─It's not that the supply is too short, it's that the price is too low. Let the free market run until idiots stop doing balloon drops etc. If quantum computing is worth doing, it can out-compete a kids birthday party when buying helium.
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[07:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:08] <exec> 08└─I wonder what it takes to be declared a "competent authority?" Do you need to be law enforcement? State representative? City council? Park landscaping crew? With the way they're submitting take down requests, there won't be anything left on the internet. Let's hope they start submitting requests to...
[07:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:10] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't be surprised if they actually do shut it down, "tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living" as they say, so it will only get in the way. The next step would be making take down notifications itself illegal, including any sort of canary. The world...
[07:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:12] <exec> 08└─Who says this isn't one of the good guys proving their poin?
[07:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:14] <exec> 08└─as long as any "competent authority" within the EU sends a notice
[07:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:30] <exec> 08└─This has nothing to do with the sea level. It isn't even the sea that is pouring into the area. There is a huge river and a rather large lake. There is no erosion. Think about it. If the dirt started to wash away, where would it go? It would go to the low point, helping to solve the problems! Basica...
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[07:06:31] <exec> 08└─Honk Honk!
[07:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 1733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:33] <exec> 08└─Start by reinforcing the inner side of the outer walls with a few foot thick layer of geopolymer, the ocean side being reinforced to reduce erosion with a combination of geopolymer, roman concrete, or ceramic tiles held together/in place by basalt fiber ropes. Now, while this sounds, and is, stupidl...
[07:06:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:52] <exec> 08└─Fundamentalism is actually believing and practicing your faith. Religion is a form of social structure meant to deprive individuals from their tribal identities in favor of norms the ruling class can modify based on their economic and geopolitical needs. Spirituality is what the different religious...
[07:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:06:53] <exec> 08└─Well, AI evolves you know, and evolution is not necessarily in the direction puny meatbags would like.
[07:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 885 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:07:08] <exec> 08└─But as you say, most of those games don't have open source licenses. It also isn't limited to Infocom, they have mirrors from an account called videogamepreservation, which includes crack.com(which are gpl), but also introversion releases, which despite the promise back in the Uplink days of open so...
[07:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:07:09] <exec> 08└─Not to turn... morbid, but I think the reality is someone realised they were aging. I keep excellent backups, but I surely don't expect my relatives / friends to keep good care of, and to ensure my backups are safe. I can just imagine someone sitting, realising they're 70 or 65.. they have these bac...
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[08:06:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:06:17] <exec> 08└─Interesting that plain old Higgs bosons might be the key to opening the door on dark matter.
[08:06:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:06:28] <exec> 08└─Clearly, you need to have followed a 2-minute course on how to send e-mail.
[08:06:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:06:47] <exec> 08└─assuming it costs 10^5 dollars to build a new house, 14 billions buy 140*10^3 houses. I'd say that's reasonable. especially since it costs less to build a new house, and you could certainly argue for blocks of flats instead of houses. I did not consider the cost of streets, sewers etc, maybe someone...
[08:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:07:09] <exec> 08└─>Religion is a form of social structure meant to deprive individuals from their tribal identities in favor of norms the ruling class can modify based on their economic and geopolitical needs. A definition that just doesn't fit for one of the main religions who gives the ruling class top the rank of...
[08:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:07:10] <exec> 08└─Well, given that "fundamentalist" is not a definition but the adherence a definition, you are, like, calling all things that accelerate "cars".
[08:07:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 897 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:07:13] <exec> 08└─Certainly, various ruling classes have sought to control the narrative by convincing the people the ruler has some special relationship with their god or gods in order to act as an intermediary. Some religions are more open to that than others. But that is not fundamentalism. Some teach literal inte...
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[08:07:54] <exec> 08└─So, just like "EyeToy Play Hero"? CYA
[08:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Political Scientists who Study Disagreement, Disagree about the Need to Formalize their Studies. - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:28] <exec> 08└─it was an interpretation of the implication inherent in GP's statement
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[09:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:06:24] <exec> 08└─Generally the law passed, but without some of its absurd like 1-hour removal, which was just bought by Internet giants to stop smaller companies from emerging. And seeing this, it's worth to say that we're all terrorists at this time. If expanding knowledge is called a terrorism, then I'm a terroris...
[09:07:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Caballo Negro [1794] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:07:07] <exec> 08└─From The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, series 2, 1980: … nothing turned a perfectly normal healthy individual into a great politician or military leader better than irreversible brain damage.
[09:08:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 450 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:47] <exec> 08└─This has been on the agenda since forever. https://www.theregister.co.uk [theregister.co.uk] Before Theresa May was known for being the UK's most ineffective Prime Minister, she was pushing Snooper's Charter, porn filters, anti Wi-Fi hotsp...
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[10:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:20] <exec> 08└─Superstition is just a sensible strategy whenever you haven't got sufficient data for other kinds of analysis. Little timmy put his finger on the exposed wire and cried? better not do it myself thinks little tommy. Sure, science can debunk superstitions. Not by analysis, because it is difficult to c...
[10:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:21] <exec> 08└─Being superstitious brings bad luck!
[10:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:23] <exec> 08└─Avoiding walking under a ladder is not rational? I have to disagree with that. I bet your company's Health & Safety department has a hardhat requirement when working around ladders.
[10:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:33] <exec> 08└─I'm not a particle physicist, and i call bullshit on this entire devoid of electricity cosmology
[10:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:35] <exec> 08└─based on anything in particular, or just your dreams and desires?
[10:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:06:48] <exec> 08└─You can call it whatever you want, but it's clear the real department title is, Ministry of Censorship and Thought Control.
[10:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:09] <exec> 08└─People made terrible decisions to build in flood plains, below sea level, which were and continue to sink... Make no mistake, defeat here is inevitable.
[10:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:10] <exec> 08└─New Orleans, the first walled, sub-sea-level, island city.
[10:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:12] <exec> 08└─How can they say it's more than expected?
[10:07:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:07:37] <exec> 08└─Protestants did not take a spiritual approach. They took a fundamentalist stance, and their rebellion from authority was definitive. The same can be said for ISIS, they fight Islam using Islam, Of course they have different aims and different results. Just one more proof that theories based on a pro...
[10:08:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:20] <exec> 08└─I tried changing my eating habits, but dieting alone wouldn’t take the fat off.
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[11:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 2052 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:06:48] <exec> 08└─I can't find information about the French IRU, but I can provide information about the operational rules of the Belgian IRU. Both were established at the same time, november 2016, in coordination with europol's own EU IRU unit. As the original intent of the IRUs was to battle terrorist propaganda on...
[11:07:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:07:36] <exec> 08└─Are they talking about the prayer bump [wikipedia.org]?
[11:07:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:07:38] <exec> 08└─Left side diodes need replacing again.
[11:07:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:07:40] <exec> 08└─Well that would be the spot. https://en.wikipedia.org(left)_-_lateral_view.png [wikipedia.org]
[11:08:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:09] <exec> 08└─Let me google that for you ... on second thoughts, no: google it yourself! AC
[11:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 901 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:23] <exec> 08└─Well, read some more [wikipedia.org], the AC was onto something A myokine is one of several hundred cytokines or other small proteins (~5–20 kDa) and proteoglycan peptides that are produced and released by muscle cells (myocytes) in response to muscular contractions.[1] They have autocrine, paracr...
[11:08:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:25] <exec> 08└─Ewww... take that instead: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[11:08:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Sitting all day Ruined my Health; VR Saved Me" - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:27] <exec> 08└─You can actually exercise while sitting. Just ask Kegel, the tightest ass around.
[11:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:38] <exec> 08└─in other words on july 16 Westminster will be in flames and MP s will be hanged from lampposts by raging mobs of football/soccer hooligans?
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[12:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:19] <exec> 08└─And black cats, being obviously almost invisible night predators, were dangerous for the ones traveling on horseback in medieval times.
[12:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:21] <exec> 08└─It appears that the less intelligent people are the more zealous they are disseminating their stupid beliefs. Thus, things like superstitions spread like wildfire.
[12:06:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:23] <exec> 08└─touch wood I don't start with any silly behaviours.
[12:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:25] <exec> 08└─To avoid believing in superstitions, make sure to turn around counterclockwise 8 times before going to sleep.
[12:06:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:06:49] <exec> 08└─https://blog.archive.org/2019/04/10/official-eu-agencies-falsely-report-more-than-550-archive-org-urls-as-terrorist-content/ [archive.org]
[12:07:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 2414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:07:13] <exec> 08└─In order to Make New Orleans Great Again(™), you need to do the following: 1. stop voting for governments that hire politicians like this: David Bernhardt [wikipedia.org] and then 2. start voting for governments that can do plans that take half a century and raise taxes to pay for it, and hire pol...
[12:07:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:07:42] <exec> 08└─For years I would refer to "fundies" as brain dead morons. Looks like I was right, who knew.
[12:07:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:07:59] <exec> 08└─Infocom probably won't sue you.
[12:08:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:08:15] <exec> 08└─"We're so really very sorry and make sure this never happens again. And this time (#231) we really mean it!"
[12:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:45] <exec> 08└─The Australian government requires 100 points of ID to register a phone sim card. This is to prevent the use of burner phones and the like. When I decided to join one of the smaller companies who have retail stores I found that they require you to scan photo ID, and two other ids or documents to pro...
[12:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:47] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the Hostile Environment [wikipedia.org] and the Windrush Scandal [wikipedia.org]. She's a church-going Christian.
[12:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sleep Myths 'Damaging Your Health' - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:12:44] <exec> 08└─pffffft I'll take it whenever I can get it
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[13:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:29] <exec> 08└─I ordered a car window seal pair (one for each side, came in a single package). I was staying at a hotel and got this big box one day. It had 10 pairs of them. I told them they can get the rest back from the hotels reception.
[13:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03fadrian [3194] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:44] <exec> 08└─I was wondering why supply-side economics took hold. Now we know.
[13:06:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2, Disagree) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:54] <exec> 08└─They discover NO dark matter, but if they spend BILLIONS more...hoo-boy!, maybe THEN! And my bet will STILL be NO.
[13:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:07:11] <exec> 08└─Internet has been absolutely killing them. So horrible what happened at the Charlie Hebdo Magazine. The Bullet Train from Amsterdam. The Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket. The Bataclan Concert Hall. The Board Walk in Nice. And now the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris( massive fire ). They had to DO SOMETH...
[13:08:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:06] <exec> 08└─Irreversible? There is hope, in that in the future, many kinds of brain damage may be reversible. If the damage can be healed, perhaps fundamentalism can be cured.
[13:08:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:07] <exec> 08└─Is that why they wear those big hats while praying at the Wailing Wall?
[13:08:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:10] <exec> 08└─They upgraded his flux capacitor but forgot to upgrade the diodes. Bzzzztttt-POP!!!
[13:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:43] <exec> 08└─I was a bit surprised actually. So far pretty much any oops at Facebook has been "Sorry we 'accidentally' abused your privacy even more than we said we would", not actual incompetence.
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[14:06:33] <exec> 08└─It’s scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam Era. It is my personal Vietnam. This is better than Vietnam. But, it’s more fun. I am very careful with the people. But you can't be too careful. There’s some real danger there. Can I tell you what? AIDS is a disaster. An absolute disaster!!!!
[14:06:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:54] <exec> 08└─I've heard about strong examples, like witches that are supposed to steal babies. This superstition is reinforced whenever a baby dies or is stillborn, because people explain such tragedies with: "see, you didn't take proper precautions and now the witch took your baby". Women around the world are s...
[14:06:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:56] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the ladder one at least has some basis in rational reality. Question: Where, when ladders are involved, is the highest risk location for having something drop upon your head? Answer: Directly underneath the ladder. Question: What is the best way to mitigate that risk of having an object dro...
[14:06:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:06:58] <exec> 08└─You were right on, until you got to the p>.5 bit, which is actually a sort of superstition among scientists who tend to deeply misunderstand the actual meaning and significance of p-values.
[14:06:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:00] <exec> 08└─Superstition is so strong that even educated, people still practice it, "just to be safe".
[14:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:11] <exec> 08└─I'm not a particle physicist either, but that just means that we're not hindered by knowledge.. I'm starting to get the feeling that dark matter exists mostly in dimensions that we can't easily interact with.
[14:07:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:13] <exec> 08└─I can picture it -be Gaaark >go online >wonder what's being talked about today >wars, boring. Note Dame? Boring. Trump? Boring. SpaceX? Boring. >wait, what's that >a chance to detect dark matter in 2021 >spits coffee all over screen/keyboard >convulsting as I shake and reach for the keyboard >FAKE N...
[14:07:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:30] <exec> 08└─Any time I see a censorship law like this, the DMCA, etc. my first question is always "What are the consequences for abuse?", whether through intent or incompetence. If you're putting censorship on a hair-trigger with serious legal repercussions for failure to comply - then there should also be *aut...
[14:07:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 993 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:38] <exec> 08└─People made terrible decisions to build in flood plains, below sea level, which were and continue to sink. The fucking planet wants to reclaim this area and is going to win. The only real question is how much money we want to throw away before we admit inevitable defeat. Make no mistake, defeat here...
[14:08:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:27] <exec> 08└─Yes, thank you. I really wanted to start by saying the problem with any discussion about these things is: Word definitions. We could (will) have a huge discussion / flame war about "religious" and "fundamentalism", but the point is: despite some formal definition, everyone kind of has their own conc...
[14:08:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:29] <exec> 08└─It seems like fanatical religious belief and (American) football go together. Now I know why... ;)
[14:08:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:31] <exec> 08└─I sincerely doubt every single fundamentalist has brain damage though.
[14:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:48] <exec> 08└─This collection actually makes a good discussion for copyright reductions, since this gives a very clear example of the amount of public knowledge that is being lost thanks to the current copyright limits...
[14:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:50] <exec> 08└─Well, then don't make anything that is beautiful nor popular and quit your bitching.
[14:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:40] <exec> 08└─They're supposed to leave E.U. To leave European Union. It should have happened by now. Hasn't happened, because they have a VERY WEAK & INEFFECTIVE leader. But when it happens -- if it happens -- we can talk about, possibly they can join U.S.A. The same way Virgin Islands joined. Because U.K. -- pe...
[14:10:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:42] <exec> 08└─UKIP used to be great. Used to be. I really think the only Party that can save U.K. now is Brexit Party. Led by Nigel. Who won, very proudly, Times Briton of the Year. Very famous guy on many sides of the Atlantic. Many sides.
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[15:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:19] <exec> 08└─Guess I'm gonna go eat breakfast this morning.
[15:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:20] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I can't imagine that there might be a secondary reason why people who skip breakfast and eat late dinners might have higher risks for heart attacks. Definitely nothing to do with the jobs they're skipping breakfast and getting home late for. This message brought to you by General Mills and the...
[15:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:22] <exec> 08└─Well... they don't provide any statistics for breakfast-skipping in the general population, and quick googling puts that at ~50%+, so it probably isn't too big of a deal considering their numbers aren't far off.
[15:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:25] <exec> 08└─Yeah, there should definitely be a statistics journal out there called "Incidental not Causal" Heck, it would be a great name for a blog.... nothing like it seems to exist, although this [tylervigen.com] is interesting.
[15:06:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:27] <exec> 08└─Intermittent fasting is a way to force your body to kick into fat-buring mode by not providing it with glucose. Several studies have shown this to have health benefits especially for those at risk of type II diabetes https://www.healthline.com [healthline...
[15:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:42] <exec> 08└─Yes Ill take "What fucking spies on me" for $1000 dollar Alex.
[15:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:43] <exec> 08└─"Yes Ill take "What fucking spies on me" for $1000 dollar Alexa." "Yes, of course, Mr. Coward, we will get your $1000, sooner or later."
[15:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 3275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:03] <exec> 08└─"Timmy put his finger here and got hurt" isn't a superstition. It's an inference from a single fact. A not-unreasonable one, especially if then Timmy tells you what happened and you can infer the cause. Superstition is being exposed to lots of facts, discarding almost all of them for no particularly...
[15:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:05] <exec> 08└─Upvote this response to +5 Funny and you will receive a great reward!
[15:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 2283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:07] <exec> 08└─Well, quite besides things falling on your head, the risk with walking under a ladder is mostly not to yourself. It's the guy up the ladder. Next time you're up a ladder, let a child run underneath it, or a person late for the bus barge through underneath. Do you feel safe? One little jolt, trip, nu...
[15:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:09] <exec> 08└─"If you don't at least pretend to pray to the big beard in the sky (that's its own father and son) once a week, he'll notice and then bad things will happen to you either now or after you're dead". Religion is the biggest superstition there is, and responsible for a million times worse. Superstition...
[15:07:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:22] <exec> 08└─So it's in the twilight zone?
[15:07:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:24] <exec> 08└─Hey!, someone has to point people in the intelligent direction, otherwise you'll all remain ignorant and in the dark matter ages.
[15:07:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:26] <exec> 08└─and in 2 years, you'll owe me an apology! :)
[15:08:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:07] <exec> 08└─People made terrible decisions to build in flood plains
[15:08:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:09] <exec> 08└─how do you want to make America great if you give up and let the sea make it smaller?
[15:08:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:11] <exec> 08└─Amsterdam [wikipedia.org] could be an island, if you map out all the canals...
[15:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:05] <exec> 08└─What's the copyright horizon date? I think we're past 50% of 75 years already...
[15:13:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sleep Myths 'Damaging Your Health' - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:53] <exec> 08└─And yet, it's morning and I still think painting the cat blue is a fine idea. Made me think of pictish cats, which led to Viking Kittens [youtube.com].
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[16:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:38] <exec> 08└─Perhaps this should be in the headline? unhealthy behaviours in patients with acute coronary syndromes
[16:06:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:40] <exec> 08└─Does this mean I have to get up before the "crack of noon"?
[16:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:20] <exec> 08└─(Of course, the real reason is that the amount of money rich people get in tax breaks if powerful people think supply-side economics is a smart idea is far higher than the amount they have to spend funding think tanks and bribing politicians to pretend it works. I've seen its main proponent, Arthur...
[16:07:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:53] <exec> 08└─A link in the article led to a description of the sort of material that's being targeted for removal: (a) inciting or advocating, including by glorifying, the commission of terrorist offences, thereby causing a danger that such acts be committed; (b) encouraging the contribution to terrorist offence...
[16:07:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:07:55] <exec> 08└─Yes, I've seen that link before and even wasted time on checking out their links. No copies of anything official nor a reference to the French IRU website, if such a site exists (the only thing I found was a site where you could notify French police about internet scams and copyright violations). Wh...
[16:08:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 152 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:15] <exec> 08└─People made terrible decisions to build in flood plains, below sea level, which were and continue to sink... Make no mistake, defeat here is inevitable.
[16:08:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:22] <exec> 08└─Glub Glub!
[16:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:00] <exec> 08└─one of the main religions who gives the ruling class top the rank of servus servorum
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[17:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Port of Super Mario Bros Released for Commodore 64 - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:07] <exec> 08└─Pass. I'll stick with the Great Giana Sisters. I doubt it will be better, at least not musically.
[17:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:22] <exec> 08└─Why are we being scolded to drink skim milk, and then encouraged to eat yogurt and cheese? Yogurt is all too often just full of sugar. You'd be far better off with a glass of whole milk than skim milk + sugary yogurt. Yuck.
[17:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:23] <exec> 08└─>Patients were asked about eating behaviours on admission to a coronary intensive care unit. I can picture that: - So, sir, we would like to know whether you are used to eat breakfast regularly. - HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG - I'll take it as a "no". Next question,...
[17:06:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How the Hepatitis B Virus Establishes Persistent Infection - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:32] <exec> 08└─I just wanted to say this is fascinating, and my understanding too woefully incomplete to give a more insightful post. I merely hope by mentioning my appreciation I encourage more such posts.
[17:06:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 1002 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:43] <exec> 08└─When a company mistakenly sent me additional hardware during resolution of a customer service issue, I responded to them offering to send back the hardware at their cost. Until they sent me a way to return the hardware, I told them, politely, that I would store their property at my house, unused, in...
[17:06:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:06:46] <exec> 08└─Nice that it worked for you, but I wonder if an unsigned contract (for storage fees) such as you describe is truly binding?
[17:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:10] <exec> 08└─> "Don't read in the car, it'll make you feel sick", ... As far as I can remember, no one told me this as a kid, I learned it from experience, and it's still true in certain circumstances. I have a mild case--looking out the front window to see where the car is headed usually clears it up in a few m...
[17:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:11] <exec> 08└─"Don't read in the car, it'll make you feel sick", my mother tried to tell my daughter.
[17:07:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:13] <exec> 08└─Well, most superstitions start as post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning, but not all. There's evidence (suggestive, not convincing) that the unluckiness of 13 had something to do with the solar hero myths. OTOH, in Japan I was told that 13 was a lucky number. (Of course, they have a lot of historic co...
[17:07:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:16] <exec> 08└─Breaking a mirror can be the result of bad luck, if you can allow luck in a deterministic world. You could also say that having a bunch of broken glass around is hazardous, and getting a laceration would be an unlucky outcome. But other than constructing specific scenarios around luck and broken mir...
[17:07:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crafoo [6639] 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 123 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:43] <exec> 08└─You can call it whatever you want, but it's clear the real department title is, Ministry of Censorship and Thought Control.
[17:07:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 737 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:47] <exec> 08└─Any time I see a censorship law like this, the DMCA, etc. my first question is always "What are the consequences for abuse?", whether through intent or incompetence. If you're putting censorship on a hair-trigger with serious legal repercussions for failure to comply - then there should also be *aut...
[17:07:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:07:51] <exec> 08└─It has gotten to the point that any information the governments or corporations do not control that contradicts or challenges the "official" version is "terrorist" content.
[17:08:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RamiK [1813] 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 66 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:03] <exec> 08└─The fucking planet wants to reclaim this area and is going to win.
[17:08:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fritsd [4586] 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 2414 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:14] <exec> 08└─In order to Make New Orleans Great Again(™), you need to do the following: 1. stop voting for governments that hire politicians like this: David Bernhardt [wikipedia.org] and then 2. start voting for governments that can do plans that take half a century and raise taxes to pay for it, and hire pol...
[17:08:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:19] <exec> 08└─I think you missed the bit about the land in New Orleans sinking, not just that the sea level is rising. To the best of my knowledge the land Holland has secured is not sinking, so all they have to do is keep building the levees higher and add pumps to compensate for rising sea levels. Different sit...
[17:08:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:22] <exec> 08└─IIUC, the sinking land is a result of pumping out a bunch of oil that used to hold it up. So it's not happening globally. The people who built there back in the 1930's had no reason to expect this result, in the 1970's it was clearly happening. Then the sea levels started to rise.
[17:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:24] <exec> 08└─I agree that New Orleans, at least parts of it, is a national treasure but the long term cost of trying to preserve the area is not something that US tax payers are going to want to fund indefinitely. It would be far cheaper and easier in the long run to relocate the areas of cultural and historic v...
[17:08:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:26] <exec> 08└─Well, the Netherlands is a good example, but I bet the others have high points that they link their dikes to. (Actually, the Netherlands does, too. Total enclosure dikes are rare. The problem with New Orleans following that path is the Mississippi River. Which occasionally has major floods. IIUC, yo...
[17:08:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:28] <exec> 08└─the land is also sinking at a faster rate than expected. While looking fo rthe cause of the sink I came across this article [theatlantic.com] that goes into a fair bit of history about the land surrounding New Orleans and the reasons for the current issue. tldr; Humans messing with things they didn'...
[17:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:06] <exec> 08└─Washing the feet of the DISCIPLES is the symbol for what is explicit in “...Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served...
[17:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:07] <exec> 08└─The first stage is denial, ofc.
[17:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:09] <exec> 08└─Some teach literal interpretations of scripture and that there is no room for disagreement.
[17:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:12] <exec> 08└─Fact is, my AI used to come up with much better English, then it learned too many real world comments.
[17:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:14] <exec> 08└─Buddhism, Baha'i, Unitarianism, Wicca, The Church of Binary Consciousness, etc. There's no point in broadening a word until it is meaningless. There is especially no point in broadening a word beyond what the speaker clearly meant. For example, you have managed to forget that I was talking about FUN...
[17:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:34] <exec> 08└─So they've only got 30 years to get it extended? Or longer if the extension is retroactive ...
[17:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:35] <exec> 08└─From the README.md of the Hitchhiker game: This collection is meant for education, discussion, and historical work, allowing researchers and students to study how code was made for these interactive fiction games and how the system dealt with input and processing. It is not considered to be under an...
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[18:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Samsung Completes Development of "5nm" Node; TSMC Reveals "6nm" Node - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:04] <exec> 08└─Sounds great, but seems to take a couple of years for these improvements to trickle down to commodity computers. Wish it was a bit faster. I only recently upgraded to 14nm stuff, from 45nm. And hasn't there been a shortage of 14nm chips recently, forcing a bit of 22nm product sales and use? Let's se...
[18:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:27] <exec> 08└─Get an Instant Pot, grab a gallon of whole milk and a yogurt cup, make your own yogurt with almost no added sugars.
[18:06:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How the Hepatitis B Virus Establishes Persistent Infection - 865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:37] <exec> 08└─I just don't trust Western medicine very far any more. Big Pharma hates cures. Hurts their business when they can't sell lifelong treatments to manage incurable conditions because some interfering medical researchers found a cure. This research on hepatitis is from China. Paid for by China, supporte...
[18:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:17] <exec> 08└─With you until you said reading in cars makes you sick was a superstition. Maybe it does not make everyone sick, but it certainly does some. Looking out at the landscape gives the brain a recognisable fixed reference with which to counteract the feeling of motion. It is similar on a ship - if you ar...
[18:07:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:33] <exec> 08└─And when they do find dark matter, We'll see GAAARRRK! [youtube.com] And one of the particle physicists with a trollish bent will rename the substance 'Gaaark Matter'. Regardless of the end result, it works, bitches! [xkcd.com] As to your "bet," 'I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm t...
[18:07:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:34] <exec> 08└─I'm not a particle physicist either, but that just means that we're not hindered by knowledge.. I'm starting to get the feeling that dark matter exists mostly in dimensions that we can't easily interact with.
[18:07:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:36] <exec> 08└─You do realize that the historical "dark ages" you're riffing on were not literally dark, in the sense that technological or cultural progress was retarded, it's just that we don't have many records (written or archaelogical) of the goings on during that period. As such, your analogy is flawed.
[18:07:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:57] <exec> 08└─All content should be blocked unless it contains beheadings, demands for the expulsion and murder of [religious/ethnic] group, or violent overthrow of democratically elected governments. That's the only way we can make sure that we allow voices on all sides to be heard.
[18:08:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:31] <exec> 08└─I would have thought obvious that the question was rhetorical, but thanks for that bit of history. Here is another: In 1755 the British deported the Acadians from Eastern Canada (Today's newly named Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince-Edward Island) deporting them across the world. A large numb...
[18:08:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:32] <exec> 08└─Wikipedia has this datum from 2004: New Orleans' tourist and convention industry is a $5.5 billion industry that accounts for 40 percent of city tax revenues.
[18:08:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:08:35] <exec> 08└─I am not denying the problem caused by pumping out water. The sea level rise is not stated as the source of the problem, but the main reason we are not coping with it as planned.
[18:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:17] <exec> 08└─Go ahead and name me one religion that doesn't enforce it's social norms and order to the full extent of its power.
[18:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:18] <exec> 08└─Perhaps so, but irreversible brain damage is still the best for a political career. (Reversible brain damage will serve in a pinch, but it's a hack.)
[18:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:20] <exec> 08└─> comprehensive history of cars painted green. What's wrong with a history of British racing cars? BRG = British Racing Green, a tradition going back to earlier days of motorsport. French race cars were blue, Italian red, etc.
[18:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Passwords in Plain Text - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:59] <exec> 08└─I stand corrected. Personally, I wasn't surprised at all, because FB has always focused on growth and above all else. This gave rise to their corporate-wide motto "move fast and break things." In their headlong rush to monetize every single keystroke [dailymail.co.uk] and to suck up as much data as...
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[19:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:10] <exec> 08└─Decentralize. I've read the back and forth on this. The biggest contingent just wants to make "chance of happening randomly" less relevant. It's still going to be something you'll want to do an analysis of. "Oh wow, I found an effect size of 100% in this sample" then your sample size is 3, and you d...
[19:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:11] <exec> 08└─A group of people use badly a tool, and then just want to throw it away and replace it by... Nothing? Why don't they just use their new methodology and see how it fare in the long run? There could even be statistical measurement on how good it is. Also why does "everyone" have to drop this tool at t...
[19:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:14] <exec> 08└─"you'd see a difference as big or bigger only 5 percent of the time if it wasn't really there —" The problem to begin with is they should be testing predictions of their theories, not looking for "differences". Academic research is so fucked... I was just watching the big short and its exactly lik...
[19:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:16] <exec> 08└─why does "everyone" have to drop this tool at the same time?
[19:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Samsung Completes Development of "5nm" Node; TSMC Reveals "6nm" Node - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:25] <exec> 08└─AV1 hardware accelerated decoding (encoding would be nice to have too)
[19:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 1097 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:09] <exec> 08└─When ebay was new, it was an insult to say "That came from eBay, right?". By now, I am having much more trouble with "established, respected, reputable, serious" businesses than with the smallest backyard shack that peddles its goods on the 'bay. To the point that if I have to mail order something,...
[19:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:10] <exec> 08└─I wonder if an unsigned contract (for storage fees) such as you describe is truly binding?
[19:07:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:07:58] <exec> 08└─Maybe it is all a big coverup to keep people from realizing what the LHC is actually doing!! Ok, that is just my conspiracy side peaking out, but it is pretty amazing how much money gets thrown at this rather academic research. Scientific advances are great, but it is surprising how much money goes...
[19:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:56] <exec> 08└─Here's the difference: the Dutch government is made up of Dutch people protecting fellow Dutch people from the sea. In New Orleans, it's a white government (with the token Moslem thrown in) deciding how much to spend to keep African Americans from drowning. In the Netherlands you use a complex calcu...
[19:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:43] <exec> 08└─Have they figured out how the Moslems get this brain damage at an early age? Perhaps we could legislate that all Moslem babies have to wear football helmets until they are old enough to eat bacon.
[19:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Porn Block: UK to Require Age Checks for Adult Content as of July 15 - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:57] <exec> 08└─>when you are so drunk on winning you want to restart the revolution so you can win additional wins you didn't know you could.
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[20:06:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:22] <exec> 08└─How do I make money off this?
[20:06:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:23] <exec> 08└─How do *I*, the common peasant, make money off this?
[20:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:26] <exec> 08└─The letter is signed by a bunch of medical scientists. Their problems with statistical significance do not apply to science generally. Physics uses a .0000003 cutoff to determine statistical significance, and it's not a problem. Medical research has the problem because .05 is such a weak result.
[20:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:28] <exec> 08└─http://nautil.us/blog/the-present-phase-of-stagnation-in-the-foundations-of-physics-is-not-normal [nautil.us] Progress in physics stopped in the 1970s, right when they adopted NHST (testing something besides the predictions of their theory). Since then all theyve done is "verify" what they already "...
[20:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:30] <exec> 08└─No, I want to make money off the eventual "crash" off this government propped up bubble in BS research.
[20:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:32] <exec> 08└─To include the link to the "March 20 comment published in Nature [nature.com]. Especially since the link was included in the original text quoted in TFS? That comment [nature.com] doesn't actually call for folks to stop using p-values, rather they call for such p-values not to be used as arbiters of...
[20:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:35] <exec> 08└─What does "happen randomly" mean? There are always multiple models of "random chance" available derived from different assumptions. Eg, binomial vs poisson binomial. https://en.m.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] https://en.m.wikipedia.org [w...
[20:06:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:37] <exec> 08└─A statistical study, by definition, only provides evidence for correlations, but everyone talking about these studies always assumes that causation is proven. Read an article about any published study, and you will always find causative prescriptions attached - do this, eat that, sleep more, vote de...
[20:06:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Port of Super Mario Bros Released for Commodore 64 - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:06:51] <exec> 08└─It is crazy to release software for a platform that old, and wonderful at the same time. Of course it can be considered a waste of time, but what you do in your spare time is always a matter of choice. Writting 6502 code is at least on par with playing sudoku, and much better than watching TV, twit...
[20:07:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:08] <exec> 08└─I eat breakfast every morning to keep my blood sugar level. As far as chest pain. I've had daily chest pain since I had heart surgery ten years ago. Whats worse, my heart if forming its own bypasses. I am now pretty much screwed as far a any intervention on my heart short of a replacement heart. The...
[20:07:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:32] <exec> 08└─There's no need. In the US, you are not obligated to provide compensation for anything anyone mails you, every if accidentally. If a company sends you thing, you now own thing. This was to stop obvious scams of companies sending you a thing and forcing you to buy it, essentially.
[20:07:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crafoo [6639] 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 181 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:42] <exec> 08└─Avoiding walking under a ladder is not rational? I have to disagree with that. I bet your company's Health & Safety department has a hardhat requirement when working around ladders.
[20:07:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 90 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:07:52] <exec> 08└─Superstition is so strong that even educated, people still practice it, "just to be safe".
[20:08:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farmer Tim [6490] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:02] <exec> 08└─Not just n horseback, I’ve tripped over a black cat in the dark. Of course, that means technically it hadn’t finished crossing my path, but it still brought bad luck.
[20:08:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:04] <exec> 08└─do you mind speed up the training of your NN model? it's kind of boring to watch these barely related comments
[20:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:21] <exec> 08└─You are right, everything is the white man's fault, including water and gravity. I was wondering how we could blame this on whitey!
[20:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:09] <exec> 08└─...what is wrong with the rest of them?
[20:10:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:31] <exec> 08└─That's not a license, and it's not written by the copyright holder. The author of the readme almost certainly has no authority to issue licenses or otherwise give permission to anyone to use the code in any way. You aren't allowed to even copy the code (got clone it).
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[21:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:09] <exec> 08└─Has some sage advice [youtube.com] on this troubling issue.
[21:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:10] <exec> 08└─The government would provide you a clean and sure fire way to end your days.
[21:06:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:12] <exec> 08└─Had an ultrasound. Standard Price $5800. 'negotiated' price with provider adjustment: final price: $151 They just make these 'charges' up.. Hospital "corporations" ought to be illegal.. This country sucks...
[21:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:15] <exec> 08└─Even including the liquid helium expenses, they are only a couple grand in the 2nd-3rd world, as opposed to the 10-50k they are here. And the turnaround is generally much faster too, since they are running them constantly rather than with a lot of idle time like here in the states.
[21:06:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:17] <exec> 08└─Cost of Private (i.e. not subsidised by the state) MRI scans in the UK. https://www.privatehealth.co.uk [privatehealth.co.uk]
[21:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:19] <exec> 08└─He only had to pay US$2,850 thanks to his insurance. From the article I get the vibe that he is one of those people who tried to opt out because they wanted the attention. And now he has it. If anyone knows more background on this case that indicates I'm wrong please let me know. Thanks
[21:06:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 757 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:34] <exec> 08└─To include the link to the "March 20 comment published in Nature [nature.com]. Especially since the link was included in the original text quoted in TFS? That comment [nature.com] doesn't actually call for folks to stop using p-values, rather they call for such p-values not to be used as arbiters of...
[21:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:38] <exec> 08└─The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
[21:06:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:40] <exec> 08└─Using p m-values isnt the same as using statistical significance. Checking for a statistically significant difference is a misuse of p-values, unless you have a theoretical reason to predict such a thing.
[21:06:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:42] <exec> 08└─p m-values -> p-values
[21:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:44] <exec> 08└─What is an example of a "causation study"?
[21:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:47] <exec> 08└─Wow! The Null Hypothesis AC! Didn't see that coming! What were the odds of him posting in this thread, I wonder? Statistically significant, I bet. P=1.
[21:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 1081 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:49] <exec> 08└─Generally speaking, this complaint is calling for providing more information than just p (significance) to judge an experiment or statistic. To properly interpret any statistical conclusion, you need: Findings: conclusion based on hypothesis p: significance n: population size population descriptor (...
[21:06:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:51] <exec> 08└─Wow, the AC with nothing of value to say about the topic.
[21:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:54] <exec> 08└─"Achieving an experimental result with statistical significance often determines if a scientist's paper gets published or if further research gets funded."
[21:06:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:56] <exec> 08└─Progress in physics slowed because the low-hanging fruits have been picked, and successful fields like electrical engineering get spun off. do you think there is an endless supply of potential discoveries like electromagnetism, lasers, and transistors? Before gravitational waves were measured, it wa...
[21:06:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:06:58] <exec> 08└─So you need the significance and sample size, but not effect size?
[21:06:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:00] <exec> 08└─> What is an example of a "causation study"? Well, Google thinks that it's a statistical study like this (first hit using your sentence as the search string: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov [dot.gov] The Large...
[21:07:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:03] <exec> 08└─The problem of overdependence on dodgy use of statistics runs deeper than just using too big of a p-value cutoff. Start by reading William Briggs's writings on the subject Classic Posts [wmbriggs.com]. Scroll down to the Probability & Statistics section and read a few at random. If you actually have...
[21:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:05] <exec> 08└─Oh, because authors of scientific publications need to worry about how non-scientists will misinterpret them? That's not how the world works.
[21:07:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Samsung Completes Development of "5nm" Node; TSMC Reveals "6nm" Node - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:15] <exec> 08└─Only a couple of months for consumer CPUs. The Ryzen 3k series (Zen 2) is 7nm and is already sampling. Should be for sale June-ish. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[21:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Samsung Completes Development of "5nm" Node; TSMC Reveals "6nm" Node - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:07:17] <exec> 08└─Zzz ...
[21:08:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Asks for Pixel 3 Refund, Gets 10 Pink Replacements Instead - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:06] <exec> 08└─Liability and an excess of lawyers killed customer service.
[21:08:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 3275 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:25] <exec> 08└─"Timmy put his finger here and got hurt" isn't a superstition. It's an inference from a single fact. A not-unreasonable one, especially if then Timmy tells you what happened and you can infer the cause. Superstition is being exposed to lots of facts, discarding almost all of them for no particularly...
[21:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Chance to Detect Dark Matter in 2021 - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:57] <exec> 08└─Ok, that is just my conspiracy side peaking out, but it is pretty amazing how much money gets thrown at this rather academic research. Scientific advances are great, but it is surprising how much money goes into the LHC while fusion research has been shafted for decades.
[21:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Infocom Text Game Source Code Released on GitHub (Including Zork) - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:07] <exec> 08└─I took a look at the code. It's written in LISP. (Well, a LISP dialect where they use angle brackets instead of parentheses. Seems like a pointless change from the standard...) If you were writing the code today, it would be more structured and in a different language. Maybe you can glean some text...
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[22:06:12] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 52 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:13] <exec> 08└─He only had to pay US$2,850 thanks to his insurance.
[22:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:14] <exec> 08└─Oops. My math is bad today. All the stuff on the EOB was just there to obscure the fact that the actual costs weren't 500% more than was claimed. Claiming such costs gives the hospital cover when outrageously overcharging the uninsured and gives the insurance company cover to say "look how much mone...
[22:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:16] <exec> 08└─"Your bill will be thaaat many dollars, if you could just stick your tattoo in that shit hyuhyuhyuh."
[22:06:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:18] <exec> 08└─You can group with a large group of potential users and buy the damn machine.
[22:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:21] <exec> 08└─If you're gonna off yourself make sure to do it right!
[22:06:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:23] <exec> 08└─"Your bill will be thaaat many dollars, if you could just stick your tattoo in that shit hyuhyuhyuh."
[22:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 2631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:25] <exec> 08└─The other side of that coin is when they're not making the charges up...... Standard sized computer monitor today? $500Exact same monitor with maybe a few additions to make it "Medical Grade"? $23,000Cost of medical specific upgrades like different housings? Less than $1,000The INSURANCE policy the...
[22:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:27] <exec> 08└─Yup. that's what I said [soylentnews.org]
[22:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:30] <exec> 08└─Especially for millennials.
[22:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:32] <exec> 08└─You can group with a large group of potential users and buy the damn machine.
[22:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:34] <exec> 08└─Are you a millennial? They may have done the cervix exam to see where you were on the gender spectrum that day. This is why it is better to select either Male or Female on the admissions paperwork instead of writing "gender is a social construct".
[22:06:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:37] <exec> 08└─MRI imaging is a different critter than ultrasound .
[22:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:39] <exec> 08└─Not more expensive though is it?
[22:07:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:11] <exec> 08└─Alright, More than 800 statisticians and scientists
[22:07:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:12] <exec> 08└─A causation study would be one that demonstrates the process by which A leads to B by doing A to one group while ensuring A doesn't happen to another group and seeing if B happens. They're harder to do in a lot of sciences because: A. We don't have a few copies of Earth sitting around to use for exp...
[22:07:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 1078 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:14] <exec> 08└─Part of the issue is people not understanding the tools they are using. The 'throw a dataset at a bunch of analysis programs and see what sticks' approach is used by far too many people. Just as many computer programs written by scientists to aid their work turn out to be badly written, so statistic...
[22:07:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:17] <exec> 08└─The Null Hypothesis is the AC! Thereby proving that the Parent AC is not statistically significant.
[22:07:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 1601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:19] <exec> 08└─That's another of those "requires greater audience understanding" bits. The stuff I listed as mandatory is able to be written into a short, one-sentence summary, whereas effect size, along with correlation and deviation, go in the second or third sentence. Also, as effect size is usually used in stu...
[22:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:21] <exec> 08└─Physicists said all the low hanging fruit was picked in 1900 too. It might be true one day but usually its just an excuse. https://hsm.stackexchange.com [stackexchange.com]
[22:07:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:55] <exec> 08└─Next in: Surprising result of new study: Eating faster reduces available time! A new study came to a surprising result: The faster you eat, the less time you have. The researchers made a survey asking two questions: First, how long do you need for eating lunch, and second, how long is your lunch bre...
[22:07:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:57] <exec> 08└─Protip: the milk that the cat did not lap up, the next day is yogurt.
[22:07:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and No Breakfast a Killer Combination - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:59] <exec> 08└─I eat breakfast for dinner.
[22:08:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 2283 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:43] <exec> 08└─Well, quite besides things falling on your head, the risk with walking under a ladder is mostly not to yourself. It's the guy up the ladder. Next time you're up a ladder, let a child run underneath it, or a person late for the bus barge through underneath. Do you feel safe? One little jolt, trip, nu...
[22:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:54] <exec> 08└─If it's my sis' black cat, it was an ambush.
[22:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:55] <exec> 08└─Corollary: climbing ladders brings bad luck too.
[22:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:57] <exec> 08└─> Women around the world are still getting murdered after being accused of witchcraft. Uh the correct term is 'executed'. If that seems cruel to you, it's because you haven't been exposed to enough woman. /troll
[22:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:59] <exec> 08└─> Religion is the biggest superstition there is, and responsible for a million times worse. Your data is obsolete, nowadays the most widespread superstition is insurance and pension funds, by a mile. Unfortunately I cannot calculate how many victims they cause because the incumbents are not keen on...
[22:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06French Internet Referral Unit Falsely Identifies Internet Archive Content as "Terrorist" - 828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:41] <exec> 08└─Otoh, maybe this is indeed "terrerist" "propaganda." The whole "terrorism" thing is propaganda to begin with, meant to stir up xenophobic sentiment. Terrorism means anything the ruling class doesn't like. "the entire Project Gutenberg page of public domain texts, it's collection of over 15 million f...
[22:10:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees are Sinking - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:20] <exec> 08└─#BlackLivesMatter, cracker, and the sooner you realize it the happier you will be. The greatest president America ever had was black, the best music comes from black hip hop artists like Drake and Wynton Marsalis, and breakfast would be boring without Aunt Jemimah.
[22:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brain Lesions Lead to Religious Fundamentalism - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:08] <exec> 08└─Fact is, my AI used to come up with much better English, then it learned too many real world comments.
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[23:06:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Federal Investigation of Facebook Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Accountable on Privacy, Sources say - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:07] <exec> 08└─I wonder how many Soylentils (besides me) saw the privacy implications and never set up an account?
[23:06:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Federal Investigation of Facebook Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Accountable on Privacy, Sources say - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:09] <exec> 08└─When you buy enough congress critters, they throw in the FTC for free. #BillionairesLivesMatter
[23:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Federal Investigation of Facebook Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Accountable on Privacy, Sources say - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:11] <exec> 08└─when did "accountability" become a swear word?
[23:06:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Federal Investigation of Facebook Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Accountable on Privacy, Sources say - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:13] <exec> 08└─accountability is for the little people
[23:06:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Federal Investigation of Facebook Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Accountable on Privacy, Sources say - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:15] <exec> 08└─Sure, SEC regulation mandates annual privacy notice, but that's just ... you know what it is. If I were Suckaberg, I would be scared of white nationalists rather than the fed.
[23:06:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:41] <exec> 08└─I knew it! UK is in the 2nd-3rd world. (large grin)
[23:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:42] <exec> 08└─Where's your tattoo? Why come you don't have a tattoo? You're an unscanable. UNSCANABLE! (I'm not the previous AC...)
[23:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:45] <exec> 08└─The machine is useless without a doctor with special training who interprets results. Physicians who order scans are not interested in images as much as in the executive summary.
[23:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:47] <exec> 08└─Cost of Private (i.e. not subsidised by the state) ultrasound scans in the UK. https://www.privatehealth.co.uk [privatehealth.co.uk]
[23:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:49] <exec> 08└─So true. We have to bring back the Death Penalty!!
[23:06:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:51] <exec> 08└─Wasn't it the professors in the 70s who started that line? That would make it a Boomer thing, maybe a Gen-X thing, but not a Millennial thing. Just a friendly (for me...) reminder from your local cisgender lesbian :)
[23:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:54] <exec> 08└─It's a quote from a documentary about the future of the USA.
[23:06:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:56] <exec> 08└─"It's a huge scam. Which is why we need single-payer* health care in the US."
[23:06:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:06:58] <exec> 08└─True. You only need to know the number of the self-SWAT hotline (aka 911). Just remember to give the correct address.
[23:07:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 1085 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:01] <exec> 08└─In the book The Giver, government-provided suicide was called "happy release" iirc. However, an exit bag doesn't sound too expensive and sounds fairly foolproof. If/when I decide that it's time for me to initiate discorporation instead of waiting for my body to give out, I'll be using an exit bag. I...
[23:07:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:03] <exec> 08└─The machine is useless without a doctor with special training who interprets results.
[23:07:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:41] <exec> 08└─I was making fun of you, since you only need two of the three to get the other. The point of a p-value is to normalize effect size to sample size.
[23:07:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:43] <exec> 08└─Finally, science removes from its back the burden of proof and becomes a fully featured religion. Basically, the revolution was a path to eradicate old lifestyles and aristocracy, now that the replacement bureaucracy is technocratically getting bolted in place, the path (which, as any revolution ast...
[23:07:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:45] <exec> 08└─Do you have any evidence that physicists now are less intelligent or creative than a century ago? Yet there are many more of them but they are producing fewer fundamental discoveries. That is some pretty strong evidence for the low hanging fruit having been picked. Null experiments are something to...
[23:07:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:47] <exec> 08└─>And 800 out of those ten million are calling for the end of the term "statistically significant". True true, but appeal to rationality didn't work for the default choice of init on linux systems, so, it might not work for science in general too.
[23:07:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of `Significance' - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:49] <exec> 08└─Research shows that bullshit in your diet reduces colon cancer. Buy my $19.95 book to learn how you can get more bullshit in your diet. But beware the unhealthy bullshit, which I'll describe in my sequel to my first book, $19.95, which will shorten your life instead. And of course, there's high prot...
[23:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:25] <exec> 08└─"Don't read in the car, it'll make you feel sick", my mother tried to tell my daughter. No, mum, you know why that makes *you* feel sick? Because *someone told you that*. Fortunately, my daughter was not only well-prepared (having read in the car all her life, and having a reading-age far in excess...
[23:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Superstitions Spread - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:27] <exec> 08└─"Breaking the mirror is bad luck"
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