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[11:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Hit Atlanta Hawks Shop With Malware That Steals Credit Card Information - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:04] <exec> 08└─Large e-commerce platforms like Magento are targets because they have a lot of 3rd party extensions that are often hacked together by programmers who don't know how, or don't want to make the effort, to make their software secure and test it adequately. Other platforms and frameworks go out of their...
[11:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Hit Atlanta Hawks Shop With Malware That Steals Credit Card Information - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:06] <exec> 08└─I guess just about anyone can be a programmer these days but not everyone can be a good programmer.
[11:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Hit Atlanta Hawks Shop With Malware That Steals Credit Card Information - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:08] <exec> 08└─What the fuck are you prattling on about? If you think fired journalists learning to code is the reason platform and framework extensions are poorly coded then you should turn off your computer and leave the internet be before you dumb it down even more.
[11:14:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:36] <exec> 08└─> The only difference is that the government doesn't have all the information There is another important difference: The government (at least in my canton) provides the software that I use to file my taxes, for free, in form of an interactive web app (and it works on any somewhat recent web browser,...
[11:14:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:37] <exec> 08└─The voters control who gets on the ballot? Ummm, no [youtube.com] ... at least in the democratic party (the party that is supposed to be against tax breaks). California is supposed to be the most left leaning state, though due to cheating even though progressives tried to take over the party, but ev...
[11:14:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:39] <exec> 08└─"Your mortgage interest payment is no different from the other guy's rent payment." Utilities & Property tax. I have to set aside another $200/month for property tax on top of the mortgage payment. Utilities are another $300/month. Renters don't pay some utilities or taxes. My mortgage is paid off n...
[11:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 1068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:14:41] <exec> 08└─So my 401k, which is supposed to suffer a lower tax burden once I start withdrawing from it, will now be taxed at the same rate as when the deductions occurred? Since (luckily) it has increased in value over the years, should I be taxed on the increased valuation each year, or only when I start with...
[11:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:17] <exec> 08└─> 30 years ago, they were making the same promised "in 20 years". At least they're being more realistic now. Which "they" ? I don't think the Chinese were promising fusion power in 20 years 30 years ago - pretty sure that was the Europeans and USians. The Chinese tend to build cheap and crap, but th...
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[11:15:18] <exec> 08└─> The Chinese tend to build cheap and crap Citation needed.
[11:16:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:05] <exec> 08└─I was taught growing up "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" but now we know that apples contain arsenic and cyanide so eating as few as 3 can be lethal.
[11:16:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:06] <exec> 08└─Have we observed ANYTHING for thousands of years? TRULY measured, calculated, observed? No. That is what models are for. "Hence, it is precisely where wishful thinking and error in measure most strongly can manifest." YES! Dark matter is an error of wishful thinking: SAVE GR at ALL costs... except i...
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[12:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:06] <exec> 08└─They apparently follow the more cowbell approach to gene naming, when you just feel that extra p. Is there a gene named (p)ppPpp?
[12:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Hit Atlanta Hawks Shop With Malware That Steals Credit Card Information - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:16] <exec> 08└─whoosh - https://knowyourmeme.com [knowyourmeme.com]
[12:14:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:49] <exec> 08└─> unnecessary paid-for products Unnecessary for whom? I hypothesize there are some individuals who find it highly necessary.
[12:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:50] <exec> 08└─The renter pays utilities and property tax through the inflated cost of rent. Do you think the landlord just sucks it up and eats the difference everytime a new bond measure increases the local property tax? Also, why should the federal govenrment be subsidizing the State and Municpal tax revenue? T...
[12:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:08] <exec> 08└─> there will be about 20 different routes Duude... now we will get to know what does it mean UDP out-of-order packet delivery, duplications etc.
[12:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:29] <exec> 08└─> The Chinese tend to build cheap and crap Citation needed.
[12:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:31] <exec> 08└─the Great Leap Forward [wikipedia.org]. That mentality has guided Chinese civil engineering and manufacturing since.
[12:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Data Show Digital Trust and Safety Bridge Gap Between Fraud Prevention and Growth - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:14] <exec> 08└─I have permanently lost access to several Google accounts that I set up on new Android devices that I did not want to have access to my primary account and personal data (somewhat dubious Chinese devices such as set-top boxes and ereaders). Make an account, end up resetting the device or flashing a...
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[13:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:07] <exec> 08└─Can it detect if you are one of those alien "things"? Or if you have an alien incubating inside of your mesothorax?
[13:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:15] <exec> 08└─Agree that this adaptation to shift into "survival mode" is a good thing to describe and a possible target for attack, maybe not as important as biofilms, but... the headline: Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics
[13:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Shows the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes to Cool Electronic Circuits - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:32] <exec> 08└─How about a simple quantitative estimate as to how much of an improvement you would expect to see in thermal resistance (deg C/Watt) in a typical electronic application?
[13:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Restitution from Prenda 'Copyright Trolls' - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:40] <exec> 08└─And then distribute it all over the place.
[13:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Restitution from Prenda 'Copyright Trolls' - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:14:42] <exec> 08└─but they grind. This entire class of legal extortion needs to be killed with fire however, not just the occasional crazily over-the-top abuse that happens to get a strong pushback by someone well heeled enough to fight and make it stick, or lucky enough to get a motivated pro-bono lawyer looking to...
[13:15:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:15:21] <exec> 08└─The reusable booster stuff is a quantum leap in a lot of areas. Looks like the Internet over Sats will be too. New areas include: 1) A latency war with leapfrogging to lower orbits, and X both fighting and providing launches for their opponents. 2) Much faster, but predictable packet route changing...
[13:15:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 189 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:15:35] <exec> 08└─> in about thirty years 30 years ago, they were making the same promised "in 20 years". At least they're being more realistic now. In 40 years, I look forwards to the "in 50 years" promise.
[13:15:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:15:44] <exec> 08└─The Three Gorges Dam, that's a cheap piece of crap, amirite? /s
[13:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:16:32] <exec> 08└─Bad news for cider drinkers, then.
[13:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:17:17] <exec> 08└─> Well, maybe he’s a person who actually enjoys tech work instead of being a political organization climber. That's me. I have no interest in interacting with humans any more that I absolutely must.
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[14:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:09] <exec> 08└─Removing fancy income-hiding schemes like 401(k) and charitable deductions is _exactly the point_ of a flat tax. Who benefits most from those schemes? Hint: it isn't poor people.
[14:15:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:28] <exec> 08└─What will the latency be? Will I be able to ping someserver.net in less than a day? The only reason I've not switched over to satellite is the latency. DSL really sucks around here, but satellite sucks for all the reasons that satellites suck. Lower orbits will have to improve on that, right?
[14:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:29] <exec> 08└─Too bad we don't have undersea cables with fiber with a center hole with a space like dielectric constant...
[14:15:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 1198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:54] <exec> 08└─China, more than the US or Europe, serves the target market. You can have a yacht built in China to higher standards than in a U.S. shipyard, they know how to do it and will do it - for the actual price it costs to do it, which would be just marginally less than you would pay a U.S. shipyard... so f...
[14:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:43] <exec> 08└─Second that. Excellent book.
[14:16:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:45] <exec> 08└─The Luftwaffe switching from bombing Fighter command airfields in southern England is what won the Battle of Britain. If they had kept it up for just a few more days they might have won. (The battle, not the War. The Royal Navy would have sunk any invasion fleet, even without air cover).
[14:20:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nobuddy [1626] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Politicians Hiked Gas Tax, Now Demand Investigation Into State's $4 Per Gallon Gas Prices - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:20] <exec> 08└─>CA used to suffer rolling blackouts all too largely and frequently JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. You ignorant buffoon, the goddamn rolling blackouts were done on purpose by enron to make it seem like the company was running beyond max capacity, which drove stock prices up. They weren't real. They were done...
[14:20:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nobuddy [1626] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Politicians Hiked Gas Tax, Now Demand Investigation Into State's $4 Per Gallon Gas Prices - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:20:21] <exec> 08└─That special formulation accounts for 8 cents. we are talking 50 cents to a dollar a gallon more unaccounted for. As the article, and governor, are saying- all factors considered, there is still a huge gap from the national average. They want to know why. My theory- remember all the hullabaloo aroun...
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[15:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:04] <exec> 08└─The only thing that will stop these attacks is ensuring the affected company pays through the nose. Not just in direct losses, but huge fines that directly impact the bottom line. Then the executives will pay attention and spend the $$$ needed for decent security. Much as I'd like to say sending som...
[15:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:06] <exec> 08└─Insurers Balk At Paying... full stop. Keeping premiums low and profits high, that's most of their job. Cyberattacks are new, different, weird, and the expenses attributed to them can be more wildly inflated than a pain and suffering claim. Of course they're going to push back. Look for specifically...
[15:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:08] <exec> 08└─Even better is if, instead of making hotels put "no diving" signs around 4 foot deep wading pools, insurance companies made these shitty companies put "You'll be fucking robbed of everything you own if you sign up here" signs on their websites and rewards programs.
[15:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 1288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:10] <exec> 08└─No, I really don't think that's good. If there's insurance involved, then the cost of lousy security is paid every period in premiums. This forces management to see the risks and creates a financial incentive for addressing them. If there's no insurance involved, then the cost of lousy security is p...
[15:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 893 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:19] <exec> 08└─So first off, the Kardia device has actually been around for a while now. What was approved was adding certifications for tachycardia and bradycardia. And while the Apple watch doesn't do either of those with the ECG function, it does use the pulse sensor to monitor for both low heart rate and high...
[15:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:21] <exec> 08└─I'm having trouble finding one with an electrode for my mesothorax.
[15:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:31] <exec> 08└─I wasted 5 minutes looking for it in the human reference genome before remembering we're talking about bacteria. I also tried some common bacteria reference genomes, but it's annoying because I've never seen prepended parentheses as a way of doing variant calling before.
[15:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:33] <exec> 08└─It's not a gene, its a form of GTP.
[15:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:22] <exec> 08└─The government already has all the information to say if you filed correctly. They should just do it themselves.
[15:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:24] <exec> 08└─http://opentaxsolver.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net]
[15:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:26] <exec> 08└─The procedure for petitioning to get on the ballot is well documented, accessible to anybody with a degree of motivation. There is no requirement to join a particular party. And there is no requirement to vote for one. And you sure don't have to vote for, much less, reelect the cheaters. You're stil...
[15:16:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's EAST Reactor is First to Reach 100 Million Degrees Celsius - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:10] <exec> 08└─What about Charles De Gaulle airport? https://www.thoughtco.com [thoughtco.com] Or - dare I say it - Grenfell tower (the cladding which caused problems was pretty new). Nb: I don't think this anecdotal cherry-picking demonstrates anything, rather i...
[15:17:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 146 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:31] <exec> 08└─...On another note, older black women are also statistically speaking far more likely to sue over harassment complaints either racial or sexual...
[15:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03https [5248] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:46] <exec> 08└─You could read the article, or even TFS, which mentions fictional applicants.
[15:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Rude' Scooters Play Offensive Messages - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:15] <exec> 08└─This isn't a prank. It's a warning to security-minded users: If these scooters have a software-controlled wheel-locking brake for their sleeping state, and if that brake has no safety interlocks to prevent crashing the scooter while it's in motion, then all Lime scooters are unsafe to ride because t...
[15:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Rude' Scooters Play Offensive Messages - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:17] <exec> 08└─Actually they've already demonstrated [thelocal.ch] locking the wheels while the scooter is in motion, in the field. slow clap
[15:19:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Rude' Scooters Play Offensive Messages - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:19] <exec> 08└─You sure about the brakes? I don't know about these, but it seems like quite a few scooters have some level of regenerative braking, which for most purposes is effectively the same thing, though mechanical manual override seems common (i.e. software detects and reacts to light "braking" before the b...
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[16:14:16] <exec> 08└─how much does a virtual ford, in a virtual world, cost in virtual money?
[16:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:27] <exec> 08└─It has to be a little column A, little column B. All insurance should be this way. The merchant needs to take appropriate steps to secure their systems; perhaps by following best practices and being audited they can have a reduction in their insurance premiums. But insurance should still exist to pr...
[16:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:29] <exec> 08└─If there is insurance, then it is easy to pass the costs onto consumers.
[16:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:31] <exec> 08└─There already are cyberattack damage riders to business interruption. I know, we pay for one and have for some years now. We made sure of its specifications such that this is not an issue. Anyone who buys business insurance should be made aware of this sort of thing, and if your broker hasn't run th...
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[16:14:42] <exec> 08└─Well said and One of many prior articles here at Soylent [soylentnews.org], as you say not about ECG really. What KardiaMobile is *really* good at is self-promotion .
[16:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:44] <exec> 08└─lol... someday I'll read english and Use the Preview Button!
[16:15:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Shows the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes to Cool Electronic Circuits - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:13] <exec> 08└─The TLDR. Paper is on simulation of elastocaloric effect. Predicts it. Someone will have to do the experiment to test the hypothesis. Then someone might test to see if it's effective as an active cooling device. Sounds like you just want a better thermal interface material. See this paper actually c...
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[16:15:50] <exec> 08└─And only exists because of the incompetence corruption of the government. The government is only a mirror.
[16:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:51] <exec> 08└─Where's the independent reporting on this supposed cheating? I'm leery of taking the word of an anti-semitic conspiracy nut. [timesofisrael.com]
[16:15:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:53] <exec> 08└─Solves the problem Of course it wont ever happen. Too many backroom deals are paid back within the tax laws
[16:15:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:55] <exec> 08└─I use PaleMoon. I go to Google. I search "free version turbotax". First link that comes up (probably an ad) is https://turbotax.intuit.com [intuit.com] I google "free version hrblock" second link that comes up is https://www.hrblock.com
[16:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 952 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:31] <exec> 08└─Apples don't contain cyanide. The apple seeds contain a chemical named amygdalin [wikipedia.org] which, when metabolized, produces cyanide. The amount produced is small enough that normal healthy human liver function can deal with it with absolutely no problems at all: the liver's job, in part, is t...
[16:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:18] <exec> 08└─The best way I’ve found to deal with that problem is to ask the appropriate decision maker: “Are you sure you’ve accounted for the technical possibilities of X, Y, and Z?” and document them somewhere with a degree of visibility of your choosing. Obviously if there are major technical deal br...
[16:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Radio Piracy on the High Seas: Commercial Demand for Taboo Music - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:56] <exec> 08└─The answer was "A machine that lets them watch the Ike and Tina Turner show" in their own homes. Note: Not "Country Joe and the Fish" or "the Greatful[sic] Dead".
[16:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Radio Piracy on the High Seas: Commercial Demand for Taboo Music - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:58] <exec> 08└─When I was studying Electrical Engineering in the UK in the mid 1060's...
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[17:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:19] <exec> 08└─Corollary of "Insurers balk at paying."
[17:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:21] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!"
[17:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:23] <exec> 08└─Good thing we don't live in the Jewish Marxist era and are still in the capitalist era, where as I understand it, the curve of capitalist development that explains competition dwindling to a few locked-in, too big to fail oligarchies with no real competition, resulting in costs simply being passed o...
[17:14:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:34] <exec> 08└─It's fine to say "talk to your doctor", but what are the false positive and false negative rates? Why should it be considered better than, say, the "Magic Eightball".
[17:14:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:35] <exec> 08└─No... the only indication of that condition is orange skin. ^-^
[17:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Restitution from Prenda 'Copyright Trolls' - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:12] <exec> 08└─Won't someone think of the goats?
[17:15:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 897 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:29] <exec> 08└─Why does tax law have to adapt to your living situation? For example, what is it about owning a house than entitles you to an extra tax deduction? Your mortgage interest payment is no different from the other guy's rent payment. Flat tax on all income, single (generous) deduction to prevent the tax...
[17:15:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:44] <exec> 08└─Oh please! The voters aren't victims. They're the aggressor. They're sluts, looking for an easy fix, fuck, a way out of their speeding tickets, whatever! Then they bitch the morning after. Time for you people to acknowledge reality. Everything you suffer you brought on your own damn selves!
[17:16:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working - 120 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:16:37] <exec> 08└─(note to myself: insert "...what were we talking about?" joke. Note to myself: don't forget to read the notes-to-myself)
[17:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:21] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the correction :)
[17:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:23] <exec> 08└─Another poster linked to an article about Hulsmeyer. I was incorrect in my statement about N. Tesla having prior claim and retract my challenge to your comment. Please accept my apologies.
[17:17:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 291 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:58] <exec> 08└─It also leaves out the indisputable fact that young men are the most willing to work insane hours and otherwise commit themselves to a job rather than friends/family/etc... I know I'm certainly not anymore. I have to make up for it by being a hell of a lot better at what I do than they are.
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[18:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:10] <exec> 08└─Companies are starting to look at Atlanta when choosing to build their next highrise - it used to be one line of buildings on Peachtree but it is now fattening out a bit - lots of new construction in midtown near Georgia Tech
[18:14:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:11] <exec> 08└─Atlanta/Elevation 1,050 feet The city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. At 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level, Atlanta has one of the highest elevations among major cities east of the Mississippi River.
[18:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:13] <exec> 08└─I can not wait till the day we move away from concrete jungles. To soften up the way a city looks would be a great step ahead for me. Modern American cities are all about sharp lines, easy to sweep sidewalks and order any accountant would be appreciative of. I'd love to see a city with vines hangin...
[18:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Flexible Circuits for 3-D Printing - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:22] <exec> 08└─As much as they can sell it for.
[18:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:39] <exec> 08└─they have the resources and expertize to compromise almost any system in the world. The fact that most passwords seem to begin "12345" means the level of expertise required is barely more than that required to actually spell " expertise".
[18:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:41] <exec> 08└─If these are acts of war, who is the US at war with that's doing this?
[18:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:43] <exec> 08└─Good! That means they can be undercut and outcompeted by companies that actually have a clue what they're doing.
[18:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:57] <exec> 08└─False positive and false negative for either of these conditions should be near zero. These are just measuring if your heart rate is abnormally high or low based on a per-determined limits based on clinical standards. Unless you are actively being electrocuted at the time the readings should be pret...
[18:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:58] <exec> 08└─Eehhhh.... electrical reading devices tend to have a very large error rate except when used in carefully used conditions. This is true even of professional level devices, but for "consumer grade" devices....welllll....I wasn't really exaggerating too much when I compared what a poor device might ret...
[18:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:10] <exec> 08└─Rereading the abstract, that makes more sense. But dammit in the good old days of high school biology, we only had adenosine triphosphates, and that was good enough for us. Kids these days with their cells phones and their polymorphic energy carrying molecules. But also that makes it clear to me tha...
[18:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:11] <exec> 08└─Hang around 4Chan
[18:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:13] <exec> 08└─In context, they were actually using survival of the fittest as a metaphor for on-the-fly in-a-single-cell adaptation. As stress levels rise, the molecules that regulate antibiotic resistance increase, because the stress alarmones "kill" the chemicals that increase the growth rate of the cell(which...
[18:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:33] <exec> 08└─But, back to selfishness: Isn't the whole purpose of launching all these satellites to provide internet where people have worse choices than I have?
[18:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 1067 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:34] <exec> 08└─The idea of big and cheap payloads lifted by BFR is important. If you can lift 10x the mass and 100x the volume at 1/5th the price, suddenly you don't have to worry about making your sat compact or out of lightweight materials (which could be expensive or weaker). You can also add more attached sola...
[18:16:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:37] <exec> 08└─IN the FCC filing: "SpaceX provided a casualty risk assessment which states the risk of human casualty from re-entry from any one of it's satellites meets or exceeds the NASA standard of 1 in 10,000." So, if you put up 4k sats, does that mean the odds of killing one person by the time they all reent...
[18:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:16:39] <exec> 08└─The main reason for the lower altitude is to keep the disposal lifetime below 25 years using natural forces. The regulators think the usual "90% reliability of removal from orbit within 25 years of end of mission" is not sufficient for these huge numbers of satellites, especially when hundreds or th...
[18:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:17:58] <exec> 08└─That's O.K. That's O.K. And, thank you. Because your Link has so many things I can tell folks. When I show them my fabulous Tesla Model S!!
[18:18:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:45] <exec> 08└─People 45 or older are already a protected class in the US. If discrimination is happening based on age then it is already illegal here...
[18:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Older Job Applicants Up to Three Times Less Likely to be Selected for Interview than Younger Ones - 1079 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:47] <exec> 08└─Never had any problem landing jobs until somewhere around age 45. Now 50, I find there is a very real sense of ageism. One recruiter told me it's not age but rather political and that larger companies list job descriptions requiring combinations of skills they know few US candidates would have. Thi...
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[19:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:13] <exec> 08└─I'd love to see a city with vines hanging down the sides of buildings, flowers growing up the sides and lakes on top of all of the buildings.
[19:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:15] <exec> 08└─Lakes on top? Maybe if it is 6 inches deep. Water is heeeeavy!
[19:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:17] <exec> 08└─I was thinking a post-apolyptic wasteland
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[19:14:19] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) [wikipedia.org]
[19:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:22] <exec> 08└─I think this video is for you: "Apes build megaliths in -16ºC holding lanterns in their mouths at night hanging on ladders" https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[19:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Flexible Circuits for 3-D Printing - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:32] <exec> 08└─Virtually nothing, of course.
[19:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:52] <exec> 08└─The only thing that will stop these attacks is ensuring the affected company pays through the nose.
[19:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:53] <exec> 08└─It's possible the contract is an older contract with a built-in stipulation to periodically renew as-is. Changing the terms of the contract may have cost them more.
[19:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:55] <exec> 08└─Picture if you will, a battle scene from Braveheart, only they're all wearing suits and bashing each other over the head with legal briefs. And that's not blood, it's red ink.
[19:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The FDA Just Cleared an iPhone ECG Sensor That Beats the Apple Watch - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:11] <exec> 08└─Look, not trying to anything here. I must say this however: 'moon' cycles happen. Meaning or perhaps even considering thee EKG model. All walks of life 'BELIEVE' what they have never truly challenged - including the great being ~ Trump
[19:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:25] <exec> 08└─It's not actually about cells that have resistance surviving.
[19:15:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:26] <exec> 08└─there's no amino acid that starts with a P.
[19:15:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Hit Atlanta Hawks Shop With Malware That Steals Credit Card Information - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:38] <exec> 08└─I recently had to get a new credit card after unauthorized charges started appearing. I had recently made some NBA-related purchases, but not Hawks specifically.
[19:15:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Restitution from Prenda 'Copyright Trolls' - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:56] <exec> 08└─What they did was "law and order" too, Arik. This isn't a case of lawlessness suddenly turning into law; it's a case of the law finally aligning closer with morals. Don't confuse the two.
[19:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:29] <exec> 08└─Just goes to show it is no longer ",,,government of the people, by the people, for the people...", but rather government of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations. The only winners are are chosen by the corporations, not by merit, effort or production, but by whim of the directo...
[19:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 1391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:30] <exec> 08└─What Boy Scout world do you live in? If a local businessman decides to run for an office, and the party decides they don't want him to run for that office, his business suddenly loses orders, his "friends" don't want to talk to him anymore, maybe his place of business gets broken into a few times an...
[19:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:33] <exec> 08└─I was with you right up till you tried to paint Trump as a "good" guy. Really??
[19:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Shire [5824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:35] <exec> 08└─The IRS has agreed not to develop free software for its own systems so long as the software industry offers free versions for anyone earning under $66,000 a year or anyone receiving an income tax credit.
[19:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:59] <exec> 08└─So, if you put up 4k sats, does that mean the odds of killing one person by the time they all reenter is 40%?
[19:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:01] <exec> 08└─"Cost..." How much have you got?
[19:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:21] <exec> 08└─WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks. I have learned so much from WikiLeaks. A real treasure trove. Thank you, Anomalous Coward. And, thank you Julian Assange!!!!
[19:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:23] <exec> 08└─Does anybody else remember the GI Joe cartoon where they had to stop a blob that was growing out of control and eating everything in its path? They managed to poison it by shooting it full of apples from a nearby orchard. Apparently, the blob couldn't metabolize the amygdalin (pretty sure they gloss...
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[20:14:03] <exec> 08└─I heard Chron's isn't even a disease, it is just some form of fuckery.
[20:14:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:18] <exec> 08└─He said "Detroit."
[20:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:50] <exec> 08└─The problem is: the internet takes you (and every moron who never left their home county) to far-flung unregulated places instantly. If "civilized" countries force these scare warnings on websites, it will only be the least dangerous (most regulated) of commerce websites them that actually have them...
[20:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:51] <exec> 08└─all that would happen is some schmuck with no real control would end up taking the fall.
[20:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:53] <exec> 08└─I will not. I will, however, pitch in to a crowdsourcing campaign targeted at producing a video of a reenactment/animation of this.
[20:15:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Adapt to Resist Treatment by Antibiotics - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:24] <exec> 08└─I meant nucleic acid. Brain was off.
[20:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:29] <exec> 08└─All I had to do was log on to Turbotax and the "Start Free" version was right there. No need for a search engine unless you're one of those idiots that search for "Google search". http://lmgtfy.com [lmgtfy.com]
[20:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:30] <exec> 08└─Pray I don't alter it any further.
[20:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:58] <exec> 08└─Not sure that's the right question. It's more like, "How much can we wring out of 50 to 75 million Americans?" I suspect that I won't be able to afford it. They're certainly going to charge a good deal more than any of the existing sat services, right? More than cable. More than DSL. Of course, when...
[20:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Approves SpaceX Lowering Orbit of Internet Satellites - 1312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:59] <exec> 08└─True and here's some sauce: https://www.teslarati.com [teslarati.com] Aside from further reducing the latency of communications, SpaceX also argues that “the principal reason” behind lowering the operational altitude of the first ~37% of Starlink satellit...
[20:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:22] <exec> 08└─While that is true, the massive advantage the Royal Navy had would have doomed any German invasion to failure. There would have been losses for sure, but the Home Fleet was several times the strength of the German Navy, and warships can shoot Stukas down too. This bit from the Wikipedia article on...
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[21:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Photoacoustic Endoscopy Could Improve Crohn's Disease Treatment - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:10] <exec> 08└─perhaps one could figure out what they are eating that is waking up the immune system?
[21:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:26] <exec> 08└─I didn't watch the video, but I saw the titles of the other videos in that playlist and I believe I now have cancer.
[21:14:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:27] <exec> 08└─Post-Carmageddon :)
[21:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:30] <exec> 08└─Post-Carmageddon :)
[21:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:32] <exec> 08└─I will watch that when I have some time, it looks hilarious! "Has history been tampered with"? looks really funny too. (The answer is no for sane people, but I wonder what that loony thinks).
[21:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 1311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:07] <exec> 08└─+1 Interesting. Yes, changing the terms of the contract always costs more. ;) The only thing that costs more than that is just blindly letting things just roll as they are without thought. :D We pay more to have that rider on our contract. That's why insurers went to the trouble of introducing those...
[21:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:08] <exec> 08└─If there is insurance, then it is easy to pass the costs onto consumers.
[21:16:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:48] <exec> 08└─Free tax filing software page? never ever came across one... oh wait.
[21:16:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:49] <exec> 08└─And Bernie Sanders is sexist [nytimes.com]... and an anti-semite [breakingisraelnews.com]. If you're also against wallstreet bailouts, for medicare-for-all, or voted against Hillary Clinton... well, you are too.
[21:16:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:51] <exec> 08└─That's some next level eastern philosophy - "Even if you feel the shackles and the lash, if you believe you could be free enough, then you are". The biggest voting block are the ~51% of people who've so lost faith in the voting process they don't bother anymore. You should talk to them!
[21:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 2357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:41] <exec> 08└─In 1903 and 1904, however, a German engineer, Christian Hulsmeyer, learned that by using a spark-gap transmitter and coherer-equipped receiver, he could detect echoes from barges passing along the Rhine River. Convinced that such a phenomenon could be employed to detect ships in fog or at night, he...
[21:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06England Was Almost Destroyed By Radio Waves – Lessons from History - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:42] <exec> 08└─That is what models are for.
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[22:14:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 141 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:40] <exec> 08└─I'd love to see a city with vines hanging down the sides of buildings, flowers growing up the sides and lakes on top of all of the buildings.
[22:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:50] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile in Sioux Falls SD it just snowed two days ago. Bah.
[22:15:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Insurers Balk At Paying For Some Cyber Attacks - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:27] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSO9OFJNMBA [youtube.com]
[22:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Restitution from Prenda 'Copyright Trolls' - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:31] <exec> 08└─It's a case of people who broke the law, repeatedly for years, and profited from it. In part, due to their proximity to the justice system. It *is* a case of a long-running criminal enterprise, one which particularly brought the justice system itself into question, finally being brought down. "it's...
[22:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:13] <exec> 08└─1) How do we ensure we get all income from all people? There are a lot of rich people who have a lot of clever accountants, and have things like offshore bank accounts. 2) Is it morally fair for the descendants of Hilton (selecting a politically neutral-ish example other billionaires) to be able to...
[22:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:14] <exec> 08└─> Removing fancy income-hiding schemes like 401(k) and charitable deductions is _exactly the point_ of a flat tax. Who benefits most from those schemes? Hint: it isn't poor people. Huh? Often the charitable deductions go (almost) directly to poor people, through a wide variety of NGOs. Of course the...
[22:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:16] <exec> 08└─...but speaking specifically about her... if she's an anti-semite then a large minority, or even a majority of US jews are anti-semitic too. Being against Zionism isn't being anti-semitic. That's almost as insane as saying being against nazism is being anti-German.
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[23:14:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nikon Will Help Build Velodyne's Lidar Sensors for Future Self-Driving Cars - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:09] <exec> 08└─Who buys cameras anymore? Only so many luddites without cellphones.
[23:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How New York City Is Preparing for Climate Change - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:44] <exec> 08└─Is this the "it snowed outside somebody's window somewhere in the world, therefore there is no climate change" argument?
[23:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:09] <exec> 08└─The biggest voting block are the ~51% of people who've so lost faith in the voting process they don't bother anymore. You should talk to them! I do! Democrats and republicans are out of reach, a waste of time. The non-voters could vote out all the incumbents. That's some next level eastern philosoph...
[23:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tax-Filing Software Industry Uses robots.txt to Hide "Free File" Versions - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:10] <exec> 08└─Both parties make sure...
[23:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:13] <exec> 08└─the 1980s: "THY GAME IS OVER" the 2020s: "You have Alzheimer" the 2060s: "Network failure please wait..." (and dispatches terminator drone to the unsuitable meatbag)
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